‘It’s the end of the world as we’ve known it,’ how ya feeling?
Earlier in the week, I was trying to decide which John Coltrane cut I was going to post tonight, given that this would have been the saxophonist’s 85th birthday. Then, well, news happened. R.E.M. announced it was disbanding, which means Trane got pushed aside.
Sorry John (although the guys at R.E.M. are big fans of yours, I hear).
I came to R.E.M. relatively late, at least compared to a lot of folks here in Georgia. But from my first exposure I marveled at their distinctive sound and the fact that somehow, they could come off both lush and economical in their music. Their lyrics were special as well, often funny if absurdly opaque, reaching for and sometimes attaining poetry.
More than any band I can think of, you always wanted to know what their next album would sound like, because it was bound to head off in a new and interesting direction. Following their career was a musical adventure, and after 31 years it has now come to an end.
Thanks, guys. Here’s one of my favorites, as much because of the memories it inspires as much as the music itself:
– Jay Bookman
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Brosephus™ - Browning America Since 1973
September 25th, 2011
7:41 pm
josef
I concur. I’ve been in both situations as well. I won’t back someone making a claim on bias when there’s none present. At the same time, I’ll stand up for anybody who’s the victim of bias, regardless of who that person is.
You brought up Reginald Denney before. Those who ganged up on him deserved to have their asses whipped in the same manner. That guy did absolutely nothing to nobody, and he did not deserved to get jumped like that. That was the Webster’s definition of a hate crime as far as I’m concerned.
poison pen
September 25th, 2011
7:48 pm
Josef & Bro, If the punishment fits the crime then we won’t have all this hatred because of ones color or sexual orientation or religion.
Neither one of you deserve any better treatment than I do if someone harms me. If you feel differently, then I believe that your wrong, sorry!
poison pen
September 25th, 2011
7:50 pm
Josef & Bro, If someone jumps a white person for any reason and hurts them, is that considered a love crime?
Kamchak
September 25th, 2011
7:58 pm
Josef & Bro, If someone jumps a white person for any reason and hurts them, is that considered a love crime?
josef
September 25th, 2011
8:04 pm
Blue…
Well, sort of… but den dere’s dis, too…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a84va_q-cP0&feature=related
josef
September 25th, 2011
8:13 pm
poison
Bro and I addressed that with the Reginald Denney case…
If I spout off to you about whatever and you whup my a33, that’s not a hate crime. If I come in and jump your a33 just because you’re straight, that’s a hate crime. Do I deserve “special” treatment
in the first case…hell no! Do you deserve a special consideration in the second case? Hell, yes.
Jm
September 25th, 2011
8:14 pm
Bro 5:16
A vote for Norwood would have been a pretty bad vote choice IMO
out of the blue
September 25th, 2011
8:15 pm
Love me some cajun music….except I can’t understand a word…but, credit the poster whoever it was, who wrote out the translation….and, I must say you are one lucky fella!
Redneck Convert (R--and proud of it)
September 25th, 2011
8:19 pm
Well, we don’t need no hate crimes laws. I mean, if there’s a crime just give the regular sentence.
I say this because I’m not a Rascist. I love everybody—Those People, the illegals, the Gays (well, maybe there’s one down in Buckhead I wouldn’t mind seeing in a fatal accident), the jobless, the people on welfare, etc. Us Conservative Republicans don’t hate anybody. It’s just that we love some folks more than others.
So elect us and your troubles are over. Or at least you won’t be making it too long to have any troubles. We’ll let you know how you’re going to do after we get into office.
Jm
September 25th, 2011
8:26 pm
Good news
During the day, two subcommittees of the House Ways & Means Committee held a joint hearing on tax issues surrounding natural gas including H.R. 1380 – the NAT GAS Act.
