Jack Mangan’s Deadpan #121: Watchmania, part 2
Rorschach’s Show Notes
Clarification of podbabble – - the prizes aren’t guaranteed. Prizes will be awarded to the first 3 VM callers.
Rorschach’s Show Notes
Clarification of podbabble – - the prizes aren’t guaranteed. Prizes will be awarded to the first 3 VM callers.
March 11th, 2009 at 10:03 pm
I hereby claim this first post in the name of the U.S. of A.
March 11th, 2009 at 10:15 pm
Woot woot! Can’t wait to listen :)
March 11th, 2009 at 11:20 pm
But you’ve heard it before.p
March 12th, 2009 at 2:32 am
All this has happened before.
March 12th, 2009 at 2:39 am
Apparently Stephen Colbert doesn’t like Browncoats…
March 12th, 2009 at 2:56 am
Bloody iTunes..the latest DP still isn’t showing up.
March 12th, 2009 at 3:11 am
iTunes USA has the Deadpan.
March 12th, 2009 at 3:22 am
Yeah it’s showing up in iTunes on my netbook but not the iTunes store on my phone…grrrrrr!
Ah well will listen next sync.
March 12th, 2009 at 4:07 am
Yay! New Watchmania!!! I can’t wait to hear it.
LostRalph: Good to see you around again!
Ed: I caught that last night. I was thinking, “Either he really doesn’t like Browncoats, or he simply isn’t aware of Firefly/Serenity…” But now I realize: He’s a TV personality, how could he not be aware of a pop-culture phenomenon like that?
March 12th, 2009 at 5:13 am
Morning Pan!
Managed to survive the night without my hubby. Now to survive four more…
March 12th, 2009 at 5:24 am
Morning, Deadpan!
Colbert Nation versus Browncoats — hmm. As I watched him talk about Serenity, sitting next to my NASA-employed better half, I thought well, well, well.
March 12th, 2009 at 5:33 am
Ugh.
Made the mistake of grabbing a mocha latte from Sonic on the way in.
I’m not sure what that goo was, but if it had coffee in it I’d be surprised.
March 12th, 2009 at 5:47 am
Have any of you been following the “Racefail ‘09″ controversy currently playing out? It’s got my hackles up this morning, and I was just about to rant out a blog post on the topic, but thought maybe sitting with the issue for a bit before writing about it was a smarter tactic. Anybody have any thoughts?
March 12th, 2009 at 6:53 am
JB – I’ve always been too afraid to try the Sonic coffees, now I know to continue avoiding. Thanks for the tip.
Cj – aka coffee snob.
March 12th, 2009 at 7:03 am
^ coffee snob too.
Cj, have you ever tried ordering beans from Grounds for Change? If not, I’d highly recommend it. It’s fair trade and organic and yum.
March 12th, 2009 at 7:28 am
EssBee, I haven’t, but I’ll check it out. I do order from an independent roaster at http://www.saratogaroasters.com. It’s a splurge, but it’s worth it. Her coffee is awesome and I like supporting an independent.
March 12th, 2009 at 7:53 am
I’m back. I am kind of creeped out by the weird synchronicity of the first three episodes of the ‘Pan and the last Unshows.
Mr. Mangan, I’m very sorry that I don’t have any resources to send your way. My only advice is to doubt and triple check any legal advice that you do get.
Hurm. That was an honest typo where “doubt” was supposed to be “double” but it works better the way I mis-typed it.
And Tee is a good friend. I’m glad he was/is there for you.
March 12th, 2009 at 8:14 am
Remember if the roasters are to be believed…most people drink stale coffee.
March 12th, 2009 at 8:16 am
I enjoyed the Watchmania conversation, part 2, just as much as I enjoyed part 1. Well done, all of you!
If I had been on the Skype conf, I would have added to one conversation thread by saying that the “watch” motif throughout the GN also makes me think about the entire Cold War notion of the Doomsday Clock. The ticking clock is no question the Doomsday Clock.
The image is a depiction of our nearness to (self-) destruction via the nuclear option. Who watches the Watchmen? All of us better, or kaboom. I’d be curious if Amy had ever heard of the Doomsday Clock, or if it’s “before your time.”
March 12th, 2009 at 8:20 am
Just a quick note: Episode 107: “No Dissasemble Rorschach”is available for your listening pleasure.
http://www.lovelongandprosper.com/podcast/?p=189
March 12th, 2009 at 8:24 am
And… speaking of archived episodes – what’s a girl need to do around here to win a meal at Denny’s with Jack?
March 12th, 2009 at 8:35 am
Well, first you are going to have to order contract hits on Vanamonde and the Smarty Hotties and then impersonate them :)
March 12th, 2009 at 8:39 am
One note about Watchmen I always took the group name of Minutemen to be a reference to the Revolutionary War group.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minutemen
And possibly to the ICBM models of the same name.
RE: Colbert, he’s a TV personality do you really expect to recognize anything beyond his own ego, and what’s in his script?
March 12th, 2009 at 8:40 am
I’m pretty sure I had at least heard of it somewhere before I read “Watchmen.” I was aware of the concept, anyway. But yes, it really was before my time.
March 12th, 2009 at 8:45 am
Now I’m curious as to what I missed on Colbert. It wasn’t just his usual faux right-wing schtick?
The Minuteman ICBM connection hadn’t occurred to me! Watchmen is some seriously fertile text.
Morning, Pan. Yes it is.
March 12th, 2009 at 9:10 am
CP: High And Dry — Radiohead
CD: stale coffee
March 12th, 2009 at 9:23 am
CP: Coverville 558
March 12th, 2009 at 9:39 am
Well, I didn’t see Colbert recently, but on the news this morning I saw where he was recruiting his minions to do a write in campaign on the new space station module. Serenity had been in the lead, but apparently Colbert’s efforts have been paying off.
