Since you're asking, jaymc, at home I've got Miles Davis' Live-Evil on the carousel. Instrumental stuff I like that's not jazz: Reich, Eno, Hassell, not much else that's not vaguely trance-y.
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Thursday, 16 November 2006 17:40 (seventeen years ago) link
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Thursday, 16 November 2006 17:41 (seventeen years ago) link
― dan. (dan.), Thursday, 16 November 2006 18:19 (seventeen years ago) link
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Thursday, 16 November 2006 18:26 (seventeen years ago) link
― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 16 November 2006 18:36 (seventeen years ago) link
go-betweens stuff to look out for: acoustic 16 lovers lane demos and acoustic munich radio show.
― dan (dan), Thursday, 16 November 2006 18:48 (seventeen years ago) link
CLAAAAAAAAAAAAAASSIC!
― Stephen Bush (Stephen B.), Thursday, 16 November 2006 18:52 (seventeen years ago) link
― dan (dan), Thursday, 16 November 2006 19:06 (seventeen years ago) link
― pernicus (pernicus), Thursday, 16 November 2006 19:16 (seventeen years ago) link
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Thursday, 16 November 2006 19:16 (seventeen years ago) link
― dan (dan), Thursday, 16 November 2006 20:12 (seventeen years ago) link
just played "R[E]SCREEN" in scrabble for a bingo, thanking u.
― ┌∩┐(◕_◕)┌∩┐ (Steve Shasta), Friday, 29 January 2010 23:46 (fourteen years ago) link
Alfred, I'm sorry for judging you so harshly. Perhaps you didn't notice.
Anyway, you're fine by me now. Also, I like Miami. I have cousins there.
― Henry's Hepcat (admrl), Sunday, 15 August 2010 21:01 (thirteen years ago) link
miami is awesome.
― Daniel, Esq., Sunday, 15 August 2010 21:12 (thirteen years ago) link
Alfred's a good dude
― markers, Sunday, 15 August 2010 21:15 (thirteen years ago) link
It's raining buckets at the moment. I'm listening to Funkadelic's "I'll Stay" and am thinking of cooking a couple of pork chops. I cringe when I remember I have federal jury duty tomorrow.
― Gucci Mane hermeneuticist (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 15 August 2010 21:20 (thirteen years ago) link
just say "they're all guilty," and you'll walk out of jury duty -- without being selected -- in just a few short hours.
― Daniel, Esq., Sunday, 15 August 2010 21:22 (thirteen years ago) link
actually, federal jury duty is interesting. federal district court judges are whipsmart. it's interesting to watch them judge cases.
lol Daniel
― markers, Sunday, 15 August 2010 21:26 (thirteen years ago) link
I could of course refuse to give my address except "in chambers" -- a line Mom used last year when she was getting screened to serve on a federal murder trial. She was excused.
― Gucci Mane hermeneuticist (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 15 August 2010 21:26 (thirteen years ago) link
"being distracted by pressing work commitments" also works well.
― Daniel, Esq., Sunday, 15 August 2010 21:28 (thirteen years ago) link
Racial slurs help too ("Sorry, counsel, but he's black so he probably did it").
― Gucci Mane hermeneuticist (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 15 August 2010 21:33 (thirteen years ago) link
sing all yr answers instead of speaking them and would at least slightly increase the chances of yr procuring a record deal before sunset tomorrow
― markers, Sunday, 15 August 2010 21:35 (thirteen years ago) link
*that would
― markers, Sunday, 15 August 2010 21:36 (thirteen years ago) link
oh, markers -- I finally deleted The Suburbs from my hard drive. My computers will dream of electric sleep more soundly.
― Gucci Mane hermeneuticist (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 15 August 2010 21:37 (thirteen years ago) link
re jury duty: just crack open a bottle of banyuls rimage les clos de paulilles dessert wine tonight, then wing it tomorrow.
― Daniel, Esq., Sunday, 15 August 2010 21:39 (thirteen years ago) link
Well, "no jury duty selection at this time," according to the hotline. Now I can relax.
Someone ask me a question. I got a nice tanline today!
