"Phil the Shill" is the title of an episode of Miami Vice that starred Phil Collins as a scam artist who immigrated to America from his native U.K. to escape taxes and prosecution. He was a TV game show host, later on he took a suitcase with over a million bucks in it and vanished. He reappeared on cable TV as televangelist "Father Phil", perfoming fake exorcisms and saying "give me your money, and I will give you a miracle". Phil Collins in real life is noted for his charm and amiability, and his portraying of an iritable greedy bastard shows that he makes a good actor as well as musician. He acted in theater as a kid and made his movie debut as a crowd extra in "A Hard Day's Night". Also check out the flick "Buster" from 1988.
Luke: Whatcha watchin' on the boob tube, dude?
George: Just a stupid infomercial hosted by Phil the Shill.
George: Just a stupid infomercial hosted by Phil the Shill.
by I Saw U2 Live Twice December 09, 2007
Officially, Milli Vanilli was a techno-dance singing duo consisting of Rob Pilatus of Germany and Fabrice Morvan of France. They released one album in late 1988, "Girl You Know is True". From that period up to early 1990 it spawned five Top 10 hits - the title track, the #1 "Don't Forget My Number", the #1 "Girl I'm Gonna Miss You", the #1 "Blame It On the Rain" and entering the new decade with "All or Nothing". In early 1990, they were caught lip-synching "Blame It On the Rain" live on TV during a music awards show. The previous year the tape skipped during a "concert" that also revealed the duo's lip-synching. Allegations flew. Later in the year the duo said they wanted to do some real singing on their next album. They revealed to a music employee that all they did for the record was pose for the album cover and have the project credited to them under the name "Milli Vanilli". The shit really hit the fan after that. The duo's album sold multi-platinum but was soon deleted. They had to return their Grammy for Best New Group, the first time that ever happened. Milli Vanilli was disgraced in what is possibly the biggest sham in music history. Still, they were used in a Pepsi TV ad the following year, lip-synching to an opera record. A year later, they released an album under their real names, supposedly the vocals were the duo's own. It sank like a stone in a pond. Pilatus commited suicide in 1998. Fabrice is still living. The term "Milli Vanilli" now is used to denote fraud and fakery.
Since that time other performers like Madonna, Ashlee Simpson and Britney Spears have been caught lip-synching on stage. Not as much fuss has been made about any of that. Hmmmm. It's a damn shame that the Milli Vanilli story has come to what it is. Their first album has some really good songs on it, but they will never be released again and we probably never will hear them again because of the big scandal. There's some terrific music on it, it's just a shame that the wrong people got all the credit for it.
by I Saw U2 Live Twice December 09, 2007
I was waiting for the signal to change so I could cross the street in downtown Toronto and there was Charles. He was blitzed and he was wearing a shirt I've seen in America. It said on the top "Famous Oriental Saying" and had some slash marks below it. Turning the head sideways revealed that the "Oriental characters" made up the English words "fuck this shit". Charles repeated the "saying" on his racist T-shirt by saying "Yeah. Fuck this shit. FTS." The light turned green. We crossed the street, I turned east and he went west.
by I Saw U2 Live Twice November 05, 2006
in the U.S. Navy, this is a slang term used to denote a Bad Conduct Discharge (BCD), one of the worse type of military discharges given. A discharge like this is basically given for commiting offenses that would count as felonies in the civilian world.
David Doo-no-good was court-martialed today and found guilty of molesting his own daughter. He recieved a reduction-in-rate to the bottom paygrade (E-1), all his pay and allowances were forfeited, he got sentenced to 12 years at the Pebble Factory (the military slammer located at Leavenworth, Kansas),and he will receieve a Bad Chicken Dinner. After that no one will want to hire him, no college will want to admit him, he will need to find some rich bitch to marry and support him. Was the action worth all that? He is one major SMF. No bones about it.
by I Saw U2 Live Twice May 12, 2007
basically, it's a phrase used as an interjection when the radio station or club DJ is playing some trash. The phrase is used frequently by Morrisey on the 1986 Smiths hit "Panic" where he exhorts that the disco be burned down and the "blessed DJ" by hung up "because the music that they constantly play / it says nothing to me about my life". Considering that's true today, it ain't such a bad idea at all.
by I Saw U2 Live Twice June 10, 2007
1. in Star Wars movies it's a utilization of the Force that Jedis use to persuade others to do their will.
2. simply, it refers to when someone who thinks he/she is an authority on something tries to convert or convince someone to believe something ridiculous or do something stupid by double talk, gab, outright lying, deception, utilization of ignorance or just plain bullshit.
2. simply, it refers to when someone who thinks he/she is an authority on something tries to convert or convince someone to believe something ridiculous or do something stupid by double talk, gab, outright lying, deception, utilization of ignorance or just plain bullshit.
1. Jabba the Hutt in Return of the Jedi told Luke Skywalker that his Jedi mind trick would not work on him since Hutts are immune to such thought patterns.
2. that TV evangelist is trying to brainwash people into giving him money. I ain't falling for his Jedi mind trick.
2. that TV evangelist is trying to brainwash people into giving him money. I ain't falling for his Jedi mind trick.
by I Saw U2 Live Twice April 06, 2007
A rock band of Black Americans popular in the late 80s - mid 90s. They played a fusion of heavy metal and funk, tho they also experimented with other styles and genres, too. Living Colour wrote mature, intelligent lyrics to their songs. I saw them on David Letterman in the end of the 80s and they were stunning to the max. They were playing "Which Way to Your America?". The singer Corey Glover(who'd make a fine gospel singer) was screaming out the words like his life depended on it. Guitarist Vernon Reid ranks with the Edge, Jimi Hendrix and other guitar heroes. Bassist Muzz Skillings and drummer Will Calhoun churned out the rhythm. It was trandescent and the band got a big time standing o. In the 90s Muzz was replaced by Doug Wimbish. Living Colour broke down racial barriers in FM rock radio. They disbanded in 1995.
I saw Living Colour live in early 1991. They were magnificent. They rocked down the house. The opening act, Urban Dance Squad, got us primed up.
Eeeeeeeeyo! What's your favorite color, baby?
LIVING COLOUR!
Eeeeeeeeyo! What's your favorite color, baby?
LIVING COLOUR!
by I Saw U2 Live Twice November 14, 2006