tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10261187.post116477469843235458..comments2024-03-28T07:49:58.759-04:00Comments on By Neddie Jingo!: Lefty-Backbiting BrouhahaNeddiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17079885040758748553noreply@blogger.comBlogger40125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10261187.post-1165678756961692562006-12-09T10:39:00.000-05:002006-12-09T10:39:00.000-05:00>Re punk music, I revere the Clash, as all thinkin...>Re punk music, I revere the Clash, as all thinking people should, because they took punk "attitude" and married it to political positions and pissed off vocals.><BR/><BR/>well, yeah, and also: they fookin' kicked arse.<BR/><BR/>i defy anyone to not get excited by the intro riff to "Ever Fallen In Love With Someone."belledame222https://www.blogger.com/profile/13947289856453172848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10261187.post-1165678435640087862006-12-09T10:33:00.000-05:002006-12-09T10:33:00.000-05:00with allies like that, who needs enemas?>1. Even t...with allies like that, who needs enemas?<BR/><BR/>>1. Even though I'm fine with that word, many people aren't, and that will probably keep people from reading the rest of my post and getting the point, which is the only thing that matters when you blog.<BR/><BR/><BR/>wouldn't you think?belledame222https://www.blogger.com/profile/13947289856453172848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10261187.post-1165254560496348172006-12-04T12:49:00.000-05:002006-12-04T12:49:00.000-05:00between the 'cunts', 'whores' and photoshopped pix...between the 'cunts', 'whores' and photoshopped pix of pols in blackface, FDL is the kind of ally the leftosphere could do without... IM[unsolicited]O.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10261187.post-1165084006545087582006-12-02T13:26:00.000-05:002006-12-02T13:26:00.000-05:00Debord kicked off Society of the Spectacle with th...Debord kicked off <B>Society of the Spectacle</B> with this:<BR/><BR/> “But for the present age, which prefers the sign to the thing signified, the copy to the original, representation to reality, appearance to essence . . . truth is considered profane, and only illusion is sacred. Sacredness is in fact held to be enhanced in proportion as truth decreases and illusion increases, so that the highest degree of illusion comes to be the highest degree of sacredness.”<BR/><BR/> ~Feuerbach, Preface to the second edition of The Essence of Christianity<BR/><BR/> Which explains the endurance of punk fashion and a million other things.<BR/><BR/> The greatest thing about punk - the thing lost in its commodification - was the DIY ethos. Too bad. Our hyperspecialized binary culture could use an injection of do it yourself. Can't sew disorder without it.<BR/><BR/> The fashion aesthetic always seemed too cartoonish and desperate to be cool. In that manner, the scary KORN kids we ridicule today are very much like the objects of their imitation. <I><B>Now with dextramethorphan!</B></I> But that's fashion for ya.<BR/><BR/> I'm glad to have missed the vortex of punk - the actual lifestyle. It would've killed me. Besides, nihilism is so much richer in middle age.<BR/><BR/> Punk, an often unfairly maligned musical genre, deserves a more spirited defense, but as everyone here already knows, the debate itself is as cliche as mohawks and nose piercings.<BR/><BR/> As for the brouhaha: In stark contrast to Neddie's musings and love of language, that's the kind of intralefty discourse I did not miss during my last seven months (mostly) offline. No offense intended, truly.<BR/><BR/> Rock on.Arvin Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01227311488775593004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10261187.post-1165083828496344512006-12-02T13:23:00.000-05:002006-12-02T13:23:00.000-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Arvin Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01227311488775593004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10261187.post-1165041383052214902006-12-02T01:36:00.000-05:002006-12-02T01:36:00.000-05:00Also, Blue Girl's other name is Cheaty McBakeOff-P...Also, Blue Girl's other name is Cheaty McBakeOff-Pants. Period, end of story.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10261187.post-1165041337719009962006-12-02T01:35:00.000-05:002006-12-02T01:35:00.000-05:00Damn, Neddie. When you blog, you ruin the interne...Damn, Neddie. When you blog, you ruin the internet for the rest of us. This is really a great post. I've been thinking about it for a few days now...still great. Have you ever had the experience of having a sort of half-baked feeling-on-the-edge-of-an-opinion that you can't quite articulate, and then you read something that just PERFECTLY crystallizes your vague intuition and makes it clear and rational and succinct? This does that for me: "The most revolutionary act you can perform in this fell, death-infected year 2006 is to act like a goddamned adult."