NASA says that the vote is non-binding :)
March 12th, 2009 at 10:26 am
My job just started sucking exponentially harder.
March 12th, 2009 at 10:27 am
mehning.
Fun listening to the episode.
EssBee: I’m with Scalzi on the whole RaceFail discussion. I’m staying far away from it.
March 12th, 2009 at 12:17 pm
Jack: NASA is allowing people to vote for the name of the newest module of the International Space Station. “Serenity” is leading in the main poll, but “Colbert” is leading the write-in votes, and Stephen Colbert tried to rally people to vote for him on last night’s show.
March 12th, 2009 at 12:19 pm
Word.
Thanks, Ambassador.
March 12th, 2009 at 12:54 pm
CP: Merry Go Round — The Lolligags
March 12th, 2009 at 1:35 pm
Weird. Our comment posts actually echo today.
March 12th, 2009 at 1:42 pm
Weird. Our comment posts actually echo today…
March 12th, 2009 at 3:02 pm
I can’t help it, but my mind completely heads to the gutter when I see this chair.
http://i.gizmodo.com/5168792/yet-another-completely-mundane-rocking-chair
Safe for work.
March 12th, 2009 at 3:10 pm
Woah.
March 12th, 2009 at 3:39 pm
Ugh, work. Why does it have to be so complicated?
March 12th, 2009 at 4:05 pm
Would it be less complicated if you did it while sitting in the chair from ditto’s link?
March 12th, 2009 at 4:14 pm
Maybe. :)
March 12th, 2009 at 4:14 pm
Currently making mushroom risotto for supper tonight.
March 12th, 2009 at 4:18 pm
Wow ditto, nice chair.
I’ll be in my bunk thinking of all the interesting things I could have done in a chair like that.
March 12th, 2009 at 4:22 pm
Not the least of which is probably “working”.
March 12th, 2009 at 4:50 pm
It just warms the cockles. ;)
March 12th, 2009 at 5:14 pm
EssBee: Scalzi has a guest writer talking about RF. The discussion is finally getting to be one of quality, which is what he thought it deserved.
March 12th, 2009 at 5:18 pm
Here’s a link to the Colbert Nation versus Browncoats video:
http://tinyurl.com/dy5anu
March 12th, 2009 at 5:20 pm
Hey, ditto, thanks for the info – I’ll read it. I definitely wasn’t impressed w/ Scalzi’s comments from yesterday, but generally feel aligned with his politics so have faith in him.
Also, Sly B likes the chair too.
March 12th, 2009 at 5:21 pm
I do have a birthday coming up.
March 12th, 2009 at 5:32 pm
Jack: You’re welcome! :-)
I’m moving into a new and (hopefully) better apartment (in the same complex) tomorrow afternoon. My ISP does not know about this yet; I’ll tell them tomorrow. So, if you don’t see me online for the next few days, that’s where I am.
March 12th, 2009 at 5:56 pm
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v81/PwNeD/metallifa.jpg
March 12th, 2009 at 6:05 pm
Metal Gurus: Opinion of Mastadon?
http://www.spin.com/reviews/mastodon-crack-skye-reprise
March 12th, 2009 at 6:27 pm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Galle_crater.gif
Smiley crater on Mars.
March 12th, 2009 at 7:55 pm
Rhett and Van – excellent links!
ditto – I keep reading good things about Mastodon, but I’ve yet to hear anything that I really like. Rhett?
March 13th, 2009 at 1:56 am
So for Wii owners desperate for a non party game..the following is looking good:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L57hLQsNKrs
March 13th, 2009 at 2:44 am
CP: The Geologic Podcast #107
March 13th, 2009 at 3:21 am
CP: LLAP 107
The best promo I never heard.
Why to I think that, when CJ was talking about Riker and Remmick having a “spat”, she was thinking in her head “The make up sex will be awesome!”
Was I close, CJ?
March 13th, 2009 at 3:29 am
Crap, I can’t remember my password for LLAP commenting.
March 13th, 2009 at 3:33 am
Try:
“MakeitSo”
“BeamMeuP”
“HesDEADjim”
“illogical”
March 13th, 2009 at 4:20 am
No, I remember, I didn’t change it from the randomly generated default. I’ll have to check my email at home.
“Momma, you’re watching KID tv.”
Oh, CJ, that has given me a giggle fit. Damn u!
March 13th, 2009 at 5:38 am
Ed, your morning messages made me smile. Thanks! :D
March 13th, 2009 at 5:50 am
Morning!
CP: LLAP 106
March 13th, 2009 at 5:55 am
CP: Salty Dog’s Blues n Roots #160
March 13th, 2009 at 6:55 am
CP: very interesting discussion about the Student Loan industry on yesterday’s Democracy Now!
March 13th, 2009 at 6:58 am
CP: Hold That Train — Lil’ Ed & The Blues Imperials
http://traffic.libsyn.com/blues/indiefeed_liledthe_holdthattrain.mp3
March 13th, 2009 at 7:19 am
CP: Sleepy Maggie — Ashley MacIsaac
March 13th, 2009 at 7:48 am
Murphy’s Saloon is a good music podcast.
March 13th, 2009 at 8:05 am
When I lived in NJ, I loved going to a restaurant called Red Hot & Blue. Good food and live blues music.
http://www.redhotandblue.com/
March 13th, 2009 at 8:15 am
My kid is still sick so I can’t leave the house and I desperately want coffee from somewhere other than my pot.
Anyone want to bring me coffee from Dunkin’ Donuts or McDonalds? Heck, I’d even take Starbucks….
Delivery? Please? I’ll pay you … with real cash money and hugs!
March 13th, 2009 at 8:19 am
Actually… I’m the one that needs the hugs.
Wait – is this delirium just from lack of sleep?
March 13th, 2009 at 8:25 am
Signature Hot Chocolate at Starbucks is rather nice.
March 13th, 2009 at 8:27 am
Hugs, but no coffee, Cj, sorry!
