Billy Castillo

I'm shocked that you gave the musical contribution act to that useless old fart Ray Charles when Brian Wilson released a new album this year, and Cash hasn't even started to fester yet. Shame on you, you bastards.

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Maybe if The Astros can get to the series, Drayton might open up his wallet. Take Kent's contract out of the equation, and maybe even Biggio's (if he retires), and it could happen. Honestly, if I was Gerry Hunsicker, I'd trade Bagwell to an AL team, which would do 2 things; 1) free up enough for Beltran, and 2) Add a few more years to Baggy's career, since his shoulder is shot to the point where he's a defensive liability. Just plug in Mike Lamb at first. Or if Biggio retires, Jason Lane.

Nah....whom I kidding? Beltran's as good as gone...

Unbelievable. Beltran is fucking unbelievable.

He'll look good in pinstripes :thumbsup:

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Woo-hoo! Series tied up 2-2.

Kent has talked about retiring after this season. I hope he does, because they'll need that money to afford Beltran...who is worth every penny.

Fucking Harville. Fucking Qualls. Note to Phil Garner...do NOT ,under ANY circumstances, bring in a pitcher named Chad.

we'll be okay if the rain keeps up, just gives clemens more rest

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Don't have a good feeling about my Astros chances...got Pete Munro on the mound...

Best Band of 2004

Maroon 5

The only one I actually like

Best Album

No vote. The only one I heard was Green Day...and I hated it.

Best Debut Album

Auf Der Maur 'Auf Der Maur'

Best Single

No vote

Breakthrough Artist

Auf Der Maur

Best Video

Outkast 'Roses'

Outkast owns.

Best Solo Act

No vote. Morrissey? Prince? Talk about past your prime.

Best Live Act of 2004

Wouldn't know.

Best Festival Moment

Wouldn't know.

Hero Of the Year

Brian Wilson

Has always been my musical hero. Going to see him live Oct.23

Villain of the Year

50 Cent

For being yet another nail in the coffin of rap, along with Nelly.

Outstanding Contribution to Music

Brian Wilson

He's Brian Wilson, bitch!

I met him about 10 years ago at an Astros convention. He seemed like a great guy;it saddened me to see what he became over the last few years. My heart goes out to his family, esp. his kids.

Damn...

Dammit...I just saw it online myself.

RIP Mr.Dangerfield.

Well, I just bought it, and am about to open it. I'll let you guys know what I think tommorrow, or maybe later on tonight.

Saw this on insidepulse.com

The full statement reads:

"There is something I have to say. And I have to say it because I love making games. When a game is in development, myself and the development teams I work with constantly encourage each other to think of the best features and the most ground-breaking design possible.

However, what happens is that we strive to include absolutely everything we've ever dreamt of and, in my enthusiasm, I talk about it to anyone who'll listen, mainly in press interviews. When I tell people about what we're planning, I'm telling the truth, and people, of course, expect to see all the features I've mentioned. And when some of the most ambitious ideas get altered, redesigned or even dropped, people rightly want to know what happened to them.

If I have mentioned any feature in the past which, for whatever reason, didn't make it as I described into Fable, I apologise. Every feature I have ever talked about WAS in development, but not all made it. Often the reason is that the feature did not make sense. For example, three years ago I talked about trees growing as time past. The team did code this but it took so much processor time (15%) that the feature was not worth leaving in. That 15 % was much better spent on effects and combat. So nothing I said was groundless hype, but people expecting specific features which couldn't be included were of course disappointed. If that's you, I apologise. All I can say is that Fable is the best game we could possibly make, and that people really seem to love it.

I have come to realise that I should not talk about features too early so I am considering not talking about games as early as I do. This will mean that the Lionhead games will not be known about as early as they are, but I think this is the more industry standard.

Our job as the Lionhead family of studios is to be as ambitious as we possibly can. But although we jump up and down in glee about the fabulous concepts and features we're working on, I will not mention them to the outside world until we've implemented and tested them, and they are a reality.

Thank you for reading.

Peter

Hell...didn't the Astros sweep them,too?

Astros just won 5-3. Phil Garner *has* to get at least a nomination for manager of the year. Either that, or Jimy Williams really was that lousy of a skipper.

Everything was entirely re-recorded,although vintage equipment was used in a few cases.

I just so happen to love it. Of course, I'm a Wilson fan-boy who thinks the Beach Boys 1966-1972 beat anything the Beatles ever did, so take that with a grain of salt.

So in your opinion, who:

Is better musical?

Is a better actress?

Is hotter?

For me:

Music: Hilary Duff

Actress: Lindsey Lohan (I'm sorry my sweety-pie!)

Hotness: Hilary Duff :hot:

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True; freaked me out that there was a girl on the US team that was actually only a month younger than I am (she turns 26 next month). Then I read how she is like 4'10 and weighs 95 lbs, and heard the commentators last night talking about how she went on a diet of nothing but Power Bars for her training.

Meh...only interested in the women's gymnastics. And no, you sickos..I'm well aware that most of them are kids. I just prefer that to men's gymnastics because there's just something a bit, I dunno, creepy, about men's gymnastics.

Shh...don't tell Vince McMahon or his lawyers...

Spoilers for Woman's gymnastics...

Romania is first, with USA a close second (due to Courtney McCool royally fucking up). Overall, though, US's Carly Patterson is leading the overall score. Funny thing about that is the announcers were discussing how she kept falling down off the beam during trials, (and showed clips...it was almost funny)... only for her to end up scoring a 9.725 today on the beam. I dunno, I just thought it was funny. And yes, I am actually watching it as we speak.

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I've truly hated Kilborn since he made fun of Owens death, so the sooner he leaves, for me, the better.

Keeping in mind I *liked* 2 and 3 more than the first one...

this has to be the worst movie news I've read in a long ass time. It's not an "American Pie" without any of the originals. That's like "Nightmare on Elm Street" without Freddy Kreuger, or a Batman movie without, you know, BATMAN.

I'm kinda surprised to see all this hate for Modest Mouse. Yeah, "Float on" is probably overplayed ("I Came as a Rat" from The Moon & Antartica is more representative of their sound, anyway), but still...

MM own. So there.

Usher - Burn - I hate Usher, a lot. I generally have an open mind towards all kinds of music genres, but I cannot stand male "R&B." It's been the same fucking song since Boys 2 Men were around.

Yep. It's that poppy nonsense that's permeated R&B, rap, and what passes for rock these days. I swear, every time I'm forced to listen to the radio, I feel like an old man blasting what "kids"listen to these days.

I actually thought last season was the best it had been in years, at least since McDonald, Farley, etc. were on/alive.

Now, Will Farrell...sorry, but I always thought he was overrated. I just never found him funny, and he's gotten worse since leaving.

How will Fallon do? Dunno, but considering how poorly SNL alumni usually do after leaving (with the obvious exception of the originals)...