Fashion Board 2-3-04 to 3-5-04

Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
Too true. He really destroyed "Bridge Over Troubled Water."

Now Simon, he could sing. I still shiver at the climax of "You Can Call Me Al."

I think its time for our monthly music poll. But this wil be less showoff-Flower-cool-obscure-bullshit-like. What song could you easily live without hearing again.

Me: Bridge Over Troubled Water. The Clay version. The Art version, the Musak version. Enough. That and Cher's Believe and most anything off of James Taylor's greatest hits.

[NotFromHere]

Originally posted by NotFromHere
"American Idol" hopeful Donnie Williams was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence early Monday after he allegedly whizzed past a marked police car on Interstate 680 at 100 mph (in his Ford Taurus). The 20-year-old Livermore resident told police he was returning from a party his friends threw him in Pittsburg on Sunday, celebrating that he made the latest cut on the popular television show.


If you watched the Idol last night, you'll see that Donnie's face was not on the list of contestants for next week. He's already been replaced - but I can't remember group 4 well enough to know who is the new person.



http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/cctimes/news/8029860.htm

Why I do this to help PP is beyond my comprehension, and yet, here I am doing this. Even though I'm probably back on ignore (yay!) and she'll never see it.

[bold_n_brazen]

Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
I still shiver at the climax of "You Can Call Me Al."

There's an orgasm joke in here somewhere...but I can't find it.

[Fugee]

Originally posted by paigowprincess
What song could you easily live without hearing again.

Macarena. It lives on in baseball stadiums.

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally posted by paigowprincess
What song could you easily live without hearing again.

Warrant, Cherry Pie. Not that I hear it much these days.

[bilmore]

Originally posted by paigowprincess
Art Garfunkel cant sing

Argh.


Just . . . . argh.

[str8outavannuys]

Originally posted by paigowprincess
I assume this cannot be spoiled since the results are not in.

First girl- I thought she was too pretty to be forgettable as Simon said and was pretty good. But by the end of the show I forgot her. How prescient he is. SHe is done

2) Fagotty balladeer from Utah. Bitch please, we alraedy have a Clay Aiken and I barely survived taht. How many Barry Manilow Reduxes does the world need?

3) bad singer with bad dye job. If she wants to be original, perhaps she should stick with her natural haircolor. Lowlights on top of bleach is so 2003. Also, all I could think of is which 80s movie is this song from? Hot Dog?

4) crooner guy. I want to see this guy sing more. I hated that song and he was so so at it. but he didnt get all theatrical and there is something about this freaky little kid. I voted in for the first time bc I heart him. If he dosent make it, and I dont thin he will, Simon brings him back as wildcard. bc Simon and I see eye to eye.

5) Asian chick. Missed her but caught judges response and she is a cute teenage asian. she goes through

6) black guy with great smile. simon was wrong here, he has charisma and is the other winner. i called for him also, but mostly to see if I could get through. I could.

7) Fake titter. At first I thought she was good, but not great. then when they replayed her, I realized she was screaming. but doesnt Melissa Etheridge scream that song also?

8) black girl with midwest accent. good singer, bad perfromance. but they already have a Latoya. Adios.

Interesting thoughts. At our house, crooner-boy was voted for. I thought the Billy Joel choice was inspired. Isn't this supposed to be about singing ability? He's the best singer.

And this is going to sound horribly racist and sexist, but I'm going to say it anyway. If you're a black woman and you want to kick ass on American Idol, you have to be better than just good. You have to be outstanding, because face facts, there are a lot of very good black woman singers out there. So Tiara, while I'm sure she enjoyed the fellatio from Randy and Paula, will not get through. I didn't even think she was at all on pitch; I agree with Simon on this one. I thought she was almost as bad as mormon John, which was almost as bad as some of the comically awful auditions they showed Monday. Lisa Wilson was also in that camp, and she didn't really show off her tits. Big mistake.

Predictions: John first, Jasmine second.

[bold_n_brazen]

Originally posted by paigowprincess
I think its time for our monthly music poll. But this wil be less showoff-Flower-cool-obscure-bullshit-like. What song could you easily live without hearing again.

Shiny, Happy People by REM. It makes me neither shiny nor happy.

