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Johnny Cash-one piece at a time
"One Piece At A Time"
Well, I left Kentucky back in '49
An' went to Detroit workin' on a 'sembly line
The first year they had me puttin' wheels on cadillacs
Every day I'd watch them beauties roll by
And sometimes I'd hang my head and cry
'Cause I always wanted me one that was long and black.
One day I devised myself a plan
That should be the envy of most any man
I'd sneak it out of there in a lunchbox in my hand
Now gettin' caught meant gettin' fired
But I figured I'd have it all by the time I retired
I'd have me a car worth at least a hundred grand.
[CHORUS]
I'd get it one piece at a time
And it wouldn't cost me a dime
You'll know it's me when I come through your town
I'm gonna ride around in style
I'm gonna drive everybody wild
'Cause I'll have the only one there is a round.
So the very next day when I punched in
With my big lunchbox and with help from my friends
I left that day with a lunch box full of gears
Now, I never considered myself a thief
GM wouldn't miss just one little piece
Especially if I strung it out over several years.
The first day I got me a fuel pump
And the next day I got me an engine and a trunk
Then I got me a transmission and all of the chrome
The little things I could get in my big lunchbox
Like nuts, an' bolts, and all four shocks
But the big stuff we snuck out in my buddy's mobile home.
Now, up to now my plan went all right
'Til we tried to put it all together one night
And that's when we noticed that something was definitely wrong.
The transmission was a '53
And the motor turned out to be a '73
And when we tried to put in the bolts all the holes were gone.
So we drilled it out so that it would fit
And with a little bit of help with an A-daptor kit
We had that engine runnin' just like a song
Now the headlight' was another sight
We had two on the left and one on the right
But when we pulled out the switch all three of 'em come on.
The back end looked kinda funny too
But we put it together and when we got thru
Well, that's when we noticed that we only had one tail-fin
About that time my wife walked out
And I could see in her eyes that she had her doubts
But she opened the door and said "Honey, take me for a spin."
So we drove up town just to get the tags
And I headed her right on down main drag
I could hear everybody laughin' for blocks around
But up there at the court house they didn't laugh
'Cause to type it up it took the whole staff
And when they got through the title weighed sixty pounds.
[CHORUS]
I got it one piece at a time
And it didn't cost me a dime
You'll know it's me when I come through your town
I'm gonna ride around in style
I'm gonna drive everybody wild
'Cause I'll have the only one there is around.
[Spoken] Ugh! Yow, RED RYDER
This is the COTTON MOUTH
In the PSYCHO-BILLY CADILLAC Come on
Huh, This is the COTTON MOUTH
And negatory on the cost of this mow-chine there RED RYDER
You might say I went right up to the factory
And picked it up, it's cheaper that way
Ugh!, what model is it?
The 'Devil' Writes Pat Robertson A Letter
By Frank James
The Minneapolis Star-Tribune published a letter from Satan to evangelist Pat Robertson, responding to his comment that Haiti's persistent troubles, including the earthquake, are due to a pact the nation made with Mephistopheles.
Actually, it wasn't Satan who wrote the letter but Lilly Coyle of Minneapolis writing in the persona of the hellish one.
I think she got it down pretty well. What say you?
Dear Pat Robertson,
I know that you know that all press is good press, so I appreciate the shout-out. And you make God look like a big mean bully who kicks people when they are down, so I'm all over that action.But when you say that Haiti has made a pact with me, it is totally humiliating. I may be evil incarnate, but I'm no welcher. The way you put it, making a deal with me leaves folks desperate and impoverished.Sure, in the afterlife, but when I strike bargains with people, they first get something here on earth -- glamour, beauty, talent, wealth, fame, glory, a golden fiddle. Those Haitians have nothing, and I mean nothing. And that was before the earthquake. Haven't you seen "Crossroads"? Or "Damn Yankees"?If I had a thing going with Haiti, there'd be lots of banks, skyscrapers, SUVs, exclusive night clubs, Botox -- that kind of thing. An 80 percent poverty rate is so not my style. Nothing against it -- I'm just saying: Not how I roll.You're doing great work, Pat, and I don't want to clip your wings -- just, come on, you're making me look bad. And not the good kind of bad. Keep blaming God. That's working. But leave me out of it, please. Or we may need to renegotiate your own contract.Best, SatanLILY COYLE, MINNEAPOLIS
Ha! Nice creative writing.
