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Bama Llama

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  1. When FSU had little talent or clout Bobby bootstrapped the program into national pos rep by scheduling road games against powerhouses and eventually winning most of them on and off campus. Good on yer and hope the afterlife is good for you.
  2. I thought it was, but not according to The Atlantic. I guess they know what myths they are exploding. Kind of disappointing, and I thought it was "I have never wished anyone dead, etc." Learn something every day. Too bad Mr. Apley didn't.
  3. "I have never killed any one, but I have read some obituary notices with great satisfaction." Clarence Darrow
  4. Ohhh, yes! The "GEEEE-NO!'s" rang out like "AIIRRRRR BALL's" early and often, and grew stronger through the night, the more he stuggled. Do you remember coming out of a timeout he trotted onto the field and stood facing the offense, calling the play Erickson gave him. As he was calling the play Bama substituted several players. When Geno turned around and stood back in the shotgun, all eleven defenders were on the line of scrimmage. Six or seven of them blitzed. Can't remember the result but the body language from Toretta was clear. "Ohhhh, fuuuuck!" And, we all saw in the flesh the greatest non-play in college football history when George Teague stripped the ball from Lamar Thomas and came back the other way.
  5. John Lennon sang "Just gimme some truth." Well, here it is. The "S-E-C, S-E-C!" chant was born in an instant on the night Alabama humiliated Geno Toretta and Miami 34-13 in the Sugar Bowl to top off the 1992 season. Most Miami fans had left the Dome. About five minutes remained in the 4th quarter and some one or some group started it up. It spread fast and before ling the 50,000 or so Bama fans were yelling and stomping it out in unison. I was there. I heard it and I saw it and I said it with gusto. We were sick to death of hearing about Miami and their unstoppable offense. As far as I'm concerned it was an isolated event of regional resentment spilling onto the field. The origin of a behavior which may appear offensive or shitty today is completely logical in context. Did I chant S-E-C! when Auburn scammed their way to #1, or LSU, or Tennessee back in the 90s? Fuuuuck, no. With all that said, do I like Texas and OU joining the SEC? Why hell, yes. Because I love college football! Let's rock and roll!
  6. Agreed. This guy must, repeat MUST be included.
  7. This is a watershed moment and I am glad to be a witness. Long live Thujone. Please, man, hit us with more of this when you get the vibe. Of such stuff life is made.
  8. I'd go on tour with the Commitmentettes any time. If you were ever in a garage band, hauled your own equipment to and from gigs and appreciate soul music, this the best. Yeah, I'm an ancient "Old" but I know what I like. Plus, Colm Meaney nails the Old Fart Elvis fan, nails it!
  9. Sir Ridley to agent: Hallo, Cedric? Yes, fine, fine. Listen, find us a winter gig in France involving at least six medieval chateaux, stylized armor, bizarre political shit and (taps index finger on cigar case). . . oh yeah, Affleck and Damon. Right! Off you go, there's a good agent! Cedric the Agent: Why?
  10. Yes, I did know that and it only made me desire her beautiful bones all the more. And that fantastic voice. But maybe not so happy younger years. I imagine she was referring to her parents when she sang, "My father sits at night with no lights on His cigarette glows in the dark. The living room is still; I walk by, no remark. I tiptoe past the master bedroom where My mother reads her magazines. I hear her call sweet dreams, But I forgot how to dream." But I digress
  11. Football - terrible, band good. I attended RIce from 1969-72. Man, we even cheered first downs. A favorite chant we yelled with gusto after a fumble, interception, missed extra point, failed fourth down and similar FUBAR type plays, which occurred all too often, was this: "oooooooOOOOH SHIT! GOD DAMN!" Lots of students left at half time, which was usually the high point of a Rice football game because the band was so fucking hilarious. At halftime of a Rice-Houston game in the early 70s, the PA guy announced, as the band tried to form the outline of the Astrodome, "The Marching Owl Band salutes Judge Roy Hofheinz and the Houston Astrodome, the WORLD'S SMALLEST INDOOR FOOTBALL STADIUM!" at which point Hofheinz himself, whose box was nearby, stormed into the PA booth and yanked the mic and cord out of the wall and chased the PA guy out. The MOB carried on sans narration. Empty seats are nothing new. Rice Stadium was filled for only two games in the three years I was a student there: Texas in 1970 (LBJ was there, along with 55,000 Texas students and fans) and LSU in one or two of those years. I remember seeing Rice torch the VMI Keydets 55-0. We had some memorable wins over Aggie, one in particular I recall in Aggieland in which Rice was trailing at the half, did not make a first down in the second half and somehow won the game. The Rice OWl mascot dude had a sign pasted to his ass, covered by his tail feathers. He would strut from section to section, waving at the fans, then would bend over, flip up his tail and show the sign, which read, in block print same font as Aggie helmets, "EATME." The guys in khaki pelted him with cups and ice, just did not understand the sporting humor. Great link to Rice band adventures: https://www.texastribune.org/2016/09/19/five-other-times-rices-marching-band-made-people-m/ Direct quote from the link: During a 1973 game against Texas A&M, Rice’s marching band made fun of several Aggie traditions. The band marched out to the field in a military-style goose-step and turned the Aggie War Hymn into "March of the Wooden Soldiers.” The band also made fun of Texas A&M’s school mascot, the dog Reveille, by forming a fire hydrant. An angry group of Texas A&M students gathered outside Rice’s stadium, and the band eventually had to be transported out via food service trucks. The performance has since been dubbed “The Halftime of Infamy.” In fairness to the Owls athletics of that era, in 1971 (70? 72?) Rice was #1 in the SWC in every sport but football. So, we had that going for us for one year anyway.
