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Saturday Overnight Open Thread (5/28/22)

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The Saturday Night Joke

A girl Potato and boy Potato had eyes for each other, and finally they got married and had a little sweet potato which they called 'Yam,' Of course, they wanted the best for Yam, and when it was time they told her about the facts of life.
They warned her about going out and getting half-baked, so she wouldn't get accidentally mashed, and get a bad name for herself like 'Hot Potato,' and end up with a bunch of tater tots.
Yam said not to worry, no spud would get her into the sack and make a rotten potato out of her, but on the other hand she wouldn't stay home and become a couch potato either. She would get plenty of exercise so as not to be skinny like her shoestring cousins.
When she went off to Europe, Mr. And Mrs. Potato told Yam to watch out for the hard-boiled guys from Ireland and the greasy guys from France called the French fries. Yam said she would stay on the straight and narrow and wouldn't associate with those high class Yukon Golds, or the ones from the other side of the tracks who advertise their trade on all the trucks that say, 'Frito Lay.'
Mr. And Mrs. Potato sent Yam to Idaho P.U. (that's Potato University) so that when she graduated she'd really be in the chips. But in spite of all they did for her, one-day Yam came home and announced she was going to marry Tom Brokaw.
Tom Brokaw!
Mr. And Mrs. Potato were very upset. They told Yam she couldn't possibly marry Tom Brokaw because he's just.....
Are you ready for this?
Are you sure?
OK!
Here it is!
" A COMMONTATER "
(H/T Iris)

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I always wanted to go on a bobsled ride. The luge? Not so much..........


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The late great Little Timmy Wilson would be happy.

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You never know what will happen on live television.

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Bummer of a job.


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It might be a Saturday night. But......The ONT Is Always Looking Out For You.TM

10 Signs You Might Have Already Been Abducted by Aliens

Most of us know and understand the general idea of alien abduction and what it might entail. It usually includes being taken from your car on a lonely road or even from your bed and then transported into a hovering flying saucer in a bizarre and intense light, for example.

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The things you learn in college. It's amazing.

(THE COLLEGE FIX) -- A senior research fellow at Australia’s University of Sydney believes plants are intelligent and can communicate.

Monica Gagliano’s personal anecdotes about our CO2-breathing fellow terrestrials include her “being rocked like a baby by the spirit of a fern” and getting advice from an oak tree … about a grant application


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It's Saturday night. You're here. Let's look at beer in cartoons.

DETERMINING THE ABV OF THE MOST BELOVED CARTOON BEERS
From ‘King of the Hill’ to ‘The Simpsons,’ almost every cartoon has its own proprietary beer its characters are obsessed with. But what type of beer are they, actually, and which is going to do the best job getting me drunk?

“I would kill everyone in this room for a drop of sweet beer.”

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The ONT Musical Interlude & Monofilament Emporium



Born on this day: 28 May 1944
American singer, songwriter Gladys Knight, who had the 1973 US No.1 single 'Midnight Train To Georgia', and the 1975 UK No.4 single 'The Way We Were' plus 20 other UK Top 40 singles. Best known for her work with her group Gladys Knight & the Pips.via thisdayinmusic.com

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Born on this day: 28 May 1945
American musician, singer, and songwriter John Fogerty from Creedence Clearwater Revival who had the 1969 UK No.1 and US No.2 single 'Bad Moon Rising', plus ten other US Top 30 hits and the 1970 US & UK No.1 album Cosmo's Factory. After CCR parted ways in 1972 Fogerty had a successful solo career. via thisdayinmusic.com


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You only had one job. Genius Award Winner.

A pizza company was handed the title of having the "worst name ever" recently thanks to an unfortunate blunder with the name of their website - as customers accidentally read their name as something very different.

Welsh Italian Pizza attracted the attention of hungry customers when they pitched up at The BIG ICC Wales Wedding Fair on April 10, which was held at the International Convention Centre in Newport, South Wales.

And while they were poised and ready to serve their tasty dishes to the masses, it wasn't their pizza that had people talking, but was instead the website URL that was printed on the front of their stall - as people saw www.welshitalianpizza.co.uk and thought their business was called 'Wel S**t Alian Pizza'.

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Tonight's ONT has been brought to you by Sound Advice.

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Notice: Posted without anyone's permission tonight. The Ace Media Empire Headquarters are empty. Not even a hamster.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at 09:58 PM




Comments

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1 Evening.

Posted by: Robert at May 28, 2022 10:00 PM (v2XlU)

2

Másadik!

Posted by: Zettai at May 28, 2022 10:00 PM (/OeOS)

3 Meep

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 28, 2022 10:00 PM (U2p+3)

4 Off to read the content.

Posted by: Robert at May 28, 2022 10:01 PM (v2XlU)

5 In!

Posted by: Norman Spiny at May 28, 2022 10:01 PM (ZcOMc)

6 Here we are

Posted by: Ciampino at May 28, 2022 10:01 PM (qfLjt)

7 7th

Posted by: Theodore at May 28, 2022 10:01 PM (GJnvT)

8 Good evening morons and thanks mh

I like pizza. And beer.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 28, 2022 10:02 PM (EZebt)

9 Hey Horde, I couldda been a contender, but I watched the end of From Here To Eternity.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at May 28, 2022 10:02 PM (a4EWo)

10 Kumquats are in season now. They have them on sale at my local Hairy Teeters.

Posted by: Theodore at May 28, 2022 10:03 PM (GJnvT)

11
A senior research fellow at Australia’s University of Sydney believes plants are intelligent and can communicate.

_________

A good reason not to eat vegetables. And they can't run away.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 28, 2022 10:03 PM (/U27+)

12 I recognize the beer. But what on earth is it next to???

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 28, 2022 10:03 PM (7bRMQ)

13
I literally slept through the Music Thread below.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 28, 2022 10:04 PM (/U27+)

14 ONT! Good evening, everyone!

Posted by: Toni at May 28, 2022 10:04 PM (PgM6e)

15 Evening Horde!

Posted by: Iris at May 28, 2022 10:05 PM (foa6+)

16 Punny joke

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at May 28, 2022 10:05 PM (kf6Ak)

17 Good evening everyone.

Posted by: Tonypete at May 28, 2022 10:05 PM (MKu/Q)

18 Read the content.

Thanks for the content, Miss Hum.

Posted by: Robert at May 28, 2022 10:05 PM (v2XlU)

19
But what on earth is it next to???
Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 28, 2022 10:03 PM (7bRMQ)

__________

Grilled flatbread? Twee pizza?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 28, 2022 10:05 PM (/U27+)

20 Whoo whoo!

Posted by: The Pips at May 28, 2022 10:05 PM (8GBH4)

21 President Unifyer is unifying again.

Biden Falsely Claims Trump Supporters Killed Police On Jan 6

President Joe Biden falsely claimed Saturday that supporters of former President Donald Trump killed police officers during the January 6th riots on Capitol Hill.

The president spoke about the January 6th protests during his commencement speech at the University of Delaware.

https://bit.ly/3N2mKf6

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, That's AnonosaurX WrX, hater! at May 28, 2022 10:06 PM (FVME7)

22 Most of us know and understand the general idea of alien abduction and what it might entail. It usually includes being taken from your car on a lonely road or even from your bed and then transported into a hovering flying saucer in a bizarre and intense light, for example.

There are other things. Bad things. I don't want to talk about it.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 28, 2022 10:06 PM (ZsR3z)

23 John Fogerty is a bit of a prick. CCR was a hell of a rock band though.

Evenin'
(sips beer)

Posted by: Puddleglum at May 28, 2022 10:06 PM (sAmhv)

24 "They told Yam she couldn't possibly marry Tom Brokaw because he's just..... Are you ready for this? A common tater"

hahaha ... heard that leading off some big ministry event, over 40 years ago.

I think then it was "Walter Cronkite, you can't marry him, he's just a common tater".

Posted by: illiniwek at May 28, 2022 10:07 PM (Cus5s)

25 Most of us know and understand the general idea of alien abduction and what it might entail. It usually includes being taken from your car on a lonely road or even from your bed and then transported into a hovering flying saucer in a bizarre and intense light, for example.

There are other things. Bad things. I don't want to talk about it.[]i]

I'm intrigued. Tell me more.

Posted by: Shep Smith at May 28, 2022 10:07 PM (ZsR3z)

Posted by: Shep Smith at May 28, 2022 10:08 PM (ZsR3z)

27 Iris did that joke?
Iris?
Seriously, Brokaw? I mean the real Tater is going to be sad.
And lumpy. And, well buttered.

Posted by: Winston, GOPe, not one dime, not one vote at May 28, 2022 10:08 PM (t0O2k)

28 Winston: that would be a good revision...

Posted by: Iris at May 28, 2022 10:09 PM (foa6+)

29 I did laugh. Thanks for sharing it Iris.
We all need some humor.
Just no more tubers.

MH, thanks for the dandy thread.

Posted by: Winston, GOPe, not one dime, not one vote at May 28, 2022 10:11 PM (t0O2k)

30 I like taters. But not Stelter. He too stoopid.

Posted by: Norman Spiny at May 28, 2022 10:11 PM (ZcOMc)

31 Yay, ONT!

Please pass the potatoes.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - moronhorde.com. Not insurgents, counterrevolutionaries. at May 28, 2022 10:12 PM (Bd6X8)

32 good evening horde

Posted by: wing at May 28, 2022 10:13 PM (PlW9M)

33 10 Signs You Might Have Already Been Abducted by Aliens
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian


Family-Feud-style, I went there to see "they left the probe in your behind."

Yup, number one!

Posted by: mikeski at May 28, 2022 10:13 PM (P1f+c)

34 Grilled flatbread? Twee pizza?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 28, 2022 10:05 PM (/U27+)

Must be. Pizza only has pepperoni, salami, black olive, or ground Italian sausage. Mozzarella, cheddar, and a tangy sauce.

All other combination or item is not pizza.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 28, 2022 10:13 PM (7bRMQ)

35 The Saturday Night Joke has me drooling for some French fries.

Posted by: nerdygirl at May 28, 2022 10:14 PM (+lVUW)

36 I'm pretty sure I was abducted by aliens. And then they brought me back to some insane clown posse planet.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, That's AnonosaurX WrX, hater! at May 28, 2022 10:14 PM (FVME7)

37 Nice save Shep.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 28, 2022 10:14 PM (wcs7v)

38 Shoe String Potatoes, it's been so long.

Posted by: Braenyard at May 28, 2022 10:15 PM (jy41H)

39 'Burritos and strippers ain't all? What more could there be? '
Waitress- 'Sir, you have to pay this bar tab or you ain't getting out of here alive.'

Posted by: Eromero at May 28, 2022 10:15 PM (0OP+5)

40 I'm pretty sure I was abducted by aliens. And then they brought me back to some insane clown posse planet.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks


You should be so lucky.

They brought you back to insane clown Pelosi's planet.

Posted by: mikeski at May 28, 2022 10:15 PM (P1f+c)

41

A new horror film, “Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey,” is taking the internet by storm. While few details are available about it, the film’s IMDb page calls it “a horror retelling of the famous legend of Winnie-The-Pooh.”

Piglet in this story keeps someone chained up at all times in their den, because he likes to have someone to ‘maul’ whenever he desires.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 28, 2022 10:15 PM (63Dwl)

42 Good evening horde! Spent a nice afternoon at my sons apartment. Layed by the pool, sipped some wine, ate good food and came home and snuggled with Moose and watched a movie. Today, life is good.

Posted by: Jewells45 at May 28, 2022 10:16 PM (nxdel)

43 Most of us know and understand the general idea of alien abduction and what it might entail. It usually includes being taken from your car on a lonely road or even from your bed and then transported into a hovering flying saucer in a bizarre and intense light, for example.

There are other things. Bad things. I don't want to talk about it.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 28, 2022 10:06 PM (ZsR3z)

I got 'em back.

Posted by: Russell Casse at May 28, 2022 10:16 PM (4I/2K)

44 Monica Gagliano’s personal anecdotes about our CO2-breathing fellow terrestrials include her “being rocked like a baby by the spirit of a fern” and getting advice from an oak tree … about a grant application


I once heard the voice of a great old oak, of course I was doing shrooms at the time.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at May 28, 2022 10:16 PM (yQpMk)

45

I got four out of ten of the top signs of alien abduction, so... Maybe??

Posted by: Zettai at May 28, 2022 10:16 PM (/OeOS)

46 We have reached the limits of what anal probing can teach us.

Posted by: Kodos at May 28, 2022 10:17 PM (yQpMk)

47 Thanks for another dandy ONT, Mis Hum!

That pizza up top looks yummy...

Posted by: Legally Sufficient, Believing in America at May 28, 2022 10:17 PM (cjcxI)

48 good evening Jewells

Posted by: wing at May 28, 2022 10:17 PM (PlW9M)

49 A girl Potato and boy Potato had eyes for each other, and finally they got married and had a little sweet feckless potato which they called 'Yam,' 'Brian Stelter".

Hola all.

Posted by: chique-ita l'African Viking Ruler of Greenlandic kingdoms, open to talks with the Great MAGA king at May 28, 2022 10:18 PM (rF64X)

50 Evenin' Horde!

I've seen that jetpack before, but hadn't considered its use for mountain rescue. That was pretty cool.

Posted by: No One of Consequence at May 28, 2022 10:18 PM (CAJOC)

51 Jewells that sounds like a lovely day!

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at May 28, 2022 10:18 PM (a4EWo)

52 A new horror film, "Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey," is taking the internet by storm. While few details are available about it, the film’s IMDb page calls it "a horror retelling of the famous legend of Winnie-The-Pooh."


Winnie the Pooh
He's gonna get you
Very scary bear ripping out your guts
He's Winnie the Pooh
Winnie the Pooh
Willy nilly killy old bear

Posted by: Blanco Basura - moronhorde.com. Not insurgents, counterrevolutionaries. at May 28, 2022 10:19 PM (Bd6X8)

53 We have a commentater called "Commentator". I told him once he could never marry an Idaho. Not sure he got it.

Posted by: Javems at May 28, 2022 10:19 PM (AmoqO)

54 and getting advice from an oak tree … about a grant application
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian


Hroom.....hroom.....can I speak to you.....about reverse mortgages?

Posted by: Treebeard at May 28, 2022 10:20 PM (P1f+c)

55
Got the entire yard, dog runs and back 40 mowed today. Took a pretty good beating.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 28, 2022 10:20 PM (/U27+)

56 When I was young, I would often wake up someplace other than where I went to sleep. I used to walk in my sleep. And also talk in my sleep. I once had a conversation with my college roommate that I had no recollection of the next morning (and there was no alcohol or other substances involved)

Posted by: No One of Consequence at May 28, 2022 10:22 PM (CAJOC)

57 30 I like taters. But not Stelter. He too stoopid.
Posted by: Norman Spiny



Brian Stelter, Sex Machine

https://youtu.be/4Qqendp1kLE

Posted by: Puddleglum at May 28, 2022 10:22 PM (sAmhv)

58 Got the entire yard, dog runs and back 40 mowed today. Took a pretty good beating.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh


See? Monica is right! The plants were fighting back!

Posted by: mikeski at May 28, 2022 10:22 PM (P1f+c)

59 23 John Fogerty is a bit of a prick. CCR was a hell of a rock band though.


Agree on the prick.

Posted by: Ciampino at May 28, 2022 10:23 PM (qfLjt)

60 I once heard the voice of a great old oak, of course I was doing shrooms at the time.
Posted by: G'rump928(c)

You were a fun guy then?

Posted by: Tonypete at May 28, 2022 10:24 PM (MKu/Q)

61 John Paul Stevens is saying repeal the 2nd Ammendment.

And shortly after, the rest will go, and the Useful idiots will be stunned that they are now serfs who serve their government masters.

Posted by: Bete at May 28, 2022 10:25 PM (uiT+8)

62 Good evening all! Got a lot of garden chores done today

Posted by: Muad'dib at May 28, 2022 10:26 PM (eIhX7)

63 We had a luge track in North Muskegon i took many a runs down in high school, obviously nothing like an Olympic track, but got goin plenty fast and tons of fun.

Posted by: BruceWayne at May 28, 2022 10:26 PM (MGB5H)

64 Interesting bit of trivia: John Fogerty was sued for plagiarizing himself.
https://is.gd/5S8hmR

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at May 28, 2022 10:26 PM (hVqGz)

65 Why didn't they just walk the jet suit down the hill? It's lighter than the fuel.
Are they Brits?

Posted by: Braenyard at May 28, 2022 10:26 PM (jy41H)

66 A senior research fellow at Australia’s University of Sydney believes plants are intelligent and can communicate.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian


A rather-dim rutabaga is the President of the United States, so I guess USydney might be right on this one.

Posted by: mikeski at May 28, 2022 10:26 PM (P1f+c)

67 {{wing}} {{DDS}}!

Yes it was lovely. Tomorrow we are having people over for burgers and dogs. The horde (not you guys) will descend upon us around 3:00. I'm actually excited about it. Haven't seen some of the family since January and that was at a funeral. Been way too long since we got together just to have some fun.

Posted by: Jewells45 at May 28, 2022 10:27 PM (nxdel)

68 61 John Paul Stevens is saying repeal the 2nd Ammendment.

And shortly after, the rest will go, and the Useful idiots will be stunned that they are now serfs who serve their government masters.
Posted by: Bete at May 28, 2022 10:25 PM (uiT+

Another senile member of the Party...

Good luck with that process!

Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at May 28, 2022 10:28 PM (BgMrQ)

69 I don't like burritos.

Posted by: Javems at May 28, 2022 10:28 PM (AmoqO)

70
John Paul Stevens is saying repeal the 2nd Ammendment.

___________

Oh, what a relief. I thought he said repeal the 3rd Amendment.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 28, 2022 10:28 PM (/U27+)

71 I once heard the voice of a great old oak, of course I was doing shrooms at the time.
Posted by: G'rump928(c)


Don't keep us in suspense; what acorns of wisdom did he have for you?

Posted by: mikeski at May 28, 2022 10:29 PM (P1f+c)

72 "John Paul Stevens is saying repeal the 2nd Ammendment."

I'm always amazed that people think that repealing the second amendment repeals the right to keep and bear arms.

The amendments in the Bill of Rights are *guarantees *, not *grants.* Repealing those amendments does no more than de-legitimize the the government that has the temerity to do so.

Posted by: Brett at May 28, 2022 10:29 PM (Sm9Ko)

73

Isn't John Paul Stevens muerto?

Posted by: Zettai at May 28, 2022 10:30 PM (/OeOS)

74 A good reason not to eat vegetables. And they can't run away.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 28, 2022 10:03 PM (/U27+)

If a a vegan ever hassles you about eating carrion just tell them "At least mine is dead".

Posted by: Javems at May 28, 2022 10:32 PM (AmoqO)

75 Bifenthrin sprayed around the house's foundation and into the weep holes. More applied to the landscaping beds and front lawn. Backyard tomorrow.

Hasta la vista, sod webworms and giant flying cockroaches!

Posted by: Count de Monet at May 28, 2022 10:32 PM (4I/2K)

76 "A rather-dim rutabaga is the President of the United States, so I guess USydney might be right on this one."

yeah, well, China is deep in our DC anus ... and have the gag on their paid operatives (like Mitch and Joe the slow)

Bannon on where the China chit is heading ... not pretty

https://tinyurl.com/3cr5yuvf

Posted by: illiniwek at May 28, 2022 10:32 PM (Cus5s)

77 71 I once heard the voice of a great old oak, of course I was doing shrooms at the time.
Posted by: G'rump928(c)

Red oak or White?

