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The RPM Package Manager only works with packages built in the RPM format. RPM itself is provided as the pre-installed rpm package. For the end user, RPM makes system updates easy. Installing, uninstalling, and upgrading RPM packages can be accomplished with short commands. RPM maintains a database of installed packages and their files, so you can make queries and verify installed files on your system. There are several applications, such as DNF or PackageKit, that can make working with packages in the RPM format even easier.
Use DNF Instead of RPM Whenever Possible
For most package-management tasks, the DNF package manager offers equal and often greater capabilities and utility than RPM. DNF also performs and tracks complicated system-dependency resolutions. DNF maintains the system integrity and forces a system integrity check if packages are installed or removed using another application, such as RPM, instead of DNF. For these reasons, it is highly recommended that you use DNF instead of RPM whenever possible to perform package-management tasks. See DNF. If you prefer a graphical interface, you can use the PackageKit GUI application, which uses DNF as its back end, to manage your system's packages. |
During upgrades, RPM handles configuration files carefully, so that you never lose your customizations — something that you cannot accomplish with regular .tar.gz
For the developer, RPM enables software source code to be packaged into source and binary packages for end users. This process is quite simple and is driven from a single file and optional patches that you create. This clear delineation between pristine sources and your patches along with build instructions eases the maintenance of the package as new versions of the software are released.
Because RPM can make changes to the system itself, performing operations like installing, upgrading, downgrading, and uninstalling binary packages system-wide requires |
RPM Design Goals
To understand how to use RPM, it is helpful to understand the design goals of RPM:
- Upgradability
With RPM, you can upgrade individual components of your system without a complete reinstallation. When you get a new release of an operating system based on RPM, such as Fedora, you do not need to reinstall a fresh copy of the operating system on your machine (as you might need to with operating systems based on other packaging systems). RPM allows for intelligent, fully-automated, in-place upgrades of your system. In addition, configuration files in packages are preserved across upgrades, so you do not lose your customizations. There are no special upgrade files needed to upgrade a package because the same RPM file is used to both install and upgrade the package on the system.
- Powerful Querying
RPM is designed to provide powerful querying options. You can perform searches on your copy of the database for packages or even just certain files. You can also easily find out what package a file belongs to and where the package came from. The files an RPM package contains are in a compressed archive, with a custom binary header containing useful information about the package and its contents, allowing you to query individual packages quickly and easily.
- System Verification
Another powerful RPM feature is the ability to verify packages. It allows you to verify that the files installed on the system are the same as the ones supplied by a given package. If an inconsistency is detected, RPM notifies you, and you can reinstall the package if necessary. Any configuration files that you modified are preserved during reinstallation.
- Pristine Sources
A crucial design goal was to allow the use of pristine software sources, as distributed by the original authors of the software. With RPM, you have the pristine sources along with any patches that were used, plus complete build instructions. This is an important advantage for several reasons. For instance, if a new version of a program is released, you do not necessarily have to start from scratch to get it to compile. You can look at the patch to see what you might need to do. All the compiled-in defaults, and all of the changes that were made to get the software to build properly, are easily visible using this technique.
The goal of keeping sources pristine may seem important only for developers, but it results in higher quality software for end users.
Using RPM
RPM has five basic modes of operation (not counting package building): installing, uninstalling, upgrading, querying, and verifying. This section contains an overview of each mode. For complete details and options, try rpm --help or see rpm(8). Also, see Additional Resources for more information on RPM.
Installing and Upgrading Packages
RPM packages typically have file names in the following form:
For example the tree-1.7.0-3.fc31.x86_64.rpm
file name includes the package name (tree
), version (1.7.0
), release (3
), operating system major version (fc31
) and CPU architecture (x86_64
When installing a package, ensure it is compatible with your operating system and processor architecture. This can usually be determined by checking the package name. For example, the file name of an RPM package compiled for the AMD64/Intel 64 computer architectures ends with |
The -U
(or --upgrade
) option has two functions, it can be used to:
upgrade an existing package on the system to a newer version, or
install a package if an older version is not already installed.
The rpm -U package.rpm command is therefore able to either upgrade or install, depending on the presence of an older version of package.rpm on the system.
