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jaymc: apparently I'm doing a quizbowl thing next week with some people from work, and our team may be called the "McKinley High Norsemen" :>

Max Roach was black? I guess from his name I always assumed he was this old Jewish dude. Or maybe I just associated him with Gene Krupa.

xpost: Heh.

my sympathies are entirely with bitchy Jennifer Grey in that movie.

I miss your nose, bitchy Jennifer Grey!

otm, his sister was totally right about ferris and everything else

Uh, definitely black.

http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/odyssey/archive/09/0906001r.jpg

I guess it is a pretty old Jewish dude name, though.

also, omg charlie sheen used to be hot!

http://www.movieactors.com/freezeframes5/ferris691.jpeg

Charlie Sheen, hell, bring on Mia Sara! :D

Jordan, are you sure Max Roach isn't the guy in the bowtie behind the counter? ;-)

FREEDOM NOW... FROM ME!

the guy behind the counter is a young stanley tucci. FACT.

Ha. Actually he's not in that photo, I don't think.

I posted a great youtube video over on his ILM thread that's got clips of his percussion band M'Boom and some crazy shit where he's playing with Fab Five Freddy and some breakdancers in the early 80s.

We can all agree that Shakey Mo Collier is the most miserable bastard on ILX, right?

I thought Max Roach was white too, for some reason.

Excellent, informative, really really interesting interview with Mr. Roach.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=12879343

We can all agree that Shakey Mo Collier is the most miserable bastard on ILX, right?

nah. He just wants all celebrities to die for his amusement. Who doesn't?

I find myself agreeing with Shakey quite often.

You guys must be thinking of Shelly Manne (and his Manne-Hole) or something.

yeah, he's not dumb or boring. That's all I ask of anyone, really... not dumb or boring. "Asshole" is totally negotiable.

I mean fine, you can hate him for being annoying/dicky/self-obsessed but sinister? Come on.

I miss Jennifer Grey's nose too.

I think the meaning is that you can see how that kind of person becomes a future head of state and starts a war for fun and profit. It's just that kind of personality... rich, entitled, and never having to do anything but coast on charm.

I've been thinking recently about how Shakey Mo Collier is the Most Typical ILXor.

how so?

<i>"answ3ring t0morr0w's leg@l questions t0day"</i>

"Will this crime get me banished to the planet Zbayu?"
"If someone overdoses on meal-pills, is the meal-pill-maker liable?"
"If my robot is stopped for speeding, what are its rights?"

BTW re jazz on youtube, there are a zillion good links in the margins of Terry Teachout's blog (scroll all the way down till Ellington et all appear).

Does the guy from Trans Am usually eat pizza while playing? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncQsOui1ya0

(if so, PROPS)

Funny, but that seems like revisionism of the worst kind! I just see him as a charming asshole who will eventually work in sales. Whatever. At the time, I thought he was cute. He put a lot of effort into things. That was appealing. Maybe they weren't good things, but he's not a sociopath. Jesus.

ha, you can see my friend Shawn in that video

I dunno, Horseshoe, he's a white liberal male in his 30s who lives in an urban area in the U.S., plays in a band, is very opinionated and argumentative about music and film and politics. I mean, I suppose that probably describes several people, so maybe he's just the loudest.

I found it after watching this video, which is awesome (and also features a really good left-handed drummer): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZvH3bT5jH0

oh, I get it, sociologically typical. I don't think his posts are typical, though.

FERRIS BUELLER WILL ENSLAVE US ALL. BOW TO YOUR NEW OVERLORD IN THE GOOFY VEST.

Ferris Bueller was a good North Shore antithesis to Timothy Hutton's character in Ordinary People. I'd like to see the scene where Bueller's parents send him to Judd Hirsch. Then again, Tom Cruise in Risky Business falls halfway between the two.

starts a war for fun and profit

Huh, I'm not sure I can picture Matthew Broderick engaging in any war games.

revisionism of the worst kind!

The worst kind?

http://www.lewrockwell.com/woods/guide.jpg

Give me Red Dawn any day. At least Swayze, Howell, Sheen & Grey (connection!) were out there doing something, fighting the Commies, instead of bitching about getting into college or not having a car.

Huh, I'm not sure I can picture Matthew Broderick engaging in any war games.

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ahaha

^^^ awesome

I had no idea that the hot, contentious topic of the day would be John Hughes movies! Mad mad mad mad mad world.

I would shop at Hot Contentious Topic.

They sell these awesome pro-abortion ring tees.

I mean, that's exactly it -- he wasn't Tom Cruise, for pete's sake.

I don't know why I'm talking about this.

Nutrition drives me fucking crazy.

If Shakey Mo is so typical, then why do I find him to be literally the most aggravating ILXor? He gets on my nerves way more than anyone else.

(me, too Nick!)

Serious question: Do you think it's OK that for me to be on ILX or personal email at work for limited periods during the day? It's just me and 3 attorneys, all of whom are busy, and who I know would not look at my browsing history, and who likely wouldn't care. We have an IT contractor (or something like that--when I need him I email him, and he sends us invoices) so I doubt he would care.

My only other office jobs have either been pre-1996-ish (no internet in office) or in New Orleans where I could do what the fuck I wanted all day and all night.

It seems like most other office folk spend some time on personal stuff.

My predecessor came in today and did some training with me. While we were waiting for a few things to print, he retrieved some personal files he had left on the hard drive, including a script he was writing (presumably at work).

In most offices now I think it's fine, as long as it's SFW and as long as you're caught up with your work.

HHAHAHAHA-- I learned today that I will never be caught up on my work. Well, I might catch up on mine, but I will never catch up on the filing nightmare that my predecessors left for me.

He says to me, "It pays to be pro-active--know when a case is going to get big before it does or else you'll never manage to be on top of it. I was not pro-active, I was really re-active, that's why things are such a mess. Sorry about that."