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Harry Shearer was interesting and the questions following were pretty good. The Writer's Guild is going on strike in 2 weeks or so; the fate of the Simpsons is uncertain; the crowd was aghast. Something tells me the audiobook would be funnier than the text version of his novel Not Enough Indians, but I got a copy anyway.

Bollywood would be awesome. I think I'll be back home in December sometime? <sigh>

Jaq, Sunday, 21 October 2007 06:09 (sixteen years ago) link

in berlin i listened to his v v partisan only occasionally funny npr broadcast. it made me love him more and hate him more. the voice soothed though, every week. and he'd do a shout out to 'mighty 104.1 berlin' which gave me :)

people still care about the simpsons?

i just want to think of him as derek smalls because it's unlikely that any person could be more perfect.

jergïns, Sunday, 21 October 2007 08:07 (sixteen years ago) link

He played a bunch of stuff like "Marley Purt Drive" on that show when Maurice Gibb died, so big points for that.

I'm also down for Bollywood.

If Timi Yuro would be still alive, most other singers could shut up, Sunday, 21 October 2007 10:27 (sixteen years ago) link

I am now back on Capitol Hill. Some of you partied at my house after EMP. Lower Queen Anne was great but it's good to be close to my friends and stuff again. (Stuff = belongings.) Anyway, haul me in on Bollywood as well.

Matos W.K., Tuesday, 23 October 2007 00:19 (sixteen years ago) link

What with the fires in California, it looks like I'm here until at least 11/5. (going to see Art Brut and the Hold Steady on 11/4 - anyone else?) Does Bollywood this weekend work for people? Shows at 9 Friday, 5 and 9 Saturday, 3 and 7 Sunday (g00gle for Totem Lake Cinemas).

Jaq, Tuesday, 23 October 2007 15:44 (sixteen years ago) link

hello all. i miss posting on this thread.

mainly because the slog has a fucking hilarious great piece on the hillary protest yesterday. it broke double digits!

http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/the_hillary_benaroya_protest_a_2008_odys

Mackro Mackro, Tuesday, 23 October 2007 19:24 (sixteen years ago) link

I don’t know exactly what they were trying to convey, but the results of my informal poll of people trying to catch their busses home yielded a tally of one person whose opinion of Hillary was lowered, three people whose opinions were raised, and one person who called me a “fucking bitch.”

Mackro Mackro, Tuesday, 23 October 2007 19:26 (sixteen years ago) link

Is that you, Donut?

The Reverend, Tuesday, 23 October 2007 19:29 (sixteen years ago) link

do who?

Mackro Mackro, Tuesday, 23 October 2007 19:59 (sixteen years ago) link

Mackro! Are you back from the north country?

Jaq, Tuesday, 23 October 2007 20:06 (sixteen years ago) link

sunday evening yes!

northing lights: still totally ossum.

Mackro Mackro, Tuesday, 23 October 2007 20:26 (sixteen years ago) link

9 friday works for me but i'm not sure about anyone else

jergïns, Tuesday, 23 October 2007 20:26 (sixteen years ago) link

the theater's website, straight outta 1998 netscape

jergïns, Tuesday, 23 October 2007 20:28 (sixteen years ago) link

o. m. g. that website.

Jaq, Tuesday, 23 October 2007 20:30 (sixteen years ago) link

i wish craigslist looked like this site

Mackro Mackro, Tuesday, 23 October 2007 21:46 (sixteen years ago) link

does anyone know anything about any of those movies?

Oink Administrator, Tuesday, 23 October 2007 21:47 (sixteen years ago) link

they are bollywood? romance. adventure. lush musical numbers. fully clothed women dancing in the rain.

Jaq, Tuesday, 23 October 2007 21:49 (sixteen years ago) link

something for everyone, really.

Jaq, Tuesday, 23 October 2007 21:49 (sixteen years ago) link

oink admin run from the law and come to seattle

jergïns, Tuesday, 23 October 2007 21:56 (sixteen years ago) link

are they all bollywood musical types of things though? i guess i'm just wondering if anyone has heard about any of the films (or even heard of just an actor or director or whatever), or would we just being going in blind?

