Fashion Board 11-2-03 - 12-09-03

[NotFromHere]

Skip's Tavern, which sits on Cortland Avenue in the heart of Bernal Heights, is a throwback to when San Francisco was mostly a blue-collar town.

Twice in less than a year, Courtright was sued for copyright infringement by the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, which collects royalty payments for copyright holders and represents them in legal disputes.

Courtright's troubles began in September 2002, when he received a letter claiming that a private investigator hired by ASCAP heard musicians playing covers of copyrighted songs at Skip's on June 22, 2002.

The letter, from the San Francisco office of the law firm Heller Ehrman White & McAuliffe, threatened a lawsuit.

Under copyright law, Courtright can be held liable for the copyright infringements at his club because he never purchased a license from ASCAP.

Yet Courtright and Regi Harvey, a drummer and guitarist who was on stage on the night in question, vehemently deny that any such infringement took place. In fact, copies of the lawsuits and supporting documentation reveal two very different versions of what was played that night.

Harvey said the three songs in question -- "Shop Around," "Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing" and "Where Is the Love?" -- are not even in his band's repertoire.

"We play original jazz and jazz rock," said Harvey. "We don't even like those songs."

What will Dread Zepplin do?

[Bad_Rich_Chic]

Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
My brother and I, after much discussion on the matter, have decided that lawyers should get together with archictects. Lawyers are inherently uncool, but they have lots of money. Geeky, dress poorly, subscribe to things like Consumer Reports and bar journals. Architects are inherently cool, but make crap money. Dress well, have grand designs for their homes, and subscribe to things like Wallpaper. The merging of the two is a mutually beneficial arrangement. We're playing yetna this weekend. I'll let you know how it goes.

You are my sock puppet. I have thrown joint parties with an architect of my acquaintance, and the two groups get on famously. Both groups are obsessive/compulsive, overeducated, and can talk about nothing other than their work. This offends, intimidates and bores most outsiders, and among insiders leads to horrendous torrents of "shop talk." However, lawyers and architects talking to each other find a fairly receptive audience, smart enough to understand what the other does and think it interesting, and also (but differently) abused by the "system" in which they work so they have sympathy for horror stories.

Good combination.

[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

Originally posted by Not Me
Hmmmm. I thought you were married with children. Unless you are a big cheater, I don't think you get what I am talking about.

As for me being skeptical, this from the guy who salivates (and/or rubs his crotch) over Tiger's fiance?

Not (can't get the tune out of my head) Me.

For being a shitty poster/sock, you deserve a Sonic Boo:

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!

[Not Me]

Originally posted by RealityBites
ARe you 12?

No, but, someone with a location listed as "up your a$$" might be around that age. NTTAWTT.

Not (if you really think none of the guys on this board touched their crotch when they saw the pic of Tiger's fiance, you are definitely a woman) Me.

Originally posted by Not Me
No, but, someone with a location listed as "up your a$$" might be around that age. NTTAWTT.

Not (if you really think none of the guys on this board touched their crotch when they saw the pic of Tiger's fiance, you are definitely a woman) Me.

No, but... No, but... No, but...

WAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

Originally posted by Tyrone_Slothrop
A lot of people have told me by PM that you're hot in real life.

When have I ever said that I am hot in a post? I am sure Mister LIbrary of Paigow will come up with ten links in like two seconds, but I dont recall ever saying it. But I guess when one looks like Gareth without the heroin addiction and has trouble nailing anything attractive with or without ten cocktails, one tends to get bitter and obsessive. Good thing one wacks off to one's extensive porno collection or one might go on a nice christmas shooting spree.

Oh, and another nauseating type post is the backhanded, I am gonna be in your town this weekend, hoping that some hot chick that merely lurks will PM him, since he has exhausted all attempts to bang anything regular around here. Nah, its more lame than nauseating.

p(posting about how hot i am in real life would be outable so I never do it)banged

[SlaveNoMore]

RealityBites
ARe you 12?

No, that would be Str8outtahighschool.

Please keep up.

[robustpuppy]

Have you ever had a pair of socks where one sock falls down your foot and bunches up in your shoe and makes you uncomfortable for the entire day, but at the end of the day, instead of doing the smart thing and throwing it out, you toss it in the hamper with all of your other socks, some of which are indistinguishable, and so it gets washed, and folded, and put away, and then the next time you wear it, you ask yourself, why didn't I just destroy this fucking sock last time so that I don't have to suffer any more?

