Well, ask her questions! Give her a hand to reach the 1000 post milestone without resorting to the time-tested one-word post gambit that so many of us have used.
Stealth! What's your favourite genre of novel - mystery? historical? contemporary? books about doors?
[ December 04, 2011, 06:18 PM: Message edited by: Rockhopper Lad ]
Posted by Stealth on :
This thread is very much appreciated, FC.
I don't often read novels anymore, but when I did I was way into horror for several years, especially the early works of Clive Barker.
My favorite thing to read is non-fiction about the entertainment industry -- truth is indeed stranger than fiction.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
Stealth, what is your all-time-favourite-must-watch old movie?
Posted by Ram Boy on :
Stealth, who do you prefer Julian Cope or Elvis Costello?
Posted by Stealth on :
Rockhopper Lad,
Truffaut's "Day for Night" (1974). Insightful, sad, and beautifully crafted.
Ram Boy,
Definitely Cope. They've both taken a lot of chances, but I think Cope's chances are far more daring, and he's never tried to recapture lightning in a bottle by returning to his early sound, the way Costello has attempted to do more than once. I don't like all of Cope's stylistic choices (IMO, he's gotten stuck in an acid-rock rut in recent years), but I respect that he's willing to follow his muse even when it might alienate many of his fans.
Posted by He Who Wanders on :
Stealth,
What is your favorite genre of entertainment non-fiction? I love reading rock group bios because all of human experience -- greed, betrayal, lust, dysfunctional families, dreams, hope, and adaptation to change -- are represented.
Posted by Stealth on :
HWW,
I would say my favorite genre is behind-the-scenes of television. I think TV has gotten better than movies in recent years, which is why it fascinates me how such a pressure-cooker environment can yield a few quality shows amid so much mediocrity.
Posted by Ram Boy on :
Let's see if I can stump Stealth. Curve, Catherine Wheel, The Darling Buds, Voice of the Beehive, Throwing Muses. Who doesn't belong in this line up.(sorry if it's too obvious)
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
Stealth,
What food product did you like as a child that is no longer available?
Posted by Stealth on :
Ram Boy,
I admit I am stumped. I know a lot more about the musicians who started in the late 70s/early 80s than the ones who started in the late 80s/early 90s.
Rockhopper Lad,
I've got a super-obscure one: Sip-Ups.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
I remember the commercial jingle: "We're doing Sip-Ups".
New question:
Creamy peanut butter or smooth?
[ May 16, 2007, 11:10 PM: Message edited by: Rockhopper Lad ]
Posted by Stealth on :
Creamy, for sure. It's dreamy.
Posted by Caliente on :
Stealth, who's your favorite PAD X-Factor character? And how'd you get into comics, anyway?
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
Oops. I meant "crunchy". Creamy and smooth are the same thing. Oh well.
New question (we'll get you to 1000 tonight):
Any pets?
Posted by Stealth on :
Strangely enough, I've never tried crunchy.
No pets, but I have a lot of toy animals.
Posted by Stealth on :
Cali, your question's not showing up on my computer. Could you please post it again?
Posted by Caliente on :
quote:Originally posted by Caliente: Stealth, who's your favorite PAD X-Factor character? And how'd you get into comics, anyway?
And, also... what's your favorite Jelly Belly flavor?
Posted by Stealth on :
Oh, good. This time it showed up.
My favorite PAD X-Factor character is Monet. I love how she always says exactly what she's thinking and how she's more vulnerable than she appears.
I got into comics in two phases. Phase one was the funny-animal comics that my parents would buy me as a kid (they wouldn't allow me to have "serious" comics.) In my early teens, I thought I had "outgrown" comics, but in my late teens, I read Marvel's 50th Anniversary glossy hardcover book, and that's what got me into superheroes (both Marvel and DC) and other "serious" comics.
My favorite Jelly Belly is cherry. I love almost any kind of cherry-flavored candy or cherry-flavored drink. Mmmmm, just thinking about it makes me crave some.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Stealth,
Now that you are pass 1000 posts will you continue to answer questions?
Posted by Fat Cramer on :
Save this thread for #2000.
Posted by Stealth on :
Quis,
I will definitely continue to answer questions. Ask away, folks.
Cramer,
# 2000 is too far away. I'd rather live in the moment.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Then what are you doing right this moment?
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
quote:Originally posted by Ram Boy: Let's see if I can stump Stealth. Curve, Catherine Wheel, The Darling Buds, Voice of the Beehive, Throwing Muses. Who doesn't belong in this line up.(sorry if it's too obvious)
The Catherine Wheel - they're the only ones who don't/didn't have a female vocalist.
I'm here to help.
Posted by Stealth on :
Quis, right now I'm trying to decide which out of 20 CDs to play.
