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[mshray]

Hmmm. I own exactly two of the albums among the top 40--Sufjan Stevens and the New Pornographers. Another sign I'm getting too lazy to keep up with current pop.

(Although I've been meaning to pick up the Monk/Coltrane record, but since that was recorded in the year I was born, I suppose that doesn't do much for my desire to stay current.)

I also have exactly 2, Beck & Gorillaz.  I'll certainly get the White Stripes & My Morning Jacket, and probably a few others like Sleater-Kinney next time I binge.

Would you recommend the 2 you got?

agree on the Monk.

[urth]

Hmmm. I own exactly two of the albums among the top 40--Sufjan Stevens and the New Pornographers. Another sign I'm getting too lazy to keep up with current pop.

(Although I've been meaning to pick up the Monk/Coltrane record, but since that was recorded in the year I was born, I suppose that doesn't do much for my desire to stay current.)

I also have exactly 2, Beck & Gorillaz.  I'll certainly get the White Stripes & My Morning Jacket, and probably a few others like Sleater-Kinney next time I binge.

Would you recommend the 2 you got?

agree on the Monk.

Enthusiastic yes on the New Pornographers, not so much for the Sufjan Stevens.

[urth]

Hmmm. I own exactly two of the albums among the top 40--Sufjan Stevens and the New Pornographers. Another sign I'm getting too lazy to keep up with current pop.

(Although I've been meaning to pick up the Monk/Coltrane record, but since that was recorded in the year I was born, I suppose that doesn't do much for my desire to stay current.)

I also have exactly 2, Beck & Gorillaz.  I'll certainly get the White Stripes & My Morning Jacket, and probably a few others like Sleater-Kinney next time I binge.

Would you recommend the 2 you got?

agree on the Monk.

Enthusiastic yes on the New Pornographers, not so much for the Sufjan Stevens.

Might have to recant my take on Sufjan. Listened to it again this morning and it's growing on me. If you have a taste for Belle-and-Sebastianesque twee-pop, you might like it.

[RGMike]

naked Scarlett and Keira:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2006/02/07/entertainment/e070559S47.DTL&type=entertainment

well, OK, they're not naked at that link, but the story's about them being naked in Vanity Fair this week...

[RGMike]

naked Scarlett and Keira:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2006/02/07/entertainment/e070559S47.DTL&type=entertainment

well, OK, they're not naked at that link, but the story's about them being naked in Vanity Fair this week...

OK here's the pic. You loved Scarlett's cleavage, so here's her butt!

http://justjared.blogspot.com/2006/02/vanity-fair-march-2006.html

[Alicat]

Darondo;   Never heard anything about him. You?

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/02/12/PKGTKGV0MS1.DTL

[RGMike]

Darondo;   Never heard anything about him. You?

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/02/12/PKGTKGV0MS1.DTL

nope but sounds like I'd like it -- one for Gaz's SF Amoeba Records shopping list!

[Gazoo]

Darondo;   Never heard anything about him. You?

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/02/12/PKGTKGV0MS1.DTL

Had never heard of him before this.  AMG actually has samples from his album:

http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:1e6ompma9fco

I found his stuff kinda meh.

[Gazoo]

One of my favorite videos of all time: Alan Parsons Project's "Don't Answer Me."

http://youtube.com/watch?v=bLbUQGNL3Dw

"Tough break, Nick.

[urth]

I found his stuff kinda meh.

When did "meh" slip into the lexicon of American hipster slang, and from whence did it come? I've just in the last two weeks or so seen it pop up in various blogs, emails, and forum posts, and I swear I'd never run across it before. I assume it means "so-so" or something to that effect, replacing last year's entry in that category "not so much."

(Aside: do we need a separate thread for questions of language, grammar and such?)

[Gazoo]

I found his stuff kinda meh.

When did "meh" slip into the lexicon of American hipster slang, and from whence did it come? I've just in the last two weeks or so seen it pop up in various blogs, emails, and forum posts, and I swear I'd never run across it before. I assume it means "so-so" or something to that effect, replacing last year's entry in that category "not so much."

(Aside: do we need a separate thread for questions of language, grammar and such?)

Heh, I nabbed it from those same sources; it's a great shorthand word b/c it's hard to vocalize it without giving it the slight shoulder shrug that it connotes.  Been seeing it for a few months -- I guess we run in different online circles.  

I'm also guilty of jumping on the "not so much" bandwagon, which I picked up like a mild cold from LiveJournal denizens.

[RGMike]

I found his stuff kinda meh.

When did "meh" slip into the lexicon of American hipster slang, and from whence did it come? I've just in the last two weeks or so seen it pop up in various blogs, emails, and forum posts, and I swear I'd never run across it before. I assume it means "so-so" or something to that effect, replacing last year's entry in that category "not so much."

(Aside: do we need a separate thread for questions of language, grammar and such?)

