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Post by Mr. Atari on Oct 31, 2011 22:36:41 GMT -5
I was at a Halloween party tonight and overheard the following:
"The way the Broncos are using Tebow is like if the Astros had told Nolan Ryan, 'You're fastball is too erratic. We only want you to throw off-speed stuff. You're allowed to throw 3 fastballs, but not until the 7th inning.' And the whole nation would have decided that Ryan should still be in triple-A ball."
Right on the money.
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Post by Mr. Atari on Oct 30, 2011 17:33:54 GMT -5
Watching the Broncos today reminds me of watching The Bad News Bears. And I'm not sure it's Tebow's fault; the whole team stinks. Plus, the game plan is not doing him any favors.
But the talk all week will be how Tebow isn't NFL worthy.
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Post by Mr. Atari on Oct 28, 2011 22:23:02 GMT -5
Last night's game was incredible. I wish it was any team besides the Cardinals.
Tonight's game is just sad. The Rangers' pitching completely fell apart in both of these games.
I'm not sure I can handle all of the smug Cardinals fans. Oh wait, that's redundant. Sorry.
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Post by Mr. Atari on Oct 24, 2011 18:27:33 GMT -5
I can't believe the Broncos Tebow'd their way out of the Luck Sweepstakes yesterday. I hope the 4-12 season, rather than 2-14 or 3-13, is worth it. It's not. But Tebow is definitely the anti-Orton (or, more accurately, the anti-Romo). Those guys are surgical and precise with great pocket skill, but somehow figure out ways to crap the bed in the 4th quarter. Tebow, on the other hand... In 4 career starts, he's led 2 comebacks of 14 points or more. Elway had 2 in his entire career. Orton is 6-22 in his last 28 starts as a Bronco. Tebow is 2-2. I guess I'll take it.
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Post by Mr. Atari on Oct 18, 2011 16:55:52 GMT -5
Picked up the latest Discworld book yesterday, Snuff.
The best way to summarize the first 80 pages is that His Grace Duke Sam Vimes, Commander of the City Watch has stumbled into a Jane Austen novel.
Since I hate Jane Austen novels, I'm hoping the mockery of the form will start soon. So far, it's a pretty straightforward Jane Austen novel, which is sad.
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Post by Mr. Atari on Oct 15, 2011 14:02:21 GMT -5
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Post by Mr. Atari on Oct 14, 2011 23:43:49 GMT -5
Looks good, McCallum. I'd never do that to myself, but I know classic cinema is your thing. Nice to see you around again.
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Post by Mr. Atari on Oct 14, 2011 17:01:23 GMT -5
That was my favorite of the series so far. Maybe the best "bottle episode" ever. It reminded me of the great episodes of Newsradio, and that's saying something.
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Post by Mr. Atari on Oct 14, 2011 2:13:14 GMT -5
Okay, MJ. Here's a little peace offering.
It's a fan vid, so the sound's not great, but it's the thought that counts, right?
(Also, language alert)
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Post by Mr. Atari on Oct 13, 2011 2:42:56 GMT -5
Well thank you soooo much for saying that my opinion was "completely invalidated". I truuuuly appreciate that. I didn't mean that your opinion is invalid, just that those 3 specific criticisms I mentioned were proven false in person for me. Again, it's no big deal to me if you like the Foo or not. Different strokes and all that. I just thought it was notable that what I saw was so directly opposite of your earlier comments here. For example: It's one thing to say I don't like Queen. Lots of people don't like Queen for any number of valid reasons. It's another thing to say that I think Freddie Mercury was a terrible frontman who didn't have much showmanship.
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Post by Mr. Atari on Oct 13, 2011 1:27:59 GMT -5
It was a little something like this:
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Post by Mr. Atari on Oct 13, 2011 1:17:03 GMT -5
And (correct me if I'm off base) you both strike me as very interested in the precision of music. That's not an insult. If we were dancers you two would be ballerinas - precise, disciplined, exact, there's a reason and purpose for every movement. Me, I'm a stripper. It's all about the sweat and sex and blood flowing through the veins. I like being the stripper, but I respect and kind of envy the ballerina and that discipline. Just wanted to bump this thread and say that Mrs. Atari and I went to the Foo Fighters show here in Denver last Sunday, and it was everything you said you prefer, MJ. Sweat and sex and blood flowing through the veins. Plus, it was musicianship of the highest level. There were moments of sheer power and raw rock & roll straight from the loins, as well as moments of mind-blowing playing. After the opening songs, Dave came on the mic and warned all of us that we were in for a "f--in' rock show, without any computers or whiny s--t, and anything less than two-and-a-half hours is bulls--t, so hold on to your balls." Then the band proceeded to deliver on that promise. The songs were anthemic, the expanded "live versions" were amazing (especially "Monkey Wrench" and "Stacked Actors"), and Dave's energy was astonishing. I've been to hundreds of shows, and I've never seen a band play to an arena crowd that well before. For the first two songs of the six-song encore, Dave stood on a platform at the opposite end of the arena and played "Best of You" and "Long Road to Ruin" on his acoustic guitar to the cheap seats, with just as much intensity as when the rest of the band was playing. More than once I had the thought that this must have been what it was like to see Queen or Zeppelin in the '70s. The energy from the stage and in the crowd was overpowering. As they finished the show with a killer version of Tom Petty's "Breakdown" and then closed with "Everlong", I knew it was one of the best shows I've ever seen or will ever see. After that experience, MJ, I have to say that your criticisms that Dave doesn't have raw, expressive vocals, or that he's "milk", or that they just make songs that don't really kick ass are completely invalidated. Of course, you're entitled to your opinion, and I'm not saying you have to like them-- I know how you feel about taste being subjective. But I wonder if you haven't decided ahead of time that since nothing can be as good as Nirvana to you, the Foo Fighters can only rise to the level of cheap knock-off, and therefore you haven't given them a truly fair shake to stand on their own merits. I say that because my experience on Sunday night not only differed from your conclusions about the band, but was in fact the exact opposite of your specific criticisms.
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Post by Mr. Atari on Oct 10, 2011 21:02:21 GMT -5
Dudley Do-Right?
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Post by Mr. Atari on Oct 8, 2011 13:12:56 GMT -5
Without Al, there would be no NFL. His challenges and vision pushed the league to where it is today.
As a fan of the Broncos, it's been fun to mock his recent vampire-ishness and institutional failures. Nevertheless, all football fans everywhere owe Davis a round of thanks.
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Post by Mr. Atari on Oct 6, 2011 9:44:13 GMT -5
I'm with thenewmads on this. Also, Montenegro. Also, Djibouti.
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