Overrated

[kibitzer]

Oh hey, just thought of another TV show I Just Don't Get(tm):

Little Britain.

One of my friends told me she thought Little Britain was as ground-breaking, funny and enduring as Monty Python... might have to give up on her as a friend. Nope, I think those guys are OK but certainly not hilarious. The best thing about it is Tom Baker's narration. Now that guy has a great voice. (and awesome bug eyes)

[wakela]

I liked Firefly enough, and would watch it if they brought it back.  But the fans who have an orgasm every time Joss Whedon writes something really annoy me.  I was going to bring it up with some fan friends of mine, but one of them was wearing a "Joss Whedon is my master" T-Shirt. sigh. 

Get that person a "I am Joss Whedon's bitch" t-shirt for Christmas. 

LOLed.  I should get a bunch of those printed for my next convention. 

[stePH]

Except that I've never heard anybody cover a Neil Young song....

Wow, there are tonnes of them....
   Sisters of Mercy do an amazing cover of Like a Hurricane. I seriously get blown away
   Smashing Pumpkins, Pearl Jam, and Radiohead have all done good covers of Cinnamon Girl
   Radiohead have also covered On the Beach, Down by the River, and Tell me Why
   Oasis have done Hey Hey My My
   Johnny Cash did Heart of Gold
And that's just what I could come up with in 5 minutes...

The only one of those artists I've ever listened to is Johnny Cash.  And I haven't heard his "Heart of Gold" (though have heard his versions of Cornell's "Rusty Cage" and Reznor's "Hurt").  (BTW albums get italics, titles get "quotation marks"  )
Though I recall the Mission UK also did "Like a Hurricane".  I haven't heard the original so I can't say whether the Mission's is better ... but I've no great opinion of the song anyway.

[Planish]

(BTW albums get italics, titles get "quotation marks"  )

Oh. I've been wondering about that.

What about short stories or poems within collections?

[stePH]

(BTW albums get italics, titles get "quotation marks"  )

Oh. I've been wondering about that.

What about short stories or poems within collections?

Title of the collection gets italics, stories and poems get quotes.

Like, for example, when I put up an audition to read for Escape Artists, I read "Come On, Wagon!" from The Anything Box by Zenna Henderson.

And novels also get italics ... but you already knew that, didn't you.

[CryptoMe]

Except that I've never heard anybody cover a Neil Young song....

Wow, there are tonnes of them....
   Sisters of Mercy do an amazing cover of Like a Hurricane. I seriously get blown away
   Smashing Pumpkins, Pearl Jam, and Radiohead have all done good covers of Cinnamon Girl
   Radiohead have also covered On the Beach, Down by the River, and Tell me Why
   Oasis have done Hey Hey My My
   Johnny Cash did Heart of Gold
And that's just what I could come up with in 5 minutes...

The only one of those artists I've ever listened to is Johnny Cash.  And I haven't heard his "Heart of Gold" (though have heard his versions of Cornell's "Rusty Cage" and Reznor's "Hurt").  (BTW albums get italics, titles get "quotation marks"  )
Though I recall the Mission UK also did "Like a Hurricane".  I haven't heard the original so I can't say whether the Mission's is better ... but I've no great opinion of the song anyway.

Oops, my bad. It was The Mission and not Sisters of Mercy who did "Like a Hurricane". It can be hard to differentiat those two...

Also, thanks for the heads up on the song titles in quotes thing. I was thinking of song titles more as books/novels and needing to be in italics. Funny how arbitrary citation rules are...

BTW, YouTube is a great source if you ever want a quick and dirty (i.e. not focusing on sound quality) listen of something you're curious about.

[Gallagher]

ummm im gonna add the snuggie to my list.  ive seen people wearin em, its pretty funny.  and by funny i mean sad.

I think this is a list topper and I think I've seen a commercial that mocks it aleady.

Other submissions:
-Anything under the genre 'Reality' (George Carlin ranted about word usage like this. Replace "Homestyle" with 'Reality')
-New versions of Windows (I tenaciously cling to windows XP and would go back to 3.1 and DOS if I could)
-Holidays but not Vacations (Bah-Humbug)
-Mattresses (a company in Canada is already taking credit up here for any medal to be earned in the 2010 Olympics)
-Newly invented social ailments (did you know your own children will be loathe to touch you if you have a "Skin Tag!")
-Zombies (I like them just not this much)

[wakela]

I like zombies, but I can definitely see how they are overused in non-mainstream horror.  For me, I'm getting a little tired of seeing Cthulhu everywhere.   

[lowky]

I like zombies, but I can definitely see how they are overused in non-mainstream horror.  For me, I'm getting a little tired of seeing Cthulhu everywhere.   

Blasphemy.  When the stars are right you will see the errors of your ways

[Bdoomed]

snuggie

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h05ZQ7WHw8Y&feature=channel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kViZOw6B8M&feature=channel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NlhDAN8Dwnw&feature=channel

Introducing the WTF Blanket

[Darwinist]

Country music.   Living in a small town, I am constantly surrounded by it and its fans.  I just hate it, the redneck lyrics, the jingoism, the machoism.   Whenever I see a pickup truck with a Confederate flag on it I know what the yahoos are listening to on the radio.

[kibitzer]

Country music.   Living in a small town, I am constantly surrounded by it and its fans.  I just hate it, the redneck lyrics, the jingoism, the machoism.   Whenever I see a pickup truck with a Confederate flag on it I know what the yahoos are listening to on the radio.

If ever you're in Australia, make sure you visit Tamworth in NSW -- Country Music Capital of Australia, home to the annual Country Music Awards of Australia!

http://www.tcmf.com.au/

Or not.

[wakela]

Going out on a limb here.  Charlie Stross.  I'm having a hard time getting through Accelerando.  He's obviously a very smart, well-informed guy, but he seems preoccupied with his own cleverness.  technical term, technical term, technical term, pop culture reference (psych!  Didn't see that one coming, did you!).  I can almost hear him giggling to himself as I read.  And as I said on another thread, I'm not getting many new ideas from his stuff.  He goes into great detail, but most of the big ideas are things I've come across elsewhere.  Which would be OK, but The Big Idea is closer to center stage in his stories.

[stePH]

Oops, my bad. It was The Mission and not Sisters of Mercy who did "Like a Hurricane". It can be hard to differentiat those two...

Nah, the SoM singer makes the Mission singer sound like a soprano 

And I just remembered that Human Drama covered "Old Man" way back in the day (i.e., circa 1989).  Again, have no great opinion of the song.

[Talia]

Going out on a limb here.  Charlie Stross.  I'm having a hard time getting through Accelerando.  He's obviously a very smart, well-informed guy, but he seems preoccupied with his own cleverness.  technical term, technical term, technical term, pop culture reference (psych!  Didn't see that one coming, did you!).  I can almost hear him giggling to himself as I read.  And as I said on another thread, I'm not getting many new ideas from his stuff.  He goes into great detail, but most of the big ideas are things I've come across elsewhere.  Which would be OK, but The Big Idea is closer to center stage in his stories.

I havent read Accelerando, but consider trying 'Halting State. Its really quite good. (although all in second person - from the point of view of multiple characters. Quite odd, but you get used to it.