March 13th, 2009 at 8:32 am
Hugs for Cj from across the pond.
Now for something totally trivial:
After playing computer games since 1980 and never dabbling in light guns games…I ordered a gun attachment for the Wii and HOD:Overkill.
The big kid still lives.
Cough
March 13th, 2009 at 8:44 am
So don’t be alarmed when Vaanmonde is hugging you – it’s just the Wii light gun.
March 13th, 2009 at 8:54 am
Fill your boots on Soviet futuristic mag covers from the Stalin era:
http://www.boingboing.net/2009/03/13/motherlode-of-soviet.html
March 13th, 2009 at 9:20 am
CP: Scratch the Surface – The Week that Was
ditto – I think you’d dig this tune. I don’t have time to chase down the link, but I know I found it at spin.com
Did I know that you’d once lived in Jersey?
March 13th, 2009 at 9:44 am
I have the Watchman Xbox360 game trial downloaded. I’ll play it sometime today or tomorrow and report back. Anyone else have this?
March 13th, 2009 at 9:57 am
No, mainly because it just looked like another variation on the Final Fight arcade game:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final_Fight
March 13th, 2009 at 9:59 am
Ah good ole youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y78JG8O9hyc
March 13th, 2009 at 10:29 am
Jack: Thanks. I’ll give that song a listen after work. As for NJ, I really don’t remember if I’ve mentioned it before. I lived in Marlton for a couple of years.
March 13th, 2009 at 10:43 am
Heh. I like the sign in this comic:
http://www.ctrlaltdel-online.com/comic.php?d=20090313
March 13th, 2009 at 11:10 am
CP: Giant Steps — Jennifer Batten
March 13th, 2009 at 11:50 am
I always get the bands Mastodon and Behemoth mixed up because of the names. LOL One of them has a track on the video game “Need for Speed: Most Wanted” and I’ve always liked it. But apparently not enough to remember who they were. LOL
I’ve added a couple of new tracks from the band “Gojira” to my MP3 running playlist. I’m also thinking of getting a couple of tracks from “Testament” and “Cynic.”
March 13th, 2009 at 11:53 am
I think I’ve found my next t-shirt.
http://www.jinx.com/men/shirts/video_games/rpg_skeleton.html?cs=7&csd=113#bigdesign
March 13th, 2009 at 1:14 pm
That’s brilliant!
March 13th, 2009 at 2:31 pm
I can hardly wait for BSG tonight!
March 13th, 2009 at 5:03 pm
So no one has watched the “Black Freighter” DVD yet?
March 13th, 2009 at 5:22 pm
Nope. Surprisingly, I haven’t even seen the movie yet. Been swamped and not feeling well. And trying not to get fired.
March 13th, 2009 at 5:22 pm
CP: Centerfield — John Fogerty
March 13th, 2009 at 5:25 pm
I “may” go see Watchmen this weekend.
March 13th, 2009 at 5:27 pm
Oh it was Mastodon that was on Need for Speed: Most Wanted, and ya I like em.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=labytsb3gfI
March 13th, 2009 at 5:29 pm
Behemoth is a little more ruff around the edges.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oey85FGHOHc
March 13th, 2009 at 5:33 pm
Of course when it comes to death metal, I like the more technical stuff like Insomnium.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5IpHczLeV8
March 13th, 2009 at 5:54 pm
Hello, Pan!
I’m in my new apartment now. I plugged in the cable modem and wireless router, and they started working perfectly. I still haven’t told the ISP, though. I’ll have to do that when they open again on Monday.
March 13th, 2009 at 6:10 pm
Hi Amy!
I was just thinking I need to record some Questors soon…
March 13th, 2009 at 6:34 pm
I haven’t seen the DVD. But, since I bought my watchmen ticket online, I got a free bonus download that included the opening chapters of the Watchmen motion comic and an intro to the Black Freighter animation.
The motion comic (think the GN with the text narrated and the Ken Burns effect applied with some animation) was actually pretty cool. The Black Freighter story doesn’t look to be terribly impressive animation.
March 13th, 2009 at 6:36 pm
I need to do retakes and further editing soon. I’m really glad there will be more Watchmania on the Deadpan, but we will get back to regular episodes in the fairly near future, and I would like to have more than one new Questors episode ready to go. (#4 is already in the can.)
March 13th, 2009 at 7:08 pm
Man, am I tired.
Good night, Deadpan. Good night, mush.
March 13th, 2009 at 7:28 pm
Good night Amy. Pleasant dreams. Don’t let the Rorschachs bite.
March 14th, 2009 at 5:00 am
Morning, Deadpan!
Going to see the 9:30 a.m. Watchmen today.
March 14th, 2009 at 5:01 am
100
March 14th, 2009 at 5:38 am
EssBee, I don’t know if you’ve been warned or not, but there’s a bit in the opening credits sequence that’s probably going to upset you. It’s mentioned “off camera” in the graphic novel. Personally, I thought it was rather excessive and unnecessary. But, like much of the movie, it was a bone to through for the fanboys.
March 14th, 2009 at 6:09 am
Thanks, Ed. I’ll bring my hands so I can cover my eyes. I have read a few reviews by lesbo-feminists who HATED the film (because, I am guessing, of the scene you’re warning me about), and the trailer for Lesbian Vampire Killers before the film. I’ll hold my thoughts about that until I see both things with my own eyes, but I am not too worried at this point.
March 14th, 2009 at 7:30 am
Rhettro: LOL! I actually did have pleasant dreams for the first time in three nights last night.
Yes, it’s true: The Watchmen story universe has pretty much zero tolerance for lesbians or gays. It’s a shame that so many people will be put off from the story by that.
Off to start moving food and kitchen items into new apartment.
March 14th, 2009 at 10:59 am
I don’t think the book or film endorses or condones the anti-gay attitudes, but they’re certainly there.