Posted by: Javems at May 28, 2022 10:32 PM (AmoqO)

78 Isn't John Paul Stevens muerto?

Posted by: Zettai at May 28, 2022 10:30 PM (/OeOS)

That's the shampoo guy, right?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 28, 2022 10:33 PM (7bRMQ)

79 President Joe Biden falsely claimed Saturday that supporters of former President Donald Trump killed police officers during the January 6th riots on Capitol Hill.
...
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, That's AnonosaurX WrX, hater!


Actually, it was the other way around!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ every book has been rewritten ~ at May 28, 2022 10:33 PM (hOUT3)

80 Evening Horde...How goes it?

I'm a bit later than usual. My asshole neighbors were blasting their music. When I asked them to turn it down, they sniped that they didn't have to do squat until 11 p.m.

So I took a walk to clear my head a bit and strategize a retaliatory strike for next time...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 28, 2022 10:33 PM (K5n5d)

81 Good luck with that process!
Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard


Actually what little process there is,will prove to be very flexible in its execution!!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ every book has been rewritten ~ at May 28, 2022 10:35 PM (hOUT3)

82 80 Evening Horde...How goes it?

I'm a bit later than usual. My asshole neighbors were blasting their music. When I asked them to turn it down, they sniped that they didn't have to do squat until 11 p.m.

So I took a walk to clear my head a bit and strategize a retaliatory strike for next time...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 28, 2022 10:33 PM (K5n5d)

Baby Shark, at the same volume, every night you are out, with a time turning it off at 11 pm.

Posted by: Bete at May 28, 2022 10:36 PM (uiT+8)

83 A new horror film, “Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey,” is taking the internet by storm. While few details are available about it, the film’s IMDb page calls it “a horror retelling of the famous legend of Winnie-The-Pooh.”
Piglet in this story keeps someone chained up at all times in their den, because he likes to have someone to ‘maul’ whenever he desires.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 28, 2022 10:15 PM (63Dwl)


From ages past, in Usenet times, there was an story called:

Pooh goes apesh*t

"Piglet had wondered why Pooh had not called for him that morning, to have his tea and biscuits, and so he decided to visit Pooh instead. He admired the evening sun, blood red, and listened to the birds singing. Pooh watched him get nearer and nearer, and plugged in the drill."

You can look it up yourself if you are so depraved

Posted by: Kindltot at May 28, 2022 10:36 PM (xhaym)

84 The amendments in the Bill of Rights are *guarantees *, not *grants.* Repealing those amendments does no more than de-legitimize the the government that has the temerity to do so.

Technically it would also start the "alter or abolish" process.

Posted by: Methos at May 28, 2022 10:36 PM (kOpft)

85 I'm a bit later than usual. My asshole neighbors were blasting their music. When I asked them to turn it down, they sniped that they didn't have to do squat until 11 p.m.
So I took a walk to clear my head a bit and strategize a retaliatory strike for next time...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel


Then let me bring a recommendation forward from the Music Thread....

https://youtu.be/uoKL23zNg7w

I've got plenty of stuff weirder than that if you need ideas. Is your stereo big enough to fight back with?

Posted by: mikeski at May 28, 2022 10:37 PM (P1f+c)

86 Evening Horde...How goes it?

I'm a bit later than usual. My asshole neighbors were blasting their music. When I asked them to turn it down, they sniped that they didn't have to do squat until 11 p.m.

So I took a walk to clear my head a bit and strategize a retaliatory strike for next time...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 28, 2022 10:33 PM (K5n5d)

Start mowing / edging / trimming / blowing at the exact minute in the morning that's allowed, as close to their bedroom windows as possible.

Posted by: Count de Monet at May 28, 2022 10:37 PM (4I/2K)

87
Good luck with that process!
Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard

________

Two-thirds of each the House and Senate, then three-quarters of the states. No problemo!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 28, 2022 10:37 PM (/U27+)

88 The amendments in the Bill of Rights are *guarantees *, not *grants.* Repealing those amendments does no more than de-legitimize the the government that has the temerity to do so.

Posted by: Brett at May 28, 2022 10:29 PM (Sm9Ko)


When you're taught Big Daddy Gub'mint can give you anything, Big Daddy Gub'mint can take the 2nd Amendment away.

Amazing how many people actually believe The Bill of Rights are rights granted by the government in its magnificent munificence and not natural rights with which we are inherently born. Scary shit.

Thank the teachers' union.

Posted by: RickZ at May 28, 2022 10:37 PM (ldL4g)

89 78 Isn't John Paul Stevens muerto?

He said that sh.t 4 years ago.

Posted by: Ciampino at May 28, 2022 10:38 PM (qfLjt)

90 Baby Shark, at the same volume, every night you are out, with a time turning it off at 11 pm.
Posted by: Bete at May 28, 2022 10:36 PM (uiT+
---
That might work. And if it doesn't, well, there's always Celine Dion's "My Heart Will Go On"

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 28, 2022 10:38 PM (K5n5d)

91 Uvalde murderer threatened girls on a social app to rape and murder them.

https://tinyurl.com/2twx9pj5

Via Hot Air.

It did hit me that that piece of shit stopped shooting for 30 to 40 minutes prior to police killing him. What did he do in that time? Then I felt sick.

I need to stop reading about this. I get angrier and angrier every time.

Posted by: Robert at May 28, 2022 10:39 PM (lYBhM)

92 Perfessor, You could always play some music right back at them, a different genre perhaps, or you could get a few good amps and invite Berserker over.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at May 28, 2022 10:39 PM (a4EWo)

93 At this point imma looking at an 'Alien Abduction' as more of a rescue mission.

Posted by: Cicero Kaboom! Kid. Going home with E.T. at May 28, 2022 10:39 PM (3Or4S)

94 Mass murderers -
Informative wisdom from beyond the grave.

Charles Krauthammer: The roots of mass murder

https://is.gd/ZGzM6N

Posted by: Braenyard at May 28, 2022 10:41 PM (jy41H)

95 66 A rather-dim rutabaga is the President of the United States, so I guess USydney might be right on this one.
Posted by: mikeski at May 28, 2022 10:26 PM (P1f+c)


Except for the part about not being intelligent and not being able to communicate.

Posted by: Splunge at May 28, 2022 10:41 PM (2hil/)

96 Well aint' Chic quick draw MgGraw this night! Lol. Stelter is a common tater too, and a dicktater.

Posted by: Cicero Kaboom! Kid. Going home with E.T. at May 28, 2022 10:42 PM (3Or4S)

97 Baby Shark, at the same volume, every night you are out, with a time turning it off at 11 pm.
Posted by: Bete

You are a cruel Moron Bete.

I've heard that song damn near everyday for the past 18 months. It's the favorite song, by far, of the little boy I babysit. He sticks his right hand up on his forehead to ask for it.

All.The.Time.

Posted by: Tonypete at May 28, 2022 10:42 PM (MKu/Q)

98 90 Baby Shark, at the same volume, every night you are out, with a time turning it off at 11 pm.
Posted by: Bete at May 28, 2022 10:36 PM (uiT+
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That might work. And if it doesn't, well, there's always Celine Dion's "My Heart Will Go On"
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 28, 2022 10:38 PM (K5n5d)


If it escalates, the "It's a Small World After All" song.

Posted by: Splunge at May 28, 2022 10:42 PM (2hil/)

99 Perfessor, I recommend Trout Mask Replica. Both sides.

Posted by: Theodore at May 28, 2022 10:43 PM (GJnvT)

100 So I took a walk to clear my head a bit and strategize a retaliatory strike for next time...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 28, 2022 10:33 PM (K5n5d)
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Wagner
Tanya Tagaq
Helloween
Yoko

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 28, 2022 10:43 PM (Dc2NZ)

101 So I took a walk to clear my head a bit and strategize a retaliatory strike for next time...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel
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Yoko, cranked to 11

Posted by: screaming in digital at May 28, 2022 10:43 PM (pkAcY)

102 Tomorrow is a great opportunity for Biden to really, really step in it.

Posted by: davidt at May 28, 2022 10:44 PM (Vg5Sd)

103 I need to stop reading about this. I get angrier and angrier every time.
Posted by: Robert at May 28, 2022 10:39 PM (lYBhM)

I did. My BP was through the roof.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at May 28, 2022 10:45 PM (jXFZF)

104 Perfessor
1 800 Cars for Kids.
They'll beg for mercy.
Deny them.

Posted by: Winston, GOPe, not one dime, not one vote at May 28, 2022 10:45 PM (t0O2k)

105 So I took a walk to clear my head a bit and strategize a retaliatory strike for next time...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel
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Yoko, cranked to 11
Posted by: screaming in digital at May 28, 2022 10:43 PM (pkAcY)
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Ah, now THIS is the cruelty I have come to love and respect here at AoSHQ! Thank you, ma'am, may I have another?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 28, 2022 10:45 PM (K5n5d)

106 John Paul Jones says he has not yet begun to fight.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 28, 2022 10:46 PM (63Dwl)

107 Yoko, cranked to 11

Posted by: screaming in digital at May 28, 2022 10:43 PM (pkAcY)


That would cause a rift in the space-time continuum.

Posted by: Cdr Data, He Knows Everything at May 28, 2022 10:46 PM (ldL4g)

108 So, this am, the lovely Mrs. Blake and I were returning from an emergency trip to Bakersfield, and, traffic on highway 58, and 15, through Barstow was light. Usually, Saturday morning, early, there's some action, and toss in a 3 day weekend, probably should have been at least double what we saw.

I suspect this isn't going to be much of a holiday weekend for Las Vegas, though, could be wrong.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (5pTK/) at May 28, 2022 10:46 PM (5pTK/)

109
It did hit me that that piece of shit stopped shooting for 30 to 40 minutes prior to police killing him. What did he do in that time? Then I felt sick.

I need to stop reading about this. I get angrier and angrier every time.
Posted by: Robert at May 28, 2022 10:39 PM (lYBhM)

I've had to drop out of looking at it any more. There's no way to resolve the anger.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 28, 2022 10:47 PM (r46W7)

110 On a much lighter note, while I was out walking, I discovered a community library stand near a local park. You know, one of those places where you can take/leave free books. It was mostly empty, but did have a copy of "The Population Bomb" by Paul Ehrlich.

I think I will drop a bunch of books off there tomorrow sometime.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 28, 2022 10:47 PM (K5n5d)

111 Tomorrow is a great opportunity for Biden to really, really step in it.

Posted by: davidt at May 28, 2022 10:44 PM (Vg5Sd)


What's so special about tomorrow? FJB steps in it everyday.

Posted by: RickZ at May 28, 2022 10:47 PM (ldL4g)

112 Piglet had wondered why Pooh had not called for him that morning, to have his tea and biscuits, and so he decided to visit Pooh instead. He admired the evening sun, blood red, and listened to the birds singing. Pooh watched him get nearer and nearer, and plugged in the drill."

You can look it up yourself if you are so depraved
Posted by: Kindltot at May 28, 2022 10:36 PM (xhaym)

Owl will cut a bitch.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at May 28, 2022 10:47 PM (jXFZF)

113 Hey, sweet tater. I'm single and ready to mingle in your cheese basket of love! Nyuk, nyuk, nyuk.

Posted by: Curley Fries at May 28, 2022 10:47 PM (3Or4S)

114 111 What's so special about tomorrow?
Posted by: RickZ at May 28, 2022 10:47 PM (ldL4g)


The significance of the passage of time.

Posted by: Splunge at May 28, 2022 10:48 PM (2hil/)

115

A well-born but naive young woman was engaged to marry a man of an particular ethnicity with a rumoured predilection for buggery... Although she was amply warned of the "other hole" thing by all of her friends, she married him anyway...

After a month of marriage, the woman was asked by one her friends if her husband had claimed the "other hole" yet...

She replied that he had not, and went on to describe how she often literally begged her husband to take the "other hole" to no avail... She said her husband feared she might become pregnant were they to do that, and they just simply could not afford a child at this time!

Posted by: Zettai at May 28, 2022 10:48 PM (/OeOS)

116 I'm a bit later than usual. My asshole neighbors were blasting their music. When I asked them to turn it down, they sniped that they didn't have to do squat until 11 p.m.

So I took a walk to clear my head a bit and strategize a retaliatory strike for next time...


An array of high decibel ultrasonic transducers pointed in their direction.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - moronhorde.com. Not insurgents, counterrevolutionaries. at May 28, 2022 10:48 PM (Bd6X8)

117 Amazing how many people actually believe The Bill of Rights are rights granted by the government in its magnificent munificence and not natural rights with which we are inherently born. Scary shit.

Thank the teachers' union.
Posted by: RickZ at May 28, 2022 10:37 PM (ldL4g)

Everytime an idiot like Biden says "The 2nd amendment is not absolute!!!" I want to shout "So I guess the 13th Amendment isn't absolute, either???"

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 28, 2022 10:48 PM (r46W7)

118 An array of high decibel ultrasonic transducers pointed in their direction.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - moronhorde.com. Not insurgents, counterrevolutionaries. at May 28, 2022 10:48 PM (Bd6X

The Brown Note.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 28, 2022 10:49 PM (r46W7)

119
>>>I'm a bit later than usual. My asshole neighbors were blasting their music. When I asked them to turn it down, they sniped that they didn't have to do squat until 11 p.m.
...
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Home improvement project requiring Skill saw with a dull blade.

Posted by: Braenyard at May 28, 2022 10:50 PM (jy41H)

120 Burritos... mmmm!

Posted by: Miley the duchess at May 28, 2022 10:50 PM (Mzdiz)

121 Amazing how many people actually believe The Bill of Rights are rights granted by the government in its magnificent munificence and not natural rights with which we are inherently born. Scary shit.

Thank the teachers' union.
Posted by: RickZ at May 28, 2022 10:37 PM (ldL4g)
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Indeed. The first and second amendments in particular only describe natural rights that already exist. Tear up the Constitution, burn the shreds, and scatter the ashes. THOSE RIGHTS STILL EXIST!

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 28, 2022 10:50 PM (K5n5d)

122 99 Should be all four sides. (I forgot that it's a double album)

Posted by: Theodore at May 28, 2022 10:50 PM (GJnvT)

123 I think the good perfessor needs to get out the chainsaw.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (5pTK/) at May 28, 2022 10:51 PM (5pTK/)

124 What's so special about tomorrow? FJB steps in it everyday.

Posted by: RickZ at May 28, 2022 10:47 PM (ldL4g)


Speech in Ulvade.

Posted by: davidt at May 28, 2022 10:51 PM (Vg5Sd)

125 Lots of war movies on TMC this weekend, I've never seen it, but tomorrow morning at 6am the selection is "Ace of Aces", I am intrigued. Can a croc wearing, Vespa driving Ace claim air superiority???

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at May 28, 2022 10:52 PM (a4EWo)

126 Indeed. The first and second amendments in particular only describe natural rights that already exist. Tear up the Constitution, burn the shreds, and scatter the ashes. THOSE RIGHTS STILL EXIST!
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 28, 2022 10:50 PM (K5n5d)
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Exercising a right can only be punished, not revoked.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (5pTK/) at May 28, 2022 10:52 PM (5pTK/)

127 Everytime an idiot like Biden says "The 2nd amendment is not absolute!!!" I want to shout "So I guess the 13th Amendment isn't absolute, either???"

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 28, 2022 10:48 PM (r46W7)


I'm thinking the 17th Amendment needs to go, too.

Long-term senator creeps hardest hit.

Posted by: RickZ at May 28, 2022 10:53 PM (ldL4g)

128 Home improvement project requiring Skill saw with a dull blade.

Posted by: Braenyard at May 28, 2022 10:50 PM (jy41H)
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I also thought about using the "thumper" sound from Dune, cranked up through a subwoofer...at 6:00 a.m...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 28, 2022 10:53 PM (K5n5d)

129 Ah, now THIS is the cruelty I have come to love and respect here at AoSHQ! Thank you, ma'am, may I have another?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel
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The other day when I was at the laundromat (washer has been broken for 2+ months, waiting on parts thanks to Bootyjudge) some jackass was playing the first verse of "The Old Man Down the Road" repeatedly. Just the first verse. Over and over and over... I found that pretty annoying. I managed not to stuff him in a dryer.

Posted by: screaming in digital at May 28, 2022 10:53 PM (pkAcY)

130 124 Speech in Ulvade.
Posted by: davidt at May 28, 2022 10:51 PM (Vg5Sd)


Didn't he do that already, and already f*ck it up?

Posted by: Splunge at May 28, 2022 10:54 PM (2hil/)

131 making burritos this weekend . sous vide the pork butt tomorrow.

Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at May 28, 2022 10:55 PM (sJHOI)

132 Oh, right, that was the other speech he messed up. They all blend together.

Posted by: Splunge at May 28, 2022 10:55 PM (2hil/)

133 Posted by: Zettai at May 28, 2022 10:48 PM (/OeOS)
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He must have been an ex-con.

Posted by: Braenyard at May 28, 2022 10:55 PM (jy41H)

134 115 Zettai, good one.

Posted by: Ciampino at May 28, 2022 10:55 PM (qfLjt)

135 130 124 Speech in Ulvade.
Posted by: davidt at May 28, 2022 10:51 PM (Vg5Sd)

Didn't he do that already, and already f*ck it up?

Posted by: Splunge at May 28, 2022 10:54 PM (2hil/)


He's made a statement. Fuckhead is supposed to make a speech there tomorrow.

Posted by: davidt at May 28, 2022 10:56 PM (Vg5Sd)

136 Thatcher said it best:
Europe based on history,
US on idea.

Posted by: Captain Haiku at May 28, 2022 10:57 PM (rIXF2)

137 I think I will drop a bunch of books off there tomorrow sometime.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 28, 2022 10:47 PM (K5n5d)

Moron's books?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 28, 2022 10:57 PM (7bRMQ)

138 I've heard that song damn near everyday for the past 18 months. It's the favorite song, by far, of the little boy I babysit. He sticks his right hand up on his forehead to ask for it.

All.The.Time.
Posted by: Tonypete at May 28, 2022 10:42 PM (MKu/Q)


See if he'll enjoy the metal version.

https://youtu.be/POdbe-_bYbs

Posted by: Buzzion at May 28, 2022 10:57 PM (F6pYK)

139 I want Biden and the whole DNC to run on repeal of the 2nd.
Quit nibbling around the edges. Go for the whole thing.
Run on that, make it your platform.
Let me know how that works out.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at May 28, 2022 10:57 PM (jTmQV)

140 I do not believe plants are "intelligent", but one researcher has done some interesting work on how the roots of forest trees all run into each other and how they can send chemical signals about stresses and other things through this network. It does not mean plants are "talking", but it does mean that forests are much more complicated than we generally acknowledge.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 28, 2022 10:58 PM (r46W7)

141 Heh, I ended up on the old thread.

But here's a question - why did America give up on rock and start down the rap path and mostly give up on rock?

Posted by: 18-1 at May 28, 2022 10:58 PM (ESjRY)

142 Moron's books?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 28, 2022 10:57 PM (7bRMQ)
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I'm saving those for the TXMOME!

I have a bunch of books that have been "retired" from my shelves for various reasons...Some of those would be good to put on the community shelf, I'm sure.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 28, 2022 10:58 PM (K5n5d)

143 all 7 people watching FJB will get upset and ready to go a-gun-grabbin'

Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at May 28, 2022 10:58 PM (sJHOI)

144 139 I want Biden and the whole DNC to run on repeal of the 2nd.
Quit nibbling around the edges. Go for the whole thing.
Run on that, make it your platform.
Let me know how that works out.
Posted by: gourmand du jour at May 28, 2022 10:57 PM (jTmQV)


You can always change your mind later.

