Fashion Board 4-6-04 to 5-7-04

[Bad_Rich_Chic]

I think this guy should be nominated as an honorary FB member:

http://www.salon.com/ent/letters/200...us/index2.html

"Who the f--- cares about Stephin Merritt and his opinions on anything? That dude is responsible for some of the most tuneless shite to have ever been inflicted upon human ears. The fact that y'all ofay music critics went so absolutely ape-shit for the Magnetic Fields and "69 Love Songs" proves to this Negroid that we should strongly consider banning white intellectuals from listening to popular music altogether, or at the very least from espousing opinions about it.

It was rather unfortunate that Thomas Bartlett chose to write a profile on this monotone-singing, pretentious pedant. His article on Björk was most booyah, indeed, and he should have retorted to Merritt's pooh-poohing of Björk thusly: "F--- you, you sorry piece of indie bullshit. Make an album half as good as 'Vespertine' or 'Post' and then get back to me."

Come on, dude! Even if I were to concede the point that Merritt's a great songwriter (when one of my indie-dude ofay pals lent me "69 Love Songs" attempting to elicit the opinion of an eclectic brotha such as myself, I was so nauseated by that godawful somnambulant singing and the utter lack of anything resembling a bass line beneath all of that tinny pinging and planging that I couldn't stand for it long enough to appreciate the actual lyrics that he was droning) and the next Cole Porter and yada yada, there is probably a reason why Cole Porter didn't actually record his own tunes. Merritt. Can't. Sing.

And I'm not one of those people who don't appreciate singers who can't "sing" in the Marvin-Sinatra-Aretha-Barbra sense of the word, but who still convey incredible emotion and feeling in their vocals: I'm the biggest black Tom Waits fan that there is, I like Bob Dylan, Elvis Costello when he's not trying to go all classical on us, Morrissey, Vic Chesnutt. But Merritt isn't a non-singer who's expanding our perceptions of what good "singing" is; he's just a smart white dude that can't sing a lick -- and who makes tinny, boring music that ofays with a master's in English literature go apeshit for. He, Belle and Sebastian, Cat Power, and several score more indie ass-suckas should all be flogged for persisting to sonically torture those of us who actually listen to music and don't just fall all over ourselves to write about the brilliant lyrics if there is no ... um ... musicality there.

-- Jeff Hughes"

[john123]

Originally posted by Bad_Rich_Chic
I think this guy should be nominated as an honorary FB member:

2.

Can that be done?

Leagl? MR? RT fka DT? Anyone? Bueller...bueller.....bueller....?

[soup sandwich]

Originally posted by Not Bob
I want to apologize to the fine city of Toronto.

I am so pissed about the Flyers winning that game that I can't even express myself in a 5-7-5 format. After coming back to tie it from being down two goals, and having that flurry of chances in OT .... argh. I was really expecting a Leafs/Habs conference final -- it would have been a flashback to the slot hockey games of my youth (when older brother Not Nick forced me to become a Leafs fan).

As for the hit, I thought it was clean. Mostly. On replays, I could see where it could have been called as boarding. But as much as I hate the Flyers (and their pumpkin orange uniforms and Bobby Clarke and ....), I felt sorry for Sammi, and was extremely impressed that he made it out of the zone and to the bench without triggering a whistle. As Big Ed said, he's a HOCKEY PLAYER.

Clean hit. Kapannen was just unprepared for it. I like Tucker and Domi. They remind me players on the Flyers teams of my youth.

A great overtime. I love to watch my team celebrate in another team's house while the mute crowd simply stares.

Esche has been very good. Perhaps even the difference in both the NJ and Toronto series. I love a goalie who's so willing to drop the gloves. When will all the fawning begin on this board the way everyone gushed over Giguere last year?

[bilmore]

Originally posted by Bad_Rich_Chic
. . . .we should strongly consider banning white intellectuals from listening to popular music altogether, or at the very least from espousing opinions about it.

I think he's already here.

[ThurgreedMarshall]

Originally posted by ltl/fb
What kind of crappy repetitiveness is this? Of course the lame are slow. Their lower limbs are fucked up. And they know they are slow. No need to rub their possibly un-disfigured faces in it.

My face is definitely disfigured.

TM

[notcasesensitive]

Originally posted by Shape Shifter
Good call.

"On Jan. 22, the Board of Disciplinary Appeals signed a judgment of disbarment against [name deleted]*, 32, of Houston. [name deleted] pleaded guilty in the 363rd District Court of Dallas County to unlawful delivery of a controlled substance (ecstasy), in an amount by aggregate weight, including any adulterants or dilutants, of four grams or more, but less than 400 grams. The plea constitutes a first-degree felony, in violation of § 481.113(d) of the Texas Health and Safety Code, and an intentional crime as defined in the Texas Rules of Disciplinary Procedure. On Jan. 5, 2001, [name deleted] was placed on deferred adjudication probation for seven years and ordered to pay $2,500 in fines. [name deleted] has appealed the decision to the Supreme Court of Texas."

