Beltmann

If I had known, I could've bootlegged a copy while at the theater. I totally would've done that for you--but I probably would have trimmed a few minutes here and there, tightened things up in places...

GG Allin got nuthin' on Bob Flanagan.

It's not on DVD yet, is it? I caught it at our downtown theatre. EDIT: Just checked; it's due for DVD release on September 25th.

Here are 10 off the top of my head:

Not many people know this, but one of my hidden talents is that I can poop in cursive.

Black Book, which concerns a Jewish singer asked by the Dutch Resistance to seduce an SS officer, has the usual Verhoeven showmanship--a fast pace, a curdled sense of melodrama, an unapologetic cocktail of sex and violence--but it also has a bewildering moral complexity. I think it

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Johnny!

And welcome to you, too, fellow Wisconsinite!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Tracy!

Even better.

Same here... I'm also keen to catch his new one, Interview. Have you seen it yet? If so, I'd be interested in your take.

Stacy and I have tickets, and are about 80% sure we'll be there--and if we are, you better be there!

Here's why it's ridiculous: Unless there is a radical departure in human behavior--a departure unprecedented in the entire history of humanity--and unless all Americans willingly view a developing fetus as a person with inviolable rights, it is impossible to draft such a law. In other words, we will never be forced to answer your question in reality. (You might as well ask me whether, if all the steel in the world spontaneously turned to cake, would I eat a bridge?) If we're going to play around in a message-board world of ludicrous hypotheticals, then yes, I would vote for such a law, and

Welcome! This is a great place.

Tonight:

No Depression. I know that album doesn't resemble a Wilco album as we usually think of it, but if you consider the life of a band as a continuum, then you have to include its starting point. Therefore, Uncle Tupelo is worth protecting.

Wow, that song really, really works for that clip.

Seeing her live made me feel lucky to merely be in the presence of such a voice.

What I said is that in our current political and social climate, and in light of the emotional, psychological, medical, and private aspects--which contain far more complex and varying strains than adult deaths do--wound up in the issue, a government intervention is not the most useful, effective means of combating abortion. Would I personally oppose abortions that happen legally? Yes. To be meaningful and enforceable, all laws must be pragmatic.

I dunno... I guess there's always hope for the best.

Wow, you really, really missed all the nuances of what I said in this thread. What I said is that in our current political and social climate, and in light of the emotional, psychological, medical, and private aspects wound up in the issue, a government intervention is not the most useful, effective means of combating abortion. Would I personally oppose abortions that happen legally? Yes. To be meaningful and enforceable, all laws must be pragmatic.

Love to, but got a thing for my sister's birthday--knives will probably play a role there, too.

Hope you don't mind, but this is now my desktop pic!