  12. 1. In "Yesterday," when the door opens and there stands John Lennon. Man, that was as powerful as anything I've ever seen in a theater. Keep in mind I came of age in the 60s and have always revered the Beatles, problems and all. I was watching MNF when Cosell stopped the world turning as he informed the world of John's killing. I know it was fantasy but the spoiler had never been revealed, thus it was stronnng juju. 2. Multiple scenes in "Fargo." I'm in awe of the visuals and music in the opening credits. I crack up when Margie interviews the Bear Lake girls. Lundegard is so squemish and nerdy he is a pleasure to watch, as in a monkey with a hand grenade, you can't stop watching. The old gent shoveling snow being interviewed by the deputy, "He says, "We're dyin out here at the lake,' so I says 'What do ya want ME to do about it?' " and do on. Love me some Fargo.
  13. A perfect clinical image of a nation in the midst of acute anal prolapse following sutures after jamming the prolapse back into T(he)RUMP, right there in the middle.
  14. Alien / Blade Runner / Twilight Zone episode with giant alien human-looking farm couple, tiny astronauts and US Air Force saucer in attic / War of the Worlds (both) / Contact / Arrival / The Time Machine (both) / Barbarella / Flash Gordon / 1970s original Star Wars whatever TF its actual name is
  15. Agree 100% but my comment was not about guardians or conservators. The proof bar's lower for a "person alleged to be in need of protection." The remedy is not a court supervised ongoing case, but a trust.
  16. The Green Leaves of Summer from soundtrack whiz Dimitri Tiomkin. The staff car creeping slowly up the hill to this music took me right back to 1960 and another throat grabber (same song/tune). Saludos, mis amigos de Texas!
  17. NIL deals will put states' Protected Persons laws to the test. In protected person cases, the petitioner does not have to prove a lack of mental capacity. These typically originate in probate court; if a petitioner shows that the "person alleged to be in need of protection" is unable to manage their money or other property because they're dependent on drugs or alcohol, a spendthrift, susceptible to undue influence, or just a hapless dumbass, the judge can literally impose a trust out of thin air and appoint a trustee to administer the PATBINOP's assets and income. This action usually arises just before a doofus, druggie, alkie, or easily-led patsy inherits a truckload of cash or securities, and the PR/executor who has been dealing with the person for months or years takes action to prevent "entourage predation" and waste. There are parallels in the coming storm of NIL deals. Probate Court is about to get even more interesting, as will the upstream removals to higher courts and appeals. Hooefully, in the end, the young people actually WILL be protected.
  18. The "Play 'La Marseillaise' -- PLAY IT!" scene in Casablanca adrenalizes me like no other moment in cinema, this one in particular: Aux arms, citoyens! Armez vos batallions! Fuckin Nazi assholes.
  19. Audiobook of "Widespread Panic" a novel by James Ellroy, narrated con molto brio by "oh I saw that guy in that movie," Craig Wasson. Enjoying the fuck out of this. It's a great sex, booze, pay phone, manual typewriter, watch A-bomb test flash from the roof with Joi Lansing, JFK and Ingrid Bergman scandal sheet, red under every bed type of trip. It's supposed to be an autobiography of Fred Otash, about whom Wikipedia sez: Fred Otash was a Los Angeles police officer, private investigator, author, and a WWII Marine veteran, who became known as a Hollywood fixer, while operating as its "most infamous" private detective; he is most remembered as "the inspiration for Jack Nicholson's character Jake Gittes in the film, Chinatown." You've never heard such well aligned alliteration. Loving it so far.
  20. The Fifth Element was loaded with casting hits and plesant surprises. Milla Jovovich, Chris Tucker, Gary Oldman, Tiny (RIP) Lister, shit - all up and down the line, the blue multiarmed diva, Ian Holm, and Brion Helm. It was as if a 1976 issue of Heavy Metal came to life. Guess Luc Besson had a lot to do with that. A cool story which didn't (quite) get lost in its CGI and special effects but used them to enhance the end product.
  21. Mrs. Llama and I have been bingeing Hitchcock TCM all weekend and loving it 95% of the time but decidedly veered during Vertigo - seemed as if the script was being written by monkeys on 1,000 different typewriters. Nice postcard for late 50s Bay Area, though. TCM has started cold opening films with credits run at the end - interesting! Bravo TCM, preserving the fast talking, short tie, high pants wearing movies for posterity.
  22. Listened to this one recently and can enthusiastically recommend. The premise was original and plot well done. If my physics teachers and profs could lay it out like this guy, I might have made better than a C.
  23. Bama Llama

    Longmire

    Mrs Bama Llama is seldom enamored with TV but she looooves her some Longmire, a little too much for my liking. Nah, it's a fine series and a solid cast. It's as if James Lee Burke wrote a contemporary Mountain Western and someone turned it into moving images. I'd like to go by the Lou Diamond Phillips bar on the way home from work every day. In fact . . .
  24. Wild at Heart Nic Cage, Laura Dern and a menagerie of excellent actors directed by David Lynch I'll watch it every time it appears on any screen Pretty good Elvis channeling and Dern channeling as well Worth watching if only to see Willem Dafoe's bizarro character
  25. Above are all fine, DGAF as to naming any one of them "best." These enhance the world of sound (and sight too, in some cases): Sade / Diana Krall / Annie Lennox / Blonde ABBA singer / last but not least, Edith Piaf
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