1 December 2011: It's...1985!

[Lightnin' Rod]

OMG the stream is actually starting on time.

Razz-triny Tri-nay.

So the Dickens fair is happening now (it's actually pretty fun, even though it's pretty much like the Renaissance Faire idea moved up a few centuries) and the Dickens nerds are big on the Cockney rhyming slang.

"He went up the pears" means "He went up the stairs" b/c someone got the idea to substitute "apples and pears" for the word "stairs", and then they shortened it to just "pears".

That's why it's called a "raspberry" when you make that sound with your tongue:  in Cockney rhyme "raspberry tart" was used for "fart."

I did not know that...

[princessofcairo]

OMG the stream is actually starting on time.

Razz-triny Tri-nay.

So the Dickens fair is happening now (it's actually pretty fun, even though it's pretty much like the Renaissance Faire idea moved up a few centuries) and the Dickens nerds are big on the Cockney rhyming slang.

"He went up the pears" means "He went up the stairs" b/c someone got the idea to substitute "apples and pears" for the word "stairs", and then they shortened it to just "pears".

That's why it's called a "raspberry" when you make that sound with your tongue:  in Cockney rhyme "raspberry tart" was used for "fart."


 

That's awesome! They use the "apples and pears, stairs" in "To Sir, With Love".

[sundaygal]

The Rave-Ups!! Holee frijole guys!!!!

[RGMike]

OK, this one is NTM. But good. VHM for bustoutyness alone.

[Tinka Cat]

That's why it's called a "raspberry" when you make that sound with your tongue:  in Cockney rhyme "raspberry tart" was used for "fart."

I did not know that...

yeah, it's interesting to look though the terms:
http://www.cockneyrhymingslang.co.uk/

[Davefish]

What/Who is this "You Lost Me" song? Completely unfamiliar. But not bad.

[Tinka Cat]

The Rave-Ups!! Holee frijole guys!!!!

I'll BOS this.  Did someone here Sundaygal requested this!!

nice.... on vinyl, too!

[Lightnin' Rod]

OK, this one is NTM. But good. VHM for bustoutyness alone.

"show miss piggy the way to go home"  -- whatever that was, BOS.

[RGMike]

REM should go to Philomath and stay there.

[Davefish]

I'll give a BOS for one of REM's better grooves, "Can't Get There from Here".

[princessofcairo]

OK, this one is NTM. But good. VHM for bustoutyness alone.

"show miss piggy the way to go home"  -- whatever that was, BOS.

I heard that, too, and thought of Mike.

[sundaygal]

The Rave-Ups!! Holee frijole guys!!!!

I'll BOS this.  Did someone here request this?

nice.... on vinyl, too!

I did. "Positively Lost Me" was one of my favorite songs in high school!  Glad you guys enjoyed it.

[princessofcairo]

I'll give a BOS for one of REM's better grooves, "Can't Get There from Here".

Yes, it's one of my favourites, too.

[RGMike]

I smell a Bowie/Metheny segue approaching, sha-la-la-la-la.

[Tinka Cat]

I'll give a BOS for one of REM's better grooves, "Can't Get There from Here".

Yes, it's one of my favourites, too.

Yes, it rocks and smokes at the same time.

clip from Sean Penn film Falcon and The Snowman > This is Not America by David Bowie.

well done, and BOS for Bowie