Kass always reminds me of a long-ago description of the Boer leader Paul Kruger--one of the rare people who manages to be a bore and a boor at the same time. Keep up the bitter and twisted attacks!
I too am going to miss Heather Cherone on the Rascals. I thought the pods she was on were far superior to those where she was absent. I just listened to last week’s pod where her new position, and thus her having to leave the Rascals, was addressed. I found more than a little cringey the suggestion that she wasn’t going to participate in the future because John Williams was critical of WTTW’s decision to move Chicago Tonight to 10:00. I’ve always considered Heater to be clever, witty, professional, and yes, nerdy. Petty though? Nah.
Thanks for reprinting the sweet tribute to the radio engineers. It's a reminder that in any industry the unsung heroes often are invisible to the public-facing audience or end-user. I worked in print publishing for 21 years and electronic publishing for 19, and while the success of the content and layout and user-friendly functionality were attributed to those of us listed in the masthead or byline, none of it would have happened without the talent and long hours of the "vacuum tube generation" (press operators and color-separators and others) back in the day and, more recently, the code developers and network engineers. I was lucky enough to work with 40-years' worth of incredibly dedicated people behind the scenes who made all of us public-facing folks look great.
I appreciated the comments about changed lyrics in "City of New Orleans". It got me thinking about other songs. The first that comes to mind is Johnny Cash's cover of John Prine's "Sam Stone", which required absolutely NO editing, but Johnny couldn't bring himself to sign "Jesus Christ died for nuthin', I suppose" so he made up a ridiculous, unworkable line, instead.
But then, John Prine turned around and changed the lyrics to Blaze Foley's wonderful "Clay Pigeons". Instead of "smokin' cigarettes in the last seat, try to hide my sorrow from the people I meet" he sang "smokin' cigarettes in the last seat, play my song for the people I meet". Not sure why - maybe too depressing? But it was noticeable.
I like to consider changes in song lyrics. They change just as the words we use in public speech.
i am reminded each week with the visual tweets - which also applies to the verbal-only tweets: there's no accounting for taste. and that incl's my taste, as i am outvoted much more often than i vote for the winner. keep 'em coming, EZ.
All the space taken up by space devoted to words. Straight. He’s straight. He’s not. he’s crooked. Chiropractor needed? He’s gay? Happy? Does that means he’s all so pretty and witty. Finally let’s end with vacuum suck tubes. Vs vacuum cocksucker tubes.
Queer has gone from being a slur if used by anyone but gay people (sort of like the n-word) with other gay people. Then some (certainly not all) gays turned the word into an in-your-face expression of pride. Now it is used mostly by wacky people who arent gay. Talk about cultural appropriation….
Kass always reminds me of a long-ago description of the Boer leader Paul Kruger--one of the rare people who manages to be a bore and a boor at the same time. Keep up the bitter and twisted attacks!
I too am going to miss Heather Cherone on the Rascals. I thought the pods she was on were far superior to those where she was absent. I just listened to last week’s pod where her new position, and thus her having to leave the Rascals, was addressed. I found more than a little cringey the suggestion that she wasn’t going to participate in the future because John Williams was critical of WTTW’s decision to move Chicago Tonight to 10:00. I’ve always considered Heater to be clever, witty, professional, and yes, nerdy. Petty though? Nah.
Thanks, Eric! Visual Tweets worked fine this time. I appreciate your taking time to help all (or at least more) of us see them.
Thanks for reprinting the sweet tribute to the radio engineers. It's a reminder that in any industry the unsung heroes often are invisible to the public-facing audience or end-user. I worked in print publishing for 21 years and electronic publishing for 19, and while the success of the content and layout and user-friendly functionality were attributed to those of us listed in the masthead or byline, none of it would have happened without the talent and long hours of the "vacuum tube generation" (press operators and color-separators and others) back in the day and, more recently, the code developers and network engineers. I was lucky enough to work with 40-years' worth of incredibly dedicated people behind the scenes who made all of us public-facing folks look great.
I thought all of the visual tweets were hilarious!! Keep it up!!
I appreciated the comments about changed lyrics in "City of New Orleans". It got me thinking about other songs. The first that comes to mind is Johnny Cash's cover of John Prine's "Sam Stone", which required absolutely NO editing, but Johnny couldn't bring himself to sign "Jesus Christ died for nuthin', I suppose" so he made up a ridiculous, unworkable line, instead.
But then, John Prine turned around and changed the lyrics to Blaze Foley's wonderful "Clay Pigeons". Instead of "smokin' cigarettes in the last seat, try to hide my sorrow from the people I meet" he sang "smokin' cigarettes in the last seat, play my song for the people I meet". Not sure why - maybe too depressing? But it was noticeable.
I like to consider changes in song lyrics. They change just as the words we use in public speech.
Jill A
All of the visual tweets were good today. Kudos!
I know my vote only counts once. But I LOVE Pigeon Open Mic Night.
i am reminded each week with the visual tweets - which also applies to the verbal-only tweets: there's no accounting for taste. and that incl's my taste, as i am outvoted much more often than i vote for the winner. keep 'em coming, EZ.
I thought most of the visual tweets were blah and, no doubt due to gaps in my social education, I don't get "Ice Ice Baby". Why is this funny?
Loved Ice Ice baby! Great visual tweets today
All the space taken up by space devoted to words. Straight. He’s straight. He’s not. he’s crooked. Chiropractor needed? He’s gay? Happy? Does that means he’s all so pretty and witty. Finally let’s end with vacuum suck tubes. Vs vacuum cocksucker tubes.
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Speaking of language…
Queer has gone from being a slur if used by anyone but gay people (sort of like the n-word) with other gay people. Then some (certainly not all) gays turned the word into an in-your-face expression of pride. Now it is used mostly by wacky people who arent gay. Talk about cultural appropriation….
This truly isn't a Bears town if the squinting Viking doesn't win 124 to negative 36.