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"There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." - PJ O'Rourke
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"Men and women range themselves into three classes or orders of intelligence; you can tell the lowest class by their habit of always talking about persons; the next by the fact that their habit is always to converse about things; the highest by their preference for the discussion of ideas." - Charles Stewart
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"I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." - James Madison
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"Men and women range themselves into three classes or orders of intelligence; you can tell the lowest class by their habit of always talking about persons; the next by the fact that their habit is always to converse about things; the highest by their preference for the discussion of ideas." - Charles Stewart
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"I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." - James Madison
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Zarathustra
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Hashi Lebwohl
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Mandatory Fun was the first comedy album to debut at number 1 since 1964...or was it 1961? Did it win a Grammy? I don't pay attention to the Grammy awards so I don't know even though I suspect it did. I hadn't heard that he was thinking of retiring but I can't blame him--he is in his mid-50s now, has been recording and touring for 30 years, and should be able to retire in relative comfort. One other thing to consider: he is such a dominant figure in his niche that I don't think that any other parody bands exist or, if they do, they get no recognition because he is the only figure people see when they think of parody music. "Retirement" is relative for many music people, anyway, because many of them get into production, fronting the money for up-and-coming artists to be able to cut an album and get it out to the public.
The Tank is gone and now so am I.
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Vraith
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There really aren't any one hears of, are there?Hashi Lebwohl wrote: he is such a dominant figure in his niche that I don't think that any other parody bands exist or, if they do, they get no recognition because he is the only figure people see when they think of parody music
But parody---pretty easy for a small chuckle and a one-off done halfway [several peeps around the Watch have done pretty funny games with lyrics, for instance].
More than that must be hard as hell, especially to really nail it more than once.
Years ago, [crap! almost 2 decades ago, now] there was a Weird Al tribute band wandering around upstate NY. [They may have ranged farther than that, IDK.]
Part of their schtick was to change the band name between sets...they'd yell at each in the middle of a song right before a break, break up the band, the sound guy would take down the banner with their name on it, then put up a different one. One of the names they used was FHUck.
[spoiler]Sig-man, Libtard, Stupid piece of shit. change your text color to brown. Mr. Reliable, bullshit-slinging liarFucker-user.[/spoiler]
the difference between evidence and sources: whether they come from the horse's mouth or a horse's ass.
"Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation."
the hyperbole is a beauty...for we are then allowed to say a little more than the truth...and language is more efficient when it goes beyond reality than when it stops short of it.
the difference between evidence and sources: whether they come from the horse's mouth or a horse's ass.
"Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation."
the hyperbole is a beauty...for we are then allowed to say a little more than the truth...and language is more efficient when it goes beyond reality than when it stops short of it.