Assuming the tree-1.7.0-3.fc31.x86_64.rpm
package is in the current directory, log in as root
and type the following command at a shell prompt to either upgrade or install the tree package:
~]# rpm -Uvh tree-1.7.0-3.fc31.x86_64.rpm
Use -Uvh for nicely-formatted RPM installs
The |
If the upgrade or installation is successful, the following output is displayed:
Preparing... ########################################### [100%] 1:tree ########################################### [100%]
Always use the -i (install) option to install new kernel packages!
rpm provides two different options for installing packages: the aforementioned You should always use the |
The signature of a package is checked automatically when installing or upgrading a package. The signature confirms that the package was signed by an authorized party. If the verification of the signature fails, an error message is displayed.
If you do not have the appropriate key installed to verify the signature, the message contains the word NOKEY
warning: tree-1.7.0-3.fc31.x86_64.rpm: Header V3 RSA/SHA256 Signature, key ID 431d51: NOKEY
See Checking Package Signatures for more information on checking package signatures.
Replacing Already-Installed Packages
If a package of the same name and version is already installed, the following output is displayed:
Preparing... ########################################### [100%] package tree-1.7.0-3.fc31.x86_64 is already installed
To install the package anyway, use the --replacepkgs
option, which tells RPM to ignore the error:
~]# rpm -Uvh --replacepkgs tree-1.7.0-3.fc31.x86_64.rpm
This option is helpful if files installed from the package were deleted or if you want the original configuration files to be installed.
If you attempt an upgrade to an older version of a package (that is, if a newer version of the package is already installed), RPM informs you that a newer version is already installed. To force RPM to perform the downgrade, use the --oldpackage option:
rpm -Uvh --oldpackage older_package.rpm
Resolving File Conflicts
If you attempt to install a package that contains a file that has already been installed by another package, a conflict message is displayed. To make RPM ignore this error, use the --replacefiles option:
rpm -Uvh --replacefiles package.rpm
Satisfying Unresolved Dependencies
RPM packages sometimes depend on other packages, which means that they require other packages to be installed to run properly. If you try to install a package that has an unresolved dependency, a message about a failed dependency is displayed.
Find the suggested package(s) on the Fedora installation media or on one of the active Fedora mirrors and add it to the installation command. To determine which package contains the required file, use the --whatprovides
rpm -q --whatprovides "required_file"
If the package that contains required_file is in the RPM database, the name of the package is displayed.
Although you can force rpm to install a package that has an unresolved dependency (using the |
Preserving Changes in Configuration Files
Because RPM performs intelligent upgrading of packages with configuration files, you may see the following message:
saving /etc/configuration_file.conf as /etc/configuration_file.conf.rpmsave
This message means that the changes you made to the configuration file may not be forward-compatible with the new configuration file in the package, so RPM saved your original file and installed a new one. You should investigate the differences between the two configuration files and resolve them as soon as possible to ensure that your system continues to function properly.
Alternatively, RPM may save the package's new configuration file as, for example, configuration_file.conf.rpmnew
and leave the configuration file you modified untouched. You should still resolve any conflicts between your modified configuration file and the new one, usually by merging changes from the old one to the new one, for example using the diff program.
Uninstalling Packages
Uninstalling a package is just as simple as installing one. Type the following command at a shell prompt as root
rpm -e package
rpm -e and package name errors
Note that the command expects only the package name, not the name of the original package file. If you attempt to uninstall a package using the rpm -e command and provide the original full file name, you receive a package-name error. |
You can encounter dependency errors when uninstalling a package if another installed package depends on the one you are trying to remove. For example:
~]# rpm -e ghostscript error: Failed dependencies: ghostscript is needed by (installed) ghostscript-cups-9.07-16.fc31.x86_64 ghostscript is needed by (installed) foomatic-4.0.9-6.fc31.x86_64 libgs.so.9()(64bit) is needed by (installed) libspectre-0.2.7-4.fc31.x86_64 libijs-0.35.so()(64bit) is needed by (installed) gutenprint-5.2.9-15.fc31.x86_64 libijs-0.35.so()(64bit) is needed by (installed) cups-filters-1.0.35-15.fc31.x86_64
Warning: Forcing Package Installation
Although you can force rpm to uninstall a package that has unresolved dependencies (using the |
Freshening Packages
Freshening is similar to upgrading, except that only installed packages are upgraded. Type the following command at a shell prompt as root
rpm -Fvh package.rpm
The -F
(or --freshen
) option compares the versions of the packages specified on the command line with the versions of packages that are already installed on the system. When a newer version of an already-installed package is processed by the --freshen
option, it is upgraded to the newer version. However, the --freshen
option does not install a package if no previously-installed package of the same name exists. This differs from regular upgrading, as an upgrade installs all specified packages regardless of whether or not older versions of the packages are already installed.
