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Post by jklinders on Jan 6, 2011 13:57:52 GMT 1
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Post by Battlechantress on Jan 6, 2011 18:22:05 GMT 1
... And it never occurred to the Violet Flame group to move their practice to, say, Fridays instead? Maybe that's their days to collect dead dogs.
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Post by Battlechantress on Jan 11, 2011 3:57:26 GMT 1
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Post by jklinders on Jan 14, 2011 23:21:18 GMT 1
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Post by Knightfall on Jan 14, 2011 23:33:38 GMT 1
I've heard that song a billion, zillion times, and I never noticed that! This is too weird.
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Post by jklinders on Jan 15, 2011 0:45:40 GMT 1
There has been a few censored versions kicking around since the 80s. Knopfler was on the defensive about it since the beginning. Never mind that it is satirical, that he is singing a quote from a real life bitter guy he was buying a fridge from.
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Post by Clint Johnston on Jan 15, 2011 7:08:51 GMT 1
Oh dear lord, "Baby It's Cold Outside"??
Yes, it's about a mack daddy trying to talk a young lady into staying over, but if you pay attention to the wording, it's just as evident she's interested but making him work for it. Every time she tries to leave, he whines, but she's the one who offers the extension of time. Including the line "Say, what's in this drink?" The song concludes with her "Oh but it's cold outside" her making a clear choice, not him stringing her along.
I'm all for examining our songs' content (and there are lots from that era with less than subtle hints), but this isn't one of them, and it annoys the persnickety librarian in me that people take the words out of context.
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Post by jklinders on Jan 15, 2011 14:33:17 GMT 1
Well the fellow who wrote the second article was a bit of a twerp. I included it for purposes of humour. One of the radio stations that defied the injunction here in Canada was from my city. It's almost enough to make me want to listen to them again.
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Post by lieden on Feb 16, 2011 17:46:24 GMT 1
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Post by Mister Buch on Feb 16, 2011 17:58:35 GMT 1
Now that's very interesting...
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Post by Mr. Glow on Feb 16, 2011 18:47:04 GMT 1
Pah.
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Post by jklinders on Feb 16, 2011 21:32:22 GMT 1
I've decided to answer this Elcor style. Annoyed: This writer brings nothing new to the table but simply rephrases things that were said by far smarter authors more than 30 years ago. Ironic: It is interesting that he is using propaganda to attack propaganda. Sacastically: I suppose it only took 71 years for someone in Russia to come up with their own Animal Farm. Too bad it plagiarizes another author to get it done. *Ahem* Now that I got that out my skin let me just say that I agree that Tolkien's work is as open to criticism as any one else's. But it should take the form of an essay such as the numerous ones written by Moorcock or an original work of fiction. I'll just bet there would be an uprising in Russia if I had gone and re-written "The Nutcracker Suite" as the piece of soft kiddie porn it always looked like to me. I won't do it though as I respect the original rights of the original artist too much. Edit: I mentioned that others have competently criticized TLotR many years earlier without resorting to plagiarism, here is the essay by Micheal Moorcock I mentioned. He is actually going after fantasy writing in general but has a special piece of critique for Tolkien. I found it well written. www.revolutionsf.com/article.php?id=953Grab a coffee or tea, it's a long one.
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Post by jklinders on May 4, 2011 17:20:37 GMT 1
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Post by Mr. Glow on May 5, 2011 9:17:21 GMT 1
That's terrible. One year minimum is nowhere near enough for people like him. Here's something a bit interesting. A gaming blog I read about the portrayal of female characters in video games recently did two articles on Mass Effect. One about what they got right (Femshep) and one about what they got wrong.The writer can overthink things sometimes, but mostly she's right.
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Post by Tillian Panthesis on May 5, 2011 9:49:08 GMT 1
I definitely agree with that writer, especially the Female Shepard article.
If I was a guy, I would definitely say "I love a woman who can kick my ass."
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