austenandrews Posted June 10, 2004 Report Share Posted June 10, 2004 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER I got yer awful incessance right here bucko! See, in my browser they're blissfully calm and unmoving. In fact I can barely tell what they are. I'm going with "bowling balls with batarangs." -AA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gewing Posted June 10, 2004 Report Share Posted June 10, 2004 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER I am not sure. NOt a Brownin Hi-power, might be an odd 1911 clone. I may have to look at it under magnification. Hmm' date=' is that a Browning 9mm or a government .45?[/quote'] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
austenandrews Posted June 11, 2004 Report Share Posted June 11, 2004 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER Kelly Hu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mightybec Posted June 11, 2004 Report Share Posted June 11, 2004 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER Kelly Hu Meow baby! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zornwil Posted June 11, 2004 Report Share Posted June 11, 2004 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER Oddly enough I'm not so cynical about it. The fact is, MTV will show what brings in ratings. For instance, it's not as if the average rap star is a male model. It will probably take another large movement like grunge to break the current mainstream inertia, but something will happen sooner or later. People decry the stagnation/corporatization of popular music every ten or fifteen years, but something always comes along to revitalize it (followed quickly of course by the corporatization of the new subgenre ... did I say I wasn't cynical? ). Then again, attractive people have always had a leg up in popuar music. I'm sure that fact is as old as music itself. -AA A lot of people criticized Sinatra, thinking him a pretty boy and ignoring his voice abilities in his younger days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pegasus Posted June 11, 2004 Report Share Posted June 11, 2004 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER Meow baby! I second that! Now we just need to get that picture animated Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngryBug Posted June 11, 2004 Report Share Posted June 11, 2004 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER Yeah' date=' this is unfortunate. Many bands are now being rejected for their looks alone, and that sucks. Particularly as our idea of what's attractive depends largely on pop culture to begin with, this is a bad way of making the system a sort of incestuous closed loop. Consider this - if one just saw Mick Jagger without the context of his stardom, would anyone really put him on TV in a video these days? Not likely - and if you think I exaggerate, no, not at all, there was an article in MTV how "unattractive" grunge bands were rejected by MTV just before Nirvana hit it big. With grunge aesthetics changed again and suddenly the greasy-haired lanky hairy kid became popular again.[/quote'] I avoid watching American Idol (or the homegrown Canadian Idol) at all costs, but according to my wife and the local paper, the singers most praised by the judges for their voices are rarely the ones the voters pick to move on to the next round. Looks and personality are more important than talent in the competition. Who can blame the record and video companies for giving people what they want? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Posted June 11, 2004 Report Share Posted June 11, 2004 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER Kelly Hu 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mightybec Posted June 11, 2004 Report Share Posted June 11, 2004 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER Kelly Hu 2 Man. They had to airbrush the hell out of that pic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
austenandrews Posted June 11, 2004 Report Share Posted June 11, 2004 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER A lot of people criticized Sinatra' date=' thinking him a pretty boy and ignoring his voice abilities in his younger days.[/quote'] Even Jagger was considered pretty in his youth. (Not that his vocal abilities were ever that great. He was always about songwriting and showmanship.) -AA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zornwil Posted June 11, 2004 Report Share Posted June 11, 2004 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER Even Jagger was considered pretty in his youth. (Not that his vocal abilities were ever that great. He was always about songwriting and showmanship.) -AA I don't think he'd have been considered pretty had it not been for rocking out with the Rolling Stones - or are you saying prior to that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Gillen Posted June 11, 2004 Report Share Posted June 11, 2004 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER That should be... Are those 9mm or .45? JG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
austenandrews Posted June 11, 2004 Report Share Posted June 11, 2004 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER I don't think he'd have been considered pretty had it not been for rocking out with the Rolling Stones - or are you saying prior to that? I mean back when he was making movies and whatnot. He was never Cary Grant, of course, but he was sexy in a rock star way. -AA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted June 11, 2004 Report Share Posted June 11, 2004 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER Tim, The girl in the picture you posted on May 29th, who is she ? And I mean the third picture. I know who the first one is. I can't identify the blonde but the last one I would like to know who she is. And as for the bouncing chest that Kara originally posted. Oh boy ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zornwil Posted June 11, 2004 Report Share Posted June 11, 2004 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER I mean back when he was making movies and whatnot. He was never Cary Grant, of course, but he was sexy in a rock star way. -AA Oh, yeah, that I get - and that was essentially my point, just that the music often makes the look "cool" or such, so without exposure our sense of aesthetics isn't what it would be once we get the exposure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
austenandrews Posted June 11, 2004 Report Share Posted June 11, 2004 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER Keri Russell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted June 11, 2004 Report Share Posted June 11, 2004 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER Oh man, you have no idea how many episodes of Felicity I've been forced to watch, the very sight of Keri Russell triggers my gag reflex. Oh-- ugh-- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
austenandrews Posted June 11, 2004 Report Share Posted June 11, 2004 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER I've never seen the show. I didn't know who she was when I chose the picture. Just thought it was sexy. -AA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemming Posted June 11, 2004 Report Share Posted June 11, 2004 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER Oh man' date=' you have no idea how many episodes of Felicity I've been forced to watch, the very sight of Keri Russell triggers my gag reflex. Oh-- ugh--[/quote'] My sympathies. Thankfully most of what my wife wants to watch is something that I can usually find entertaining. And if not, there's always the laptop. Though lately I'd much rather be working on something in the computer room than watch TV at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted June 11, 2004 Report Share Posted June 11, 2004 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER I wouldn't even own a TV if not for the wife. I lived entirely without TV for five years and didn't miss it at all. Except for the weird and/or pitying looks people would give me when I told them I didn't have one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
austenandrews Posted June 11, 2004 Report Share Posted June 11, 2004 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER I wouldn't even own a TV if not for the wife. I lived entirely without TV for five years and didn't miss it at all. Except for the weird and/or pitying looks people would give me when I told them I didn't have one. I can't imagine living without a television. Who would raise my kids? -AA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted June 11, 2004 Report Share Posted June 11, 2004 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER Just leave them in the cage like I do. Or tie them up in the yard. Either way is fine. (obligatory ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemming Posted June 11, 2004 Report Share Posted June 11, 2004 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER I can't imagine living without a television. Who would raise my kids? I was raised by a cat and I did alright once I got over my mouse addiction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
austenandrews Posted June 11, 2004 Report Share Posted June 11, 2004 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER I was raised by a cat and I did alright once I got over my mouse addiction. We had a really nasty rainstorm this week. Bad rains sometimes drive rats from the nearby train tracks to our neighborhood. Our dog caught one. We knew because he left the headless, still-warm corpse on the living room carpet. I learned that my wife's voice and body can both jump surprisingly high. -AA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemming Posted June 11, 2004 Report Share Posted June 11, 2004 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER We had a really nasty rainstorm this week. Bad rains sometimes drive rats from the nearby train tracks to our neighborhood. Our dog caught one. We knew because he left the headless, still-warm corpse on the living room carpet. I learned that my wife's voice and body can both jump surprisingly high. No doubt he was leaving the head on a stick as a warning to the other rats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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