Comments for Really... Really... Seriously... http://memphismafia.wordpress.com On man's journey to discovery absolutely nothing... Wed, 30 Dec 2009 00:26:26 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Y2K – What… by poietes http://memphismafia.wordpress.com/2009/12/28/y2k-what/#comment-470 poietes Wed, 30 Dec 2009 00:26:26 +0000 http://memphismafia.wordpress.com/?p=567#comment-470 Don't worry. You have 2012 in two years in which you can prepare for the end of the world all over again. Don’t worry. You have 2012 in two years in which you can prepare for the end of the world all over again.

]]> Comment on Christmastime again… by poietes http://memphismafia.wordpress.com/2009/12/22/christmastime-again/#comment-469 poietes Sat, 26 Dec 2009 22:09:11 +0000 http://memphismafia.wordpress.com/?p=559#comment-469 I absoluely love the Albert Finney version of A Christmas Carol. However, I have not been able to find it on DVD. I hope that you had a wonderful Christmas with your family. I absoluely love the Albert Finney version of A Christmas Carol. However, I have not been able to find it on DVD.

I hope that you had a wonderful Christmas with your family.

]]> Comment on One more from the Muppets: Carol of the Bells by memphismafia http://memphismafia.wordpress.com/2009/12/16/one-more-from-the-muppets-carol-of-the-bells/#comment-468 memphismafia Fri, 18 Dec 2009 03:42:53 +0000 http://memphismafia.wordpress.com/?p=551#comment-468 Sorry, it's fixed now. I swear that last night it totally had the video, and I'm now going to blame interweb germlins. Yea, that's it... Sorry, it’s fixed now. I swear that last night it totally had the video, and I’m now going to blame interweb germlins. Yea, that’s it…

]]> Comment on An open letter to the backseat of my car… by poietes http://memphismafia.wordpress.com/2009/12/17/an-open-letter-to-the-backseat-of-my-car/#comment-467 poietes Fri, 18 Dec 2009 02:04:36 +0000 http://memphismafia.wordpress.com/?p=546#comment-467 Oh my. If my backseats could talk . . . trust me, it wouldn't be about sex. Let's see: sand, coffee, milk, baby puke, dog poop (nervous puppy), birdseed, every kind of fast food and chip known to humanity. Funnily enough, my ex would never let anyone eat in his car, but my car, the family car, was fair game. Hence the term ex . . . But then, for a while, I got on this roll where I kept my Trooper clean, spotless, vacuumed, armor-alled. Then my eldest son took possession. It. Never. Recovered. I'll never forget the first time that I rode as a passenger in a new friend's jeep and spilled sweet tea. I said, "Well at least it's not leather." The look on her face told me how wrong I was. Oh my. If my backseats could talk . . . trust me, it wouldn’t be about sex. Let’s see: sand, coffee, milk, baby puke, dog poop (nervous puppy), birdseed, every kind of fast food and chip known to humanity.

Funnily enough, my ex would never let anyone eat in his car, but my car, the family car, was fair game. Hence the term ex . . .

But then, for a while, I got on this roll where I kept my Trooper clean, spotless, vacuumed, armor-alled. Then my eldest son took possession. It. Never. Recovered.

I’ll never forget the first time that I rode as a passenger in a new friend’s jeep and spilled sweet tea. I said, “Well at least it’s not leather.” The look on her face told me how wrong I was.

]]> Comment on One more from the Muppets: Carol of the Bells by poietes http://memphismafia.wordpress.com/2009/12/16/one-more-from-the-muppets-carol-of-the-bells/#comment-466 poietes Fri, 18 Dec 2009 02:01:43 +0000 http://memphismafia.wordpress.com/?p=551#comment-466 Helloo? No video??? Helloo? No video???

]]> Comment on Memphis rocks! (Or Why I love this city) by Dan http://memphismafia.wordpress.com/2009/12/15/memphis-rocks/#comment-465 Dan Fri, 18 Dec 2009 00:16:39 +0000 http://memphismafia.wordpress.com/?p=543#comment-465 >The thought it that the DJ that first coined the >term Rock ‘n Roll and first played the music >was from Cleveland Alan Freed? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Freed Yeah, according to the article, the Moondog Coronation Ball (seemingly the first official rock concert) was held in Cleveland in 1952. That would make sense. Still... >The thought it that the DJ that first coined the >term Rock ‘n Roll and first played the music >was from Cleveland

