The other night I was at a trivia night benefit for a debate club. One of the categories was 'Over/Under', where they gave you a question and you had to say if the # was more or less. One of them was: "The tube in London is 100 miles long." I told my team I thought it was more, because &qu...

Dave N. wrote: Sat Apr 27, 2024 1:45 am “That was fun.” People still say that? What dull-ass planet are you from? We were so good!

Last Monday after I played an open mic set, one of the earlier performers said "that was fun" to me. Hey, thanks!

Some tracks from this new Cindy Lee album. It's fine, I don't dislike it. Reminds me of Deerhunter.

I think the New Radicals guy said he was just joking with the whole musicians diss lines towards the end, he didn't mean any ill will towards them.

Wood Goblin wrote: Tue Apr 23, 2024 4:31 pm
I will also cop to liking that New Radicals song, which also made his list and which I fully recognize is horrible.

I like that song too. Years ago during a book sale I got that album at my library for a buck. It's actually pretty good.

enframed wrote: Mon Apr 22, 2024 5:46 pm I got two books by Clarice Lispector this weekend. I am soooooo excited to read these. I don't recall how I heard about her but she and her books seem fascinating.

I found The Passion According to G.H. to be a slog. YMMV though.

penningtron wrote: Mon Apr 22, 2024 10:38 am In addition to that risk, I was under the impression that dishwashing knives makes them duller so I always wash them by hand (soap wand thing) with the blade facing away.

I hand wash the good knives that I use for meal prep. The dollar-store and Ikea steak knives go in the dishwasher.

Yeah I watched the first two at the cinema but by the third one my butt just couldn't face the 3 hour numbing. I like the first one a lot, and don't mind the others, but the very concept of the 'extended' versions was deranged. Yeah, you'd have to be a big fan of the books/films/lore to want more. ...

bigc wrote: Fri Apr 19, 2024 11:23 am I saw the Swans in Atlanta last night. They played for 2.5 hours and were fucking incredible. Michael Gira is 70!

I'm seeing them in St. Louis in 2 weeks. I'm not sure what to expect musically, I haven't really followed them since The Glowing Man. And the last time I saw them was 2015.

I saw Collective Soul like, maybe 20 years ago? They were playing our town and I liked the radio hits at the time, so I thought I'd check it out. I thought they were surprisingly good live.

I don't like those songs anymore though, except for 'Gel'.