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10261187.post-1165008963982768052006-12-01T16:36:00.000-05:002006-12-01T16:36:00.000-05:00Dittos, Neddie. Dittos.Dittos, Neddie. Dittos.Susiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16135960591938097732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10261187.post-1164912085245746112006-11-30T13:41:00.000-05:002006-11-30T13:41:00.000-05:00I wonder what the Brits who read this blog and Wol...<B>I wonder what the Brits who read this blog and Wolcott's blog and Tom Watson's blog are thinking of this whole dust-up, being that "twunt" (from the words "twat" and "cunt") is now such a common British term among both sexes (as for example <A HREF="http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20061103133823AAPBacT" REL="nofollow">here</A>) as to be almost not a cuss word any more ("fuck" having reached that point about a decade ago).</B>Phoenix Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03184349948344374682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10261187.post-1164903421554678452006-11-30T11:17:00.000-05:002006-11-30T11:17:00.000-05:00Jeez. I came over here to hide out from alla the f...Jeez. I came over here to hide out from alla the fireworx over at the Watson's and FDL's places, an' whaddeye find? "Punks are cunts."<BR/><BR/>It's a losin' fight!*<BR/><BR/><BR/>*J. DuranteAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10261187.post-1164870207980633042006-11-30T02:03:00.000-05:002006-11-30T02:03:00.000-05:00Sometimes Humor twists your arm. Humor Knows Best...Sometimes Humor twists your arm. Humor Knows Best. Humor will out. Sometimes you have to trust Humor and believe that if it is indulged, everything will end up O.K.<BR/><BR/>Lives are shattered for money and cocksquirts ever' damn day. It's time some precious lives were broken for Humor.<BR/><BR/>For humor. I'm here, Humor. Take me like the Blushing Humor Handmaiden Bitch that I am. Take me across th' kitchen island. Sweep away th' fruit bowl and th' soccer schedules with a firm brush of your masterful and knowing hand.<BR/><BR/>I trust you, Humor. I'm in your hands. I surrender to you. It's going to be...O.K.Bobby Lightfoothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00671706326620424357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10261187.post-1164858312096734892006-11-29T22:45:00.000-05:002006-11-29T22:45:00.000-05:00Mike K,The first thing I did when I got home from ...Mike K,<BR/><BR/>The first thing I did when I got home from seeing The Departed was download <I>Shipping up to Boston.</I><BR/><BR/>And there's only one way to play it.<BR/><BR/><I>LOUD.</I><BR/><BR/>It's great.<BR/><BR/><I>Bobby Lightfoot said the C-word! Bobby Lightfoot said the C-word!</I>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10261187.post-1164857451314735542006-11-29T22:30:00.000-05:002006-11-29T22:30:00.000-05:00Terrific post, Neddie. You really got the bit in y...Terrific post, Neddie. You really got the bit in your mouth on that one.<BR/><BR/>Punk *is* dead. On the other hand, there's dynamite music out there that sounds like nothing but punk. <BR/><BR/>I went to the <I>Departed</I> recently (great movie) and was thrilled by a song in the early going. It was <I>I'm shipping up to Boston</I> by the <A HREF="http://www.dropkickmurphys.com/" REL="nofollow">Dropkick Murphys</A>. <BR/><BR/>I'd never heard of them before (I know, I should get out more), but it reminded me of what I always liked about punk: that straight-ahead rock and roaring lyrics. I never did find the posturing very interesting.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10261187.post-1164846754696264842006-11-29T19:32:00.000-05:002006-11-29T19:32:00.000-05:00Punks are cunts.Punks are cunts.Bobby Lightfoothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00671706326620424357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10261187.post-1164845782931520342006-11-29T19:16:00.000-05:002006-11-29T19:16:00.000-05:00A-an' I get no props at all for "Letcher Henderson...A-an' I get <I>no props at all</I> for "Letcher Henderson"??? There's no justice.<BR/><BR/>Temp. Cos.: <BR/><BR/><I>Anyone ever seen four guys in a POS van driving 200 miles to do a 40 minute gig for beers in front of 12 uncaring poseurs lately?</I><BR/><BR/>Musos were doing this in 1920, and have never stopped, and I hope they never do.<BR/><BR/>'S not really what I meant by "Punk is dead." We're operating under different definitions of the word. <BR/><BR/>I mean the <I>ideology</I> of Punk is dead -- the notion that a population can be shocked out of complacency by anarchist artists. Capitalism deadens any and all effective (ie., popular) dissent by instantly swooping in and appropriating the <I>language</I> of the dissenters and selling it to the punters as "the latest cool thing." It's happened <I>hundreds</I> of times since 1977, when I watched what I think of as "real" Punk become a toothless fashion statement in approximately 15 minutes (April 23, 1977, to be exact).