Among those who spoke in favor of a short-term, targeted tax exemption to purchase heavy-duty trucks running on clean, domestic natural gas was former member of the Federal Reserve System’s Board of Governors, Lawrence Lindsey. Dr. Lindsey pointed out in the hearing that the disparity in fuel costs between diesel and natural gas were significant, saying that a typical long-haul truck running on natural gas would see a “fuel saving of $57,000 per year.”
josef
September 25th, 2011
8:26 pm
Blue…
Wouldn’t trade the way I was raised for the world! Not of Cajun background myself, but French as French can be in the Americas on three sides, including the Hillbilly one!
Brosephus™ - Browning America Since 1973
September 25th, 2011
8:28 pm
If the punishment fits the crime then we won’t have all this hatred because of ones color or sexual orientation or religion.
That sounds all fine and good. The reality is that this country was founded on division and violence, and those two traits will always be a part of our national fabric. The punishment has never fit the crime, or there would be no need for the Justice Dept to have a group still looking into crimes from the Civil Rights Era.
Just because somebody jumps on or kills a Black or gay person doesn’t necessarily make it a hate crime. At the same time, if I jumped on a White person just because he/she was White, that would make me guilty of a hate crime. Whether you want to see it or not, we will always have hate crimes in our society. There are people who make money on stirring up division, and they are not going to give up that gravy train without a substantial fight.
Brosephus™ - Browning America Since 1973
September 25th, 2011
8:30 pm
A vote for Norwood would have been a pretty bad vote choice IMO
Everybody’s entitled to an opinion. There’s something about Reed that I don’t trust. I can’t quantify it in words, but I don’t trust him. I’m just glad I didn’t have a vote in that election.
josef
September 25th, 2011
8:33 pm
Duk-sha-nee
Your u-wa-li the S-ka-la-wa-gi won’t let me say what I want to, so don’t go tryin’ to pick a fight out of me here, but give me ten minutes with you away from here..fatal accident? There wouldn’t even be a greasy spot left to attest to your pitiful existence… jus’ sayin…
Inner Mind
September 25th, 2011
8:39 pm
It looks to me like Redneck is josef’s Outer Limits show.
Jm
September 25th, 2011
8:50 pm
Bill Clinton: don’t be too sanctimonious because it makes it hard to hear the other side
Both sides could use that advice right now including Jay
Jm
September 25th, 2011
8:51 pm
Bro on policies reed gets it
Norwood frankly isn’t very bright
getalife
September 25th, 2011
8:54 pm
“I can’t quantify it in words, but I don’t trust him.”
He is con.
Can you name one con you would trust?
josef
September 25th, 2011
8:55 pm
Inner
To było bardzo zabawne!!!
Disgusted
September 25th, 2011
8:56 pm
Bro on policies reed gets it
Norwood frankly isn’t very bright
I saw all those Norwood signs on the lawns of the upscale Atlanta homes—and not a single one for her opponent. It didn’t take an IQ over 100 to know whose interests she was going to serve.
1811/0311
September 25th, 2011
8:57 pm
HEADLINE: “Freed hikers: Iran held us because we’re American”
………………… and because 99% of the people there are brainwashed nuts just a step past some of the posters here.
Kamchak
September 25th, 2011
8:57 pm
Both sides could use that advice right now including Jay
Too rich.
Jm
September 25th, 2011
9:00 pm
Getalife: reed is a con
What a joke
Jm
September 25th, 2011
9:03 pm
Disgusted
Or not many reed signs anyway
They were few and far between
josef
September 25th, 2011
9:03 pm
Jeff Dunham!!!! Yayyyyyy!!
theyeshaveit
September 25th, 2011
9:08 pm
Scout,
An alternative reason would have been “Because we were just too damn stupid to understand that hiking along the Iran-Iraq border was not a good thing to be doing.”
706Dawg
September 25th, 2011
9:11 pm
Contributions from out-of-state donors were almost 1/3 of Reed’s contributions. That is most fishy to me…
josef
September 25th, 2011
9:16 pm
Disgusted
Not many signs for either in my neighborhood, but of those that were they were about half and half…
Disgusted
September 25th, 2011
9:16 pm
An alternative reason would have been “Because we were just too damn stupid to understand that hiking along the Iran-Iraq border was not a good thing to be doing.”