― Gucci Mane hermeneuticist (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 15 August 2010 21:50 (thirteen years ago) link
justin bieber is terrible and his popularlity is the result of him being forced on the public, right?
― Daniel, Esq., Sunday, 15 August 2010 21:51 (thirteen years ago) link
did you mean George W. Bush?
― Gucci Mane hermeneuticist (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 15 August 2010 21:55 (thirteen years ago) link
him too.
― Daniel, Esq., Sunday, 15 August 2010 21:56 (thirteen years ago) link
RIP The Suburbs
― markers, Sunday, 15 August 2010 22:10 (thirteen years ago) link
i'm actually surprised you weren't looking forward to federal jury duty even a little, al. i've also wondered if pretending to be racist or something would work - what if they found out you did it on purpose?
― k3vin k., Sunday, 15 August 2010 22:43 (thirteen years ago) link
i dunno how they could, racists aren't registered in any database
― plate of dinosaurs (San Te), Sunday, 15 August 2010 22:44 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah obv but i would probably give myself away somehow
― k3vin k., Sunday, 15 August 2010 22:45 (thirteen years ago) link
i doubt anybody seriously tries it IRL because of similar fears. just gotta keep it consistent. if you say you hate all Mexicans because a mexican killed your family, you better kill your family in case they check up on u
― plate of dinosaurs (San Te), Sunday, 15 August 2010 22:46 (thirteen years ago) link
i got a summons letter for local court recently (got out of it via MY TOTALLY LEGIT EXCUSE SUP GOVERNMENT) so i'd been wondering about this
― k3vin k., Sunday, 15 August 2010 22:47 (thirteen years ago) link
i'm actually surprised you weren't looking forward to federal jury duty even a little, al.
ha -- why?
― Gucci Mane hermeneuticist (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 15 August 2010 22:52 (thirteen years ago) link
idk you like reading about law/supreme court stuff so much. i guess this wouldn't be as exciting tho
― k3vin k., Sunday, 15 August 2010 22:56 (thirteen years ago) link
jury duty is like giving a handjob to a turtle
― plate of dinosaurs (San Te), Sunday, 15 August 2010 22:58 (thirteen years ago) link
Turtles are at least horny.
― Gucci Mane hermeneuticist (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 15 August 2010 23:01 (thirteen years ago) link
hey al have you ever listened to francis and the lights? super good 80s phil collins/prince/p gabriel thing, basically all his music streaming here:
http://francisandthelights.muxtape.com/
i love this dude. seems like something up your alley.
― max, Sunday, 15 August 2010 23:04 (thirteen years ago) link
so do you do pr for this band or
― plax (ico), Sunday, 15 August 2010 23:06 (thirteen years ago) link
alfred, are you on the twitterz?
― markers, Sunday, 15 August 2010 23:16 (thirteen years ago) link
Nah. Like Gretta Scacci said in The Player: "Life's too short."
I do have a blog: http://humanizingthevacuum.wordpress.com/
max, thanks for the suggestion! I'll check it out. All my favorite referents, etc.
― Gucci Mane hermeneuticist (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 15 August 2010 23:19 (thirteen years ago) link
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haha i mean i think everyone should listen to em! but i keep thinking its like made for al soto, its all 80s r&b w/ computer sheen
― max, Sunday, 15 August 2010 23:28 (thirteen years ago) link
but it's oh so exciting for the lawyers involved.
― Daniel, Esq., Sunday, 15 August 2010 23:38 (thirteen years ago) link
Dear Soto, What are your ten fave singles and albums of the Aughties please? A perfunctory search on your blog yielded the expected nothing.
