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This just in from the nation's capital:
"Around the city, I have noticed the mockingbirds singing cellphone
ringtones. I find this depressing. I am grateful they do not watch
American Idol."
o Jumper. 6 Apr. 2007. Online posting. _Achenblog_. Washington Post. 9
Apr. 2007
<http://blog.washingtonpost.com/achenblog/2007/04/chris_buckley_beatles_and_the.html>.
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.. Chuck Rhode, Sheboygan, WI, USA
.. 1979 Honda Goldwing GL1000 (Geraldine)
.. Weather: http://LacusVeris.com/WX
.. 33° ? Wind ENE 10 mph ? Sky overcast. Snow; fog.
"Around the city, I have noticed the mockingbirds singing cellphone
ringtones. I find this depressing. I am grateful they do not watch
American Idol."
o Jumper. 6 Apr. 2007. Online posting. _Achenblog_. Washington Post. 9
Apr. 2007
<http://blog.washingtonpost.com/achenblog/2007/04/chris_buckley_beatles_and_the.html>.
--
.. Chuck Rhode, Sheboygan, WI, USA
.. 1979 Honda Goldwing GL1000 (Geraldine)
.. Weather: http://LacusVeris.com/WX
.. 33° ? Wind ENE 10 mph ? Sky overcast. Snow; fog.
"Chuck Rhode" <CRhode@LacusVeris.com> wrote in message
news:pan.2007.04.09.19.56.06.76045@LacusVeris.com...
> This just in from the nation's capital:
>
> "Around the city, I have noticed the mockingbirds singing cellphone
> ringtones. I find this depressing. I am grateful they do not watch
> American Idol."
Oh fuck, Cat has just gotten into "American Idol", a positively dreadful
show. When she turns it on, I either go out to my garage or go to bed and
read.
That, and "Dancing With the Stars" is, in my opinion, BAD television. I
really prefer "Gunsmoke", "The Andy Griffith Show" and "Sanford and Son".
Thumper
>
> o Jumper. 6 Apr. 2007. Online posting. _Achenblog_. Washington Post. 9
> Apr. 2007
> <http://blog.washingtonpost.com/achenblog/2007/04/chris_buckley_beatles_and_the.html>.
>
> --
> .. Chuck Rhode, Sheboygan, WI, USA
> .. 1979 Honda Goldwing GL1000 (Geraldine)
> .. Weather: http://LacusVeris.com/WX
> .. 33° - Wind ENE 10 mph - Sky overcast. Snow; fog.
On Tue, 10 Apr 2007 16:25:08 GMT, "Thumper"
<roadapple@unclewebster.com> wrote:
>
>"Chuck Rhode" <CRhode@LacusVeris.com> wrote in message
>news:pan.2007.04.09.19.56.06.76045@LacusVeris.com...
>> This just in from the nation's capital:
>>
>> "Around the city, I have noticed the mockingbirds singing cellphone
>> ringtones. I find this depressing. I am grateful they do not watch
>> American Idol."
>
>Oh fuck, Cat has just gotten into "American Idol", a positively dreadful
>show. When she turns it on, I either go out to my garage or go to bed and
>read.
It was better in prior years, when Paula Abdul would come out
totally shit-faced and fall out giggling the whole time.
This year is, no doubt, the most disgusting distillation of
'pandering to their 11 - 13 year old girl' demographic they've ever
sunk to. About the only interesting singer they've ever had, one who
actually had a style and an interpretation, was Chris Daughtry. The
rest have been no-talent wannabe's.
Really, their first season 'star' - William Hung - about says
it all. The guy that you dread getting the microphone at the karoake
bar, a veritable 'Attack of the Killer Tomatoes' of the vocal world,
got rich and famous.
>
>That, and "Dancing With the Stars" is, in my opinion, BAD television. I
>really prefer "Gunsmoke", "The Andy Griffith Show" and "Sanford and Son".
A.I. beats 'Deal or no deal' - a show whose featured
attraction is people opening briefcases, one at a time, to see what
number is inside them.
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<roadapple@unclewebster.com> wrote:
>
>"Chuck Rhode" <CRhode@LacusVeris.com> wrote in message
>news:pan.2007.04.09.19.56.06.76045@LacusVeris.com...
