Sweet Papa Crimbo

America isn't just the United States

Hope this is an old meme

Not really surprising...he is REALLY young here.

Really, really good news.

Where ya been pal?

My advice to you is to start drinking heavily.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHcRTTy0Epg

I guess that is the death rattle of every Internet group...the more people that get involved, the more the 'core' withdraws. Well, I've cast my lot with this board, whether the cool kids post here anymore or not.

Don't raise you voice. Make a better argument.

Wasn't feeling really well this morning, so I got up early and listened to some tunes before I got ready for work

That's what I was afraid of. People aren't going to another mass heavily attended forum to share with many different people. It's simply a narrowing of the circle.

...is there a Facebook group?

Sound like anybody here?

Watching the Cup finals on NBC makes me wish that the NHL could swing a major network contract for the regular season.

Well...a lot of that started when people started changing their usernames. (I'm guilty of that too...but I always have Crow in one way shape or form in my username). When that started, the inside jokes became overwhelming and a bit off-putting to the new folks. Even though the current administrators and moderators are top notch, things changed once Narziss left/abdicated/moved on/retired. And, like all boards, newcomers were mercilessly hazed or ignored by the 'cool kids'. As some of the old crew either got bored or perma-banned, things seemed to find their own equilibrium. The board is and

Really cool article.

The only writer I have ever wanted to send fan letter too. But I was scared.

Yeah, he's turned from a righteous whistleblower to a punk. I agree with Bjorn...Ellsberg didn't run and hide under the skirts of the Kremlin.

So very true. I'm right there with you, brutha. The circle remains unbroken.

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/best-summer-songs-of-all-time-20130701/heavy-metal-drummer-wilco-19691231

Springsteen has had a couple of notable openers.. In the club dates before he recorded BTR, he opened with a killer piano and violin arrangement of Incident on 57th STreet. During the BORN TO RUN tour, he opened with a wonderful piano arrangement of Thunder Road. And of course in the monumental tour supporting BORN IN THE USA, the opener was iconic and mythic.

http://wapc.mlb.com/play?content_id=28202033

You weren't actually expecting an insightful comment from him were you?

I've been watching Chess videos and grooving on Magnus Carlson.

Hmmm...what do you guys think an "icehole is"?