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=> GENERAL DISCUSSION => Topic started by: jkeisenh on March 09, 2005, 01:00:00 pm
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ok, so i know it was discussed elsewhere, so kill me for starting a new thread for it. i'm having a crappy day anyway.
on that light note... i'm headed to dc9 tonight to sing me some bauhaus or something... who else?
and, why is there a cover for a karaoke? that seems odd to me. while $5 won't break the bank, it's still less than normal.
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I didn't know about that, perhaps I'll pop by for something different. Maybe I can sing "Bittersweet Symphony" and pretend I'm Richard Ashcroft.
As for the $5, the world of small clubs in DC is one of a never-ending brutally darwinian struggle for survival. So $5 is not a lot to cough up to keep a cool place going.
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i can't go, but i would like to know what kind of selection they have for future visits
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Originally posted by god's shoeshine:
i can't go, but i would like to know what kind of selection they have for future visits
what's it worth to ya, bub?
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Originally posted by chimbly sweep:
on that light note... i'm headed to dc9 tonight to sing me some bauhaus or something... who else?
anyone want to hear me sing the pixies' "broken face"?? uhh-huh, uh-huh?
i've been practicing.
i'd go, but i need to watch the big east tournament tonight ... georgetown has been slumping hard, and this will probably be their last game of the season
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Originally posted by Doctor Doom:
I didn't know about that, perhaps I'll pop by for something different. Maybe I can sing "Bittersweet Symphony" and pretend I'm Richard Ashcroft.
As for the $5, the world of small clubs in DC is one of a never-ending brutally darwinian struggle for survival. So $5 is not a lot to cough up to keep a cool place going.
I'll come just to see this...anything by the Verve will do...
;)
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Originally posted by Sayonaro:
I'll come just to see this...anything by the Verve will do...
;)
you've never heard me sing, though. ;)
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Originally posted by HoyaSaxa03:
i'd go, but i need to watch the big east tournament tonight ... georgetown has been slumping hard, and this will probably be their last game of the season
Must suck to be from a school whose "turn around" season may not even get them into the tournament...
me, i'm looking forward to some nachos and pitchers of cheap beer with my alumni association starting next weekend... i support the badgers mostly for the beer and nachos, honestly.
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Originally posted by chimbly sweep:
Must suck to be from a school whose "turn around" season may not even get them into the tournament...
me, i'm looking forward to some nachos and pitchers of cheap beer with my alumni association starting next weekend... i support the badgers mostly for the beer and nachos, honestly.
oooh, let me know if they bring out the fried cheese curds.
my college basketball team is trying to turn the program around. i mean, after all, it isn't every program that has deal with a player murdering another player and having the coach use the murder to try to cover his own ncaa violations.
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Originally posted by Doctor Doom:
Originally posted by god's shoeshine:
i can't go, but i would like to know what kind of selection they have for future visits
what's it worth to ya, bub? [/b]
millions
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Originally posted by chimbly sweep:
Must suck to be from a school whose "turn around" season may not even get them into the tournament...
hah!
georgetown was predicted to go 4-12 in the Big East this year, and that, frankly, was generous ... we start 3 freshmen (including 1 freshman walk-on), none of whom were highly recruited ... our depth has been decimated the last few years by transfers and we have a brand new coach (john thompson III) whose style takes a while to learn
we were 8-3 at one point in the Big East ... this is unbelievable, honestly ... a five game losing streak brought us back down to 8-8, but its still light years ahead of where i expected us to be at this point.
one of our freshmen, jeff green, will be frosh of the year in the big east ... he'll beat uconn's rudy gay, who was widely expected to jump right to the NBA out of high school, and probably will make the jump this offseason
we have a young team, a new coach with top-notch pedigree, a couple of highly rated recruits for next year, and we're on the right path ... next year will only be better, which we haven't been able to say for years and years
so yeah, in light of all of that, it really sucks to be a georgetown basketball fan ... just really, really, really sucks, thanks for rubbing my face in all this failure.
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remain on topic.
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Originally posted by Doctor Doom:
remain on topic.
lo siento. i get distracted when i'm ridiculed for my love of georgetown basketball.
soooo, let's sing some pavement!
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I was kidding about remaining on topic :p
but can I sing "Jenny and the S-Dog" by Malkmus?
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well, whatever you sing, please come say hi to me-- i don't think i've met anyone who's coming tonight before (then again, i don't really *remember* the people I met at the last few forum shindigs, I had such a good time).
i have short blonde hair and glasses and will be with a baldy.
