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I am extremely right-handed. If I am forced to write with my left hand, I need a couple of seconds for each letter, and even then it is barely legible. Interestingly, is seems to be more of an arm problem. My left hand is perfectly fine when playing piano or organ.

For me, the best horror movies are more haunting and atmospheric than slasher-type scary. My favorites: Nosferatu (1922) and Vampyr (1931).

As to the bolded, you might want to have a look at 1880 - 1920.

Most religions and moral belief systems are based on the Golden Rule, “In everything, do to others what you would have them do to you. . . .” (in the Bible, Matthews 7:12) or, more commonly, its negative formulation “Do not do to others what you would not like done to yourselves” (Tobit 4:15). Thus, it is easy to see that killing and stealing are immoral. However, who is affected negatively by homosexual relations between consenting adults? There is no religion or belief system that forces you to have sex with a person of the same gender.

In live concerts, I always appreciate when the band members are introduced individually, perhaps giving them the opportunity for a (brief) solo. A prime example (and a wonderful song)... Well,I do not know if you can access the previous clip. Here is an audio.

This is an overly simplistic point of view. Even if we do not consider anything that can happen after the fertilization of the egg, strictly on a genetic basis Science tells us that things are more complicated. You might know that the sex chromosomes of a "normal" male are XY, that of a female XX. However, there are all kinds of chromosomal aberrations affecting more than 1 in 450 individuals, a bit less than 1 million Americans. There are individuals with Turner syndrome (X-), Klinefelter syndrome (XXY), Swyer syndrome (women with XY chromosomes) or male XX syndrome. Furthermore, and probably statistically much more important, during development of the embryo there are factors that can affect the brain and the gonads (the sex organs) in different ways, resulting in gender dysphoria, “a conflict between a person’s physical or assigned gender and the gender with which he/she/they identify”. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7415463/ Do you think you can treat all these people fairly by your man/woman differentiation?

Three comments: First, awesome clip; thanks for sharing. Second, sadly, Spirit's front man, Randy California, managed to save his son from a rip current in the Pacific Ocean in 1997, but Randy himself drowned. Third, there are not many bands with a full-time tambourine player and back-up vocalist, as Jay Ferguson in Spirit. Another example: Brian Jonestown Massacre (what an awesome band name!), with Joel Gion on tambourine. Here is a full concert by the Brian Jonestown Massacre...

Ten Years After (on German public TV)

This seems a fair evaluation. However, one question remains: How did all the other countries shown on the graph avoid this "cultural and societal decay"? Or, at least, how did they avoid the dire consequences we experience in the US?

Remember Keith Emerson? Unpopular opinion: The Nice were better than ELP. Greg Lake and Carl Palmer (ELP) were certainly technically better than Lee Jackson and Brian Davison (The Nice). However, The Nice had the far better selection of material to cover..

One of the first all-female rock bands, Fanny. June Millington plays a mean guitar. And again, it is German public TV that made these live performance videos possible. And here is a very competent cover of one of my favorite Beatles' songs.

Grace Slick is one of my top female rock vocalists. However, it should be remembered that Jefferson Airplane did exist before Grace Slick joined the band, with Signe Toly Anderson on vocals. Sadly, Signe died in 2016, the same day as JA's Paul Kantner.

It is a pity that they did just this album. Well, perhaps it is a blessing. The mastermind behind it, Joe Byrd, did a follow-up record, and it is boring. My favorite songs of their album: First, "The American Metaphysical Circus" was the song that introduced me to this band; I heard it first on German public radio. To me, it sounds like the Beatles' "Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite" on speed. Second, a scathing comment on American family values, wrapped up in a very nice melody...

I agree with your statement. However, do you really think that he succeeded in making the government less corrupt?

I do not think this type of anecdotal "evidence" is very helpful. I could counter that I am in a science department in a university in otherwise very conservative West Texas, and most of my fellow faculty members lean moderately Democratic.

Joni Mitchell rarely did covers. However, her cover of "Twisted" on "Court and Spark" is one of my favorites. However, I could not find any live version of her cover. Instead, here is a live recording of the writer of the song, Annie Ross, accompanied by Count Basie's band/orchestra.

First, there is no doubt about Steph as number one. Here are comments by Dirk on this topic: https://www.sportingnews.com/ca/nba/news/dirk-nowitzki-stephen-curry-3-point-record/1tr70o9o8iqj71nhckf95q9ppd As to the Larry/Dirk comparison, you seem to be cherrypicking a bit: we cannot count Larry's first years because he was not very good then, and we cannot count his last years because of his injured back. I agree with your point 3 that 3 pointers were were not a major focus. However, this argument can go either way. For one, because they were rare, defenses were not prepared for them. Second, it seems possible that in the early days players attempted a 3 point shot only if they were wide open. Nowadays, they have to fight for every opportunity, trying 3 point shots with defenders clinging to them.

You might not agree with her political views, but she has an amazing voice...

A video made in 1967, way before MTV. The whole budget was probably a few thousand pounds.

I am completely with you regarding the Talking Heads and The Police. I did not include them in my list because much of their ground-breaking stuff was made at the end of the 1970s.

Hüsker Dü Dire Straits The Smiths The Cure

There is a clear #1: Jane Kaczmarek as Lois Wilkerson in Malcolm in the Middle Equally entertaining, but more a candidate for the worst TV mom: Jennifer Saunders as Edina Monsoon in Absolutely Fabulous

Dirk might agree with you, but only because he is too humble to put himself in that spot. He is the only big guy in the top 20 three point shooters of all time.