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Post by Mr. Atari on Jan 9, 2011 14:35:01 GMT -5
Did you have that same backwards-talking dream with flaming cards?
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Post by Mr. Atari on Jan 8, 2011 20:18:25 GMT -5
I really enjoyed this afternoon's game. Watching the 7-9 Seahawks beat the champs was a nice "Up yours!" to all of the whining writers and talking heads who wanted to re-seed and reorganize the system.
THIS is what makes playoffs exciting. Like when a 15 beats a 2 in March Madness.
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Post by Mr. Atari on Jan 6, 2011 14:04:15 GMT -5
I just remembered my favorite part of Zombie - when the main "hoodlum", who was supposed to be really bad and violent for the 80s, throws spaghetti at his mom's face! In case anyone didn't know, that hoodlum was played by Shawn Levy, who went on to be a big Hollywood director ("Night at the Museum" and "Date Night", for example). The MST family tree has some odd branches.
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Post by Mr. Atari on Jan 6, 2011 1:06:19 GMT -5
Kafka is one crazy-ass sumbitch! That's my review of him: one crazy-ass sumbitch. I once referred to Kafka in a college paper as, "Poe, after dropping acid." Which is okay by me; I like my literature crazy-ass and twisted.
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Post by Mr. Atari on Jan 6, 2011 0:56:25 GMT -5
In the spirit of this thread, I dusted off my copy of Gabriel Garcia Marquez's Chronicle of a Death Foretold.
Does that count as a short story? Or is it a novella?
Whatever you call it, I call it good griddlecakes.
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Post by Mr. Atari on Jan 6, 2011 0:52:59 GMT -5
Very cool.
I still can't get over the fact that the same guy who voiced Boris Badenov wrote the lines, "I killed that fat barkeep!" and "Shut up, Iris! I tell ya, shut up!"
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Post by Mr. Atari on Jan 4, 2011 15:41:02 GMT -5
I can't say I've ever studied or even wondered about the physics of zeppelins.
I enjoyed the Mythbusters episode where they investigated the cause of the Hindenburg's flammability.
But my favorite experience with a blimp was in high school when I was playing a pickup game of basketball at the local park. I played varsity basketball, and a teammate and I used to go to the park to shoot around. We were destroying the other team and had been throwing in some Globetrotters tricks just for fun. ("Hang on a minute, I need to tie my shoe...oop, easy lay-up.") After about 5 minutes of this, the other team was understandably pissed at us. It is also worth mentioning that this was the weekend of the big PGA golf tournament in town, where national sports media coverage was rampant.
So I was standing at the top of the key, checking the ball in, and everyone else had their backs to the basket. Suddenly, over the building behind the court, not more than 50 yards away and not more than 100 feet off the ground, emerged the Good Year Blimp in all its glory. As you can imagine, it stole my attention and I stood agape at its hugeness and its nearness. I shouted, "LOOK! IT'S THE GOOD YEAR BLIMP!" Everyone on the court thought it was another hot-dog trick, and refused to look.
ME: "I promise you, I'm not joking!" THE OTHER GUYS: "How dumb do you think we are?" ME: "It's right behind you!" THE OTHER GUYS: "Just play already." ME (slowly): "I will bet you fifty dollars that the Good Year Blimp is behind you."
Sometimes, it's good -- no, hilarious -- to be the boy who cried wolf.
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Post by Mr. Atari on Dec 30, 2010 16:12:29 GMT -5
One last Genesis post.
After going through each album, some songs really stuck with me. So for you list thread lovers, here is a list of what I think are the best songs in the band's catalog. Perfect if you're looking for a place to start or (like me) want to compile your own greatest hits.
Peter Gabriel era: Trespass "Looking for Someone" "The Knife"
Nursery Cryme "The Musical Box" "The Return of the Giant Hogweed" "Harold the Barrel" "The Fountain of Salmacis"
Foxtrot "Watcher of the Skies" "Supper's Ready"
Selling England By the Pound "Dancing with the Moonlit Knight" "I Know What I Like" "Firth of Fifth" "The Cinema Show"
The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway "The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway" "In the Cage" "Back in NYC" "Carpet Crawlers"
Phil Collins era: A Trick of the Tail "Dance on a Volcano" "Robbery, Assault, and Battery" "Ripples" "A Trick of the Tail"
Wind and Wuthering "Your Own Special Way" "Afterglow"
And Then There Were Three "Down and Out" "Undertow" "Many Too Many" "The Lady Lies"
Duke "Behind the Lines" "Misunderstanding" "Turn it On Again"
Abacab "No Reply At All"
Genesis "Mama" "That's All" "Just a Job to Do" "It's Gonna Get Better"
Invisible Touch "Tonight, Tonight, Tonight" "Land of Confusion" "Anything She Does" "Domino"
We Can't Dance "No Son of Mine" "Driving the Last Spike" "Living Forever" "Fading Lights"
Finally, if you're already a fan, here are the B-sides you really need to track down:
"Twilight Alehouse"-- a jazzy/poppy Gabriel number, with GREAT drumming.
