[Rhodes22-list] Half Time was STATUS

Steve rhodes2282 at yahoo.com
Fri Feb 6 05:36:19 EST 2004


Yeah, Slim.  That's excellent.
Steve

--- Steve Alm <salm at mn.rr.com> wrote:
> Steve,
> I especially like the new Allan Jackson / Jimmy
> Buffett song, It's Five
> O'clock Somewhere.  8-)
> 
> Slim
> 
> On 2/5/04 9:57 AM, "Steve" <rhodes2282 at yahoo.com>
> wrote:
> 
> > Slim
> > Well, I must say; with today music the way it is,
> I
> > like country music more than any of this new rock
> > stuff that out.  Unless we're taking about Jimmy
> > Buffett - That my bourbon & 7 sailing music
> there:-)
> > Steve
> > 
> > 
> > --- Steve Alm <salm at mn.rr.com> wrote:
> >> I agree with Rummy that it was the worst HT show
> in
> >> memory.  The whole
> >> presentation seemed like one big overblown sex
> show.
> >>  The content of every
> >> song was nothing but sex.  I'm certainly not a
> prude
> >> (as some of you already
> >> know) but I like to think of the HT show as a
> >> thumb-on-the-pulse of American
> >> popular culture.  I also agree with Rik that
> there
> >> are big sales at hand
> >> here, but I'm surprised at the
> >> lowest-common-denominator approach to this
> >> presentation.  Not only that, but there was
> really
> >> nothing for the "older"
> >> viewers to like--musically speaking.  I don't
> mean
> >> to sound like a snob but
> >> if you're older than 22, you probably don't buy
> >> Nelly or Kid Rock CD's.  I
> >> confess, I DO like some rap and I've always
> >> appreciated the rebellious
> >> nature of young performers, but still I have to
> give
> >> it a thumbs down for
> >> not providing what I expect in a HT
> show--universal
> >> appeal.  Note:  during
> >> the Kid Rock segment, the broadcast went black
> for a
> >> couple seconds.  Was it
> >> just my area or was that a censor?
> >> 
> >> And then came JJ's boob.  At first I thought, No
> >> Way!  That's not really her
> >> bare breast is it?  That's gotta be a mock-up or
> >> prosthetic or some kind of
> >> "theater thing."  I wasn't sure until I saw
> Rummy's
> >> post of the picture--and
> >> keep the porn coming, Rummy!  8-)  I thought of
> Mick
> >> Jagger when he tore off
> >> Tina Turner's skirt during a live performance on
> >> stage revealing a scant
> >> pair of panties.  Pretty tame by today's
> standards
> >> but at the time it was
> >> scandalous.  Both Jagger and Turner acknowledged
> >> that the stunt was NOT
> >> planned, but who really knows?  Both JJ and JT
> had
> >> the same story--that it
> >> was a case of "costume failure." Judging by the
> look
> >> on her face, my guess
> >> is that it truly was an accident, but who really
> >> knows?  After all, she IS
> >> an actress.  Then again, if her boob was supposed
> to
> >> flop out, it might as
> >> well be decorated with a fancy (and
> >> dangerous/painful) looking piece of
> >> hardware.  And besides, we all know that even bad
> >> press is sometimes good
> >> press.  I can't help but question the timing,
> what
> >> with her brother's
> >> troubles right now.  It'll be very interesting to
> >> see how this plays out.
> >> 
> >> Slim
> >> 
> >> On 2/3/04 3:39 PM, "Rik Sandberg"
> >> <sanderico at earthlink.net> wrote:
> >> 
> >>> Rummy,
> >>> 
> >>> Not sure I agree with you. Jackson/Timberlake
> will
> >> probably be selling CDs/
> >>> videos, etc. for months over this.....Millions
> of
> >> them. I think they expected
> >>> to be in deep shit over this and added up the
> >> costs (fines, whatever) and
> >>> figured they'd still knock down a cool few
> >> million.
> >>> 
> >>> All this uproar over this is exactly what they
> >> wanted. If the Gov't was smart,
> >>> the fine would be a LARGE percentage of the
> >> profits of future sales, not a
> >>> flat sum.
> >>> 
> >>> Rik
> >>> 
> >>> 
> >>> On 02/03/2004 03:14 pm, R22RumRunner at aol.com
> >> wrote:
> >>>> Mark,
> >>>> I don't think it worked for them. The e-mails
> to
> >> the NFL, CBS and the
> >>>> Federal Communications Commission have not been
> >> positive. I think there
> >>>> will be punishment for that little fiasco.
> Aside
> >> from the nudity, it was a
> >>>> really shitty show.
> >>>> 
> >>>> Rummy
> >>>> 
> >>
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