Oh! I Always Get Those Two Mixed Up!

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^good one!

Mardi Gras Mambo Sun (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 22 March 2022 14:51 (four years ago)

And the one before it too

Mardi Gras Mambo Sun (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 22 March 2022 14:51 (four years ago)

"alouette"
"frère jacques"

Oh hell right:

Traditional, famously variantizationized by Mozart: "Ah! Vous dirai-je, maman"
Haydn: Symphony #94 ("Paukenschlag"/"Surprise"), movement 2

anatol_merklich, Tuesday, 22 March 2022 18:17 (four years ago)

Less excusable:

Alt-J
Jlin

anatol_merklich, Tuesday, 22 March 2022 18:18 (four years ago)

Mackenzie Davis
MacKenzie Scott
Mackenzie Crook

It seems my brain files names thinking Mackenzie is enough of an identifier and then I get confused when I see a headline about MacKenzie Scott giving $436m to charity and momentarily wonder how much money he made from The Detectorists.

Alba, Tuesday, 22 March 2022 18:25 (four years ago)

Add Ranald Slidell "Bad Hand" Mackenzie

Mardi Gras Mambo Sun (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 22 March 2022 18:41 (four years ago)

It pains me to say this, but:

John Hurt
William Hurt

― Sam Weller, Wednesday, March 16, 2022 10:46 AM (one week ago) bookmarkflaglink

Oof, had that last week too.

Eyeball Kicks, Wednesday, 23 March 2022 19:15 (four years ago)

was the "pains me to say" part a pun or

Kompakt Total Landscaping (Will M.), Wednesday, 23 March 2022 20:29 (four years ago)

Velocipede, a human-powered land vehicle with one or more wheels
Velociraptor, a genus of dromaeosaurid theropod dinosaur

the nwa list (Matt #2), Friday, 25 March 2022 09:30 (four years ago)

xpost

Haha yes, but I've been mixing them up for decades.

Sam Weller, Friday, 25 March 2022 10:08 (four years ago)

Bob and Carol and Ted and Alice
Fun With Dick and Jane

Alfred Ndwego of Kenya (Tom D.), Sunday, 27 March 2022 12:52 (four years ago)

George Segal in both, I think.

Mardi Gras Mambo Sun (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 27 March 2022 12:59 (four years ago)

No, Bob & Ted were Robert Culp and Elliott Gould.

Hans Holbein (Chinchilla Volapük), Sunday, 27 March 2022 16:57 (four years ago)

Oh right, thanks. George Segal was in Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, had to look up who played his wife though.

The Central Rockaliser (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 27 March 2022 19:28 (four years ago)

David Sancious
David Sanborn

Alfred Ndwego of Kenya (Tom D.), Sunday, 3 April 2022 00:46 (four years ago)

That never got mentioned before?

Never Mind the ILX, Here's the Blecch Pistols (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 3 April 2022 00:52 (four years ago)

Julian Assange
Edward Snowden

m0stly clean (Slowsquatch), Sunday, 3 April 2022 01:13 (four years ago)

Me and Bobby McGee
Ode to Billie Joe

... probably not helped by the latter being by Bobbie Gentry.

Phil McCracken (Tom D.), Thursday, 7 April 2022 08:13 (four years ago)

Ode to Bobbie McGentry

Mark G, Thursday, 7 April 2022 09:18 (four years ago)

...and Me

Halfway there but for you, Thursday, 7 April 2022 11:20 (four years ago)

Me Keep On Dancing.

Came Here to Roll the Microscope (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 7 April 2022 12:07 (four years ago)

Tony Levin
Tony Levin

Otto Insurance (Boring, Maryland), Thursday, 7 April 2022 13:56 (four years ago)

Lyle Lovett
Kyle MacLachlan

jel--, Thursday, 7 April 2022 18:27 (four years ago)

Dave Chapelle / David Lachapelle

fetter, Thursday, 7 April 2022 19:23 (four years ago)

Tim Hardin
Tim Buckley

nickn, Thursday, 7 April 2022 20:16 (four years ago)

...Tim Rose

Phil McCracken (Tom D.), Thursday, 7 April 2022 20:17 (four years ago)

Chris Hedges/Hayes

papal hotwife (milo z), Thursday, 7 April 2022 20:18 (four years ago)

