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RankenphileRankenphile Passersby were amazedby the unusually large amounts of blood.Registered User, Moderator Mod Emeritus
edited May 2008 in Social Entropy++
Seriously, you know what's awesome?

Like, hella balls awesome?

This guy.

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You see, he was in this band, maybe you heard of 'em? Called Talking Heads and babydoll, they were the cat's motherfuckin' meow.

If you ain't never seen it, I don't care who you are, go find a copy of the Stop Making Sense live concert DVD and turn it up. Watch. It's pretty fuckin amazing. Dude comes out on stage, dressed like that doof up there, with nothing but a tape player and a guitar. Plays a song. Next song, he adds one more person. Next song, more and more, until the whole stage is changing and there's this incredible electric fucking energy just radiating out of this dude. Pretty damn crazy amazing. Then they strip it back down to just him, standing there, rockin' your damn soul out.

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So, yeah. That's David Byrne for ya.

You know who else is cool?

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This guy here. This guy, this fuckin' guy, this fuckin' guy?

He's a goddamn Ghostbuster. Are you a Ghostbuster? Shit no you ain't no Ghostbuster. You damn wish you was a Ghostbuster.

You know what else this fucker here is? Only like the best goddamn awesome actor guy in like the history of being cooler than you, is all. Been in, like, a shitload of great classics. Fuckin What About Bob, fuckin Groundhog Day, fuckin Rushmore and Ed Wood and fuckin Stripes and shit. You ain't been in none of those movies.

So yeah, he's cooler than you, too.

Shit, know who else is cooler than you?

This dude.

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See, that guy, his name's Mark. He was in a band, too, and it was awesome. Called themselves Devo, did a bunch of great songs and wore silly hats, you probly heard one of their songs or something. But, like, when most of us would be all "Shit, man, I was the guy in the lego hat singing that hit song on the radio from like twenty damn years ago son, respek" he's all "nah I wanna keep working and being awesome" and so he did. Guy's an artist, but even cooler than that, he's done all kinds of work making music for movies and tv shows and comemrcials, and loves sneaking subliminal messages in the commercials, like one he did for Pepsi where it has the words "Sugar is bad for you" in it a bunch of times. ANd, like, the music he does for movies is crazy good. The soundtrack for the Royal Tennenbaums alone is fuckin brilliant. Shit, dude's done too much to list here, go check it out your damn self.

So, like, there's three people who are way cooler than you are.

Ain't that a bitch.

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  • ZonkytonkmanZonkytonkman Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    i don't know what to do with this, Rank

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  • RankenphileRankenphile Passersby were amazed by the unusually large amounts of blood.Registered User, Moderator Mod Emeritus
    edited May 2008
    who said I made it for you to do something with, mister?

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  • KingAgamemnonKingAgamemnon Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Mark Mothersbaugh was in Devo eh

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  • BroloBrolo Broseidon Lord of the BroceanRegistered User regular
    edited May 2008
    stopmaking.jpg

    This doesn't look like a real photograph for some reason.

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  • DruhimDruhim Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited May 2008
    Rank, you are awesome

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  • heretoinformheretoinform __BANNED USERS regular
    edited May 2008
    Like, none of those, like, people, are better than, like, me!

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  • RankenphileRankenphile Passersby were amazed by the unusually large amounts of blood.Registered User, Moderator Mod Emeritus
    edited May 2008
    well duh

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  • BusterKBusterK Negativity is Boring Cynicism is Cowardice Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    I like when I find songs I didn't realize were so great from artists I love
    Like I've had The Best of Talking Heads forever
    But I just realized how great Nothing But Flowers is

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  • DruhimDruhim Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited May 2008
    Like, none of those, like, people, are better than, like, me!
    each of them kicks one thousand times more ass than you

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  • DruhimDruhim Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited May 2008
    BusterK wrote: »
    I like when I find songs I didn't realize were so great from artists I love
    Like I've had The Best of Talking Heads forever
    But I just realized how great Nothing But Flowers is
    fuck yes, great song

    also Nature Boy

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  • FutoreFutore Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    like it's almost like he talks like this on purpose.

    like, like joke, etc.!