Posted by: Beta O'Rourke at May 28, 2022 10:58 PM (2hil/)

145 So, he made it to Uvalde, did he fly into San Antonio and drive to Uvalde?
Guess a couple of C-130s along with AF-1.

Posted by: Braenyard at May 28, 2022 10:59 PM (jy41H)

146 Everytime an idiot like Biden says "The 2nd amendment is not absolute!!!" I want to shout "So I guess the 13th Amendment isn't absolute, either???"


Looking at my tax bill I'd say it isn't.

Posted by: 18-1 at May 28, 2022 10:59 PM (ESjRY)

147 But here's a question - why did America give up on rock and start down the rap path and mostly give up on rock?

Posted by: 18-1 at May 28, 2022 10:58 PM (ESjRY)


Record Labels saw money to be made.

Posted by: davidt at May 28, 2022 10:59 PM (Vg5Sd)

148 Life used to be burritos and strippers, but that was 30 some years ago in San Diego area.

Posted by: Grog at May 28, 2022 11:00 PM (esAC9)

149 The best numbers I could find for that flight suit max flight time is 5-10 minutes which I think is optimistic. They said the total ascent for the video there was 90 seconds. But like with all these things there wasn't one single camera take but a bunch of video segments of a few seconds each stitched together.

Posted by: banana Dream, now 40% less explicit at May 28, 2022 11:00 PM (ZOfsH)

150 Speech in Ulvade.

Posted by: davidt at May 28, 2022 10:51 PM (Vg5Sd)


I'm sure Beto O'Rourke will have a seat of honor.

But seriously, FJB steps in it all the time and is never called out on it, like saying the protesters killed a cop on January 6th.

In one sense, I'd love to see Trump back taking over the White House Press briefing room and say, when reporters start arguing with him, 'I see you got your mouth back! Where has it been? Oh, right, Biden was president.'

It's as if the corporate media doesn't want to upset Grandpa Dementia.

Posted by: RickZ at May 28, 2022 11:01 PM (ldL4g)

151 The FNM: You don't need good guys with guns to defend you that's what the cops are for.

The story in the news: The cops sat around doing nothing while one good guy with a gun shot the tranny spree killer

Posted by: 18-1 at May 28, 2022 11:01 PM (ESjRY)

152 Posted by: 18-1 at May
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It appealed to a lower, more basic common denominator.

Posted by: Braenyard at May 28, 2022 11:01 PM (jy41H)

153 So, he made it to Uvalde, did he fly into San Antonio and drive to Uvalde?
Guess a couple of C-130s along with AF-1.
Posted by: Braenyard at May 28, 2022 10:59 PM (jy41H)
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The logistics required to fly the President of the United States anywhere are just insane.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 28, 2022 11:01 PM (K5n5d)

154 Record Labels saw money to be made.

But Americans bought that music...

Posted by: 18-1 at May 28, 2022 11:01 PM (ESjRY)

155 129
"The Old Man Down the Road"

Is that CCR?

Posted by: Ciampino at May 28, 2022 11:01 PM (qfLjt)

156 Baby Shark, at the same volume, every night you are out, with a time turning it off at 11 pm.
Posted by: Bete at May 28, 2022 10:36 PM (uiT+
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That might work. And if it doesn't, well, there's always Celine Dion's "My Heart Will Go On"
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 28, 2022 10:38 PM (K5n5d)

Go pro and use Debbie Boone's You Light Up My Life.

Posted by: Beartooth at May 28, 2022 11:02 PM (NQrvS)

157 The story in the news: The cops sat around doing nothing while one good guy with a gun shot the tranny spree killer
Posted by: 18-1 at May 28, 2022 11:01 PM (ESjRY)
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There was a guy who started to spray a crowd with an AR, I believe, and a gal settled his hash with one shot.

But, no one is talking about that.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (5pTK/) at May 28, 2022 11:02 PM (5pTK/)

158 125 Lots of war movies on TMC this weekend, I've never seen it, but tomorrow morning at 6am the selection is "Ace of Aces", I am intrigued. Can a croc wearing, Vespa driving Ace claim air superiority???
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at May 28, 2022 10:52 PM (a4EWo)

I watched "Battleground" (1949) again today. I think that's one of the best combat movies ever made. It doesn't put too much attention on the big picture but instead focuses on what it was like to be in one of the platoons on the front lines of the Bulge.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 28, 2022 11:02 PM (r46W7)

159 Granting that there a lot of problems with the Left, one of them is that they are so boring and predictable.

I'd like to see Biden coming out in favor of repealing the Third amendment, and forcing everyone to have a guest room for soldiers.

Posted by: Splunge at May 28, 2022 11:02 PM (2hil/)

160 Speech in Ulvade.

Posted by: davidt at May 28, 2022 10:51 PM (Vg5Sd)

I'd like to offer my condolences to the people of Uvula....

Posted by: Droolin' Joe at May 28, 2022 11:02 PM (7bRMQ)

161 "The Old Man Down the Road"

Is that CCR?
Posted by: Ciampino at May 28, 2022 11:01 PM (qfLjt)
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No, that was done by John Fogarty post CCR.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (5pTK/) at May 28, 2022 11:03 PM (5pTK/)

162 One of the more interesting things I've noticed over the last couple of years is that there are a hell of a lot of people that believes things because the government tells them to, and the media amplifies it.

If we get a President DeSantis/Trump/Etc I hope they thing through how they will reach those people.

Posted by: 18-1 at May 28, 2022 11:03 PM (ESjRY)

163 Didn't he do that already, and already f*ck it up?

Posted by: Splunge at May 28, 2022 10:54 PM (2hil/)


That was the New York shooting fuck-up. He gets to fuck-up in Uvalde tomorrow.

So many fuck-ups, so much time.

Posted by: RickZ at May 28, 2022 11:03 PM (ldL4g)

164 I'd like to see Biden coming out in favor of repealing the Third amendment, and forcing everyone to have a guest room for soldiers.
Posted by: Splunge at May 28, 2022 11:02 PM (2hil/)
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There is perhaps an argument to made that it's already been repealed because we all carry around spyware devices in our pockets and have numerous spyware devices in our homes...In one sense, we are "housing" government agents...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 28, 2022 11:04 PM (K5n5d)

165 But here's a question - why did America give up on rock and start down the rap path and mostly give up on rock?

Posted by: 18-1 at May 28, 2022 10:58 PM (ESjRY)


Lack of talent in too many current rock musicians.

Posted by: RickZ at May 28, 2022 11:05 PM (ldL4g)

166 155 129
"The Old Man Down the Road"

Is that CCR?
Posted by: Ciampino
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Fogerty. Not a bad tune unless all you hear is the first verse 48 times over and over again.

Posted by: screaming in digital at May 28, 2022 11:05 PM (pkAcY)

167 The story in the news: The cops sat around doing nothing while one good guy with a gun shot the tranny spree killer
Posted by: 18-1 at May 28, 2022 11:01 PM (ESj

Hey they weren't doing nothing. They were telling the border patrol agents not to go in.

Posted by: Buzzion at May 28, 2022 11:05 PM (F6pYK)

168 Baby Shark, at the same volume, every night you are out, with a time turning it off at 11 pm.
Posted by: Bete at May 28, 2022 10:36 PM (uiT+
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That might work. And if it doesn't, well, there's always Celine Dion's "My Heart Will Go On"
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 28, 2022 10:38 PM (K5n5d)

Go pro and use Debbie Boone's You Light Up My Life.
Posted by: Beartooth at May 28, 2022 11:02 PM (NQrvS)

Piero Umiliani - Mah-Na-Mah-Na
https://youtu.be/D2AnF7Qwc5s

On auto repeat at high volume. Submission guaran-damn-teed.

Posted by: Count de Monet at May 28, 2022 11:05 PM (4I/2K)

169 If we get a President DeSantis/Trump/Etc I hope they thing through how they will reach those people.
___

Trump won't be president again.

You underestimate the loathing a lot of people have for him.

It's like how we feel towards Hillary, except our loathing makes sense.

Posted by: SMH at what's coming at May 28, 2022 11:06 PM (+TlIV)

170 147 But here's a question - why did America give up on rock and start down the rap path and mostly give up on rock?

Posted by: 18-1 at May 28, 2022 10:58 PM (ESjRY)

new "music" turned into lip sinchers and prancers and dancers and actors, and most of the real musicians quit the studios and went to go do their own thing in much different venues. Rap was one of the last things that still had a mass market; of course it was never actually "music", just performance art with some rhythmic elements. But apparently that kind of thing appeals to people who don't really care much for actual music.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 28, 2022 11:06 PM (r46W7)

171 That pizza company url reminds me of the generator company in Italy that had powergenitalia

Posted by: banana Dream, now 40% less explicit at May 28, 2022 11:06 PM (ZOfsH)

172 171 That pizza company url reminds me of the generator company in Italy that had powergenitalia
Posted by: banana Dream, now 40% less explicit at May 28, 2022 11:06 PM (ZOfsH)


And Pen Island, a long standing business that finally got a website.

Posted by: Splunge at May 28, 2022 11:07 PM (2hil/)

173 Piero Umiliani - Mah-Na-Mah-Na
https://youtu.be/D2AnF7Qwc5s

On auto repeat at high volume. Submission guaran-damn-teed.
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Hmmm. Now I want to watch The Muppet Show (this was the first musical number from the first episode of season 1!)

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 28, 2022 11:07 PM (K5n5d)

174 I love music, but I hate crowds.
I used to go to the symphony all the time, but since covid it's just too much of a hassle.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at May 28, 2022 11:07 PM (jTmQV)

175 There was a guy who started to spray a crowd with an AR, I believe, and a gal settled his hash with one shot.

But, no one is talking about that.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (5pTK/) at May 28, 2022 11:02 PM (5pTK/)

There have been three mass shootings in the past few weeks. Yet only two are talked about. Because that third one can't be used to push the narrative.

Posted by: Buzzion at May 28, 2022 11:08 PM (F6pYK)

176 It's like how we feel towards Hillary, except our loathing makes sense.

One little bon mot I like to throw in when meeting a Trump despising upper middle class liberal is, "Well of course we had to get rid of him he was allowing the working class to get richer."

They never quite now how to respond...though they usually end up agreeing.

Posted by: 18-1 at May 28, 2022 11:08 PM (ESjRY)

177

A "guest room" for soldiers??

One should consider himself fortunate to be allowed a corner in his garage to sleep in!

Posted by: Zettai at May 28, 2022 11:08 PM (/OeOS)

178 Will there ever be another Zappa?
Can there be?

Posted by: Cheerful Reprobate at May 28, 2022 11:08 PM (rIXF2)

179 162 One of the more interesting things I've noticed over the last couple of years is that there are a hell of a lot of people that believes things because the government tells them to, and the media amplifies it."

Do they actually believe it? Or are they just lazy and stupid and go along with anything because they think that's what their friends are going to do?

I believe actually "thinking" is way too much work for a whole lot of people.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 28, 2022 11:08 PM (r46W7)

180 Meep
Posted by: nurse ratched

Moops !

Posted by: JT at May 28, 2022 11:08 PM (arJlL)

181 But apparently that kind of thing appeals to people who don't really care much for actual music.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 28, 2022 11:06 PM (r46W7)
___

Did you have your nose in the air when you typed that?

Because I imagine you harrumphed and sniffed indignantly.

Posted by: SMH at what's coming at May 28, 2022 11:09 PM (+TlIV)

182 Másadik!
Posted by: Zettai

Gesundheidt !

Posted by: JT at May 28, 2022 11:09 PM (arJlL)

183 I watched "Battleground" (1949) again today. I think that's one of the best combat movies ever made. It doesn't put too much attention on the big picture but instead focuses on what it was like to be in one of the platoons on the front lines of the Bulge.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 28, 2022 11:02 PM (r46W7)


That final scene with James Whitmore marching the group out with rags on his feet is damn good.

Posted by: RickZ at May 28, 2022 11:10 PM (ldL4g)

184 I believe actually "thinking" is way too much work for a whole lot of people.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 28, 2022 11:08 PM (r46W7)

Wait until you 'share' the road with them. It's gotten brutally stupid out there.

Posted by: Count de Monet at May 28, 2022 11:10 PM (4I/2K)

185 No quarter

Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at May 28, 2022 11:11 PM (sJHOI)

186 Give that man a harumpf!

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at May 28, 2022 11:11 PM (jXFZF)

187 Meep
Posted by: nurse ratched

Moops !
Posted by: JT at May 28, 2022 11:08 PM (arJlL)

Ma na ma na.

Posted by: Count de Monet at May 28, 2022 11:11 PM (4I/2K)

188 Wait until you 'share' the road with them. It's gotten brutally stupid out there.
Posted by: Count de Monet at May 28, 2022 11:10 PM (4I/2K)
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"It's a 65 zone, so, even though the on-ramp is 3 miles long, I'll get on the freeway doing 45 then, eventually, speed up!"

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (5pTK/) at May 28, 2022 11:11 PM (5pTK/)

189 Perfessor,
Yard work with heavy machinery at 0800 sounds good. Especially tomorrow morning. Since they've been drinking tonight.

And then Yoko.

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 28, 2022 11:12 PM (U2p+3)

190 I have a bunch of books that have been "retired" from my shelves for various reasons...Some of those would be good to put on the community shelf, I'm sure.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 28, 2022 10:58 PM (K5n5d)
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Maybe we should have a big book swap at the TexMoMee!!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 28, 2022 11:13 PM (Dc2NZ)

191 Do they actually believe it? Or are they just lazy and stupid and go along with anything because they think that's what their friends are going to do?

I got into this a lot on the COVID stuff. Basically I'd show them, for example, that according to government stats more people died of COVID after the clot shot was introduced then before - which flat out means it doesn't work.

And they'd tell me their doctor told them it was good, the CDC said it was good, and the news said it was good and...you aren't even a doctor are you?

And again, I'd say here's the data. Explain how it doesn't prove what I said it does. And...that was not persuasive.

Posted by: 18-1 at May 28, 2022 11:13 PM (ESjRY)

192 Heya, JT!

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 28, 2022 11:13 PM (U2p+3)

193
It's like how we feel towards Hillary, except our loathing makes sense.

Posted by: SMH at what's coming at May 28, 2022 11:06 PM (+TlIV)
------------------

We outnumber them.
What we must do is translate those numbers into votes.

Posted by: Braenyard at May 28, 2022 11:13 PM (jy41H)

194 And again, I'd say here's the data. Explain how it doesn't prove what I said it does. And...that was not persuasive.
Posted by: 18-1 at May 28, 2022 11:13 PM (ESjRY)
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I've known some really smart people who got absolutely livid when they saw someone running around without a mask.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (5pTK/) at May 28, 2022 11:15 PM (5pTK/)

195 I'm generally not a fan of rap, but it's very danceable, which rock is not. There's a lot of low effort rap today, but, even though I don't really like it, I can acknowledge a lot of rappers, especially in the past, are very talented. You also have some metal where the lead vocalist screams the whole time. Rap takes more talent than screaming, IMO.

Anyway, it's largely a matter of taste.

Posted by: chique-ita l'African Viking Ruler of Greenlandic kingdoms, open to talks with the Great MAGA king at May 28, 2022 11:16 PM (rF64X)

196 "It's a 65 zone, so, even though the on-ramp is 3 miles long, I'll get on the freeway doing 45 then, eventually, speed up!"

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (5pTK/) at May 28, 2022 11:11 PM (5pTK/)
--------------------

You'd get run off the road around here.
Hit the ramp at 65 and start accelerating if you want to blend in.
And blending in is the only way, - no quarter.

Posted by: Braenyard at May 28, 2022 11:16 PM (jy41H)

197 Heh. Vic posted a linky to some Korean folk singer for neighbor control. It was like the nucular bomb.

Posted by: Cicero Kaboom! Kid at May 28, 2022 11:16 PM (3Or4S)

198 Hiya SMH !

Posted by: JT at May 28, 2022 11:17 PM (arJlL)

199 chique!

Posted by: SMH at what's coming at May 28, 2022 11:17 PM (+TlIV)

200 Maybe we should have a big book swap at the TexMoMee!!
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 28, 2022 11:13 PM (Dc2NZ)
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That sounds like a very fun idea!

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 28, 2022 11:18 PM (K5n5d)

201 Hey JT.

Posted by: SMH at what's coming at May 28, 2022 11:18 PM (+TlIV)

202
Wagner
Tanya Tagaq
Helloween
Yoko
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 28, 2022 10:43 PM (Dc2NZ)


This

https://youtu.be/jd63y1xbkUc

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 28, 2022 11:18 PM (/U27+)

203 Heh. Vic posted a linky to some Korean folk singer for neighbor control. It was like the nucular bomb.

Posted by: Cicero Kaboom! Kid at May 28, 2022 11:16 PM (3Or4S)

Hyacinth Bucket's, er, Bouquet's Greatest Hits.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 28, 2022 11:18 PM (7bRMQ)

204 Trump won't be president again.
...

Posted by: SMH at what's coming at May 28, 2022 11:06 PM



So, 'Plan B' is a go, then??

Posted by: Zettai at May 28, 2022 11:18 PM (/OeOS)

205 Anyway, it's largely a matter of taste.

Certainly...but America developed rock. And as someone that likes rock/metal I notice that more then half of the new bands I listen to are from Europe.

So...something changed in the American taste for music...I would guess somewhere in the 90s.

Posted by: 18-1 at May 28, 2022 11:18 PM (ESjRY)

206 Wait until you 'share' the road with them. It's gotten brutally stupid out there.

I always assume the other driver is going to exactly the wrong thing at the wrong time. Haven't been disappointed yet.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - moronhorde.com. Not insurgents, counterrevolutionaries. at May 28, 2022 11:18 PM (Bd6X8)

207 I've known some really smart people who got absolutely livid when they saw someone running around without a mask.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (5pTK/) at May 28, 2022 11:15 PM (5pTK/)

Yep. And I’ve concluded they’re not very smart.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at May 28, 2022 11:19 PM (jXFZF)

208 Hi SMH! *waves*

Posted by: chique-ita l'African Viking Ruler of Greenlandic kingdoms, open to talks with the Great MAGA king at May 28, 2022 11:19 PM (rF64X)

209 I've known some really smart people who got absolutely livid when they saw someone running around without a mask.
___

Who was the reg here who lost his mind and started going off on folks here regarding masks and jabs?

Posted by: SMH at what's coming at May 28, 2022 11:20 PM (+TlIV)

210 Rap takes more talent than screaming, IMO.

Anyway, it's largely a matter of taste.
Posted by: chique-ita l'African Viking Ruler of Greenlandic kingdoms, open to talks with the Great MAGA king at May 28, 2022 11:16 PM (rF64X)

You say that, and while I'm not really a fan of the screaming style in a lot of circumstances I think if you consider that they are able to do it and have the control over it to do it continuously there is a lot of talent involved.

Posted by: Buzzion at May 28, 2022 11:20 PM (F6pYK)

211 NOOO!!! Not the Slim Whitman!

Posted by: Martian at May 28, 2022 11:20 PM (Vg5Sd)

212 Certainly...but America developed rock. And as someone that likes rock/metal I notice that more then half of the new bands I listen to are from Europe.

So...something changed in the American taste for music...I would guess somewhere in the 90s.
Posted by: 18-1 at May 28, 2022 11:18 PM (ESjRY)

Didn't America develop rap, too?

