Morning Discussion: New Year's Eve Edition

by Alice O'Connor, Dec 31, 2009 5:00am PST

Today is the day you can feel absolutely fantastic about the past year and be determined to continue that high into 2010. Alternatively, feel absolutely wrecked and broken by 2009 and make a resolution to somehow drag yourself out of the mire by your nails. I don't believe any other option is permitted, for some reason.

You'll probably drink alcohol tonight and deserve everything you get the next morning, so don't even think about complaining. Besides, it only serves to distract you from the real entertainment--arguing over whether today is the end of the decade or merely a decade.

The news desk is unpersoned today and tomorrow but we'll have a few little features to make up for our shameful absence. Have fun, Internet. We'll see you in the future!

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Has anyone made a bluetooth headset that doesn't look totally dorky?

Dec 31, 2009 1:49pm PST

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Has anyone made a bluetooth headset that doesn't look totally dorky? : Lightzout
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  I noticed all the streetcorner wiggas downtown were sportin' the bluetoofs today. Can I git a WUT-WUT?! : Dave-A
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    I should get one of those hearing aids that look like a Bluetooth headset. 20+ years of rock, punk, and m... : Dave-A
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      Woah, cred points. His solo on BF's version of Louie Louie made me fall in love with his playing : dognose
      
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      Having said that I disliked the later Black Flag stuff and I once owned his solo album and didn't care fo... : dognose
      
      You and everyone else, brother. He's done a lot of cat rescue since though, so that's to his credit! : Dave-A
      
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      I've had friends recommend BF to me on several occasions. I like Rollins pretty well, I guess I just didn... : CrabsJarrard
      
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      It really depends what you heard, Black Flag albums are quite varied, with a different vocalist and drumm... : dognose
      
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      Also if you can find it, the double LP "Everything Went Black" with the band name and logo blacked out ha... : dognose
      
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      The only one I ever listened to was Loose Nut. That's all the music store had.... : CrabsJarrard
      
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      Ew. : dognose
      
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      Well you fags went and did it. Dave-A's samples got me to go to Amazon and I'm getting the digital versio... : CrabsJarrard
      
      This trip to Amazon reminds me again I've got to get a working turntable. More than half the music I look... : CrabsJarrard
      
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      Check back in please! Also I think there were two versions of Damaged released, one with Dez and one wit... : dognose
      
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      Woah I got that backwards, I prefer the Dez versions : dognose
      
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      Rollins had a strong voice but he took himself way too seriously : Dave-A
      
      Yeah I liked my punk rock raw and unprofessional : dognose
      
      The Dez versions can be heard on EWB and The First Four Years : Dave-A
      
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      Listened through a good bit of it - the tracks that stand out right now for me are Keith Morris Depressio... : CrabsJarrard
      
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      Guess I should try and return the favor and share something you might have not heard before. I'm a big fa... : CrabsJarrard
      
      I'm a huge QoTSA fan. Saw them play last year and it was the best show I've ever seen! : Dave-A
      
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      Also if you like Rollins, seek out S.O.A. (State of Alert) on I think the Dischord label, I only ever fou... : dognose
      
      I prefer SOA to Rollins era Black Flag : dognose
      
      Couldn't have put it better myself! : Dave-A
      
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      Jealous Again and Damaged were great. They're pretty raw, so that might turn you off. After that they started to lose steam.
      
      Here's some samples, you need to crank 'em! Perhaps listen to them on a Walkman while operating a noisy lawnmower when you were sixteen to get to full effect.
      
      Pre-Rollins:
      White Minority: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-Vv4PRtV58
      
      Rollins, Rollins, Rollins on the River:
      Rise Above: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXQtl0ypU44
      Six Pack: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jzKpJ1Jk6Y
      Spray Paint: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVup3AY57PY
      
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      Jealous Again and Damaged were great. They're pretty raw, so that might turn you off. After that they sta : Dave-A
      
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      Oh, always loved Police Story too: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYuTeXpAcmc : Dave-A
      
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      Hey Dave-A you are/were probably a fan of Reagan Youth? My band did a cover of one of theirs http://d... : dognose
      
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      Ooh thanks, will check it out when I get home! : Dave-A
      
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      Not worth speeding for, and a cover should not be done unless it can improve on the original. In this ca... : dognose
      
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      What instrument did you play? : Dave-A
      
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      Sang, and nowhere near as good as the original : dognose
      
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      I can do a passable Rollins impersonation - I have a recording of a cover of Black and White by the Rolli... : Dave-A
      
      Ooo I would love that! : dognose
      
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      This is great! The production is clear as a bell. You're going on the iPhone son, and you'll like it! D: : Dave-A
      
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      Yeah that's the thing, I spent the most money on the production of that and one other song, because I wan... : dognose
      
      Oh and thanks! I am a gleephead : dognose
      
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      I had heard the Queens of the Stone Age cover of Jealous Again. I never thought to look up the original, ... : CrabsJarrard
      
      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRJJR3zfr8E Wow thanks! : dognose
- Jabra stone is nice looking, there was another one that was nice but it was for females. : ryuuseki
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  I'm not embarrassed to wear my Jawbone Prime: http://us.jawbone.com/product_landing.aspx : Spectracide[PAK9]
  - everyone else is embarrassed for you. : Slowtreme
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  Jawboner : rosewood
  - This was a gift and as hideous as it is I think it has a little UT99 flair. I am still only wearing it i... : Lightzout
- how about the Plantronics Discovery 9xx series? http://www.plantronics.com/north_america/en_US/products/... : Curious Mutation
- They are dorky by definition...so no. : skunk_ape
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  Until someone invents an implanted one....no. Well, ok, one that looks like a Secret Service earpiece ... : Arcanum
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    kinda like the Digital Tattoo Interface? http://www.core77.com/competitions/GreenerGadgets/projects/4673/... : Curious Mutation
    - That would be cool if it were something more substantial than some designer's idea. : Arcanum
- what about the one that Jim from The Office wore in an episode from a couple seasons back? : nyranger66
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  http://dvice.com/archives/2009/03/sanwa-throat-mi.php !!! : harold.johnson
  - Make a version that looks like jewelry and I bet the acceptance would go up. : Arcanum
- BlueAnt ones are nice also http://www.myblueant.com/products/headsets/z9i/index.php : redfive
- I'm waiting for the one that connects directly to my brain. : romulan
- Apple does, I don't know why they don't push it. : not work safe
- The Jawbone Prime is pretty low key. I use it, but refuse to wear it like a piece of jewelry. : Waverider

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