You're a bloody puppet! You're a wee little puppet man!

Spike ,'Smile Time'


Natter 74: Ready or Not  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


Consuela - Sep 21, 2015 4:55:36 pm PDT #5730 of 30003
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

First day back was full of boring bureaucratic crap and very little actual work.

So I bought ice cream and jalapeno cheese curls on the way home. And I'm sitting on the porch, drinking rose and eating cheese curls, and as one does, I fell down a rabbit hole of Youtube. Specifically, THE MONKEES.

And what do I find, but a 1995-era VH-1 movie about the Monkees, starring our very own CFerg. [link]


-t - Sep 21, 2015 5:05:41 pm PDT #5731 of 30003
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Oh my goodness. Better keep that link.


Liese S. - Sep 21, 2015 5:13:31 pm PDT #5732 of 30003
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."

Not at all! I've been bitching the whole time I've been in the band about playing that fucking tambo! So now I have, like, six songs out of the thirteen song set that use it, because of course. The original lineup was going to be the SO on kit, me on bass, and the lead guy on lead. But that was a year ago, when the SO's dad died, so we didn't get back to him in time to say yes, and he recruited the drummer & bassist in the meanwhile. So the SO moved to keys and me to percussion. But I play the tambo on my ass, as is right and proper! You can't really see it in the video, but there's a percussion microphone that I call my ass mic, just behind me.


-t - Sep 21, 2015 5:57:42 pm PDT #5733 of 30003
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Having an ass mic is pretty sweet.


Liese S. - Sep 21, 2015 6:43:14 pm PDT #5734 of 30003
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."

I feel like it's pretty great.


amyth - Sep 21, 2015 8:15:51 pm PDT #5735 of 30003
And none of us deserving the cruelty or the grace -- Leonard Cohen

Liese, could you resend the email to me? I had a weird email snafu with my phone just now. Thanks!


beth b - Sep 21, 2015 8:16:20 pm PDT #5736 of 30003
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!

ass mic

I;m going to find a way to use this in conversation


Liese S. - Sep 21, 2015 9:43:46 pm PDT #5737 of 30003
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."

Resent, amyth.


amyth - Sep 21, 2015 10:46:32 pm PDT #5738 of 30003
And none of us deserving the cruelty or the grace -- Leonard Cohen

Got it. Thanks!


lisah - Sep 22, 2015 5:31:03 am PDT #5739 of 30003
Punishingly Intricate

Ass mic!!!