ponch1028

I'm not saying it's not funny AT ALL, but to me it's just too easy and simple.

 

The funny part is that, YES, it's funny that someone that "simple" could be VP. Or is it?

 

Obviously, Palin is much smarter than SNL is portraying, but I understand the parody of her being a simple-minded suburban Mom. But to me she's too relatable to make me wanna laugh. My Sister reminds me of her. Many Moms I know remind me of her. And these females I know are very smart and capable of handling many responsibilities. These Moms I know are inspirational....much like I think Palin is inspirational.

 

I don't think of these people as being dumb bimbos, so I have a hard time believing Palin is. So I don't really "get" the joke I guess.

Humor is pretty subjective - but I think your central premise or argument in defense of Palin's treatment is pretty weak. SNL & the Daily Show lean left - no argument there. However, both take on the absurdities of each party pretty evenly in my opinion. The reason that Palin is getting dumped on and Biden is not is not a commentary on SNL's leftist leanings or simple and sexist treatment of Palin (and I am not accusing you of saying it is sexist). I believe it to be for a few reasons:

SNL & The Daily Show satirize the media spin - the media is pretty obsessed with Palin right now.

McCain/Palin are limiting Palin's availability to the media, which intensifies the media's obsession, which SNL reflects.

When Palin has spoken, it has been a train wreck (and people in the McCain team have admitted as much) which gives SNL free reign to poke fun at it.

During the primaries, SNL focuses mostly on the Democratic primary because it was the central topic of politics. I don't remember people up in arms about Romney or Huckabee not getting enough parodies on the show. They painted Hilary as shrill - seemed pretty simple-minded and easy, but I guess that is where they thought the humor lied, in the exaggeration of the simple and easy.

The fact that Fey used some of Palin's words verbatim in her satire of the Katie Couric interview for laughs (and got them, laughs that is) says to me that the problem isn't SNL's unfair/biased/demeaning depiction of Palin but rather SHE IS FREAKIN' NOT QUALIFIED TO BE VICE PRESIDENT!

There is absolutely nothing I find inspirational about her. Not one thing. And I'm suppose to be the type of person that she caters to. I generally lean conservative. I am an evangelical Christian. I go to church regularly, and SHE FREAKIN' SCARES ME.

She kind of reminds me of my oldest sister. Guess what? I wouldn't vote for my sister for Vice President. Why? Because she is freakin' unqualified. There are a lot of nice women, and a lot of successful men, at my church that I do find inspirational and commendable and you know what? I wouldn't vote for any of them for Vice President. Why? Because none of them are qualified. And a couple of them have actually been to Russia, which would make them more qualified to talk Foreign Policy.

She may be smart - but I don't think she's smart enough to be Vice President, and if her intelligence doesn't come across in the media or in interviews or in debates - well, that's the least of her problems. I don't know if I'd vote for her to be on the PTA Board in my town.

Sorry, but I had to vent. I told my wife the other day that Palin makes Dan Quayle overqualified.

Did anyone notice in the scene where Michael, Jim, and I think Holly were eating lunch, Michael didn't have the goatee. In the next scene, he did and in the next scene, they showed him coming to the weigh in with it shaved where Ryan asked him about it. I thought maybe I didn't see it right, but I saw someone comment on it on another forum last night too.

My wife mentioned this - I didn't see it. But glad to know she isn't crazy.

I think part of that deal is the length - when it is an hour long, it seems to lag.

Yeah, whenever I hear a comedy is going to do an hour long episode, I get a little hesitant. The rule of thumb seems to be that overall, they aren't as funny.

A couple of gripes. First, I could live without the Ryan character. I thought his exit at the end of last season was perfect. I was ready for his character to disappear for awhile.

Second, Dwight is starting to annoy me. I use to find him extremely funny. Now, even parts of last season, he's just not doing it for me. It's not the same. I can't necessarily pinpoint the reason.

Biggest letdown of last night's episode, however, was Holly. Just didn't find her funny at all.

Laughed a few times, but overall, I thought the episode was weak - definitely a letdown after last season's finale.

