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Me too:

The Trashcan Sinatras

Question for medical (and not) types
 

Us lazy, undisciplined degenerates* don't feel special if all the ass clowns think everyone is like us. We want to be special too.


















*Note that although Wonk is a degenerate, he is neither lazy nor undisciplined, so I wasn't counting him in "us"

Poll: Most clever band name
 

Late to the party, but:

Hostile Amish

and, an early name used by R.E.M. before they became R.E.M.

Hornets Attack Victor Mature

sf

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You are on your way to a PJ-->MJ sized obsession. Maybe if you spent less time watching and reading everything you possibly could about both of them, it wouldn't bother you so much.

TM

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The Dead Kennedys.

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Also,

Garage a Trois

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Please explain ultimate frisbee to me. I went to a small school that was obsessed with it. I've had friends who treat it as the most serious sport in the world. I. Do. Not. Get. It.

I've played it. It was okay. Did quite well (freshman year, one game with my floor, scored a lot, could not throw the damn thing though). But left the game thinking it was just stupid. It's like football without the fun or soccer with frisbees. Frisbees.

Listen to how that sounds:
"Dude, I need to get my game on."
"Hell yeah, man. Let's go kick some motherfuckin ass!"
"Mos def. Mos def. Grab the frisbee."

What?

Frisbees are for picnics. If you're in college and you feel like skipping class, it's a nice day, you have some beers you need drunked and your friends have a frisbee, frisbee golf is almost acceptable. But ultimate frisbee? Even the name sounds stupid. ("Dig this. It's totally like...frisbee, but to the ultimate, man.")

So, please help me out here.

TM

protein bars
 

You're projecting, fattie.

TM

Moral Dilemma
 

I have no idea of its origin, although I remember people used it way before Public Enemy did in the mid-late 80s.

It means attacked from all sides by a bunch of people to facilitate a beat down. At least that's what it meant in my neighborhood.

TM

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Heh, I was thinking DK and Butthole Surfers, too. (forgot about Garage a trois.) Circle Jerks? I've also rather liked Atari Teenage Riot for some unexplainable reason. If someone would start that Octopodia band (Penske?), I'd be grateful. But, in the line of bands I've heard of:

Gaza Strippers
Militant Agnostics
Your Name Here
Suburban Rhythm
You will know us by the trail of dead

I always wanted to start a band called "Felicia and the Bureaucrats." Dunno why.

BR(I think "Houston, We Have A Drinking Problem" was an album, not the band's name)C

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Some of the guys I planted trees with were hardcore ultimate players. One of them insisted that it was just called"ultimate" and that it was played with a "disc" - (which just gave me more ammunition to make fun of him - because that's all tree planting is - 10 long hours a day of bickering with the person planting next to you. and some other stuff) Anyway, they were in fantastic shape, so that clearly is a bonus of the game. And it seems like fun - like soccer but with a different set of skills. Some people are obsessed with soccer - I don't get that either.

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What are you talking about? Did you miss her point entirely? The world is overrun with lazy, undisciplined degenerates.

TM

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O, I forgot Mission of Burma.

Aren't they performing again?

Ultimate
 

I played some in college, of the intramural variety. It was moderately fun, and a really good workout. You pretty much run the whole time, unlike soccer, where the strikers usually dog it when the ball's in their own half of the field. But I never really saw much in the way of strategy (other than score more than the other team), which there is in soccer, football, and other sports (of course, IM sports aren't usually highly strategic).

Beyond that, I've never understood the culture of ultimate. (although maybe if I needed to do something between bong hits I would.) Like anything in college, there's one group of people who are really into it; that wasn't me. And I personally didn't get why people were--it's one of those games that's fun to play once in a while, but I'd never watch it on television or pay to see it in person, or support my child to become a world-champion ultimate player. Of course, I don't get beach volleyball, but that was huge for a period of years too. And I always wished (european) handball was played more regularly in the US.

They have been on the bill for some recent festivals (All Tomorrow's Parties, etc.), and Consonant, Conley's new band, put out a release last year (I have no idea what it sounds like).