Tim Buckley
Jeff Buckley

immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Thursday, 7 April 2022 20:18 (four years ago)

house remixer edition

Mark Knight
Mark Kinchen

the cat needs to start paying for its own cbd (map), Thursday, 7 April 2022 21:12 (four years ago)

Having never had a great interest in Santana, I'm not sure I've actively processed before that these are entirely different covers they've made:

Black Magic Woman / Gypsy Queen
Gypsy Woman

anatol_merklich, Friday, 8 April 2022 08:18 (four years ago)

Sailin' Shoes
Flyin' Shoes

o shit the sheriff (NickB), Saturday, 9 April 2022 13:00 (four years ago)

Patricia Lockwood
Margaret Lockwood*

(*Who coincidentally I sometimes confuse with Patricia Roc and vice versa)

Où est Lee Mason de fromage? (Tom D.), Saturday, 16 April 2022 13:54 (four years ago)

Joan Hackett
Jessica Walter

Où est Lee Mason de fromage? (Tom D.), Sunday, 17 April 2022 17:01 (four years ago)

Luke Wilson
Martin Henderson

in the film X only

Deez NFTs (Neanderthal), Sunday, 17 April 2022 17:08 (four years ago)

Catherine Spaak (RIP)
Camilla Sparv

Où est Lee Mason de fromage? (Tom D.), Monday, 18 April 2022 12:48 (four years ago)

Zapotek - Czech athlete
Zamenhof - Polish ophthamologist, invented Esperanto

Grandpont Genie, Wednesday, 20 April 2022 16:35 (four years ago)

Gordon Sumner, alias Sting
Gordon Shumway, alias ALF

Lavator Shemmelpennick, Wednesday, 20 April 2022 17:50 (four years ago)

it's the classic 80s hairstyle that really makes this one confusing for me

Muad'Doob (Moodles), Wednesday, 20 April 2022 17:54 (four years ago)

Tim Booth
Tim Burgess

Both frontmen of indie bands. Do I know the difference between them? No, I do not.

joni mitchell jarre (anagram), Thursday, 21 April 2022 13:14 (four years ago)

Tim Burgess
Mark Burgess

Charlatans, Chameleons. I see I mentioned this five years ago, the other way around.

anatol_merklich, Thursday, 21 April 2022 22:13 (four years ago)

Barclay James Harvest
Bachman Turner Overdrive

anatol_merklich, Thursday, 21 April 2022 22:14 (four years ago)

BJH - went to Earth
BTO - took care of business

Halfway there but for you, Friday, 22 April 2022 00:14 (four years ago)

Important input. I shall consider.

anatol_merklich, Friday, 22 April 2022 20:20 (four years ago)

Black Thought
Gift of Gab

MarkoP, Friday, 29 April 2022 16:01 (four years ago)

Little Simz
Little Mix

Alba, Friday, 29 April 2022 18:11 (four years ago)

Rita sue and Bob too
Bob and carol and ted and Alice

gop on ya gingrich (wins), Friday, 29 April 2022 18:47 (four years ago)

Marvin Barnes and Marvin Webster.

I'm halfway through Bad News: The Turbulent Life Marvin Barnes, Pro Basketball's Original Renegade. When I bought it a year or two ago, I suspect I thought I was buying a book about Marvin Webster: longer career, easy to remember because of his nickname "The Human Eraser."

Their rookie seasons were separated by only a year, both began in the ABA, and--although Webster had the nickname that celebrated his shot-making prowess--Barnes was also a proficient shot-blocker. Because of his drug addiction and other issues, Barnes was out of the NBA by 1980; Webster played until 1987.

Barnes was Philly's #2 pick in the '74 NBA draft, after Bill Walton. Denver held his ABA rights, and an agreement was reached whereby if he signed with any ABA team other than Denver, they'd get the #1 pick in the '75 draft. St. Louis signed Barnes, Denver got the consolation draft pick, and they took...Marvin Webster.

clemenza, Friday, 29 April 2022 23:23 (four years ago)

"his shot-making prowess"--should say "shot-blocking prowess"

clemenza, Friday, 29 April 2022 23:23 (four years ago)

Denver took David Thompson in the '75 draft. They seemed to have a knack in those days for picking potential superstars who flamed out.

immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Friday, 29 April 2022 23:28 (four years ago)


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