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I've been told that Blockbuster's online selection is very much comparable to Netflix's.

― jaymc, Monday, 9 April 2007 16:00 (nineteen years ago)

It took me a few minutes to realize that Sandy Dennis != Sandy Denny.

― jaymc, Monday, 9 April 2007 16:01 (nineteen years ago)

xpost Still, how fast is their turnaround? Because the "getting videos directly from the store" bit is a non-starter, as far as I'm concerned.

― kenan, Monday, 9 April 2007 16:02 (nineteen years ago)

The Cunty Bitches' songs include:

"Fist My Pussy"
"1 More Abortion"
"Eat UR Baby"
"Kiddie Porn"

― Jesse, Monday, 9 April 2007 16:02 (nineteen years ago)

No idea.

― jaymc, Monday, 9 April 2007 16:04 (nineteen years ago)

aw... jesse has a new favorite band!

― kenan, Monday, 9 April 2007 16:05 (nineteen years ago)

oh noes more boring grammar questions:

exploitative or exploitive?

― kenan, Monday, 9 April 2007 16:21 (nineteen years ago)

That band sounds like a 3rd rate A.C. at best.

― dan m, Monday, 9 April 2007 16:21 (nineteen years ago)

That's not a grammar question, it's a spelling question. Webster's 11th has a full entry for "exploitative," while "exploitive" is defined as "exploitative," which suggests that it's an acceptable variant but that the first is preferred.

― jaymc, Monday, 9 April 2007 16:24 (nineteen years ago)

I would say exploitative.

At every reading, David Sedaris pitches a book. Last night, in honor of Easter, he was promoting The Zombie Survival Guide.

― Jesse, Monday, 9 April 2007 16:25 (nineteen years ago)

I would say exploitative, too, since exploitation is a word, but exploition is not.

― kenan, Monday, 9 April 2007 16:27 (nineteen years ago)

And he made comparisons between the lie of WMDs and writing a fake tell-all about being a fucked-up alcoholic. "People were shocked, saying, 'What? That fucked-up alcoholic lied to us!?' but when they heard that the President told us that Iraq had horrible weapons that turned out not to exist, we felt that it was as understandable as say a typo."

― Jesse, Monday, 9 April 2007 16:28 (nineteen years ago)

did he mean the junkie?

― kenan, Monday, 9 April 2007 16:29 (nineteen years ago)

Do you ever have a day when you are browsing the web and you feel like there's nothing on?

― Jesse, Monday, 9 April 2007 16:33 (nineteen years ago)

A friend lent me this record the other day, it's fun!

http://www.dustygroove.com/images/products/z/zzathomewiththegroove_101b.jpg

― Jordan, Monday, 9 April 2007 16:33 (nineteen years ago)

Haha, I totally remember that record. I don't think I ever actually heard it, but it sounded like a cool premise.

― jaymc, Monday, 9 April 2007 16:35 (nineteen years ago)

I hate those fucking ads on MySpace that show an animated person on their computer, typing, laughing, etc. They're creepy.

― Jesse, Monday, 9 April 2007 16:36 (nineteen years ago)

One of my college housemates had a Groovebox. I got really pissed at it at first but then had a good time making beats.

― dan m, Monday, 9 April 2007 16:38 (nineteen years ago)

One of my college housemates had a Groovebox.

Mine too! It was thumpin.

― kenan, Monday, 9 April 2007 16:45 (nineteen years ago)

www.middleschoolbathroomrape.com

― Jesse, Monday, 9 April 2007 16:48 (nineteen years ago)

I don't know why I did that. Sorry.

― Jesse, Monday, 9 April 2007 16:49 (nineteen years ago)

Dan will explain. He owns that domain.

― Jesse, Monday, 9 April 2007 16:49 (nineteen years ago)

I hope the Beck track on there ('Boyz') got played in some gay clubs.

It would be fun to have a Groovebox party with a couple people making real-time dance music on it (or maybe that would be asking too much, I've never fucked around with one).

― Jordan, Monday, 9 April 2007 16:50 (nineteen years ago)

Why do I have to explain a joke from a party that only a few people here were at?

It'd be a little difficult to make real-time music on a Groovebox. You'd have to be really good and organized to get it done.

― dan m, Monday, 9 April 2007 16:53 (nineteen years ago)

Maybe an Acid or Garage Band party would be better? I haven't used those either.

I also found out yesterday that a small studio in town here did most of the sounds/loops for GB, at least the first few 'jam packs'.

― Jordan, Monday, 9 April 2007 16:55 (nineteen years ago)

Eric, what did you think of the Honey in the production we saw? I liked her.

I was distracted by her accent at first (or maybe it was the amplification), but she was good once she was helpless and drunk. I wonder if those moments work better onstage, just because the audience is in the same room with this person (someone we've all been or seen at a party) instead of seeing them onscreen.

