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45. Most Days (2009-01-26)
10 months ago
INT. OFFICE - MORNING

Happy Chow Yun-Fat! - It's Chinese Year of The Awkward; Jordan & Jesse are the real deal; Fried appies for the whole table; Monkey dish of gravy; Speaking of tables: "Jessie."

State: Staying hydrated. *SO* important to stay hydrated.
Hear: Girl Talk - "Feed the Animals"; Pick Hit: "Let Me See You" tinyurl.com/cafcy6; Samples used: tinyurl.com/4eajxt
See: "Murder in the City" — ass-ton of Avett Bros. covers! tinyurl.com/aomkcw
Idea: Bobby Hill. (Fave Bobby line: tinyurl.com/AndThereItGoes)
Fact: I was, for a time, "Jason."

Then: Facts about Chinese New Year.

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  • Itsbynne Reel 10 months ago
    True Story: My girlfriend (now fiancée) might have also had a little to drink (on her birthday). She was so hungover she insisted we actually go to Denny's. I am not sure why this was the place she wanted to go to settle her stomach, but all of my other suggestions were rejected. She had waffles, I had a sandwich. It cost me $15. I got out of that birthday pretty good I'd say.
  • Merlin Mann plus 10 months ago
    Once you're married, you will be responsible for knowing WHEN it's critical to steer her away from these things while making it seem like her idea.

    It's a Chinese concept called "Hakuna Matata."
  • Don Schaffner 10 months ago
    I'm pretty sure Hakuna Matata is a chinese baseball player. You might want to check your facts better.
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  • Aaron Tait plus 10 months ago
    I'm surprised last night didn't involve a trip to the hospital and nine stitches. After the *cough* table incident *cough*.

    Seriously though, that was an awesome show!
  • Merlin Mann plus 10 months ago
    I hope he survived that intact. I get the feeling he was giving us a brave face.
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  • Chris Enns plus 10 months ago
    Canadian conversion: 66 f's is 18 c's.
  • Merlin Mann plus 10 months ago
    C's seem more sensible to me, but the tyranny of the F's is brutal here.
  • Chris Enns plus 10 months ago
    I smell a YLNT marketing/product opportunity here. Something to keep in mind for fourth quarter projections.
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  • Chris Enns plus 10 months ago
    Moons over my hammy is my favorite Denny's indulgence.
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  • Filip Salomonsson 10 months ago
    Sir is not entirely sane, is he? Sir is not. Good Sir.
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  • Sarah Wedde 10 months ago
    Best hair yet. My blow-up Merlin doll is getting this as soon as I arrive home tonight.
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  • Brady Schwab 10 months ago
    I am so pleased you're still digging the Avett Bros. They definitely have legs. Glad I (nod to Eric) could give something back after all your creative goodness that I have consumed over the years. Maybe I'll be able deliver something else worthwhile sometime. *cough* Andrew Bird *cough* Keep up the great work!
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  • Bill Seybolt 10 months ago
    Big fan of the Dean Gray mash-up American Edit. If you haven't heard it, you can find it on YouTube. Same type of thing as Girl Talk.

    Looking forward to the podcasts. Jesse will meet the same fate as Ira Glass one day. They'll recognize how brilliant he really is, throw a large bag of cash at him and give him a national show.
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  • Stephen Lewis plus 10 months ago
    IGNORANCE! Everybody knows it's the year of the Manila Envelope.
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  • Jeff MacDougall 10 months ago
    I think you were saying something that was both interesting and funny... but I couldn't hear you over your hair. Could you (wash, rinse) repeat that?
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  • duncan idaho 10 months ago
    Just a minor quibble - "Murder in the City" is from 2006, is is not?
  • Merlin Mann plus 10 months ago
    I have it on their 2008 _Gleam II_ EP, but it may also be on an earlier record I'm not aware of. I'm new to them.
  • duncan idaho 10 months ago
    You are right and I am wrong. I was confusing "The Gleam" and the "The Second Gleam". The song has had such an impact on me (and others it seems) I must have inserted it as a sound track to earlier memories. Apologies for wasting you time. My bad.
  • Merlin Mann plus 10 months ago
    Not at all. Their haircuts and beards are making it very confusing for me to visually determine when a given song came out. That's a facial branding problem, if you ask me.

    But, seriously. As one approaches an age like mine, you find fewer and fewer things to be legitimately obsessed about. At least in my case, that manifests itself as frequently rolling my eyes and complaining about how much a given band sounds like a pale and overproduced imitation of [The Velvet Underground | The Ramones | The Buzzcocks | The Beatles | etc].

    But these guys are just terrific. I literally can't stop listening to their stuff. Particularly that one song.
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  • Jason Permenter 10 months ago
    To me, Merlin, you will *always* be that little boy who just wanted a monkey dish filled with gravy for the entire table.
  • Merlin Mann plus 10 months ago
    That was some gooooood gravy, amirite?
  • Jason Permenter 10 months ago
    Exceptional. Too bad we didn't try the Pancake Puppies™. Bet those are good in gravy.
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  • Robert-Jon Eckhardt 10 months ago
    Oh my god, everything after the second time "I'm making a video most days" was madness!!
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  • Ryan Construct 9 months ago
    Merlin, have you considered linking to the Amazon pages of the CDs with the songs you recommend to make a little extra mulah?

    I bought The Gleam II after hearing Murder in the City and I see no reason why you shouldn't get a cut of that.
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