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Ummm... no. I will not notice that. I don't think I could seriously consider the Wall to be uninteresting from a musical standpoint. It's all a matter of opinion, but being a musician, I can't really think of anything to support that notion.

I wish it was illegal to spam a politics forum with news links and not even bother to offer your opinion on the thread that you started.

True, but since my favorite Floyd albums are Animals and The Wall, I consider Rog as the definative Floyd vocalist. I've always had a fairly low opinion of Dark Side. (Low with respect to their other albums)

It's not as though he is just a bass player. He is also a singer, and did most of Floyd's vocal work as well as being their primary songwriter prior to his departure. I would love to see the show, but y wedding is the next day.

Back off. She's mine.

"Yall" was a nickname I picked up in college. Prior to school I was in the Army, and picked up a few bits of southern dialect along the way, including a propensity to say things like "yall" and "fixin". I would regularly go to my friends house next door and say things like "Yall mother f*ckers fixin to go out tonight?" or "Yall mother f*ckers wanna get high?". Everyone started calling me "Yall mother f*cker" which then just became "Yall". After a while, half the people on campus thought it was my real name, and it has stuck with me ever since.

I think I'd rather you steal the mac!

Magic 8 ball says "300". Critics have been panning it, but people I've talked to that are movie go-ers seem to have really enjoyed it. As for what I would like to do right now: I want to go home and play with my new toys that are waiting for me thanks to the Fed-Ex man (a Macbook and a set of Rolland V Drums).

But those are prog-rock bands, whose very existence thrives on complex arrangements. I don't think anyone is trying to compare Boston with those bands. I wouldn't lump them in the same peer group. Boston is far more complex than say Nirvana or the Sex Pistols, but I wouldn't even begin to compare as the genre's are so different. And you might have heard some garage bands do Boston (hell we used to cover "Peace of Mind" when I was in high school in the early 90's) but I'm willing to bet you didn't hear many of them do it well.

Compared to what? Vivaldi? Yeah, you win that one. But if we are comparing Boston to their peers at the time (or even pop music in general), it's far from simplistic in either the style of compositon or production quality.

Too bad, great comic.

Josh Reed. He gave me and a buddy a ride when we got stranded at a bachelor party we were all attending. We piled in his Denali along with McGee, and a few other rookies that year (Can't remember who the other ones were aside from Paris Jackson). Then we went out drinking with them. Reed was super cool the whole time and treated us really well.

I've always had the impression that the guys that are the best, rarely state it. Ali being the one exception I can think of off the top of my head.

It's easy to deal with a problem child when the production is good. It's also easy to accept someone who lacks ability, intellect, or maybe work ethic, if they are likable. But when someone underperforms and still acts like a jerk, what reason would a Bills fan have to like the guy, aside form the color of his jersey? Yeah, we get your orignal point that if the line is such a problem, how can we reasonably expect anyone to perform well. But given that the organization had some pretty compelling reasons to get rid of him (which they did, unless you toe the WGR line that it was "personal") you kinda have to view the trade and the line improvements as seperate issues. Yes, our starting RB was a tool, and yes the line needed improvement. I see it as the team properly addressing two different problems.

Anyone care to summarize? Can't do streaming audio/video at work... Thanks!

Is anyone else sick of Jeremy White? I enjoy (or at least used to) listening to Howard Simon in the morning. I don't always agree with his opinions or conclusions, but he generally is well spoken, and fairly rational. Also, unlike many other sports talk personalities, he actually considers an opposing argument instead of immediately dismissing it, provided it has some merit. Now, the show has de-evolved to Jeremy White screaming at callers and basically taking over the morning show. His co-hosts and callers can barely speak before this guy is screaming like someone is ripping off his toenails with pliers. It's to the point where I'm considering just going back to listening to music during my morning shower and drive. Is anyone else bothered by White as much as me, or am I in the minority here? (Or, alternatively, does no one really care?)

For a raging homophobe, he plays ok. For some reason I root for the 2nd string RB's on this team a lot. I have a Sammy Morris jersey, and I always liked Joe Burns. I'm not sure why, maybe it's a desire to pull for the underdog or something.

No sweat man! I like Shaud too, I just wish he had a few more pounds on him.

I wasn't at all implying anything about your statement, nor was I trying to argue with you. Also, I don't think he should be our starter. That being said, it doesn't mean he couldn't start. I think he would be an average running back, putting up average numbers, which as a fan, isn't exactly what I'm looking for...

I'm ok with that. I have been arguing with a friend all morning who claims that Thomas isn't a "proven" starter. He says this is demonstrated by the fact that there seem to be no teams interested in him right now. While that may be true (then again I haven't heard about a shooting in LA today, so there must not have been one...) this doesn't mean A-Train isn't a proven commodity. If you look at games in his career, where he has been the starter going into the game, and has touched the ball more than 16 times, his average is about 100 yards. He was rookie of the year in 2001. He was the 3rd best in his first 3 years in the Bears franchise history. In the two games he started last yeah, his average for both games was over 100 yards with a 4.2 ypc. Do I think he is the best possible option for a starting running back? No. Do I think he has proven that he has the ability to be a starting running back? Yes.

Did you mean Orson Wells? Or maybe Momma Cass....

Wrong. Jeanane Garafolo has never been funny.

I'd love it if we managed to snag Leonard in the 4th!

How about paying people well? Honor the minimum wage, and you will generally find people who will work. I notice the article doesn't mention how much they were paying their possibly illegal labor.

My buddy DVR'ed last night's episode. I told him to just fast forward to the last 45 seconds, and he'd be up to speed.