>> This just in from the nation's capital:
>>
>> "Around the city, I have noticed the mockingbirds singing cellphone
>> ringtones. I find this depressing. I am grateful they do not watch
>> American Idol."
>
>Oh fuck, Cat has just gotten into "American Idol", a positively dreadful
>show. When she turns it on, I either go out to my garage or go to bed and
>read.
It was better in prior years, when Paula Abdul would come out
totally shit-faced and fall out giggling the whole time.
This year is, no doubt, the most disgusting distillation of
'pandering to their 11 - 13 year old girl' demographic they've ever
sunk to. About the only interesting singer they've ever had, one who
actually had a style and an interpretation, was Chris Daughtry. The
rest have been no-talent wannabe's.
Really, their first season 'star' - William Hung - about says
it all. The guy that you dread getting the microphone at the karoake
bar, a veritable 'Attack of the Killer Tomatoes' of the vocal world,
got rich and famous.
>
>That, and "Dancing With the Stars" is, in my opinion, BAD television. I
>really prefer "Gunsmoke", "The Andy Griffith Show" and "Sanford and Son".
A.I. beats 'Deal or no deal' - a show whose featured
attraction is people opening briefcases, one at a time, to see what
number is inside them.
--
Click here every day to feed an animal that needs you today !!!
http://www.theanimalrescuesite.com/
Paul ( pjm @ pobox . com ) - remove spaces to email me
'Some days, it's just not worth chewing through the restraints.'
'With sufficient thrust, pigs fly just fine.'
HVAC/R program for Palm PDA's
Free demo now available online http://pmilligan.net/palm/
<.p.jm@see_my_sig_for_address.com> wrote in message
news:1bfn13tpjbpr7nv48ah6vts5uqdbg08opm@4ax.com...
> On Tue, 10 Apr 2007 16:25:08 GMT, "Thumper"
> <roadapple@unclewebster.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>"Chuck Rhode" <CRhode@LacusVeris.com> wrote in message
>>news:pan.2007.04.09.19.56.06.76045@LacusVeris.com...
>>> This just in from the nation's capital:
>>>
>>> "Around the city, I have noticed the mockingbirds singing cellphone
>>> ringtones. I find this depressing. I am grateful they do not watch
>>> American Idol."
>>
>>Oh fuck, Cat has just gotten into "American Idol", a positively dreadful
>>show. When she turns it on, I either go out to my garage or go to bed and
>>read.
>
> It was better in prior years, when Paula Abdul would come out
> totally shit-faced and fall out giggling the whole time.
>
> This year is, no doubt, the most disgusting distillation of
> 'pandering to their 11 - 13 year old girl' demographic they've ever
> sunk to. About the only interesting singer they've ever had, one who
> actually had a style and an interpretation, was Chris Daughtry. The
> rest have been no-talent wannabe's.
>
> Really, their first season 'star' - William Hung - about says
> it all. The guy that you dread getting the microphone at the karoake
> bar, a veritable 'Attack of the Killer Tomatoes' of the vocal world,
> got rich and famous.
So, you watch that shit too?
>
>
>>
>>That, and "Dancing With the Stars" is, in my opinion, BAD television. I
>>really prefer "Gunsmoke", "The Andy Griffith Show" and "Sanford and Son".
>
> A.I. beats 'Deal or no deal' - a show whose featured
> attraction is people opening briefcases, one at a time, to see what
> number is inside them.
Yuck, I can't stand that show, as well.
Thumper
>
>
> --
> Click here every day to feed an animal that needs you today !!!
> http://www.theanimalrescuesite.com/
>
> Paul ( pjm @ pobox . com ) - remove spaces to email me
> 'Some days, it's just not worth chewing through the restraints.'
> 'With sufficient thrust, pigs fly just fine.'
> HVAC/R program for Palm PDA's
> Free demo now available online http://pmilligan.net/palm/
On Tue, 10 Apr 2007 17:37:26 GMT, "Thumper"
<roadapple@unclewebster.com> wrote:
>
><.p.jm@see_my_sig_for_address.com> wrote in message
>news:1bfn13tpjbpr7nv48ah6vts5uqdbg08opm@4ax.com...
