It's a secret, but no secretIs there a better artist less appreciated by American audiences than the great Richard Thompson? Holy hail does this guy rock. For that matter so does his son, Teddy Thompson.
It's a rule, but no rule
Where you find the darkest avenue
There you'll find the brightest jewel
Now my name, it is Mulvaney
And I'm known quite famously
People speak my name in whispers
What higher praise can there be?
But I'd trade my fine mohair
For tie dyes and faded jeans
If she wanted me some other way
She's my Cooksferry queen
She gave me one pill to get big
She gave me one pill to get small
I saw snakes dancing all around her feet
And dead men comin' through the walls
Well I'm the prince of this parish
I've been ruthless and I've been mean
But she blew my mind and she opened my eyes
She's my Cooksferry queen
Oh yeah -- it's Wednesday, and this is (nominally) a South Florida legal blog.
Well it's slim pickings for us hard-core 3d DCA junkies, you know, the kind who wait with baited breath for the coffee-swillers to emit their resplendently robed utterances from the ornately sealed concrete bunker that is their judicial home.
Still, there is always something for us to obsess upon, isn't there?
Alvarado v. Snow White:
Yes, dear readers, the time has finally come for the 3d DCA to issue an opinion regarding Snow White. And Judge Gordon.
Note to Judge Gordon -- a few years ago the Florida Supremes wrote this case called Kozel, which sets forth the standards you need to follow before dismissing a case with prejudice for failing to comply with discovery orders. Check it out. There are six factors and you have to make findings and everything.
Hey, what do you know -- apparently you have to do this even if the party moving for dismissal is in fact Snow White. Or the Cooksferry Queen.
That's all kids -- I'm putting my headphones back on.
49 comments:
Gordon ptoeey and good riddance. If there was any way or reason to get rid of a case, he would find it.
Superb, SFL. I don't need to ask how these lyrics fit into your current fixation, do I?
1:57- Holy hail you beat me to it!!
Two thumbs up SFL on this post!
"Still, there is always something for us to obsess upon, isn't there?"
Subtle.
Kudos for the update.
BTW great footage.
1:44- You said it.
"I'm putting my headphones back on"
-Is that "director talk" for lights, camera, action?
Superior SFL.
Somewhere in this city is a clueless intern {name not needed} reading the comment left by 1:57, scratching his head and thinking, "huh?"
2:05, ditto. Love the title btw.
What's a Cooksferry Queen? Is that like a Werewolf in London drinking pina coladas at Trader Vics?
Excellent. You were right about the video. Funny how the judge missed that whole "findings" thing.
Best line-
"us hard-core 3d DCA junkies, you know, the kind who wait with baited breath for the coffee-swillers to emit their resplendently robed utterances"
Could such people exist?
I heard the feds were putting surveillance cameras under judges robes. Any truth to that?
2:30- a cook on the queen ferry, dude.
SFL needs to work on being subtle.
The Snow White opinion- what a waste of judicial resources.
I saw the great one himself, Shumie, smoking a stogie and driving home today about 4pm in his hit sports car. What a guy,
I was digging this post. Like many people, I am starting to have less and less faith in our judicial system, with people like Gordon around...
5:12- Why?
I don't get SFLs' song choice for this post-- someone explain?
6:05, Sir I'd take the U.S. Judical system to decide the fate of my cases any day than a country where cases are decided in a kangaroo court.
6:17- I second that? You been hitting the bottle early in the day, SFL?
6:05, You should not let Gordon shake your faith as a lawyer and/or in the judicial system.
I HAVE been hitting the bottle early and I cannot make any sense what the hell the statement left by 1:57 means?
1:44- Word!
6:17-it's elementary when you listen to the lyrics. Cooksferry Queen is CP.
SFL has it bad.
The "courtoons" not funny one bit.
"Concurrence By Justice Thomas?"
-mediocre writing, SFL.
3d DCA Watch
-fair write up. 7:39-I'm getting the song but WTF does it have to do with the 3d DCA Watch? A Disney song would have been more appropriate. Snow White/Disney World; anyone else see the connection?
6:26, Pleased to meet you. I'm an atheist.
9:22 you want Disney over Richard Thompson? You sir are an idjit.
10:12, Maybe I needed to be clearer or am I not seeing the full picture. All pictures and videos posted by SFL relate to his posts and/or title. How does Cooksferry Queen fit into the 3d DCA Watch posting?
Atheist-Lawyer
Made sense to me.
Problems over on the federal blog. Nasty comments. Lax supervision.
Shumie time for Markus?
