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Feb 27 John In Ballard commented on In Which I Imagine Having a Sweet-Ass Rack.

As a man who likes women, I equate big breasts to sprinkles on a cupcake. Sure it looks nice, but even without them you've still got plenty going for you. It's for show, but it really doesn't matter. I've dated women with big and small breasts, and I didn't really care either way. I'd be lying if I said I don't notice them, but it ranks so far down the list of things I'd look for as far as female attractiveness.

Most of my male friends don't really seem to care that much either. If small breasts are a deal breaker for a guy, chances are he's probably a D-bag anyways so look at it as a good way to weed them out.

Feb 5 John In Ballard commented on Getting to Know Sasquatch 2013 Via Spotify.

Nacho's stuff is all free to download on his bandcamp too.

Jan 10 John In Ballard commented on DC Mayor Wants to Rethink the Name "Redskins".

I think the origins of the name are worse than more people realize. Dave Zirin talks about it in his book "Bad Sports" about some of the most evil owners in sports (Redskins owner Dan Snyder being one of the worst) but I couldn't find any links to his wording of the name origins. All I could find was something similar from wikianswers:

"Back not so long ago, when there was a bounty on the heads of the Indian people, the trappers would bring in Indian scalps along with the other skins that they had managed to trap or shoot. The term "scalp" offended the good Christian women of the community and they asked that another term be found to describe these things. So, the trappers and hunters began using the term "redskin". The term came from the bloody mess that one saw when looking at the scalp. Thus the term "red" skin because it was the "skin" of an "animal" just like the others that they had, so it became "redskins."

Nov 21, 2012 John In Ballard commented on Garfunkel & Oates Play Snoqualmie Casino This Saturday.

Usually I think Garfunkel & Oates can be a little hit or miss, but this was fantastic!
Maybe I just enjoyed it because I grew up with all that abstinent religious B.S. teaching and went to school with some of those types of girls (Christian College), but props to G&O for mocking it so effectively.

Nov 9, 2012 John In Ballard commented on Is Ted Nugent Dead Yet?.

To be fair, he did say:
”If Barack Obama becomes the president in November, again, I will be either be dead or in jail by this time next year.”
So he actually has until April to make good on his promise.

Oct 10, 2012 John In Ballard commented on The 10 Best Songs in Light in the Attic's Decade-Long History*.

Thankfully I got a ticket to Friday's show a month ago.
LOVE Light in the Attic. I don't think I've bought a LITA release and been let down by it. Granted, there's still a lot of their catalog I still don't have, so I'll keep my list a little shorter:
1. Rodriguez- "Sugar Man"
2. Pastor T.L Barrett and the Youth for Christ Choir - "Just Like a Ship"
3. Black on White Affair - "Bold Soul Sister, Bold Soul Brother"
4. Serge Gainsbourg - "Ballad De Melody Nelson"
5. Donnie & Joe Emerson - "Baby"
6. Rodriguez - "I'll Slip Away"
7. Patrinell Staten - "Little Love Affair"
8. Lee Hazelwood - "Califa (Stone Rider)"

Sep 14, 2012 John In Ballard commented on Collective Soul Cat.

You know that's Gregg Gillis' (Girl Talk) cat right? I hope he can train it to sing other stuff too. So many possibilities.

Sep 11, 2012 John In Ballard commented on What IS Aretha Franklin's BEST Song?.

I'm gonna second "Rock Steady", but to each their own.

Sep 11, 2012 John In Ballard commented on We All Agree that Keep It Like a Secret Is the Best Built to Spill Record, Right?.

My personal favorite is still Perfect From Now On. Secret does have my favorite BTS song though in Carry The Zero.
Perfect From Now On has like 4 of my favorite Built to Spill songs though; Kicked it in the Sun...I Would Hurt a Fly...Made Up Dreams...Out of Sight.
If someone unfamiliar with Built to Spill asks me which album to listen to though, I usually steer them towards Keep it Like a Secret or There's Nothing Wrong With Love just because those have more of the immediately likable tunes and don't have all of the long intros and jammed out songs that Perfect have. I love them, but I know they're not for everybody.