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Fed up Homeowner Graffitis His Own House to Spite Developer - Seattle News - The Daily Weekly
Can't imagine going to this length but it seems to be working.
Free MP3: Surfer Blood - Swim
Album Review
May our year of surfing and beaches and windswept abandon burn up and fade away. In its place, more bands like Surfer Blood, a troupe with little time for burbling chillwave, instead favoring an old time-y sound — that’s right, straightforward guitar-driven rock ‘n’ roll songs! The name and subject matter might fool you; the West Palm Beach crew have rights to beachdom and their songs can drift into talk of deadbeat summers. But the sound on their confident, chipper debut hews closer to roiling ‘70s arena rock (think Boston, with way less polish), accessible shoegaze (Ride are a clear influence) and mid-’90s alt-pop (Weezer, basically). Occasionally they get scrambled and lost in the sound of those guitars (the noodly, aimless “Neighbor Riffs” is no more than a song-buffer.) But when they’re running hot, as on the soaring, enormous “Swim,” they seem a band capable of amazing things. Opener “Floating Vibes” flaunts similarly big ambitions: controlled solos, colliding guitar attack, dueling choruses. It’s early yet, but Surfer Blood, bad intentions or not, are resurrecting a quaint, but vital sound.
So help me, I love each song I've heard by this group. They have a surfy, Joe Meek, meets mild punk sort of thing happening and I like it! Snatch it quick as it's only free today.
Free MP3s: Enter The Magical Mystery Chambers | Wu Tang Vs The Beatles
I've only made it through C.R.E.A.M. so far, but I'm enjoying this a lot. Not sure how the language will fair throughout the album ... so be careful if you have sensitive ears.
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Free MP3 release: IJO : Selektida (Sutemos026)
I'm only a few songs into this but am loving the percolation and subtle electronics on this release. Reminds me of The Black Dog and early GPR releases. Ace!
FREE MP3 Download: Dragon's Eye Recordings | de6006
Here's a fantastic experimental/abstract collection of found sound artists. I came across it because it has a track from one of my faves, Celer. Highly recommended, & it's FREE!
Thursday, January 14, 2010
MP3 download: Nathan Fake remixes Grasscut
I've never heard anything by Fake I don't like so I was really interested to hear his remix for the might Ninja Tune label. ACE!
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I'm twelve years old and what is this? | Know Your Meme
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I checked old /b/ and found several instances of this. I’ll post a screenshot if I can find a good example. If this continues and only if this doesn’t quickly die out it should be a meme.
good looking Capn, pics would be good. this seems kind of interesting but sounds fly-by-night
Added a couple pictures I nabbed.
May I suggest a link to the BBC article?
Seriosuly guys, I’m a genius 12 year old, and I still don’t get it.
I remember reading about the porn attack on Ars Technica in the middle of work, I lol’d HARD at the prospect of 4chan flooding youtube with the stuff… right up until I remembered that I have two very young sisters who adore miley cyrus and stuff like that. Oh lawd, can you say “OHSHI-”?
yes, is more old than the attack, for example in CP thread all the time
As a fellow 12-year-old, this stuff is pretty abstruse. What is it?
CP huh?, a cat is fine too…
THE ORIGINAL POSTING WAS A REACTION FROM AN ACTUAL TWELVE YEAR OLD IN LATE MAY OF THIS VERY YEAR. HE STUMBLED UPON “EBAUMSWORLD” ONE DAY, ONLY TO BE GREETED WITH A FURRY THREAD, POSTING THE NOW POPULAR PHRASE IN DISMAY. SOME RANDOM ANON REMEMBERED THIS BRAVE YOUNG LAD’S POST AND REPOSTED IT UNDER THE “JONAS BROTHERS” VIDEO. DON’T BELIEVE ME? IM SURE SOMEONE ELSE REMEMBERS THAT FATEFUL DAY…
unsure of sincerity frank is unsure of sincerity
I’m 12 and what is this?
The lie of this meme report disturbs me. When I heard BBC put this on their broadcast, I loled, because I recognized it from /b/ Correct this!!
I’m still raging about the lie of this origin. I can’t find anything in the 4chan archives (too much porn there anyway…) to disprove it, but even ED’s talk page on the meme admits the origin is elsewhere. http://encyclopediadramatica.com/Talk:I%27m_12_years_old_and_what_is_this%3F
I’m probably just making unnecessary waves, but this bothers me day and night
I’m 12 years old and what is this?
