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#511 Re: The Sunset Strip » The Big Bang Theory (Sitcom) » 904 weeks ago
This is one of those shows that I watch and enjoy, then when I think about it afterwards I feel a little ashamed of myself.
I guess because I consider myself a fairly "smart" comedy fan, and the writing is pretty cliched and hacky. It's tough to do a sitcom that isn't like that sometimes though, and sometimes that works.
Plus, that chick is smokin'.
#512 Re: The Sunset Strip » Michael Jackson's This Is It Discussion » 905 weeks ago
jorge76 wrote:Well imagine a "random middle-aged man" had "displayed that he has the mind of a child over and over" and sunk the moderate amount of money that he did have into a playhouse that he set up in his yard and called Neverland. This guy also liked to spend the night in the same bed with the young boys that came over to play at his playhouse...
His throat would be slit within a month.
Agreed, BUT we wouldn't have the insight of this "random middle-aged man's" life that we have with Michael. Very public interviews (some that we later find were edited to favor guilt), the very vocal confessions about his childhood and us SEEING with our own eyes how he grew up. What I mean is him growing up in the spotlight and the obvious enforced work ethic he had, even as a child obviously robbing him of any "normal" childhood.
Again, I am not by any means saying this makes him innocent I'm just saying (imo) there is almost an exact equal amount of evidence favoring guilt or innocence. I wouldn't feel comfortable in proclaiming a verdict either way as of now.
I see what you're saying, but I don't think many people would care to gain the insight into that person's life, or care after they did. There were a ton of people who were abused in their childhood, or had to start working to help support the family (moreso a generation or so ago than lately) at a very young age.
Excuses won't get made for them because they were bagging groceries and helping around the house or something while their friends got to be kids instead of making hit albums.
This is an odd comparison, but I saw something in a Mad Magazine when I was in Jr High that really stuck with me(but that was a long time ago, so bear with me here).
When you're a normal guy and live in filth, you're a lazy slob, but when you become a rich artist, you're just quirky and it's just how you work.
Again, I am not by any means saying this makes him innocent I'm just saying (imo) there is almost an exact equal amount of evidence favoring guilt or innocence. I wouldn't feel comfortable in proclaiming a verdict either way as of now.
Even after everything I just said. I still agree with this.
#513 Re: The Sunset Strip » Michael Jackson's This Is It Discussion » 905 weeks ago
Before I say anything else I want to say that I do NOT know if the guy is guilty of these things he's been accused of or if he is not. I've heard opposing accounts of the "facts" over and over but nothing concrete has surfaced to make me believe with certainty that he was guilty OR that he wasn't...I DON'T know.
You say if he was a "random middle-aged man", well the fact is he was hardly "random". The guy has displayed that he has the mind of a child over and over LONG before the child abuse allegations. Of course this continued throughout his life. What "random middle-aged man" would sink his entire fortune into a place he called Neverland?
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I think your first paragraph is the way most people should look at the whole thing, but most people don't. This sentence- "I've heard opposing accounts of the "facts" over and over but nothing concrete has surfaced to make me believe with certainty that he was guilty OR that he wasn't", basically says it all.
As for the second paragraph...
Well imagine a "random middle-aged man" had "displayed that he has the mind of a child over and over" and sunk the moderate amount of money that he did have into a playhouse that he set up in his yard and called Neverland. This guy also liked to spend the night in the same bed with the young boys that came over to play at his playhouse...
His throat would be slit within a month.
#514 Re: The Sunset Strip » Michael Jackson's This Is It Discussion » 905 weeks ago
I've heard a LOT of people say they started crying when his daughter spoke. But all I really thought when I heard that she did (I didn't see it) was-
This was a memorial service for a guy who kept his kids faces hidden most of the time. Would this be what he wanted?
Also, I heard this as a joke earlier, but the more I think about it, I legitimately want to know... Were the concession stands in the Staples Center open today?
#515 Re: The Sunset Strip » Roy Orbison... » 905 weeks ago
So, I assume you think so. What makes you say that?
A friend of mine recently said he thinks it would be Rod Stewart, and the more I think about that I don't know how much of an arguement I have.
#516 Re: Dust N' Bones & Cyborg Slunks » Buckethead - Michael Jackson Tribute » 905 weeks ago
You know, I don't really give that much of a shit about Michael Jackson at all(although I can respect what he accomplished), and I'm not a huge Buckethead fan(although I respect what he can do), but that song made me want to burst into tears a few times.
It is going to come close to replacing the Damned song "The Portrait" as the most depressing thing I've ever heard.
For the record I think that's a good thing.
#517 Re: The Garden » Palin resigning as Alaska gov » 905 weeks ago
^ That's exactly what I thought. She can get those paychecks for a while, then if she wants to get back into politics after getting her payday she always can.
Then she'll have a shot at the money and the glory rather than just trying for speaking engagement money afterwards.
#518 Re: Dust N' Bones & Cyborg Slunks » Slash Myspace, Facebook, and Twitter updates » 906 weeks ago
I'm getting really hyped for Slash's solo album. What are the chances it does better than CD financially and critically?
I myself assume it will do better financially simply because it will be promoted properly, and it will have all the guest singers who have fans of their own that will pick up the album or at least download the single with the singer they're a fan of on it.
Critically is anybody's guess.
#519 Re: The Sunset Strip » Michael Jackson Discussion » 906 weeks ago
He's already did it! His sales are actually TOPPING the sales of John Lennon and Elvis Presley following their respective untimely passings. That's very surprising to me.
Not to discount his popularity, but I think it has a lot to do with the 24 hour news cycle culture we live in right now. In the 70's it's possible people were just now finding out about those deaths after 5 days. Today, pretty much everybody knew by the end of Friday. If you didn't, If you turned on a tv at any point during the weekend, you found out.
Plus I would bet a lot of people who originally bought these older albums have them on vinyl or cassette, and his death made them think they should get them on cd. Or even getting mp3's rather than cds I suppose.
#520 Re: Dust N' Bones & Cyborg Slunks » Slash Myspace, Facebook, and Twitter updates » 906 weeks ago
From Slash's Facebook
Norway gig went well, crowd was awesome!
Here's the setlist I found:
"Immigrant Song"
"Highway to Hell"
"Hair of the Dog"
"Fall to Pieces"
"Black or White"
"Slither"
"Nightrain"
"Honky Tonk Women"
"Knockin' on Heaven's Door"
"Sweet Child O' Mine"
"Barracuda"
"Rock And Roll"
"Black Dog"
"War Pigs"
"I Don't Know"
"Crazy Train"
"Paranoid"
"Whole Lotta Love"
"Paradise City"
Anybody know who this Franky Perez is that was evidently singing?
