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4d3fect, to random
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Lots of ppl worked up about Noem.

She's selling a book, right? So any publicity (especially FREE) is good publicity.

Just my $0.02

12thRITS,
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@4d3fect I'd say it's the end of her political career. No one buys politicians' books except their own campaigns anyway.

qurlyjoe,
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@12thRITS @4d3fect
I don’t think the MAGAt demographic is a big book market in general. So yeah, her campaign will buy them all and she’ll get the royalties.

4d3fect, to random
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When does Taylor Swift coronate Dark Brandon anyway?

4d3fect, to random
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I've recently finished Silverlight, John le Carré's last (?) novel, published posthumously. Quite liked it, much like most of his writing.

It prompted me to revisit some of his earlier work, and come to find the Ricky Tarr character started the entire mole hunt that constituted the action in Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy.

Which gets me to the point of wondering what screen names mean. To me, to you, to friends, to strangers.

This isn't by way of asking anyone else who responds to dox themselves necessarily, but I am somewhat curious.

Is your screen name self-explanatory or patently obvious? Does it have any meaning to you or anyone else? Is it pulled out of a hat?

@RickiTarr , have you read much of John le Carré?

kierkegaank,
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@4d3fect @RickiTarr is his writing as labyrinthic as the film versions? Like i love alfredsson’s tinker tailor, but had to watch it 4-5 times

qurlyjoe,
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@4d3fect
My account name, qurlyjoe, is in homage to Curly Joe of the three Stooges. The Q is because I used to name my hard disks in macOS, and for a while I had a series of Quadras at work. They were all named qurlyjoe. Before that I had a IIsi at home named siMon. “Human Kind, be both” I stole from my SiL’s email tag line.

@RickiTarr

4d3fect, to random
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Not usually a shill for commercial things, but I just noticed Criterion (the film channel) is offering 25% off their annual sub, think it ends tomorrow. (My wife loves old films so this ought to be a good gift)

Robotron,

@4d3fect that's a great channel eh!!

And you know a few months ago they had an erotic thriller theme with like Showgirls and Body Heat it's not all boring snooze stuff

4d3fect, to random
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Blue plate special

4d3fect, to random
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@flexghost
NIN, where to begin? Everything is distilled rage, but Starfuckers, Inc. has a great video. Can you ID the blonde in the back of the car (an object of TR's anger from what I understand)? Adults only!
(How do you set CW? Never had to think about it before lol)

https://youtu.be/gydKQtRd74o?feature=shared

flexghost,
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@4d3fect nice

4d3fect, to random
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My wife spun up the Avatar sequel the other day, which got me thinking: did the actors have to give up the rights to their images, likenesses,voice, &c in perpetuity as part of their contracts there?

4d3fect, to random
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@flexghost

Doubly apropos?

Hurricane, Dylan

"All the criminals in their coats and ties

Are free to drink martinis

And watch the sun rise"

https://youtu.be/bpZvg_FjL3Q

flexghost,
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@4d3fect love this

4d3fect, to random
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@RickiTarr

Then one night in the lobby of the Commodore Hotel
I chanced to meet a bartender who said he knew her well
And as he handed me a drink, he began to hum a song
And all the boys there at the bar began to sing along

If you'll be my Dixie Chicken, I'll be your Tennessee Lamb
And we can walk together down in Dixieland

For everyone who's ever been played, from Little Feat

(Also, have you even lived if you've never seen the band play this on the riverboat by New Orleans square in Disneyland?)

4d3fect, to random
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Last Plane Out, Toy Matinee (1990)

https://youtu.be/dMhr44b4Iqk

Great power pop. This is off the original recording. There's a video from the Roxy that has Sheryl Crow playing keyboard. (Whole story there)

Kevin Gilbert, gone way to soon.

4d3fect,
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@flexghost I always thought so. Elements of prog, jazz, just impeccable musicianship beyond the LA standards of the time.

4d3fect,
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@flexghost almost forgot, Queen of Misery was supposedly written about Madonna.

https://youtu.be/eobBQ1qDBmo

4d3fect, to random
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@flexghost

https://youtu.be/O07WucFwdq8
Lots of live versions available too.

Apparently the rhythm (yes, it's 5/4) indicates the letters M and I in Morse code.

PS--was that Lori Singer making a brief appearance in the Juicy Fruit ad?

flexghost,
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@4d3fect who

flexghost,
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@clementix @4d3fect that's cool

4d3fect, to random
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@flexghost

Randy Newman, Political Science

https://youtu.be/R5mAuPg1ZZw

Flor de Cana dark, aged 6 yrs, neat (it's only 70 here on the left coast)

flexghost,
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@4d3fect can't not think of Pixar

4d3fect,
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@flexghost Fair.

4d3fect, to random
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@flexghost
https://youtu.be/mFlKxfhMYls

Air a Danser, Penguin Cafe Orchestra

They're more well known for Music For a Found Harmonium, featured in I think Napoleon Dynamite?

We drove to downtown LA to see them in the 80s. They were completely unprepared for an enthusiastic American audience, and ended up with two encores of Music For a Found Harmonium.

4d3fect,
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@flexghost Thank you Ms. Ghost, promise I won't cheat again!

flexghost,
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@4d3fect ❤️

4d3fect, to random
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@flexghost

Arthur Brown, fire.
I've betrayed my age yet again

flexghost,
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@4d3fect lol!!!

4d3fect, to random
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@flexghost

Who, Love Reign O'er Me

IDK why I'm listening to everything in waltz rhythms rn

https://youtu.be/DhLsC2FpDZk

4d3fect,
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@flexghost Consider me suitably chastened.

flexghost,
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@4d3fect ❤️

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