It appears to me that the American taste for music has changed multiple times as new styles emerge.

Posted by: chique-ita l'African Viking Ruler of Greenlandic kingdoms, open to talks with the Great MAGA king at May 28, 2022 11:21 PM (rF64X)

213 "It's a 65 zone, so, even though the on-ramp is 3 miles long, I'll get on the freeway doing 45 then, eventually, speed up!"

One thing I've started doing when I get on a long ramp when there is some idiot like that ahead of me is slowing WAY down, almost to a crawl, to let the idiot merge and me have room to build up speed.

The people behind me look annoyed, but I hope they get it when I start accelerating.

Posted by: 18-1 at May 28, 2022 11:21 PM (ESjRY)

214 Who was the reg here who lost his mind and started going off on folks here regarding masks and jabs?

Posted by: SMH at what's coming at May 28, 2022 11:20 PM



Boulder Terlit Hobo...

Posted by: Zettai at May 28, 2022 11:21 PM (/OeOS)

215 Who was the reg here who lost his mind and started going off on folks here regarding masks and jabs?
Posted by: SMH at what's coming at May 28, 2022 11:20 PM (+TlIV)

Boulder toilet hobo.

Posted by: Buzzion at May 28, 2022 11:21 PM (F6pYK)

216 Music to annoy your neighbors??

"My Pal Foot Foot" by the Shaggs. Trust Me. (the whole album, actually) Available on YT

The Shaggs were an all girl band, who had never actually heard music, or something like that. Their father bought them studio time, trying to make them famous.

Zappa said they were "better than the Beatles" or something like that.

Posted by: Common Tater at May 28, 2022 11:21 PM (rFKo1)

217
Who was the reg here who lost his mind and started going off on folks here regarding masks and jabs?
Posted by: SMH at what's coming at May 28, 2022 11:20 PM (+TlIV)


Boulder t'Hobo. I felt bad about that.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 28, 2022 11:21 PM (/U27+)

218 It ain't a cartoon but what TV show had Buzz Beer?

Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at May 28, 2022 11:21 PM (5lP46)

219 But apparently that kind of thing appeals to people who don't really care much for actual music.

A huge part of the devolution of music within the Church.

We went from Bach, to Psalms set to classical music, then the music became bar tunes with Psalm-like lyrics, then it turned to Fanny Crosby and the Wesley brothers. For a generation or two there were hymnals with four parts and most people could read musical notation. Then rock ballads were introduced with slight word modifications and the lyrics were projected on to the wall (sans musical notation). Then they reduced the ballads down to highly repetitive choruses that had the wisdom and length of bumper-stickers. Then that was reduced even more to lyrics with lots of long vowels so that tone deaf people can stylize what was once simple into nearly a yodel. During all of this decomposition, the abilities of the musicians depreciated from accomplished pianists and organists to strumming guitars and shaking tambourines.

Soon we will be grunting to bongos.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at May 28, 2022 11:22 PM (AHeqJ)

220 174 I love music, but I hate crowds.
I used to go to the symphony all the time, but since covid it's just too much of a hassle.
Posted by: gourmand du jour at May 28, 2022 11:07 PM (jTmQV)

Yep, lotsa stuff is just too much of a hassle now. Huge priority shift.

Posted by: m at May 28, 2022 11:23 PM (4rA9e)

221 Here it is -

The Beatles - I Want You (She's So Heavy) [1 HOUR]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wd83hjDXUG0

Posted by: Braenyard at May 28, 2022 11:23 PM (jy41H)

222 218 It ain't a cartoon but what TV show had Buzz Beer?
Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at May 28, 2022 11:21 PM (5lP46)

Drew Carey

Posted by: Buzzion at May 28, 2022 11:23 PM (F6pYK)

223 You say that, and while I'm not really a fan of the screaming style in a lot of circumstances I think if you consider that they are able to do it and have the control over it to do it continuously there is a lot of talent involved.
Posted by: Buzzion at May 28, 2022 11:20 PM (F6pYK)

I guess if you put it that way.

But I find the screaming really unpleasant to listen to - would rather listen to someone rapping. Others would have the opposite view.

It's taste, which is largely influenced by what you grow up with. For example, I find most rock pretty boring and not my cup of tea. But I know I am in a very tiny minority here.

Posted by: chique-ita l'African Viking Ruler of Greenlandic kingdoms, open to talks with the Great MAGA king at May 28, 2022 11:24 PM (rF64X)

224 Soon we will be grunting to bongos.
Posted by: Reuben Hick

And finger snaps.

Can you dig it?

*snap snap snap*

Posted by: Tonypete at May 28, 2022 11:24 PM (MKu/Q)

225 One of the things I like about symphonic metal is that it isn't just screaming.

Someone like a Sharon den Adel has complete control of her voice and a hell of a range.

Posted by: 18-1 at May 28, 2022 11:24 PM (ESjRY)

226 Boulder t'Hobo. I felt bad about that
__

It is sad.

Posted by: SMH at what's coming at May 28, 2022 11:24 PM (+TlIV)

227 214 Who was the reg here who lost his mind and started going off on folks here regarding masks and jabs?

Posted by: SMH at what's coming at May 28, 2022 11:20 PM

Boulder Terlit Hobo...
Posted by: Zettai at May 28, 2022 11:21 PM (/OeOS)

Was that really recently? I thought he was hanging out here not long ago.

Posted by: m at May 28, 2022 11:25 PM (4rA9e)

228
We went from Bach, to Psalms set to classical music, then the music became bar tunes with Psalm-like lyrics, then it turned to Fanny Crosby and the Wesley brothers. For a generation or two there were hymnals with four parts and most people could read musical notation.

Two reasons I like the Traditional Latin low Mass

1) No music
2) No handshaking, greeting, etc.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 28, 2022 11:26 PM (/U27+)

229 But I find the screaming really unpleasant to listen to - would rather listen to someone rapping. Others would have the opposite view.

It's taste, which is largely influenced by what you grow up with. For example, I find most rock pretty boring and not my cup of tea. But I know I am in a very tiny minority here.
Posted by: chique-ita l'African Viking Ruler of Greenlandic kingdoms, open to talks with the Great MAGA king at May 28, 2022 11:24 PM (rF64X)

Yeah I'm not a fan of a constant scream style. Usage in a song though is fine.

Posted by: Buzzion at May 28, 2022 11:26 PM (F6pYK)

230 Was that really recently? I thought he was hanging out here not long ago.

Posted by: m at May 28, 2022 11:25 PM (4rA9e)

I think someone socked him last week. The post seemed to be a joke.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 28, 2022 11:27 PM (7bRMQ)

231 230 Was that really recently? I thought he was hanging out here not long ago.

Posted by: m at May 28, 2022 11:25 PM (4rA9e)

I think someone socked him last week. The post seemed to be a joke.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 28, 2022 11:27 PM (7bRMQ)

Thank you!

Posted by: m at May 28, 2022 11:27 PM (4rA9e)

232

BTH is just one of many utterly broken by the bat flu panic... It could have happened to any of us! It's not his fault...

Posted by: Zettai at May 28, 2022 11:28 PM (/OeOS)

233 Rap takes more talent than screaming, IMO.

Anyway, it's largely a matter of taste.
Posted by: chique-ita l'African Viking Ruler of Greenlandic kingdoms, open to talks with the Great MAGA king at May 28, 2022 11:16 PM (rF64X)

Sampling seems to be required for the hits. IMO Rap has gone a long way to destroy the pursuit of real music ( playing instruments, reading and writing music , etc) in the young black community. I think we've seen the last of great bands like Earth ,Wind and Fire .

Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at May 28, 2022 11:28 PM (5lP46)

234
So...something changed in the American taste for music...I would guess somewhere in the 90s.
Posted by: 18-1


Music Replacement Theory

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 28, 2022 11:29 PM (63Dwl)

235 So...something changed in the American taste for music...I would guess somewhere in the 90s.

Posted by: 18-1 at May 28, 2022 11:18 PM (ESjRY)


The loss of AM Top 40 radio stations which played a little bit of everything, rock, soul, ballads, pop, country ('A Boy Named Sue'), Louis Armstrong, et.al. AM Top 40 was cross cultural.

First came FM AOR, then the music on AM completely went away becoming talk radio.

Imus made his name on W-N-B-C! Then he made a joke after playing an Aer Lingus ad ('Protestants sick in the back of the plane!'), got shipped to Cleveland, then came back to NYC after doing his penance there.

Posted by: RickZ at May 28, 2022 11:29 PM (ldL4g)

236
I used to go to the symphony all the time, but since covid it's just too much of a hassle.
Posted by: gourmand du jour at May 28, 2022 11:07 PM (jTmQV)


I stopped going because it became clear to me that musicians hate their audiences and consider them to be stupid bourgeois lumps ("fat slob couch potatoes" was one way it was put) who would be better replaced by audioanimatronic clapping machines.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 28, 2022 11:30 PM (/U27+)

237 BTH is just one of many utterly broken by the bat flu panic... It could have happened to any of us! It's not his fault...
Posted by: Zettai

Very sad - I know others, normally well, normal, that have lost it over these last two years.

I blame all those pulling the strings of the elite.

Posted by: Tonypete at May 28, 2022 11:30 PM (MKu/Q)

238 Symphonic Metal ,,,, it has a ring to it.

Posted by: Braenyard at May 28, 2022 11:30 PM (jy41H)

239 While I agree with some of the sentiment about church music, I find it pretty Western-focused. Other cultures around the world will worship differently through song.

I think the critical thing about church worship music is that it should be doctrinally sound and focus on God, honoring him. I think passion is also good - I don't think worship requires people to stand still. A lot of it is, again, a matter of taste.

Posted by: chique-ita l'African Viking Ruler of Greenlandic kingdoms, open to talks with the Great MAGA king at May 28, 2022 11:30 PM (rF64X)

240 228
No handshaking, greeting, etc.

Yeah that artificial greeting was really annoying.

Posted by: Ciampino at May 28, 2022 11:30 PM (qfLjt)

241 WAIT?

YOU GUYS AREN'T WEARING MASKS?!?!?

I'm telling

Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at May 28, 2022 11:30 PM (sJHOI)

242 Imus made his name on W-N-B-C! Then he made a joke after playing an Aer Lingus ad ('Protestants sick in the back of the plane!'), got shipped to Cleveland, then came back to NYC after doing his penance there.
Posted by: RickZ

Judge Hang'um was a great bit too.

Posted by: Tonypete at May 28, 2022 11:31 PM (MKu/Q)

243 It ain't a cartoon but what TV show had Buzz Beer?
Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at May 28, 2022 11:21 PM (5lP46)

Drew Carey
Posted by: Buzzion at May 28, 2022 11:23 PM (F6pYK)

Well of course you'd know. It's in your name.

Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at May 28, 2022 11:31 PM (5lP46)

244 Ah, the modern Institute of higher learning, where you can noise it about at your workplace that you get advice from listening to trees speak to you and it probably actually helps your career. The absolute peak of human intelligence.

Posted by: azjaeger at May 28, 2022 11:32 PM (3/XaG)

245 An example of Symphonic metal: https://youtu.be/nIR-YznUZIQ

Posted by: 18-1 at May 28, 2022 11:32 PM (ESjRY)

246 Elon Musk Believes Something Terrible Will Happen to Most People
(He's right)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlwDoezdTnc

Posted by: SMH at what's coming at May 28, 2022 11:32 PM (+TlIV)

247 Tonight's dessert was one half of the season's first honeydew melon.

I do love those things, only watermelon compares.

Posted by: irongrampa at May 28, 2022 11:33 PM (KATBx)

248 Sampling seems to be required for the hits. IMO Rap has gone a long way to destroy the pursuit of real music ( playing instruments, reading and writing music , etc) in the young black community. I think we've seen the last of great bands like Earth ,Wind and Fire .
Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at May 28, 2022 11:28 PM (5lP46)

Rap is hardly the only type of AA music. There's R&B and neo-soul, for example.

I'm not sure black folks have ever really been big on reading and writing music - a lot of people/most (?) play by ear and are fantastic at it and able to go with the flow. I didn't grow up in the US, but this is what I have seen in my experience.

Posted by: chique-ita l'African Viking Ruler of Greenlandic kingdoms, open to talks with the Great MAGA king at May 28, 2022 11:33 PM (rF64X)

249 Wait until you 'share' the road with them. It's gotten brutally stupid out there.
Posted by: Count de Monet at May 28, 2022 11:10 PM (4I/2K)


I love those "Idiots on the Road" youtube videos.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 28, 2022 11:33 PM (r46W7)

250 Well, I guess Elon is ahead of the curve.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at May 28, 2022 11:33 PM (jXFZF)

251 I think the critical thing about church worship music is that it should be doctrinally sound and focus on God, honoring him.
___

This^

Unfortunately, this isn't the case a lot of the time.

Posted by: SMH at what's coming at May 28, 2022 11:34 PM (+TlIV)

252 Sampling seems to be required for the hits. IMO Rap has gone a long way to destroy the pursuit of real music ( playing instruments, reading and writing music , etc) in the young black community. I think we've seen the last of great bands like Earth ,Wind and Fire .

Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at May 28, 2022 11:28 PM (5lP46)

There's still some playing instruments.

https://tinyurl.com/fvrrfmmw

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 28, 2022 11:35 PM (7bRMQ)

253 Unfortunately, this isn't the case a lot of the time.
Posted by: SMH at what's coming at May 28, 2022 11:34 PM (+TlIV)

Yep. There are quite a few good modern songs, IMO, but so many of them are cringe - all feelz, with seemingly litte consideration of scripture.

Posted by: chique-ita l'African Viking Ruler of Greenlandic kingdoms, open to talks with the Great MAGA king at May 28, 2022 11:35 PM (rF64X)

254
I think the critical thing about church worship music is that it should be doctrinally sound and focus on God, honoring him.

Afraid that horse has left the barn.

Yeah, yeah, God.
Yeah, yeah, God.
Yeah, yeah, God.
I love me.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 28, 2022 11:36 PM (/U27+)

255 Many rock and jazz musicians couldn’t read a damn note of music and just played by ear. And it all good.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at May 28, 2022 11:37 PM (jXFZF)

256 239 While I agree with some of the sentiment about church music, I find it pretty Western-focused. Other cultures around the world will worship differently through song.

_____

We are a western society so yeah it will be western focused. I'm sure there are some ethnic community churches in the US with some non western church music that is very good. Heck my church had an occasional folk band playing and probably plenty would find that to be an odd style.

Posted by: Buzzion at May 28, 2022 11:37 PM (F6pYK)

257 There are many, many things that stink about modern computer world but one thing that is wonderful is the ability to educate yourself on rock music. Back in the 70s and 80s, you might hear about something from a comment in an interview, a mention on an album sleeve, a name dropped in a rock book...but you weren't going to hear it on the radio and an album for a kid was a big investment not to be taken lightly, and that's if you could even find it to purchase. Now if you are curious about anything you can quickly find it for free on You Tube and see what you think. Easy as pie.

Posted by: azjaeger at May 28, 2022 11:38 PM (3/XaG)

258 I think the critical thing about church worship music is that it should be doctrinally sound and focus on God, honoring him.
___

This^

Unfortunately, this isn't the case a lot of the time.

Posted by: SMH at what's coming at May 28, 2022 11:34 PM (+TlIV)


The movie 'The Singing Nun'.

"Dominique, nique, nique, over the land he plods . . ."

Posted by: RickZ at May 28, 2022 11:38 PM (ldL4g)

259 10 Signs You Might Have Already Been Abducted by Aliens

#1A

They spoke Hungarian

Posted by: Miklos has been so informed at May 28, 2022 11:38 PM (WS6Pg)

260 >>> It's taste, which is largely influenced by what you grow up with. For example, I find most rock pretty boring and not my cup of tea. But I know I am in a very tiny minority here.
Posted by: chique-ita l'African Viking Ruler of Greenlandic kingdoms, open to talks with the Great MAGA king at May 28, 2022 11:24 PM (rF64X)


One of the Doobie Brothers was a regular on Gutfield's Red Eye and he'd go in to the science of how we form our musical tastes. He indicated it's like you said, we mentally associate a type of music or sound with the whole range of emotions and experiences that we were in when we first heard and liked that music. And it is very hard to rewire. You can appreciate new types of music but it isn't going to move you in the same way.

Posted by: banana Dream, now 40% less explicit at May 28, 2022 11:38 PM (0fVbu)

261 Black music went from rhythm and blues, like the beautiful Gladys Knight, with lyrics, melody, harmony, horn section and guitars, solid rhythm section and back up chorus to a primitive rhythm section and crude lyrics.

Posted by: Braenyard at May 28, 2022 11:39 PM (jy41H)

262 They spoke Hungarian
Posted by: Miklos has been so informed at May 28, 2022 11:38 PM (WS6Pg)


This is known.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Martians_
(scientists)

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 28, 2022 11:39 PM (/U27+)

263 Posted by: chique-ita l'African Viking Ruler of Greenlandic kingdoms, open to talks with the Great MAGA king at May 28, 2022 11:33 PM (rF64X)

You seem to be defensive as I'm saying it's the predominant style of 'music' right now in the young black community. I think that's undeniable.

Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at May 28, 2022 11:40 PM (5lP46)

264 And the blues. Love the blues.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at May 28, 2022 11:40 PM (jXFZF)

265 261 Black music went from rhythm and blues, like the beautiful Gladys Knight, with lyrics, melody, harmony, horn section and guitars, solid rhythm section and back up chorus to a primitive rhythm section and crude lyrics.

Posted by: Braenyard at May 28, 2022 11:39 PM (jy41H)

Hey now. Wet Ass Pussy is clearly the height of culture.

Posted by: Buzzion at May 28, 2022 11:41 PM (F6pYK)

266 I like reggae.

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 28, 2022 11:42 PM (U2p+3)

267 I do not understand Robert the Cat (TM). I guess I should get used to being bitten a lot. Apparently my blood isn't that great, maybe I've been turning into Sentient Cat Treats (c)

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 28, 2022 11:42 PM (m0zqP)

268 266 I like reggae.
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 28, 2022 11:42 PM (U2p+3)

Hippie

Posted by: Buzzion at May 28, 2022 11:42 PM (F6pYK)

269 John Paul Stevens is saying repeal the 2nd Ammendment.

And then what Mr. Stevens? Ya got a plan or are you just talkin out of yer ass?

Posted by: Sock Monkey * Ungovernable at May 28, 2022 11:43 PM (VTlqx)

270 I do not understand Robert the Cat (TM). I guess I should get used to being bitten a lot. Apparently my blood isn't that great, maybe I've been turning into Sentient Cat Treats (c)

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 28, 2022 11:42 PM



Eat a bunch of garlic and see if he lightens up...

Posted by: Zettai at May 28, 2022 11:43 PM (/OeOS)

271 I don't like reggae.... I love it.

Posted by: klaftern at May 28, 2022 11:43 PM (taPSh)

272
Hey now. Wet Ass Pussy is clearly the height of culture.
Posted by: Buzzion at May 28, 2022 11:41 PM (F6pYK)


It's the modern minstrel show, now stereotyping black males as violent thugs and black women as promiscuous sluts.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 28, 2022 11:43 PM (/U27+)

273 Many rock and jazz musicians couldn’t read a damn note of music and just played by ear. And it all good.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at May 28, 2022 11:37 PM (jXFZF)

How many rap stars can do that? And to write songs you have to have someone write the music down.

Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at May 28, 2022 11:43 PM (5lP46)

274 I do not understand Robert the Cat (TM). I guess I should get used to being bitten a lot. Apparently my blood isn't that great, maybe I've been turning into Sentient Cat Treats (c)

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 28, 2022 11:42 PM (m0zqP)

At least he allows you to live in his house.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 28, 2022 11:44 PM (7bRMQ)

275 Do they actually believe it? Or are they just lazy and stupid and go along with anything because they think that's what their friends are going to do?
I believe actually "thinking" is way too much work for a whole lot of people.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 28, 2022 11:08 PM (r46W7)


A lot of people like to drag on Normies - dull, uninterested, joe sixpack, passive.

This is what is learned from a lifetime of being shown that nothing you do changes anything. It is called Learned Helplessness. The only thing that motivates is the possibility of preventing harm for their kids.

Give people a chance to make a difference and keep what they earn for themselves, you will find willing supporters.
"vote harder next time normie" never worked and never will

Posted by: Kindltot at May 28, 2022 11:44 PM (xhaym)

276 "Top 40" was the exact opposite of radio stations that played a little bit of everything. Before Top 40 format, each big station had a classical department, a dance program, separate religious and public-service time, its own news and editorials, and often a studio band that was called on to play different genres at different times of the day. It was the coming of the single-format station that made all-pop, all-rock'n'roll, and all-country a generation war. FCC rule changes that allowed for the new (higher ad-content) format was a major factor in the behind-the-scenes political rise of Lyndon Johnson. We seem to have forgotten.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at May 28, 2022 11:44 PM (videA)

277 from last night-
Combine the link due to AoSHQ dumb url policy
https://soundcloud.com/
startingstrength/
psa-and-rethinking-prostate-health-with-dr-joseph-busch
Posted by: goodluckduck at May 28, 2022 01:15

Very interesting take on American vs Euro treatment of the prostate. I'm not done listening but so far it is very much calling the US approach random and not effective compared to the euros.

Who knew they might be able to do something better than us?

Posted by: Farmer at May 28, 2022 11:47 PM (55Qr6)

278 I really dislike rap.
My boys have tried to turn me on to a couple of rappers who's lyrics aren't horrible, but all I can hear is anger and violence and nastiness and misogyny.
And the new country rap style is stupid.

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 28, 2022 11:47 PM (U2p+3)

279 While I agree with some of the sentiment about church music, I find it pretty Western-focused. Other cultures around the world will worship differently through song.

I'm willing to take a pass on the Mongolian throat singing.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at May 28, 2022 11:47 PM (AHeqJ)

280 SMH at what's coming at May 28, 2022 11:32 PM (+TlIV)
--------

Problem is he paraphrased Musk. We didn't hear the actual quote.

Posted by: Braenyard at May 28, 2022 11:47 PM (jy41H)

281 ... and no making love standing up, either. It could lead to dancing.

Posted by: Southern Baptists - just the punchline at May 28, 2022 11:47 PM (4I/2K)

282 Burritos and strippers is what I call "a good start".

If aliens are gonna abduct my ass, I hope they plan to use their heavy duty economy sized tractor beam. I'd really prefer to not be dropped.

Now, it's not that I'm all that fat, and it is well toned fat. *stop snickering*

I could block Tank Abrams, as long as it isn't from getting thru the entrance to a buffet. And she definitely out-masses me. But if she starts biting, well then all bets are off.

Evening, y'all.

Posted by: GnuBreed at May 28, 2022 11:48 PM (F0YaR)

283 The ability to read and write music is so difficult, I am constantly amazed anyone can do it.
For centuries, no one could write. Anything.
We had pictograms and such.
Oral tradition was the thing.
The evolution of music writing is a very fascinating subject.
It has humble origins.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at May 28, 2022 11:49 PM (jTmQV)

284 Problem is he paraphrased Musk. We didn't hear the actual quote.

Posted by: Braenyard
___

Look up his interview with Babylon Bee.

Posted by: SMH at what's coming at May 28, 2022 11:49 PM (+TlIV)

285 Again I miss Earth Wind and Fire and mad it's been replaced by crap.

Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at May 28, 2022 11:50 PM (5lP46)

286 Ok humans we have to talk. Yes we come to observe your planet occasionally. Its like going to see a real stupidly funny play.

But what is this fetish you have about wanting your asses probed?

Posted by: Some Alien at May 28, 2022 11:51 PM (ESjRY)

287 Just got back from stocking up for Memorial Day BBQ. In the parking lot, I'm griping at the wife and kids.

"Good grief," I say, "233 damn dollars."

Guy on the way in says "Yeah, I know. Let's go, Brandon."

Posted by: @TheRealWilliamHayes at May 28, 2022 11:51 PM (FIJ+3)

288 BC: try a tap on the nose, while loudly say "NO,"when T t C bites you. Worked for my cat.


Posted by: Shipoopi at May 28, 2022 11:51 PM (xKFcT)

289 Rap is not music.

It's disjointed cacaphony.

Posted by: irongrampa at May 28, 2022 11:51 PM (KATBx)

290 I watched "Joker." Wow, was that depressing. I probably would have liked it more if it was in Swedish with English subtitles.

TJM would probably put in the top ten then.

Watching the RLM and JN videos about it were the highlights.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 28, 2022 11:52 PM (m0zqP)

291 We went from Bach, to Psalms set to classical music, then the music became bar tunes with Psalm-like lyrics, then it turned to Fanny Crosby and the Wesley brothers. For a generation or two there were hymnals with four parts and most people could read musical notation."

I don't know how many here have ever done "shape note" singing, often referred to as Sacred Harp from the 19th century hymnbook of the same name. I have, and although it's a different type of musical notation, it's not that hard to pick up. What I found so surprising is that while it has the reputation of being some backwoods countrified version of choral music, you actually have to be quite talented musically to be able to participate in it, both in reading the music and singing it.

One thing I particularly like is that as opposed to standard 4 part arrangements, in shape note singing the Tenor line is most often the melody, and the top line is a descant. And women without the range for a top descant sing the tenor part along with the male tenors.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 28, 2022 11:53 PM (r46W7)

292 I have to say that Bruno Mars does bring a little bit of EWF into his music. It helps that he can play multiple instruments.

Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at May 28, 2022 11:54 PM (5lP46)

293 Perfessor" Squirrel -

I have always found polka music to be effective. As early as the law in your town allows, and all damn day.

It worked with my children when they acted like little heathens.

Posted by: cfo mom at May 28, 2022 11:54 PM (Q8bDL)

294 John Paul Stevens is saying repeal the 2nd Ammendment.

And then what Mr. Stevens? Ya got a plan or are you just talkin out of yer ass?


John Paul Stevens has been serving in Hell since July 16, 2019. He only votes consistently Democrat now.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at May 28, 2022 11:54 PM (AHeqJ)

295 281 ... and no making love standing up, either. It could lead to dancing.

Posted by: Southern Baptists
--------------------

I know some of these Baptists and they have some funny ways, but they do have genuine fun and care for each other. I think they are going straight to heaven. - it's not exclusive, just talking about them.

Posted by: Braenyard at May 28, 2022 11:55 PM (jy41H)

296 Seemingly the last gasp of rock as mainstream young people music was grunge, which was basically 70s album rock mixed with punk and heavy metal. It was artist driven and when that generation of creators imploded, the music industry decided they weren't about to be at the mercy of artists for product to sell any more and started hyping the rap and dance music as most of it is created by producers who wish to make product to sell and the performers are easily replaceable. The artists retreated to "alternative" where a big part of the appeal is NOT to be commercial so that the people who like it can feel superior to the people who don't like it. In the grunge era you could watch as bands that hit it big without changing their style suddenly became "uncool" because they were now popular. Its been nearly 30 years since the last new gen of popular rock stars..I suspect rock is now like jazz and blues in that it will become.a field that will no longer be mainstream popular. What this rap\disco\electronic thing eventually turns into I don't know. Personally I can't stand any of it, and I liked early rap OK, but I am probably going to be like those people that disliked rock after Sinatra.

Posted by: azjaeger at May 28, 2022 11:55 PM (3/XaG)

297 My take on rap.
Most of the instrumental tracks are synthetic.
No human involvement whatsoever.
It's more or less a click track.
Loops. Endless repetition is boring.
Bragaddacio (apologies to our Italian brethren) is just that, it's not entertaining.
Melody is interesting.
If you don't have any, well...

Posted by: gourmand du jour at May 28, 2022 11:56 PM (jTmQV)

298
The ability to read and write music is so difficult, I am constantly amazed anyone can do it.

__________

A clarinetist came up to Toscanini before a performance of Götterdämmerung (which is five hours long) to say the E-flat key on his instrument was broken. Toscanini thought for a minute and said, "It's all right. You don't have an E-flat in your part tonight."

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 28, 2022 11:58 PM (/U27+)

299 I'm Baptist or at least was baptized in the First Baptist Church in Louisiana. I don't even know if it was part of the Southern Baptist Convention.

Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at May 28, 2022 11:58 PM (5lP46)

300 Seemingly the last gasp of rock as mainstream young people music was grunge, which was basically 70s album rock mixed with punk and heavy metal. It was artist driven and when that generation of creators imploded, the music industry decided they weren't about to be at the mercy of artists for product to sell any more and started hyping the rap and dance music as most of it is created by producers who wish to make product to sell and the performers are easily replaceable. [snip]
Posted by: azjaeger at May 28, 2022 11:55 PM (3/XaG)

Bow howdy.

Posted by: Zombie Kurt Cobain at May 29, 2022 12:00 AM (4I/2K)

301 Stravinsky's "The Rites of Spring" was so provocative upon its premiere that concert goers rioted.
Nicolai Slonimsky (assistant conductor to Igor) later noted that the clarinet in A part was being played by a clarinet in B flat.
No one noticed but Nicolai.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at May 29, 2022 12:01 AM (jTmQV)

302

I saw Pitbull live last year... It was fun!

I truly believe I was the oldest attendee and was photographed a lot!

Posted by: Zettai at May 29, 2022 12:02 AM (/OeOS)

303 Black music? The Mills Brothers, for me.

Posted by: Free tibet at May 29, 2022 12:03 AM (1nTUP)

304 I really dislike rap.
My boys have tried to turn me on to a couple of rappers who's lyrics aren't horrible, but all I can hear is anger and violence and nastiness and misogyny.
And the new country rap style is stupid.

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 28, 2022 11:47 PM (U2p+3)


Tone Loc has a couple of rap tunes that have a decent musicality and humorous lyrics. The songs are also about 30 years old.

Posted by: GnuBreed at May 29, 2022 12:03 AM (F0YaR)

305 SMH, Dec 21, 2021. Bookmarked

Posted by: Braenyard at May 29, 2022 12:03 AM (jy41H)

306 I can read music but can't play it by ear. Unfortunately I have no natural musical talent and have to work at it like a technician when I play.

Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at May 29, 2022 12:04 AM (5lP46)

307 The top pic resonates tonight. Just made it home, safe and sound, from Pizza Night in Rowley. Had four pints of "Troubled Monk" dark ale, and 5/8 of a very thick and yummy pizza. Saw a wee herd of antelope on the ride to get there.

Pizza Night in Rowley is a thing. You can search it on the web.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 29, 2022 12:04 AM (kVT74)

308 299 I'm Baptist or at least was baptized in the First Baptist Church in Louisiana. I don't even know if it was part of the Southern Baptist Convention.
Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at May 28, 2022 11:58 PM (5lP46)

Well that hardly narrows it down. Every city and town in Louisiana has a First Baptist Church.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 29, 2022 12:04 AM (r46W7)

309
One of the Doobie Brothers was a regular on Gutfield's Red Eye [ . . . ] And it is very hard to rewire. You can appreciate new types of music but it isn't going to move you in the same way.
Posted by: banana Dream, now 40% less explicit at May 28, 2022 11:38 PM (0fVbu)


This does not explain why I am bored by most popular music from the last 50 years, but find I adore old-school tango and milonga

Posted by: Kindltot at May 29, 2022 12:05 AM (xhaym)

310 I truly believe I was the oldest attendee and was photographed a lot!
Posted by: Zettai at May 29, 2022 12:02 AM (/OeOS)

They thought you were a cop.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at May 29, 2022 12:05 AM (jXFZF)

311 The Mills Bros. were back up for Bing Crosby, possibly the first race mixing crossover pop music.
Bing was anti-segregationist way before it was cool.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at May 29, 2022 12:05 AM (jTmQV)

312 Beckoning - Try rubbing some Tobasco sauce on those areas where he seems prone to bite. Also, keep a spray bottle with water in it handy. If he bites, or seems about to, spritz him.

I had that problem with my old pal Belmont, a 11 lb. Siamese male. He just became aggressive, often two-three times a day. Most of the time he was just archetypical cat.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 29, 2022 12:05 AM (XBf3S)

313 >>> Stravinsky's "The Rites of Spring" was so provocative upon its premiere that concert goers rioted.
Posted by: gourmand du jour at May 29, 2022 12:01 AM (jTmQV)


That was the one where it was reported that people in the audience started beating out the rhythm on the head of the person in front of them. I always wondered what about it could have driven people so crazy.

Posted by: banana Dream, now 40% less explicit at May 29, 2022 12:07 AM (0fVbu)

314 Well that hardly narrows it down. Every city and town in Louisiana has a First Baptist Church.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 29, 2022 12:04 AM (r46W7)

Ah I didn't feel like writing First Baptist Church of Lake Charles and then have to say that's in Louisiana.

Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at May 29, 2022 12:07 AM (5lP46)

315 The only Rap I like is on Steve Inman videos.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 29, 2022 12:07 AM (r46W7)

316 I didn’t know the Mills Brothers were black for years. Nobody can sign like they did.

Posted by: Free tibet at May 29, 2022 12:08 AM (1nTUP)

317 @312 - thanks. Not sure what I need to do, but every suggestion is appreciated. He's a very handsome lad, and I want to do right by him, but his fangs do hurt.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 29, 2022 12:08 AM (m0zqP)

318 I've seen that jetpack before, but hadn't considered its use for mountain rescue. That was pretty cool.
Posted by: No One of Consequence at May 28, 2022 10:18 PM (CAJOC)

If your dog weighs 200 pounds, and you can't lift him up onto the grooming table, you could use a petjack.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 29, 2022 12:08 AM (kVT74)

319 heh, I really did know a guy named Charles Lake who was from Lake Charles.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 29, 2022 12:08 AM (r46W7)

320 I loved watching MTVs "unplugged."
You really could break down the music and see the talent in a lot of the artists. Kurt Cobain was fantastic.

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 29, 2022 12:08 AM (U2p+3)

321

A firm backhand from time to time might be instructive for RtC....

Posted by: Zettai at May 29, 2022 12:09 AM (/OeOS)

322 I see Ipsos is out with a survey on "Trust in Government" and amusingly Putin's Russia scores higher then Biden's USSA. India is #1.

Posted by: 18-1 at May 29, 2022 12:09 AM (ESjRY)

323 There is no Charles, Vermont.

Posted by: Dr. Varno at May 29, 2022 12:09 AM (vuisn)

324 Tone Loc has a couple of rap tunes that have a decent musicality and humorous lyrics. The songs are also about 30 years old.
Posted by: GnuBreed at May 29, 2022 12:03 AM (F0YaR)

Childish Gambino has a few that I don't hate because he has music and singing mixed into some of his songs. Liked him better on Community though.

Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at May 29, 2022 12:10 AM (5lP46)

325 I loved watching MTVs "unplugged."
You really could break down the music and see the talent in a lot of the artists. Kurt Cobain was fantastic.
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 29, 2022 12:08 AM (U2p+3)

Alice In Chains was best unplugged.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at May 29, 2022 12:10 AM (jXFZF)

326 So I took a walk to clear my head a bit and strategize a retaliatory strike for next time...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 28, 2022 10:33 PM (K5n5d)

Invite a dozen friends over to tune up chainsaws.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 29, 2022 12:11 AM (kVT74)

327 316 I didn’t know the Mills Brothers were black for years. Nobody can sign like they did.
Posted by: Free tibet at May 29, 2022 12:08 AM (1nTUP)

Helen Keller could.

(okay I know that's unfair but I couldn't resist!)

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 29, 2022 12:11 AM (r46W7)

328 Loved Soundgarden. But Alice in Chains was the best Seattle band.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at May 29, 2022 12:13 AM (jXFZF)

329 Alice In Chains was best unplugged.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory


Pearl Jam is also very good. As was Chris Cornell

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 29, 2022 12:13 AM (U2p+3)

330 Music thread part 2.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at May 29, 2022 12:13 AM (jXFZF)

331 Cornell had the pipes. Dude could sing.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at May 29, 2022 12:14 AM (jXFZF)

332 I missed out on the music thread earlier, but it's OK.
My tastes tend to align with Hadrian.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at May 29, 2022 12:15 AM (jTmQV)

333 245 An example of Symphonic metal

Yes I do like Within temptation. Also Nightwish.

Posted by: Ciampino at May 29, 2022 12:15 AM (qfLjt)

334 And I live in a city so Leftist that I'm pretty sure publicly criticizing the Party is already punishable by summary execution, here.

Hearing someone say "Let's go, Brandon" in this rotten borough is straight up shocking. Like somebody walking around with no pants. Dems be in bad trouble.

Posted by: @TheRealWilliamHayes at May 29, 2022 12:15 AM (FIJ+3)

335 Although I must admit, my favorite unplugged album was Eric Clapton's.

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 29, 2022 12:15 AM (U2p+3)

336 I found a French act called Danger that does instrumental electronic music and liked it.

Then I found that he also does the songs with rap. He's French...so he raps in French.

It is one of the worst thing's I've heard.

Posted by: 18-1 at May 29, 2022 12:16 AM (ESjRY)

337 9Hz "Brown Note" infrasonic generator with sub-woofers aimed at the neighbors.

Or just download The Mosquito and amplify that accordingly.

Posted by: Dr. Varno at May 29, 2022 12:16 AM (vuisn)

338 You seem to be defensive as I'm saying it's the predominant style of 'music' right now in the young black community. I think that's undeniable.
Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at May 28, 2022 11:40 PM (5lP46)

Nope. Just pointed out there are other types of black music.

Posted by: chique-ita l'African Viking Ruler of Greenlandic kingdoms, open to talks with the Great MAGA king at May 29, 2022 12:16 AM (rF64X)

339 Good night, Horde.

Posted by: Theodore at May 29, 2022 12:16 AM (GJnvT)

340 Music thread part 2.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at May 29, 2022 12:13 AM



Most ONTs inevitable devolve into discussions about food, music, or Kat Timpf...

It is The Way of Our People!

Posted by: Zettai at May 29, 2022 12:16 AM (/OeOS)

341 I've always had great musical talent. I can play the AM/FM, cassette, CD, 8-Track, turntable and reel-to-reel, even.

Oh, and the proper spelling is "cRap". Self-defining, too.


Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at May 29, 2022 12:17 AM (QzJWU)

342 *bitey cat bites*

Hooman: OW!!!!!


Some kittehs don't at first grasp that the hairless monkeys, being hairless, are much more sensitive to cats' sharp parts. Yelling seems to clue them in (or at least gets them to knock it off).

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at May 29, 2022 12:18 AM (llON8)

343
Or just download The Mosquito and amplify that accordingly.
Posted by: Dr. Varno


Don't you have to have young ears to be effected by that?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 29, 2022 12:19 AM (63Dwl)

344 The process of recording music has been thoroughly democratized.
Anyone with an iPhone can do multi track recording anytime. In your car. On the subway.
There is a concomitant surge in mediocre music.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at May 29, 2022 12:19 AM (jTmQV)

345 Ah I didn't feel like writing First Baptist Church of Lake Charles and then have to say that's in Louisiana.

Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at May 29, 2022 12:07 AM (5lP46)
---------------------

Jimmy's got a good band and chorus.

