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"January 6th was a lawful protest" You've got to be ***** kidding me, not just that someone brain-farted that onto a page, but that someone read it and thought, 'yeah, I agree'. I don't know you, but apparently that someone is... you. Good luck in life, but not on my dime. and I love the opening bit about blaming the National Parks Service... I mean how little thought and accountability can Mike Davis and his chum have in life?

* Full disclosure. I do have a horse in this fight- my Pop bought an Android phone and I had to constantly help him with it over the years. That and the #%@&*¥% PC.

A girlfriend of mine asked me what I thought she should invest in, I pointed to my edit system and said Apple's figured it out- It's the only legitimate thing that functions. It's still true today, none of the other platforms come close to the consistent, simple and reliable platform Apple provides. We broke up after a while so no Idea how it worked out, but if she invested in Apple when she asked in the late 90's, she'd have 130k for every $100 she'd invested. I wasn't an investing type... oops. I think iPhone has easily won the battle of 'what is a phone'. Just break up Apple's iPhone into 5 competing companies, like Ma Bell, and let Android and the other clunky systems fall by the wayside.

Totally agree, though I don't recall the 96 million software developers having such a problem with all of this while Apple only had a consistent 4% of the market. Funny how concerns and lawsuits emerge when you find out you've aligned with the wrong horse.

Honestly I don't even fully understand the functional problem. I've got an iphone and have never had an issue texting a soul on this planet. Sorry to hear some people have issues, and I am very against monopolistic corporate moves but On Apple, a few notes. I'm basically the opposite of most current Apple users- I've primarily used their products for hugely complex creative work in eras where the finest offerings from Microsoft and other platforms just absolutely didn't work for years after Apple products were fully functional, and then later were not reliable, or required as much time dealing with the temperamental operating systems as doing the actual work. SGI had its moment for 3D, but beyond that you had the functional ecosystem of a Mac, or you had garbage. PC nerds would tout how fast their system was, as they produced nothing. Of course that changed, and the hardware advances finally allowed the PC world to become functional, and certainly overtake the Mac, at times by quite a lot (still a crap operating system imho) Tech is constantly evolving, people who wouldn't have a clue about what I know now have me over a barrel about how texting has been ruined by something-or-other. Next week they'll say, 'google, make me an Oscar-winning film'. Funny this thread hit on the manual transmission. I'm definitely in the top 95% of manual transmission-shifters worldwide. Wanna race?

I mean 50, probably dead by now, but we can still bless the soul. oh jeesus 59??? Can one still wipe oneself at that age?

Somehow these two belong together, Hollywood Strings making the magic happen. It's a lovely era

Stupid good song. The Stones wrote some really poignant stuff, especially 'Little T & A', but I gotta go with this Stones album as my favorite:

I did college radio from about '89-'93, so definitely agree on that! Frickin awesome period for music as the 80's were getting blown out of the water. I'd go in off-shift just to listen through zillions of albums in total bliss. I'm a bit earlier on the 60's- maybe '64-'68 for the excitement phase, with '67 just hitting a beautiful pinnacle. Definitely still great stuff heading into the early 70's, but the rawness and thrill was starting to get more bloated and distorted to me. Not trying to get down on any period- there's been great stuff in every decade... including the 80''s and the 50's. Speaking of bloated, yet thrilling:

When ya gotta pose in hand gestures to make something seem 'cool', it's usually not. That font screams one of the 70 something U of Oregon alternate jerseys, and I'm sure the helmet looks as terrible as always. not my problem, screw the Texans

When it all comes down to it, the 60's are absolutely my favorite decade for modern pop and everything music. Except for the occasional stale stuff, everything was so original. There were no boundaries, the 50's were escaped, and absolutely nothing was defined. The claws of business would keep trying to entrench, but for a brief, shining, moment... they didn't know what the ***** to do, and the music was all over the place. I took an uber ride to the airport recently and Modest Mouse's 'Dashboard' came on. Ryan said it was a great classic, and I said... classic? ***** I remember when it was brand new... Point being, nothing is a classic- it all dropped for the first time at some point. I love to imagine how a song sounded as a listener the moment that needle first hit the vinyl on the radio station... when nothing like it had ever been discovered before. The 60's are just amazing for that, like no other decade. Looking forward to your finest psychedelic Kenny Rogers memories, pale rabbits, soundtracks and maybe a Perry Como gem. Cheers

Taxi has the best theme song in sitcom history... that and Jim Ignatowski is just... priceless.

Started Sopranos twice, but pushed it off both times. I'll give it another shot someday- third time'll be the charm. Started Mad Men twice, the second time I gave it a longer leash- Loved that show! The story lines maybe got a bit thin toward the very end of the series, but the characters were awesome, and the very end nailed it. Curb's a no-brainer to me- a lot of pointless yet poignant fun, front to back.

I don't believe so. I recognize elements from his early work, and one character seems to have a similar line of business from Breaking Bad.

2/3 through "The Gentlemen" Great show/series- gonna be bummed when we finish it. It's Guy Ritchie, and it's a bit of a nostalgic indulgence for him, but still very fun and (mostly) original(ish) terrain. Vinnie Jones is fantastic, again. Signature over-the-top cool with top-notch acting, cinematography, directing, editing vision, sets, soundtrack, mixing, etc. Great interplay between the shot angles and the editing- very well thought out. I can't think of a way to not recommend the show... other than not for kiddos and the more easily offended.

A sliced ear is a joyride next to driving in the state of Washington. I have no idea how there's anyone left alive in that state.

Best news I had all day!! Just got back in the US... flight's delayed, and we have an extra hour for beverages- BOOM! )

This recording doesn't do the live experience justice, and I saw this trio on another night with 5,000 of my closest friends at Yosemite (imagine that scene!), but when all is said and done it has to be the greatest night of music I've ever experienced. Stanley Clarke was just magical- they all were, but the *****-eating grin on Clarke's face through the entire show was just a reflection of how good he knew it was. (Edit- don't watch this video, skip to the link below) Not a rock supergroup, but it's a supergroup alright. After the show, as we were all walking out, a guy in front of us said to his friends, "You know what's sad... it's that... we'll never see anything like this ever again." I heard him, I got it, and he was dead on- astounding, stupefying show. The kind of thing that reminds you of how incomprehensibly great we can be when we just do things right. Nevermind- I found the show! That's Dallas Dobro announcing at the beginning. This is the show I saw!!!!!! https://archive.org/details/trio-fleck-clarke-ponty-2005-strawberry-music-fest-hrr/01+South.flac

Wait, don't slit your wrists just yet...

it's about time someone censored those 1982 MTV music videos. Thank you Youtube.