From: owner-loud-fans-digest@smoe.org (loud-fans-digest) To: loud-fans-digest@smoe.org Subject: loud-fans-digest V4 #299 Reply-To: loud-fans@smoe.org Sender: owner-loud-fans-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-loud-fans-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk loud-fans-digest Thursday, November 4 2004 Volume 04 : Number 299 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: [loud-fans] Happy Election Day [JRT456@aol.com] [loud-fans] Dan Rather [Michael Mitton ] Re: [loud-fans] Dan Rather ["[The Arch-Villain] West" ] Re: [loud-fans] Dan Rather [JRT456@aol.com] Re: [loud-fans] Dan Rather [LkDylaninthmvies@aol.com] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 3 Nov 2004 03:06:53 EST From: JRT456@aol.com Subject: Re: [loud-fans] Happy Election Day In a message dated 11/2/04 4:10:51 AM, glarbleflarb@earthlink.net writes: > Hope for the best, expect the worst... > Hey, that worked! ...although the army of Dem shysters might still find a loophole to save me the hundreds of dollars I now owe in dinners, drinks, etc. that was bet against folks who I thought were way too optimistic. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 3 Nov 2004 10:00:54 -0800 From: Michael Mitton Subject: [loud-fans] Dan Rather Year in, year out, the best thing about election night is, that's right, Dan Rather's imagery! I wrote down a few of my favorites: "This race is hotter than the devil's anvil." "You don't taunt the alligator until you've crossed the stream." "George Bush's lead is as thin as November ice." "This electoral race is swinging like Count Bassie." "This race is crackling like a hickory fire." "If you had to bet the double-wide, you'd bet on Bush." And my personal favorite...... "If a frog had sidepockets, he'd carry a gun." mm ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 3 Nov 2004 10:34:40 -0800 From: "[The Arch-Villain] West" Subject: Re: [loud-fans] Dan Rather You might have been asleep at the time, but along about 2AM Pacific time, he actually said, "We're gonna stay on this like white on rice." Try to imagine Walter Cronkite lobbing that one. (Heck, I can't even imagine Jon Stewart saying it.) West On Nov 3, 2004, at 10:00 AM, Michael Mitton wrote: > Year in, year out, the best thing about election night is, that's > right, Dan Rather's imagery! > > I wrote down a few of my favorites: > > > "This race is hotter than the devil's anvil." > > "You don't taunt the alligator until you've crossed the stream." > > "George Bush's lead is as thin as November ice." > > "This electoral race is swinging like Count Bassie." > > "This race is crackling like a hickory fire." > > "If you had to bet the double-wide, you'd bet on Bush." > > And my personal favorite...... > > "If a frog had sidepockets, he'd carry a gun." > > mm ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 3 Nov 2004 10:48:39 -0800 (PST) From: zoom@muppetlabs.com Subject: Re: [loud-fans] Dan Rather > "This electoral race is swinging like Count Bassie." Bassie? Wasn't he the Belgian inventor of the Bass-O-Matic? At least I can still imagine Prince is dialing the President towards the end of "Bob George," Andy Jesus fucking Christ United States, what the fuck is your fucking problem? Please excuse the coarse language gentle Touchdown Eagle friends, but honestly we cannot believe this shit. America, we are in such a fight with you right now. Gone are the times when we would wax poetic about this you in a way that would make 7th grade civics teachers blush. Were sorry America, but we just dont fucking get you anymore. Wed like to say its us, not you, but really we think it is you. Youve got some serious problems United States, and were not so sure we want to stick around when you start to deal with your impending hangover. We were going to suggest forming a new country between the west coast, Illinois and the northern east coast, but so many of these states seem to be infatuated with Republican governors. And Oregon, thanks a lot. It is great to know how disgusted you are by people who happen to like to make out with other people of the same sex. We sadly have come to expect that sort of shit from places like Utah, but come on Oregon. Weve been to Portland and its something like 75% lesbian. What the hell happened? We dont mean to blame you, our wonderful friends, but we just need a sympathetic ear right now. We would like to offer you some beacon of hope, but we are tied up in so many knots over the future of the Supreme Court and permanent world war that we are finding hope difficult. Perhaps our favorite rock and roll bands will write some decent protest songs over the next few years. Anyway dear friends, we do have a crass, self interested reason for sending you this vulgar rant. We are playing this Saturday November 6th at the Monkey Pub with our good friends Carlo. We hope to offer you what you need in these sad times, some commiseration and some obliteration. The Monkey Pub thoughtfully offers cheap, strong drinks. Touchdown Eagle promises to play only songs that are sad or angry. The show begins at 10ish and admission is a mere $3. America we hate your guts. Sweet friends of TDE we love your guts, Touchdown Eagle [--from my inbox this morning] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 3 Nov 2004 14:37:00 -0500 (EST) From: dmw Subject: [loud-fans] emusic advisory if you've been waiting for _spooked_ to show up ... it has. also jason falkner, m. sweet, bomb pops, minus 5. like i care. the pathetic caverns: a zine - opinionated and eclectic reviews a studio - specializing in indie/rock/mobile/live/demo recording http://www.pathetic-caverns.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 3 Nov 2004 14:45:34 EST From: JRT456@aol.com Subject: Re: [loud-fans] Dan Rather Don't forget about when Rather said, "My credibility's as shot as Yosemite Sam's six-shooter." Or was that just implied? ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 3 Nov 2004 15:43:55 EST From: LkDylaninthmvies@aol.com Subject: Re: [loud-fans] Dan Rather On the way to the fridge I walked through the dining room last night where my mom has her camp set up...books, bills, magazines, small tv, radio, weather radio all at the dining room table...and she was bitching about the Republicans ("Those @%* #i n sonsabitches have destroyed this country...what's left?") to her boyfriend in between chain-smoking and I saw Rather come on the screen and I started to laugh. My mom looked at me like, "What?" and I said that I couldn't help but think that, with the passage of time's gravitational pull on his ears and some obvious surgical touching up, along with a hip looking do that looks as if he goes to the same hair stylist Jimmy Fallon does, that Rather looks sort of like the old battery operated toy monkey clanging the cymbals. - --Mark S. ------------------------------ End of loud-fans-digest V4 #299 *******************************