Freshening works for single packages or package groups. For example, freshening can help if you download a large number of different packages, and you only want to upgrade those packages that are already installed on the system. In this case, issue the following command with the *.rpm
global expression:
~]# rpm -Fvh *.rpm
RPM then automatically upgrades only those packages that are already installed.
Querying Packages
The RPM database stores information about all RPM packages installed on the system. It is stored in the /var/lib/rpm/
directory and is used for many things, including querying what packages are installed, what version each package is, and for calculating changes to files in packages since their installation. To query this database, use the rpm command with the -q
(or --query
) option:
rpm -q package_name
This command displays the package name, version, and release number of the installed package package_name. For example:
~]$ rpm -q tree tree-1.7.0-3.fc31.x86_64
See the Package Selection Options
subheading in the rpm(8) manual page for a list of options that can be used to further refine or qualify your query. Use options listed below the Package Query Options
subheading to specify what information to display about the queried packages.
Verifying Packages
Verifying a package is comparing information about files on the system installed from a package with the same information from the original package. Among other parameters, verifying compares the file size, MD5 sum, permissions, type, owner, and the group of each file.
Use the rpm command with the -V
(or --verify
) option to verify packages. For example:
~]$ rpm -V tree
See the Package Selection Options
subheading in the rpm(8) manual page for a list of options that can be used to further refine or qualify your query. Use options listed below the Verify Options
subheading to specify what characteristics to verify in the queried packages.
If everything verifies properly, there is no output. If there are any discrepancies, they are displayed. The output consists of lines similar to these:
~]# rpm -V abrt S.5....T. c /etc/abrt/abrt.conf .M....... /var/spool/abrt-upload
The format of the output is a string of nine characters followed by an optional attribute marker and the name of the processed file.
The first nine characters are the results of tests performed on the file. Each test is the comparison of one attribute of the file to the value of that attribute as recorded in the RPM database. A single period (.
) means the test passed, and the question-mark character (?
) signifies that the test could not be performed. The following table lists symbols that denote specific discrepancies:
Symbol | Description |
file size differs |
mode differs (includes permissions and file type) |
digest (formerly MD5 sum) differs |
device major/minor number mismatch |
readLink(2) path mismatch |
user ownership differs |
group ownership differs |
mtime differs |
capabilities differ |
The attribute marker, if present, describes the purpose of the given file. The following table lists the available attribute markers:
Marker | Description |
configuration file |
documentation file |
license file |
readme file |
If you see any output, use your best judgment to determine if you should remove the package, reinstall it, or fix the problem in another way.
Finding and Verifying RPM Packages
Before using any RPM packages, you must know where to find them and be able to verify if you can trust them.
Finding RPM Packages
Although there are many RPM repositories on the Internet, for security and compatibility reasons, you should consider installing only official Fedora-provided RPM packages. The following is a list of sources for RPM packages:
Official Fedora installation media.
Official RPM repositories provided with the DNF package manager. See DNF for details on how to use the official Fedora package repositories.
Unofficial, third-party repositories not affiliated with The Fedora Project also provide RPM packages.
When considering third-party repositories for use with your Fedora system, pay close attention to the repository's web site with regard to package compatibility before adding the repository as a package source. Alternate package repositories may offer different, incompatible versions of the same software, including packages already included in the Fedora repositories. |
Checking Package Signatures
RPM packages can be signed using GNU Privacy Guard (or GPG), which helps you make certain that downloaded packages are trustworthy. GPG is a tool for secure communication. With GPG, you can authenticate the validity of documents and encrypt or decrypt data.
To verify that a package has not been corrupted or tampered with, check its GPG signature by using the rpmkeys command with the -K
(or --checksig
) option:
rpmkeys -K package.rpm
Note that the DNF package manager performs automatic checking of GPG signatures during installations and upgrades.
GPG is installed by default, as well as a set of Red Hat keys for verifying packages. To import additional keys for use with RPM, see Importing GPG Keys.
