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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-15-03 12:47 AM Original message |
Name a genius. |
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MrScorpio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-15-03 12:50 AM Response to Original message |
1. OK, I get it. You guys think he's a genius |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-15-03 12:51 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. You haven't been listening then. |
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Cooley Hurd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-15-03 12:53 AM Response to Original message |
3. Robert Smigel - SNL/Conan writer... |
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MrScorpio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-15-03 12:57 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Now that guy I get!! |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-15-03 01:35 AM Response to Reply #5 |
9. Interestingly, Captain Beefheart was all natural. |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-16-03 11:30 PM Response to Reply #3 |
58. ...and The Anipals! |
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DrWeird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-15-03 12:54 AM Response to Original message |
4. George Clinton |
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MnFats (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-15-03 01:00 AM Response to Original message |
6. Jimi Hendrix |
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caledesi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-15-03 01:20 AM Response to Original message |
7. Kahil Gibran. *profound* eom |
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pasadenaboy (877 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-15-03 01:31 AM Response to Original message |
8. Thomas Jefferson |
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WannaJumpMyScooter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-15-03 01:48 AM Response to Original message |
10. Dr. Hunter S. Thompson, Esq. |
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mikehiggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-15-03 02:03 AM Response to Original message |
11. Hermann Hesse |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-15-03 02:29 AM Response to Original message |
12. Jeaneane Garofalo |
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PurityOfEssence (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-15-03 03:02 AM Response to Original message |
13. I useta play songs like "roughneck and thug", opaque melodies that would |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-15-03 10:38 AM Response to Reply #13 |
18. Dead geniuses are okay. |
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VOX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-15-03 04:01 AM Response to Original message |
14. Muhammud Ali in his prime, and perhaps even now. |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-15-03 10:44 AM Response to Reply #14 |
21. Captain Beefheart's favorite percussionist. |
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economic justice (776 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-15-03 04:03 AM Response to Original message |
15. Colin Wilson <eom> |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-15-03 10:36 AM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Who? |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-15-03 11:15 AM Response to Reply #15 |
34. He's a British writer.... |
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Spider Jerusalem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-15-03 05:26 AM Response to Original message |
16. William Seward Burroughs. |
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Digger (99 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-16-03 10:50 PM Response to Reply #16 |
57. Agreed |
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Hubert Flottz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-15-03 10:39 AM Response to Original message |
19. George Booooosh! |
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Screaming Lord Byron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-15-03 10:42 AM Response to Original message |
20. Elisabeth Fraser, formerly of the Cocteau Twins. |
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Character Assassin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-15-03 12:48 PM Response to Reply #20 |
51. This is the correct answer |
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northzax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-15-03 10:49 AM Response to Original message |
22. Steve Spurrier |
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northzax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-15-03 10:55 AM Response to Reply #22 |
26. ok, fine. a real, and obscure one... |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-15-03 10:56 AM Response to Reply #26 |
27. I totally agree. |
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northzax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-15-03 01:40 PM Response to Reply #27 |
52. invented the first submarine used by the Union |
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ProfessorGAC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-15-03 10:50 AM Response to Original message |
23. Had Me, Had Me, Lost Me |
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ProfessorGAC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-15-03 10:52 AM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Oh, And About Naming A Genius |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-15-03 10:53 AM Response to Reply #23 |
25. It seems like more a lateral range to me. |
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Screaming Lord Byron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-15-03 10:57 AM Response to Original message |
28. Arthur Scherbius! n/t |
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Zuni (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-15-03 10:57 AM Response to Original message |
29. Abraham Lincoln |
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jpgray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-15-03 11:04 AM Response to Original message |
30. Brian Wilson |
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Screaming Lord Byron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-15-03 11:05 AM Response to Reply #30 |
31. Mark E. Smith. Genius or ranting dishevelled maniac? The line is so fine. |
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Zuni (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-15-03 11:09 AM Response to Reply #31 |
33. Or Syd barret? |
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jpgray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-15-03 11:28 AM Response to Reply #33 |
38. I may have difficulty separating ranting dishevelled maniac from genius |
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Screaming Lord Byron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-15-03 11:32 AM Response to Reply #38 |
39. I like all Syd's stuff, even The Madcap Laughs / Opal stuff |
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jpgray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-15-03 11:38 AM Response to Reply #39 |
43. Yeah, the Fall is fascinating like a car wreck is fascinating |
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Zuni (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-15-03 11:05 AM Response to Original message |
32. Zuni is a genius |
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Don_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-15-03 11:17 AM Response to Original message |
35. Me |
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ChoralScholar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-15-03 11:23 AM Response to Original message |
36. Hmm.. I'd have to say Huey Lewis...EOM |
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XNASA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-15-03 11:27 AM Response to Original message |
37. DaVinci? Newton? Picasso? |
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Don_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-15-03 11:34 AM Response to Reply #37 |
41. Everyone You Admire Is Smarter Than You |
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jpgray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-15-03 11:38 AM Response to Reply #37 |
44. Ahh.. Damo Suzuki should beat the shit out of Yorke for stealing his voice |
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Guaranteed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-15-03 12:22 PM Response to Reply #37 |
47. Ooo...you said Yorke too... |
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Bertha Venation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-15-03 11:33 AM Response to Original message |
40. Jimmy Carter n/t |
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YNGW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-15-03 11:43 AM Response to Reply #40 |
45. Billy Carter was the one with the brains. |
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regularguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-15-03 11:34 AM Response to Original message |
42. Charlie Parker. Rober Musil. |
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Guaranteed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-15-03 12:21 PM Response to Original message |
46. Andy Kaufman. |
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Drifter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-15-03 12:32 PM Response to Original message |
48. Hello Frank Zappa ... |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-15-03 12:35 PM Response to Reply #48 |
50. Start with Safe as Milk |
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Red_Storm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-15-03 12:32 PM Response to Original message |
49. Miles Davis |
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geniph (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-15-03 02:01 PM Response to Original message |
53. Richard Feynman and Steven Hawking |
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alarcojon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-16-03 10:21 PM Response to Original message |
54. Chomsky! |
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BlackVelvetElvis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-16-03 10:32 PM Response to Original message |
55. Rembrant |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-16-03 10:35 PM Response to Original message |
56. Tennessee Williams |
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nuxvomica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-17-03 12:27 AM Response to Reply #56 |
61. Y'know, I've never consider that but I think you're right |
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kixot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-16-03 11:37 PM Response to Original message |
59. James Clerk Maxwell. |
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BrotherBuzz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-17-03 12:04 AM Response to Original message |
60. Bill Lear |
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