I just thought they were trying too hard. IMO, the show has always excelled at subtle humor within the boundaries of the characters they have realistically depicted. Last night felt like all the characters were caricatures of themselves. All over the top.

I'm hoping that it'll improve.

I've been waiting for about 6 hours and they have not emailed me the link yet. Anyone else experiencing this?

Don't Worry Baby - The Beach Boys

Twist and Shout - The Beatles' version

Brown-Eyed Girl - Van Morrison

59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy) - Simon and Garfunkel

I Want You Back - The Jackson 5

Donald O'Connor's "Make 'em Laugh" dance in Singing in the Rain

The last shot of Notorious when Claude Rains slowly turns and walks back into his mansion.

"Tiny Dancer" singalong in Almost Famous

Three scenes in Casablanca

-- last shot with Bogey and Claude walking off together

-- When Victor Lazlo and the club band plays "La Marseillaise"

-- When Rick helps out the newlywed couple at the Roulette table

Audition scenes in Waiting For Guffman

I think the best scene in Say Anything is when after walking her home, he takes a bow in the middle of the street while Diane and her dad watch him from the window.

All of Max Fischerman's plays in Rushmore

A million scenes in Children of Men, but the scene that sticks with me is when they are walking out of the combat zone with the baby past all of the soldiers and refugees.

The last scene in the bookstore in the Lives of Others - best movie ending in quite a while.

The barn raising scene in Witness

Those are just a few.

Does anyone know of any tapers planning on recording the show? I'm hoping for something special at this concert, and I'm hoping someone is able to capture it.

If you know of anyone, perhaps you should explore whether or not they'll let you plug into the soundboard - it looks like Stan (the sound guy) has been a little open about getting the soundboard as long as the recordings are only released as matrixes.

Oh please, please, let this be the case for the Charleston show. And I'd love it if a taper would be able to capture Bon Iver as well.

This is going to be special - I can feel it!

If you can get your hands on a copy, his MTV Unplugged performance is a nice companion piece to his solo Central Park concert. Much of the same material is covered but in a more intimate setting. Very warm and engaging performance.

I own every S & G and Paul Simon solo albums. I love them all. However, I would make a special point to purchase

There Goes Rhymin' Simon

&

Graceland

For me, both surpass the rest of his catalogue because from start to finish both sound like he's having a blast. One of his flaws both as a solo artist and w/ Garfunkel was a lot of the music and lyrics came across as too serious and not that loose and carefree. I think these two albums combine the best of both sides of the coin.

Plus, both have songs that would rank in my top 5 Paul Simon songs of all-time

American Tune (There Goes Rhymin' Simon)

Graceland (Graceland)

I envy the idea of discovering his music for the first time.

It's not the production (or added instruments) that hinders the last album so much as it is the mix. One of Iron & Wine's strengths is his voice, and it's too buried behind instrumentation in the mix. The songs prove themselves strong and worthy in the live setting when the mix has a better blend and balance.

Our Endless Numbered Days is a masterpiece, although I like them all.

No joke, for the past 8-9 months, my 5-year-old daughter makes me (i.e., wailing if I decline) sing Apartment Story by the National using her Bob and Larry Beanie Babies (of the Veggie Tales) using their voices. It started out as a duet, and eventually has morphed into Bob the Tomato singing the lyrics wrong, Larry the Cucumber correcting him, and Bob pummeling him to a bloody pulp for doing so. No joke, for the past 8-9 months.

I AM SO SICK OF BOB AND LARRY (and yet I still find myself singing Apartment Story in regular voice at least daily).

Before that craze, she had me singing Kathleen by Josh Ritter, and whenever the line "drive you back home Kathleen" was sung, she made me add her name (not substitute but add).

The hardest one has been Walken, because I once sang it and ad-libbed a line that Jeff probably did in one of his live shows that I had listened to recently, and she won't accept any other version other than the ad-libbed version, which I don't remember!! (but includes the word "sad" which I never guess correctly where or how "sad" was used). I don't sing that one anymore, because it always results in her arguing with me.

My 2-year-old has me sing Don't Know Why by the Essex Green and White Winter Hymnal by the Fleet Foxes. Singing to her is much less work.