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I'm not 100% sure I'll be there tonight. Only about 50% sure. So if I'm there, I'll say hi. I'll be with a non-baldy. :)
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I still think Cocteau Twins and My Bloody Valentine karaoke would be the ultimate. Esp. if there were drink specials on Cuervo shooters.
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Originally posted by chimbly sweep:
i have short blonde hair and glasses and will be with a baldy.
Of all my traits why is bald always the first one listed? With that sort of description I am forced to consider singing a Murphy's Law or Mephiskaphiles song.
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Originally posted by Sayonaro:
...anything by the Verve will do...
:D
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id do some guided by voices perhaps.....does anyone else reaaaally wish they were robert pollard?
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Originally posted by j-money:
id do some guided by voices perhaps.....does anyone else reaaaally wish they were robert pollard?
a 60 year old bald drunk? yeah!!!
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Originally posted by HoyaSaxa03:
a 60 year old bald drunk? yeah!!!
bald?
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Originally posted by ratioci nation:
Originally posted by HoyaSaxa03:
a 60 year old bald drunk? yeah!!!
bald? [/b]
ok, maybe just 60 and drunk ... go hoyas...
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Originally posted by ratioci nation:
Originally posted by HoyaSaxa03:
a 60 year old bald drunk? yeah!!!
bald? [/b]
60?
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hey man thats not cool, indie rock would be a whole lot different today without pollard and gbv
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Originally posted by SPARX:
60?
59?
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Originally posted by HoyaSaxa03:
Originally posted by SPARX:
60?
59? [/b]
Still in his 40's,has been known to sport quite an afro, as for drunk,could be,but then it is rock n roll right?Hoya's looked good down the stretch tonight by the way.Still got work to do if they want to stay out of the NIT.
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Originally posted by SPARX:
Originally posted by HoyaSaxa03:
Originally posted by SPARX:
60?
59? [/b]
Still in his 40's,has been known to sport quite an afro, as for drunk,could be,but then it is rock n roll right?Hoya's looked good down the stretch tonight by the way.Still got work to do if they want to stay out of the NIT. [/b]
i'm just fucking around about pollard ... hoyas looked lethargic all game, finally clicked for them in the last 5 minutes ... that's not going to work against Uconn tomorrow night ... i'd say we need to beat Uconn in the quarters and get a win in the semis to dance ... in other words, NIT here we come!
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ok, so this thing was so much fun that this morning i forgot to put my glasses on before leaving for work, discovered it once i got here, have a meeting in 5 min, and now am forced to work drunk, hung over AND vision impaired. It was that fun.
The DJ is some guy from Athens, GA who did the karaoke thing there for fun but is now touring up and down the east coast with it. He'll be at Mojo in Baltimore tomorrow.
The place never got crowded but it was surely a good time... i think everyone was quite drunk by the end. I appreciated the opportunity to sing Modest Mouse's "Shit Luck," truly a karaoke masterpiece.
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heh... sorry I missed it. You're lucky, though, I sing like sh*t.
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And to molify Chimbly the bald guy even sang 'Take the Skinheads Bowling'
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Originally posted by chimbly sweep:
The DJ is some guy from Athens, GA
figures .... one of my favorite onion articles lampooning indie rock athens ...
37 Record-Store Clerks Feared Dead In Yo La Tengo Concert Disaster
ATHENS, GAâ??Thirty-seven record-store clerks are missing and feared dead in the aftermath of a partial roof collapse during a Yo La Tengo concert Monday.
"We're trying our best to rescue these clerks, but, realistically, there's not a lot of hope," said emergency worker Len Guzman, standing outside the 40 Watt Club, where the tragedy occurred. "These people are simply not in the physical condition to survive this sort of trauma. It's just a twisted mass of black-frame glasses and ironic Girl Scouts T-shirts in there."
Also believed to be among the missing are seven freelance rock critics, five vinyl junkies, two 'zine publishers, an art-school dropout, and a college-radio DJ.
The collapse occurred approximately 30 minutes into the Hoboken, NJ, band's set, when a poorly installed rooftop heating-and-cooling unit came loose and crashed through the roof, bringing several massive steel beams down with it.
Andy Ringler, an assistant manager at Wuxtry Records, sustained head trauma when he ran back into the building to rescue a fellow clerk.