* This is public info, but I'm sure the guy has enough troubles without his name being posted here as well. Cite available upon request.

Thanks for changing the gender so as not to out me. I owe you one.

[greatwhitenorthchick]

Originally posted by Not Bob
I want to apologize to the fine city of Toronto.

I am so pissed about the Flyers winning that game that I can't even express myself in a 5-7-5 format. After coming back to tie it from being down two goals, and having that flurry of chances in OT .... argh. I was really expecting a Leafs/Habs conference final -- it would have been a flashback to the slot hockey games of my youth (when older brother Not Nick forced me to become a Leafs fan).

As for the hit, I thought it was clean. Mostly. On replays, I could see where it could have been called as boarding. But as much as I hate the Flyers (and their pumpkin orange uniforms and Bobby Clarke and ....), I felt sorry for Sammi, and was extremely impressed that he made it out of the zone and to the bench without triggering a whistle. As Big Ed said, he's a HOCKEY PLAYER.

I think that God has a sick sense of humor.

It was a clean hit.

I'll change my avatar tomorrow. No energy to do it today. So sad. sad, sad, sad.

[Oliver_Wendell_Ramone]

PLF is moving.

[ThurgreedMarshall]

Originally posted by Pretty Little Flower
Sure, sure. You just keep telling youself that. I'm sure your brain and your genes are juuuuust fine. Don't worry about a thing, Mr. Trippy. I'm sure the flashbacks will start to die down any day now. The irritability is only temporary. The trouble concentrating? That will get better with time. In fact, if you look hard enough on the internet, I'm sure you can find some web site that tells you that all that LSD was actually *good* for you. And the internet never lies. I'm sure you didn't fry your brain or anything. I mean, you sure seem normal enough. Oh, and in case I did not mention it before, good luck.

PLF, ltl, SS, Hank and whoever else, you're beginning to become as annoying as Not Me. Stop fucking responding to it. It doesn't matter that you are being clever and it doesn't know you are fucking with it. It and your responses are pollution to this board. Ignore it. Enough is enough already. Jesus fucking Christ.

TM

[Pretty Little Flower]

Originally posted by Oliver_Wendell_Ramone
PLF is moving.

$5K? Those pathetic lemmings were bought out for $5K. I say we get NORML to pitch in for June. I think we could come up with some fun names.

[notcasesensitive]

Originally posted by mmm3587
People deal with guilt and loss in fucked up ways. This may be outable, but a close friend was telling me a story about a friend of the family who had killed himself. He was about 19, had struggled with serious depression his entire life, had recently graduated from high school, been told by his family he was one his own (even though they knew he was off medication and out of regular medical care) and been cut off from his family when they moved across the country. At his funeral, his mother gave a speech about how horrible depression is and how it wasn't the family's fault. Everybody apparently thought that was a little self-serving, and apparently a lot of people did think it was the family's fault.

So, all I'm saying is, when bad shit happens, like kids committing suicide, I don't fault the parents for trying to convince themselves however they can that they weren't bad parents. Even when they were.

Outable part: That you just bought a z4. Correct?

[Pretty Little Flower]

Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
PLF, ltl, SS, Hank and whoever else, you're beginning to become as annoying as Not Me. Stop fucking responding to it. It doesn't matter that you are being clever and it doesn't know you are fucking with it. It and your responses are pollution to this board. Ignore it. Enough is enough already. Jesus fucking Christ.

TM

As I told you privately, I was not going to sit quietly and let the sock espouse his pro-LSD message.

[greatwhitenorthchick]

Originally posted by soup sandwich
When will all the fawning begin on this board the way everyone gushed over Giguere last year?

Did people on this board fawn over Giguere last year? I just remember the annoying ABC fawning. I will fawn over Esche if you like. I thought he played extremely well. (not that I would root for Philly in one million years). My list to win is now in the following order:

Calgary
Tampa
San Jose
Philly

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally posted by Pretty Little Flower
As I told you privately, I was not going to sit quietly and let the sock espouse his pro-LSD message.

I agree. Look what it did to Art Linkletter's daughter, and Paul Linde.

[notcasesensitive]

A Not So Attractive photo of Ashley Judd with fake braids and acne (scroll down on main page). [BTW, there are potential BACHELOR SPOILERS at the top of the page. but seriously, who the fuck cares who that loser soon-to-be-cut third string quarterback picks anyway?]