Late Night FDL: Save Me Now
Vevo released Billy’s Western-Themed ‘Save Me Now’ Video today…
Billy Idol’s redemption anthem “Save Me Now” gets a fitting tribute with a new video from frequent Muse collaborator Thomas Kirk, featuring a priest, a cop, and (of course) Idol himself…
The California desert is the setting for this story. The archetypal characters head for a roadside confession in a stolen cop car, courtesy of Idol’s longtime guitarist Steve Stevens. “I went for a concept which very much took the lyrics of ‘Save Me Now’ and turned them into a surreal story that I felt was as true to the very visual lyrics as possible,” Kirk says of the video. “I loved the image of a bruised cop and a priest trapped inside a car.”
The single, which was co-written by Idol, Twin Shadow, and Greg Kurstin, comes courtesy of Kings & Queens Of The Underground, the British rock legend’s first studio album in almost a decade. He’s currently on the last leg of his world tour to support the album (which was released last fall) with North American dates wrapping June 4, followed by a run of shows in Europe this summer. He’s be back in the U.S. this fall, including stops at Outside Lands and Austin City Limits.
What’s on your mind tonite…?
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Chilly tonight CT. Supposed to get down to the 40s and the hight 30s tomorrow. Burrrr
Aloha, and Brrr, indeed, cmk…!
If I had a mind I would say thank you to those behind the curtain that made the evil ad go away:)
Just wanted to share:
US Secretary of State, Lurch Kerry, traveled to Russia, read Putin a long list of grievances that the US has with Russia’s ongoing opposition to everything Obama does around the globe and prevents him from setting a unipolar global agenda, and left — but not before he handed the Russian a basket full of potatoes.
Just in case anyone wonders why the world has turned against the US empire.
http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/images/user5/imageroot/2015/05/potatoes%202_0.jpg
http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/images/user5/imageroot/2015/05/kerry%20potato%201_0.jpg
Aloha, jo6pac…! That’s good to hear and it’s great to see ya…! 😉
*heh* Aloha, pluto, I do have a plethora of links to share about it…! 😉
And I thought the biggest jack asses around were republicans. My bad.
Hit a Bong, err…
http://youtu.be/dCAFCxroRyA
I’m surprised he didn’t give him an order of fries.
You do produce some very interesting links, CT. They’ve taken me to places I never suspected existed. My bookmarks runneth over.
Or a bottle of Ketchup.
So, let’s see now… First Merkel… Merkel’s Moscow Visit Raises Sanction Concerns
Then…US Secretary Of State John Kerry Travels To Russia To Meet Counterpart Lavrov And President Vladimir Putin
This new layout is still broken in Opera. It was fixed for a single day after I pointed it out, but it reverted back to its previous state the next day. I’m guessing someone accidentally overwrote the modifications that fixed the Opera display problem. It’s clear that this problem can be fixed if the right person gets this message…
Aloha, Nightrider…! May I ask what your old FDL nom de plume was…?
G’evening, all … I’m listening to Tom Ashbrook’s On Point radio show as I type. It’s time-delayed by my local public radio station and also available as a podcast. Of likely interest to firepups/DOGS, because:
1st Hour
Greenwald and others debating the pros and cons of upcoming “national security” votes in Congress
2nd Hour
Chris Hedges discussing his new book, out today, Wages of Rebellion: The Moral Imperative of Revolt
TW
Staying with Mr ‘Jaw’… Kremlin confirms Putin-Kerry meeting in Sochi
“Marathon”… Kerry, Putin tackle U.S.-Russia policy strains in marathon Sochi talks
Partially attributable to the Ukraine sitch… Kerry urges all sides to prevent breaches of Ukraine’s ceasefire
Time for an… https://youtu.be/XyRda1qFfZc
Fascinating … For one morning FDL looked great for hours on my Android phone; when I later came back, the unreadable mess again.
Sonenstein did reply to my comment in the “Changes” post about this and agreed that FDL did look “difficult to read” on Android, said he’d have it looked into.
When a great Android look appeared for at least a few hours then reverted, I decided that … they are working in it.