"Inside and Out"-- Recorded during the W&W sessions. Could have made the album much better.
"You Might Recall"-- a B-side that's miles better than anything that actually made it on the Abacab album.
"Me and Virgil"-- Phil HATES this song, and has called it the worst song in his career. I completely disagree (cough..."Who Dunnit?"...cough). It's a fun, bouncy story song.
"On the Shoreline"-- A great extra from the We Can't Dance sessions.
"Anything Now"-- A good song they recorded with Ray Wilson.
"Sign Your Life Away"-- ibid.
"Run Out of Time"-- ibid. Seriously, how does such a terrible album produce such good B-sides? I don't get it.
----------------------------- And that's that. I said I was going to enjoy the process with gusto, and I have! But now I'm spent.
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Post by Mr. Atari on Dec 30, 2010 15:48:13 GMT -5
Thanks, mummi. There are a few artists I could jump in and do this with right now, without any research. RUSH, Radiohead, and Sting come immediately to mind. I thought Genesis would work the best because their music is so diverse and their history is so interesting. Plus, I haven't been able to stop listening to them for the last 4 months.
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Post by Mr. Atari on Dec 30, 2010 15:22:46 GMT -5
Nice poll.
I love me some '70s disaster movies. The more D-grade the cast, the better. So when it comes to enjoying '70s cheese on my MST cracker, I have to go with the KTMA entries, like "Superdome", "SST-Death Flight", or "City on Fire". I'd also include "Hangar 18" and "The Last Chase", even though they were made in 1980.
The later episodes are all great, but other than "S.F. International", The Brains never really tackled the 70s-era "cast of TV actors in a dire predicament" genre outside of KTMA.
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Post by Mr. Atari on Dec 30, 2010 11:42:36 GMT -5
I seem to be the opposite of most people: I read my "serious" fiction before I was 25 and then moved on to aliens and wizards when I grew up. I'm the same way. A literature undergrad degree and a theology post-grad degree means that I overdosed on all the classics by the age of 25. I'll dabble in them once in a while; but I spend most of my recreational reading in the Discworld universe now.
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Post by Mr. Atari on Dec 29, 2010 1:34:34 GMT -5
Loving the list, as always.
We have slightly different tastes in literature. You are a bigger fan of guys like Faulkner and Vonnegut than I. Still, I enjoy the education and influence (and humor) I get from threads like these.
It's nice to see some of my favorites like Chekov or Bierce or Matheson on here. Here's hoping you'll include some Flannery O'Connor, or perhaps some Poe or Melville. Unless you prefer not to.
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Post by Mr. Atari on Dec 29, 2010 0:09:50 GMT -5
I don't have a huge problem with who they've let in. I'm fine with the rap acts and some of the more obvious pop acts.
My problem is with who they keep out. Especially when it's clearly deserving groups (like Chicago or KISS or the B-52s) or an entire subgenre (progressive rock) that Jann Wenner arbitrarily keeps out or campaigns against because of his own bias.
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Post by Mr. Atari on Dec 28, 2010 19:29:17 GMT -5
I still have my wisdom teeth. And tonsils. And appendix. I don't give up body parts easily. Same here. I've had dentist after dentist try to get at my wisdom teeth, but they don't hurt and they're not doing any damage to the rest of my teeth. Money grubbing quacks, the whole lot of 'em.
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Post by Mr. Atari on Dec 28, 2010 18:37:35 GMT -5
Mrs. Atari and I got the first season for Christmas, and we're already through the three 90-minute episodes. Wonderful performances and directing. Easily the best show I've stumbled upon in years.
I'm kind of bummed that they only made 3 episodes, but if you look at them as a trilogy of films, it's totally worth the price. Martin Freeman is exceptional as Dr. Watson. I can't wait to see him as Bilbo.
Has anyone else seen the show?
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