Both the book and the film are chock full of horrific ideas and images.
Three nights of unpleasant dreams doesn’t sound good, Amy!
OK – I need to get out and enjoy this day.
March 14th, 2009 at 11:02 am
Rhettro built a robot…it will be world domination next..
March 14th, 2009 at 12:11 pm
Yeah, it’s my son’s. Finally got it assembled today. Amazing what toys they have out these days.
March 14th, 2009 at 12:58 pm
Jack: That was what I meant. The attitudes are there in the world of the story, but the author certainly doesn’t endorse them.
It was actually only two nights of unpleasant dreams, and then pleasant ones on the third night. The first night’s dream featured the wall directly opposite my bed being completely covered with bedbugs. The second night’s dream took place in a ski resort that also featured elaborate death traps á la the “Saw” films. It didn’t make sense, but I thought it would be a great setting for a horror story.
March 14th, 2009 at 1:16 pm
I dug it! Blue junk & all, it was worth the $10.
March 14th, 2009 at 3:38 pm
ditto, you were right. The Mary Anne Mohanraj posts on Scalzi’s blog have pointed the entire RaceFail discussion in a much better direction.
March 14th, 2009 at 5:08 pm
Glad you liked the movie, EssBee.
Just reached Day 7 of my daily regimen of Rorschach Challenge journal entries at my LiveJournal. Still having fun with it.
March 14th, 2009 at 5:53 pm
As a guy who’s written a bit outside of my own honky race, I admit – I find that discussion fairly interesting, if unnecessarily long-winded.
I just dropped in to share this video: http://www.videosift.com/video/The-Running-Man-by-Yoshiaki-Kawajiri
I haven’t seen that since 1987-or-whenever, when it aired on Liquid Television. Good stuff.
Enjoy your Saturday evenings, amigos y amigas.
March 15th, 2009 at 12:41 am
Morning Pan, today’s CW saying:
Compromise is a virtue to be cultivated, not a weakness to be despised.
March 15th, 2009 at 1:46 am
Okay if have a Wii and you just want a fun game, then you won go wrong with HOD: Overkill…cheesey fun.
Not for the kiddies though..too much swearing.
March 15th, 2009 at 1:47 am
+ ‘t
March 15th, 2009 at 7:18 am
Morning, Deadpan! Chore day for me.
March 15th, 2009 at 7:22 am
So The Computer King sent me a gift link last night and my first thought was that I had to share it with the Deadpan:
http://www.thefump.com/fumps/ts128_RorschachLove_lo.mp3
March 15th, 2009 at 7:27 am
Also an update: Daughter is still sick. Today is so flippin’ gorgeous outside. We should be running in the yard, riding bikes at the park, or hiking around the zoo – but instead, I’m stuck again looking at the inner walls of my house.
I’m going stir crazy and I’m out of groceries and I’m in desperate need of human adult contact.
But, on a positive note – I did sleep for 7 hours straight last night and after not having slept more than 3 hours a night for the last 4 days – today just HAS to be better!
Coffee and Newspaper are calling me now.
March 15th, 2009 at 7:38 am
The same guy who did redneck ninjas..cool.
March 15th, 2009 at 8:53 am
http://www.flickr.com/photos/21474400@N04/2083345710/sizes/l/
Now that’s a cake!
March 15th, 2009 at 9:00 am
WOW! That is a cake?! Wow.
March 15th, 2009 at 9:08 am
That cake is excellent. I love the dice. It says the dice aren’t edible though – My 20 sided is so much smaller. I have dice envy right now.
March 15th, 2009 at 11:12 am
I thought it was pretty incredible as well. :) There is a game store in Chandler that sells big D20’s like that.
March 15th, 2009 at 11:19 am
Funny Rorschach song. We gets no Computer King love round here anymore :(
And holy crap – it would be such a shame to cut up and eat that cake. A delicious frosted shame.
March 15th, 2009 at 1:50 pm
Yeah, I’d feel pretty bad taking a knife to it. But being a cake and all it wouldn’t last forever anyway.
March 15th, 2009 at 2:43 pm
That’s what cameras are for..to freeze the moment in time .
March 15th, 2009 at 3:15 pm
That song is hilarious and disturbing.
March 15th, 2009 at 4:35 pm
Night, Pan.
March 15th, 2009 at 5:31 pm
Evening, Pan. It has been a busy family time filled weekend – with lots of cold and rain mixed in.
March 15th, 2009 at 6:57 pm
the. cake. is. a. lie.
March 15th, 2009 at 8:16 pm
Just don’t leave the dragon cake out in the rain.
March 15th, 2009 at 10:05 pm
Morning Pan, Monday morning blues again, and no internet access during the day…here comes the technology DTs..
March 16th, 2009 at 2:27 am
No internet access? Isn’t that a violation of the Geneva convention or something?
March 16th, 2009 at 3:51 am
I love how we posted both of the cake-related references one after the other. :-)
Morning, Pan. Another work week is about to begin.
March 16th, 2009 at 5:22 am
Morning Pan!
Hubby comes home today – Yeah!
Stuck downtown for part of the morning – Boo!
March 16th, 2009 at 5:38 am
Morning, Pan!
March 16th, 2009 at 5:54 am
So there’s this little button at the bottom of the board that says “Insert Audio Comment”. Has anybody tired this? Every time I see it, i want to give it a try but am too chicken incase I mess something up.
March 16th, 2009 at 6:42 am
Haven’t tried it, but it looks interesting. I might try it sometime.
Life looks much sunnier this morning thanks to rides from friends, an iced mocha from Starbucks, and the prospect of a fun weekend trip on the horizon. :-)
March 16th, 2009 at 6:57 am
Well Pan, I’m headed home. Talk to y’all in an hour ;)
March 16th, 2009 at 7:10 am
Hey, Jack! The ComputerKing love is still here, just mostly in spirit. I still love the community, and still listening. Just consider me lurking in the shadows, like a good Supervillain should:).