OM, thanks for the help. I was curious about what the answer to that question was.
And I just thought of something: though I've never listened to anything by Catherine Wheel and don't know anything about them, the phrase "Catherine Wheel" appears in Julian Cope's "Bandy's Last Jump" and in Simple Minds' "Colours Fly and Catherine Wheel."
[ May 18, 2007, 08:56 PM: Message edited by: Stealth ]
Posted by Ram Boy on :
ooops, I forgot about that Stealth, sorry. And Bingo O'Miner.
Stealth, which of the twenty CDs did you choose and why?
Posted by Stealth on :
Ram Boy, I chose the Alias soundtrack because Michael Giacchino came up with such a fresh and exciting take on spy thriller music, and because I want to remind myself of one of my favorite shows (for its first four seasons, at least.)
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Stealth,
did you find out about Catherine Wheel?
Posted by Stealth on :
Quis,
not yet, but thanks for reminding me. Once I'm done catching up on the latest posts, I'll go over to trouserpress.com (awesome site) and look up Catherine Wheel.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
Stealth, what sort of question would you like to be asked that no one has asked yet?
Posted by Stealth on :
Um...
Maybe something like this:
What cool Spanish-language comics did I get to read thanks to growing up in South America?
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
Stealth, What cool Spanish-language comics did you get to read thanks to growing up in South America?
Posted by Stealth on :
I'm glad you asked, Kent. During the early 80s, there was a weekly Disney digest from Spain called Don Miki (which vaguely translates to Mister Mickey), and it reprinted a mixture of Mickey Mouse stories and Donald Duck stories from Italy, Denmark, and Holland, years before the European Disney stories began to be reprinted in the States.
The Donald Duck stories from Italy were especially awesome -- in a lot of the stories, Donald had a Batman-like alter ego, the Phantom Duck or, in Spanish, Patomas (the original name in Italian was Paperinik; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paperinik )
My parents, especially my father, didn't like these comics at all, because they were darker, edgier, and more violent than American Disney comics (even though a lot Carl Barks' masterworks, which they had grown up reading, were fairly dark, edgy, and violent.)
Later in the decade, I bought several graphic novels, also from Spain, and featuring homegrown Spanish comic-book stars Mortadelo and Filemon. These stories, about two bumbling secret agents, were a riot of surrealism and brutal slapstick humor. One day I hope to travel to Spain to get more of these stories.
Posted by Stealth on :
Well, I looked up Catherine Wheel at trouserpress.com -- sounds like it might be sort of like Garbage with a male vocalist. Now, I love Garbage, but a lot of that has to do with my girl Shirley; I don't know what the effect would be like with a male voice, especially when the vocalist is Bruce Dickinson's brother.
I've really got to get speakers for my computer -- then I could listen to Catherine Wheel without paying anything.
Posted by dedman on :
Dear Stealth,
Are you a little bit country, or a little bit rock n roll?
Posted by Stealth on :
dedman, I'm actually a little bit country -- mostly the left-field country, especially Neko Case and Shelby Lynne (her first album, at least), but every once in a while, there's a good mainstream country song that crosses over into pop, such as Carrie Underwood's "Before He Cheats."
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
quote:Originally posted by Stealth: Well, I looked up Catherine Wheel at trouserpress.com -- sounds like it might be sort of like Garbage with a male vocalist. Now, I love Garbage, but a lot of that has to do with my girl Shirley; I don't know what the effect would be like with a male voice, especially when the vocalist is Bruce Dickinson's brother.
Cousin, actually.
I always saw the band as a mix of shoegazer pop and more agressive rock. I tended to like them better when they learned more towards the former. The first CD, Ferment, is definitely worth a listen.
The Trouser Press music guides helped introduce me to a lot of great music. I'm glad the web sie is there, though they could stand to update it more frequently.
Posted by Fat Cramer on :
Been to any good restaurants lately?
Posted by Ram Boy on :
quote:Originally posted by Outdoor Miner: The first CD, Ferment, is definitely worth a listen.
"Black Metallic" blew my mind. I also found their Adam and Eve CD really worth while. "American Mother" and "Future Boy" being favorites.
Stealth, if you could have a romantic tryst with any Legionnaire, who would it be?
Posted by Stealth on :
Outdoor Miner, I'll start looking for a copy of Ferment; and I agree the lack of updates at trouserpress.com can get annoying, especially in the entries where they have the discography updated but not the reviews.
Cramer, I recently went to a nice little Italian restaurant called Angelo's that's only fifteen minutes away from me.
Ram Boy, I'd like to have a romantic tryst with Brainiac 5. To me, smart=sexy. I wish he'd grow his hair out, though.
Posted by Cobalt Kid on :
Stealth, do you live in the New York area? Because there's an Angelo's in Little Italy that is by far the best Italian restaurant I've ever been to!
