<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9612609.post4160514086380772732..comments</id><updated>2008-07-17T11:32:32.411-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Comments on Badtux the Snarky Penguin: How to piss off a songwriter</title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://snarkypenguin.blogspot.com/feeds/4160514086380772732/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9612609/4160514086380772732/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://snarkypenguin.blogspot.com/2008/07/how-to-piss-off-songwriter.html'/><author><name>BadTux</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01345749557330760251</uri><email>badtux99@gmail.com</email></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>10</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9612609.post-4358697651079731416</id><published>2008-07-17T11:32:32.411-07:00</published><updated>2008-07-17T11:32:32.411-07:00</updated><title type='text'>I love garden gnomes!!!  Next video please rock th...</title><content type='html'>I love garden gnomes!!!  Next video please rock the gnome shirt!&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Awesome song - loved it.  Haven't listened to the other guy's (really no desire to) but I'm sure yours is better anyway.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Wasn't McSame having trouble picking a campaign song a few months ago?  Maybe he should use yours - the words are strangely fitting...</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9612609/4160514086380772732/comments/default/4358697651079731416'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9612609/4160514086380772732/comments/default/4358697651079731416'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://snarkypenguin.blogspot.com/2008/07/how-to-piss-off-songwriter.html?showComment=1216319552411#c4358697651079731416' title=''/><author><name>Miss Kat</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15913506848303631484</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://snarkypenguin.blogspot.com/2008/07/how-to-piss-off-songwriter.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9612609.post-4160514086380772732' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9612609/posts/default/4160514086380772732' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9612609.post-5579478528199471288</id><published>2008-07-16T20:39:10.420-07:00</published><updated>2008-07-16T20:39:10.420-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Just slap a big gold star in the middle of a red t...</title><content type='html'>Just slap a big gold star in the middle of a red towel and you have the flag.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Libya easier, it's just solid green.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9612609/4160514086380772732/comments/default/5579478528199471288'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9612609/4160514086380772732/comments/default/5579478528199471288'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://snarkypenguin.blogspot.com/2008/07/how-to-piss-off-songwriter.html?showComment=1216265950420#c5579478528199471288' title=''/><author><name>Bryan</name><uri>http://whynow.dumka.us/</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://snarkypenguin.blogspot.com/2008/07/how-to-piss-off-songwriter.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9612609.post-4160514086380772732' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9612609/posts/default/4160514086380772732' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9612609.post-8379944913266202944</id><published>2008-07-16T16:42:22.912-07:00</published><updated>2008-07-16T16:42:22.912-07:00</updated><title type='text'>i've got a t-shirt that says nuke the gay whales f...</title><content type='html'>&lt;I&gt;i've&lt;/I&gt; got a t-shirt that says &lt;I&gt;nuke the gay whales for christ&lt;/I&gt;.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;if you want to make it into a fine bluegrass tune, you have my blessing. just post the video if you do.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9612609/4160514086380772732/comments/default/8379944913266202944'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9612609/4160514086380772732/comments/default/8379944913266202944'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://snarkypenguin.blogspot.com/2008/07/how-to-piss-off-songwriter.html?showComment=1216251742912#c8379944913266202944' title=''/><author><name>hipparchia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16601000402820151839</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://snarkypenguin.blogspot.com/2008/07/how-to-piss-off-songwriter.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9612609.post-4160514086380772732' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9612609/posts/default/4160514086380772732' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9612609.post-6522928828746388122</id><published>2008-07-16T14:57:37.760-07:00</published><updated>2008-07-16T14:57:37.760-07:00</updated><title type='text'>I'm not sure what a North Vietnamese flag looks li...