March 16th, 2009 at 7:49 am
Re: Mystery Button
Being the “born button pusher” that I am, I have tried said audio button.
I found it to be very unsatisfying.
Others should try it ans see if your computer yields different (or any) results.
March 16th, 2009 at 7:51 am
… meanwhile, here are instructions for making your own hand-held, coil gun.
http://tinyurl.com/5l5k5o
March 16th, 2009 at 7:54 am
Clicking on the insert audio comment generates the following error:
The requested URL /recorder/record_app_JS.asp was not found on this server.
So now you know.
March 16th, 2009 at 7:57 am
Well after looking at that coil gun sight I hear some heavy knocking at my door..eeeek!
March 16th, 2009 at 8:21 am
CP: Wander Radio
March 16th, 2009 at 8:33 am
site even
March 16th, 2009 at 8:44 am
Just thought I would pop back in after a week of dental torture.
I was able to get a show posted. Looking forward to get episode #38.
March 16th, 2009 at 8:48 am
Was a good interview Wolf, I had never heard of bloke so was interesting find out what he was upto.
March 16th, 2009 at 8:52 am
Van – Cylons hate coil guns because they work in the vacuum of space. You might want to use an emergency exit.
March 16th, 2009 at 8:58 am
That gun would look good in BSG. lol
March 16th, 2009 at 9:20 am
Good to know you’re still there, Computer King!
That button used to work, but I think it broke during some site update. If people want it back, I can bring it back.
March 16th, 2009 at 9:38 am
Well, the Chamberlain is throwing food at me again. Gotta go.
March 16th, 2009 at 10:07 am
If you still have a copy of Deus Ex lying around you may want to dust if off and give this total conversion mod a try:
http://www.thenamelessmod.com/real/
March 16th, 2009 at 10:20 am
CP: Tenement Teeth — Pela
March 16th, 2009 at 10:29 am
CP: Youth, I Used To Know You — Maximus Parthas
http://www.last.fm/music/Maximus+Parthas/_/Youth%2C+I+Used+To+Know+You
March 16th, 2009 at 10:37 am
I should have named my puppy
“El Poopacabra”
March 16th, 2009 at 10:43 am
Hey Van that is the whole point of the interview glad you enjoyed it!
His audio drama stuff is really good and recommend “Twin Stars!”
J0e – thats what I named my Chihuahua.
March 16th, 2009 at 10:58 am
CP: Off The Wagon — L7
March 16th, 2009 at 11:06 am
Today, I’ll get some modicum of revenge on certain sources of frustration. To quote Pink Floyd: “Surprise! Surprise! Surprise!” ;)
March 16th, 2009 at 11:06 am
And yes, I’m currently listening to “The Wall”. :)
March 16th, 2009 at 11:11 am
“When I pick up the phone. . . . there’ll still be nobody home. . . “
March 16th, 2009 at 11:19 am
I feel like I need to listen to some Poe today.
March 16th, 2009 at 11:26 am
Cj – Try “Tales of Mystery and Imagination” – The Alan Parsons Project
March 16th, 2009 at 11:35 am
lol. I’m pretty sure she was talking about the singer.
March 16th, 2009 at 11:37 am
WNDRWolf, I’m checking that out… my Poe isn’t Edgar Allan, mine is more of the “Angry Johny”, “Trigger Happy Jack”, and “Dolphin” variety.
“Can’t talk to a psycho like a normal human being.”
It’s angry music for angry people.
No decent You Tube videos, but the song I wanted to hear is there. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZXjp-vHZMM
March 16th, 2009 at 11:40 am
(Wishing I was near my music collection) The track Cask of Amontillado comes to mind… But I am not an angry person normally..oh well.
March 16th, 2009 at 11:47 am
My recent Scrabble game is sending me messages of Cheer: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lovelongandprosper/3360079743/
/tweet
March 16th, 2009 at 11:55 am
I like both of Poe’s albums, but I much prefer “Haunted”.
March 16th, 2009 at 12:36 pm
I’ve got a little black book with my poems
I’ve got a bag a tooth brush and a comb in
When I’m a good dog they sometimes throw me a bone in
March 16th, 2009 at 12:38 pm
I’ve got thirteen channels of shit on the TV to choose from.
March 16th, 2009 at 12:40 pm
CP: There Goes My Gun — Pixies
March 16th, 2009 at 12:50 pm
And speaking of angry music…
gouge away
you can gouge away
stay all day
if you want to
missy aggravation
some sacred questions
you stroke my locks
some marijuana
if you got some
gouge away
you can gouge away
stay all day
if you want to
sleeping on your belly
you break my arms
you spoon my eyes
been rubbing a bad charm
with holy fingers
gouge away
you can gouge away
stay all day
if you want to
chained to the pillars
a 3-day party
i break the walls
and kill us all
with holy fingers
gouge away
you can gouge away
stay all day
if you want to
Gouge Away — Pixies
March 16th, 2009 at 1:10 pm
Oh gawd..the latest coverville consists of a number covers of ’seasons in the sun’…most fucking depressing song EVAR.
I need to watch the Seventh Seal to cheer up a bit.
Funnily enough the French original sounds quite cheerey.
March 16th, 2009 at 1:14 pm
OMG, love the Pixies.
CP: This Is How It Goes — Aimee Mann
March 16th, 2009 at 1:16 pm
CP: Emotional Stain — Econoline Crush
March 16th, 2009 at 1:20 pm
CP: Super-Sonic — The Brian Jonestown Massacre
March 16th, 2009 at 1:25 pm
Shuffle, first word of the next 4 song titles that come up (excluding “The”) results in the following:
Blow Meeting Hot Needle
March 16th, 2009 at 1:28 pm
Merl’s Ruins Mothers Come
March 16th, 2009 at 1:28 pm
CP: Bee-Bee’s Song — Sonic Youth
March 16th, 2009 at 1:31 pm
Hit Teenage Girls Faith
March 16th, 2009 at 1:34 pm
Seasons, seasons, seasons and seasons
Cough
March 16th, 2009 at 2:47 pm
Hello Dirty Brown Gepetto
March 16th, 2009 at 3:03 pm
Re: Coverville
Music to listen to with your head in the oven.
