Anyone who doesn't recognize "the non-male" in this comic has a lot of backlog they should read. She's been in a handful of previous strips, and is actually quite an important person in Scott's life...
I don't really know the 'difference' between County or Western, butI oftimes hear people talke about 'Country' music, but I don't think I've ever heard anyone admit to being a fan of 'Western' music. Its always either 'Country', or 'Country & Western. This is more thought than I've ever really given it before because aside from Johnny Cash, I pretty much despise any music labelled 'Country.' I did enjoy a Faith Hill music video once, but she could've read the phone book and I'd have enjoyed that about the same.
If you want a good example of the "Western" side of C&W, take a listen to Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys, they were the epitome of "Western Swing", and very different both thematically and musically from what is typically thought of as "country".
I have a friend I like to refer to as "the anti-Sturgeon's Law." Specifically, she manages to find the 10% of everything that ISN'T crud. I think it's almost like a challenge for her. If I tell her I don't like country music (or hip-hop, or techno... or romance novels or horror movies or anything else, for that matter), sure enough, a few weeks later she'll come at me with a brilliant example of the genre that I have to grudgingly admit, yeah, I sorta love. It's humbling and enlightening all at the same time.
Sorry, this post is only tangentially relevant to the comic, but that's where my mind went.
May 30, 2010
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Anyone who doesn't recognize "the non-male" in this comic has a lot of backlog they should read. She's been in a handful of previous strips, and is actually quite an important person in Scott's life...
@Allen, that's his mom, and we've seen her before.
I don't really know the 'difference' between County or Western, butI oftimes hear people talke about 'Country' music, but I don't think I've ever heard anyone admit to being a fan of 'Western' music. Its always either 'Country', or 'Country & Western. This is more thought than I've ever really given it before because aside from Johnny Cash, I pretty much despise any music labelled 'Country.' I did enjoy a Faith Hill music video once, but she could've read the phone book and I'd have enjoyed that about the same.
If you want a good example of the "Western" side of C&W, take a listen to Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys, they were the epitome of "Western Swing", and very different both thematically and musically from what is typically thought of as "country".
okay, how many people counted the syllables in that haiku?
I have a friend I like to refer to as "the anti-Sturgeon's Law." Specifically, she manages to find the 10% of everything that ISN'T crud. I think it's almost like a challenge for her. If I tell her I don't like country music (or hip-hop, or techno... or romance novels or horror movies or anything else, for that matter), sure enough, a few weeks later she'll come at me with a brilliant example of the genre that I have to grudgingly admit, yeah, I sorta love. It's humbling and enlightening all at the same time.
Sorry, this post is only tangentially relevant to the comic, but that's where my mind went.
There once was a man
From Nantucket who could not
Pee in a bucket
Crude, but hey, it is a haiku :D
Excellent musical preferences in the fourth panel.
Seriously, take that back.