Comments on: Morning Roundup: The “Loud BOOM!” Edition http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2009/10/07/morning-roundup-the-loud-boom-edition/ 68.3 Square Miles of D.C. News and Opinion Tue, 14 Feb 2012 14:05:00 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Morning Roundup: The Giant Pulsating Cube of Entertainment Edition - City Desk - Washington City Paper http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2009/10/07/morning-roundup-the-loud-boom-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-662756 Morning Roundup: The Giant Pulsating Cube of Entertainment Edition - City Desk - Washington City Paper Thu, 08 Oct 2009 14:03:47 +0000 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/?p=34081#comment-662756 [...] ITEMS: • Hippies and punks—IN ONE PLACE! Wait, there’s still hippies and punks? • Riggo, the world’s greatest man. • Cheap parking spurned. Who pays? [sadtrombone.wav] • Jawbox to reunite, on Fallon! “I think we’re all a bit taken aback that anyone is paying attention,” Jawbox’s J. Robbins told us yesterday. • I will adhere to these new Michael Pollan rules and talk loudly about them, because it makes Riggs go coconuts. • A friend IM’d me about the Chuck Brown feature Godfrey and I wrote for this week’s paper; it bounces off the terrible Chuck Brown feature in last Sunday’s Washington Post Magazine. In the intro, I mentioned that twice, author Robin Rose Parker mentioned that Brown’s audience was “30- and 40-something African Americans” and took her to task for some sloppy math (Brown is speaking at a high school when her piece opens she says his 1979 hit “Bustin’ Loose” was released “decades before his high school audience was born.”) Short decades, right? Says my pal: What about the 30- and 40-something African Americans? How old were they in 1979? Boom! [...] [...] ITEMS: • Hippies and punks—IN ONE PLACE! Wait, there’s still hippies and punks? • Riggo, the world’s greatest man. • Cheap parking spurned. Who pays? [sadtrombone.wav] • Jawbox to reunite, on Fallon! “I think we’re all a bit taken aback that anyone is paying attention,” Jawbox’s J. Robbins told us yesterday. • I will adhere to these new Michael Pollan rules and talk loudly about them, because it makes Riggs go coconuts. • A friend IM’d me about the Chuck Brown feature Godfrey and I wrote for this week’s paper; it bounces off the terrible Chuck Brown feature in last Sunday’s Washington Post Magazine. In the intro, I mentioned that twice, author Robin Rose Parker mentioned that Brown’s audience was “30- and 40-something African Americans” and took her to task for some sloppy math (Brown is speaking at a high school when her piece opens she says his 1979 hit “Bustin’ Loose” was released “decades before his high school audience was born.”) Short decades, right? Says my pal: What about the 30- and 40-something African Americans? How old were they in 1979? Boom! [...]

]]> By: Angry Al Gonzales http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2009/10/07/morning-roundup-the-loud-boom-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-662504 Angry Al Gonzales Wed, 07 Oct 2009 14:32:52 +0000 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/?p=34081#comment-662504 Ah ... a few breakfast bongs ... BOOM! I'm high, & I'm happy. Love the primary colours - green trees, blue skies, white puffy clouds. Well, time to get to work. Saving the country & the world from predatory capitalists & the ignorant, self-centered bourgeoisie is hard work, but more pleasant after smoking. Ah ... a few breakfast bongs ... BOOM! I'm high, & I'm happy. Love the primary colours - green trees, blue skies, white puffy clouds.

Well, time to get to work. Saving the country & the world from predatory capitalists & the ignorant, self-centered bourgeoisie is hard work, but more pleasant after smoking.

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