“I’m 12 and what is this” was around WAY before the whole Youtube porn incident, YEARS before that.
I’m 11 and a half and WTF is this? Those “12 years-olds” dont look like 12, they look YOUNGER. I know, I’m just spamming. NO U
Useful site with current hits like this one.
Symphony of Science - 'The Unbroken Thread' (ft. Attenborough, Goodall, Sagan)
They do such amazing work with these mashups! Fans of OWL CITY need to check these out!
Team William - You Look Familiar
Great throwback animation style, quirky (and naughty!) song.
Video explains the world's most important 6-sec drum loop
A friend of mine just reminded me of this great short documentary about the Amen break. Enjoy!
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2010: 'Twenty ten' vs. 'two thousand ten'
But you would be wrong, so wrong, according to the National Association of Good Grammar.
"NAGG has decided to step in and decree that (2010) should officially be pronounced 'twenty ten,' and all subsequent years should be pronounced as 'twenty eleven,' 'twenty twelve,' etc.," proclaims the association's news release.
The National Association of Good Grammar - essentially a guy named Tom Torriglia and some friends who also paid attention in English class - say people have been mispronouncing the year for 10 years.
"NAGG is here to put everybody back on the correct path," Torriglia said by phone from his home in San Francisco. "We lost the battle when we went from 1999 to 2000 - but now we're hoping to win the war."
The "20" should have been pronounced "twenty" all along, he said, pointing out that every year in the 20th century was pronounced "nineteen something."
" 'Twenty' follows 'nineteen.' 'Two thousand' does not follow 'nineteen.' It's logical."
Fighting for grammar
Companies pay Torriglia, who has written technical manuals for two decades, to be logical and clear in explaining the least clear concepts, like how to use their own computer software. He's also taught writing to aspiring technical writers and to junior college students.
Torriglia created NAGG in 1986 when he found himself calling publications about their grammatically incorrect ads.
"I would nag them," he said.
Torriglia, who is writing a book he calls "The Grammar Police Never Sleep," believes the time has come to nag again.
To punctuate the idea that "two thousand ten" is the wrong way to say it, Torriglia, 56, pointed out that no one would ever say, "I was born in one thousand nine hundred and fifty-three."
Yet that's how people keep saying "2010." In one YouTube video, a preteen promises to make more YouTube videos in "two thousand ten." Another has a guy on a yellow dirt bike saying he's "amped about the all-new 'two thousand ten' " model. A third features people trying to design novelty eyeglasses in the shape of "two thousand ten."
To Torriglia, it's relentless.
"I'm hearing it on TV commercials. I heard an announcer say it during 'Monday Night Football.' You cringe."
Torriglia cringes, anyway. But he's the kind of guy who cringes at the Safeway checkout line where the sign reads "10 items or less."
"It should be fewer."
He's right.
Maybe not
But what choice did anyone really have this past decade? Were they going to start off the new millennium with a "twenty oh oh" hiccup, while avoiding the melodious "two thousand"?
There's a reason Arthur C. Clarke didn't call his book "Twenty Oh One: A Space Odyssey."
It's been a difficult decade for Torriglia, phonologically speaking.
"It was never 'two thousand nine' for me," he sighed. "It was always 'twenty aught nine.' "
So the people hawking next year's car models, the newscasters on TV and anyone else with a reason to say "2010" aloud should embrace good grammar and say "twenty ten" right now, Torriglia said.
Not exactly, according to noted linguistics Professor George Lakoff of UC Berkeley.
"It's not wrong to say 'two thousand ten,' " Lakoff said. "And it's not like 'twenty ten' is the right way."
His explanation involves cognitive reference points, standards of speech and recognizing as anachronistic the notion that grammar can be right or wrong as people and cultures evolve.
Nevertheless, Lakoff predicted, " 'Twenty-ten' is gonna take over. It's shortest. It's easiest to understand."
On that point - if not on the syntax - the master linguist and the grammar police agree.
E-mail Nanette Asimov at nasimov@sfchronicle.com.
This article appeared on page A - 1 of the San Francisco Chronicle
Thanks for bringing this to my attention Susie!
Michael Johansson
Have any of you seen his stuff in real life? Fun idea: life-size versions of model/kits.
