Justin Smith
Joined April 12, 2007
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4 years agoJustin Smith's comment on:
"What the hell is this music?"
There is this weird dichotomy I feel when this subject comes up.
On the one hand, there is the cultured tongue/ear that i have developed by being forced to listen to new (to me) music for no less than 8 hours a day while at conservatory for ten freakin' years. I remember with horrifying detail the nightmares my psyche was subjected to in the wee hours during my Masters second semester when i was forced to memorize hours of 20th century classical (new/arthouse/holyshithinkmysoulisbeinganalprisonraped) music. But out of all that mess there were glorious moments when things opened up and what i once found indefensible, i grew to love and listened to music in new and different ways.
On the other hand, who the hell are you to tell me that something is good or it totally sucks you douchebag!?
This very subject and my subsequent hostility flares up even among members of my own band. “How the hell can you think Fugazi sucks? Are you insane? Did mommy force you to play with dead kitties and eat toenails for breakfast!?”
I think the one thing that i (and maybe you) can take from this feeling is that I love music. I really love music. And i personalize it. Like, I eat ramen to listen/play music and I cry over stupid chord progressions in Au Clair de la Lune as if they were the dialogue to my soul's Requiem. Whatever. So you love music. And you personalize it. Heck, we aren't just fans of The Clash. We are in The Clash. And if someone doesn't like our music, then bollocks to 'em.
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4 years, 1 month agoJustin Smith's comment on:
The Faint / Ladytron / Crocodiles / Figo
They have my favorite band website of all time.
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4 years, 3 months agoJustin Smith's comment on:
Garland high school bans student from wearing skull t-shirt
Wow. Last time I ever got the back of a fellow member of the Misfits Fiend Club.
With jaded eyes and features
You think they really care...Nah, better stick with Bullet.
Texas is the reason...that the Presidents dead!
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4 years, 6 months agoJustin Smith's comment on:
Stone-Cold NFL Peglocks of the Week: Sports Announcers Edition
I hate Tony Kornheiser and I hate Pardon The Interruption. And its the highest rated ESPN show. Thanks ESPN for going the way of SI into total irrelevancy.
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4 years, 6 months agoJustin Smith's comment on:
The Redwalls / Lifters
Thanks Steve. Fixed.
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4 years, 7 months agoJustin Smith's comment on:
The Crazy Ivans / Blarney Street Hooligans / Transistor Tramps
Its 5 bucks over and 8 bucks for under. Hope to see you there. Its good that the floor is poured concrete. We normally kill lawns where ever we go.
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4 years, 11 months agoJustin Smith's comment on:
Schellas Hyndman, legendary SMU soccer coach, named FC Dallas head coach
FC Dallas head coach showing off how he handles free kick situations.
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4 years, 12 months agoJustin Smith's comment on:
Planned Parenthood of North Texas opens 29th clinic in McKinney with express services
Jim Roderick's quotes are ludicrous. So McKinney has limited options for health care? Well, it is good thing Planned Parenthood is around to help out all them po' folks. Are they offering dialysis? How about dental?
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5 years agoJustin Smith's comment on:
Pegasus News banner stolen by terrorists exclamation point
I'd be happy to take one for the team and go topless. And I'm sure that my nipples are equally as hairy as their own women.
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5 years agoJustin Smith's comment on:
Concert Review: Rush
The nerd in me was dying to see them again. The punk in me said I wasn't even going to consider it given the price.
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5 years, 1 month agoJustin Smith's comment on:
Steve Albini: Record Hop rocks
I think i just wet my pants...
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5 years, 1 month agoJustin Smith's comment on:
The Crazy Ivans
Mike= good boss, responsible, clean arrest record.
Our manager= missing teeth, drunk, and not allowed within 500 yards of elementary schools.
No bong, I just have trouble completing coherent sentences.
Poor kitty.
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5 years, 1 month agoJustin Smith's comment on:
The Crazy Ivans
This is band killed my cat. I'm just saying.
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5 years, 3 months agoJustin Smith's comment on:
McKinney Tavern reacts early to smoking ban
I can't smoke in a outdoor public park? That's it, I'm getting my gun...
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5 years, 3 months agoJustin Smith's comment on:
Pegasus' Professional NFL Playoff Picks - 2007-2008 Wrap-Up
Dear Readers, notice who writes the column. Todd Maternowski. I could easily spend time here listing how the process was tainted in smarmy boy's favor, but i am above taking cheap shots. No not really. Just too lazy to type cheap shots.
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5 years, 3 months agoJustin Smith's comment on:
New Interview: Slash of Velvet Revolver
thank you so much. You would think that after meeting JPII I wouldn't get nervous when talking to people.....
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5 years, 4 months agoJustin Smith's comment on:
Thursday Morning Cupcheck - Viva los Culos Malos!
The Aeros in Houston have had a strong following for years. They almost got an NHL team a couple of years ago. Hmmm, fourth largest city in the country. Its actually a surprise cities like Tampa Bay, Phoenix, and Atlanta have NHL teams and they don't.
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5 years, 4 months agoJustin Smith's comment on:
Intoxicated Burleson man drives car into mailbox, home
From wiki on moron. Of course, I don't believe everything I read. I still think they're related.
Moron was originally an English scientific term, coined in 1910 by psychologist Henry H. Goddard from the Greek word moros meaning "dull" (as opposed to sharp) and used to describe a person with a mental age between 8 and 12 on the Binet scale. It was also once applied to people with an IQ of 51-70 and was a step up from "imbecile" (IQ of 26-50) and two steps up from "idiot" (IQ of 0-25). The word moron, along with "retarded" and "feeble-minded" (among others), was once considered a valid descriptor in the psychological community, though these words have all now passed into common slang use, exclusively in a detrimental context.
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5 years, 5 months agoJustin Smith's comment on:
Pegasus' Professional NFL Expert Picks - Week 15
How is it that I spend 30 minutes writing how a Cardinal beats a Saint and yet Todd can just wash that away and have the Saint winning in a mascot war on the "Big Board?" Beautiful, Mr. Maternowski, beautiful.
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5 years, 6 months agoJustin Smith's comment on:
Reetz Pub & Grub (Closed)
Actually I went ahead and called them just now and they have it Wed and Fri at nine. And BTW, the guy I talked to was really nice, but I certainly didn't think he was hitting on me.
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5 years, 6 months agoJustin Smith's comment on:
Reetz Pub & Grub (Closed)
I have been updating all the bars and their weekly events the last couple of days. There is no mention of Karaoke on Wednesdays on their website but I will call them this week to confirm about it. Thanks for the heads up.
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5 years, 6 months agoJustin Smith's comment on:
Concert Review: Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony
Thank you so much. And don't think there wasn't a "lively" discussion about the blurb the next day.
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5 years, 7 months agoJustin Smith's comment on:
Movie review: For the Bible Tells Me So
In any discussion, its important for there to be no ambiguity of terms. From dictionary.com: bias - a particular tendency or inclination, esp. one that prevents unprejudiced consideration of a question; prejudice.
Everyone has a "world" view. That does not necessitate "bias."
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5 years, 8 months agoJustin Smith's comment on:
Pegasus' Professional NFL Expert Picks - Week 3
My rhesus monkey, Hoju, picked better than me last week. Yea, Hoju!
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5 years, 8 months agoJustin Smith's comment on:
Thursday Morning Cupcheck - Why the Flyers Will Win the Cup
You are hated! That guy (no free adv, buddy) really HATES you. Congrats!
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