<BR/><BR/>Beg, borrow, or, perhaps best, <I>steal</I> a copy of <A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/Commodify-Your-Dissent-Salvos-Baffler/dp/0393316734/sr=8-1/qid=1164845619/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/103-7868220-2321464?ie=UTF8&s=books" REL="nofollow">Tom Frank and The Baffler's "Commodify Your Dissent."</A> It's a bit dated in its references (it came out in the mid-Nineties), but it's even more true now than then.<BR/><BR/>And have a guvlat on me.Neddiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17079885040758748553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10261187.post-1164840007363868572006-11-29T17:40:00.000-05:002006-11-29T17:40:00.000-05:00I caught it, Blingy.:)Hey, Blingy. You're all ove...I caught it, Blingy.<BR/><BR/>:)<BR/><BR/>Hey, Blingy. You're <I>all over</I> the Internets with this little dust up. You're handling it all very well.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10261187.post-1164839745191845672006-11-29T17:35:00.000-05:002006-11-29T17:35:00.000-05:00And yet you missed my clever screen name - for sha...And yet you missed my clever screen name - for shame!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10261187.post-1164839186232754652006-11-29T17:26:00.000-05:002006-11-29T17:26:00.000-05:00Anyone ever seen four guys in a POS van driving 20...Anyone ever seen four guys in a POS van driving 200 miles to do a 40 minute gig for beers in front of 12 uncaring poseurs lately?<BR/><BR/>The Figgs out of NY always do an allages basement show in town before they hit the nightclub for their gig.<BR/><BR/>Punk's still alive, in the clubs and the basements and in the 13 year old kids picking up their dad's unused guitar out of boredom... Green Day were punk, and maybe still are, but the music machine has co-opted them, it's all assimilation. <BR/><BR/>The Mekons opted out 15 years ago, and are still making brilliant music, but because they won't take the bait, the machine ignores them...<BR/><BR/>The Clash (and I love 'em, don't get me wrong) would have been swallowed whole just like Green Day have been, but self destructed first. It nearly killed Mick Jones and did kill Strummer.zombie rotten mcdonaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10601960953323752278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10261187.post-1164837306408242072006-11-29T16:55:00.000-05:002006-11-29T16:55:00.000-05:00I forgot when I was "mean, mean slut" over at Mann...I forgot when I was "mean, mean slut" over at Mannion's!<BR/><BR/>:)<BR/><BR/>Boy, was that embarrassing!<BR/><BR/>TW, it was just a screen name joke. Do not be alarmed. Mannion did not call me a mean, mean slut. I had changed my screen name from...oh, whatever. Boring story.<BR/><BR/>:)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10261187.post-1164836971785367452006-11-29T16:49:00.000-05:002006-11-29T16:49:00.000-05:00Hey Slutsy- I thought your internets name was just...Hey Slutsy- I thought your internets name was just, "Mean, Mean Slut"!?!??!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10261187.post-1164835561758857822006-11-29T16:26:00.000-05:002006-11-29T16:26:00.000-05:00Of course, Elvis was always more popular than me. ...Of course, Elvis was always more popular than me. Always got all the attention. I was never *good enough* for everybody. I never got as much credit as him.<BR/><BR/>Sexists!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10261187.post-1164835232868702322006-11-29T16:20:00.000-05:002006-11-29T16:20:00.000-05:00I just downloaded my own version of "Sweet Dreams ...I just downloaded my own version of "Sweet Dreams Of You" --<BR/><BR/>Man! Can I sing!<BR/><BR/>Elvis had nothin' on me!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10261187.post-1164834803268063562006-11-29T16:13:00.000-05:002006-11-29T16:13:00.000-05:00Hey none of that!Hey none of that!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10261187.post-1164834397577296432006-11-29T16:06:00.000-05:002006-11-29T16:06:00.000-05:00I fall to pieces when you talk like that, Jeddie.I fall to pieces when you talk like that, Jeddie.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10261187.post-1164833991723530112006-11-29T15:59:00.000-05:002006-11-29T15:59:00.000-05:00GB, you can be Slutsy Cline of the Gloggosphere if...GB, you can be Slutsy Cline of the Gloggosphere if I can be the Letcher Henderson. We'll Mimbo the night away...Neddiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17079885040758748553noreply@blogger.com