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Did you just call me Coltrane? · 08-29-2003, 01:51 PM

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Originally posted by Sparklehorse
I happened to catch Ben Affleck on the Late Show last night. Not sure if it was a repeat but it was recent since he was reading off a list of his "favorite" mean reviews of Gigli and talking about the stripper incident. Did anyone else see this? He was trying to laugh it off but he came off sounding incredibly defensive. He also made some really weak jokes about how Jenny won't let his friends in Bastahn throw him a real bachelor party as punishment for the strippers.

Also, I saw him throw out a pitch at a Red Sox game last Friday and there was a lot of grumbling in the crowd around me. Not exactly a warm reception from the "home town" crowd.

Pathetic-ist man alive.

Matt Damon would have received a standing O. When is J.Fleck going to realize he can't go back? It's over for him. He has no home.

NotFromHere · 08-29-2003, 01:53 PM

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Originally posted by Sparklehorse
I happened to catch Ben Affleck on the Late Show last night. Not sure if it was a repeat but it was recent since he was reading off a list of his "favorite" mean reviews of Gigli and talking about the stripper incident. Did anyone else see this? He was trying to laugh it off but he came off sounding incredibly defensive. He also made some really weak jokes about how Jenny won't let his friends in Bastahn throw him a real bachelor party as punishment for the strippers.

that was a repeat. He probably couldn't get out of that, since it first aired when Giggly first opened. I'm sure the studio booked him well in advance of the bad press and he did his best to try to laugh it off. A lot better than J-ho would have done last night at the VMA's had she shown up.

str8outavannuys · 08-29-2003, 01:53 PM

Tonight is Letterman's 10th Anniversary at CBS Show. Some of the entries for tonight's top 10 list of "Top Ten Things About Being On CBS For 10 Years"

8. No matter how many years you're at the network, you'll never be as old as the '60 Minutes' guys.

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1. CBS? I thought this was ABC.

bilmore · 08-29-2003, 01:56 PM

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Originally posted by greatwhitenorthchick
The pride of Ajax, Ontario!*

*This inane statement is accompanied with the usual blanket apology for being Canadian and not being able to suppress the urge to point out every other Canadian on the planet.

Don't feel bad. I do the exact same thing for every famous Minnesotan (which explains why I never do it.)

NotFromHere · 08-29-2003, 01:57 PM

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Originally posted by ThrashersFan
Which is why I kept saying to myself last night "VIDEO music awards or video MUSIC awards? hmmmm." What is the fucking point? Obviously there is zero separation between the video and the song in terms of awards. Is it really possible or just a weird coincidence that the "best" videos always match up with top-10 songs? Come on already, there wasn't one nomination-worthy video with a crap (and by crap I mean not top-10 because we all know that there is a lot of actual crap at the top of the charts) song? And MTV doesn't even play videos anymore, right? At least they make them sing live so we can tell just how "produced" they really are.

I was saying the same thing. OK, Kelly, good singer - video - boring.

My first impression last night was - hey those songs are OLD. Nelly? Eminem? Those are almost 2 years old now.

notcasesensitive · 08-29-2003, 01:57 PM

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Originally posted by ltl/fb
I love the bridges things. Not so big on the war things sometimes.

Have you read "The Power Broker"? It's about Robert Moses who was a major force behind much of the bridge/highway/tunnel/park development in NY in the 30s 40s and 50s. Other people who know way more about NY can probably expand on that. I read it quite a while ago, but remember it being good. I think he's pretty controversial; not sure if the book was slanted one way or the other, or was attempting to be even-handed. It's from back in 1975 but it's history . . .

Thought you might be interested. Perhaps you could use the lawtalkers amazon link to purchase!

Thx. I'll look into that. Could always use a good read. And amazon has been my best friend lately (esp. after Leagl explained the link q's I had to me). Bought Al Franken yesterday. And Sesame Street. YAY!*

*Actually I am not that enthusiastic, but I'm hoping to remain on the good side of the Flower.**

**Edited to say that I am actually trying to stay on the bad side of the Flower (I might be a permanent fixture there), so I am using extra ***s and editing my posts with that annoying "Edited to say ..." style.

