Mostly Semantics

Mostly semantics, we hardly knew ye

Vermonstrous — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:14:59 +0000

Friends, (both of you) the time has come. The writing is on the wall; it is decidedly not on the blog. Rather than continue to linger in this awkward wordless limbo, we are pulling the plug. Oh, things started out well enough. We were funny, at least we thought so. Witty, certainly, on occasion. (I won’t admit to how long we bandied about with potential names.) We had the grand ideas. Food! Music! Ennui. Yeah. It’s hard to pinpoint where things went south. We were never prolific, but we had a good thing going for a while there. Somewhere along the way, though, it seemed to have run its course. It’s not that we don’t still have things to say and stories to tell. But if we are writing things down, we definitely aren’t writing them here. So this is it. Farewell, gentle readers. We’ll see you on the flip side.

ok, I did it

Matthew Barney Gumble — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 19:52:31 +0000

As a follow-up to our ‘greatest game’ last week, Bobby McObvious asked in the comments who was going to make the official youtube playlist. I have taken that liberty. Here is the link. I took some liberties with it, cutting out stuff I just personally didn’t want to hear (since I actually will listen to this), but uh, 130 classic 90s tracks. Please do enjoy.

The greatest game ever played

Matthew Barney Gumble — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 22:40:00 +0000

It started simply enough. A casual email thread, making plans with friends. I used the word “hooch” in passing and immediately got this back:

Becca: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBp7lqoyrok

Jess: OMG that’s exactly what i was thinking! relatedly, somehow i heard this TWICE this weekend:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5MjVyqByzU. and one of the times was on someone’s ipod.

To which I replied: do not claim to have not sung along, at least for the chorus, for we know it to be impossible. this is a good game. what is next? I’ll offer - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDAXltfj8-Y

Eleven dozen tracks/links later and I think I can safely say this is the most addicting game I’ve ever played. (more…)

ESPN reaches a new level of ridiculousness

The Maestro — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 17:33:59 +0000

While watching SportsCenter this morning before heading into work, I heard maybe the dumbest thing I’ve ever heard on the show. I realize, considering the “expert” “analysts” they have on every day, this is quite a statement, but read on and see why I’m not being hyperbolic. (more…)

Thanks, The onion.

Matthew Barney Gumble — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 17:07:27 +0000

I was just having trouble explaining to B-Flux the other night how I think the press treats Obama with kid gloves. I know it’s not exactly an original insight, but it’s nice to see the Onion picked up on it. This is pitch-perfect. H/T to AwesomeFactory for the link.

Well, so

Matthew Barney Gumble — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 18:55:23 +0000

Hi again.

It ain’t much, but. This is just so good. I was gonna put it here because my google reader wasn’t working - now it seems to be, but whatever, good excuse to post something. Enjoy more teabagging double-entendres than I ever thought I’d see on basic cable, especially outside of South Park.

Maybe more posts later.

(Triumphant?) Return

Matthew Barney Gumble — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 11:34:10 +0000

What could possibly explain a more-than-two-month absence from blogging? Simple, really:

1. Dabbling in neo-Luddism.
2. Someone smashed all my fingers with a hammer and I’ve been re-learning to type using my tongue and nose.
3. I swore off live music and have nothing to talk about.
4. My internet fame was beginning to interfere with my personal life in creepy (but erotic) ways.

I’ll let you decide which one of these is true (hint: it’s none of them.) Obviously I have a whole summerful of stories to tell you, concerts I saw wherein there were pretty girls in attendence (or even, in some cases, dogs and babies!), summer movies (did you realize there’s a NEW BATMAN movie? I wonder how it is!?) - but for my return to the internet, I want to give you guys a little something extra. A little something called visual pizazz. PHOTO AFTER THE FOLD.
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What happens when there’s no game night

Matthew Barney Gumble — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 03:22:36 +0000

Well, CV and Vermonstrous and I, we grab some Nam Viet for dinner. And just as happened like eight months ago, when it’s the three of us we can’t get fucking served. We waited and waited and waited. The thing is, I think we’ve all been in the interim and had no problems - it’s just the combination of the three of us, they refuse to serve us. Awesome. Dinner took like an hour, and jesus fucking christ, we ordered a single order of spring rolls and pho, pho, pho. It’s soup, people. Spoon it out and bring it to us. Sheesh.
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De Novo Favorite Band?

Matthew Barney Gumble — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 04:03:50 +0000

I mean, ok, that’s some hyperbole, but goddamned if tonight wasn’t a highly satisfying show. Be Your Own Pet made me suspect there may be more to Nashville than I’d thought, but De Novo Dahl confirmed the hell out of that suspicion tonight at the RnRH.

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Listmaking is healthy, right?

Matthew Barney Gumble — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 12:19:04 +0000

MBG’s week in health review, tripartite form:
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