boywiththorninside

You could try:

The Standards

The Exorcist

The Shining

Some Hitchcock - although does suspense necessarily equal scary in the Halloween sense?

Psycho

Rear Window

Rebecca

The Birds

The Roger Corman/Vincent Price adaptations of Poe

The Fall of the House of Usher

The Pit and the Pendulum

Tales of Terror

The Raven

The Masque of the Red Death

I'm a Dennis fan. "Forever" is probably his high point for me. I think that song can stand alongside a lot of Brian's work, and is so good that it can rise above even this:

Safe for work, but click at your own risk

As far as the solo stuff, I like "Time" and "You and I" best.

What the hell was the deal with Charles Manson though? Apparently, Dennis wasn't the best judge of character.

The tracks that were initially streamed - Tweedy, Cat Power, Jim James - are the standouts for me. There are some others I like, but also a lot I'll never listen to again.

Drew did get plunked pretty good right above the right ankle yesterday, so that's probably gonna be pretty sore the next couple of days. But yeah, I don't know about putting Youk in the outfield. I'd just rotate it. Play Ortiz two days at first, Lowell two days at third and Youkilis one day at each.

I just heard on the radio that Ortiz is at first on Saturday and Youklis is sitting.

Recover quickly and feel better.

I'd hardly call 6 years ago recent and personally speaking I think it is insanely stupid. Britain has a much worse problem with such an integrated Islamic population and they still manage everything alright, but in America there are so comparitively few arabs and muslims(probably due in no small part to racism) and no terrorist attack in years, despite giving them reason to attack with ridiculous prison sentences over non-Americans. 4 British men arrested for 2 years in Afghanistan? How is that America's buisiness? Harsh measures like that are insanely stupid

Something about this post reminded of that recent Doris Lessing quote where she seemed to try to quantify how bad 9/11 was in comparison to the acts of the IRA. I don't think you can ever win by trying to say this act of terror was "not as bad" as that act of terror. Or that an act of terror is not recent enough to be kept in memory. From just across the East River, 6 years ago can sometimes seem like yesterday.

Britian is handling everything alright? Try to walk anywhere in London without being in view of CCTV. Personally, I would find this invasive, but if this handling everything alright, I guess they are handling everything alright.

although i dont agree with some of the things he says (pro-life for one)

He was an ob/gyn for years. I'm not making any judgment about his position, but I imagine this might have influenced his thinking on that issue.

There was an earlier thread devoted to this, which would seem to be a good sign for him. People are taking notice. Anyway, for more thoughts and opinions...

Ron Paul Thread

They should have used Neko's take on Buckets of Rain.

That's a good one. Is there a studio version? I've only heard it live.

The ad uses a Smog song - "Held."

I apologize. I see "The Maker" was all over this in a different thread. Delete this?

Bob Dylan - "New Morning"

I've learned never to call anything underrated, but I like this album more than most people seem to. I would put it much higher in my personal ranking of Dylan's best albums than most people do. I love his singing voice on this one. I like the down home feel. I like the simple lyrics. There is nothing I don't like about this album.

Who is the favorite in this Series?

I'm picking the Red Sox because of the Rockies' layoff, home field advantage, and Beckett. Are they generally considered the favorite?

Everyone is probably sick of these threads. Are these ads even news anymore? Probably not, but here goes...

Bob Dylan would like you to buy a Cadillac

Here's the ad itself:

Cadillac Ad

This can't be good for Steinbrenner's already failing health. The sons should really tell him Cleveland won.

Congrats to the Sox and their many fans on here. I hate to admit, but you've got a good team. I hope we now get a good World Series.

Sometimes I wonder if the Godfather series was less the genius of Coppola and more the genius of a script, an ensemble and editing. This was encouraged by reading "The Kid Stays in the Picture" by producer Robert Evans. Nonetheless a gutsy philosophical picture is usually worth a shot. I'll probably see it when it comes to the states.