Shape Shifter · 08-29-2003, 02:00 PM

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Originally posted by ThrashersFan
Which is why I kept saying to myself last night "VIDEO music awards or video MUSIC awards? hmmmm." What is the fucking point? Obviously there is zero separation between the video and the song in terms of awards. Is it really possible or just a weird coincidence that the "best" videos always match up with top-10 songs? Come on already, there wasn't one nomination-worthy video with a crap (and by crap I mean not top-10 because we all know that there is a lot of actual crap at the top of the charts) song? And MTV doesn't even play videos anymore, right? At least they make them sing live so we can tell just how "produced" they really are.

Props to Coldplay for being the only performers (that I noticed) that acknowledged the person who actually made the video. Was Beyonce singing? It did not look that way to me. I'm not sure her choreography allows it.

MTV2 Award? What the hell is that? It looked like it may have been an award for an actual video, given the nominees.

And I agree with not gay, anttwat that the Madonna/Britney kiss looked forced. When I look at the still photo, it looks pretty hot. The memory of seeing it in action ruins it for me, though.

Edit: This is causing me to reconsider some of the spreads in my Swank collection.

Replaced_Texan · 08-29-2003, 02:02 PM

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Originally posted by greatwhitenorthchick
I was noticing that Duran Duran has not aged particularly well at all. Some men seem to just get better and better looking as they age (until they hit about 55, then it's over), but these guys look just kind of plasticky and bad.

I think Madonna looks pretty good for her age. When my husband first saw her Gap ad, said "God she looks old", but I disagree.

I saw Duran Duran in concert three or so years back (it was only Simon LeBon and Nick Rhodes and some other guy who'd been with the band for 10 years but no one knew because he joined after their star faded), and they were looking okish, not as bad as last night, but certainly not the heartthrobs of my pre-pubesence.

I Tivoed the last half of the show last night, and scrolled through to see their award. I felt sort of bad for them, because it was obvious that half the crowd could have cared less that they were on stage or got the award. I suspect that PLF was behind the sound not working for the video montage.

ltl/fb · 08-29-2003, 02:02 PM

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Originally posted by notcasesensitive
Thx. I'll look into that.

I forgot to mention that it is quite long -- one volume, but it's a fat volume. You may be able to find it secondhand as it seems to be assigned reading for public policy students sometimes (like the guy I was dating when I read it).

Edited to annoy the crap out of people and to say that of course you will buy it through Amazon but if we have any students or public service-y people on here who want to read it but don't want to spend as much as it costs, etc.

ABBAKiss · 08-29-2003, 02:03 PM

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Originally posted by Shape Shifter
the Madonna/Britney kiss

Does anyone know when this will be replayed?

greatwhitenorthchick · 08-29-2003, 02:05 PM

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Originally posted by ABBAKiss
Does anyone know when this will be replayed?

Every week, 2x/week for the next six months.

Mister_Ruysbroeck · 08-29-2003, 02:07 PM

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Originally posted by bilmore

Thinking that there was no real money pressures, I've been ignoring the whole subject, and just assuming the donations were going to MR's counseling bills. I'm now thinking I was wrong.

The donations we get from you cheapskates couldn't even cover my bar tab, let alone my counselling bills.

Pretty Little Flower · 08-29-2003, 02:11 PM

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Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
I suspect that PLF was behind the sound not working for the video montage.

I had far worse planned for them, but they looked so old and plasticky that I actually felt kind of bad for them.

bilmore · 08-29-2003, 02:13 PM

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Originally posted by Mister_Ruysbroeck
The donations we get from you cheapskates couldn't even cover my bar tab, let alone my counselling bills.

You do understand the correlation between the two, right?

Anne Elk · 08-29-2003, 02:14 PM

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Originally posted by Sparklehorse
Also, I saw him throw out a pitch at a Red Sox game last Friday and there was a lot of grumbling in the crowd around me. Not exactly a warm reception from the "home town" crowd.

Pathetic-ist man alive.

Stephen Stills got a warm reception from the crowd on Sunday.

Ben Who? He doesn't do anything for Boston, so we don't care. Besides he's a bit of an embarassment talent wise. I've only seen a few of his movies, but he always plays the same kind of characters. Chuckie Sullivan in Good Will Hunting wasn't all that different from Bartleby in Dogma.

So, I'm listening to the US Open on the internet (www.usopen.org) and the host says that Tara Reid is dating Mark Phillippoussis!! Huh?! I don't care how hot he is, he just lost points for his poor taste in women.