>> On Tue, 10 Apr 2007 16:25:08 GMT, "Thumper"
>> <roadapple@unclewebster.com> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>"Chuck Rhode" <CRhode@LacusVeris.com> wrote in message
>>>news:pan.2007.04.09.19.56.06.76045@LacusVeris.com...
>>>> This just in from the nation's capital:
>>>>
>>>> "Around the city, I have noticed the mockingbirds singing cellphone
>>>> ringtones. I find this depressing. I am grateful they do not watch
>>>> American Idol."
>>>
>>>Oh fuck, Cat has just gotten into "American Idol", a positively dreadful
>>>show. When she turns it on, I either go out to my garage or go to bed and
>>>read.
>>
>> It was better in prior years, when Paula Abdul would come out
>> totally shit-faced and fall out giggling the whole time.
>>
>> This year is, no doubt, the most disgusting distillation of
>> 'pandering to their 11 - 13 year old girl' demographic they've ever
>> sunk to. About the only interesting singer they've ever had, one who
>> actually had a style and an interpretation, was Chris Daughtry. The
>> rest have been no-talent wannabe's.
>>
>> Really, their first season 'star' - William Hung - about says
>> it all. The guy that you dread getting the microphone at the karoake
>> bar, a veritable 'Attack of the Killer Tomatoes' of the vocal world,
>> got rich and famous.
>
>So, you watch that shit too?
No.
--
Click here every day to feed an animal that needs you today !!!
http://www.theanimalrescuesite.com/
Paul ( pjm @ pobox . com ) - remove spaces to email me
'Some days, it's just not worth chewing through the restraints.'
'With sufficient thrust, pigs fly just fine.'
HVAC/R program for Palm PDA's
Free demo now available online http://pmilligan.net/palm/
<roadapple@unclewebster.com> wrote:
>
><.p.jm@see_my_sig_for_address.com> wrote in message
>news:1bfn13tpjbpr7nv48ah6vts5uqdbg08opm@4ax.com...
>> On Tue, 10 Apr 2007 16:25:08 GMT, "Thumper"
>> <roadapple@unclewebster.com> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>"Chuck Rhode" <CRhode@LacusVeris.com> wrote in message
>>>news:pan.2007.04.09.19.56.06.76045@LacusVeris.com...
>>>> This just in from the nation's capital:
>>>>
>>>> "Around the city, I have noticed the mockingbirds singing cellphone
>>>> ringtones. I find this depressing. I am grateful they do not watch
>>>> American Idol."
>>>
>>>Oh fuck, Cat has just gotten into "American Idol", a positively dreadful
>>>show. When she turns it on, I either go out to my garage or go to bed and
>>>read.
>>
>> It was better in prior years, when Paula Abdul would come out
>> totally shit-faced and fall out giggling the whole time.
>>
>> This year is, no doubt, the most disgusting distillation of
>> 'pandering to their 11 - 13 year old girl' demographic they've ever
>> sunk to. About the only interesting singer they've ever had, one who
>> actually had a style and an interpretation, was Chris Daughtry. The
>> rest have been no-talent wannabe's.
>>
>> Really, their first season 'star' - William Hung - about says
>> it all. The guy that you dread getting the microphone at the karoake
>> bar, a veritable 'Attack of the Killer Tomatoes' of the vocal world,
>> got rich and famous.
>
>So, you watch that shit too?
No.
--
Click here every day to feed an animal that needs you today !!!
http://www.theanimalrescuesite.com/
Paul ( pjm @ pobox . com ) - remove spaces to email me
'Some days, it's just not worth chewing through the restraints.'
'With sufficient thrust, pigs fly just fine.'
HVAC/R program for Palm PDA's
Free demo now available online http://pmilligan.net/palm/
Thumper wrote this on Tue, 10 Apr 2007 16:25:08 +0000. My reply is
below.
> That, and "Dancing With the Stars" is, in my opinion, BAD
> television. I really prefer "Gunsmoke", "The Andy Griffith Show" and
> "Sanford and Son".
... and "Gomer Pile" and "Petticoat Junction" and "Green Acres" and ....
"Lawrence Welk" still makes the reruns on PBS, too.