Alan Freed?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Freed

Yeah, according to the article, the Moondog Coronation Ball (seemingly the first official rock concert) was held in Cleveland in 1952. That would make sense. Still…

]]> Comment on Memphis rocks! (Or Why I love this city) by Dan http://memphismafia.wordpress.com/2009/12/15/memphis-rocks/#comment-464 Dan Fri, 18 Dec 2009 00:12:40 +0000 http://memphismafia.wordpress.com/?p=543#comment-464 I think Cleveland has only been mentioned in one or two songs, such as "Look Out Cleveland" by The Band (1969). Interestingly, the subject of that song isn't Cleveland, per se, but a great storm sweeping through the Midwest. So, the implication is that Cleveland isn't a great place to BE so much as a great place to AVOID if one doesn't want to get sucked up by a twister... I think Cleveland has only been mentioned in one or two songs, such as “Look Out Cleveland” by The Band (1969). Interestingly, the subject of that song isn’t Cleveland, per se, but a great storm sweeping through the Midwest. So, the implication is that Cleveland isn’t a great place to BE so much as a great place to AVOID if one doesn’t want to get sucked up by a twister…

]]> Comment on Memphis rocks! (Or Why I love this city) by memphismafia http://memphismafia.wordpress.com/2009/12/15/memphis-rocks/#comment-463 memphismafia Thu, 17 Dec 2009 14:20:17 +0000 http://memphismafia.wordpress.com/?p=543#comment-463 The thought it that the DJ that first coined the term Rock 'n Roll and first played the music was from Cleveland. Personally, I think that's a great place to have the Radio DJ Hall of Fame, but Memphis has had a ton of long tradition of music. I don't even have to mention most of it, because let's face it, it speaks for itself. What you may not know is that Memphis has been sung about/mentioned in over 400 songs, accroding to Billboard Magazine. Twenty-four of the first 97 inductees to the Rock 'n Roll Hall of Fame were from Memphis or the surrounding area. So, 25% of the first 100, huh. Interest. Also, Memphis was voted #6 in the <a href="http://www.memphistravel.com/!userfiles/press/MemphisTop10LiveMusic.pdf" rel="nofollow">Society of Travel Writers Top 10 Cities for Live Music</a>. Where was Cleveland on that list? It wasn't... The thought it that the DJ that first coined the term Rock ‘n Roll and first played the music was from Cleveland. Personally, I think that’s a great place to have the Radio DJ Hall of Fame, but Memphis has had a ton of long tradition of music. I don’t even have to mention most of it, because let’s face it, it speaks for itself. What you may not know is that Memphis has been sung about/mentioned in over 400 songs, accroding to Billboard Magazine. Twenty-four of the first 97 inductees to the Rock ‘n Roll Hall of Fame were from Memphis or the surrounding area. So, 25% of the first 100, huh. Interest. Also, Memphis was voted #6 in the Society of Travel Writers Top 10 Cities for Live Music. Where was Cleveland on that list? It wasn’t…

]]> Comment on Top 10 2009 Headlines the weren’t (but should have been) by memphismafia http://memphismafia.wordpress.com/2009/12/14/top-10-2009-headlines-the-werent-but-should-have-been/#comment-462 memphismafia Thu, 17 Dec 2009 14:07:39 +0000 http://memphismafia.wordpress.com/?p=540#comment-462 Isn't that the truth. If you haven't seen it, there was a really fun paradoy of one of the three on Saturday Night Live during Weekend Update. It took everything I had not to say, that all of reality television was swallowed up whole. Isn’t that the truth. If you haven’t seen it, there was a really fun paradoy of one of the three on Saturday Night Live during Weekend Update. It took everything I had not to say, that all of reality television was swallowed up whole.

]]> Comment on Memphis rocks! (Or Why I love this city) by Dan http://memphismafia.wordpress.com/2009/12/15/memphis-rocks/#comment-460 Dan Thu, 17 Dec 2009 00:24:41 +0000 http://memphismafia.wordpress.com/?p=543#comment-460 >Seriously, the fact that the Rock ‘n Roll Hall of >Fame isn’t in this city is mind-boggling. Hey, they had to throw Cleveland <i>some</i> kind of a bone, considering that there's nothing else there and no one in his/her right mind would want to visit otherwise! >Seriously, the fact that the Rock ‘n Roll Hall of >Fame isn’t in this city is mind-boggling.

Hey, they had to throw Cleveland some kind of a bone, considering that there’s nothing else there and no one in his/her right mind would want to visit otherwise!

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