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I am going to see Gogol Bordello in August... I haven't been this excited about a show in ages.

It is one of my office days and I just sent out the crew. Now I have the whole office to myself until interviews at 4pm so I am jamming out to Immortal Technique at max volume. Life is good.

Ugh. That son of a bitch. He does this every summer, and never comes closer to me than OHIO. FUCK.

WEEN live in Chicago gets play a lot at my house. Rescue Me gets a lot of rotation too.

I saw Minus the Bear this past weekend... my next big show is Gogol Bordello at the Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom.

Sublime The Clash ELO Gogol Bordello The Band George Harrison Summer music, FTW.

Blasphemy. The Clash are the perfect soundtrack to a summer day.

Brilliant Dance by Dashboard Confessional... >_> My roommate came home early from work once and caught me listening to it and singing along. It was worse than being caught masturbating.

No fucking around, no top five, no close second places: What is your quintessential summer song? It is that song for the sunny days spent lakeside and those sweltering nights spent on bar stools and boats. It is for BBQing at dusk, or drinking at sunrise. It took some deliberation for me, but Sublime wins with Boss DJ. I imagine Sublime will be responsible for a lot of the EWB's responses, but Boss DJ stands above the rest of their stuff for me. I think it has to do with me spending a lot of summers casually dating a girl who loved the song. We had a sort of one night stand mentality that lasted all summer, and started back up every year. It is hard to feel bad about something associated with that, and her singing it on the beach has always been one of the sexier things I've ever seen. (Close second to a girl who sang Mother by Danzig at a karaoke night in the sexy category...) But what is your be all end all summer song?

Fraggle Fucking Rock

They are just about the last band I'd go to the Warped Tour to see. Their music can be catchy, but come on... This is the same Warped Tour that made its bones with guys like Bad Religion, Flogging Molly, Anti-Flag, Avenged Sevenfold, Bouncing Souls, Dropkick. But to their credit this is like the third time they've been on the tour.

The fucking Gym Class Heroes? Really? That sucks. This is the worst line up in years. Outside of Every Time I Die, The Bouncing Souls, and The Vandals I can't think of much to go for. Most of the other decent bands on the list don't really fit the Warped Tour mold. Where is Bad Religion? Didn't they release a new record this year? What about Rancid or one of Tim's other projects? I went to the Warped tour ages ago and other then The Vandals and Pennywise I can't see many of the tours staples.

I saw Feist and Conner Oberst do Mushaboom live and that was pretty sweet. Also, Emmylou Harris and basically anyone. She is the queen of collaboration. One More Cup of Coffee with Bob Dylan is an easy favorite. Her stuff with TVZ is classic too. Also Maynard joining in with the Deftones on Passenger resulted in one of my favorite Deftones' songs ever.

New Order. The guy I work with helped himself to my computer and tossed on a two disc collection of singles by them... it has been over two hours and I want to hang myself. It isn't that I hate the band, in fact I like New Order... but more than a song or two and I just want to kill. I've spent the last twenty minutes trying to figure out what the opposite of New Order so I can crank it for a few hours. So far I've picked Glassjaw.

http://www.axisofjustice.org/music.htm

Lucky You Bruce Springsteen + Eric Bana = Pretty cool. Pretty cool - Drew Barrymore = Ok. Ok. + Robert Duvall = Good. Good - shitty character development = fair. It was an alright movie, but ultimately not worth much more than the time it takes to watch it.

THE TOP 25 COMIC BOOK VILLAINS! Well, maybe not. It is the top 25 15 Comic Book Villains. Why 15? Well to be honest, the EWB agreed for the most part and the votes at the top of the list reflected it. The bottom of the list ended up being mass multi man ties of villains who received one or two low point votes. Because I think the method of "Nominee A got the same points, but more votes than Nominee B" of tie breaking, I just dropped the bottom ten in favor of listing the Top 13 or so clear cut winners, and a few ties. But, because I am a big comic fan and moreover a big villain fan I will be doing a few intermission pieces to showcase rogues who failed to make the list, almost made the list, or simply fit a theme that my mind happened on when putting the list together. But now that the business end of this post is done, lets get into the fun of a list that has taken a reaaaaaaaaally long time to get here. --- 15. Ra's al Ghul The Demon's Head is the first of many members of Batman's classic rogue's gallery to make the list. While Ra's was brought back into the public consciousness by Liam Neeson's portrayal of the character in Batman Begins, more ardent Bat-fans have been hooked by the international terrorist since his 1971 debut in Batman 232: Daughter of the Demon. Fans of the Bruce Timm and Paul Dini Batman series will also remember the Leader of the League of Shadows as being one of Batman's more formidable opponents, and at times most capable allies. The relationship between Batman and Ra's is a complex and strenuous one. Ra' recognizes Batman as his worthiest opponent, and originally sought him out as an heir. Further complicating things is the romantic relationship between Batman and Ra's daughter, Talia al Ghul. Ra's is even the grandfather of Bruce Wayne's only son, Damian. But complicated bloodlines are nothing new for Ra's. In the main continuity he has at least two other known children in Nyssa and the White Ghost: an albino named Dusan. Much like King Lear, Ra's puts his faith in his two daughters, who would ultimately betray him, and he scorns his only faithfully child in Dusan until he proves his allegiance in death. In Ghul and his loyal army of assassins, the League of Shadows, Batman is presented with the means to achieve his desires of order, a chance for family, and more specifically a chance to fill the void created when his parents died. The cost however is crossing the one line that governs the Bat's existence: A vow not to kill. This is a line that divides the two men and will keep the two fighting until Ra's Lazarus pits either fail to bring him back to life, or he finally defeats the World's Greatest Detective. Powers/Skills -Incredibly intelligent, and one of the few people to deduce Batman's secret identity of Bruce Wayne. - An expert swordsman and well versed in martial arts under his father Sensei. But then you'd be pretty good if you had several centuries to hone your craft. - His use of the Lazarus Pits' and their rejuvenating properties have granted him a life that has been estimated as 600 years old, though he has stated that he's been alive for so long even he has lost track of how old he is. -Various awesome facial hair styling. - His main M.O. is to achieve environmental balance by depleting the over-population that has strangled the planet. His more notorious plots involve unleashing biological weapons upon the unsuspecting populace, including what was, perhaps, his most devious plot in the Ebola Gulf A aka The Clench Virus. Required Reading: Daughter of the Demon, Son of the Demon, Birth of the Demon, Legacy, The Resurrection of Ra's al Ghul.

I didn't. I spotted the obvious Favreau one, but not Morello. He was the very first insurgent/captor that Stark hit with the original Iron Man suit.

Did anyone else spot the Tom Morello cameo?

This thread could basically be titled Put it In My Mouth by Akinyele

Yeah, I only got 5/10. >_< It is scary how so many of those seem like they could go either way.

On the thought of "Downey is Tony Stark" ... http://www.radaronline.com/quiz/2008/05/ir...owney_jr_01.php