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  • DruhimDruhim Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited May 2008
    hell yes teefs, major props to Neil deGrasse Tyson

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  • ButtersButters A glass of some milks Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Love Talking Heads.

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  • Dr.FunkensteinDr.Funkenstein Registered User regular
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  • RankenphileRankenphile Passersby were amazed by the unusually large amounts of blood.Registered User, Moderator Mod Emeritus
    edited May 2008
    a picture

    right click>save as

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  • BearstranautBearstranaut Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    I like this thread more than I like taffy.

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  • ButtersButters A glass of some milks Registered User regular
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  • Blake TBlake T Do you have enemies then? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    If you are going to list cool people Rank you could at least list Bon Scott.

    I mean he's the type of guy who would sleep with your mother, not call her and you and him would still be cool.

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  • Stupid Mr Whoopsie NameStupid Mr Whoopsie Name Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited May 2008
    I made a David Byrne reference at a clothing store the other day and adore the fact the girl helping me actually got it.

    Also, my trip to Portland a couple weeks ago was rife with Talking Heads reference, so thumbs up Rank.

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  • ZonkytonkmanZonkytonkman Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    dru, crazy dream, involving you, story, at 11

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  • Calamity JaneCalamity Jane That Wrong Love Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    There was this one obscure German artist who never really struck a nerve with the German art community. He really hit his stride when he got into politics, leading the National Socialist German Workers Party, and went on to publish the famous "MY STRUGGLE", which really tapped into Germany's heart and soul. He got them past The Great Crisis and led them to countless military victories in the European theater of battle until quietly retiring around 1945.

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  • RankenphileRankenphile Passersby were amazed by the unusually large amounts of blood.Registered User, Moderator Mod Emeritus
    edited May 2008
    Blaket wrote: »
    If you are going to list cool people Rank you could at least list Bon Scott.

    I mean he's the type of guy who would sleep with your mother, not call her and you and him would still be cool.

    man I only wish me and Bon Scott were all cool with each other.

    but I had these fellas on my mind tonight so there ya go.

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  • BusterKBusterK Negativity is Boring Cynicism is Cowardice Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    I think I'd say my favorite Talking Heads song is Love-> Building on Fire

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  • KilljoyKilljoy __BANNED USERS regular
    edited May 2008
    rank i fucking love you
    got burning down the house turned up super high right now
    do you know about this japanese electronic rock band that basically loves devo called polysics\
    also aren't mark mothersbaugh's postcards cool?

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  • RankenphileRankenphile Passersby were amazed by the unusually large amounts of blood.Registered User, Moderator Mod Emeritus
    edited May 2008
    never heard em

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  • Calamity JaneCalamity Jane That Wrong Love Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    In all seriousness, one of my favorite dudes has to be Mike Patton.

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  • Blake TBlake T Do you have enemies then? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Blaket wrote: »
    If you are going to list cool people Rank you could at least list Bon Scott.

    I mean he's the type of guy who would sleep with your mother, not call her and you and him would still be cool.

    man I only wish me and Bon Scott were all cool with each other.

    but I had these fellas on my mind tonight so there ya go.

    That's cool dude.

    Bowie is a pretty swish cat.

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  • Calamity JaneCalamity Jane That Wrong Love Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    how can you not be scared of that man

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  • LarlarLarlar consecutive normal brunches Moderator, ClubPA Mod Emeritus
    edited May 2008
    still convinced that this is the most awesome picture the internet will ever have to offer me

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  • RankenphileRankenphile Passersby were amazed by the unusually large amounts of blood.Registered User, Moderator Mod Emeritus
    edited May 2008
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    huh, whatta ya know?

    Fonzie got classy.

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  • ObbiObbi Registered User, ClubPA regular
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  • ObbiObbi Registered User, ClubPA regular
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    well, it's awesome to me, anyway.

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  • KilljoyKilljoy __BANNED USERS regular
    edited May 2008
    rank certainly you know peter sellers

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