metric is good pop! i like succexy a lot... it doesn't appear to be on the sift, i'll go dig it up. it's a shame that such terrible "hollywood pop" has given the genre sort of a bad name. there's a time and a place for fun pop music! at least, in my opinion

edit: here we go, link to the song i was talking about above:
http://www.videosift.com/video/Metric-Succexy-music-Video

heh. haven't we all been there before... this CD was not my favorite, but damn his whole discography is great.

mmm... it seems this thread has been resuscitated so i fear no repercussion of posting my hello!

my name is chris and i've been registered to the sift since december of 2006. i'm obviously a lurker more than anything, but it's really because i don't spend a lot of time digging up videos. the only reason i felt compelled to find something worth posting was to get rid of my probie status! (i trust you all understand.)

i've got a bachelor's in german from UC berkeley, but i spent about 3.5 years learning electrical engineering and computer programming. after getting my heart broken, i changed my major to change my friends and surroundings. i have not looked back since; being out of the basement is invaluable, and so are great books and interesting people.

i love burlesque. you can probably find me at the uptown club in oakland or somewhere in the city at a show. (that's san francisco.)

thanks to a woman whom i've adored for years, but never done anything with, i'm addicted to cycling. i ride fixed gear for fun, not fashion. the bike has a phrase i painted on it, "my other bike has gears." i'm also a mechanic, and i used to autocross my old 1989 honda accord because, well, why not.

videosift has been one of my regular stops on the internet... along with big picture, nytimes, wsj, and (until recently) my warcraft guild's website. i have been "clean" for about three months now. i have no intention to return to addictive gaming.

i'm studying to become a recognized beer judge by the BJCP. i will know my score after the november 14th 2008 test. my background is in wine, but beer is amazingly complex and terribly tasty.

currently, i work for an enormous independent auto shop in berkeley. we are solar powered, do anything hybrid, and have a great reputation. i am the sys-ad, but i also interface between the mechanics and customers since i don't mind talking with people.

i'm 26, and single... but it's my 'fault.' i don't like to fuck around, probably because i respect women; but i'm a good looking guy and could easily capitalize on that. i have eyes for two women who, for reasons beyond my feeble masculine conception, seem to have little interest in me.

the sift rages on! i would like to thank cat power for being the musical backdrop for reading this sift-talk.

much love and respect for everyone, including the impressive (intelligent) trolls as well. i do not condone choggie's downvote/discard actions, but his comments consistently brought a smirk to my face.

eff (like the letter, not the keebler )

this was incredibly frustrating for me to watch... there really is some mind-blowing disrespect coming from bill o'reilly. regardless of what the issues are, his approach to 'debate' is just gross.

then again, i've had many arguments with people who think louder is better, and that ad hominem is the way to go. maybe they're just used to arguing over nascar engine noise about which beer is better: bud lite or miller lite? whatever the case may be, it's not convincing at all and makes me wonder about whomever is swayed by such belligerent over-talk

home team captain doesn't get a kiss?!

*long

but informative!

i don't know whether mykonos has been sifted, but that's my favorite song of theirs. both releases are great music for sure, and the jacket liner notes are neat too. i think one phrase is "we all played some instruments to make these sounds" heh.

i'll check after i finish listening

edit: couldn't find it on the sift so i added it here:

http://www.videosift.com/video/Fleet-Foxes-Mykonos

i may have heard "that hobo just fell over"

as in a response to perhaps someone else in the room wondering what everyone was laughing about

*dead again

our jaerbs? =D

^ shh... i can't hear over this silliness! everyone has his opinions on music; enjoy this for what it's worth or skip it.

"i reserve the right to party with putin"

haha, i lost it there

just one more turn...

i don't see what the big deal is. obviously the woman doing the interview is confused about her precious metals. fiorina only received 45 million... a *golden* parachute, according to mccain, is 2.5 billion in combined bonuses!!

obviously she only received a gold-foil coated nickel parachute!

WORK WITH ME HERE PEOPLE

you know... with all the focus diverted onto palin and the actual presidential campaigns, i really don't know anything about biden himself. of course, i should say i know nothing aside from the two (hilarious) goof ups when asking the man in the wheelchair to stand, and then FDR's post-depression televised address. not to sound snarky, but that is definitely not a glowing review so far.

i spend most of my 'leisure' time these days learning as much as i can about derivatives and CDOs and other finance stuff that i had no idea about (young kid, no assets) that i really haven't bothered to backcheck the obama VP candidate.

i guess the reason i'm posting is to get maybe a link to a biden sifttalk or a couple other good places for easy-to-digest information on the guy. does anyone else kind of feel the same unawareness with respect to biden? or am i just opening myself up to ridicule! heh