living in downtown Seattle, I'm forced to pay attention - the usual weekend hell on the streets (drunks, druggies, yadda yadda) is predicted to be several times worse tonight. I sorta wish the hawks had won, the noises of happy drunks are somewhat easier to cope with than those of pissed-off ones.
We have moved the futon into the basement, it is quieter, but I am not sure that you would like it. We will have to figure something out. Alex is having a sleepover for her birthday next weekend. Probably not your thing.. thundering hordes of pre teen girls.. EEEEppp!!! ;)
Jason is doing pretty good. So, we will see what is up wtih him when we go for his post op.
I would much rather get that hybrid mini van thing if I could afford a new car. Thing is, I am not sure how it would do with a wheelchair ramp/lift thingy. Jason is getting fitted at the end of the month for a wheelchair.
yeah, some of the commercials weren't bad... FedEx was the best/funniest, I thought, and the clydesdale colt pulling the wagon (with help) was an awwwwwwwwwwsweet one, and Kermit was just cool.
It's American football, which is a mildly amusing game. I don't know-- we like Australian Rules football, so perhaps you might enjoy it if you watched it a little.
But you don't know the deep plot behind it all.
The game was held in my home state of Michigan, in Detroit, home of the Detroit Lions. The Lions' proud slogan is "Rebuilding since 1957!" Being a "pro" sports fan in Michigan is not for the faint of heart or weak of stomach.
So what we did is, we invited the two teams with the best records to Detroit and had them play a game in our stadium. It is the only way we would ever be able to see some quality football there.
back in the day, when the Rolling Stones were on the old Ed Sullivan TV show, their big hit song at the time was "Let's Spend The Night Together" - but for purposes of TV, they had to change that lyric to "Let's Spend Some Time Together", all through the song!
Firstly, that was back in the 1960's, I would have hoped that USAians would have grown up slightly in the 40 years since then.[1]
Secondly, the Stones were never considered to be that underground/alternative/revolutionary over here (except by the Colonel Bogey types who write letters to The Times complaining about anything that's remotely different from they way they were when they were young: around 200 years ago from the way they act). They weren't the "clean-cut, decent" types like Cliff, or even The Beatles, but there were a lot of groups out there who made the Stones look like a choir, and considering what some American singers have recorded since I don't think anything the Stones may have recorded comes close.
broadcast TV has to adhere to certain standards of "decency", as set by the Federal Communications Commission (as does broadcast radio). in addition, each network, each individual station, and each series applies their own standards of "decency"; there have been cases where, say, a fundamentalist-owned TV station refused to air an episode of a popular series when it dealt favorably with homosexuality.
We have a "standard" over here, but most stations (including the BBC) like to push it as far out of shape as they can. I'd like to see ANY station in the USA show the second or third series of Little Britain. One of the more normal characters has the catchphrase "I'm the only gay in the village"
in the 1950s and 1960s, the standards were pretty strict. if an actress, and/or the character she played, was pregnant, the changes in her figure had to be concealed - this led to both creative costume design, and some amusing scenes where the woman was standing behind a potted palm, or had her back to the camera, or otherwise wasn't completely visible, for an entire episode. and they couldn't use the word "pregnant" - she was "expecting"!
I'm old enough to have heard about the "I Love Lucy" fun and games when Lucy became pregnant. Whilst I was never a fan of the show (or her), I do appreciate her stand.
anyway, this is why the venerable Ed Sullivan Show would only shoot Elvis Presley from the waist up, because the sight of his hips swaying in time to the beat ("Elvis the Pelvis") was considered too lascivious for family viewing... likewise, the change in the Rolling Stones' lyrics. (you'd never have seen a band like the Sex Pistols on Ed Sullivan!)
Pity. No Rap artists either I take it.
the industry has been pushing the limits of this concept since the beginning, and things have gotten slowly less stupid. but the Super Bowl is subject to an awful lot of scrutiny, because it's one of the most-viewed programs on TV. and it's assumed that children are watching. hence, the kerfuffle over Janet Jackson's nipple (the US is notoriously irrational about nudity), and the censorship of the Stones' lyrics (as one sports report described it, "a synonym for 'rooster'").
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*snicker*
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They don't call it the Stupor Bowl for nothing:P.
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OTOH, I don't care about your football either.
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*very wry*
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one of these days/weekends...
*hugs*
--g
(how's Jason continuing?)
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Jason is doing pretty good. So, we will see what is up wtih him when we go for his post op.
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Same thing as far as I'm concened.
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:-P
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Have the best
-=TK
So I gather.
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But you don't know the deep plot behind it all.
The game was held in my home state of Michigan, in Detroit, home of the Detroit Lions. The Lions' proud slogan is "Rebuilding since 1957!" Being a "pro" sports fan in Michigan is not for the faint of heart or weak of stomach.
So what we did is, we invited the two teams with the best records to Detroit and had them play a game in our stadium. It is the only way we would ever be able to see some quality football there.
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I'm sure I'd enjoy American Football with mates and beer and chips.
They invited the Rolling Stones to play...
I would never have thought that that bunch of senile delinquents had ever recorded anything more than mildly controversial.
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Perfectly serious.
Firstly, that was back in the 1960's, I would have hoped that USAians would have grown up slightly in the 40 years since then.[1]
Secondly, the Stones were never considered to be that underground/alternative/revolutionary over here (except by the Colonel Bogey types who write letters to The Times complaining about anything that's remotely different from they way they were when they were young: around 200 years ago from the way they act). They weren't the "clean-cut, decent" types like Cliff, or even The Beatles, but there were a lot of groups out there who made the Stones look like a choir, and considering what some American singers have recorded since I don't think anything the Stones may have recorded comes close.
[1] OK, I'm known for optimism.
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We have a "standard" over here, but most stations (including the BBC) like to push it as far out of shape as they can. I'd like to see ANY station in the USA show the second or third series of Little Britain. One of the more normal characters has the catchphrase "I'm the only gay in the village"
I'm old enough to have heard about the "I Love Lucy" fun and games when Lucy became pregnant. Whilst I was never a fan of the show (or her), I do appreciate her stand.
Pity. No Rap artists either I take it.
So there are signs of improvement then. Good.
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