Posted by: Braenyard at May 29, 2022 12:20 AM (jy41H)

346 I consider mass market music to be a fascinating interruption of the historical norm, lasting from the popularization of mass market dynamics in the 1930's, until the destruction of mass market dynamics by the internet the early 2000's.

There is *no* new mass market music being made anymore, and they won't be any for a generation or two. or three or four.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 29, 2022 12:20 AM (r46W7)

347 Play Berry White and the
Love Unlimited Orchestra.

Carry on...

Posted by: RUSH, used to... at May 29, 2022 12:20 AM (lIzh+)

348 Or just download The Mosquito and amplify that accordingly.
Posted by: Dr. Varno

Don't you have to have young ears to be effected by that?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 29, 2022 12:19 AM (63Dwl)

In general, yes. It usually has several frequencies to choose from though.

Posted by: Dr. Varno at May 29, 2022 12:21 AM (vuisn)

349 The only rapper whose stuff I have consistently liked (not that as I know a lot of his stuff as rap has generally never been my cup of tea) is Kanye West. I really like the background music (or whatever it's called) and his style.

I love classical music. For instrumental, baroque is my favorite style/period.

Afrobeats is really cool, too. Very awesome to dance to.

Posted by: chique-ita l'African Viking Ruler of Greenlandic kingdoms, open to talks with the Great MAGA king at May 29, 2022 12:21 AM (rF64X)

350 There is *no* new mass market music being made anymore, and they won't be any for a generation or two. or three or four.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 29, 2022 12:20 AM (r46W7)

Sadly, you are correct.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at May 29, 2022 12:22 AM (jXFZF)

351 Then I found that he also does the songs with rap. He's French...so he raps in French.
It is one of the worst thing's I've heard.
Posted by: 18-1 at May 29, 2022 12:16 AM (ESjRY)


Spanish rap is pretty bad.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 29, 2022 12:22 AM (xhaym)

352 Sampling seems to be required for the hits. IMO Rap has gone a long way to destroy the pursuit of real music ( playing instruments, reading and writing music , etc) in the young black community. I think we've seen the last of great bands like Earth ,Wind and Fire .
Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at May 28, 2022 11:28 PM (5lP46)

Sampling = Ebonics for "stealing".

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 29, 2022 12:23 AM (7QPpX)

353 I just love it when some one is singing a vocal track on their iPhone. They are pouring their entire heart and soul in to it. Maybe even recording themselves on TikTok.
And then a call comes in...

Posted by: gourmand du jour at May 29, 2022 12:23 AM (jTmQV)

354 I notice my nephews listen to similiar music to what their dad listens to...and I don't think they could name any "popular" musicians...

I wonder if that is going to be the norm now, kids mostly picking up their parents tastes in music and then completely splintering music as time goes on.

Posted by: 18-1 at May 29, 2022 12:23 AM (ESjRY)

355 Acck --

Only now do I get the joke in tonight's "Batman" episode when the Joker calls Las Vegas and speaks to "Pete the Swede."

"Pete" = Jimmy the Greek.

The episode ended more than an hour ago!

Posted by: Weak Geek at May 29, 2022 12:23 AM (Om/di)

356 299 I'm Baptist or at least was baptized in the First Baptist Church in Louisiana. I don't even know if it was part of the Southern Baptist Convention.
Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at May 28, 2022 11:58

I'm sure it was SBC if it was LA. I was brought up in the American Baptist Conv, in Rockford IL. They used to be be the Northern Baptist Conv yrs ago, they split over slavery.

Posted by: Farmer at May 29, 2022 12:23 AM (55Qr6)

357 I loved watching MTVs "unplugged."

You really could break down the music and see the talent in a lot of the artists. Kurt Cobain was fantastic.

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 29, 2022 12:08 AM (U2p+3)


There's a British guitarist with a YouTube channel, 'Wings of Pegasus' (the guy's name is Fil), who breaks down videos of many guitarists, from Roy Clark to Glen Campbell to Steve Howe to Tommy Emmanuel and many others, basically any good guitarist. Explains their fret technique, finger work on the strings, all of it. There are some videos of his band (the name of his channel) on YouTube as well and he's not bad. A guitar musician analyzing other guitar musicians. It's actually very interesting and quite informative.

Posted by: RickZ at May 29, 2022 12:24 AM (ldL4g)

358 When it comes to Christian music, interestingly enough the Christian rap I've heard is more on point with the message than most of the other stuff out there. Fred Hammond is my favorite gospel artist. And when you listen to his songs, you know he and his fellow songwriters really know their Bible.

Posted by: chique-ita l'African Viking Ruler of Greenlandic kingdoms, open to talks with the Great MAGA king at May 29, 2022 12:24 AM (rF64X)

359 The fogerty dude got good taste in guitars.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 29, 2022 12:24 AM (VwHCD)

360 Cobain was nuts on many levels. One of the things that really tortured him though was the conflict between wanting to be this big alternative punk rebel that ticked off the "normies" as he viewed them and the fact that no matter how raw and abrasive he tried to be he wrote great pop songs that resonated with the masses whether the masses were rebels or not. Bugged him to the point he wrote a song about it and told fans who didn't like his views to stop liking his stuff in an album note.

Posted by: azjaeger at May 29, 2022 12:25 AM (3/XaG)

361 The late Sen. Orrin Hatch was at the forefront of rewriting the music copyright laws during his service.
He had to handle the whole Napster fiasco, the iPod, the problem of preserving some fig leaf of intellectual property rights during the age of wholesale piracy.
And he played piano pretty well.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at May 29, 2022 12:27 AM (jTmQV)

362 360 Cobain was nuts on many levels. One of the things that really tortured him though was the conflict between wanting to be this big alternative punk rebel that ticked off the "normies" as he viewed them and the fact that no matter how raw and abrasive he tried to be he wrote great pop songs that resonated with the masses whether the masses were rebels or not. Bugged him to the point he wrote a song about it and told fans who didn't like his views to stop liking his stuff in an album note.
Posted by: azjaeger at May 29, 2022 12:25 AM (3/XaG)

That, and he married Courtney Love.
But mostly marrying Courtney Love.

Posted by: Dr. Varno at May 29, 2022 12:27 AM (vuisn)

363 Well that hardly narrows it down. Every city and town in Louisiana has a First Baptist Church.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 29, 2022 12:04 AM (r46W7)

Ain't that the truth.

Posted by: Berserk Squirrel at May 29, 2022 12:28 AM (7bRMQ)

364 The process of recording music has been thoroughly democratized.
Anyone with an iPhone can do multi track recording anytime. In your car. On the subway.
There is a concomitant surge in mediocre music.
Posted by: gourmand du jour at May 29, 2022 12:19 AM (jTmQV)


Music used to be something you would do in the parlor in the evening with the family and guests. It was a step better than having junior do recitations.
There are some groups that do videos from the living room or stairwell of someone's house, those I like because they remind me of my family playing music after the food at a family potluck.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 29, 2022 12:28 AM (xhaym)

365 I really dislike rap.
My boys have tried to turn me on to a couple of rappers who's lyrics aren't horrible, but all I can hear is anger and violence and nastiness and misogyny.
And the new country rap style is stupid.
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 28, 2022 11:47 PM (U2p+3)

Agreed. Why should I listen, on the radio, to some asshole getting hostile, when, if he did it in my face, I'd punch him out?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 29, 2022 12:29 AM (7QPpX)

366 Seemingly the last gasp of rock as mainstream young people music was grunge, which was basically 70s album rock mixed with punk and heavy metal. It was artist driven and when that generation of creators imploded, the music industry decided they weren't about to be at the mercy of artists for product to sell any more and started hyping the rap and dance music as most of it is created by producers who wish to make product to sell and the performers are easily replaceable. [snip]
Posted by: azjaeger at May 28, 2022 11:55 PM (3/XaG)


I hated grunge with the heat of a 1000 suns. It would take all night to explain why. It was a portent, and I frigging felt it in my bones back then.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 29, 2022 12:29 AM (VwHCD)

367

Only now do I get the joke in tonight's "Batman" episode when the Joker calls Las Vegas and speaks to "Pete the Swede."

"Pete" = Jimmy the Greek.

The episode ended more than an hour fifty years ago!
Posted by: Weak Geek

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 29, 2022 12:30 AM (63Dwl)

368 I'm a broken record but I can't pimp Live From Daryl's House enough. Besides being entertaining the musical talent is amazing to me. Again mostly because I have no natural talent. I love that these musicians can perform with each other after only rehearsing a minimal amount of time together.

Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at May 29, 2022 12:30 AM (5lP46)

369 Listening to Bannon, it sounds like China is preparing to weather a nuclear counterattack to whatever they're planning this summer.

Posted by: Methos at May 29, 2022 12:31 AM (kOpft)

370 Here is that artist without singing https://youtu.be/lmMwjaaTbsE

Un(?)fortunately I couldn't find any where he is raping.

Posted by: 18-1 at May 29, 2022 12:35 AM (ESjRY)

371 There is a breakout style coming.
There are still great schools of music and ther are after hours joints on the other side of the tracks. - that's where the two come together.

It's gestating right now.

Posted by: Braenyard at May 29, 2022 12:37 AM (jy41H)

372 Music used to be special. It was a rare event that you could even hear it. (prior to Edison)
Today, you couldn't get away from it if you tried.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at May 29, 2022 12:37 AM (jTmQV)

373 Listening to Bannon, it sounds like China is preparing to weather a nuclear counterattack to whatever they're planning this summer.
Posted by: Methos at May 29, 2022 12:31 AM (kOpft)

OK, nuke the Three Gorges Dam, and see how they like that. Be like flushing the world's largest toilet.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 29, 2022 12:37 AM (7QPpX)

374 The fogerty dude got good taste in guitars.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 29, 2022 12:24 AM (VwHCD)


Hitler liked veggies. /s Seriously, he is an ass, as defined as 'screwed his CCR bandmates the first chance he got'.

I luv CCR, and have several albums/CDs. But nothing after he went solo.

Posted by: GnuBreed at May 29, 2022 12:37 AM (F0YaR)

375 Yes I do like Within temptation. Also Nightwish.
Posted by: Ciampino at May 29, 2022 12:15 AM (qfLjt)

Floor Jansen is great live. And tall.

Posted by: AZ Hi Desert (Gringo fuertemente armado-Tempus belli)) at May 29, 2022 12:38 AM (l7Kbv)

376 Artists that don't want to be popular always amuse me.

Why did you become a professional musician then?

And...why is it bad to be popular? I know the complaint is "selling out" - but if you hit the jackpot with a popular album there is nothing then stopping you from making whatever kind of music you want later - heck any number of famous musicians did just that.

Posted by: 18-1 at May 29, 2022 12:38 AM (ESjRY)

377 @373: "... nuke the Three Gorges Dam ..."

A few conventional cruise missiles would be more than enough.

Posted by: Walter Freeman at May 29, 2022 12:38 AM (4NlP1)

378 OK, nuke the Three Gorges Dam, and see how they like that. Be like flushing the world's largest toilet.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 29, 2022 12:37 AM (7QPpX)

You or I would do that.

Unfortunately, China owns the loyalty of the "President" and the Chair of the Joint Chiefs, probably more.

Posted by: Methos at May 29, 2022 12:39 AM (kOpft)

379 It's almost time to panic!

I mean they have no "boundry's"(boundries' ") at all.

I don't think we will all survive.

But we're gonna' give it a go!

Posted by: RUSH, used to... at May 29, 2022 12:40 AM (lIzh+)

380 OK, nuke the Three Gorges Dam, and see how they like that. Be like flushing the world's largest toilet.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 29, 2022 12:37 AM (7QPpX)

They've probably moved the important people out of the flood zone. Besides, they know all of the pussy "leaders" of the west wouldn't take it out.

Posted by: Berserk Squirrel at May 29, 2022 12:40 AM (7bRMQ)

381 376 Artists that don't want to be popular always amuse me.

Why did you become a professional musician then?

And...why is it bad to be popular? I know the complaint is "selling out" - but if you hit the jackpot with a popular album there is nothing then stopping you from making whatever kind of music you want later - heck any number of famous musicians did just that.
Posted by: 18-1

I don't think it's about being popular. I think it's more about having to live up to other people's expectations and demands on your time and talent.

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 29, 2022 12:40 AM (U2p+3)

382 Most of China's industry is close to the coast. In theory any war with the US leads to that mostly being destroyed (and yes the Three Gorges Damn).

But, would Biden intervene? I mean Ukraine is getting the pay off for their bribes, I presume Biden would get the same.

And perhaps this is why Biden wants to get us into a war with Russia so badly. If 10K American boys are dying a week in Ukraine it would be easier to argue we can't afford to fight China over Taiwan...

Posted by: 18-1 at May 29, 2022 12:41 AM (ESjRY)

383 A few conventional cruise missiles would be more than enough.
Posted by: Walter Freeman at May 29, 2022 12:38 AM (4NlP1)

I don't know. It's basically just a big heap of dirt, which soaks up explosions real well. You need to create a huge wave, a seiche, in the impoundment behind the dam, to wash over it, and erode the downstream side.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 29, 2022 12:41 AM (7QPpX)

384 OK, nuke the Three Gorges Dam, and see how they like that. Be like flushing the world's largest toilet.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 29, 2022 12:37 AM (7QPpX)


So, Xi loses 4-5 million peasants? Mao could do that in 6 months. Yawn. 40-50 million?

You're getting warm, but not quite up to snuff.

Posted by: GnuBreed at May 29, 2022 12:41 AM (F0YaR)

385 Artists that don't want to be popular always amuse me.

Why did you become a professional musician then?

And...why is it bad to be popular? I know the complaint is "selling out" - but if you hit the jackpot with a popular album there is nothing then stopping you from making whatever kind of music you want later - heck any number of famous musicians did just that.

Posted by: 18-1 at May 29, 2022 12:38 AM (ESjRY)

Because some musicians are total fucking assholes. As I said before, beware of the ones that think of themselves as "artists". They are cut from a different cloth.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 29, 2022 12:42 AM (VwHCD)

386 They've probably moved the important people out of the flood zone. Besides, they know all of the pussy "leaders" of the west wouldn't take it out.

Posted by: Berserk Squirrel at May 29, 2022 12:40 AM (7bRMQ)
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Right, and we know where they are.
Nuke Peking and those *special* places and leave the civilians alone.

Posted by: Braenyard at May 29, 2022 12:43 AM (jy41H)

387 So, Xi loses 4-5 million peasants? Mao could do that in 6 months. Yawn. 40-50 million?

You're getting warm, but not quite up to snuff.
Posted by: GnuBreed at May 29, 2022 12:41 AM (F0YaR)

Much of the industry, and the cities, are in the flood zone downstream. China would lose a huge chunk of its industrial capacity if the dam were destroyed. Plus they'd lose any electrical generation that the dam provides.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 29, 2022 12:43 AM (7QPpX)

388 I don't think it's about being popular. I think it's more about having to live up to other people's expectations and demands on your time and talent.

Well the demands on time and talent is why they call it work right?

As for the expectations, is that really true anymore? Sure there are career paths from Taylor Swift pop tartlet to One Direction boyband...but you can do just about anything you want (as long as it doesn't seem to be culturally conservative)

Posted by: 18-1 at May 29, 2022 12:45 AM (ESjRY)

389 Agreed. Why should I listen, on the radio, to some asshole getting hostile, when, if he did it in my face, I'd punch him out?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 29, 2022 12:29 AM (7QPpX)


I take it you've never been to New Jersey. Half the males there talk like Andrew Dice Clay is a pussy.

Posted by: GnuBreed at May 29, 2022 12:45 AM (F0YaR)

390 Right, and we know where they are.
Nuke Peking and those *special* places and leave the civilians alone.

Posted by: Braenyard at May 29, 2022 12:43 AM (jy41H)

Those special places in the US, right?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 29, 2022 12:45 AM (7bRMQ)

391 Much of the industry, and the cities, are in the flood zone downstream. China would lose a huge chunk of its industrial capacity if the dam were destroyed. Plus they'd lose any electrical generation that the dam provides.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 29, 2022 12:43 AM (7QPpX)

Zactly.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at May 29, 2022 12:45 AM (jXFZF)

392 @387: "Much of the industry, and the cities, are in the flood zone downstream."

Including Wuhan! So many bats washed out to sea!

Posted by: Walter Freeman at May 29, 2022 12:47 AM (4NlP1)

393 One thing to consider, a lot of American elites are chomping at the bit for nuclear war right now...and sure the top of the pecking order can bug out to NZ...but a lot of the people writing we should nuke Moscow right now are also the first ones that will die if they get there wish.

We better hope the Chinese and Russian elites are more grounded then ours.

Posted by: 18-1 at May 29, 2022 12:47 AM (ESjRY)

394 And...why is it bad to be popular? I know the complaint is "selling out" - but if you hit the jackpot with a popular album there is nothing then stopping you from making whatever kind of music you want later - heck any number of famous musicians did just that.

Posted by: 18-1 at May 29, 2022 12:38 AM (ESjRY)


Two examples of doing what you want after becoming successful:

'Tales From Topographic Oceans', Yes.

'A Passion Play', Jethro Tull.

Oftentimes, doing what you want is not a good thing.

Posted by: RickZ at May 29, 2022 12:48 AM (ldL4g)

395 Dear misHum, thank you again for your ONT's!!
Gonna guess I'm missed out on #1...sigh.
BUT!! I repaired the steering cylinder on my TEREX 71-32 Loader! ( bite me AOP!!)
And fGor you PNW Morons, I am bringing :
10 whole dungungese crab.
10 lbs Hood canal shrimp.
10 lbs butter clams.
AND a metric shit ton of "Get bent!"
I will also be bringing my Copies of :
The "West Point Campaign" Books of the European theater of War, and the Pacific.

Posted by: Some Rat at May 29, 2022 12:48 AM (r1z5A)

396 Those special places in the US, right?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 29, 2022 12:45 AM (7bRMQ)
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Brandon won't do it but they know who the agents are.

Posted by: Braenyard at May 29, 2022 12:48 AM (jy41H)

397 341 I've always had great musical talent. I can play the AM/FM, cassette, CD, 8-Track, turntable and reel-to-reel, even.

Oh, and the proper spelling is "cRap". Self-defining, too.
----
I'm like that 100%. I even have an AKAI reel-to-reel from 1969.

cRAP it is.

Posted by: Ciampino at May 29, 2022 12:48 AM (qfLjt)

398 Well, getting late. I am going to call it a night. Be well, Horde.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 29, 2022 12:49 AM (7QPpX)

399 My last comment reminds me of a joke... An old woman tells her husband to pick up a cabbage. He goes and stands in line all day and when he finally gets to the front, they're out of cabbage.

He starts shouting. "I'm a worker! I've worked every day since I was stripling, but for the time I fought in the Great Patriotic War! Is this the Socialism I built? Feh!"

A man in a trenchcoat wades through the line, and grips him by the shoulder. "Comrade," he says, "you should be more careful how you talk."

The guy clams up. He goes home, and the wife starts bitching... "You've been gone all day, and you come home with no cabbage!"

"Darling, I've got some bad news, and some good news. The bad news is, they're out of cabbage."

"Well, what's the good news?"

"They're also out of bullets."

