Thanks for the promote. I just sent an e-mail of Andrew Bird youtube performances I like to a friend; thought I'd share with you in case you hadn't caught some:

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Here's a song that's much better live than on the record, performed at the Fillmore with a fun audience... fun lyrics, and lyrical presentation:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Buxc-CNfLM

Here he is again on the violin, and also playing guitar and glockenspiel, with a band backing him up:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmKGPyYcf8g

Here's a slower song from a CD coming out Jan. 20th called Noble Beast (that album title is a David Attenborough reference):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYwUVSUd3Ko

Here's a strange one of him walking around Paris singing and playing for a popular French music blog:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsR0uyPxqxI

Here's a song I really like,... he supposedly got the lyrics from a letter he found on the ground (he said the letter started 'Dear Dirty,' and then went on to describe in a simple caveman dialect what it was like being a caveman):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKnjsRvsyGQ

Finally, here he is first playing a song he wrote for a children's show he appeared on, then rolling into an intense performance of a pretty wild song:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZ0-HVPl4xg
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In reply to this comment by Issykitty:
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thanks for sharing.

I just sent an e-mail to a friend with links to Andrew Bird performances on youtube that I like, in case you hadn't seen some of them:

"
Here's a song that's much better live than on the record, performed at the Fillmore with a fun audience... fun lyrics, and lyrical presentation:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Buxc-CNfLM

Here he is again on the violin, and also playing guitar and glockenspiel, with a band backing him up:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmKGPyYcf8g

Here's a slower song from a CD coming out Jan. 20th called Noble Beast (that album title is a David Attenborough reference):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYwUVSUd3Ko

Here's a strange one of him walking around Paris singing and playing for a popular French music blog:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsR0uyPxqxI

Here's a song I really like,... he supposedly got the lyrics from a letter he found on the ground (he said the letter started 'Dear Dirty,' and then when on to describe in a simple caveman dialect what it was like being a caveman):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKnjsRvsyGQ

Finally, here he is first playing a song he wrote for a children's show he appeared on, then rolling into an intense performance of a pretty wild song:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZ0-HVPl4xg
"

In reply to this comment by guessandcheck:
thought you might like this http://www.videosift.com/video/Andrew-Bird-Yawny-at-the-Apocalypse

Troglodyte;
A member of a primitive race or tribe of cave-dwellers, a caveman.

A categorically racist statement, worthy of a ban.
Or just keep him around to further embarrass himself.

>> ^alien_concept:
>> ^CaptainPlanet420:
>> ^gwiz665:
And calling in gay is a fucking idiotic idea, because it equates gayness with sickness. Of course there would not be many supporters in the gay community of that, if they have half a brain.

But they are sick...

Well that's finally done it for me. If that isn't the proof that you've got no saving graces then nothing will be. I'm not even curious what you have to say anymore, ignoring you is going to be a piece of cake
switches off the caveman


Well, I submitted my thoughts and I don't think calling me a caveman is a very well thought our response. You choose to ignore instead of address. At least you stopped calling me a hater.

>> ^CaptainPlanet420:
>> ^gwiz665:
And calling in gay is a fucking idiotic idea, because it equates gayness with sickness. Of course there would not be many supporters in the gay community of that, if they have half a brain.

But they are sick...


Well that's finally done it for me. If that isn't the proof that you've got no saving graces then nothing will be. I'm not even curious what you have to say anymore, ignoring you is going to be a piece of cake

*switches off the caveman*

>> ^lucky760:
I know it's wrong. I know it's brutal. I know officers who are unable to contain their rage may be likely to hurt "innocent" people.
Regardless of that, my natural reaction to this video is gladness that he was punished (assuming any wounds he sustained were mainly superficial) for putting the lives of many innocent bystanders at risk.
It's caveman thinking, but I can't help it.

the rhetorical question is: do you want this guy to change his ways or do you want revenge?
Edit: although i understand the need to beat the shit out of the motherfuckers.

I know it's wrong. I know it's brutal. I know officers who are unable to contain their rage may be likely to hurt "innocent" people.

Regardless of that, my natural reaction to this video is gladness that he was punished (assuming any wounds he sustained were mainly superficial) for putting the lives of many innocent bystanders at risk.

It's caveman thinking, but I can't help it.

1. This is a form of the argument that accuses atheists of replacing religious belief with scientific belief. But science is driven by evidence and rationalism whereas religion is driven by revelations and dogma. Science isn't perfect, but it is the best tool we have for understanding the universe. Also, evolution is not about chance. Natural selection is the exact opposite of chance.

2. Wow. Three well trodden fallacies all wrapped up into one. This guy reads way too much Ray Comfort. To answer his primary question, Why is ther something rather than nothing? Well, we don't really know. To suppose that the universe was created by some powerful, divine being doesn't answer the question of First Cause because now you have the presence of a God to explain.

3. Morality is generated by culture. Culture is a set of baseline assumptions that people in a community take for granted. It enables us to communicate efficiently. Having a conversation where you had to define each and every term would be tedious and extremely time consuming. Morality, or the division of actions between Right and Wrong, is woven into the fabric of our culture. So, of course, religion influences morality, as does every cultural institution, but it is not the originator of morality. We create morality. And we are decidedly not Gods or divine.

4. This is more or less the same question as question 3. Morality evolves because of culture. Language allowed us to pass information and knowledge from generation to generation. Culturally speaking, a new generation does not start from scratch. It builds upon culture that has already been established. Also, his caveman example is ridiculous because it is entirely fictitious.

5. Yay! The argument from design rears its ugly, battered head! Why the fuck won't this one go away? When life first started here on Earth it was exceedingly simple. The diversity and complexity we see today is the product of 4 billion years of evolution. FOUR BILLION MOTHER FUCKING YEARS. That is a lot of years. I'm seriously. Although I give him credit for using a wood carving as an example instead of a pocket watch. I haven't heard that one before.

Just to clarify, a singular 'caveMAN' committed the disgusting act recorded. I didn't see any other men hit a woman in this clip.
Also, what an ass; I hope he contracts something slow, painful and fatal.

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Klaus really has the Captain Caveman thing going. I Think his accent improved in later years.

Lou normally sounds like a caveman who doesn't really speak the language, so I'm pretty sure all this dialogue was dubbed.

So I'm not the only one who noticed that.

>> ^jimnms:
Was that the Geico Caveman @ 2:00?

Was that the Geico Caveman @ 2:00?

Nooo that caveman kidnapped Fry!

Ahh, I remember ol' Cap'n Caveman... but man, imagine pitching that idea.

"So, there's this 'caveman' right... although he's just an egg shape covered in hair really... which is handy because he can pull all sorts of crap out of that hair"
"Riiight"
"And he's frozen, but then thawed out by these three teenage girls, in a van that looks suspiciously like the scoob mobile"
"Aaah huuuh"
"well, this caveman guy, he can... ahem... fly... and he, erm, has a club which opens and has a sort of mechanical hingy thing with a bird on it who has a candle."
"What the crap did you eat last night? Really... get out of this office until you can think of something better"

"NEXT!"

"Hi.. .sir... I have this idea where the whole cartoon is about trying to catch a pigeon"
"Hmmm... go on"