Oh, and if you could have a romantic tryst with any villain/antagonist, who would it be? Doesn't have to be Legion-related or comic book related...since sometimes villainous enemies can be so sexy! Posted by Stealth on :
Cobie, I don't live in the New York area, although I have visited New York once and I liked it very much; if and when I have a chance to go back there, I'll definitely check out the Angelo's in Little Italy. Thanks.
A tryst with a villain...I'll have to think about that one.
Posted by Stealth on :
Cobie, I can finally answer your second question now.
I would have a tryst with the sometime hero, sometime anti-hero, and occasional villain known as Prince Namor, the Sub-Mariner.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Stealth,
You have a one month all expenses paid vacation to anywhere in the world, where would you go?
Posted by Stealth on :
Quis, I would go to either Italy or Spain. I can't really make up my mind which one, although as I mentioned earlier in the thread, the thought of going to Spain and buying European comic books translated into Spanish is very appealing (I speak very limited Italian -- limited mostly to the titles of Italian art-gore movies.)
Posted by Ram Boy on :
Stealth, what is an Italian art-gore movie?
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
Stealth, what was it like growing up in South America? Where dod you live, and how long did you live there?
Posted by Stealth on :
Ram Boy, Italian art-gore movies were Italian horror and murder mystery movies made in the 60s, 70s, and 80s. They featured astouding visuals created on modest budgets, a generally misanthropic view of humanity, and some very Catholic anxieties about sexuality and personal identity. Off the top of my head, the most essential ones would definitely include: Black Sunday, Blood and Black Lace, The Bird with the Crystal Plummage, Five Dolls for an August Moon, Lisa and the Devil, A Lizard in a Woman's Skin, Don't Torture a Duckling, Four Flies on Grey Velvet, Deep Red, Suspiria, Zombie, The Beyond, City of the Living Dead, The House by the Cemetery, Tenebrae, Demons, Demons 2, Opera, The Church, and The Sect.
Kent, I lived in Ecuador from kindergarten through my sophomore year of high school. One of the best things about growing up there was the absence of the sensory-overload culture of the States, and I also gained a greater appreciation of certain comforts that a lot of people who grew up in the States take for granted. But there was not much more that can be filtered thru rose-colored lenses -- during the time I lived there, we had political corruption of the kind not seen in the States until the current administration, we had constant blackouts and water shortages, and skyrocketing rates of crime, violence, and strikes; then there were the toxic levels of misogyny and racism and classism and homophobia (trust me, as bad as they are in the States, they're much worse over there.) The States may be far from perfect, but it's still one of the better places to live in, and I'm grateful every day that I live here.
Posted by Fat Cramer on :
Stealth, when are you coming home?
Posted by Caliente on :
Stealth, I miss you! I grabbed the issues of New Warriors v1 you suggested, though, and am planning to read them once my life relaxes a bit. Will you be around to commiserate with when I'm done?
Posted by Ram Boy on :
Stealth, care to share any highlights from your adventure?
Posted by Stealth on :
FC, I got back home last night, but I knew I was too tired to be at my best, so I decided I'd make Tuesday night my big return to Legion World.
Cali, I've missed you too. Fangirls forever! And I'm very glad that you've gotten the early New Warriors v. 1 issues -- I will most definitely be here to comisserate about them.
Ram Boy, the highlights for me were, as usual, adding to my collections. I found, in no particular order: a used CD of the soundtrack of one of my favorite movies, The Last of the Mohicans (I've had it on cassette for almost 15 years, and that's probably not gonna last much longer); a used vinyl copy of one of my favorite 70s rock albums, Mott the Hoople's "The Hoople", which I'm sure will sound even better than the CD; a used DVD of Shampoo, one of the few award-winning 70s movies I haven't seen yet (the 70s really is my personal golden age of cinema); and used paperbacks of two of the novels in E.E. "Doc" Smith's Lensman series, which I've heard were a big influence on my favorite LSH writer, Paul Levitz.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
Stealth, will you allow me to welcome you home with a big...
Stealth, is it really dry where you are in Florida?
Posted by Stealth on :
Quis, I'm sorry that last night I forgot to mention here that I posted a reply in the other thread.
Cramer, we're not doing too bad at the moment, getting some rain every few days, enough to balance things out just right.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
Stealth, how may we amuse/entertain you on your birthday?
Posted by Stealth on :
Oh, my.
How about...
Play a recording of the Australian radio interview from a couple years ago where animal-rights activists confronted Jennifer Blow-pez and she reacted like the proverbial deer in the headlights. That'll be good for a laugh.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
...couldn't find that. sorry. Posted by Stealth on :
It's okay. I've organized a midnight screening of Dario Argento's Tenebrae over at the Synthetic Sanctuary -- in Italian with subtitles!
