Friday May 14, 2004

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I'm channeling Andy Rooney tonight.

Is the term "classic rock" any use at all? Does it describe anything? If you were given a list of songs, could you explain which were classic rock, and why the other ones weren't? What do the following three songs---heard in sequence on a "classic rock" radio station---have in common artistically, temporally, thematically, or anything-else-ally: "What Goes On" by the Beatles, "Amanda" by Boston, "Tonight She Comes" by the Cars?

Don't you hate it when you get out of the shower and later realize that you soaped up your legs but forgot to rinse them off, and now your leg hairs are all crusty and itchy with dried soap?

Who decided red licorice should be called licorice, when it doesn't taste like licorice, isn't the same color, and often isn't even the same shape?
twasbrillig:
I hear you on the classic rock thing. The same applies to "alternative" rock. Alternative to what? What does that even mean?

And to keep with your candy themes, how about white chocolate? Now, I may be completely ignorant in saying this, but what is it? Is it chocolate with food coloring? Or is it just vanilla? And why wouldn't you just call it vanilla? And if it's white and doesn't taste like chocolate, why call it white chocolate? It's not chocolate at all. Just call it something different. Like.....whitelate....or something....
twasbrillig:
The book is usually better than the movie. BUT, I think the only case in the history of films where there is an exception is in the case of One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest. I thought the fact that the book was told from Chief's POV was kind of stifling. The characters in the film were much better developed because it was told in the third person. I thought Chiefs little psychadelic trips went on for far too long. But we can agree to disagree. wink

eXisTenZ is my favorite of Cronenbergs as well. Have you seen Spider?

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