TW
He would totally pull his bootstraps if only he could see them!
http://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/business/health-care/health-care-challenge-blog/article20696283.html
Aah, my Daughter just landed at HNL, all’s well in the Aina…! 😉
If you’re responsible for the quick fix, thanks CTuttle. The site looks much better in Opera again. Was it a problem in a CSS file or a site setting???
I’ve always gone by Nightrider, NightriderXP, or NightriderXP1. I’ve offered online technical support under those names for I’m guessing close to a decade now. That was also my CB handle when I drove semi truck in the 80s. I pulled a Revere Furniture trailer early on, which is where my CB handle originated. I made my best progress at night thanks to lighter traffic, hence The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere, aka the Nightrider…
Rebel Yell…
http://youtu.be/XU9mhfNygNA
Try it again dancingrabbit. They seem to have responded quickly to my plea for help. It looks much better in Opera again…
Greece should definitely leave the EU. It makes geopolitical sense. Although it will totally spoil the anagram.
http://www.ibtimes.com/russia-invites-greece-join-brics-bank-greek-financial-crisis-deepens-report-1918036
Btw, on the MENA front… So while the UN is heralding… UN Security Council Welcomes Halt in Yemen Fighting
KSA sends tanks to the border… Saudi Arabia moves tanks to Yemen border
As PressTV is reporting… Saudi Arabia violates ceasefire with Yemen minutes after it took effect
With those tanks…! 8-(
Russia has reached out to Tsipras on numerous occasions, Pluto
*sigh* Dancing with myself…
http://youtu.be/epeSCeztN64
white wedding *waving howdy to everyone* http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DyAlMU4cmtw
Aloha, Suz…! Gotta give Wyden credit for standing tall on TPP, eh…? 😉
I went through the front page, and it is better! More words per line, better leading between lines. Much more readable than when I first came to LN through the front page ~15 minutes after LN started, but …
Margins are still too wide, and
I much, much preferred the sans serif , Helvetica-like typeface I saw that morning to the too-serif-heavy typeface I’m seeing now.
(from my Android)
TW
Well folks, I’ve disappointing news on eCAHN’s prolonged absence from the Lake, it’s permanent from her terse reply to my query…! 8-(
They’ve offered loans. But no doubt they’ve discussed a number of important oil related issues. For example:
https://deepresource.files.wordpress.com/2015/05/greek-oil-gas.gif
Greece is sitting on recently discovered oil & gas reserves worth perhaps up to $600 billion, mainly located south of Crete.
But, more importantly, Greece is the final distribution point for Gazprom’s South Stream (now Blue Stream) pipeline, after it was diverted to Turkey last year, due to Bulgaria acting like sanctioning fools. Greece will now control southwest Europe’s gas supply.
http://www.parapolitika.gr/Media/Default/images/Turkish%20Stream%20MAP%201.jpg
In fact, construction began today:
got an email from merkely at 2:27 pacific today with a poll asking “Based on what you’ve heard so far, do you think the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) being negotiated in Congress
right now would make things better or worse for most Oregonians?” i believe that poll should have been emailed ahead of the vote, not afterwards
That is one hell of a well-written article! If most of that reporter’s articles in her series are that well done, she’s in contention for a Pulitzer, dollars to do-nuts.
I’m bookmarking your link so I can go back and read her earlier pieces, and follow her in future.
Great link, Pluto. Thanks.
TW
*heh* Follow the Money, err… Pipeline…! 😉
https://youtu.be/OegaW3e01EE
I’m sorry to hear that. I was enjoying getting to know her.
So was I, Pluto…! 8-(
Just keep being the squeaky wheel. Whoever is managing the software seems to be on the ball. Someone knows what they’re doing so they should be able to make the site display on your Android the way you want it to…
In a sure sign of our waning hegemonic supremacy of the Seas… Russian-Chinese Drill in Mediterranean Sends Signal to US – Western Media
2:27 pacific today
Well after the 3 pm eastern time vote, Suz…! 8-(
If only I knew where or to whom to squeak!
Sonenstein did explain that FDL is now using a “responsive template” that re-sizes the display depending on the screen size being used – which explains why it works well for some to unreadable for others.
Oh, heck, for FDL, I’d even fetch my software beta-tester hat, if I only knew where to send reports of my experience.
