Saturday Night Candy Open Thread

Kicked? (0.00 / 0)

I'm tired of the excuses every rock star uses. They're your fans, kick 'em as you see fit.

I won't ask. I don't think I want to know.

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by: JimC @ Sun Jul 27, 2008 at 09:48:26 AM CDT

We belonged to the same (4.00 / 1)

food co-op in the Hudson Valley area of NY (for just a couple of months), and there was a potluck dinner for the members.

I can't really remember, but I think I made reference to the Bard students trying to ferret out where she lived (I was an alumnus one year out) - thus the "bad Bardie" and the kick, all in good fun.

Genuinely nice person, from the two hours or so I remember.


Wonder if Sununu's fired now.

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by: Dean Barker @ Sun Jul 27, 2008 at 10:12:22 AM CDT

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McCain won't take the "Pledge" (4.00 / 1)

This interview truly tops off McCain's colossally bad week.
(emphasis mine)

STEPHANOPOULOS: Social Security. You're a longtime supporter of the private accounts, as President Bush called for them.

MCCAIN: I am a supporter of sitting down together and putting everything on the table and coming up with an answer. So, there is nothing I would take off the table. There was nothing I would demand.

I think that's the way that Ronald Reagan and Tip O'Neill did it. And that's what we have to do again.

STEPHANOPOULOS: In the past you said there was essentially -- and you told the "Wall Street Journal"...

MCCAIN: No, I have said and will say, I will say that everything has to be on the table, if we're going to reach a bipartisan agreement. I've been in bipartisan negotiations before. I know how you reach a conclusion. We all have to sit down together with everything on the table.

STEPHANOPOULOS: So, that means payroll tax increases are on the table, as well?

MCCAIN: There is nothing that's off the table. I have my positions, and I'll articulate them. But nothing's off the table.

I don't want tax increases. Of course I'd like to have young Americans have some of their money put into an account with their name on it. But that doesn't mean that anything is off the table...

STEPHANOPOULOS: With (ph) their payroll taxes diverted into accounts.

MCCAIN: I say that everything is on the table that has to be on the table, the way Tip O'Neill and Ronald Reagan did.

The giant finds its gait.

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by: Jack Mitchell @ Sun Jul 27, 2008 at 15:00:13 PM CDT

40 years of music. (4.00 / 1)

I put together this play list for my 40th, which was Saturday. Source was Billboard, so the list is based on popularity rather than greatness.

1968: Tighten Up Pt. 1- Archie Bell & The Drells
1969: Everyday People- Sly And The Family Stone
1970: American Woman- The Guess Who
1971: Joy to the World- 3 Dog Night
1972: Lean On Me- Bill Withers
1973: Lets get it on- Marvin Gaye
1974: The Loco-Motion- Grand Funk Railroad
1975: Jive Talkin'- Bee Gees
1976: December, 1963 (Oh What a Night!)- Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons
1977: Best of My Love- Emotions
1978: Night Fever- Bee Gees
1979: Le Freak- Chic
1980: Rock With You- Michael Jackson
1981: Betty Davis Eyes- Kim Carnes
1982: Don't You Want Me- Human League
1983: Billie Jean- Michael Jackson
1984: Owner Of A Lonely Heart- Yes
1985: I Feel for You- Chaka Khan
1986: Kiss- Prince
1987: Walk Like An Egyptian- The Bangles
1988: I Need You Tonight- INXS
1989: Miss You Much- Janet Jackson
1990: Vogue- Madonna
1991: Unbelievable- EMF
1992: Jump- Kris Kross
1993: Whoop! There It Is- TAG TEAM
1994: The Sign- Ace of Base
1995: This Is How We Do It- Montel Jordan
1996: Macarena- Los Del Rio
1997: Mmmbop- Hanson
1998: Gettin' Jiggy wit it- Will Smith
1999: ...Baby One More Time- Britney Spears
2000: Music- Madonna
2001: It Wasn't Me- Shaggy
2002: Complicated- Avril Lavigne
2003: In da Club- 50 Cent
2004: Hey Ya!- OutKast
2005: Hollaback Girl - Gwen Stefani
2006: Crazy- Gnarls Barkley
2007: Smack That- Akon featuring Eminem
2008: Viva la Vida- Coldplay

Hope > Fear

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by: Mike Hoefer @ Sun Jul 27, 2008 at 15:33:33 PM CDT