Now, if the irritation of wearing the sock were to be suffered by other people rather than yourself, my little story would be analogous to Just For Fun's reemergence as Not Me.

[ThurgreedMarshall]

Originally posted by paigowprincess
Was RB's ramt funny? I quit reading two paragraphs in. But my umbrella rant at least has staked a place in your memory so it couldnt have been all bad. And I wasnt actually trying to be funny- I was genuinely pissed off and blowing off steam. Perhaps RB was too, but the fact that you were so into it was inexplicable. And what is more nauseating than seeing you, Thurgreed the Great, kissing ass? Oh, I know, those dreadful flirts with csquared circa three years ago? But its ok, bc your ass post with the winking emoticon made it all better.

I don't get you, but that's no surprise. You act as if there is no one on this board that I like. RB is a funny poster. Her crazy ass out-of-nowhere rant today reminded me of better times when she would smack someone around on the board. I appreciated it. If that's ass kissing, well then, I'm sure we'll here from Thrasher about it.

And I'm mainly correct and most everyone will agree that there ain't nothing great about me. So, my giving a compliment or an insult to someone doesn't mean shit.

But do us a favor. If you're not going to even read the post you're criticizing, keep your mouth shut about its quality.

Originally posted by paigowprincess
As for PJ, who is Hall Of Fame Lame, she is on the Ignore List where she belongs.

Good.

Originally posted by paigowprincess
ANd, "now shut the fuck up" is probably the most phoned in retort you have ever made. No substance, nothing. How disappointing.

Sorry. Do you prefer "Shadap already"?

Originally posted by paigowprincess
what is the most nauseating post ever.

I'll have to say the "I'm thinking of a poster today because it's their birthday. HAPPY BIRTHDAY, YOU KNOW WHO!" type posts were the fucking worst. But fufu and pj topped that daily (and lately, so has ltl) before they were banished. (Well, they probably still do.)

TM

[NotFromHere]

Originally posted by LessinSF
Where can I find one of these still - http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cg...NGN83EUGH1.DTL (article about Abercrombie & Fitch's catalog promoting sex, orgies, group mastubation, and contain mega-nudity being pulled by company)?

Don't feel bad, this is what they said..."Abercrombie is promising more of the same in future catalogs"

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally posted by paigowprincess
When have I ever said that I am hot in a post? I am sure Mister LIbrary of Paigow will come up with ten links in like two seconds, but I dont recall ever saying it. But I guess when one looks like Gareth without the heroin addiction and has trouble nailing anything attractive with or without ten cocktails, one tends to get bitter and obsessive. Good thing one wacks off to one's extensive porno collection or one might go on a nice christmas shooting spree.

I was talking to Less, and hope you are too. I'm sure you are hot IRL, but this may be because I'm convinced you look like Maude.

[Not Me]

Originally posted by LessinSF
I would never presume to know what you mean after your horrendous series of posts re Tiger/Elin trying to disavow what you clearly said.

I disavowed nothing that I said and steadfastly maintain Tiger's choice in a wife speaks volumes about his inner turmoil. Do you really, really, really want to start this back up?

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
If that's ass kissing, well then, I'm sure we'll here from Thrasher about it.

That would be bilmore. Thrasher is the other thing.

[bilmore]

Originally posted by Not Me
As for me being skeptical, this from the guy who salivates (and/or rubs his crotch) over Tiger's fiance?

Hard as it may be to believe, I'm actually not a real "salivating-and-rubbing-my-crotch" kind of guy. I have a more sedate, "quietly pining" approach to celebrity air-fucks.

[leagleaze]

Originally posted by Gattigap


But that's just me. I am, of course, willing to be persuaded otherwise through the vast anecdotal evidence culled from this board. Any takers?

I've had positive and negative experiences dating lawyers. I'm just very careful to try to leave the cross examining, over analyzing part in the office. If the other person is willing to do that too, we tend to be ok. If not, it doesn't last long.

I'm not really a normal lawyer though. Which leads me to the other point about being miserable. It isn't that I don't feel bad for people who are miserable in their jobs but I have little use for the whole, "I make too much money to quit," oh wah fucking wah children.

You made your bed. Lie in it or get the fuck up and find another one.