December 11, 2008

Stop me if you think that you've heard this one before.
posted by Capt. Renault 15 years ago
  • J'en ai marre.
  • Ha!
  • I had one friend who was into The Smiths, but they never grabbed me. Aside from How Soon Is Now, I found their stuff kind of depressing and bland, which wasn't what I was looking for in those days.
  • For the love of _____ ~!@#$ There's been so many rumors of this off-and-on, and they always end up being dismissed by either Marr or Morrissey. I fuckin' loved the Smiths. I discovered them one year before they broke up (the twats!). I was a little gangly teen just out of junior high school in South Dakota. Everyone else was listening to metal "hair bands" or Top 20 crap. There was me, looking for something profoundly different; I had to order all of my selections from a music store some few hundred miles away in Minneapolis (always COD from UPS!). My collection began to amass: Sonic Youth, The Dead Milkmen, Butthole Surfers... Then, I came across The Smiths by a fluke. The wrong cassette was shipped to me (no idea what I had ordered), and my first instinct was, "the Smiths!?? What dreadful crap must this be!??" Lo-and-behold, I was smitten... A year later, the Louder Than Bombs compilation came out, and I was already a die-hard fan. Then of course, they broke it off. Just in time to kill any fantasy I had of watching them perform live. Their songs still sit with me well all these years later - - and it's funny how emotionally connected I became with so many of them. I'm transported back to a strange youthful time when I put their music on, and surprised at how I still remember every single lyric... Sometimes I think I'm glad they ended when they did. But I suppose it would be awfully nice to spend an evening hearing that beautiful mess!
  • MonkeyFilter: What dreadful crap this must be
  • Holy fucking shit this better happen.
  • Don't get your hopes up, 'ol chap. music industry sources believe that a comeback could be imminent. Could be... could be... could be...! If it happens, I will eat my own testicles.
  • Dude, don't do that...
  • Ladies and gentlemen, I believe we have a wager.
  • OK, I'm not going to be eating my own testes - - but in the off chance that I lose this so-called wager, all I ask is that I'm given the option to dip them in soy sauce first. That is all.
  • BBQ would be nicer.
  • I would have gone with satay. Get the skewering action happening. Testicles should be served skewered.
  • OK, please modify. Satay it is! The peanut sauce has to have a kick though...
  • Pea... Nut..?
  • Hence my reason for switching over to satay style...
  • Might I suggest... Cock... Tail sauce?
  • Well, we can do a different flavor for each one...
  • *starts stocking up on peanuts and chili oil*