"I just had to help," said Ringler, listed in stable condition at a nearby hospital. "I saw all these people coming out bleeding and dazed. I gave up my vintage Galaxie 500 shirt just to help some guy bandage his arm. It was horrible."
Added Ringler: "I just pray they can somehow get this club rebuilt in time for next month's Dismemberment Plan/Death Cab For Cutie show. That's a fantastic double bill."
Joe Gaer was among the lucky record-store clerks who escaped unscathed.
"I was in the bathroom when it happened," said Gaer, a part-time cashier at School Kids Records. "There was this loud crashing sound, followed by even louder crashing, and then all these screams. If I hadn't left to take a leak during 'Moby Octopad'â??to be honest, never one of my favorite songs on I Can Hear The Heart Beating As Oneâ??I'd probably be among the dead."
"It's just tragic," Gaer continued. "I heard they were going to play Daniel Johnston's 'Speeding Motorcycle.' They almost never do that one live."
Devastated by the disaster, Athens record-store owners are still holding out hope that their employees are still alive.
"All I can do is wait and pray they'll find them," said Bert's Discount Records owner Bert Halyard, who lost clerks Todd Fischer and Dan Harris in the collapse. "They were going to start an experimental/math-rock band together. Dan had a really nice Moog synthesizer and an original pressing of the first Squirrel Bait EP."
As of press time, police and emergency rescue workers were still sifting through the wreckage for copies of Magnet, heated debates over the definition of emo, and other signs of record-store-clerk life.
"I haven't seen this much senseless hipster carnage since the Great Sebadoh Fire Of '93," said rescue worker Larry Kolterman, finding a green-and-gold suede Puma sneaker in the rubble. "It's such a shame that all those bastions of indie-rock geekitude had to go in their prime. Their cries of 'sellout' have been forever silenced."
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Originally posted by tbmtt:
And to molify Chimbly the bald guy even sang 'Take the Skinheads Bowling'
molify? i would have said placate.
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Sorry we missed the karaoke. We never made it out of the main bar at DC9. First time there - very very cool place.
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Originally posted by xcanuck:
Sorry we missed the karaoke. We never made it out of the main bar at DC9. First time there - very very cool place.
agreed, i love DC9, one of the better additions to DC in the last couple of years...
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i just like bars that have canned beer for those of us who are members of lower socioeconomic classes.
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You mean the people that spend 2 grand or more on bicycles rather than smarter investments, like a down payment on a condo?
Originally posted by chimbly sweep:
i just like bars that have canned beer for those of us who are members of lower socioeconomic classes.
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Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer:
You mean the people that spend 2 grand or more on bicycles rather than smarter investments, like a down payment on a condo?
oh, the assumptions!
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Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer:
You mean the people that spend 2 grand or more on bicycles rather than smarter investments, like a down payment on a condo?
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Maybe we could get GGW to sing this to you:
"In 1649
To St George's Hill
A ragged band they called the Diggers
Come to show the people's will
They defied the landlords
They defied the law
They were the dispossessed
Reclaiming what was theirs
'We come in peace' they said
'To dig and sow
We come to work the land in common
And to make the waste land grow
This earth divided
We will make whole
So it can be
A common treasury for all
The sin of property
We do disdain
No one has any right to buy and sell
The earth for private gain
By theft and murder
They took the land
Now everywhere the walls
Rise up at their command
They make the laws
To chain us well
The clergy dazzle us with heaven
Or they damn us into hell
We will not worship
The God they serve
The God of greed who feeds the rich
While poor men starve
We work, we eat together
We need no swords
We will not bow to masters
Or pay rent to the lords
We are free men
Though we are poor
You Diggers all stand up for glory
Stand up now
From the men of property
The orders came
They sent the hired men and troopers
To wipe out the Diggers' claim
Tear down their cottages
Destroy their corn
They were dispersed
But still the vision lingers on
You poor take courage
You rich take care
This earth was made a common treasury
For everyone to share
All things in common
Al people one
We come in peace -
The order came to cut them down"
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Like the assumptions you make about people who live in the burbs? :roll:
Originally posted by chimbly sweep:
Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer:
You mean the people that spend 2 grand or more on bicycles rather than smarter investments, like a down payment on a condo?
oh, the assumptions! [/b]
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Back up a second...you think a condo, particularly in an area of ridiculous housing inflation, is a smart investment?
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Originally posted by j_lee:
Back up a second...you think a condo, particularly in an area of ridiculous housing deflation, is a smart investment?