</title><content type='html'>I'm not sure what a North Vietnamese flag looks like or how I would get one. As for Che, the most controversial T-shirt I own is one that says "Sweet Gnome Alabama" and has garden gnomes playing guitar. So it had to be with what was handy -- a pile of gimme caps (see: top of bookcase in background), the built-in webcam on the Macbook, and I hauled over the microphones from my recording studio though this is the first time I ever used iMovie so I couldn't figure out how to run the sound track through the usual post-processing (compression and amplification). Now, you try pickin' a fine bluegrass tune in an unfamiliar position (enforced by the Macbook's webcam) while reading the lyrics to a song that are taped to the bookshelf to your right (ten years, remember? Remembering lyrics after ten years wasn't happenin'!), and you'll see why I shot for "comic relief" rather than for "fine music"!&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;- Badtux the Musical Penguin</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9612609/4160514086380772732/comments/default/6522928828746388122'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9612609/4160514086380772732/comments/default/6522928828746388122'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://snarkypenguin.blogspot.com/2008/07/how-to-piss-off-songwriter.html?showComment=1216245457760#c6522928828746388122' title=''/><author><name>BadTux</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01345749557330760251</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='12438660198761304811'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://snarkypenguin.blogspot.com/2008/07/how-to-piss-off-songwriter.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9612609.post-4160514086380772732' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9612609/posts/default/4160514086380772732' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9612609.post-5425945214510867102</id><published>2008-07-16T14:14:46.675-07:00</published><updated>2008-07-16T14:14:46.675-07:00</updated><title type='text'>You could've at least put on the Ché T-shirt that ...</title><content type='html'>You could've at least put on the Ch&amp;eacute; T-shirt that all liberals own, or had a North Vietnamese flag in the background.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9612609/4160514086380772732/comments/default/5425945214510867102'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9612609/4160514086380772732/comments/default/5425945214510867102'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://snarkypenguin.blogspot.com/2008/07/how-to-piss-off-songwriter.html?showComment=1216242886675#c5425945214510867102' title=''/><author><name>Bryan</name><uri>http://whynow.dumka.us/</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://snarkypenguin.blogspot.com/2008/07/how-to-piss-off-songwriter.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9612609.post-4160514086380772732' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9612609/posts/default/4160514086380772732' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9612609.post-7584663663369139950</id><published>2008-07-16T01:45:38.765-07:00</published><updated>2008-07-16T01:45:38.765-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Bryan, I used to run this blog on that server and ...</title><content type='html'>Bryan, I used to run this blog on that server and it's otherwise only used for email and some family domains that use very little bandwidth, so bandwidth is not a problem. This blog used a fair amount of bandwidth (especially with all the photos I like to put on it), performance kinda sucked at those bandwidths which is why I moved it off to Google's servers, but anyhow, these nerds aren't even making that server breathe hard. Yeah they spiked my bandwidth. But I've only used 1% of my bandwidth allotment for the month, so I think I can handle it :-). &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Hipparchia -- irate penguins look like rednecks wearin' gimme caps from a big pile of gimme caps on the bookcase behind him? Heh!&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;What impressed me most about that other song entitled "The Republican Song" was the complete &lt;I&gt;suckitude&lt;/I&gt; of the song.  I don't generally write political songs because they suck. Ideological tracts are, well, &lt;I&gt;boring&lt;/I&gt;. A song has to be personal to be meaningful, has to make you feel something, and a song that just goes "me good because of reasons x,y,z, other not because of reasons a,b,c!" is a song that is just, well, &lt;I&gt;dull&lt;/I&gt;. EG's TRS kind of skirts the edge, you end the song thinking, "what an asshole that dude is", but that's at least feeling &lt;I&gt;something&lt;/I&gt;. Sigh. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;So it goes. So it goes.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;- Badtux the Musical Penguin</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9612609/4160514086380772732/comments/default/7584663663369139950'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9612609/4160514086380772732/comments/default/7584663663369139950'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://snarkypenguin.blogspot.com/2008/07/how-to-piss-off-songwriter.html?showComment=1216197938765#c7584663663369139950' title=''/><author><name>BadTux</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01345749557330760251</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='12438660198761304811'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://snarkypenguin.blogspot.com/2008/07/how-to-piss-off-songwriter.