If he does a “Wreck of the Edmond Fitzgerald” retrospective, the mortality rate among his listeners will sky rocket.
March 16th, 2009 at 3:43 pm
CW: Sarah Connor Chronicles
March 16th, 2009 at 4:04 pm
Paranoid Always Slow Polly
March 16th, 2009 at 4:22 pm
John Connor has mommy issues.
March 16th, 2009 at 6:37 pm
Mother? Yes Son? I want to terminate you…
March 16th, 2009 at 6:38 pm
Is that a euphemism?
March 16th, 2009 at 7:08 pm
Shinka* Peak Star Star
*Japanese for “evolution.”
Got two Star Wars-related sound clips in a row there at the end.
March 16th, 2009 at 7:17 pm
Frightened by J0e’s idea of euphemisms that have to do with mommies.
March 16th, 2009 at 7:28 pm
Good night, Deadpan. Good night, mush.
March 16th, 2009 at 8:19 pm
FYI: I intend to mark April 1 this year as Joe Murphy Day. Who’s with me?
March 16th, 2009 at 8:43 pm
I shall have rootbeer and ice cream at the ready.
April 1st, A rootbeer float in Joe Murphy’s honor.
March 16th, 2009 at 9:53 pm
I’ll definitely join you, Jack. I’m sorry that I never knew Joe because from all I’ve heard, he was an amazing person.
March 16th, 2009 at 10:39 pm
I celebrate my anniversary on Fool’s Day. And while I ran into the Farpoint world after Joe’s passing, it seems appropriate to celebrate him on Fool’s Day.
March 16th, 2009 at 10:49 pm
April 1 is the anniversary of Joe’s death.
Thanks for the initial support, you guys :) If you have access to root beer and ice cream that day, a root beer float would be an excellent way to remember and celebrate a great guy and great friend.
March 17th, 2009 at 12:38 am
Hey, what kind of root beer was his fav?
March 17th, 2009 at 2:31 am
And we resolve again to stop complaining so much, as I recall.
I’m afraid to even ask how many years it’s been and even more so to guess. Time does strange things in the podosphere.
March 17th, 2009 at 2:41 am
What was that line from that a star trek movie…time is the flame in which we burn.
CW: Breaking Bad S2E2
March 17th, 2009 at 3:47 am
April 1st, absolutely.
March 17th, 2009 at 3:48 am
200
March 17th, 2009 at 4:17 am
Morning Pan.
Nice to have hubby home to cuddle again.
4 days til holidays! Woot!
March 17th, 2009 at 4:21 am
My hubby did say that Froot Loops taste different in the US than in Canada. I knew some chocolate bars tasted different, but who knew cereals did too.
March 17th, 2009 at 4:35 am
Ed From Texas – It has been 2 years. http://wanderradio.com/?p=34
March 17th, 2009 at 4:46 am
Just had brekkie: Waffles, with berries and whip cream = yum.
March 17th, 2009 at 4:49 am
And, ever late to the party, the first word of the first four songs in my shuffle:
You
Mister
Come
Me
March 17th, 2009 at 5:01 am
I’m in on Joe Murphy Day.
March 17th, 2009 at 5:46 am
I’ll go to Culver’s for a root beer float on Joe Murphy Day, absolutely.
March 17th, 2009 at 5:48 am
Shuffle Meme:
Mother Ever It’s Me
Hey, that almost makes sense!
(And coincidentally, “Mother” is the Luther Wright and the Wrongs cover of the Pink Floyd off “Rebuild the Wall”)
March 17th, 2009 at 5:49 am
Friends don’t let friends drink green beer.
March 17th, 2009 at 5:49 am
Happy St. Patty’s to one an all. Also my daughter turns 6 today. :)
March 17th, 2009 at 5:51 am
Huh, just sent an email to the Computer King last night…
March 17th, 2009 at 6:14 am
Yeah! I can now make my announcement.
I have been nominated for an Prix Aurora award (CDN equivalent of the Hugos) for the WF08 podcast.
While it probably says more about the state of CDN SF & Fantasy than anything I’ve done, but still.
They haven’t put the voting form on the Aurora site yet, but the announcement is on the World Con Site http://www.anticipationsf.ca/English/Canvention.
World Con did mess up though and put the French version on the English side and visa versa.
March 17th, 2009 at 6:17 am
Oh, they fixed the french/english error.
March 17th, 2009 at 6:19 am
Congrats, Bunny!
March 17th, 2009 at 6:26 am
Congrats TEB!
March 17th, 2009 at 6:28 am
Congratulations Bunny!
March 17th, 2009 at 6:28 am
Now it means hubby and I will be going to Montreal World Con in Aug to attend the ceremony (we were hemming and hawing about going anyway, this just sealed it for us)
March 17th, 2009 at 6:33 am
CP: St. Patrick Never Drank — Marc Gunn
http://insomniaradio.net/2009/03/17/marc-gunn-st-patrick-never-drank/
March 17th, 2009 at 6:45 am
Woo hoo!! Congratulations TEB and Hubby! That’s very exciting news!
March 17th, 2009 at 6:46 am
… erm, can someone tel me how the “shuffle” thing works. I know how to make iTunes randomly play songs from my playlists, but how do I get it to re-stack my lists in some random order.
March 17th, 2009 at 6:47 am
and might I add YEAH TEB !!!!!
March 17th, 2009 at 6:51 am
I-tunes should have a “party shuffle” area. This is basically a randomizer of what ever is in your playlists. I just used that and looked at the first four songs on the list.
