Narziss

well, it's a holiday week. times are tight as well. thankfully gas prices are going down and the summer is ending for those being milked by the electric company over air conditioning. so i say enjoy your extra money, go have a drink or two and if you get a chance during the next few weeks, throw us a dime or two. you'll have my love forever.

i left the announcements closed simply because i didn't want the chatter to stray. you know how it gets. it hasn't been overwhelming but there has been a good response nonetheless. i really do appreciate it, guys. i wouldn't ask if it wasn't important. someone, who will remain nameless for now, donated a penny for every post. i thought that was both hilarious and awesome. my biggest fear, though, is that this will rest again on the shoulders of people who have donated or bought subscriptions in the past. they've given plenty and it's such a small number of members (even less tha

Hello all, Well, it's time again. Time for a money push! I feel a bit like NPR on that morning drive to work. In between listening to the news I want to hear or some interview of someone that interests me, I have to sit through 10 minute intervals of sophisticated groveling. I try to avoid being annoyed though because I know why they do it. I don't get that interview if no one, or myself, donates. Which is very similar to the situation here. VC exists based on the money donated or paid towards subscriptions. We've become a large community by message forum standards and it's not cheap

Happy birthday, Paul. I hope all is well.

i'm always bummed when something i want shows up in FLAC format only. it's rare because I have all the live shows I could ever want and hardly download them but it sucks when it's an album.

i'm impressed by two things: that Pete Yorn is still around and that there are this many people with opinions on him.

Happy Birthday, Rich!

thanks, guys. i figured it hadn't changed much since the last time I checked. sounds like the convert as i sleep plan will be in effect.

thank you.

It seems to me in the past the process to take a divx or avi file and burn it in dvd format that will play on a basic stand alone dvd player was rather time consuming as opposed to say, mp3 to wav. If I remember correctly, it almost had to play the movie in real time in order to convert it to dvd. Is there a better way? A quicker way? Do I even know what I'm talking about? Could someone explain the process to me in brief?

NME is the worst music rag in the world. You could argue Spin, Rolling Stone or other magazines like them but they no longer pretend they are significant. NME still pretends that are something more than a tabloid and pop culture magazine. Besides, their readers poll reflects a very young and uninformed audience.

Yeah... you have it worse off. Cheaper By The Dozen??? Egads!

I didn't know they showed reruns of that on LOGO.

My wife loves My Fair Brady. That and Flavor of Love. It's rubbish, I tell ya!

I love Project Runway. What can I say? Fashion is cool! I even watch Next Top Model... The American and British version. I make up for it by doing push ups and scratching.

My wife is an anglophile, super Britpop fan so I have to endure hours of Blur, movies, books and films about Britain, and a host of other UK-centric stuff.

Rich, I just want to say that I quite enjoy reading your posts for the english slang. "absolute dogs" and "any cop"... It gives this poor white kid from Indianapolis now living in Dallas, Texas a little culture. Thanks, Narz

They make great tshirts and such. Well, let's say good. It's their cut that seperates them from Hanes, Anvil and Gildan. The quality is iffy at best. I've worked for a promotional products firm for six years now and remember when they first popped on the scene for us. It was kind of interesting since their catalogs were suggestive and racy compared to the typical Mr and Mrs Whitebread in polos and khakis. I've dealt with them a number of times and they are straight up creepy. There was an expose on them on Dateline this past Friday. Even more creepy. I prefer not to deal with them

The British media should be banned from making lists such as these. From NME to now the Observer, it's always ugly. I'm just glad to see the Libertines aren't in the top 5.

Happy Birthday, Sir.

ULF!!! I can't believe you are still around, old friend.

What a great set!

I want to take a moment to announce that Kyle/Solace is VC's employee of the month for February. One free Burger King cheeseburger, a $20 gift certificate to Bob's Bait and Tackle and a signed photo of me and my dog are his prizes. Let's all raise a glass to young Kyle. (Some of you may think he's getting ripped off for all his hard work but you haven't seen this photo.)