xoxokjb
― Kevin John Bozelka, Sunday, 15 August 2010 23:45 (thirteen years ago) link
Here's twenty albums. Don't take the order too seriously:
1. M.I.A. – Kala2. Bob Dylan – “Love and Theft”3. DJ Shadow – The Private Press4. Ghostface – Fishscale5. Kylie Minogue – Fever6. The Mekons – OOOH!7. The Go-Betweens – Oceans Apart8. Miranda Lambert – Crazy Ex-Girlfriend9. Erykah Badu – New Amerykah Part One10. Aaliyah – Aaliyah11. Jay Z – The Blueprint12. Bjork – Vespertine13. Lee Ann Womack – There’s More Where That Came From14. The Mountain Goats – We Shall All Be Healed15. Roisin Murphy – Overpowered16. LCD Soundsystem – Sound of Silver17. Arctic Monkeys – Favorite Worst Nightmare18. Sleater Kinney – One Beat19. Missy Elliott – This is Not a Test!20. Drive-By Truckers – Brighter Than Creation’s Dark
― Gucci Mane hermeneuticist (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 16 August 2010 00:42 (thirteen years ago) link
20. Drive-By Truckers – Brighter Than Creation’s Dark
sometimes you surprise me.
― Daniel, Esq., Monday, 16 August 2010 00:45 (thirteen years ago) link
well, i guess nos. 2 and 6 surprise me, too.
― Daniel, Esq., Monday, 16 August 2010 00:47 (thirteen years ago) link
alfred, how many negronis today. let's hear it.
― willem, Friday, 19 November 2021 05:21 (two years ago) link
happy bday Alfred
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 19 November 2021 05:35 (two years ago) link
My top number of negronis is two.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Friday, 19 November 2021 06:04 (two years ago) link
Happy bday alfred!
I had one at my favorite Argentine restaurant -- on the house! These people never do those gestures.
I only have one Negroni. Two and I start ogling women.
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 19 November 2021 10:27 (two years ago) link
happy birfday!
― Tracer Hand, Friday, 19 November 2021 12:08 (two years ago) link
Belated birthday wishes!
― o. nate, Saturday, 20 November 2021 01:14 (two years ago) link
Besos for everyone!
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 20 November 2021 01:35 (two years ago) link
so you're a scorpio
― Dan S, Saturday, 20 November 2021 01:43 (two years ago) link
Magnetic and bottomless charming
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 20 November 2021 01:43 (two years ago) link
:)
― Dan S, Saturday, 20 November 2021 01:50 (two years ago) link
your birthday is the same as my folks anniversary and 4 days after mine. Scorpio pals!
― Cool Im An Situation (Neanderthal), Saturday, 20 November 2021 02:24 (two years ago) link
thanks!
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 20 November 2021 15:11 (two years ago) link
A well-known negroni connoisseur put it like this:“Confine your drinking to a recommended dosage of 2 of these maximum. Because around number 3, it’s where did my pants go and who the hell are you.”-Glenn Frey
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 20 November 2021 15:17 (two years ago) link
well, yeah
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 20 November 2021 16:25 (two years ago) link
Tequila isn't bad.
― stuffing your suit pockets with cold, stale chicken tende (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 18 November 2023 17:11 (six months ago) link
Hey Alfred if I was visiting you and you offered me a negroni and I told you I didn’t drink alcohol, what would you make me instead?
― meaner stinks meat bake it cone (flamboyant goon tie included), Saturday, 18 November 2023 17:14 (six months ago) link
I've had more than a few mocktails, so I'd improvise something.
― stuffing your suit pockets with cold, stale chicken tende (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 18 November 2023 17:28 (six months ago) link
Not Alfred but I really like the Ritual gin alternative. Prefer it to Seedlip and Monday.
Some recipes recommend Ghia as a Campari alternative but I haven't tried it.
― Oh I believe in Yetis' Day (Ye Mad Puffin), Saturday, 18 November 2023 17:42 (six months ago) link
answer: he would make you leave jk jk
― werewolves of laudanum (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 18 November 2023 17:47 (six months ago) link
I've hung out with fgti and I would never walk out on him
― stuffing your suit pockets with cold, stale chicken tende (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 18 November 2023 17:48 (six months ago) link
We had negronis iirc
― meaner stinks meat bake it cone (flamboyant goon tie included), Saturday, 18 November 2023 17:54 (six months ago) link
<3
― werewolves of laudanum (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 18 November 2023 17:57 (six months ago) link
― meaner stinks meat bake it cone (flamboyant goon tie included),
ten years ago!