Lingbert, Tuesday, 23 October 2007 22:05 (sixteen years ago) link

re: Bhool Bhulaiyaa

Highly Recommended...!!!, 12 October 2007
9/10
Author: raj_apart from India

Got a wasted day..?? This movie's gotta everything to make it all right. Well cooked story, nice and gripping presentation, power-packed performances.. and a humor different than the conventional slapstick humor that we get in movies these days (well, at least it was presented differently).

Priyadarshan is really a come-back in this one. Though I liked this fella always, but his movies had been following a routine kinda trail and all his experiments like Bhagam Bhaag have been failing miserably. But this movie was really a welcome break from his side.

Akshay Kumar, as he has already proved several time, has got a great comic timing. He brings twists to the movie's plot as well as inside your belly as you go laughing all the way. Vidhya Balan looks very sweet except for once, but I'll talk no further to ruin your suspense if you haven't seen the movie yet. Paresh Rawal & Rajpal Yadav are once again a treat to watch.

Go see this movie. Its an ultimate stress buster. Go with the guys, and you will have even more fun. :-)

I vote, "Highly Recommended".
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Lingbert, Tuesday, 23 October 2007 22:06 (sixteen years ago) link

about Jab We Met, from Wikipedia:

"Aditya (Shahid Kapoor), a defeated industrialist, is even more broken as the girl he loves is getting married. Unable to muster up the courage to return home, he drifts out of the gathering and aimlessly boards a train, bounding away into the night.

As destiny would have it, on the train he meets Geet (Kareena Kapoor) - a beautiful but annoyingly talkative girl who is leaving Mumbai to go her hometown - Bhatinda (Punjab). Later, she has plans of eloping with her boyfriend.

Geet irritates Aditya to the point of getting him to leave the train. As she tries to get him back on the train, she ends up missing it and the two find themselves stranded on a desolate station with no luggage or money.

Begins the idyllic journey through the exuberant North Indian heartland in which this odd couple will make their way through buses and taxis and camel-carts, crossing Highways and deserts and lakes, meeting all kinds of people, to reach her house in Punjab ....... On arrival, Geet's family mistakes the two for lovers. Before this misconception can be cleared, Geet escapes to her boyfriend in Manali. Aditya leaves with her, confirming the suspicion that they are lovers. In Manali, Aditya feels empowered to return to Mumbai and resurrect his ailing business.

Life takes a positive turn and Aditya begins to do well. One day Geet's family who think that she is with him confronts Aditya. He is shocked to learn that Geet has not returned home. He takes it upon himself to find her. He finally tracks her down in a Himalayan town and begins another journey to reach Bhatinda and flow into the colors and conceptions of a loud and happy North Indian family."

Jaq, Tuesday, 23 October 2007 22:13 (sixteen years ago) link

mismatched couples meeting on trains where one is annoying is a common Bollywood theme.

Jaq, Tuesday, 23 October 2007 22:13 (sixteen years ago) link

JABB!

We met.

Mackro Mackro, Tuesday, 23 October 2007 22:17 (sixteen years ago) link

The wiki also lists all 11 musical numbers (average length: 5 minutes) - the same guy did the music for Bhool Bhulaiyaa

Jaq, Tuesday, 23 October 2007 22:20 (sixteen years ago) link

This one is less typical, for sure:

Bhool Bhulaiyaa is a psychological suspense / horror movie with moderate Bollywood song and dance and touches of humor. The Hindi language release is the offical remake of the critically acclaimed 1993 Malayalam psycho-thriller, Manichitrathazhu (translation - The Ornate Lock) which was also remade in Kannada (Aaptamitra) starring Vishnuvardhan in 2004, and in Tamil and Telugu (Chandramukhi) starring Rajnikanth in 2005.

Jaq, Tuesday, 23 October 2007 22:22 (sixteen years ago) link

How can they have an article like that with NO PICTURE?

Jaq, Wednesday, 24 October 2007 18:19 (sixteen years ago) link

http://www.trafton-group.com/images/confer7.jpg

orthogonal rim + deep mauve 70s stove top range knobs for hats = rowr

Mackro Mackro, Wednesday, 24 October 2007 18:19 (sixteen years ago) link

http://safety.fhwa.dot.gov/images/washingtonphoto3.jpg

Excuse me, sir. You are the passenger of the car and I need you to sign right here to acknowledge the hawtness of my threads.