Jody Nueva uses Blockbuster and it seems fast, plus she can get a few free store rentals per month, so if she doesn't want to wait a day for something she can go to the store and get it.

― Eazy, Monday, 9 April 2007 16:58 (nineteen years ago)

I've totally gone to Specialty Video when I want something NOW.

― jaymc, Monday, 9 April 2007 17:03 (nineteen years ago)

I've got a dentitst appointment. I don't want to go.

― Jesse, Monday, 9 April 2007 17:07 (nineteen years ago)

Yeah, the hell if I was going to wait four days for more Wire (Sunday, my dvds to ship back on Monday, get sent out on Tuesday, and arrive on Wednesday).

I hadn't been to Hollywood Video in forever and forgot about their weird late fee policy.

Video Woman: You've got 18 bucks in late fees. Do you want to pay that now?
Me: Um, not especially?
VW: Okay. Do you want to pay some of it?
Me: Sure, how much do I need to pay?
VW: Whatever you want.
Me: How about...zero?
VW: How about a couple dollars?
Me: Sweet.

And now I won't go back there for another six months.

― Jordan, Monday, 9 April 2007 17:08 (nineteen years ago)

I have a membership to the Hollywood Video up by the Howard stop, because it was the only video store I could find that had Mariah Carey's Glitter. Fuck if I'm driving all the way up there, though.

― jaymc, Monday, 9 April 2007 17:10 (nineteen years ago)

I picked a girl up in Hollywood Video once, only to find out on the first date that she was obsessed with Bono. Nope.

― kenan, Monday, 9 April 2007 17:20 (nineteen years ago)

...and that's my Hollywood Video story.

― kenan, Monday, 9 April 2007 17:20 (nineteen years ago)

I have a membership to the Hollywood Video up by the Howard stop, because it was the only video store I could find that had Mariah Carey's Glitter.

aw, John. love.

― horseshoe, Monday, 9 April 2007 17:21 (nineteen years ago)

Well, to be fair, I needed it for an article I was working on, but that movie is also better than its reputation.

― jaymc, Monday, 9 April 2007 17:27 (nineteen years ago)

why don't i believe you?

― kenan, Monday, 9 April 2007 17:28 (nineteen years ago)

Because you don't have a soft spot for mid-1980s Jam and Lewis R&B?

― jaymc, Monday, 9 April 2007 17:29 (nineteen years ago)

If Marshall Mathers’ Slim Shady offended you in 2000, consider his unmitigated boringness as “Rabbit” in 2002.

You leave Rabbit out of this.

― Jesse, Monday, 9 April 2007 17:29 (nineteen years ago)

It's totally not clear, but Alfred Soto wrote that intro paragraph, not me.

Also, I basically wrote that article as an excuse to call the 50 Cent movie a "bling-dungsroman."

― jaymc, Monday, 9 April 2007 17:31 (nineteen years ago)

But Rabbit Angstrom > Rabbit Smith.

― jaymc, Monday, 9 April 2007 17:36 (nineteen years ago)

Jury's still out on former major-leaguer Rabbit Maranville.

― jaymc, Monday, 9 April 2007 17:37 (nineteen years ago)

bling-dungsroman

Nice!

I think Crossroads and 8 Mile would be a swell double feature.

― Eazy, Monday, 9 April 2007 17:42 (nineteen years ago)

Because you don't have a soft spot for mid-1980s Jam and Lewis R&B?

I have all this soft spots.

― Jordan, Monday, 9 April 2007 17:42 (nineteen years ago)

Crossroads with Ralph Maccio?

― kenan, Monday, 9 April 2007 17:44 (nineteen years ago)

Rabbit Angstrom reminds me of a peeve I have against characters with allegorical last names: Loman, Calloway...

Crossroads with Britney! Though Crossroads plus Crossroads could work, too.

― Eazy, Monday, 9 April 2007 17:44 (nineteen years ago)

yeah, I have this soft spots, too!!! does that mean I need to see this movie?

― horseshoe, Monday, 9 April 2007 17:45 (nineteen years ago)

Yes!

― jaymc, Monday, 9 April 2007 17:45 (nineteen years ago)

Quick, someone name me the connection between o.g. Crossroads and Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey!

― Jordan, Monday, 9 April 2007 17:47 (nineteen years ago)

face-melting solo leads

― dan m, Monday, 9 April 2007 17:50 (nineteen years ago)

Glitter is set in like 1984, which I thought was an interesting choice, since it's several years before the real Mariah first made it big. Assuming Mariah had some creative input in the script, I think she liked the idea of setting it within the musical landscape that existed when she was 14 and probably sang along to the radio with a hairbrush in her bedroom.

― jaymc, Monday, 9 April 2007 17:50 (nineteen years ago)

Like, there's totally a scene where she plays around with a then-newfangled DX-7 synthesizer.

― jaymc, Monday, 9 April 2007 17:51 (nineteen years ago)

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