I don't know the full details, but I've read Evans and Coppola had a huge falling out during the filming of "The Cotton Club" and that they are sworn enemies. Thus, Evans might have an agenda. I don't know, I'm just a bit of skeptical of his claims. Coppola has never again matched the first two "Godfather" films, but, really, how could he? If anyone doubts Coppola's talent, I would suggest they view "The Conversation." He wrote and directed this between the "Godfather" and "Godfather Part 2" and it's perfect. Also, "Apocalypse Now." Yeah, it is flawed, but I love its ambition and I never tire of watching it. After "Apocalypse," I can't really recommend anything he did. I think he was in financial trouble in the 80's and, as a result, was driven more by financial need than by artistic vision. In the 1990's, I think he came to care more about producing wines than films. Anyway, his four near great to perfect films from the 1970's will always keep me interested in what he is doing. When I get the chance, I'll definitely check this new one out.

I'm guessing this was the template for Tweedy's cover - alternate lyrics, violin and all:

Dylan - Simple Twist of Fate - 1975 John Hammond Tribute

SO, is this the part where you guys pull your penises fan history out and tell us who the true yankee fan is?

 

That's right!

I was at Don Mattingly's last home game! 1995 Game 2 v. Seattle! He hit a home run! The Jeffrey Maier game! I was there!

I'll stop. I've been enough of an a-hole in this thread already.

you're one of those fans, huh? excuse me while I distance myself from you.

Wow. Yankees fans or not, we were not destined to get along.

Gary, my tongue was firmly in cheek.

My earliest baseball memory is Righetti's no hitter. I'm old enough to remember most of the 1980's and the early 90's. Bobby Meacham, Dale Berra, Ed Whitson, Stump Mitchell, Tartabull, etc., etc. I watched those teams. Almost every weekend they were home, I used to hop on the 4 and go to a largely empty Stadium. My father and grandfather have explained the 1965 - 1975 gap. I know how good I've had it. I'd like to think I'm not one of those fans.

 

Yankees fan. I'm offended you even asked.

I'm sorry I had to ask about your team. I thought maybe you weren't a Yankees fan and that's where our different perpectives were coming from. This doesn't mean that I'm right, but several people I spoke to last night - all Yankee fans - kept repeating the same thing: what the Yankees did to Torre was a carbon copy of what they did to Bernie. Meaning, they made an offer they believed wouldn't be accepted. This then allowed them to cut ties, as they really wanted to do. Further, it allowed them to put the onus on the person who rejected the offer. Quite conspiratorial, I admit, but still I came to believe this was the official Yankee fan line of thinking. I was wrong. Anyway, again, sorry for any beef between us. These are tough times for Yankee fans. 7 years without a title. We need to do a better job of sticking together.

The Torre talk is kind of boring now (except for the nose jokes). We just have to sit around and wait for the revised Yankee offer.

...or start talking non stop about A-Rod's contract. The NY papers will be going all out covering that soon.

Yeah, I could also see a revised Torre offer. I'm not saying it will happen, but I wouldn't be shocked.

Gary, are you a Yankees fan? I see "the Jersey," so I'm guessing Mets, Yankees, or Phillies.

you want some cheese with that whine? you expressed your opinion I expressed mine.

I'm not trying to whine and I'm sorry if things got pissy. I just have a complete different recollection/feeling for how things went down. I think when someone has the resume Bernie had, a tryout offer is a slap in the face. I can see someone having the opposite view - as you do. Roster spots have to be earned. You think Bernie had to earn that spot. I think, based on past performance, he already earned it and that a tryout offer was insulting.

Agree to disagree. No hard feelings on my side.

Anyway, this thread is about Torre. I apologize that it got sidetracked.

Back to Joe: I miss him already.

Bernie would have gotten a lot of offers to be a bench coach, maybe. To be a player...eh, maybe some, for close to league minimum money. And not a starting job, other than maybe in Kansas City or something.

I accept that. I just can't believe that given some of the guys who take up major league roster spots, Bernie couldn't have caught on - and, yes, contributed even - somewhere. I would have liked it to have been with the Yankees.

The NY Daily News ran an article two Sundays ago that Bernie's thinking about coming back next year and that teams have shown interest. I bet he can still play. You guys disagree. That's cool. At his age, you guys might be right.