Mackro Mackro, Wednesday, 24 October 2007 18:21 (sixteen years ago) link

http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/NR/rdonlyres/E8723EB7-2B29-4721-ABA7-6141186FFBCD/0/HOTlaneenforcement.jpg

Fashion conscious patrol installs green lazers to monitor the SAWD (Slovenly Attired While Driving)

Mackro Mackro, Wednesday, 24 October 2007 18:23 (sixteen years ago) link

oh dear. I hope I'm never stopped by one, I would burst out laughing at the bowtie.

Jaq, Wednesday, 24 October 2007 18:23 (sixteen years ago) link

http://www.ulrs.org/photos/2004/KaseyK/KK_2_15.jpg

Bothell Class President honors local state patrol officer for keeping the roads blue and sexy.

Mackro Mackro, Wednesday, 24 October 2007 18:24 (sixteen years ago) link

http://www.workingpitbull.com/images/brei300w.jpg

<i>Nightstick</i> magazine celebrates award.

Mackro Mackro, Wednesday, 24 October 2007 18:26 (sixteen years ago) link

i need to know that man

jergïns, Wednesday, 24 October 2007 18:28 (sixteen years ago) link

the bowties are horrible

Lingbert, Wednesday, 24 October 2007 18:29 (sixteen years ago) link

the bowties are horrible adorable

jergïns, Wednesday, 24 October 2007 18:45 (sixteen years ago) link

the bowties lend such an air of Barney Fife-ness, I want to check the shirt pockets for bullets. There is also a sort of '50s gas station attendant vibe in that Bothell photo.

Jaq, Wednesday, 24 October 2007 19:37 (sixteen years ago) link

award is otm. you know who bothell class president is, rite?

gabbneb, Wednesday, 24 October 2007 19:39 (sixteen years ago) link

no

Jaq, Wednesday, 24 October 2007 19:46 (sixteen years ago) link

enumclaw's (and now budweiser's) own, driver of the #9 car, kasey kahne

http://www.ci.enumclaw.wa.us/images/PhotoTour/Kasey_Kahne_1.jpg

gabbneb, Wednesday, 24 October 2007 19:48 (sixteen years ago) link

did they name a street in honor of the Enumclaw horse?

Mackro Mackro, Wednesday, 24 October 2007 19:52 (sixteen years ago) link

neigh

Jaq, Wednesday, 24 October 2007 19:55 (sixteen years ago) link

oof!

Mackro Mackro, Wednesday, 24 October 2007 20:12 (sixteen years ago) link

Reasons 1-9 Why Not to Ride the Ferry in a Storm

jergïns, Friday, 26 October 2007 19:28 (sixteen years ago) link

urf!

Mackro Mackro, Friday, 26 October 2007 20:18 (sixteen years ago) link

WAU

gabbneb, Friday, 26 October 2007 20:25 (sixteen years ago) link

I'm happy that windstorms are the form of the NW's most common natural weather disaster and not anything else (hurricanes, tornadoes, freezing rain, etc. Yes we get earthquakes but not regularly, at least yet.) because you just gotta know to keep batteries, water, some preserved foods, and sleep in a room away from a crotchety old evergreen outside your window. STILL, everyone knows to not do much of jackshit when a windstorm's sting hits. Fuck riding a ferry. Get a room somewhere instead. It's cheaper than sustaining up to a grand in car damages because of megaswells that knock it around.

Although as a passenger, that must be awesome in a vertigo-addict rickety roller coaster kinda way!

Mackro Mackro, Friday, 26 October 2007 20:50 (sixteen years ago) link

Riding a ferry is like washing a hat.

The Reverend, Saturday, 27 October 2007 02:11 (sixteen years ago) link

I offered these photos to the WS Ferry System, but they told me these kinds of shots don't promote ridership. I couldn't argue that one.

The Reverend, Saturday, 27 October 2007 02:13 (sixteen years ago) link


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