Importing GPG Keys
To verify Red Hat packages, a Red Hat GPG key needs to be installed. A set of basic keys is installed by default. To view a list of installed keys, execute the following command at a shell prompt:
~]$ rpm -qa gpg-pubkey*
To display details about a specific key, use rpm -qi followed by the output from the previous command. For example:
~]$ rpm -qi gpg-pubkey-fd431d51-4ae0493b
Use the rpmkeys command with the --import
option to install a new key for use with RPM. The default location for storing RPM GPG keys is the /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/
directory. To import new keys, use a command like the following as root
~]# rpmkeys --import /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-redhat-release
See the Product Signing (GPG) Keys article on the Red Hat Customer Portal for additional information about Red Hat package-signing practices.
Common Examples of RPM Usage
RPM is a useful tool for both managing your system and diagnosing and fixing problems. See the following examples for an overview of some of the most-used options.
To verify your entire system and see what files are missing, issue the following command as
:rpm -Va
If some files are missing or appear corrupted, consider reinstalling relevant packages.
To determine which package owns a file, enter:
rpm -qf file
To verify the package that owns a particular file, enter as
:rpm -Vf file
To locate documentation files that are a part of a package to which a file belongs, enter:
rpm -qdf file
To find information about a (non-installed) package file, use the following command:
rpm -qip package.rpm
To list files contained in a package, use:
rpm -qlp package.rpm
See the rpm(8) manual page for more options.
Additional Resources
RPM is a complex utility with many options and methods for querying, installing, upgrading, and removing packages. See the following resources to learn more about RPM.
rpm --help — This command displays a quick reference of RPM parameters.
rpm(8) — The RPM manual page offers an overview of all available RPM parameters.
The RPM website — http://www.rpm.org/
The RPM mailing list — http://lists.rpm.org/mailman/listinfo/rpm-list
DNF describes how to use the DNF package manager to search, install, update, and uninstall packages on the command line.
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2) Click the PLAY menu item.
3) Click CAPTIONS AND SUBTITLES.
4) Click "ON IF AVAILABLE"
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for a full-screen display, as the
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This video is designed for self-represented litigants appearing in New York City Housing Court for the first time. It explains the parts' procedures and objectives, introduces the role of various court personnel and gives a complete walk-through of all services provided by the Court. The Resolution Part is the first place litigants appear and where attempts are made to settle cases before referral to a trial part. The self-represented litigant should have a better understanding of how the courts can assist them in resolving their cases after viewing this video.


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"I had a single-speed track bike and I had on a balaclava, which basically makes me look like a terrorist or a crack dealer," Williams told the panel. He said no one else was on the sidewalk and police let him go with a warning when he gave them I.D.
At the time, people whined that he'd only gotten off because he was a celebrity, but that doesn't really make sense, because they took Alec Baldwin to jail for salmoning:
So in retrospect, the fact that they let him go probably says more about his good character than his celebrity.
Moving on, much has been said about the silliness of the Oregon Manifest "Ultimate Urban Utility Bike" competition, and all of it was said by me. Apart from a bunch of needlessly exotic bikes with dubious "features" like integrated cable locks and brushes instead of fenders, perhaps the silliest thing about it is that we already live in a golden age of urban utility bikes. On one hand, you've got bikes like your WorkCycles, and your Big Dummys--and trust me, they're both fantastic, which I know because that's what Mommy and Daddy Rock Machine ride, and we are the very embodiment of the urbane cycling family. But those bikes ain't cheap, so on the other hand you've got plenty of genuinely functional city bikes in the sub-$500 range, some of which are merely a mouse click away from companies like State Bicycle Co.:
Who are way better than all the other mail order purveyors of inexpensive bicycles because, in addition to offering a fine product, they support indispensable American cultural institutions such as this blog:
Therefore, given all this Oregon Manifest mishegas, it seemed like a perfect time to try one of their city bike offerings, and recently UPS delivered a "Saturday Deluxe" to my estate:
I should point out that, even though I am the owner of two (2) custom artisanal bicycles, I am also a sucker for cheap bikes, and if I lived in an actual house with an actual garage it would probably be full of mail order impulse buys. For example, while my Engin was being "curated" I used the wait as an excuse to order a single-speed 29er "gap bike" from a popular mail order company. (However, that scheme backfired, because by the time the Engin was finished I'd completely rebuilt the "gap bike" to the extent that the only original components were the frame and the brake arms, at which point the bike was no longer "cheap.") Also, I was for some years the proud (or at least not overly ashamed) owner of a Scattante.