Heh, I nabbed it from those same sources; it's a great shorthand word b/c it's hard to vocalize it without giving it the slight shoulder shrug that it connotes.  Been seeing it for a few months -- I guess we run in different online circles.  

I'm also guilty of jumping on the "not so much" bandwagon, which I picked up like a mild cold from LiveJournal denizens.

"meh" reminds me of "menza-menz" (or maybe originally "mezza-mezz"), an Italian expression from my Noo Yawk youth, which also means "so-so" or "in-between" or "fair-to-middling".

"How ya feelin' today?"

"Oh... menza-menz..."

[urth]

I found his stuff kinda meh.

When did "meh" slip into the lexicon of American hipster slang, and from whence did it come? I've just in the last two weeks or so seen it pop up in various blogs, emails, and forum posts, and I swear I'd never run across it before. I assume it means "so-so" or something to that effect, replacing last year's entry in that category "not so much."

(Aside: do we need a separate thread for questions of language, grammar and such?)

Heh, I nabbed it from those same sources; it's a great shorthand word b/c it's hard to vocalize it without giving it the slight shoulder shrug that it connotes.  Been seeing it for a few months -- I guess we run in different online circles.  

I'm also guilty of jumping on the "not so much" bandwagon, which I picked up like a mild cold from LiveJournal denizens.

"meh" reminds me of "menza-menz" (or maybe originally "mezza-mezz"), an Italian expression from my Noo Yawk youth, which also means "so-so" or "in-between" or "fair-to-middling".

"How ya feelin' today?"

"Oh... menza-menz..."

Sounds like that phrase is the Italian version of (or at least has the same roots as) the Spanish "mas o menos" (sp?) which also serves in that "so-so/more-or-less" space in the language.

[Gazoo]

I found his stuff kinda meh.

When did "meh" slip into the lexicon of American hipster slang, and from whence did it come? I've just in the last two weeks or so seen it pop up in various blogs, emails, and forum posts, and I swear I'd never run across it before. I assume it means "so-so" or something to that effect, replacing last year's entry in that category "not so much."

(Aside: do we need a separate thread for questions of language, grammar and such?)

Heh, I nabbed it from those same sources; it's a great shorthand word b/c it's hard to vocalize it without giving it the slight shoulder shrug that it connotes.  Been seeing it for a few months -- I guess we run in different online circles.  

I'm also guilty of jumping on the "not so much" bandwagon, which I picked up like a mild cold from LiveJournal denizens.

"meh" reminds me of "menza-menz" (or maybe originally "mezza-mezz"), an Italian expression from my Noo Yawk youth, which also means "so-so" or "in-between" or "fair-to-middling".

"How ya feelin' today?"

"Oh... menza-menz..."

Sounds like that phrase is the Italian version of (or at least has the same roots as) the Spanish "mas o menos" (sp?) which also serves in that "so-so/more-or-less" space in the language.

The equivalent in French, if I remember correctly, is "comme si, comme sa" (pron. roughly "come see, come saw"), though I'm sure the POC will correct me if I'm wrong.  

Meantime, Urth, have you ever read the Testy Copy Editors forum?  It's quite funny and educative for people who have such interest in and/or fussiness about the finer points of language: http://www.testycopyeditors.org/phpBB2/  I'm a regular lurker there.

[urth]

I found his stuff kinda meh.

When did "meh" slip into the lexicon of American hipster slang, and from whence did it come? I've just in the last two weeks or so seen it pop up in various blogs, emails, and forum posts, and I swear I'd never run across it before. I assume it means "so-so" or something to that effect, replacing last year's entry in that category "not so much."

(Aside: do we need a separate thread for questions of language, grammar and such?)

Heh, I nabbed it from those same sources; it's a great shorthand word b/c it's hard to vocalize it without giving it the slight shoulder shrug that it connotes.  Been seeing it for a few months -- I guess we run in different online circles.  

I'm also guilty of jumping on the "not so much" bandwagon, which I picked up like a mild cold from LiveJournal denizens.

"meh" reminds me of "menza-menz" (or maybe originally "mezza-mezz"), an Italian expression from my Noo Yawk youth, which also means "so-so" or "in-between" or "fair-to-middling".

"How ya feelin' today?"

"Oh... menza-menz..."

Sounds like that phrase is the Italian version of (or at least has the same roots as) the Spanish "mas o menos" (sp?) which also serves in that "so-so/more-or-less" space in the language.

The equivalent in French, if I remember correctly, is "comme si, comme sa" (pron. roughly "come see, come saw"), though I'm sure the POC will correct me if I'm wrong.  

Meantime, Urth, have you ever read the Testy Copy Editors forum?  It's quite funny and educative for people who have such interest in and/or fussiness about the finer points of language: http://www.testycopyeditors.org/phpBB2/  I'm a regular lurker there.

Actually, no, but I am not at all surprised to find out such a thing exists. As the phrase "testy copy editor" describes most if not every copy editor I've ever met, at least when it comes to grammar and the English language.