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Hasn't this always been an issue? I haven't visited OLGA in years, but I used to use that and some other similar sites about 5-10 years or so ago and there always used to be a sense that the sites could fold at any time because of copyright issues. Didn't OLGA even shut down for a while? The details are hazy, but I remember something like that. I dunno, maybe I'm just hallucinating. Carry on.

Nothing wrong with the Illustrated Classics. I wonder if this is the pop-up book version.

No doubt. Plus, this book has long been a pretty cliched fashion accessory for people trying really hard to look intelligent. But, hey, lets give the guy credit--its a short enough book that I'm willing to believe that Bush might have actually read it.

I guy I work with went and said it was a hilarious experience--a la a Rocky Horror showing. I dunno, I think that might be fun, but I'm not sure I want to pay full movie-ticket price for snakes on a m*****f***** plane.

Maybe, but it still sounds like N'awlins to me.

You could also just jump right in and get yourself Louie Armstrong's Hot Fives and Sevens recordings or some Jelly Roll Morton and move your way forward chronologically...

Good one. Coltrane's "Blue Train" and Miles Davis' "Kind of Blue" are pretty standard suggestions for this sort of thing. That's where I started and they're still among my absolute favorites, but there's a whole universe of music out there and so many styles that it will take some exploring. Highly rewarding, tho!

That's what I was wondering. I'd take that one over anything. "And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out" is one that sneaked up on me after owning it about 2 years. "Painful" is excellent, as well. "I Can Hear the Heart..." is good, but I think it suffers for me because everybody told me how awesome it was before I ever heard it and so then when I finally did, I thought "...Meh" I really love about half of "Summer Sun".

I think I do remember chiming in, but I can't remember if I was pro- or anti- Lynchburg. I like VA a lot, but that wouldn't be my preferred area to live in. Charlottesville will probably be a step in the right direction for you because I think you'll find it will be more to what you were expecting when you heard the words "college town". I never lived there (damn you, UVA waitlist! )--I grew up in the DC burbs--but C'ville is a cool town.(and beautiful in the fall, which you'll probably find to be a redeeming factor in Lynchburg, too)

Indeed. Wait another 50-75 years and this subject matter will be perfectly suitable for a 3 hour crapfest like Titanic or Pearl Harbor.

Highly recommended. Fear not, the rest of the state isn't as backwards as the part you ended up in. I grew up in VA and I turned out ok! (arguably)

Rock on, peel!

Good stuff.

Thanks, guys! Peel, I'm diggin' the birfday jam. Why stop at 37 mins, tho? Play all night, fellas! Seriously, thanks everybody.

1. Thank you. 2. It'll be interesting to see who they come up with. Do we have any republican-leaning celebrities in CT? I heard that Kevin Bacon's kids go to the private school near me--anyone know his political-leanings?

Under the Volcano is quite good. Its a book that takes a while (and probably a couple readings) to "get it", but it is excellent. Which reminds me that I haven't read it since college, so I'm probably due for a re-read. The only thing about I know about "Journey to the End of the Night" is that I have that album by the Mekons.

That's what I meant, I guess. Obviously, most self-identified Dems are frustrated with him. I haven't seen the polls that sugget Leeb would win a 3-way race as an in indy--is that true?? That would take an awful lot of Republicans going out of their way to support a guy who is ostensibly still a Democrat, more or less. Not sure I'm seeing that happen, but I suppose if it could happen anywhere, Connecticut is the place.(do the Republicans even have a candidate yet or is Leeb "their guy"?)

Not sure about the "negativity"--I've seen much nastier campaigns before. But I guess its true that the central thrust of Lamont's campaign that Lieberman was essentially Bush's Democrat-lapdog in the senate--I guess that can get to feeling pretty negative after a while, but I'm also not sure there's a way around it because it is an accurate depiction of why much of the party became uncomfortable with Joe. This vote--as much as being a vote against Joe himself--was really a vote against the overall political status-quo. Joe was a stay-the-course guy...and the course sucks. But, hell, I'll

Like CBGB's, but wussier.

The national coverage of this is interesting to see. As a CT resident, the outcome of this thing long ago seemed like a foregone conclusion. It was over the moment Joe finally looked up and realized he actually had an opponent and he got that deer in the headlights look. Yeah, Joe's an establishment guy. More than anything, he acted like a guy who just wanted to save his seat. Sometimes he tried to cloak it in grand imagery where he painted himself as a practical guy who realizes that in order to govern effectively, you sometimes have to make deals with people whose ideas you disagree

Riiiiight. So this is more about keeping your husband from checking out other people's boobs, then. Hey, that's understandable to a degree, but at least be honest about your complaint. My sis in law was over at my house for dinner last night with her 2 month old. I always walk into a room and never notice that she is even doing it. (she uses a cover so there is nothing to "see" and its all pretty normal, anway) When the kids are that young, she'd spend her whole day locked in a bedroom if she had to "hide" it. I dunno, we always get a good laugh about it when halfway into my conversat

Wait...what??? Did they kick him out (presumably because he usually appears to be drunk) or did he go solo??? The good Cap'n is the center of that particular circle, IMO.

Another thing to consider here regarding the walls--how old is your home? A couple issues you may want to be aware of that I ran into: (1) lead paint, and (2) can you peel back the paper enough to verify that there is good drywall underneath? I had a wallpaper-removing project turn into a total nightmare on me when I stripped away about 5 layers of grotesque wallpaper only to find that my house was evidently built before people used "normal" drywall. Seriously, the walls underneath are this wood particle-boardish substance that is definitely not paint-ready. So my options were limited to

I'm sorry, Billy, but even with the new look, "Get Outta My Dreams, Get into My Car" is never gonna make the mothership descend on your cheezy ass.

Jeebus, I thought I was a pessimist until I read this thread. Reading the "the world is so fucked up I don't want to have kids" comments reminds me a bit of myself, because I'm sure at one point I have said that myself. And the biggest thing that has changed me between then and now, I guess, is...well...having kids. I hate to sound hallmark-card-ish, but my kids give me hope every day. They've made me think about the future in a way that I honestly probably hadn't before. Yes, I fear for them. They will be alive through a period of time that will most likely be marked by considerable