March 17th, 2009 at 6:51 am
CP: You Think I Ain’t Worth A Dollar But I Feel Like A Millionaire — Queens of the Stone Age
March 17th, 2009 at 6:52 am
J0e,
On my iTunes screen there in the lower left corner is a rectangle with 4 little symbols. The 2nd one is two arrows crossing over each other. I click that and it shuffles my list.
March 17th, 2009 at 6:56 am
Yeah, I have that symbol on the upper corner of my i-touch. I actually hate it when I accidentally press it. It messes up the podcasts I’m listening to.
March 17th, 2009 at 6:57 am
Jack: I’m with you. Joe Murphy Day on April 1 seems to be becoming a tradition in our corner of the podiosphere, which is a good thing, in my book. (Last April 1, we had “I Remember Joe” and the reissue of “Mason Rocket” over at The Song of the Day.) I’ll be on a trip, but if I can, I’ll try to get my hands on the supplies to make root beer floats that day.
TEB: Congratulations! :-)
March 17th, 2009 at 7:00 am
Re: shuffle thingy
The crossed arrows randomize play for me but don’t alter the actual order that the list appears in. I shall look into the “party shuffle” thing.
March 17th, 2009 at 7:01 am
Heh.
Clarinet
Obsession
So
Come
March 17th, 2009 at 7:04 am
Re: Joe Murphy day
In what seems to me to be the spirit of that man … I shall try to find someone to share an ice cream soda with. :)
March 17th, 2009 at 7:12 am
We have Stewart’s pop in the fridge as a matter of course. I’ll be sure to pop open a Root Beer
March 17th, 2009 at 7:52 am
Poorboy Human Good Firethief
March 17th, 2009 at 7:53 am
CW: The Big Bang Theory S2E18
March 17th, 2009 at 8:10 am
This is what I get for reading too fast trying to catch up
“We have Stewart’s poop in the fridge….”
March 17th, 2009 at 8:12 am
Hmm, no Itunes at work, so the Ipod will have to do. As it happens, I caught up on subscribed podcasts and I’m listening to my random song’s I’ve not listened to in over a year playlist. It’s already randomized so:
Do
Time
Wanted
Think!
Well, of course!
March 17th, 2009 at 8:45 am
CP: Monarch Dance — Beth Quist
March 17th, 2009 at 8:54 am
Like Sleigh Fresh Only
March 17th, 2009 at 8:58 am
CP: Professional Widow — Tori Amos
March 17th, 2009 at 10:27 am
Okay, let’s look again this afternoon…
Wet Secret Attention Dear
March 17th, 2009 at 10:30 am
Congrats TEB
March 17th, 2009 at 10:41 am
Kozmic West You Jukebox
March 17th, 2009 at 10:41 am
Arienne Miss The Pop
March 17th, 2009 at 10:43 am
So just got off the phone to a friend. A Watchmen virgin, she enjoyed the movie and didn’t find the plot hard to follow.
March 17th, 2009 at 10:49 am
CP: The Queen is Dead — The Smiths
March 17th, 2009 at 11:42 am
Congratz TEB!
March 17th, 2009 at 11:47 am
CP: Message In A Bottle (live) — The Police
March 17th, 2009 at 11:56 am
Anyone have suggestions for clever St. Patric’s Day party snacks?
March 17th, 2009 at 12:00 pm
Green colored Tums?
March 17th, 2009 at 12:45 pm
What kind of snacks do you want? Sweet? Salty? Kid-friendly?
March 17th, 2009 at 1:08 pm
Cute cupcakes: http://jas.familyfun.go.com/recipefinder/display?id=50057
March 17th, 2009 at 2:35 pm
CP: Happiness Is A Warm Gun — Tori Amos
March 17th, 2009 at 3:14 pm
I’m glad that people are into the Joe Murphy Day idea. The JMMF podcast and fund have run their course (it seems), but I didn’t want the day to come and go without some kind of tribute. I’ll certainly make a special post here on 4/1, but I think any gesture, private or public, is a great way to pay tribute to Joe. If that means you drink a root beer in his honor on April 1 – if that means you spend 5 minutes remembering something funny he said on WI! or KAMN – - – - – awesome.
March 17th, 2009 at 3:33 pm
-awesome
+brilliant
March 17th, 2009 at 3:45 pm
No Morning Time Milano
March 17th, 2009 at 4:15 pm
A White On Boogie
March 17th, 2009 at 4:17 pm
I like the cup cakes CJ.
I am going with the chips and salsa … just no time to do anything fancy.
2 or three of my home brews and no one will remember anything else anyway!
March 17th, 2009 at 6:32 pm
Outside, at night, sitting on porch, feeling wind on face while using Internet. Reminds me of old times in Japan. Feels good.
(Have suddenly slipped into Rorschach-speak again. Repressed need to continue writing Rorschach Challenge journal entries surfacing?)
March 17th, 2009 at 6:43 pm
(“Repressed” is an overstatement when this is only the second day since I stopped doing them every day, actually.)
March 17th, 2009 at 8:49 pm
my shirt
ironed but wrinkled still
should be repressed
March 17th, 2009 at 8:49 pm
beer is good
March 17th, 2009 at 10:11 pm
Finally, finally made it to part 2. Listening to it now and #1> Yall are awesome. #2> “White pages.” #3> Greg Weisman’s thumbprint. #4> Shaun Farrell is deadpan. Vmmmmm. #5> At the sign off, Amy sounds discombobulated by going first.
I guess now I can go see if I feel the same way about the movie version of Watchmen that I did about the movie version of Sin City.
March 17th, 2009 at 10:33 pm
Help! I’m being repressed!
March 17th, 2009 at 11:08 pm
Morning Pan, a real bitch of a shift ahead of me and no caffeine infusion..ugh.
