Anyone have experience with those Polygon bikes they’re pushing hard on social media? The reviews are great and the prices are reasonable. If I can ever justify owning a dual suspension trail bike it’s definitely something to consider. Also gonna be selling my road bike because I’d rather ride my s...

I've been riding for going on 3 decades. From the midwest, learned here and still hit the WI/MI slopes on occasion. This winter I finally rented a modern board instead of using my 20-year old big mountain board. My old board was high end at the time, built for stability and speed. The new one was so...

Have not read the books. I saw Dune II once, in the theater after watching Dune a couple times at home. I remember it as an awesome film visually, but also that the second half seemed like an abrupt shift for the main character guy. I probably should read the book(s).

I watched this recently. Think the point was to realistically depict reality of a modern civil war on U.S. soil, which I thought was largely successful. I don't really understand the critique of "but how did we get here? who are these people? TX & CA wtf?" etc. The last ten minutes had...

Goat is a funner record but the one/two punch of Boilermaker and Gladiator is one of the best record openers of all record history. These were actually a single, as if to say that they could stand apart from all of Liar, which is sort of true. I am finally listening to the new one, and def enjoying...

will be hearing them play Pod and Last Splash in their entirety soon, and I haven't listened to those in a long time, so this may change but: Title TK and All Nerve, tossup. Just super impressive consistency over such a long career. I remember first hearing All Nerve after what, more than a decade s...

Went to see Romulus last night. It was...fine? A competent action horror movie but little to do with any of the other films. A few odd choices jarred the flow for me.

Somewhere in Prometheus and Covenant there's a really good film with lots of Michael Fassbender. I missed him.

Alien without a doubt. Scott took his time and I'm a sucker for dread crossed with sci-fi. Aliens is a tremendous shoot 'em up. I read a criticism somewhere the other day that Aliens doesn't "hold up" because the dialog is so corny and cliched. I'm pretty sure it was corny and cliched in 1...

So "Cold Gin" is basically "Summertime Blues". I've now listened to 2 songs from the first album ("Strutter" the other). This music is garbage. I feel like I could play the guitar parts, and I can't play guitar.

For Cantonese ( I think ), Honeymoon Cafe on Argyle is excellent. Salt and pepper cuttlefish, lots of greens dishes, chow fun, etc. Has become a go-to. No egg rolls though. For Szechuan/Sichuan north side, Uptown Lao Szechuan and Chengdu Impression on Halsted. Sadly Sze Chuan restaurant in Chinatown...