Thursday, November 22, 2012

Giving Thanks

We could do what lesser thinkers do on this day and spew forth a litany of things for which we're thankful. Since lesser thinkers are almost always harder workers, that option's never really on the table for us. Instead, we offer a clip-filled but no less hearty thanks for one of our favorite things: rock babes. We're very thankful for them.

The Joy Formidable's Ritzy Bryan is a pixie with a giant voice.



Cat Power is still Cat Power.


Aimee Mann hasn't lost her fastball. Nor has John Hodgman.

The Dum Dum Girls are a modern day Hole with better hygiene.

Dessa'a gift for Mark, and for the rest of us.



And for good measure, the reigning champion, Neko Case.



UNNECESSARY EDITOR'S NOTE: rob beat me to the the Thanksgiving Day post, which is fine, because mine was simply going to contain this epic television sitcom clip:

53 comments:

rob said...

i'm thankful i don't have to format video-heavy blogger posts for a living.

T.J. said...

rob, damn you...i will just have to add my classic turkey day clip to the bottom of this post

rob said...

feel free to fix the formatting, tonto

T.J. said...

nah

rob said...

i'm thankful for your sloth

T.J. said...

fixed

T.J. said...

and...

sloth love chunk

rob said...

hmmm, the cat power and dum dum girls videos got lost. fucking blogger. just use your imagination.

T.J. said...

what songs were they? ill go dig up the clips

rob said...

cat power, 'ruin'. dum dum girls, 'lord knows'.

zman said...

Salute to Andy roddick on the tennis channel -- old matches taped in non-HD are shockingly fuzzy.

rob said...

so are my balls

zman said...

Fuzzy Dunlop?

rob said...

indeed

rob said...

we're at the beach for the holiday. guy next door just lit up a huge doob. excellent smells in our house. kids are suddenly really mellow.

zman said...

That's something to give thanks for.

Clarence said...

I just got an email from Mr. Skin wishing me a Happy Spanksgiving and giving me three free hours of full website access. Awesome.

mayhugh said...

I'm really excited to see the team I root for on Thanksgiving. I say right now that it doesn't happen often enough. I may change my mind in 5 hours or less.

mayhugh said...

Clarence, I assume the first search on Mr. Skin you would do would be Heather Graham. Or perhaps Ann Hesche.

zman said...

Bea Arthur?

zman said...

In other news, I am bombarded with emails trying to get me to buy stuff tomorrow. If you or someone on your list needs a new tennis racquet, the surgical instrument that goes by the unfortunate name of Head Youtek IG Speed Mid Plus 18X20 is finally on sale at Tennis Warehouse. If you have the means I highly recommend picking one up. It is so choice.

Mark said...

My friends and I play football every Thanksgiving morning. Until last year that is. And this year. After over a decade our Turkey Bowl is now officially dead. But our post Turkey bowl drinking at a local dive lives on. So now we just skip football and meet at 11(ish) for beers. Priorities, folks.

rob said...

the beer is flowing like wine. the salmon are flocking. dangerously close to the tipping point.

zman said...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FO_ZBFNuSoU

Danimal said...

A neighbor and i finished a bottle of woodford by 130....from last year but modified slightly..
Over ice...
Soy milk almond flavored (just fucking trust me)
Honey- a couple of teaspoons..
A dash of vanilla or almond extract
Bourbon - your choice....mix that shit up...pour
"Up" in a rocks glass
Call me in 2 hours

Mark said...

I'm going over to my sister's house for Thanksgiving. Apparently her boyfriend has wrapped the turkey in bacon. I'm really starting to like my sister's boyfriend.

rob said...

the pee was clear that day, my friends

zman said...

Constanza's whale story takes a drug test.

rob said...

another hour or so and i'll start telling you how i really feel about my wife's family

zman said...

My grandmother just announce that she wants to take up golf. She's 89.

TR said...

White wine -> beer -> Irish coffee -> whiskey. Feeling fat and bloated at the moment, but the spirits are making it all okay.

rob said...

sadly lacking in spirits here. might be a problem.

TR said...

Rob/Clarence: You guys familiar with Nicole Atkins? Talented singer/songwriter from the Jersey Shore. Great voice, easy on the eyes in a dirty kinda way. A sultrier Feist. Check her out.

Dave said...

rob, did you get a cut rate at the jersey shore?

rob said...

read that as cute rat. was very drunkenly confused for a bit.

rob said...

your skins are gonna make this interesting, aren't they?

rob said...

man, griffin is a tough motherfucker

TR said...

And a sexy motherfucker to boot.

zman said...

Sixpoint Sweet Action redeems the day for me.

Mark said...

Because my sister lives 20-30 minutes away I had to monitor my consumption and limit myself to a few beers. But we're home now so it's time to drink whiskey. Enough whiskey that the plate full of desserts I brought home (brownie pie, pumpkin pie, pumpkin spice cookies with cream cheese frosting, blackberry cobbler and apple pie) will all disappear by night's end.

Happy Thanksgiving.

rob said...

some top notch family drama happening in this joint right now. top. notch.

zman said...

Does it involve your Elmo jokes?

Mark said...

Oh man. I never get that during my holidays. I want details.

zman said...

Tom Brady's uncomfortable dainty approach to holding and eating a drumstick is a stark contrast to Vince Wilfork's joyful barbarism.

Mark said...

HBO Doc "Magic & Bird" on NBATV right now. Good times.

Mark said...

Agreed. Brady looked like he didn't know what to do with his turkey leg after the obligatory first bite. He dropped 50 for my fantasy team though, so I'm okay with it.

T.J. said...

i feel like someone (his wife) got to rob before he could spill the beans on the family drama...

rob said...

discretion got the better of me. but it was a doozy. i'll work up an allegorical treatment and have dave review it.

Dave said...

just make all the characters zombies and then have them say exactly what they said, verbatim.

Clarence said...

Thankful for an outstanding Turkey Day. I was told that the keg of St. George's Summer Ale in the future in-laws' kegerator needed finishing so that they could get something more seasonal. Took that assignment pretty seriously.

Mustaches were handed out upon arrival. Most of the men and a few of the women among the 19 adults around the dinner table sported staches.

50 degrees and sunny, perfect weather . . . for drinking inside. Beer and red wine at dinner, Jameson and pumpkin pie for dessert. The friend of ours who always gets loaded and passes out after histrionics let us down by minding her manners and staying upright, but otherwise it was an ideal Thanksgiving.

Oh, and the Skins beat the Cowboys in Dallas. That was worth a few slugs of beer, wine, and whiskey.

Mark said...

College basketball replica shortsnaremon sale on eastbay for $30. Giddyup.

rob said...

new post up. get your tribe updates.

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