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9612609.post-4160514086380772732' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9612609/posts/default/4160514086380772732' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9612609.post-6545384773529415704</id><published>2008-07-16T00:15:31.468-07:00</published><updated>2008-07-16T00:15:31.468-07:00</updated><title type='text'>ouch.so that's what penguins look like when they g...</title><content type='html'>ouch.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;so &lt;I&gt;that's&lt;/I&gt; what penguins look like when they get mad.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9612609/4160514086380772732/comments/default/6545384773529415704'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9612609/4160514086380772732/comments/default/6545384773529415704'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://snarkypenguin.blogspot.com/2008/07/how-to-piss-off-songwriter.html?showComment=1216192531468#c6545384773529415704' title=''/><author><name>hipparchia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16601000402820151839</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://snarkypenguin.blogspot.com/2008/07/how-to-piss-off-songwriter.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9612609.post-4160514086380772732' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9612609/posts/default/4160514086380772732' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9612609.post-5286558535629602221</id><published>2008-07-15T20:13:04.164-07:00</published><updated>2008-07-15T20:13:04.164-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Well, fuck'em</title><content type='html'>Well, fuck'em</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9612609/4160514086380772732/comments/default/5286558535629602221'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9612609/4160514086380772732/comments/default/5286558535629602221'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://snarkypenguin.blogspot.com/2008/07/how-to-piss-off-songwriter.html?showComment=1216177984164#c5286558535629602221' title=''/><author><name>BBC</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15323188240580782454</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://snarkypenguin.blogspot.com/2008/07/how-to-piss-off-songwriter.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9612609.post-4160514086380772732' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9612609/posts/default/4160514086380772732' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9612609.post-4281508530284208360</id><published>2008-07-15T20:01:18.671-07:00</published><updated>2008-07-15T20:01:18.671-07:00</updated><title type='text'>YEOW!!!!!Dude, that sucks on so many levels.  Give...</title><content type='html'>YEOW!!!!!&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Dude, that sucks on so many levels.  Given the general lack of skills by so many people using the 'Net, you are probably burning up bandwidth charges.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;At least now I know why they included the "the" in the URI.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9612609/4160514086380772732/comments/default/4281508530284208360'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9612609/4160514086380772732/comments/default/4281508530284208360'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://snarkypenguin.blogspot.com/2008/07/how-to-piss-off-songwriter.html?showComment=1216177278671#c4281508530284208360' title=''/><author><name>Bryan</name><uri>http://whynow.dumka.us/</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://snarkypenguin.blogspot.com/2008/07/how-to-piss-off-songwriter.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9612609.post-4160514086380772732' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9612609/posts/default/4160514086380772732' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9612609.post-7617722468873408528</id><published>2008-07-15T15:39:59.693-07:00</published><updated>2008-07-15T15:39:59.693-07:00</updated><title type='text'>:::smacks head::::Great, just great.  Now, for no ...</title><content type='html'>:::smacks head::::Great, just great.  Now, for no good reason, I have the old Anne Murray song "Please don't sell Nova Scotia" running in my head with a whole NEW set of lyrics.  Gods above and below, I want the election over with so I can go crazy at normal speed instead of at warp speed!</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9612609/4160514086380772732/comments/default/7617722468873408528'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9612609/4160514086380772732/comments/default/7617722468873408528'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://snarkypenguin.blogspot.com/2008/07/how-to-piss-off-songwriter.html?showComment=1216161599693#c7617722468873408528' title=''/><author><name>Labrys</name><uri>http://www.walkofthefallen.com</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://snarkypenguin.blogspot.com/2008/07/how-to-piss-off-songwriter.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9612609.post-4160514086380772732' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9612609/posts/default/4160514086380772732' type='text/html'/></entry></feed>