Mr. Kinsley

Umm... we already had that covered. Hey Perm- Welcome aboard! You're now an official Angeleno! Helluva way to initiate people though, if you ask me. I thought for sure it was at least a 5 or a 6. It really seemed to last for a while with the kind of gentle rolling right after the initial jolts. It is for this reason I never sleep naked. During the big Northridge quake in the early 90's I was asleep in the buff and ran to the doorway, flapping in the breeze so to speak. All I could think about the whole time was that the apt. building was going to crumble, I'd be trapped, an

I know I've told this one before, but... in HS I was working on a Rose Parade float and they were doing tours of the construction tent (25 or so floats inside one huge circus tent, pretty cool) and in walks Brian May from Queen. He's about 6'10" for starters, but then he's got the big-ass curly hair going on with 2-3" heeled clogs to boot. I had on my little painter's cap and got up the courage to go over and ask for an autograph. Me: "Excuse me Mr. May, would it be alright if I got your autograph?" Brian: "Sure. Got a pen?" Me: "Uh, no." [About 10 seconds of awkward silence.] Me: "Well, thank

Yeah, but that was LAST summer. Where are they NOW?! Eddie needs to hang out with Lindsay Lohan more if he wants to keep current.

God I hate it when you're right.

That's not a sighting, that's a name drop.

What's the statute of limitations on starting a new thread? My other top sightings: Sat at a table next to Tom Hanks and family while they were having dinner with the Spielbergs. We went to that restaurant because we had a coupon, so you know it wasn't too shi-shi. (How do you spell shi-shi?) Almost bowled over Elvis Costello outside of an Eddie Izzard show. We were both coming around a corner at a pretty good clip and I barely got out of the way. (He's not a big guy and I'm 6'2". I'd hate to have been the reason for Elvis' funny-looking nose.) When we got inside he was sitting across t

A guy worked with year's ago was friends with Mike Nishita and invited me to go with him over to his place to watch an NFL playoff game - Joe Montana's Chiefs vs. the Oilers to give you an idea of how long ago it was. Anyway, we get to this place in the south bay and it's the parent's house, and there's all these gold records all over the place for the Beasties. I was totally baffled, since I had no clue. Why are there all these keyboards piled up in the corner? I ended up tracking dog shit into the little converted back porch room that was Mike and Mark's room where we were watching the game

As long as they use it to spy on this guy, I'm ok with it!

It kind of bums me out that it isn't Hank's record anymore considering all he went through to break Ruth's record. Dealing with the death threats and all that over that off-season before the '74 season. He's been such a classy guy over the years, it's sad to see him bumped aside.

[speaking into megaphone] Members of government! Yes, even you at the state level! STEP AWAY FROM THE GENETALIA!! Do not hit on the pages. Don't diddle the interns. And whatever you do, don't go into the park... AT NIGHT!! That is all. Now go back to screwing over the country.

I went to see them because it was a friend's birthday and he was into them. I'd never heard of them, let alone heard them. Blew me away! The bummer part though is that I've lost my favorite mmw cd, combustication. I know it's around here somewhere. Maybe I should break down and go buy a new one so that I'll suddenly find the old one!

You've been hangin' around Analogman too long! 39 very soon. No, really - this time it is 39. From now on after that is when I lie.

Into the Pink is one of my favorite albums. The rest of her stuff... not as much. We always end up getting her "new" album when it comes out and always end up asking "why?" I really should pull that album out later.

It took the card a while to get all the way around the office to me. Which also means that all the really good birthday wishes have been wished. Well, hope it was a good one! (There, I've stretched out the celebration a few extra days.)

In high school I was the one ultra-nerdy kid who couldn't figure out where to get anything that resembled a drug. I really wasn't interested in it, but I always wondered where it all came from. I remember asking out loud in the middle of campus, "Where does everybody even buy their pot?!?!" and about 15 - 20 kids started to scatter immediately. NOt only did I rule out ever getting into any drugs, I also simultaneously ruled out a career in espionage.

You'd think that the decade where hip hop broke out big time would have more than the Beastie Boys and Snoop.* Both deserved it, but even if rap isn't your thing, it deserves more of a nod than that. Was Lauren Hill on there? Also, I was pleasantly shocked to see Wilco not only on the list, but so high up. Actually surprised that Uncle Tupelo didn't make the cut. * There may have been more, but I'm too lazy to go back and check.

Not the Tweedy getting in some batting practice thread I was expecting.

Couldn't hear the Tweedy song very well (I'm assuming it was in the beginning) but damn that looks like a good flick!

Can't help you on the original question, but his site is pretty damn cool. I want a t-shirt! http://hihowareyou.com/

A buddy of mine has a rather hilarious blog. http://jonson.wordpress.com/ Not always funny or intending to be funny, but when he does try he succeeds.

Fixed it for ya'. In terms of what to bring, I'd travel as light as possible. Half the fun of being in a dorm for me was fixing all the problems and getting it all myself. The earlier comment about a toolkit was spot on. They called it a chick magnet, which (probably) isn't really why your daughter will want it, but when word gets around that the girl in Room #___ has a hammer and screwdriver, she'll make instant friends. Or instant moochers. Also, in terms of lighting, you can pull back the cover on flourescent ceiling lights, twist one tube so that the prongs out of the socket a bit but

The difference there is musicians are self-inflicting their demise of their own volition (car/plane crashes not withstanding). Pro wrestlers are pretty much forced into steroid use. Yeah, they chose to go into wrestling, and they chose their lifestyle, but we all know that people crave that kind of fame and attention. It's just like with baseball, where kids in high school have a dream of one day playing in the major leagues. Steroids are seen as the magic key that will open that door. I guess the only reason we aren't seeing the same sort of problem with quite so many premature deaths in real

Ironically enough, I have a cousin-in-law who is heavily involved in Primerica. She's in the Carribean for training. On a boat. Not just any boat though. My guess is that her boss is involved in scientology and is trying to convince the rest to join in. Or maybe she's been in for a while and the 2 pyramid schemes just flowed together nicely. I know they (scientology) have close to a hundred shadow organizations that aren't "officially" affiliated, but still funnel funds to Cruise & Co. We've been wondering about her involvement with Primerica for a while, and this might explain quite

I knew just by the title of this thread that I wouldn't know any of the bands listed. Tweedy and esoteric/obscure music are like hand & glove.