I am a farmer who raise ducks and cows. The animals have a total of 9 heads and 26 feet. How many ducks and cows do I have?
Submitted by The BlueTie.
Do we give it up? (I don't know)
Should we give it hell? (I don't know)
Are you makin' a fortune? (I don't know)
Or don't you wanna tell? (I don't know)
Should we give it up? (I don't know)
Or hang around some more? (I don't know)
Should we buy some beer? (I don't know)
I actually do know the answer, but only because The Pope posted first. And Crunch, since I know you are musically challenged, it's a lyric by The Replacements.
What question do you wish you'd never asked.
Submitted by cha0tic.
Would you be an outlaw for my love?
Yes! The song lyrics continue, and it's a legitimate answer. The thing I hate more than the fact that The Outlaw broke my heart is that I wasted such a good nickname on him. Never trust a redhead.
What part of your childhood do you miss the most?
Submitted by Maretta.
I miss the innocence I've known, woohooo yeah, playing KISS covers, beautiful and stoned. I should see if I can answer all the QOTDs for the rest of the week with song lyrics.
Dave Zabriskie is a time-trial specialist for the Garmin/Chipotle cycling team. Yinz will no doubt remember them as the team for which I am rooting in this year's Tour de France, but Dave Zabriskie is not riding with them. He's sitting out this tour after crashing and fracturing a vertebra on the second stage of the Giro d'Italia last May. Ordinarily, missing the world's premier cycle race might be a bit of a disappointment for a professional cyclist, but in this case it's offered Dave Zabriskie the opportunity to pursue other interests. Like developing his own chamois cream. I gotta hand it to Dave Zabriskie: his marketing slogan - the title of this post - makes the name of his product seem downright subtle.
In honor of the upcoming Olympics, what could you win a gold medal in?
Submitted by TheFiercestCalm.
Ass kicking.
Helloo,
Yep, I dissappeared for a while. I'm in the process of moving both office and home at the moment, I think I'm a glutton for punishment.
Someone else is organising storage space around the office so I've had to be very creative with stuff under my desk. I never liked putting my feet under the desk anyway.
High Street Kensington seems like a nice enough place, lots of shops and the like. Plenty of eateries which is all I care about.
My new work phone scares me as it resembles a car dashboard with satnav. Luckily I don't use the landline very often, only to accept calls and I think I've worked that out. Hopefully.
The new house I've moved to is a mouse-infested dive, poorly mainted and a bit smelly but I love it as it's in the centre of Camden and I can know get anyway in a short amount of time. I'm in the process of making it proper nice, painting, disinfecting etc etc.
Music-wise there's been so much going on I can't really keep track of what I've done. Caught up with The Chapman Family last week. They'd just finished recording a Radio1 session at Maida Vale. Momentum is really building for them now and I need to decide on what my stance is as regards what they're doing. I think it's fantastic and love what I see live, but I wonder if it's too left of centre for a major?
It's an annoying fact but worth considering, if I love a band for whatever reason I have to think of they're capacity to generate revenue. 40k units for a major wouldn't be considered a hit but if a smaller label shifted that amount it would be considered a big success by them.
Currently I like what they've got recorded as I know how it turns out live, so I have a pre conception when listening to their music. However, someone who knows nothing about the band, having a listen may not win them over as it could be a bit inaccessable. Saying that, I've heard some new mixes of existing material which I hope will edge them further towards the mainstream.
I came accross Cats and Cats and Cats last week through the myspace page (soon to be developed and intergrated into the existing platform). I always like listening to something a bit different in the way of 'band-based' music. Ie, not something that sounds like a low-calorie Libertines or 8bit Killers. The first act that springs to mind on listening to is 70's prog-rockers The Nice, except they don't have an organ, or Keith Emmerson. But apart from that, they're very similar...?....:-s
I think it's Ben George's vocal that feeds that idea into my head. I like the fact they can create a large, grandiose sound without cliche reverb and bizarre extended intro's. A very English-upbeat Sigur Ros or Arcade Fire perhaps? Hypnotic layers of melody and the relentless stopstart drums from Doug Jenkins make for quite emmersive and engaging tracks. I'm really interested to see what they're like live. Once I get a night going again maybe I can get a booking out of them.
Other than that all is pretty good in the world over here. Let me know what's happening with you.
Hope all is well with you.
Who inspires you to be the person you are today?
Submitted by meuuy.
I don't like this question. It's too vague and touchy feelie. I am not quite sure how someone else can inspire me to be me. You know? There are lots of people who inspire me to be a better version of myself. I'm a firm believer in the idea that every person you come in contact with has some sort of significant impact on who you become. We remake ourselves everyday. How's that for vague and touchy feelie?
Show us the book you're reading right now.
Submitted by Strive2Be.
What's the closest thing you have to a time machine?
Submitted by Verisimilitude.
My Rainman-like memory. There will come a time in our relationship where I will remember some random fact about you and it will creep you out. you will call me a stalker and I will have to explain that I just have a really, very good memory. It's the only way I can explain it.
In other news I saw the Batman movie and HOLY SHIT DOES IT ROCK. It was so awesome that words cannot quite do it justice. I laughed and I cried, literally. I also gasped and had to resist the urge to clap with glee. It was good. And all that hype surrounding Heath Ledger's posthumous? It's totally well-deserving.
God the batman is good.