The point is, I'm something of an authority on this subject, because I know what it's like to get an inexpensive bike in the mail, and I get a genuine thrill from cutting open the box and inhaling the scent of toxic packing materials.
Of course, the catch when it comes to ordering a bike online is that you're at the mercy of the goons at FedEx or UPS, and by the time the State reached me the fork had sliced its way through the box:
Fortunately, the bike was completely fine, though I think a couple of bolts escaped, which I'll address shortly.
Anyway, I opened the box and pulled out the bike, and while I've experienced the excitement of traveling down to Philadelphia and accepting a bicycle that was hand-fabricated just for me by a NAHBS-winning framebuilder, there's also something a little too "adult" about the whole thing, which is why I still love me a bargain bike wrapped in plastic:
If you remember how exciting it was to tear open the blister pack of a toy when you were a kid then you know exactly what I'm talking about.
Moments later, I was assembling the thing, and only afterwards did I notice this warning:
Too late!
Within about 20 minutes or so I had the bike together except for the front rack (which came in a separate box and which I'll put on later), as well as these bolts which I mentioned earlier:
These, it turns out, are part of the rear rack, and somehow a couple of small pieces must have made their way out of the fork slits in the box while in transit. However, in my parts bin I have a drawer containing roughly eleventy-million odd nuts, bolts, and screws, and it took me roughly four seconds to find suitable replacements.
Once I had, I snugged everything up, topped off the tires, and took the bike for a spin around the neighborhood:
Speaking of riding bikes in cities, do you remember this putz?
Naturally that caused a stir, and his bosses probably liked that he got them some clicks, so unsurprisingly he's back with some more bike-baiting:
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I'm not sure how anybody expects me to read an article like this and not include the world "fuck" in my reply.
Anyway, the angle here is that Milloy goes for a ride in Washington, D.C. And guess what? He's still an idiot:
"See that?" Davis said, after a driver approaching from the opposite direction made a sharp left turn in front of us. "He was supposed to yield."
But by far the most offensive part of the article was when he used one of my words:
So what's Milloy's conclusion? That everybody should buy a car, of course!
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The Godfather Parker and Pretty Boy: The Movie
The Story So Far: Don Parker has increasingly been feeling the ravages of time. His back hurts, his gout is acting up and his prostate is the size of Mary Lou Retton, and performing better backflips. He checks it constantly with his thumb. Don Parker's power is waning, his once indomitable empire is challenged on every front, his influence is still powerful yet he wields it clumsily now, bestowing gifts of 100 points willy-nilly where once he bestowed fear and envy. Don Parker is used to being feared and revered, but now the talk is only of his age and weakness—he feels the wolves nipping at his heels, trying to separate him from the rest of his pack of critics because he is one of the old and infirm; and though they are all old and infirm, it's more fun to take down the one who was always the most powerful. Plus, he's the only one with any meat on his bones.
Don Parker has recently told his Family that he is selling his empire to an Asian Family. The Family is in an uproar. Things are made worse when he hands the reins over to the only woman in the Family, Donna Lisa "The Blowfish" Peretti-Brown. This is no business for a woman. The Parker Family fortune is based on the 100-Point Scale; most women don't like scales. The Family sees it as a mistake. On top of that, a year earlier, Don Parker had been forced to make one of the Family, Jay "The Walrus" Miller, disappear. "The Walrus" got caught with his hand in someone else's till, and Don Parker didn't like it. "The Walrus" begged, he even blubbered (blubber is how he got his nickname), but Don Parker had no choice. In a powerful and poignant scene, Don Parker kisses "The Walrus" on the lips. "86," he whispers to "The Walrus," whose face shows he recognizes it's not a score.
But now Don Parker's favorite son, Antonio "Pretty Boy" Galloni, wants out of the Family. Don Parker had personally groomed "Pretty Boy" Tony to be his ultimate replacement, the new Don of the Parker Empire. But the impeccably mannered, yet headstrong and temperamental, Galloni doesn't want to work for "The Blowfish" and her shady Asian overlords. He intends to leave, and take the Family secrets with him. As the scene opens, we are in Don Parker's office in Monkton. Don Parker sits behind his desk, the head of "The Walrus" is beautifully stuffed and mounted on the wall behind him, with what appear to be the testicles of an M.W. dangling from his mouth. A plaque beneath says, "Miller Teabagging Campo." Next to Miller's head is a crucifix. It's "The Walrus" and the Carpenter. Antonio "Pretty Boy" Galloni enters. Don Parker stays seated.
