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What if…. Dusty Was a Drummer for a Cover Band?

Rawdawg — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 05:37:57 +0000

How To Explode Dusty’s Head In One Step

cipher — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 16:52:50 +0000

It is well documented that Dusty’s taste for music is broad and deep and generally excellent (with the notable exception of his love for The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys, but many better men have also succumbed to the siren call of Prog Rock), but Dusty has no call for one genre: Country.

There is a Texas-based singer named Kevin Fowler who has an infectiously-cliched song that is burning up the Texas/Americana charts right now. It is called “Pound Sign (#?*!)” and it is catchy and jangly and hokey and PRECISELY the kind of song, I suspect, that would make Dusty bleed from his ears but only until he found a hot, sharp object with which to puncture his eardrums. Should you want to listen to it, here you go (apparently MySpace still exists):

http://www.myspace.com/kevinfowler

or: http://www.kevinfowler.com/index.aspx

How about this?

Stevo — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 18:10:16 +0000

I don’t think Marty was being racist. I think he might even have been ignorant of the racist overtones in his request. He really ought to know better though. Just dumb. All that being said, its sorta duchey no matter who he asks to tap-dance for him.

How dumb is ESPN announcer Marty Reid?

Sprots — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 20:31:33 +0000

http://jalopnik.com/5602629/espn-announcer-to-black-nascar-crew-member-tap-dance-for-us

Rangel & Waters

cipher — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 20:07:06 +0000

So Charlie Rangel and Maxine Waters are both being charged by the House Ethics Committee for violations that could have them thrown from their lofty Congressional perches.

How egregious must these violations be if the charges are being levied now, when the Democrats have unified control over the House, Senate, and White House, and against senior Democrats, right before a Congressional election in which the Democrats are extremely worried about losing control of the House? I’m stunned, frankly. You’d think they could stall until after November.

Comic-Con Versus Westboro Baptist Church

cipher — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 20:21:29 +0000

So the morons who picket soldier funerals with their “God Hates America” signs decided to take it on the road to ComicCon this year. Go figure, the comic nerds found out in advance and counter-demonstrated. Hilarity ensued. Enjoy. Here’s my favorite photo from the counter-demonstration:

F1 Telemetry Primer

cipher — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 15:41:48 +0000

Interesting if brief article in NYTimes today about how F1 teams are using remote telemetry (like back at the factories in England) to determine how the race cars are running and should be tuned for the races. Enjoy:

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/27/automobiles/27TELEMETRY.html?hpw

How McLaren’s F-Ducts Work

cipher — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 01:41:00 +0000

Fascinating article in Racecar Engineering that I just stumbled upon. I know that there are enough F1 addicts around here to appreciate this:

http://www.racecar-engineering.com/articles/f1/449813/f-ducts-how-do-they-work.html

Now how Red Bull and Ferrari have managed to work this into their designs is an unanswered question. Martin Brundle has a good animation showing how the folks at the Beeb think this is working:

How Do You Know When The Honeymoon is Over?

cipher — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 17:14:58 +0000

When Rolling Stone bodyslams Obama about the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, that’s when you know the honeymoon is over.

On top of which, the reporting contained therein is top-notch. Kudos to RS for getting this in print.

And God help us if we elect Sarah Palin. Oh Lord, please no.

Separated at birth?

Bung — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 02:12:57 +0000

Separated at birth?

Adam….how could you have hidden Karl from us all of these years? I knew of two brothers, but a twin is something sacred and to be shared. Nonetheless, after speaking with the beer guzzling, f-bomb dropping, Levi jean short wearing Karl, I understand why your mother got rid of him at birth.