― stuffing your suit pockets with cold, stale chicken tende (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 18 November 2023 17:57 (six months ago) link
a simpler time
― werewolves of laudanum (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 18 November 2023 18:02 (six months ago) link
happy birthday alfred. party's in full swing:
https://i.imgur.com/3K2gF7s.jpeg
― difficult listening hour, Saturday, 18 November 2023 18:05 (six months ago) link
charlie has overnegronied
I like men who dress like Negronis.
― stuffing your suit pockets with cold, stale chicken tende (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 18 November 2023 21:17 (six months ago) link
Having a white Negroni right now, I’ll toast yr birthday.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Saturday, 18 November 2023 23:10 (six months ago) link
Wow, I didn't know Charlie had grown out the stubble, which I guess is no surprise given his condition at the time.
Happy birthday Alfred, hope it's a great one!
― birdistheword, Saturday, 18 November 2023 23:44 (six months ago) link
Just came across this old reference that made me smile:
i pulled this thread up cuz i'm spending tonight in self loathing mode and listening t oPet Sounds and Smiley Smile era Beach Boys (just saw Mike Love and the band he calls the Beach Boys live a few weeks ago and they were pretty awesome)....and this thread is clearly the biggest challopser I've ever read. Pet Sounds might be 'overrated' to some degree but there's little doubt in my mind that it's filled with fantastic songs. Hell, the first four tracks are pretty much flawless!― Phoenix in Flight (Cattle Grind), Friday, April 9, 2010 11:59 PM (thirteen years ago) bookmarkflaglinkbasically old-ILM was just a bunch of trolls who hated to get trolled and eventually got older, fatter, grayer in their safe haven corner of the blogosphere.― ✌.✰|ʘ‿ʘ|✰.✌ (Steve Shasta), Saturday, April 10, 2010 12:08 AM (thirteen years ago) bookmarkflaglinkso presumably there's a thread from 2003 proclaiming Coda to be Led Zeppelin's best album.....― Phoenix in Flight (Cattle Grind), Saturday, April 10, 2010 12:14 AM (thirteen years ago) bookmarkflaglinkhmm when did Lord Soto Challops show up on ILM?― ✌.✰|ʘ‿ʘ|✰.✌ (Steve Shasta), Saturday, April 10, 2010 12:24 AM (thirteen years ago) bookmarkflaglink
and this thread is clearly the biggest challopser I've ever read. Pet Sounds might be 'overrated' to some degree but there's little doubt in my mind that it's filled with fantastic songs. Hell, the first four tracks are pretty much flawless!
― Phoenix in Flight (Cattle Grind), Friday, April 9, 2010 11:59 PM (thirteen years ago) bookmarkflaglink
basically old-ILM was just a bunch of trolls who hated to get trolled and eventually got older, fatter, grayer in their safe haven corner of the blogosphere.
― ✌.✰|ʘ‿ʘ|✰.✌ (Steve Shasta), Saturday, April 10, 2010 12:08 AM (thirteen years ago) bookmarkflaglink
so presumably there's a thread from 2003 proclaiming Coda to be Led Zeppelin's best album.....
― Phoenix in Flight (Cattle Grind), Saturday, April 10, 2010 12:14 AM (thirteen years ago) bookmarkflaglink
hmm when did Lord Soto Challops show up on ILM?
― ✌.✰|ʘ‿ʘ|✰.✌ (Steve Shasta), Saturday, April 10, 2010 12:24 AM (thirteen years ago) bookmarkflaglink
Love ya, Alfred. Keep us on our toes.
― il lavoro mi rovina la giornata (PBKR), Saturday, 2 March 2024 13:08 (two months ago) link
Ha! I'm part of Ye Olde ILM, eh?
― poppers fueled buttsex crescendo (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 2 March 2024 13:14 (two months ago) link
I think it was more the early recognition of your love for an imperial artist's late career album.
― il lavoro mi rovina la giornata (PBKR), Saturday, 2 March 2024 13:27 (two months ago) link
No, it's about Alfred being really old.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 2 March 2024 13:32 (two months ago) link
I wasn't around when those acts released many of those albums, hence my (what I thought) fresh approach.
― poppers fueled buttsex crescendo (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 2 March 2024 13:55 (two months ago) link