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NorCal Aaron

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  1. Ahhh, Mr.Chan - your Kung-Fu is quite good, but mine is quite better. Let us commence!
  2. Roadhouse and Grosse Point Blank. Agree with Point Break too.
  3. I'm was definitely into the first kind before I got married - I'm smitten by that Polish-Aussie on 'Chuck'.
  4. I watched the game on a Polish feed - announcers were shrieking at Miller. Couldn't understand anything but the names of players. It was the best play by play I've heard in a long time.
  5. Real likable dude. But I never understood why he pushed his way out of Buffalo by demanding more cabbage. He didn't do much once he took over full-time for Art Still (especially when you consider Bruce on the other side).
  6. America, have you heard, there's a brand new dance, and its called the bird, squaaak.
  7. Marginal rotational player. What did he do the past couple games beyond getting personal fouls and waving pom-poms? Manning was completely clean. Passenger on a great team.
  8. Was dragged kicking and screaming to the original 'Chorus Line' on Broadway in the 70's. Vowed to hate it and was mesmerized - the music was booming and the dancing athletic as hell (singing wasn't bad either). Saw the revival a few years ago at the Curran on Geary and wasn't wowed. Since then I've opted out of my wife's merry excursions with girls and gays to Wicked, South Pacific, and Cabaret. Just not my scene.
  9. Best unis! Frank Lewis and Cribbs were out and out studs. Some brutal interceptions.
  10. Buck likes to hear himself talk. I've noticed a trend where play by play guys intrude on the color guys space by blathering beyond the play setup. Last week, Aikman actually interrupted Buck just to make an incisive statement about a play as Buck tried to continue his droning run-on commentary. Aikman is solid and at least has legitimate takes. Good point on Simms. Completely worthless. Starts talking without having a point, then loses himself mid-sentence only to spit out inane cliches to get closure. Absolute abortion. Goose is just pointless. Gems like "Its cold out here guys" in response to a snowstorm say it all.
  11. This whole thing smacks of the whole authenticity in music canard. True, there are ground-breakers who rupture a bloated or stale era, but ultimately, save for the few laboring earnestly in their art as they strive for innovation, most eventually want to make a nice living. Two images I remember strikingly along these lines: 1. In the early 90s, Henry Rollins splashing in his hot tub mockingly singing 'Anarchy in the UK' on MTV in response to questions regarding his wealth accumulation versus the punk 'ethos'. 2. John Cage in a spoken word passage about an ad agency calling him for a commission: They said, 'Mr.Cage?' I said, "Yes". 'Are you ready to prostitute yourself for your art?' I said, 'Yes'.
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