User on CNN

March 29, 2005 5:08 PM

I've banninated my television and just caught wind of adampsyche on CNN about 10 minutes ago.

This must be seen, did anyone tivo it?
posted by erisfree to MetaFilter-Related at 5:08 PM (53 comments total)

The Mefiverse is astounding. Phone call with one mefite prompts a, "hold on, mefi #2 is on CNN" which then prompts the story of how mefite #3 got mefite #2 on CNN in the first place and it all comes full circle back to blue, or grey, in this case.

I have recently come to understand Matt's true nefarious reasons behind Metafilter upkeep: World Domination.

This totally made my day. :)
posted by erisfree at 5:18 PM on March 29, 2005

what was adam doing on CNN?
posted by jonmc at 5:19 PM on March 29, 2005

He was talking about the downside of being a short guy in the dating pool.
posted by erisfree at 5:21 PM on March 29, 2005

Adam's not that short.
posted by jonmc at 5:27 PM on March 29, 2005

actually... I guess he's not that tall, but it was never noticeable really.
posted by jonmc at 5:33 PM on March 29, 2005

He was talking about the downside of being a short guy in the dating pool.

truly deserving of deep investigative exposure by CNN. i mean, ya know, given the current state of world affairs in general.
posted by quonsar at 5:34 PM on March 29, 2005

I remember when I saw Dong's book at Amazon.com. That's when I knew the world had gone apeshit crazy.

Or the time I got some CDs and saw a shoutout to MiguelCardoso in the liner notes.
posted by ColdChef at 5:37 PM on March 29, 2005

Bullshit, ColdChef. Prove that.
posted by graventy at 5:41 PM on March 29, 2005

Adam's picture may tell you more.
posted by thomcatspike at 5:43 PM on March 29, 2005

MetaTalk: the world had gone apeshit...Bullshit
posted by thomcatspike at 5:49 PM on March 29, 2005

how fun! was he really? (he's not that short at all)

on Paula Zahn?
posted by amberglow at 5:49 PM on March 29, 2005

"Bullshit, ColdChef. Prove that."

Maybe ColdChef likes Portuguese music.
posted by Ethereal Bligh at 5:50 PM on March 29, 2005

Bullshit, ColdChef. Prove that.

I have no idea how to respond to that.

Oh, and a few years back, I was on Turner Classic Movies as part of a retrospective on "The Long Hot Summer" (which was filmed in my hometown), and I got emails from all over the country from MeFites who were like "Holy shit, Chef! I just saw you on the teevee."

That was pretty wicked.
posted by ColdChef at 5:51 PM on March 29, 2005 [1 favorite]

It was, in fact, in the liner notes of a Portuguese album. I'll see if I can find it so that I can "prove" it to the non-believers.
posted by ColdChef at 5:52 PM on March 29, 2005

at least he wasn't the shortest--and he has no problem (at all) meeting people from what i've seen--he has at least 2 mefites of the female persuasion with crushes on him.
posted by amberglow at 5:53 PM on March 29, 2005

I'll back up CC on that one. Miguel sent me a copy of the same CD, with the same shout out. I also met some Euro guys in a bar who claimed to have heard of him and were impressed when I said he was my net-buddy.
posted by jonmc at 5:59 PM on March 29, 2005

Miguel designed the cover, if I recall.
posted by Pretty_Generic at 5:59 PM on March 29, 2005

Miguel is well known by all culturally-minded Portuguese.
posted by Pretty_Generic at 6:02 PM on March 29, 2005

we need a torrent or something of adam's star turn.
posted by amberglow at 6:04 PM on March 29, 2005

I believe this is the album, if I'm not mistaken.
posted by ColdChef at 6:06 PM on March 29, 2005

You are not mistaken, and a fantastic fucking album is is.
posted by eyeballkid at 6:14 PM on March 29, 2005

I feel so small and insignificant. It is comforting, yes.

a torrent would be good.
posted by sciurus at 6:14 PM on March 29, 2005

Of course, if you want to talk about Metafiltarians soaking in the limey-light, you can't beat when mathowie was on the cover of Brill's Content magazine.

I ran around showing that to everyone I knew, but nobody I knew cared.

BTW, I still have fifteen or so issues left, so if anybody wants one, let me know.
posted by ColdChef at 6:14 PM on March 29, 2005

Of course, that depends on what "is" is.
posted by eyeballkid at 6:14 PM on March 29, 2005

I miss Miguel, I really do.
posted by loquacious at 6:29 PM on March 29, 2005

is that Cafe du Monde? which one is you?
posted by amberglow at 6:46 PM on March 29, 2005

Heh.
posted by ColdChef at 6:50 PM on March 29, 2005

I would like to make it known I've not been on anything or know anyone that has been on anything. Although now that I think about it I was on something once and knew a lot of people that were too.
posted by mss at 6:51 PM on March 29, 2005

; >
posted by amberglow at 7:04 PM on March 29, 2005

I have no idea how to respond to that.

