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I believe that the "What do you get with freedom?" sample is Hugh Hefner.

Also the the following samples are the "Mooninites" (Ignignot and Ur) from the cartoon "Aqua Teen Hunger Force":

[Ignignot from Aqua Teen Hunger Force:] Everyone please, bow your heads and pretend to be serious.
[Ur from Aqua Teen Hunger Force:] Do it or I'll bow 'em for ya!

-and-

[Ignignot from Aqua Teen Hunger Force:] All that we say and do is right.
[Ur from Aqua Teen Hunger Force:] Now do you understand?
[Ignignot from Aqua Teen Hunger Force:] And our culture has advanced beyond all that you can possibly comprehend wth 100% of your brain.

Cool-I've updated the transcript. I thought that one voice was Hugh Hefner, but they all started sounding alike. I'll take your comment as confirmation.

... And now I don't have to waste even more of my time hunting down those quotes--although honestly, I like how the collection of samples in that track ambiguously mocks both the record industry and the file traders. It ends a very wacky collection with a somewhat serious question.

I can place another quote. "Oh, is that so? And what's so advanced about it?" is from Frylock, also from the cartoon Aqua Teen Hunger Force.

Note to self: watch more ATHF.

> Pleasure. The inevitable byproduct of our civilization. The tragedy of your times my young friends is that you make it exactly what you want.

this is a quote from the movie HEAD.
http://www.pifmagazine.com/SID/552/

also.. the Big Lebowsi was not played by Gene Hackman but by David Huddleston.

The quote from Head is actually:

"The tragedy of your times my young friends is that you MAY GET exactly what you want."

*pedant

Note to self: buy Head.

Wait. That doesn't sound right.

the kickboy quote seems to be taken from "the decline of western civilization". perhaps all the way up to the surfer dude.

i don't have a copy of the movie to check.

If you're interested, Kickboy Faces' real name was Claude Bessy - seemed like a pretty cool guy. The majority of the musical underlay here is "Who Wants To Live Forever?" which I have on "Queen: Greatest Hits II", but is originally from "A Kind of Magic". And definitely watch more ATHF.

What a great closer to a great album!

Oh yes, tBL is shouting "The bums will always lose", if I recall correctly.

> Major advances in civilization are processes that all but wreck
> the societies in which they have

that's an alfred north whitehead quote. not sure if it's him or someone else saying it? full quote is here: http://creatingminds.org/quotes/progress.htm

also, the first "male voice" during the big lebowski scene ("this is our concern, dude") is Brandt (played by philip seymour hoffman).

i'm watching HEAD right now.. which made me think about this again.

I think these lines:
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[Male surfer voice:] I just think that it's rock and roll and that's what it is.
[Female voice:] What do you like about it?
[Male surfer voice:] Well, I like that it's like, it's something new and it's just reviving like old rock and roll and it's like it's raw and it's for real. It's fun. Ya know. It's like, it's not bullshit. There's no rock stars now.
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are from "The Decline of Western Civilization Part I (the punk years)"

Cheers,

-m

Thanks. I labeled that full section for Decline of Western Civ (from your suggestion and bryan's and curious's). I had seen the movie in college and vividly remember some of those amazing scenes. The subtitles during the completely incomprehensible performances were classic. How could anyone survive that life?

I gotta order that movie. Still waiting for Head from Amazon...

Again, the music appears to be entirely "Who Wants To Live Forever?", which was originally written for and used in the movie _Highlander_.

Thanks for the transcript!

oh my god thank you so much for this transcript
i was just taking parts of the dialouge and searching it on google

i got fight club and ATHF and the surfer boy lines from decline of western civilaztion and big lebowski but i would have neverrr ever of gotten the rest

I just want to repeat the last poster's comments, and say 'thank you' for taking the time to put all this together. This is a very cool collection of quotes and the way they are woven together is just amazing. One correction though, the bit labeled [Ted Koppel?] is actually Peter Jennings. Thanks again for this transcript; much appreciated.