Amen to that. What kind of sicko takes a vacation in Iraq, other than an Iraqi? And who, other than a resident, wants to be within 100 miles of the border with Iran? Those three hikers are lucky they didn’t find themselves standing atop a bus with nooses tied to their necks. Yet, somebody came up with $500,000 each for bail for the two males and previously for the female. Were the taxpayers socked for that tab?
Kamchak
September 25th, 2011
9:37 pm
Yet, somebody came up with $500,000 each for bail for the two males and previously for the female. Were the taxpayers socked for that tab?
The smoking gun is the mushroom cloud.
Were the taxpayers socked for that tab?
josef
September 25th, 2011
9:45 pm
The hikers … But what a story to tell the grandkids, not to mention the book and movie rights…
Tony
September 25th, 2011
9:46 pm
Obama 2012 – or start learning Chinese
getalife
September 25th, 2011
9:48 pm
I doubt they are hikers but it is funny how cons fret over a million when trillions were wasted under gop power.
Start with the trillions wasted and trickle down cons.
theyeshaveit
September 25th, 2011
9:48 pm
josef,
But would you agree that those hikers are likely to get the Hollywood treatment and wind up looking like heroes? Meanwhile, a gay soldier who was asked by his country to “hike” into Afghanistan gets booed at the Fox/Google GOP debate.
1811/0311
September 25th, 2011
9:50 pm
eyes @ 9:08
That is also true but doesn’t excuse that “culture” of idiocy.
1) People get too close to our borders? They become championed illegal immigrants with more rights than you and I have (i.e., in-state tuition).
2) People get too close to their borders? They get jailed for two years.
P.S. Hiking along the Dekalb/Gwinnett border is not smart either.
out of the blue
September 25th, 2011
9:56 pm
Holy crap guys is a few more dollars in taxes going to break your piggy bank to release two Americans? But, guess what it didn’t cost you one penny. So you can take a deep sigh of relief, and get off your swooning couches.
The sultanate of Oman paid the bail!
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/09/21/us-iran-usa-release-idUSTRE78K1D620110921
Now I’m going to settle in for the evening
josef
September 25th, 2011
9:58 pm
Eyes…
Oh, they’ll get that treatment…good copy..
That boo, thing…not impressed by the candidates’ reaction, but it seems that the boing came inn large part from other members of the audience booing the booers,,,I hope that’s the case..
Brosephus™ - Browning America Since 1973
September 25th, 2011
10:01 pm
Bro on policies reed gets it
Norwood frankly isn’t very bright
Reed is a career politician too. I don’t trust them any farther than I can throw them.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kasim_Reed
http://kasimreed.com/meet-kasim/
Kamchak
September 25th, 2011
10:01 pm
I booed those that were booing those that were booing those that were booing…
Brosephus™ - Browning America Since 1973
September 25th, 2011
10:06 pm
Kam
I just got dizzy as hell reading that.
Kamchak
September 25th, 2011
10:10 pm
SoCo/Bro
Kinda the point in any tail chasing exercise.
BADA BING
September 25th, 2011
10:23 pm
This was called the year of “The Arab Spring”. When and where is the “Arab Spring Break” being held? Panama City? South Beach? Are the kids going to get Tramp Stamps in Arabic?
Kamchak
September 25th, 2011
10:30 pm
Are the kids going to get Tramp Stamps in Arabic?
More tail chasing.
josef
September 25th, 2011
10:32 pm
G’night….
Jm
September 26th, 2011
6:57 am
Bro 10:01 Norwood was more a pandering career politician than reed is
He has consistently worked across the aisle and made tough decisions
Norwood really will just say anything to anyone so long as she thinks it’s what they want to hear