Don Parker: Come in, Pretty Boy, come in. It's nice to see you. How's your wife? I'd stand up to greet you, Tony, but my back hurts from carrying Bordeaux all these years.
"Pretty Boy": My wife is good, Don Parker. She asks for you. She wants to know when you'll grace us with a visit.
DP: Soon, I hope, Tony, soon. (He pauses.) Does she know about your decision to leave the Family?
PB: (Tony is clearly shocked Don Parker knows of his plans to leave.) No, I… I haven't told anyone. I wanted to speak to you first, Godfather. How did you know?
DP: I know you like I would know my own son, my own flesh and blood. I gave you life, Tony, I made you somebody. I gave you money and power and the knowledge to abuse it. And this is how you thank me? (He glances over his shoulder at "The Walrus.") You take everything and just walk away? Is this how you show your gratitude to me, and to the Family?
PB: (humbly) Godfather, I always told you that I wouldn't do contracts. Didn't I? Didn't I always say, "I don't do contracts?"
DP: (quietly) You come to me, how many years ago now, Tony, three? And you're tired of being nobody, your little publication, you'll excuse me, it's shit. Twelve guys and a chimp read it, and the chimp wants a discount because he's a blogger. So I give you a real job, I hand you my name and my reputation, I teach you how to use the 100 Point Scale the way a man uses the 100 Point Scale—like you use your salami on a woman, Tony. It's the tip that matters. 95 to 100, the tip, that's what gets you in. In return for all that I've given you, Tony, you won't do a contract? I'm the Don of this Family. If I say contract, you do a contract.
PB: (deliberately) I cannot work for "The Blowfish." This was never a part of our Family, Godfather. (now angrily) You sold the Family! You sold it and took all the money. And then you ask me to work for some Asians and a woman? Like I'm some miserable Napa Valley winemaker? No, Godfather, I have my pride. Why couldn't you have made one of the other family members Don?
DP: Who, Tony, I ask you, who? David "The Windbag" Schildknecht? Mark "The Pretender" Squires? Neal "Buttkiss" Martin? Come on, Tony, it was supposed to be you. Don Antonio. But you couldn't wait, you couldn't just sign a contract and wait until I die. No, you had to try and kill your Father, betray me, betray the entire family. For what? Another of your shit publications? I know you, Tony, I knew you would try to leave. So I gave my title to "The Blowfish." To teach you.
PB: (A long pause, Tony trying to stared down Don Parker.) I'm leaving, Godfather. I ask you for your blessings.
DP: (he is thoughtful) If you go, Tony, you must not take anything of the Family with you. You must not betray any of our secrets, our codes—the Family business stays here. This you must swear to me on your life, on your wife's life.
PB: But I must use the 100 Point Scale. That is no secret, Godfather. Everyone uses the Scale, it is not yours.
DP: I will not have you abuse it!
PB: Abuse it?! You're the one who abuses it, Don Parker! Everyone, all the other families, the Strums, the Shankens, they're all talking about your abuse of the Scale. They want to destroy you, Godfather. But, no, you're smarter than they are. You're destroying yourself first. Handing out 100 point scores like they're Cuban cigars to celebrate that you've screwed another wine region.
DP: It was you, Pretty Boy, who didn't hand them out often enough. You disappointed me, Tony. In front of everyone, you insulted me. Lowered my scores, MY SCORES!, on wineries I made rich and famous. You made me a laughingstock. Made me look like a tired, bloated old man. And now this. You leave me, my lifetime of work paving a path for you, my money lining your pockets, my fame the only light your name has, and you leave me. Go, Tony, never darken my door again. I'll have your head up there with The Walrus if you do.
PB: I take my work with me, Don Parker. It was always mine. It was never yours. If you try to take it from me, I'll give it away, and with it, all your secrets.
DP: (wearily) Fine, Tony. No one gives a crap about Sonoma, or your scores for Sonoma. Even I barely showed my face there. Farmers, they're just ignorant farmers. It's Burgundy all over again. (He sits up straighter. There's a long pause.) I want you to know I wish you the best of luck, Antonio. Come here.