Err where are you going with that baton? The special olympics?
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Originally posted by Miss MaRpIe:
Originally posted by j_lee:
Back up a second...you think a condo, particularly in an area of ridiculous housing deflation, is a smart investment?
Err where are you going with that baton? The special olympics? [/b]
I noticed you changed inflation to deflation...has the housing bubble in the D.C. area burst without my knowledge?
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NO, I thought you comment was rediculous. It only made sense the other way around.
The trend is your friend, so GGW told me over cognac and cigars.
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Originally posted by Miss MaRpIe:
NO, I thought you comment was rediculous. It only made sense the other way around.
The trend is your friend, so GGW told me over cognac and cigars.
I see...I meant to imply that with prices at an all time high the only way to go is, inevitably, down. thus, "inevitable deflation" rather than ridiculous might be more correct.
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how can you not love how our conversations degrade into these sorts of real estate jibjab?
i just want to point out that, once again, it wasn't me who took the conversation in this direction... but people always do this TO me.
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I think they were saying the same thing last year when we bought our house. Yet we've seen our property value go up 20+% in our 11 months of ownership.
I just think that in areas where the population will be increases, housing will become a scarcer and scarcer and thus more coveted commodity, and prices will never deflate. In many markets, there will be a levelling off and perhaps some deflation, but I don't think DC will be one fo them.
Originally posted by j_lee:
Originally posted by Miss MaRpIe:
NO, I thought you comment was rediculous. It only made sense the other way around.
The trend is your friend, so GGW told me over cognac and cigars.
I see...I meant to imply that with prices at an all time high the only way to go is, inevitably, down. thus, "inevitable deflation" rather than ridiculous might be more correct. [/b]
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Originally posted by j_lee:
[I see...I meant to imply that with prices at an all time high the only way to go is, inevitably, down. thus, "inevitable deflation" rather than ridiculous might be more correct.
I think it is safe to say that property is a safe investment, over time, whether there is a price bubble or not. As the bubble didnt even burst much in the kill zone after the terrorist attacks and the dot boom, I am guessing it wont burst.
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Once you hit your 30's and have your law degree, you'll realize there is more to life than getting drunk on six packs of PBR while singing karaoke to shitty indie rock. Not that there's anything wrong with that, but most people tend to grow out of that.
Originally posted by chimbly sweep:
how can you not love how our conversations degrade into these sorts of real estate jibjab?
i just want to point out that, once again, it wasn't me who took the conversation in this direction... but people always do this TO me.
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Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer:
I think they were saying the same thing last year when we bought our house. Yet we've seen our property value go up 20+% in our 11 months of ownership.
I just think that in areas where the population will be increases, housing will become a scarcer and scarcer and thus more coveted commodity, and prices will never deflate. In many markets, there will be a levelling off and perhaps some deflation, but I don't think DC will be one fo them.
I mostly understood that, so I won't be a dick and correct your grammar.
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Originally posted by j_lee:
I mostly understood that, so I won't be a dick and correct your grammar.
Yea that is smart, at least he can get his ideas across....
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Sorry, I'm not as thorough when it comes to proofreading board crap as I am with my job work or schoolwork.
Originally posted by j_lee:
Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer:
I think they were saying the same thing last year when we bought our house. Yet we've seen our property value go up 20+% in our 11 months of ownership.
I just think that in areas where the population will be increases, housing will become a scarcer and scarcer and thus more coveted commodity, and prices will never deflate. In many markets, there will be a levelling off and perhaps some deflation, but I don't think DC will be one fo them.
I mostly understood that, so I won't be a dick and correct your grammar. [/b]
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Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer:
I just think that in areas where the population will be increases, housing will become a scarcer and scarcer and thus more coveted commodity, and prices will never deflate. In many markets, there will be a levelling off and perhaps some deflation, but I don't think DC will be one fo them.
unless there's another wave of riots, or your property needs a few thousand years to deradioactivate (is that a word?)
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I don't foresee any riots in my neighborhood, but I guess stranger things have happened.
Originally posted by HoyaSaxa03:
Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer:
I just think that in areas where the population will be increases, housing will become a scarcer and scarcer and thus more coveted commodity, and prices will never deflate. In many markets, there will be a levelling off and perhaps some deflation, but I don't think DC will be one fo them.
unless there's another wave of riots, or your property needs a few thousand years to deradioactivate (is that a word?) [/b]
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Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer:
Once you hit your 30's and have your law degree, you'll realize there is more to life than getting drunk on six packs of PBR while singing karaoke to shitty indie rock. Not that there's anything wrong with that, but most people tend to grow out of that.
perhaps some people may "grow out of it." i guess those would be the people that are now jealous of those of us that have something called "fun" regularly at a low cost.
in contrast, i see that being a condescending jerk is something that some people never grow out of.