TW
yup. it is all kabuki… the final outcome was bought off a long time ago…
Oh, heck, for FDL, I’d even fetch my software beta-tester hat, if I only knew where to send reports of my experience.
You’re not the first, TW, trust me…! Unfortunately, I only volunteer here as well…!
That is a loss. She so often raised uncomfortable, yet important points.
Ah…just got my internet connection back. OY !
The weather is something fierce, eh cmk…?
No…twc. I called them up and they were performing maint. But as soon as I got off the phone, it was back. {{{sigh}}}
Engineers…grumble grumble.
http://youtu.be/oY9Pg79Nnyo
On the off chance someone interested in feedback is reading …
Suzanne’s quote above appears on my Android as left-justified text with exactly one word per line.
Not
easy
to
read.
TW
Based on that upvote, I would guess that CTuttle is on the job already. Your squeak was heard round the world!!!
Think I’ll hit the hey now. Nigh CT and all.
*heh* I wish I could wave my wand, nightrider…! 😉
i went in and removed the blockquote html that was causing that and put it in quotes instead. is reading fine on my desktop now
Pleasant dreams, cmk…! 😉
Evenin Mr Tut,an all. I must have missed the eCHAN terse reply scene. Then again i remember she did not deal well with the change. Boy howdy it just gets deeper an deeper what with the TPP shit.
Aloha, homer…! Boy howdy does it ever…! 😉
Her very terse ‘No‘ was in reply to my personal email to her…!
No link on the NO.
It was a personal email to her, homer…! 😉
MMMM hokay.
https://youtu.be/nfXNlea_R-c
CT, Disqus seems to have “lost” my earlier, more detailed comments about your links.
In short, they appear as boldface words to me. Took me a while to realize bold phrase/sentence = link.
Unless it’s Pluto’s boldface phrases/sentences, which are not links when I click on them, just bold used for emphasis.
Grok my problem?
Do your links appear differently than I’ve described to others? Blue text? Underscored text?
TW
I like to bold my links because I don’t like to post ‘naked’ links to the articles I’m featuring, TW…! 😉
https://youtu.be/_okSlFkkUpE
CT, I believe it was Suzanne who lamented hitting 99 the other night by saying hello to you.
Can some people see numbers with the comments to know when 99 is hit and by whom?
(I don’t see numbered comments on my ‘droid.)
TW
Look in the top left corner of this page DR.
I wondered wtf happened / who edited your comment. ‘Twas you!
Hope I’m not quibbling too much, but the quoted question is hard to make sense of as it now appears on my ‘droid – maybe put it in italics as well as quotes so that it stands out more from your preceding and following words?
TW
(I hate that we’re not only beta-testing but also playing customer feedback / help for one another like this.)
is what i used… alas no numbered comments…. as i commented i saw the number upper left change from 98 to 99
it was not just an android problem.. it read that way on my desktop too…. those of us unfamiliar with disqus are still figuring out what html ya can use and what fucks stuff up (like the blockquote – that was a bitch to manually put it all together again)
*waving north*
I see no numbers at the top left. There are numbers on the fourth line below the post title (after date, author, category lines) showing nn COMMENTS, but that number only updates for me when I refresh, and when I refresh I usually get locked out while I do the Disqus “Reload?” dance.
Life on a “smartphone.”
TW
Also, scrolling to the top of the page to check comment numbers takes a whole lot of swiping on a small screen.
*heh* I suppose it’s not very smart afterall, eh TW…? 😉
Iirc, eCAHN has been known to be terse before.
She’s been through a lot of PC travails … the “smart geek” she hired to clean up her system who told her adblockplus was causing her problems (it wasn’t) … buying, adjusting to a brand new system.
Maybe she’s just gone on hiatus for a few months and will check back in later to see if “the change” has sorted itself out.
TW
*heh* A real Golden Oldie…! 😉
https://youtu.be/xe99N4Gdiys
Time for me to say g’night to all and mahalo, CT, for hosting.
TW
Pleasant dreams, TW…!
May I kindly suggest using bold italics as very few ever use both for emphasis?
TW 😉
One last blast from my past…
https://youtu.be/poINzGrJils
Of course not. It’s called “branding” for a reason – a subcategory of
advertisingpropagandaNewspeak.TW