As an evangelical Christian (just giving you my religious designation), I find tolerance as many people define it to be overrated. Many define tolerance from a theorethical stance. They, in theory, truly believe they respect the philosophical, moral, and religious differences that many people have, but in reality, rarely do they cultivate or sustain ongoing relationships with people drastically different than they are.

To me, the true test of tolerance is the willingness and ability to cultivate relationships with individuals and groups (or communities) who drastically differ in their religious, moral, and philosophical worldview. Until I see progress in these areas, I'll take this report with a grain of salt. Healthy relationships generally develops respect, which to me, leads to actual tolerance.

my 2 cents.

I've really enjoyed many of these posts.

The one with Reese Witherspoon when she was like 13? If so, then I agree 100%.

that's the one. it is a beautiful and touching film.

Little Women

Man in the Moon (not Man on the Moon)

Running on Empty

The Lives of Others

My Girl

Schlinder's List

Sophie's Choice

Those are some that immediately come to mind.

With Wilco's HQ letting us know that the St. Louis shows will be availabe on Roadcase soon, has anyone captured the two current shows that are on Roadcase, and if so, are they willing to share?

I understand that I can purchase a soundcard and capture them streams myself, but right now I do not have the available funds to purchase one nor the time to figure it all out. Perhaps somewhere down the road.

If no one has it, so be it - I can't complain if nobody else is willing/able to do what I myself haven't done as well. Just wanted to throw it out there before the two shows are removed from Roadcase.

1. Highway 61 Revisited

2. Blood on the Tracks

3. John Wesley Harding

4. Blonde on Blonde

5. Bringing It All Back Home

6. The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan

7. Nashville Skyline

8. The Times They Are A'Changing

9. Desire

10. Slow Train Coming

This past Tuesday I watched the Naked Prey (1966) on TCM while surfing back and forth to get updates from the IN & NC primaries. It drove my wife nuts!

I found it to be a great film.

Nice!!!

Thanks a million.

I am very sorry for you and Emily and your entire family, both yours and his.

I am very sorry to hear about your brother's death. I will remember you and your family in my prayers.

Ponch

I, in no way, shape, or form am condoning what your roommate has said, done, or conducted themselves, but have you considered the possibility that your roommate is struggling with depression or some other form of emotional distress, imbalance, or something to that degree? She very well may be a negative person ... but she could also be someone who is depressed and demonstrating symptoms of her emotional instability (withdrawing, petty stealing, lack of regard for responsibilities). She could also be a negative person who is also depressed.

I do not wish to over-analyze her motivations and mental health, but are there other factors involved which may lead you to either consider this possibility or completely dismiss it?

Based on the amount of information you provide, my gut reaction is that she's obviously immature, especially in the ways of independent living. You do not give her age, but I assume she's close to your own. If in fact she is around 24 and this is the first time she's moved out of her parents' home, she is obviously behind many of her peers when it comes to the responsibilities and mental discipline it takes to live independently from someone else.

She didn't really have much of a transition time between moving out of her parents and in with you before the girlfiend surfaced. While she may or may not have envisioned some romantic possibilities with you in the future, she probably was excited about sharing this new step into adulthood with you as her support and partner, which lasted about a couple of weeks. You yourself admit that you are also not worth a word when the two of them are around, so she may be misinterpreting your own behavior and communication toward her, which in turn provokes a negative response from her.

The challenge here is that all of the above may be true, and that she's also clinically depressed or chemically imbalanced ... who is to know for sure? Certainly not me, but perhaps given these points, you might be able to expand more on her mental and emotional make-up, along with her upbringing in regards to independence, responsibility, and accountability.

I liked Heat.

I liked Heat!

Why not just put out the soundboard version too? Then people can download whatever version (matrix or sbd) they prefer.

I recall yltfan saying previously that he agreed to only released the SBD in a matrix mix. If that was the stipulation in order to get the soundboard, then he should not whatsoever release the soundboard version.

Beethoven's 6th is my favorite symphony of his, although I generally listen to all nine throughout the week at work.

Schubert, Grieg, and Tchaivosky are also regularly in my rotation. Just watch Little Einsteins, they're a good intro into classical music.