On a related note, I heard a remake the Foo Fighters have done of Prince's Darling Nikki. This made me both shiny and happy.

Originally posted by str8outavannuys
Interesting thoughts. At our house, crooner-boy was voted for. I thought the Billy Joel choice was inspired. Isn't this supposed to be about singing ability? He's the best singer.

And this is going to sound horribly racist and sexist, but I'm going to say it anyway. If you're a black woman and you want to kick ass on American Idol, you have to be better than just good. You have to be outstanding, because face facts, there are a lot of very good black woman singers out there. So Tiara, while I'm sure she enjoyed the fellatio from Randy and Paula, will not get through. I didn't even think she was at all on pitch; I agree with Simon on this one. I thought she was almost as bad as mormon John, which was almost as bad as some of the comically awful auditions they showed Monday. Lisa Wilson was also in that camp, and she didn't really show off her tits. Big mistake.

Predictions: John first, Jasmine second.

I am surprised that all y'all loved the crooner. seems us ol' folks like that young/old thing he has got going and that he is different in a sea of sameness. Like he is one of the only people I can't picture on Elimindate. I cant picture the George guy on that either and he was my other favorite. I wonder if that is my subconscious standard? Everyonee else was total Elimindate material. I can just see new Kim Caldwell making out with Fake Titter to win over bad singer guy number two.

Maybe John STevens will get through. I was certain he wouldnt. I thought Jazsmine and George were a lock. How does this wild card thing work? The people who came in third and then each judge and AMerica picks the other four? who has come in third so far?

[SlaveNoMore]

sebastian_dangerfield
Tony Randall a geek?

Anyone who's ever met in him IRL life will tell you that he is a pompous, obnoxious prick.

More so than even the Donald, and that should say it all.

[Bad_Rich_Chic]

Originally posted by greatwhitenorthchick
Before gay marriage was permitted in Canada, gay unions were considered common-law marriages if the parties lived together for at least a year (whether the parties liked it or not).

What triggers "living together" for purposes of becoming common-law spouses? What keeps it from triggering if you're just roomies (the idea that I might have been deemed married to my freshman college roommate has made my skin crawl)? Does there have to be some sort of "holding oneself out as married or a permanent couple" element to it? Or does the CAN gov't feel OK speculating on who is and who isn't having sex?

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally posted by bold_n_brazen
On a related note, I heard a remake the Foo Fighters have done of Prince's Darling Nikki. This made me both shiny and happy.

Which reminds me that I heard the Blind Boys of Alabama covering Prince's The Cross, and it made me shiny and happy. Well, happy anyway.

Originally posted by SlaveNoMore
Anyone who's ever met in him IRL life will tell you that he is a pompous, obnoxious prick.

More so than even the Donald, and that should say it all.

RP,

can you change the "clever re line" so that its illustrative of the content of this post? Something like "str8 east"?

[robustpuppy]

Originally posted by SlaveNoMore
Anyone who's ever met [Tony Randall] IRL will tell you that he is a pompous, obnoxious prick.

Bad breakup?

[Replaced_Texan]

Originally posted by Bad_Rich_Chic
What triggers "living together" for purposes of becoming common-law spouses? What keeps it from triggering if you're just roomies (the idea that I might have been deemed married to my freshman college roommate has made my skin crawl)? Does there have to be some sort of "holding oneself out as married or a permanent couple" element to it? Or does the CAN gov't feel OK speculating on who is and who isn't having sex?

Texas still has common law marriage. Stems back from the days where it was impractical to find a preacher or a judge. There are three elements (amended to include man and woman language in the 90s so those homos didn't get any ideas about loopholes). 1) Live together in the state of Texas. 2) Have an agreement to be married. 3) Hold yourselves out to the public as married. No time limitiation on living together, but you do have to bring forth the claim within two years of the marriage ending or else it will not be recognized by Texas courts. You can go down to the courthouse and file a statement that helps prove that you're common law married, but you don't have to. And when you split up, you can fight in court and get a formal divorce or you can just drift apart for two years and act as if the whole thing never happened.

My godparents spent two years in court fighting over whether or not she was entitled to community property based on a common law marriage. I'd never even heard a suggestion that they were married in the 23 years that they lived together until she filed suit. She ultimately lost.