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I would hazzard a guess that MOST people grow out of it.
Then they have fun by sitting around their houses (where there's not a bloody $5 admission) drinking a six pack of GOOD beer, bought for the price of 3 of your PBR's, listening to good music, and not choking on smoke. ;)
Originally posted by chimbly sweep:
Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer:
Once you hit your 30's and have your law degree, you'll realize there is more to life than getting drunk on six packs of PBR while singing karaoke to shitty indie rock. Not that there's anything wrong with that, but most people tend to grow out of that.
perhaps some people may "grow out of it." i guess those would be the people that are now jealous of those of us that have something called "fun" regularly at a low cost.
in contrast, i see that being a condescending jerk is something that some people never grow out of. [/b]
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Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer:
I would hazzard a guess
<img src="http://xroads.virginia.edu/~UG97/blake/hazpics/boysbg.jpg" alt=" - " />
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Trying to spell it the redneck way to offset my use of the word "bloody."
Originally posted by HoyaSaxa03:
Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer:
I would hazzard a guess
<img src="http://xroads.virginia.edu/~UG97/blake/hazpics/boysbg.jpg" alt=" - " /> [/b]
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Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer:
Once you hit your 30's and have your law degree, you'll realize there is more to life than getting drunk on six packs of PBR while singing karaoke to shitty indie rock. Not that there's anything wrong with that, but most people tend to grow out of that.
And then there are those of us who, in their 40s, go out to bars, drink Guinness until they get drunk, and air guitar to indie rock. At least that's what I did last night :)
Seriously, ever since when did "growing up" mean not having fun? And what's wrong with a "grown up" putting back a six pack of PBR and singing karaoke to crappy indie rock?
I think that "growing up" means understanding how to have fun and still be responsible. If you can afford to <insert immature activity of choice> and not have it adversely affect you or those around you...then what's the big deal?
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I hope you or anyone in your party didn't drive after putting away a 6 pack of PBR. And if you're in your 40's (or 30's or 20's), you're not really doing your liver a favor by putting away a 6 pack of beer.
My point was not that there's anything wrong with a grown up doing some moderate drinking and doing indie rock karaoke.
My point was that after doing that for a number of years, some might tend to tire of it and find other things to enjoy doing or enjoy talking about...like talking about the real estate market. Which apparently is not acceptable in Chimbey's little anti-establishment noncomformist world.
Originally posted by xcanuck:
Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer:
Once you hit your 30's and have your law degree, you'll realize there is more to life than getting drunk on six packs of PBR while singing karaoke to shitty indie rock. Not that there's anything wrong with that, but most people tend to grow out of that.
And then there are those of us who, in their 40s, go out to bars, drink Guinness until they get drunk, and air guitar to indie rock. At least that's what I did last night :)
Seriously, ever since when did "growing up" mean not having fun? And what's wrong with a "grown up" putting back a six pack of PBR and singing karaoke to crappy indie rock?
I think that "growing up" means understanding how to have fun and still be responsible. If you can afford to <insert immature activity of choice> and not have it adversely affect you or those around you...then what's the big deal? [/b]
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Originally posted by HoyaSaxa03:
Originally posted by chimbly sweep:
The DJ is some guy from Athens, GA
figures .... one of my favorite onion articles lampooning indie rock athens ...
37 Record-Store Clerks Feared Dead In Yo La Tengo Concert Disaster
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Hoya, that is by far my favorite Onion story ever. Absolutely frickin' brilliant. I have it stored in a folder in my email and re-read it every now and then. I always want to send it out again, but perhaps not everyone loves it as much as I. ;)
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Originally posted by j_lee:
Originally posted by Miss MaRpIe:
NO, I thought you comment was rediculous. It only made sense the other way around.
The trend is your friend, so GGW told me over cognac and cigars.
I see...I meant to imply that with prices at an all time high the only way to go is, inevitably, down. thus, "inevitable deflation" rather than ridiculous might be more correct. [/b]
-- nevermind -- I'm so sick of this conversation around the city. Sorry I jumped in...(no aspersions to j_lee or Marple...general housing discussion fatigue)