Sorry, that came off as much more hostile than I intended. I just wanted to see the album. ;)
posted by graventy at 7:15 PM on March 29, 2005

MiguelCardoso also designed at least one record cover back in the late seventies/early eighties, if I'm not mistaken.... For Durutti Column or some such band.
posted by soundofsuburbia at 8:06 PM on March 29, 2005

indeed: he may be slightly not tall, but he's utterly snacky on the tv.
posted by RJ Reynolds at 8:14 PM on March 29, 2005

Well, the argyle can't be helping much...
posted by squirrel at 8:14 PM on March 29, 2005

This whole Metafilter World Domination thing is going waaayyy too slowly. Hell, I don't know any Mefites other than quonsar that even have their weapons cache ready yet.
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 8:19 PM on March 29, 2005

Hell, I don't know any Mefites other than quonsar that even have their weapons cache ready yet.

You'd think so, wouldn't you?
posted by jonmc at 8:28 PM on March 29, 2005

adampsyche's so short, he be jumping off curbs talkin' 'bout, "weeee!" adampsyche's so short, his homies are the Keebler Elves.

(shorty's got game)
posted by naxosaxur at 8:44 PM on March 29, 2005

Hey, I was featured in a semi prominent NYC mag last week. Just another data point in the MeFi world domination headcount....
posted by stupidsexyFlanders at 8:50 PM on March 29, 2005

naxosaxur: funny
posted by stupidsexyFlanders at 8:52 PM on March 29, 2005

...i can vouch for stupidsexyFlanders's glossy article. IT WAS TEH KEWLIEZ.

/kicks self for not meta'ing stupidsexyFlanders's article. I made scans and everything :(
posted by naxosaxur at 8:53 PM on March 29, 2005

Article on what? now would be a good time to post it.
posted by JZig at 9:25 PM on March 29, 2005

Snacky?
posted by Doug at 10:14 PM on March 29, 2005

Rhetorical question: Does anyone give a shit that I was in the WaPo on Saturday and will be on Air America tomorrow?

Didn't think so.
posted by mudpuppie at 10:52 PM on March 29, 2005

Rhetorical question: Does anyone give a shit that I was in the WaPo on Saturday and will be on Air America tomorrow?

well, no, of course not. i mean, who are you?
posted by jimmy at 11:53 PM on March 29, 2005

Cool! I was on CSPAN's BookTV last weekend debating a pseudo-scientist about gender differences.
posted by mothershock at 3:59 AM on March 30, 2005

*strech*

Oh, hey, y'all. Don't sweat the tivoing, the portion with me in it was so...short...that it isn't worth the megabytes (and it's not like they were asking my opinion on Tivo allowing advertisements on portions of the screen ;). I did have fun doing it, though, as I'd never heard of speed dating before, and it was hilarious (and quite fruitful). A little background here, and a list of silly questions I was debating on asking here.

Didn't ask those, but I did ask one girl if she would remove my feeding tube if I was in a persistent vegetative state.

*ducks*
posted by adampsyche at 4:41 AM on March 30, 2005

I'm in the liner notes of this album. More than once, too!
posted by nthdegx at 5:01 AM on March 30, 2005

Didn't ask those, but I did ask one girl if she would remove my feeding tube if I was in a persistent vegetative state.

Did she say yes? (she's a keeper if she did) : >
posted by amberglow at 5:28 AM on March 30, 2005

Hey baby, you think my speed dating is good, wait til you try my speed fu--

NO CARRIER
posted by Kafkaesque at 8:11 AM on March 30, 2005

Also, very cool, Adam.

Also also, I have a Miguel Cardoso liner notes album too.

Also also also, I have a grisly Miguel-shaped shrine made of human skulls in my basement, awaiting the day he will return and cleanse the world with his holy fire.
posted by Kafkaesque at 8:13 AM on March 30, 2005

awaiting the day he will return and cleanse the world with his holy fire.

which will happen right after he ruptures his church.
posted by quonsar at 8:17 AM on March 30, 2005

I translated into Latin a tag for a t-shirt that Rick Perlstein wore once.

Nothing else I've ever done is worthy of comment.

Did Miguel design the sandpaper cover for Durutti Column? That would be awesome.
posted by kenko at 8:59 AM on March 30, 2005

Did someone mention Speeddating? I've just come home from one...what a bear pit! Bit bizarre to walk into my local for a relaxing drink afterwards & find a bunch of the people who I'd been dating just before...
posted by i_cola at 4:35 PM on March 30, 2005

adampsyche isn't very short, but if it's a schtick that's working for him, more power.
posted by bingo at 7:09 PM on March 31, 2005