March 18th, 2009 at 4:41 am
Morning Pan.
Now it’s official http://www.prix-aurora-awards.ca/English/home.html
I can sit back and work on my acceptance speech :)
Oh yeah… 3 days until holidays!
March 18th, 2009 at 4:55 am
Wednesday is always a busy podcast day, I have 14 items downloading into i-tunes right now. I’m already 8 hours behind in my podcasts. I guess I’ll have lots to listen to when I go on holidays (and lots to pile up for when I get back).
March 18th, 2009 at 4:55 am
If Hesitation Shut Potholes
I just can’t stop doing these.
March 18th, 2009 at 5:18 am
there, 13.18 hours of podcasts to listen to. Now to find the time…
March 18th, 2009 at 5:19 am
My shuffle would be the same as yesterday’s as I haven’t listened to any music since them.
March 18th, 2009 at 5:40 am
CP: Adam Lambert – Ring of Fire
March 18th, 2009 at 5:41 am
TEB – I know that feeling. I was down for a week and have a back log of 60+ hours. Currently catching up….slightly out of order because the computer did not get turned on for a couple of days.
March 18th, 2009 at 5:45 am
So I’m doing a shout out…
I’ll be at WorldCon in Montreal in Aug. If any of you will be there, we should hook up for a drink.
March 18th, 2009 at 5:46 am
Wolf, I have the last WanderRadio on my list at #12 ;)
March 18th, 2009 at 5:54 am
TEB ignore the rest and listen to WR #34.
March 18th, 2009 at 5:55 am
LOL at “repressed” jokes
Nomad Scry: Yeah, I was caught off guard just a bit when I found myself going first for signoffs.
March 18th, 2009 at 5:59 am
Morning, Deadpan!
I second that recommendation for WR34!
March 18th, 2009 at 6:01 am
Van, I’m at the latest WNDR, it’s just twelfth on my list of the 36 podcasts I have in my i-tunes to listen to at the moment.
March 18th, 2009 at 6:31 am
I… need… coffee.
That. Is all.
(Working on my Jim Kirk speak)
March 18th, 2009 at 6:45 am
WooHoo TEB- Episode 34 was that good hmm….
Thank you everyone for the vote of confidence.
March 18th, 2009 at 8:18 am
There are just never enough opportunities to use “penultimate”
March 18th, 2009 at 8:27 am
A marlodianne sighting! I hope you’re at least semi-well, marlo.
TEB, So sorry for passing up a chance to congratulate you on your nom. Don’t self-deprecate! You earned it! Congratulations and good luck in Montreal.
March 18th, 2009 at 9:23 am
JM: Scrambled eggs on toast.
March 18th, 2009 at 9:27 am
I’m digging all oftoday’s media coverage for Martin Brodeur, after he set the allt-ime goaltender Wins record:
http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/notebook?page=notebook/nhl_brodeur_09record
March 18th, 2009 at 9:41 am
I have the penultimate hangover. :(
March 18th, 2009 at 10:01 am
CW: Reaper S2E1
March 18th, 2009 at 10:48 am
I’ve never heard of Martin Brodeur.
March 18th, 2009 at 11:16 am
HEATHEN!!! ;)
March 18th, 2009 at 11:34 am
CP: I Am — Radio Iodine
March 18th, 2009 at 12:03 pm
Bah! Eye twitch, go away!!
March 18th, 2009 at 12:40 pm
ZP shouts YO! as he reviews 50 Cent: Blood on the Sand
http://tinyurl.com/dy9wq9
March 18th, 2009 at 12:56 pm
“If Hesitation Shut Potholes” – that’s great stuff.
March 18th, 2009 at 1:10 pm
CP: Large World Turning — John Mellencamp
March 18th, 2009 at 2:27 pm
Belated congrats, TEB!
I must agree with Vanamonde – Martin Brodeur?
March 18th, 2009 at 2:37 pm
So I’m actually beginning to enjoy Tap Tap Revenge 2.
March 18th, 2009 at 2:37 pm
Marty Brodeur is the greatest goaltender of all time, in net for three Devils Stanley Cup championship teams, currently closing in on breaking a record for career shutouts, to go with his recently achieved record for the most career victories.
I named my old German Shepherd Brody after him.
March 18th, 2009 at 3:46 pm
Nope, Jack, I’m still firmly in the not-well-at-all cat. Hence, the silence.
But I’ve had my blood test, and surgery hell is only a couple of weeks away. And then I’ll be in the final shot of ungodly pain and then way better…or not.
I’m trying not to think about it, not that it works. More terror won’t help my odds :P
March 18th, 2009 at 5:38 pm
marlodianne, I’m fairly new (still?) to the community and I don’t know what you are going through, not that I want you to think about it – but I’m curious what it is. ??
I hope things will be getting better for you soon!
March 18th, 2009 at 5:40 pm
[...] Jack Mangan’s Deadpan #121: Watchmania, part 2 Excellent roundtable discussion of the trade and its influence. [...]
March 18th, 2009 at 5:49 pm
So … Marty Brodeur plays soccer?
March 18th, 2009 at 5:59 pm
Wait, don’t you mean futbol?
March 18th, 2009 at 6:06 pm
“No son of mine is gonna play any foozball. “
March 18th, 2009 at 6:39 pm
So he played foozball for “The Shepards” of Germany ?
Was that a pro team or a club team?
March 18th, 2009 at 7:12 pm
Cj: Short version, to sum up–I have a growth in my abdomen that is shoving aside organs as it grows. The surgery is going to try to try to take it out, and, if won’t go quietly, they’ll take out other organs as well. Because saving some of me is still considered a good thing.
March 18th, 2009 at 7:16 pm
RE: House
That was the most tolerant cat in the history of the two universes.
March 18th, 2009 at 7:17 pm
marlodianne – You’ll be in my thoughts. I’ll be thinking positive and praying for success!