8:23, I'm watching it, just hopeful lawyers would act professional and post appropriately.
"I'm watching it, just hopeful lawyers would act professional and post appropriately" LOL
judge gordon made me alot of money by dismissing my forfeiture case and not giving me a hearing saying my client had "no standing". We won before the Fl supreme ct in that they reversed. He could have had a 5 minute hearing and then could have ruled against me on the merits. Thanks to Gordon, I made a ton of $ because he wanted to get rid of a case. Thanks Jon.
8:49-- I nearly passed out from laughter, SFL.
(8:07)I feel like I am looking in from the outside. There is no tie IMO with Snow White and C-Queen.
Atheist-Lawyer
insert "in" after tie
SFL is an artist. You can't look at a Picasso and just see cubes.
My two cents--
Snow White marries the prince at the end and becomes a princess. The Queen in the story of Snow White is the enemy of the princess. The Cooksferry Queen is the princess of SFL's dreams.
4:22, interesting.
Not where I was going, but interesting.
(4:22)Never cared for Picasso. Give a chimp a brush and he'd paint a better portrait. Cut back on your caffeine son- your explanation gave me a headache.
Snow; snow (slang for coke) equals the princess The song is dedicated to the princess; I overlooked the comment (March 4, 2009 7:39 PM)
Is my face pressed up against the window or have I made my way in?
Atheist-Lawyer
You all so obviously miss all the clues sitting right in front of you...on the cover page.
I will pray for you but in the meantime someone put the God damn atheist out of his misery.
Isn't it always about the princess somehow?
{8:43}replied {March 2, 2009 10:43PM} using noncombatant words but in the end she bitch slapped Rumpole. Who says being civil doesn’t pay? How much do you care to wager the unidentifiable ‘poet’ {March 5, 2009 8:50 PM} is Rumpole?
{7:52}To repeat {7:39} SFL has it bad.
Atheist-Lawyer
My atheist lawyer friend, you are in.
I'm enjoying your comments.
I still don't get the cooksferry queen thing. But then Ima insurance defense lawyer billing the 95 at .10 so help me out.
{1:33}Newbie no longer remains the untutored one in the litter. The torch has been past.
This is not Ancient Egypt and we are not deciphering hieroglyphics. Refer to the last four words{7:39} If you are still having difficulty interpreting the lyrics let me know. I will explain it to you in stick figure drawing.
Atheist-Lawyer
An intense song. Thank you SFL!
SFL relishes in messing with us and never makes it simple but how can nobody not understand this one? “Kozel, which sets forth the standards you need to follow before dismissing a case with prejudice” IOW don’t dismiss, pass judgment on anything/one until you’ve gotten to know them. The song, to put it in the words of Tarzan– Tarzan see Jane. Tarzan like Jane. Tarzan want Jane for windsurf.
Is the good Jewish boy welcomed in?
Jewish-Orthodox Lawyer Who Does Shumie Time
3:08, that's affirmative.
3:08, Agreed. All you had to do was connect the dots. Nice way to put it but here is my version--
Tarzan is at the most popular bar in the jungle. In walks Jane.
Tarzan falls head over heels. He impresses her by telling stories how strong and sturdy his vine is. He invites Jane back to his hut for a little monkey business. She returns the favor by inviting him back to her condo. Both parties learn to adapt to the others environment and the rest as they say is history.
Methodist-Lawyer who finds shumie time dumb and annoying but likes
the Princess.
I am not Jewish, am I welcomed to the house party? I'll bring vodka.
No one likes a show off Methodist.
Atheist-Lawyer
3:02 isn't too far off with his interpretation of the song. Taken from--
http://people.netcom.co.uk/r.kendrick/rt/aboutson.htm
Cooksferry Queen-Inspired by a big jazz, R&B and blues pub in the area where Richard grew up in North London: "It's the first song I've ever had a blues harmonica on" he laughs, "just to set the scene! The events described in the song actually happened somewhere else, but I cheated and moved them to Cooksferry to scan better." "The character in "Cooksferry Queen" was a club owner, a small-time Mafioso guy, with the very sharp Italian suit, really nasty, very threatening, take your kneecaps off sort of guy. And a year later, the next time we played at this particular club, someone had dropped him some acid and he'd got this hippie girlfriend, and he was totally transformed: he'd grown his hair, he had a kaftan on and he hugged everybody who came in...!"
Thinking of changing careers, SFL?
Good find, 6:04!
Well, consider what happens to Harry Fine's straight-laced brother Herbie in I Love You, Alice B. Toklas.
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