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Dropping Like Flies

kmdobrz
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Re: Dropping Like Flies August 05, 2011 at 02:22 AM UTC #
Brian_Wallace wrote:
betao wrote:
That's a sad one indeed, Police Academy is one of my favorite films. The scene where he has do the rope climb gets me every time.


He was a heck of a football player, too.  It's been a bad couple of months for old Colts.

Brian


Damn.  Bubba ruled.  Somebody check on Donovan.
azaghal1981
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Re: Dropping Like Flies August 07, 2011 at 06:30 PM UTC #
Conrad Schnitzler and Joe Yamanaka
http://www.tinymixtapes.com/news

Two more musicians who actually did something to change the musical landscape and will not get one mention in the mainstream media.

Unsanity
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Re: Dropping Like Flies August 08, 2011 at 01:30 AM UTC #
Oh man R.I.P. Joe. I said it when Dickie Peterson died and I'll say it again….Fuck cancer!

Flower Tavellin' Band at the Velvet Lounge was an amazing experience.
azaghal1981
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Re: Dropping Like Flies August 08, 2011 at 02:50 AM UTC #
It was honestly a little uneven for me; new stuff was not my bag. The older stuff did play sounded as incredible as ever though.
bellenseb
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Re: Dropping Like Flies August 12, 2011 at 01:50 PM UTC #
Former Warrant singer Jani Lane dead at 47
Jani Lane, former lead singer of the hair metal band Warrant, was found dead in a Los Angeles hotel Thursday night, the Los Angeles Times has confirmed. He was 47. The cause of death is unknown and the case has been turned over to the L.A. county coroner?s office.
The blond-maned, leather-clad Lane embodied the glammed-out pop-metal genre of the late ?80s and early ?90s. As frontman of Warrant, he wrote the band?s hits ?Heaven,? ?Down Boys,? and ?Cherry Pie.?  He left the band in 1992, but rejoined (and quit again) several times since.
Lane was also on an edition of Celebrity Fit Club in 2005 and had a few small acting roles as well.
In 2009, he was arrested for allegedly crashing into a parked car and put on probation after pleading no contest to a DUI charge. He pleaded no contest to a similar charge again in 2010 and served 120 days in jail.
jaguar
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Re: Dropping Like Flies August 23, 2011 at 08:08 PM UTC #
Budd Hopkins

Artist and one of the world's foremost UFOlogists.

You will be missed, Budd.
Unsanity
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Re: Dropping Like Flies August 24, 2011 at 08:04 AM UTC #
Uncle Frank
Brian_Walalce
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Re: Dropping Like Flies August 24, 2011 at 02:46 PM UTC #
Seth wrote:
http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/08/24/pennsylvania.cheesesteak.owner/index.html


I love that description: "Philly cheesesteak shop owner who told customers to order in English dies".

What was the one for Nick Ashford?: "Tall African-American Male who sang 'Reach Out and Touch (Somebody's Hand)' at Live Aid…no….not the one in the wheelchair…the other one…dies."

or

Elizabeth Taylor: "Actress who got paid a crapload of coin to play "Cleopatra" and then took up hobby of eating fried chicken dies."

Brian
wml7
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Re: Dropping Like Flies August 24, 2011 at 03:34 PM UTC #
Haven't tried either, which one is better  ;D
chaz
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Re: Dropping Like Flies August 24, 2011 at 03:45 PM UTC #
wml7 wrote:
Haven't tried either, which one is better  ;D

Pat's
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Re: Dropping Like Flies August 24, 2011 at 03:52 PM UTC #
doesn't one of them use that horrible melted cheese whiz from a can stuff, like taco bell?
Seth Hurwitz
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Re: Dropping Like Flies August 24, 2011 at 09:56 PM UTC #
walkonby wrote:
doesn't one of them use that horrible melted cheese whiz from a can stuff, like taco bell?


yes

But I'm here to tell you…I routinely drive 2 hrs each way for the best BBQ lunch in Texas…and plan entire itineraries around Michelin restaurants in Europe…

And this is one of the greatest tastes in the entire world

Pat's by the way…no question
chaz
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Re: Dropping Like Flies August 25, 2011 at 04:05 AM UTC #
walkonby wrote:
doesn't one of them use that horrible melted cheese whiz from a can stuff, like taco bell?

they both make them that way.  but you can get them with provolone if you want.
if it's close to dawn when youre done go down the street and get pretzels fresh out of the oven…10 for a dollar.
south philly is a poor man's food paradise.
vansmack
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Re: Dropping Like Flies August 25, 2011 at 05:32 AM UTC #
Mike Flanagan.

The details are sketchy on this one…

EDIT:  Looks like suicide.
sweetcell
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Re: Dropping Like Flies August 25, 2011 at 06:57 PM UTC #
Brian_Wallace wrote:
Seth wrote:
http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/08/24/pennsylvania.cheesesteak.owner/index.html


I love that description: "Philly cheesesteak shop owner who told customers to order in English dies".

http://johnnygoodtimes.com/2011/08/a-few-thoughts-on-the-death-of-joey-vento/
Brian_Walalce
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Re: Dropping Like Flies August 25, 2011 at 08:16 PM UTC #
sweetcell wrote:
Brian_Wallace wrote:
Seth wrote:
http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/08/24/pennsylvania.cheesesteak.owner/index.html


I love that description: "Philly cheesesteak shop owner who told customers to order in English dies".

http://johnnygoodtimes.com/2011/08/a-few-thoughts-on-the-death-of-joey-vento/


I refuse to be goaded into such nonsense.  Yes, since he simply asked for customers to make the effort to learn the language of the country they made a living in, he was worse than Hitler.  Unfortunately, he was taken from us before he could start the ethnic cleansing of South Philly.  ::)

Brian
sweetcell
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Re: Dropping Like Flies August 25, 2011 at 08:56 PM UTC #
Brian_Wallace wrote:
Yes, since he simply asked for customers to make the effort to learn the language of the country they made a living in, he was worse than Hitler. 

did you even read the article?  it highlights how the "must order in English" sign was one small symptom of his bigotry.  it also pointed out the irony of this grandson of immigrants (who never mastered english themselves) and an italian (a group that has known more than it's share of discrimination) would go out of his way to beat down another immigrant group.

but thanks for bringing hitler into this.

p.s. south philly doesn't need ethnic cleansing - a good shower would do.
Brian_Walalce
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Re: Dropping Like Flies August 25, 2011 at 09:24 PM UTC #
sweetcell wrote:
Brian_Wallace wrote:
Yes, since he simply asked for customers to make the effort to learn the language of the country they made a living in, he was worse than Hitler. 

did you even read the article?  it highlights how the "must order in English" sign was one small symptom of his bigotry.  it also pointed out the irony of this grandson of immigrants (who never mastered english themselves) and an italian (a group that has known more than it's share of discrimination) would go out of his way to beat down another immigrant group.

but thanks for bringing hitler into this.

p.s. south philly doesn't need ethnic cleansing - a good shower would do.


Yes.  I did read the article.  I'm not getting into this.  I know the facts.  I'm not some hysterical reactionary who tsks-tsks others and acts morally superior to everyone else to cover up obvious inadequacies.  "Beat down."  Yes.  Obviously he was "beating down" another immigrant group.  With bats and hoses and everything.

Have a nice day.

Brian
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