(Tony walks over behind the desk. Don Parker slowly rises. He looks at him squarely in the eyes. Tony lowers his, and Don Parker gently kisses him on the lips.)
DP: Goodbye, Antonio.
(The music swells, Pretty Boy leaves, a look of satisfaction on his face. And as the next scene opens, we see Pretty Boy in bed, the sheets covered in blood. Tony awakens, feels and smells the blood. He begins to panic, his breathing accelerates, and when he throws the sheets aside we see the bloody head of James Suckling, his mouth wide open and his eyes bulging, as in real life.
Antonio screams.)
32 comments:
- Mike Dunne said...
Brilliant, again...
- March 25, 2013 at 9:21 AM
- Daniel said...
you should have told us to cue up the soundtrack...
happy monday
- March 25, 2013 at 9:24 AM
- Francly Speaking said...
Who sleeps with the blow-fish?
- March 25, 2013 at 9:39 AM
- Marcia Macomber said...
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- Quizicat said...
'and the chimp wants a discount..'
I love it. I laughed, I cried, I crapped myself. (Sorry TMI) - March 25, 2013 at 10:03 AM
Flat- out Fabulous! Can't wait to see who you cast as "Hyman Roth"( it seems like as easy call to me
) - March 25, 2013 at 12:08 PM
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thanks for sharing the secrets of
"La Vina Nostra"... - March 25, 2013 at 1:59 PM
- Thomas said...
The list of nicknames is the highlight, especially "The Pretender."
- March 25, 2013 at 2:48 PM
In the dynamics of heterosexual relations human males are often confronted by human females reluctant to engage in coitus. In such situations a human male may initiate a game called "Just the tip", which represents a suggested compromise in the age old battle of the sexes. In a typical game of "Just the tip" it will be verbally agreed that the male
may penetrate his partner's vagina, but with stipulation that his may only insert the glans or "tip" of his penis.
The female payoff is that she may avoid both physical pain and/or social ostracism, while the male enjoys limited coitus. In many cases, it is documented that upon insertion a formally reluctant female may become to open to allowing the male other sexual largesse; hence the games popularity.
-Wineknurd (via urban dictionary) - March 25, 2013 at 4:07 PM
It's rare that a comment is more disturbing than the blog post, but Wineknurd managed it. Congrats!
- March 25, 2013 at 6:16 PM
- Dean Tudor said...
Make the movie with Vincent Price, Ray Milland and Peter Lorre...oh, they're dead...sorry...
- March 25, 2013 at 8:37 PM
- Unknown said...
Makes sense, Parker's a zombie.
- March 26, 2013 at 4:39 AM
- Bill Klapp said...
The stuffs of legends, delivered to Hosey by two legends in their own minds...
- March 26, 2013 at 6:34 AM
- Unknown said...
Brilliant Hosey. I can't wait to see The Godfather's accolades on his lifeless Wine Board.
- March 26, 2013 at 8:10 AM
- Ron Washam, HMW said...
Hey Gang,
Thanks for all the kind responses to my Godfather post. It is much appreciated.
Whenever some sort of scandal hits the wine biz, be it Parker or Jay Miller or Natalie, I start to get emails. Though it feels almost oppressive, I try to take it as flattery. Countless bloggers express their opinions, the wine chat rooms light up, but little is said in an interesting way. I spent a day or two with the Galloni situation in my subconscious (barely room in there for so many damned egos, especially mine) but, truthfully, I didn't expect to come up with anything suitably satiric or funny. Some will say I didn't. However, when the thought of Parker in the great Brando role leapt into my mind, I thought I'd give it a shot. From that premise, overworked as it is, I let my HoseMaster voice take it where it wanted to.
My blog hits have lit up from Wineberserkers--thanks, Bill--and also from other chat rooms. But nothing from eBob, which is interesting. Don't care, just interesting.
I've been saying this for five years now--there's nothing new, genuinely new, to say about wine or the wine business. But the joy for me is to try and find an entertaining, satiric, silly way to approach old topics. I can only hope I succeed more than mere randomness would allow. - March 26, 2013 at 4:26 PM
- Cris Whetstone said...
"...my back hurts from carrying Bordeaux all these years." - bwahaha!
Glad you are getting the traffic you deserve. - March 26, 2013 at 6:03 PM
- Unknown said...