Yechh!
I believe I may have seen the last of "Imus." I don't have cable and
thus never watch MSNBC except when visiting relatives. I can flip
through five dozen cable channels and not find any more to watch on a
weekday morning than while flipping through a dozen over-the-air
channels. The local news apes the network news programs. They loop
15 seconds of disaster footage behind 45 seconds of, "Damn this war,"
and "Oh, the humanity!" Every day and every day and every day they
then take a minute to describe what went on on American Idol last week
and what will go on next week. It's like advertising the network's
soap opera during the news without burning up a commercial break to do
it. Then they use a couple more minutes to show the national
weatherman mingling with tourists on a side street in New York. What?
Finally they tell you that they're going to cover something in the
next segment. Pretty soon you learn that they never do. After the
first twenty minutes the next 140 are all commercial breaks, boo
hooing, and tossing salads. It's pretty thin gruel. Imus had no
competition.
Nowadays Hugh Downs does infomercials. Remember when he hosted
sketches by Jim Hensen's Muppets on the "Today Show?"
--
.. Chuck Rhode, Sheboygan, WI, USA
.. 1979 Honda Goldwing GL1000 (Geraldine)
.. Weather: http://LacusVeris.com/WX
.. 34° ? Wind NE 9 mph ? Sky overcast.
below.
> That, and "Dancing With the Stars" is, in my opinion, BAD
> television. I really prefer "Gunsmoke", "The Andy Griffith Show" and
> "Sanford and Son".
... and "Gomer Pile" and "Petticoat Junction" and "Green Acres" and ....
"Lawrence Welk" still makes the reruns on PBS, too.
Yechh!
I believe I may have seen the last of "Imus." I don't have cable and
thus never watch MSNBC except when visiting relatives. I can flip
through five dozen cable channels and not find any more to watch on a
weekday morning than while flipping through a dozen over-the-air
channels. The local news apes the network news programs. They loop
15 seconds of disaster footage behind 45 seconds of, "Damn this war,"
and "Oh, the humanity!" Every day and every day and every day they
then take a minute to describe what went on on American Idol last week
and what will go on next week. It's like advertising the network's
soap opera during the news without burning up a commercial break to do
it. Then they use a couple more minutes to show the national
weatherman mingling with tourists on a side street in New York. What?
Finally they tell you that they're going to cover something in the
next segment. Pretty soon you learn that they never do. After the
first twenty minutes the next 140 are all commercial breaks, boo
hooing, and tossing salads. It's pretty thin gruel. Imus had no
competition.
Nowadays Hugh Downs does infomercials. Remember when he hosted
sketches by Jim Hensen's Muppets on the "Today Show?"
--
.. Chuck Rhode, Sheboygan, WI, USA
.. 1979 Honda Goldwing GL1000 (Geraldine)
.. Weather: http://LacusVeris.com/WX
.. 34° ? Wind NE 9 mph ? Sky overcast.
"Thumper" <roadapple@unclewebster.com> wrote in
message
news:ETOSh.20099$PL.19776@newsread4.news.pas.earthlink.net...
>
> "Chuck Rhode" <CRhode@LacusVeris.com> wrote in
> message
> news:pan.2007.04.09.19.56.06.76045@LacusVeris.com...
>> This just in from the nation's capital:
>>
>> "Around the city, I have noticed the
>> mockingbirds singing cellphone
>> ringtones. I find this depressing. I am
>> grateful they do not watch
>> American Idol."
>
> Oh fuck, Cat has just gotten into "American
> Idol", a positively dreadful show. When she
> turns it on, I either go out to my garage or go
> to bed and read.
>
> That, and "Dancing With the Stars" is, in my
> opinion, BAD television. I really prefer
> "Gunsmoke", "The Andy Griffith Show" and
> "Sanford and Son".
>
Hmmph! Chico and the man was better. Thankfully I
forgot almost every bit of those shows.
--
Keith Schiffner
History does not record anywhere at any time a
religion that has any rational basis. Religion is
a crutch for people not strong enough to stand up
to the unknown without help. But, like dandruff,
most people do have a religion and spend time and
money on it and seem to derive considerable
pleasure from fiddling with it.
Robert Heinlein