Posted by Ram Boy on :
Stealth, you're judging a Battle of the Bands competition; Who would win the following matches and why?
- Psychedelic Furs vs. Echo and The Bunnymen
- The Bangles vs. The Go Go's
- New Order vs. The Cure
Or, if these battles leave you cold, which groups would you have liked to seen matched up?
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
Stealth, who is your favorite "Peanuts" character and why?
Posted by Stealth on :
quote:Originally posted by Ram Boy: Stealth, you're judging a Battle of the Bands competition; Who would win the following matches and why?
- Psychedelic Furs vs. Echo and The Bunnymen
- The Bangles vs. The Go Go's
- New Order vs. The Cure
- The Furs triumph over the Bunnymen. Richard Butler's lyrics are witty, sharp, and they actually have a point, unlike Ian McCulloch's.
- The Go-Gos beat the Bangles because they're more forward-thinking, being rooted in punk rather than psychedelic revivalism; nothing against psychedelic revivalism per se, but it takes a talent such as that of Julian Cope to make psychedelia RELEVANT as opposed to mere nostalgia.
- The Cure wins a decisive victory over New Order because, as with the Furs vs. Bunnymen battle, Robert Smith writes better and clearer lyrics than Barney Sumner, and Smith is a more affecting singer as well.
quote:Originally posted by Rockhopper Lad: Stealth, who is your favorite "Peanuts" character and why?
Snoopy. He is the American equivalent of Winnie the Pooh: a wonderfully whimsical antropomorphic animal who lives in a world of his own, pursues simple pleasures, and almost always comes out on top. Anyone can relate to Snoopy.
Peppermint Patty is a close second because she, too, lives in a world of her own, and I find her the most endearing and engaging of the kids.
Marcie is third because she and Peppermint Patty are the greatest female comedy team in comics.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Stealth,
Pretend that you are a lawyer. A former client of yours calls you at 3 am. Her boyfriend, whom she lives with, has just been arrested in a bar fight and she would like you to see about getting him out of jail. You talk to the botfriend in the jail where he tells you about the fight and the incidents leading up to it. He also tells you that he is HIV positive. He was a little concerned because he got a small cut in the fight. But he then realizes he actually got the cut when he was knocked down as the police entered. So he asks that you not tell anyone of his HIV status, including his girlfriend as she does not know.
The rules of professional responsibility states that all conversations between a lawyer and the client are to be held in strictest confidence. A lawyer may disclose information if nondisclosure could result in imminent death or great bodily harm.
So is the boyfriend your client and do you tell the girlfriend his HIV status?
Posted by Stealth on :
Yes and yes. Sorry it's not a longer reply, but I'm at a rare loss for words. True-to-life situations do that to me sometimes.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
That's OK. The class discussion centered around "imminent" and "great bodily harm".
Posted by Cobalt Kid on :
Stealth, any television shows you're into these days?
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
Stealth, can I thank you for being you?
Posted by Stealth on :
quote:Originally posted by Cobalt Kid: Stealth, any television shows you're into these days?
Not really. I watched a couple episodes of Fringe, but Joshua Jackson annoys me and the show itself annoyed me by being weird just for the sake of being weird; I watched the first episode of Dollhouse, then forgot to watch the second episode, which I took as a hint that I wasn't really interested.
On cable, I watch the VH1 Top 20 Countdown, even though (or because?) most of the music is terrible. A couple years ago, I went through a Food Network phase, and more recently, I went through a Disney Channel phase, but their shows aren't as good -- good as in: fun for both kids and kids-at-heart -- as they used to be, although I'm very much looking forward to the "Princess Protection Program" Disney Channel Original Movie.
quote:Originally posted by Kent Shakespeare: Stealth, can I thank you for being you?
You certainly can. Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
Though she now has a different name and has nearly 8000 posts, I think we can all benefit from the wit and wisdom of Fanfie!
Fanfie, what is your favorite thing to have for lunch?
Posted by Fanfic Lady on :
Awwww...thank you, Rocky.
Tuna salad sandwich on white with an ice-cold Tab.
Posted by cleome45 on :
Fanfic Lady, have you considered providing some version of the Holiday Toast this year, if we can't get Kent to make a cameo?
Also, what was the best-received gift you ever gave someone for Christmas/winter fest of choice?
Posted by Fanfic Lady on :
Wow. I hadn't thought of it. I'm honored you would think of me as a possibility. I'll get back to you on that.
The best-receieved gift I ever gave someone for Christmas was a figurine of a mother and baby dolphins to my mother.
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Fangirls forever! And I'm very glad that you've gotten the early New Warriors v. 1 issues -- I will most definitely be here to comisserate about them.![[Smile]](smile.gif)
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