Hosey, I would post this brilliance on EBOB but the Philly Mohel has been slicing the foreskin from of any conscientious objector err non Parker lemming about this sorid tale. Figures Philly, GodFather bingo.
- March 26, 2013 at 7:12 PM
- Ron Washam, HMW said...
Oh, I get lots of traffic most of the time, but anything Parker, or anything scandal, and the traffic gets busier.
I think it was mostly Bill Klapp who used to link to me on eBob, but he's no longer a subscriber (I believe). It's OK, most of the eBob guys are also on Wineberserkers, so they see it anyway.
And, besides, Mr. Parker always praises me, even when I lampoon him, so I was just fishing for a 100 point score. - March 26, 2013 at 7:26 PM
- Dean Tudor said...
Ron, I look forward to your comments and story angles for the wine fraud trial finally unfolding. Pitting one current billionaire (Koch) against a former billionaire. As a wine writer in Canada said: "If you're interested in Narcissistic psychopathology, this case is a field day. Watch the grandiose gullible guys circling each other in a desperate effort to preserve their sense of special entitlement. (Think of scorpions in a jar…)"
Over to you...
- March 26, 2013 at 7:44 PM
- Thomas said...
Ron is going to too busy to cover the trial--it's annual wine blogger award time, which has given scores of wine bloggers something to write about this week. - March 27, 2013 at 7:14 AM
- Ron Washam, HMW said...
It was my friend Chris Kassel over at Intoxreport who memorably called the billionaire pursuing his case a "Koch sucker." I can't top that. Chris is who I read when I want to laugh--all the jokes here I see coming.
I'll kindly ask you to refer to them as "The Poodles" so I won't get confused. And I'm sure that there is lots of buzz and aspiration and self-absorption going on. More and more, I stay away from the blogger nation. Too much like high school for my taste. With any luck, I won't get nominated. - March 27, 2013 at 8:20 AM
- Thomas said...
One of my first impressions of the blogosphere as well as wine forum sites was the image of a schoolyard, complete with bullies, wannabes, and "top of the class" kids who excelled at grades and insults but couldn't tie their own shoes and couldn't make friends either.
- March 27, 2013 at 8:53 AM
- Ron Washam, HMW said...
Pretty clear where I fall in that schoolyard pantheon...yes, I wear loafers. - March 27, 2013 at 8:55 AM
- Thomas said...
...with a penny in them?
- March 27, 2013 at 10:19 AM
- Samantha Dugan said...
Oh crud, wonder which one I am...I'm guessing one of those kids that no one cool, like you cats, talked to...just left me in the lab playing with my beakers and talking to myself. Humpf.
I still love you though! - March 27, 2013 at 1:13 PM
I was posting juice box tasting notes on lunchboxtracker.com during recess. "Bright cherry with hints of earth. Must have dropped my straw on the playground again".
-'Knurd - March 27, 2013 at 4:44 PM
- Ron Washam, HMW said...
My Gorgeous Samantha,
I see you more as the troublemaker kid, the cute girl with that perfect streak of nasty you'd do anything for and know you'll regret. The one who volunteers to play Doctor with you but once you drop your pants around your ankles walks away laughing. Wanna play?
I love you too!
On this playground, whatever you do, don't bend over to pick it up. - March 27, 2013 at 6:54 PM
- Samantha Dugan said...
Ron My Love,
Nice offer, can I still play with my beakers? - March 27, 2013 at 7:51 PM
- Unknown said...
i call 'kid that eats paste'!
- March 27, 2013 at 10:21 PM
- Samantha Dugan said...
I wanna keep Gabe...
- March 27, 2013 at 10:28 PM
Overheard at Wineknurd's weekly juice box tasting on the playground:
Gabe- This juice smells like glue!
Sam- Quit being a wanker! Non-douche rule #3 is to remove all paste from your hands before tasting! And mind the schmeg!
Ron- Hands Sam a note that says: "'Knurd is a poodle. Do you like me? Check yes or no". - March 28, 2013 at 4:25 AM
- Thomas said...
I have the luxury of being among the few whose standard poodle not only walks backwards but also likes to do it. But like most poodles, he cannot write coherently and he just loves terrorizing smaller dogs, especially when they are all confined behind a chain link fence.
- March 28, 2013 at 6:52 AM


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