Posted by: @TheRealWilliamHayes at May 29, 2022 12:49 AM (FIJ+3)

400
You need to create a huge wave, a seiche, in the impoundment behind the dam, to wash over it, and erode the downstream side.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon


Force 10 From Navarone

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 29, 2022 12:50 AM (63Dwl)

401 As for the expectations, is that really true anymore? Sure there are career paths from Taylor Swift pop tartlet to One Direction boyband...but you can do just about anything you want (as long as it doesn't seem to be culturally conservative)

Posted by: 18-1 at May 29, 2022 12:45 AM (ESjRY)

This is true, you can play just about any style of music and there will be a following.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 29, 2022 12:50 AM (VwHCD)

402 I'm still angrier about the stand down than the thing itself. Benghazi redux. *Everyone* is on their own, even elementary school children.

It Takes a Village indeed.

Posted by: ... at May 29, 2022 12:51 AM (dscaa)

403 Sargasso Sea time in the comments section, I see.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 29, 2022 12:57 AM (7bRMQ)

404 375 Yes I do like Within temptation. Also Nightwish.
Posted by: Ciampino at May 29, 2022 12:15 AM (qfLjt)

Floor Jansen is great live. And tall.

I am pretty sure she's taller than anyone else in the band. I did like the previous two singers very much as well.

Posted by: Ciampino at May 29, 2022 01:00 AM (qfLjt)

405 Question for classic morons 60 and over. I'm tired of lifeless weekend evenings. What do you recommend that is a bit naughty but won't get you thrown in jail or divorced? I went through the hobo hunting phase in my 40's and I'm not interested in turning the clock back.

Posted by: ObjectionSustained at May 29, 2022 01:02 AM (Zyp4N)

406 Question for classic morons 60 and over. I'm tired of lifeless weekend evenings. What do you recommend that is a bit naughty but won't get you thrown in jail or divorced? I went through the hobo hunting phase in my 40's and I'm not interested in turning the clock back.

Posted by: ObjectionSustained at May 29, 2022 01:02 AM (Zyp4N)

Comment here in your underwear.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 29, 2022 01:03 AM (7bRMQ)

407 Comment here in your underwear.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 29, 2022 01:03 AM (7bRMQ)

Ok. Now what?

Posted by: ObjectionSustained at May 29, 2022 01:04 AM (Zyp4N)

408 I just got back from a wedding and a mare bit my hand. I have a big ol' blood blister. I made friends with the mare and she finally got tired of my bullshit.

The groom and I arent' animal people I guess.

My friends tell me the horse has quite the lineage. Some famous quarter horse.

Posted by: CaliGirl at May 29, 2022 01:05 AM (P8YqT)

409 Skunk Baxter of the Doobies, look into his story. Writes white papers on military stuff, mustache and all. Or something.

Posted by: klaftern at May 29, 2022 01:05 AM (taPSh)

410 Ok. Now what?

Posted by: ObjectionSustained at May 29, 2022 01:04 AM (Zyp4N)

That's pretty much it.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 29, 2022 01:06 AM (7bRMQ)

411 Question for classic morons 60 and over. I'm tired of lifeless weekend evenings. What do you recommend that is a bit naughty but won't get you thrown in jail or divorced? I went through the hobo hunting phase in my 40's and I'm not interested in turning the clock back.

Posted by: ObjectionSustained at May 29, 2022 01:02 AM (Zyp4N)


Dress up like a clown and take a walk around the neighborhood. Bonus points for carrying a bouquet of flowers.

Posted by: RickZ at May 29, 2022 01:06 AM (ldL4g)

412 I just got back from a wedding and a mare bit my hand. I have a big ol' blood blister. I made friends with the mare and she finally got tired of my bullshit.

The groom and I arent' animal people I guess.

My friends tell me the horse has quite the lineage. Some famous quarter horse.

Posted by: CaliGirl at May 29, 2022 01:05 AM (P8YqT)

Be thankful it wasn't a moose.

Posted by: Monty P at May 29, 2022 01:07 AM (7bRMQ)

413 Horse Latitudes of the ONT. Mute nostril agony.

Posted by: klaftern at May 29, 2022 01:08 AM (taPSh)

414 Dress up like a clown and take a walk around the neighborhood. Bonus points for carrying a bouquet of flowers.

Posted by: RickZ at May 29, 2022 01:06 AM (ldL4g)

Don't forget to look in windows. The kids like that.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 29, 2022 01:08 AM (7bRMQ)

415 Be thankful it wasn't a moose.

Posted by: Monty P at May 29, 2022 01:07 AM (7bRMQ)


Or a beaver.

Posted by: Jeff Foxworthy at May 29, 2022 01:08 AM (ldL4g)

416 I just got back from a wedding and a mare bit my hand. I have a big ol' blood blister. I made friends with the mare and she finally got tired of my bullshit.

Sarah Jessica Parker is your friend now? Cool!

Posted by: ObjectionSustained at May 29, 2022 01:09 AM (Zyp4N)

417 The ability to read and write music is so difficult, I am constantly amazed anyone can do it.

Some 50-odd years ago, I started "reading" the scores of various classical works that I knew well, often following along with a recording of said work. For no reason at all, I've maintained this "hobby" ever since.

It's gotten to the point that, if I have even the slightest memory for how a work sounded, I can pick up the score and read it, "hearing" everything that goes on.

Of course, my adamant belief that new music went extinct after about... oh, let's say 1945... colors my judgment a bit.

Seriously, can anyone name a composer other than Shostakovich who was (a) born in the 20th Century, and (b) has composed works that have acquired permanent places on concert programs?

Posted by: Gelasius the Third at May 29, 2022 01:10 AM (c8rVy)

418 Don't forget to look in windows. The kids like that.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 29, 2022 01:08 AM (7bRMQ)


'ObjectionSustained' did say he didn't want to be arrested.

Posted by: RickZ at May 29, 2022 01:11 AM (ldL4g)

419 Mongo knows how to deal with an uppity horse.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 29, 2022 01:11 AM (63Dwl)

420 I am of the mind, after this week, to take the advice of Jordan Peterson.

I am going to work on transforming myself, into a "Monster".

Which is more aligned with the "Sheep Dog" via the OODA LOOP mentality that I have relayed in previous posts years past.

This is not a time for Soy Bois. Every man that thinks himself a man, needs to at least consider this construct for the coming days, months, years.

It is not going to get "REAL"...it is ALREADY REAL!!


Think about that.

Posted by: Nightwatch at May 29, 2022 01:12 AM (J00IM)

421 'ObjectionSustained' did say he didn't want to be arrested.

Posted by: RickZ at May 29, 2022 01:11 AM (ldL4g)

Arrested?! Why, everybody loves a clown!

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 29, 2022 01:12 AM (7bRMQ)

422 417 Who is the guy who wrote Phantom of the Opera?

Posted by: Ciampino at May 29, 2022 01:12 AM (qfLjt)

423 Who is the guy who wrote Phantom of the Opera?

Posted by: Ciampino at May 29, 2022 01:12 AM (qfLjt)

Andrew Dice Webber?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 29, 2022 01:14 AM (7bRMQ)

424
That, and he married Courtney Love.
But mostly marrying Courtney Love.

Cobain was on a mission of self destruction. Nothing was going to make him happy. He went from an outsider nobody to one of the biggest stars in the world...without changing his style..and insisted on using a shotgun after the drugs didn't do it quick enough for him. Cobain wasnt a victim of anyone else's.

Posted by: azjaeger at May 29, 2022 01:14 AM (3/XaG)

425
Posted by: CaliGirl at May 29, 2022 01:05 AM (P8YqT)

Be thankful it wasn't a moose.
Posted by: Monty P at May 29, 2022 01:07 AM (7bRMQ)

I've never tried to feed a moose carrots but if one was in a stall I would try.

Posted by: CaliGirl at May 29, 2022 01:14 AM (P8YqT)

426 Seriously, can anyone name a composer other than Shostakovich who was (a) born in the 20th Century, and (b) has composed works that have acquired permanent places on concert programs?

Posted by: Gelasius the Third at May 29, 2022 01:10 AM (c8rVy)


Aaron Copeland, for one.

Posted by: RickZ at May 29, 2022 01:15 AM (ldL4g)

427 Don't forget to look in windows. The kids like that.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 29, 2022 01:08 AM (7bRM

Eh. Neighbor down the street already has that gig.

Posted by: ObjectionSustained at May 29, 2022 01:16 AM (Zyp4N)

428 Aaron Dice Copeland? Ho-Down?

Posted by: klaftern at May 29, 2022 01:16 AM (taPSh)

429 417 You can google 'modern composers' and read all about it.

Posted by: Ciampino at May 29, 2022 01:19 AM (qfLjt)

430 428

Aaron Copland
American composer...yeah, I screwed that up last week.

Posted by: Nightwatch at May 29, 2022 01:19 AM (J00IM)

431 Seriously, can anyone name a composer other than Shostakovich who was (a) born in the 20th Century, and (b) has composed works that have acquired permanent places on concert programs?

Posted by: Gelasius the Third at May 29, 2022 01:10 AM (c8rVy)

Aaron Copeland, for one.

John Williams is on the roster pretty often.

Posted by: ObjectionSustained at May 29, 2022 01:20 AM (Zyp4N)

432 Gelasius the Third

John Williams
Dave Brubeck
Phillip Glass
Elmer Bernstein

There are more. Just off the top of me head.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at May 29, 2022 01:20 AM (u82oZ)

433 COPLAND!!!!

Quite doing shooters' for God's sake son.....

Posted by: Nightwatch at May 29, 2022 01:22 AM (J00IM)

434 Question for classic morons 60 and over. I'm tired of lifeless weekend evenings. What do you recommend that is a bit naughty but won't get you thrown in jail or divorced? I went through the hobo hunting phase in my 40's and I'm not interested in turning the clock back.

Posted by: ObjectionSustained at May 29, 2022 01:02 AM (Zyp4N)

Go see some metal bands. It will keep you young.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 29, 2022 01:23 AM (VwHCD)

435 ObjectionSustained

Horde Mind

Seriously, non-self-indulgent composers of music people like to hear went to film and TV scores, and now computer games and YouTube channels.

A big YouTube channel will reach many more people than attend all the concert halls.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at May 29, 2022 01:23 AM (u82oZ)

436 Vince Guaraldi

Posted by: Nightwatch at May 29, 2022 01:24 AM (J00IM)

437 ObjectionSustained

Local dancing groups. Lots of fun. I've seen people dance better than they can walk.

Dancing with your wife is a good thing.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at May 29, 2022 01:25 AM (u82oZ)

438 Aaron Dice Copeland? Ho-Down?
Posted by: klaftern


Whaaa ... I'm still standing. hic!

Posted by: Hillary R ... at May 29, 2022 01:25 AM (okV1R)

439 Seriously, can anyone name a composer other than Shostakovich who was (a) born in the 20th Century, and (b) has composed works that have acquired permanent places on concert programs?

Posted by: Gelasius the Third at May 29, 2022 01:10 AM (c8rVy)

Also, Alberto Ginastera.

Posted by: ObjectionSustained at May 29, 2022 01:25 AM (Zyp4N)

440 Nightwatch

Thanks. I was going to add him, but ... spelling.

Phillip Glass is so easy to spell even I can do it.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at May 29, 2022 01:26 AM (u82oZ)

441
Go see some metal bands. It will keep you young.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 29, 2022 01:23 AM (VwHCD)

What do you consider metal?

When I think of metal I think of Judas Priest or GnR. Maybe that isn't metal, I don't know.
I think you have heavier bands in mind.
I'm bummed that everything is pop or stupid rap and I know I'm old.

Posted by: CaliGirl at May 29, 2022 01:26 AM (P8YqT)

442 azjaeger

Should I give any credence to the story the Courtney Love killed her husband?

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at May 29, 2022 01:27 AM (u82oZ)

443 Go see some metal bands. It will keep you young.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 29, 2022 01:23 AM (VwHCD)

Indeed. My son is a very good metal drummer. I like to go to his gigs, and I like the people who attend them.

Posted by: ObjectionSustained at May 29, 2022 01:27 AM (Zyp4N)

444 440
Phillip Glass is so easy to spell even I can do it.

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You sound almost like a Neanderthal.

Posted by: Ciampino at May 29, 2022 01:27 AM (qfLjt)

445 Ciampino

Ugh. Tonga like women. Ugh.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at May 29, 2022 01:28 AM (u82oZ)

446 I have a vinyl pressing of an LSO performance of The Donkey Kong Suite.

Posted by: klaftern at May 29, 2022 01:29 AM (taPSh)

447 Samuel Barber
American composer

Posted by: Nightwatch at May 29, 2022 01:30 AM (J00IM)

448 What do you consider metal?

When I think of metal I think of Judas Priest or GnR. Maybe that isn't metal, I don't know.
I think you have heavier bands in mind.
I'm bummed that everything is pop or stupid rap and I know I'm old.

Posted by: CaliGirl at May 29, 2022 01:26 AM (P8YqT)

Definitely priest. GnR is pretty much hard rock.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 29, 2022 01:31 AM (VwHCD)

449 I’d advocate Faces of Freedom by Test Department for music retaliation. Very danceable (industrial music). Will irritate them no end. I use it to get rid of kids playing in the common areas of the building.

Posted by: Michael Penney at May 29, 2022 01:31 AM (JVqvR)

450 Dancing with your wife is a good thing.
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at May 29, 2022 01:25 AM (u82oZ

Y'know, I've always wanted to tango. I suppose I should start with learning to two-step. I always have regretted I didn't learn social dancing. I didn't when I was younger because every time I asked a girl to dance with me they would serve a restraining orders on me.

Posted by: ObjectionSustained at May 29, 2022 01:32 AM (Zyp4N)

451 Indeed. My son is a very good metal drummer. I like to go to his gigs, and I like the people who attend them.

Posted by: ObjectionSustained at May 29, 2022 01:27 AM (Zyp4N)

And I bet they don't make you feel out of place either. I mean shit, the dudes in metallica are almost 60.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 29, 2022 01:32 AM (VwHCD)

452 Nightwatch

Barber, almost exclusively for Adagio for Strings.

But he does meet the criteria.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at May 29, 2022 01:32 AM (u82oZ)

453 My friends tell me the horse has quite the lineage. Some famous quarter horse.
Posted by: CaliGirl at May 29, 2022 01:05

Sorry to hear that CG. Might have great lineage, but what an asshole to bite a new friend.

Posted by: Farmer at May 29, 2022 01:34 AM (55Qr6)

454 My favorite drummers are Stewart Copeland, Terry Bozzio and Keith Moon.

I know nothing about music but those are my picks.

Posted by: CaliGirl at May 29, 2022 01:34 AM (P8YqT)

455 ObjectionSustained

I had to dodge the boyfriends named Rocko.

I went to a polka place that is gone. It was Blob's Park near Ft. Meade. You could dance with almost anyone, and in some dances like the Paul Jones, it was required. Very low key.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at May 29, 2022 01:35 AM (u82oZ)

456 So when someone wants to do a Cover of a piece of music, do they need permission from the author and/or the original band?

Posted by: Ciampino at May 29, 2022 01:35 AM (qfLjt)

457 So when someone wants to do a Cover of a piece of music, do they need permission from the author and/or the original band?

Posted by: Ciampino at May 29, 2022 01:35 AM (qfLjt)

I thought you just paid royalties to the licensing companies. Artists have no say in it.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 29, 2022 01:38 AM (7bRMQ)

458 Y'know, I've always wanted to tango. I suppose I should start with learning to two-step. I always have regretted I didn't learn social dancing. I didn't when I was younger because every time I asked a girl to dance with me they would serve a restraining orders on me.
Posted by: ObjectionSustained at May 29, 2022 01:32 AM (Zyp4N)


Try West Coast Swing.

It's versatile. You can dance it to contemporary, blues, classic rock. You don't have to wait for two-step music or go to a milonga to tango.

It's also an awesome looking dance and an unending challenge. If you get into it you'll find an entire community of WCS dancers and places where dances are held.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 29, 2022 01:39 AM (XG2Fi)

459
Sorry to hear that CG. Might have great lineage, but what an asshole to bite a new friend.
Posted by: Farmer at May 29, 2022 01:34 AM (55Qr6)

It really wasn't the mares fault. She had 400 people petting her. I snuck to the restroom in the horse barn during dinner and I tried to feed her a carrot and she just bit me on my hand. She was tired of people messing with her. She's over 20 years old. The groom has a matching bloody mark so it wasn't only me. She was obviously over everyone.

Posted by: CaliGirl at May 29, 2022 01:39 AM (P8YqT)

460 456 So when someone wants to do a Cover of a piece of music, do they need permission from the author and/or the original band?
Posted by: Ciampino at May 29, 2022 01:35 A

Considering the YouTube channels dedicated to that, no. If and how they are able to monetize those covers for themselves I haven't a clue.

Posted by: Buzzion at May 29, 2022 01:40 AM (BxOnx)

461 What do you consider metal?

When I think of metal I think of Judas Priest or GnR. Maybe that isn't metal, I don't know.
I think you have heavier bands in mind.
I'm bummed that everything is pop or stupid rap and I know I'm old.

Posted by: CaliGirl at May 29, 2022 01:26 AM (P8YqT)

Definitely priest. GnR is pretty much hard rock.

I think Lamb of God, Slipknot, Dime Bag Darrel, Chimera, System of a Down. I really enjoy Tool, but I'm not sure why they are considered metal.

Posted by: ObjectionSustained at May 29, 2022 01:40 AM (Zyp4N)

462 Well I know for instance that Led Zeppelin won't allow Stairway to Heaven be used in commercials, etc., so they do have a say there.

Posted by: Ciampino at May 29, 2022 01:40 AM (qfLjt)

463 Well I know for instance that Led Zeppelin won't allow Stairway to Heaven be used in commercials, etc., so they do have a say there.

Posted by: Ciampino at May 29, 2022 01:40 AM (qfLjt)

Maybe they just didn't license every song. Or perhaps it's a restrictive license.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 29, 2022 01:42 AM (7bRMQ)

464 Try West Coast Swing.

It's versatile. You can dance it to contemporary, blues, classic rock. You don't have to wait for two-step music or go to a milonga to tango.

It's also an awesome looking dance and an unending challenge. If you get into it you'll find an entire community of WCS dancers and places where dances are held.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 29, 2022 01:39 AM (XG2Fi)

Excellente!

Posted by: ObjectionSustained at May 29, 2022 01:42 AM (Zyp4N)

465 A copyrighted song can't be performed commercially without the copyright owner's permission.

In theory, anyway. But just tell that to the local bar band thrashing its way through Hotel California .

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 29, 2022 01:43 AM (XG2Fi)

466 462 Well I know for instance that Led Zeppelin won't allow Stairway to Heaven be used in commercials, etc., so they do have a say there.
Posted by: Ciampino at May 29, 2022 01:40 AM (qfLjt)

They might still hold the rights to it though. And

Posted by: Buzzion at May 29, 2022 01:43 AM (BxOnx)

467 Samuel Barber. Symphony No. 1 (III Andante tranquillo) SLSO. L.Slatkin.

I used this piece when I created a video of my # 1'st first deployment to Iraq in 2003. He was on the pointy end going into Bagdad.

It seemed right.

Posted by: Nightwatch at May 29, 2022 01:43 AM (J00IM)

468 461 What do you consider metal?

I don't like Heavy Metal but I do love a lot of Symphonic Metal and Goth Metal. Bands: Xandria, Nightwish, Tristania, Epica, etc.

