"Your boy, BJR" (jerseyshoreben)
12/12/2015 at 23:52 • Filed to: None
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"Your boy, BJR" (jerseyshoreben)
12/12/2015 at 23:52 • Filed to: None | 4
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Happy birthday, you magnificent bastard. Did oppo celebrate at all?
DrJohannVegas
> Your boy, BJR
12/13/2015 at 00:00 |
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Last time I was in FL, I snagged all of Grandma’s Sinatra cassettes from her old car (she isn’t using them...), so I did a little driving with the Chairman of the Board.
Then, listened to the Sinatra-themed “This American Life”, because I’m a filthy godless pinko liberal with a hemp public radio tote bag.
dogisbadob
> Your boy, BJR
12/13/2015 at 00:05 |
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Not really.
Dude was in the mafia; nowadays they’re called “terrorist organizations.” What if he was around today? The only difference about Sinatra is that he wasn’t black and wasn’t a muslim.
His famous quote “you get a Ferrari when you want to be somebody, and a Lamborghini when you are somebody” says it all. Outside of Hudson County, Lambos are much easier to acquire; you can’t buy a new Ferrari unless you already have one.
Birddog
> Your boy, BJR
12/13/2015 at 00:08 |
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Yeah. I took a break from my normal Rednek station.
It’s Frank. You have to.
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Birddog
> dogisbadob
12/13/2015 at 00:24 |
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Damn. That went dark quick.
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DrJohannVegas
> dogisbadob
12/13/2015 at 00:32 |
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Technically, the mafia’s aim was not political (or, if political power was in the plans, it was as a means to economic interests). So, mafias would be “organized crime”. Still, all of your later critique could easily be reframed in the context of the handwringing that surrounds artists in other genres with similarly-complicated backgrounds.
On the Lambo quote: Meh. If mattering to the House of Ferrari means that much to you, I guess that says it all.
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Your boy, BJR
> dogisbadob
12/13/2015 at 00:41 |
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What the fuck are you even on about?
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dogisbadob
> DrJohannVegas
12/13/2015 at 00:43 |
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Personally, I don’t really pine for the prancing horse, although I do want a Mondial. What if Sinatra had lived to see the Gallardo, which changed everything about Lambo.
Sam
> dogisbadob
12/13/2015 at 00:55 |
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Mafias aren't terrorist organizations. They're organized crime, same as street gangs. Terrorism is specifically political, organized crime is typically either economical or territorial.
lunr
> Your boy, BJR
12/13/2015 at 01:13 |
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https://www.dropbox.com/s/xbemhia8l1pc…
My favorite performance of Sinatra’s “Mack the Knife”
PatBateman
> Your boy, BJR
12/13/2015 at 03:37 |
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I watched a couple of Sinatra biographies and got drunk.
I win.
Jayvincent
> Your boy, BJR
12/13/2015 at 15:50 |
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If you don’t drive with one elbow on the door, you aren’t cool enough to hang with Frank.
Three generations of I-talian-Americans: this is how I learned to drive.
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Jayvincent
> lunr
12/13/2015 at 15:59 |
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Thanks! You win a Sinatra in a car as partial payment
and what a beautiful car it is.