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Cap'n Tragedy
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Fair Warning!

I like the old convention of naming ships for their supposed virtues. Leads to so many moments in history where "the Fearless turned tail and ran," and "the Relentless failed to reach the battle on time," and "the Superb, the Fantastic and the Really, Really Great all sank with all souls lost."

Mini-discs and cassingles or GTFO!

Both author and reviewer sound like they're trying to say something, failing.
Just so I'm clear; I'm not the only one who thinks that the transformation of a rich white athlete to a rich white woman former-athlete is more or less without strife? Especially as revealed by a sympathetic media?
And even more so, she went

This might not be fair at all, but every time I see him, I see someone whose friends told him he's funny, one too many times. He probably has no idea what is actually funny.

Generation DANE.

Yeah, but you can never leave, apparently.

I like too how Chuck managed to somehow convince promoters to pay him an "instrument rental fee," because he brought his own instruments. Keith Richards is the source on that one.

You call that begging?

I'm going to feel truly old when Elvis Costello dies.

Everything has meaning and is completely absurd, in more or less equal measure.

Well, and I'm pretty over the whole "but you're not actually doooing anythiiing!" complaint I keep seeing turn up every time someone does something like this. Who the fuck can say what changes minds? And even more importantly, a good laugh is a virtue unto itself.

Ah. I belatedly see that. Cheerfully withdrawn.

So, g2 was referring to a specific Simpson's episode, which I then paraphrased. Better now?

"You," "officials," and "politicians." Watch out! You're being too damn specific!

Oh Jee-zus, who does tha-aat? (rolls eyes)

It's the Blood Laff-a-Lympics!

"Says here that this is 'inflammable!' Well, we got nothin' to worry about- WHOA!"

Craft services provided by Tim Horton's!

They're also falconers! For some reason!