Posted by: Ciampino at May 29, 2022 01:46 AM (qfLjt)

469 In theory, anyway. But just tell that to the local bar band thrashing its way through Hotel California .
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 29, 2022 01:43 AM (XG2Fi)

Bars that are not operating on the down-low usually have performance licenses to cover live bands.

Posted by: ObjectionSustained at May 29, 2022 01:46 AM (Zyp4N)

470 I used this when the buses were pulling out of 29 palms...you can hear my wife screaming out his name as the buses pulled out.

Epic.

Posted by: Nightwatch at May 29, 2022 01:46 AM (J00IM)

471 Posted by: CaliGirl at May 29, 2022 01:39

Yeah, at an old age after all these peope messing w/ me I might get testy. You are very understanding and must have a great way of dealing w/ animals from what you've posted here.

Posted by: Farmer at May 29, 2022 01:49 AM (55Qr6)

472
Definitely priest. GnR is pretty much hard rock.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 29, 2022 01:31 AM (VwHCD)

My BIL is/was a drummer in a heavy metal bar band. He introduced me to Priest. I wouldn't have listened to them on my own. I will still sing Breakin the law. I was in 7th grade when he would cover that song.
He liked heavier stuff than Priest but I don't remember it all. He and my sister divorced by the time I was 18.
I think metal is Priest and GnR is rock too, but I know nothing about metal.
I saw Priest at the Us festival and they rocked.

Posted by: CaliGirl at May 29, 2022 01:49 AM (P8YqT)

473 I thought you just paid royalties to the licensing companies. Artists have no say in it.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 29, 2022 01:38 AM (7bRMQ)


I guess it comes down to who actually owns the music. Paul McCartney bought back most of The Beatles songs.

Some artists write a song and allow someone else to use it, give it away. Patti Smith got a decent hit out of Springsteen's 'Because The Night'.

Posted by: RickZ at May 29, 2022 01:51 AM (ldL4g)

474 OK, I'll agree that Samuel Barber makes the list. Besides the Adagio for Strings, he wrote many fine works that deserve more performances than they get.

Aaron Copland doesn’t count. Born on 14 November 1900... six weeks before the start of the 20th Century.

There are two other composers that should be included, but I'm waiting to see if anyone else mentions them.

Posted by: Gelasius the Third at May 29, 2022 01:54 AM (c8rVy)

475 474
Aaron Copland doesn’t count. Born on 14 November 1900... six weeks before the start of the 20th Century.

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Well you shouldn't be using birthdates but the dates when they produced their works. Makes more sense.

Posted by: Ciampino at May 29, 2022 01:58 AM (qfLjt)

476
I think Lamb of God, Slipknot, Dime Bag Darrel, Chimera, System of a Down. I really enjoy Tool, but I'm not sure why they are considered metal.
Posted by: ObjectionSustained at May 29, 2022 01:40 AM (Zyp4N)


The only music I'm familiar with is Pantera, again from my BIL. I know that one song from System of a Down and I know tool.
My BIL LOVED Pantera. I wouldn't know any of that music if it wasn't for him. He taught me how to drive a stick. Rocker dudes, what can't they do.

Posted by: CaliGirl at May 29, 2022 01:58 AM (P8YqT)

477
There are two other composers that should be included, but I'm waiting to see if anyone else mentions them.
Posted by: Gelasius the Third at May 29, 2022 01:54 AM (c8rVy)

Benjamin Britton. I don't count Cage. He's a provocateur not a composer. Was Schoenberg born in the 20th century?

Posted by: ObjectionSustained at May 29, 2022 02:02 AM (Zyp4N)

478 In Africa and Europe stickshift is the norm and automatic rarer as it is more expensive and uses a little more fuel.

Posted by: Ciampino at May 29, 2022 02:02 AM (qfLjt)

479 Well you shouldn't be using birthdates but the dates when they produced their works. Makes more sense.

Posted by: Ciampino at May 29, 2022 01:58 AM (qfLjt)


By that metric, Gustav Holst's 'The Planets', written between 1914 and 1917. That pops on programs all the time.

Posted by: RickZ at May 29, 2022 02:02 AM (ldL4g)

480 Gelasius the Third

John Williams is still the top of my list, but how about:

Benjamin Britten & Leonard Bernstein.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at May 29, 2022 02:03 AM (u82oZ)

481 RickZ

Then add:
Edward Elgar (1857–1934)
Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872–195
Igor Stravinsky
Delius.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at May 29, 2022 02:04 AM (u82oZ)

482 Cark Orff "Carmina Burana"? When was that written?

Posted by: Ciampino at May 29, 2022 02:06 AM (qfLjt)

483 Ciampino

1937.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at May 29, 2022 02:08 AM (u82oZ)

484
Antenna TV runs Benny Hill on Saturday nights, now. Just watched a couple of episodes, and it's been a while.

Benny Hill was the greatest dirty old man of all time. He took it to a high art form.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at May 29, 2022 02:10 AM (Mzdiz)

485 Would you include Duke Ellington as a twentieth-century composer?

Posted by: ObjectionSustained at May 29, 2022 02:10 AM (Zyp4N)

486 Have a great night, everyone.

May there be deep sleep ahead, once you park the car and hit the sack.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at May 29, 2022 02:10 AM (u82oZ)

487 485 Would you include Duke Ellington as a twentieth-century composer?

Yes, although I can't stand jazz. Only 'Take Five' has ever been palatable.

Posted by: Ciampino at May 29, 2022 02:12 AM (qfLjt)

488 Goodnight everyone, I'm off like a prom dress.

Posted by: CaliGirl at May 29, 2022 02:13 AM (P8YqT)

489 Benny Hill was the greatest dirty old man of all time. He took it to a high art form.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at May 29, 2022 02:10 AM (Mzdiz)

Cancelled now.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 29, 2022 02:13 AM (7bRMQ)

490 Rocker dudes, what can't they do.

Posted by: CaliGirl at May 29, 2022 01:58 AM (P8YqT)

Stay celibate?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 29, 2022 02:15 AM (7bRMQ)

491
I looked it up, Benny Hill has been dead for 30 years. He died in 1992, found him dead in a chair where'd he been watching TV. Heart attack (he had other health problems on top of heart problems).

There was a rumor started that Benny was buried with gold bars, per his will. Some idiots actually dug up his grave based on that rumor one night. There was no gold, of course. After that, they poured a concrete slab over the top of his grave to prevent any more such attempts.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at May 29, 2022 02:17 AM (Mzdiz)

492 I looked it up, Benny Hill has been dead for 30 years. He died in 1992, found him dead in a chair where'd he been watching TV. Heart attack (he had other health problems on top of heart problems).

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at May 29, 2022 02:17 AM (Mzdiz)

He started postwar. Earliest thing I saw him in was some comedy detective movie from the early 50s.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 29, 2022 02:19 AM (7bRMQ)

493
There's the famous Benny Hill Yakkity Sax chases, usually involving hotties in their "bras and suspenders" as the Brits used to say.

One tonight, Benny, the little bald old man, and some others are robbers trying to rob a jewelry store. The cops, which are all female, give chase. They run through a pasture, and have to cross a fence. The female cops, trying to get through the fence, get their clothes snagged and ripped off, down to their bras and garters.

The chase reverses, with Benny and the robbers chasing them. Yakkity sax ensues.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at May 29, 2022 02:20 AM (Mzdiz)

494 Ted Cruz confronted by idiot activist in restaurant, on shooting.
https://tinyurl.com/ydcbjn5m

Posted by: Ciampino at May 29, 2022 02:25 AM (qfLjt)

495 Applaud them on.

Posted by: RUSH, used to... at May 29, 2022 02:26 AM (lIzh+)

496 Would you include Duke Ellington as a twentieth-century composer? Posted by: ObjectionSustained

Yes. Ellington was born in 1899 and passed away in 1974. Two excellent albums that show his range of composing and performance skills are piano and background and piano in foreground. The first is a big band album that swings hard and the second one is a small combo where he mostly is the star.

Posted by: Lost In Space at May 29, 2022 02:27 AM (YwurZ)

497 I like the one of Benny Hill, the little bald guy and this stunningly gorgeous woman in an absolutely beautiful dress that is also open down to the navel. LOL.

Posted by: Ciampino at May 29, 2022 02:29 AM (qfLjt)

498 One tonight, Benny, the little bald old man, and some others are robbers trying to rob a jewelry store. The cops, which are all female, give chase. They run through a pasture, and have to cross a fence. The female cops, trying to get through the fence, get their clothes snagged and ripped off, down to their bras and garters.

The chase reverses, with Benny and the robbers chasing them. Yakkity sax ensues.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at May 29, 2022 02:20 AM (Mzdiz)

Little Jackie Wright. Another one has Benny and Jackie as escapees from jail. The stand next to a sign that says "you are here." The both try to surrender. "It's no good, Paddy, they know where we are!"

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 29, 2022 02:32 AM (7bRMQ)

499 I read through a number of the music comments tonight. A critical innovation that took place in the 1600s was the standardization of having tempered scales. Prior to that scales were biased to certain keys and as you modulated out of them or just played in different ones they would sound completely out of tune. Tempered scales in effect detune everything to reach a reasonable average so you can play in any key and it sounds harmonious. Bach was a huge proponent of this and to prove the advantages of a tempered scale system he wrote The works known today as the well-tempered clavier. The standardization would permeate the keyboards that would follow and laid the foundation for what would be recognized as classical music theory which it's still in use today some 400 years later.

Posted by: Lost In Space at May 29, 2022 02:33 AM (YwurZ)

500 Glen Miller, Tommy Dorsey.

Posted by: RickZ at May 29, 2022 02:33 AM (ldL4g)

501 I like the one of Benny Hill, the little bald guy and this stunningly gorgeous woman in an absolutely beautiful dress that is also open down to the navel. LOL.

Posted by: Ciampino at May 29, 2022 02:29 AM (qfLjt)

You know what you are?

You're supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 29, 2022 02:38 AM (7bRMQ)

502 501
You're supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!

That's the one. I couldn't remember the word. Thank you.

Posted by: Ciampino at May 29, 2022 02:41 AM (qfLjt)

503 Prior to the 20th century music had to be written down if it was to be preserved. That radically changed with the advent of recording which became quite robust by the 1920s. The effect of this is you didn't need to know how to read or write music to build an audience plus your music would be preserved. This innovation allowed the great early African-American musicians whose musical culture was centered in the voice and not the architecture of classical music to take over the world. This cultural basis of modern music, which we think of as popular music but in reality is truly now classical music because of its endurance, as I have come to understand it endures because it's Central feel is in the offbeat or as I like to call it the backbeat. This allows emphasis forces the body to move upwards which is the essential heartbeat of dance and is opposed to what you find in standard classical music. Toss in some amplified guitars, an American drum kit, Elvis's hips and we're off to the races. After years of thinking about all this I'm now believe that American 20th century music is absolutely on par with the previous thousand years of western music. It is truly a profound body of work.

Posted by: Lost In Space at May 29, 2022 02:41 AM (YwurZ)

504 The best reason to ban assault rifles. Cops being to afraid to confront shooter killing school children with one. 19 cops standing outside waiting for reinforcements.

Posted by: exodus 21:22-25 at May 29, 2022 02:45 AM (rhoOs)

505 504 The best reason to ban assault rifles. Cops being to afraid to confront shooter killing school children with one. 19 cops standing outside waiting for reinforcements.
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You are probably right but waiting for reinforcements isn't it. You mean they are waiting for someone else to expose themselves. Ultimately one or more of them will have to possibly confront the shooter so better if it's someone from another group, and not me.

Posted by: Ciampino at May 29, 2022 02:51 AM (qfLjt)

506 Just popped in to see what's going on

Posted by: Skip at May 29, 2022 02:52 AM (2JoB8)

507 506 Just popped in to see what's going on

Hi Skip.

Posted by: Ciampino at May 29, 2022 02:54 AM (qfLjt)

508 That's the one. I couldn't remember the word. Thank you.

Posted by: Ciampino at May 29, 2022 02:41 AM (qfLjt)

That woman was supposedly a famous singer at the time. Not my usual type, but whaaaaaa!

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 29, 2022 02:54 AM (7bRMQ)

509 What could possibly go wrong? Scientists want to crack open a 830-million-year-old crystal containing ancient microorganisms that might still be ALIVE

https://tinyurl.com/2ebenn99

Posted by: Ciampino at May 29, 2022 03:04 AM (qfLjt)

510 What could possibly go wrong? Scientists want to crack open a 830-million-year-old crystal containing ancient microorganisms that might still be ALIVE

https://tinyurl.com/2ebenn99

Posted by: Ciampino at May 29, 2022 03:04 AM (qfLjt)

Quick! Find a nerdy incel to do it.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 29, 2022 03:12 AM (7bRMQ)

511
Every other B grade scifi horror flick has started out with some similar scenario. Opening up something very ancient.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at May 29, 2022 03:14 AM (Mzdiz)

512 510 What could possibly go wrong?

Let's see, Covid-830,000,000 ?
Or our real version of Jurassic Park?

Posted by: Ciampino at May 29, 2022 03:15 AM (qfLjt)

513
I just saw something I'd never seen before -- a Chicom pressure popcorn "cannon". Pour popcorn in a heavy pressure vessel, with a trigger release mechanism. Heat it up until pressure reached about 10 atm, or 145 psi-ish.

Put bag over end. Take hammer or lever and blow the lid. Boom. Popcorn all pops at once into the bag.

Video here, TikTok crap:

https://tinyurl.com/2ptpmx9g

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at May 29, 2022 03:17 AM (Mzdiz)

514 So, he made it to Uvalde, did he fly into San Antonio and drive to Uvalde?
Guess a couple of C-130s along with AF-1.
Posted by: Braenyard at May 28, 2022 10:59 PM (jy41H)


So glad hubby and daughter are going to visit his mom next weekend, rather than this one.

She lives in the next town to the west, and you have to go through Uvalde to get there.

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas - AoS Ladies' Brigade, Plucky Comic Relief at May 29, 2022 03:22 AM (SRRAx)

515 513
Pour popcorn in a heavy pressure vessel, with a trigger release mechanism. Heat it up until pressure reached about 10 atm, or 145 psi-ish.

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It didn't seem as if he heated it long enough or ever checked the pressure gauge. Maybe a setup? Blowing open a container under 10 atm pressure is a bit hazardous.

Posted by: Ciampino at May 29, 2022 03:28 AM (qfLjt)

516 What time is Pixie due up?

Posted by: Ciampino at May 29, 2022 03:32 AM (qfLjt)

517 504 The best reason to ban assault rifles. Cops being to afraid to confront shooter killing school children with one. 19 cops standing outside waiting for reinforcements.
Posted by: exodus 21:22-25 at May 29, 2022 02:45 AM (rhoOs)



Fuck off troll.

Posted by: buzzion at May 29, 2022 03:34 AM (vMCab)

518 What time is Pixie due up?

Posted by: Ciampino at May 29, 2022 03:32 AM (qfLjt)

What?! We're not entertaining enough?!

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 29, 2022 03:34 AM (7bRMQ)

519 518
What?! We're not entertaining enough?!

Not when 5 or more minutes go by and no one is posting.
Then some sleep gets more attractive.

Posted by: Ciampino at May 29, 2022 03:38 AM (qfLjt)

520 >> It didn't seem as if he heated it long enough or ever checked the pressure gauge.

You'll see the edit when he starts heating it. Just cut out the time in between. This is the traditional CHicom street popcorn vendor method, I see. It takes about 10 minutes or so to heat it to release pressure. If you carefully watch the gauge, you'll see it has moved.

They sell these things on Amazon, I see.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at May 29, 2022 03:41 AM (Mzdiz)

521 520 You'll see the edit when he starts heating it.

Thanks. I guess too tired to be observant.

Posted by: Ciampino at May 29, 2022 03:45 AM (qfLjt)

522 Up way early, coffee, but will go back to bed and probably sleep till noon.
Now that my record player is working, I can start listening to all my records from the 70's and 80's. Amazing what I bought at the record store at the mall (remember shopping malls and record stores?). Sort of like reliving your youth days. I went to wet and soggy Woodstock, not many left who can say that anymore.
I lived nearby and an easy drive and a long walk once I got parked in a open field.

Posted by: Colin at May 29, 2022 03:48 AM (YVx1O)

523 I called Farmer back tonight. I think I blew his mind.

Sorry, Farmer.

I tried to call WestminsterDogShow. (twice)

...no answer.

Posted by: Slapweasel at May 29, 2022 03:50 AM (Ckg4U)

524
Here's a video of a Chicom street vendor doing it. His vessel is a bit bigger than the one in the first video.

Note he has a charcoal fire, looks like.

https://tinyurl.com/qyn377p

They do it this way in Korea as well. Look here at this more production line setup. Motors turning the vessels, and looks more sophisticated catch bag setups:

https://tinyurl.com/2h7ymqky

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at May 29, 2022 03:50 AM (Mzdiz)

525 I still love some of you and pray for you.

...the rest of you can read the Bible and decide.

Posted by: Slapweasel at May 29, 2022 03:52 AM (Ckg4U)

526 522
I went to wet and soggy Woodstock, not many left who can say that anymore.
I lived nearby and an easy drive and a long walk once I got parked in a open field.

----
Wow, very cool. 1969 I was in my Chem Honors year in college in Durban, South Africa. We had a 3 year BS then Honors one year if one wanted to go to grad school.

Posted by: Ciampino at May 29, 2022 03:53 AM (qfLjt)

527
I love how the Korean guy just takes his hand and throws the belt off to stop the vessel. And, to start it, just hand pops the belt back on a running motor.

OSHA would have a heart attack. We used to be like that in the old days, folks, before we became pussified. That's how they built the Hoover Dam.

Some guy got killed, just chuck the corpse out of the way and keep on gettin' it.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at May 29, 2022 03:59 AM (Mzdiz)

528 Not when 5 or more minutes go by and no one is posting.
Then some sleep gets more attractive.

Posted by: Ciampino at May 29, 2022 03:38 AM (qfLjt)

It usually starts dying around this time anyway. The Pixy People start to show up and wait for the NOOD.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 29, 2022 04:00 AM (7bRMQ)

529 NOOD Pixy is up

Posted by: Ciampino at May 29, 2022 04:01 AM (qfLjt)

530 Had some relatives last year drive to Woodstock, NY thinking that was where the festival was held. At least they bought a coffee table book about Woodstock which was nice. After driving around the area they finally asked someone who got them to the right place. Woodstock, NY is sort of a yuppie village with lots of rich New York City folks escape to. Rural, if they can stand the quiet and peaceful life the non city folks live.

Posted by: Colin at May 29, 2022 04:01 AM (YVx1O)

531 I called Farmer back tonight. I think I blew his mind.
Sorry, Farmer.
I tried to call WestminsterDogShow. (twice)
...no answer.
Posted by: Slapweasel at May 29, 2022 03:50

Be well good friend. Nice to talk to someone as crazy as i am. Rock on.

Posted by: Farmer at May 29, 2022 04:05 AM (55Qr6)

532 I went to the 1971 sets up River music festival in Washington State. It was a wet and muddy affair. The only band I remember hearing was Wishbone Ash. The cultural highlight was some guy had a monkey that got on a 1% outlaw gang Harley and took a dump on it. That nearly caused a riot with gunplay.

Posted by: Lost In Space at May 29, 2022 04:07 AM (YwurZ)

533 If we are still looking at composers, what about Gershwin?

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas - AoS Ladies' Brigade, Plucky Comic Relief at May 29, 2022 04:24 AM (SRRAx)

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