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☝️This is the correct order. McGowan's a butterface.

Oh, no question... musically. Business sense? Sheer energy? Second to none.

Just saying that all the things we thought we knew get put into a new light after #metoo. Might not be true in her specific case, but it's been true in too many other cases.

When a girl like this is the third-hottest chica in the cast, that's how you know the casting director had an eye for talent.

In retrospect, I've learned that any actress tagged as "difficult to work with" during the 90s basically means that she refused to let the director/producer molest her. Maybe that's the case here, maybe not. Anyway, always thought she was hot, even after my good friend pointed out that one of her eyes was a full inch higher than the other, which I can't un-see now.

So this means we can finally deal with Cannon on appeal, right?

"The only people who put iced tea in Jack Daniel's bottles is THE CLASH, baby!" --David Lee Roth

You're also forgetting the phase with Wolf on bass. As bands, no, they're not equal. I don't even like different albums equally. But in the end, it's Ed's playing and feel and inventiveness and spirit that just works for me. I think VH3 was to Van Halen what The Last Jedi was to Star Wars -- some promising ideas that were ruined by bad editing, where the fans' negative reaction led to a dumbing down and limiting of the overall art. Everyone, from people in the band to managers to even their successors, credit Dave for Van Halen's success as a band. He's the one who put heavy metal and 1940s Dance Hall style together; he was the motivator who got everyone off their asses and picked them up when they were down. And it really bothered Ed that Dave got any credit at all. Mike was robbed. Sammy is the one person who comes off the worst in all the stuff. Even Ted Templeman, who early on (prior to the first album) considered replacing Dave with Sammy, not only realized that it would've been a huge mistake to do so, but when Sammy did come around, refused to produce any more albums (though he helped with FUCK since the producer they DID hire was too drunk to do his job) and described Sammy as the guy who moves in on a separated couple before they have a chance to try to work things out. Sammy's take on things clashes with others' independent takes. And even Sammy gives Dave credit in his autobiography. Ed wanted more and more control, but like George Lucas, some artists need that feedback to be truly great. All that said, I'd rather have 10 more VH3's than the silence that followed it. A Different Kind of Truth is horribly underrated, even if it is a cleaning up of old bar-era riffs that had otherwise been left on the cutting room floor. I'd rather have more Sammy, More VH3, More anything. Ed could ship the sounds of him pissing on the mixing console and I'd buy it.

Interesting mix between "easy answer" and "Too tough to tell" here. I'll tell you why my answer is easy. It's that even if I'm not in the mood to listen to Van Halen, if a Van Halen song starts playing, I'm not switching away or skipping it. It's because when I'm down in the dumps, Van Halen is the music that never fails to soothe or pick me up. It's because I've found the whole topic fascinating to the point where I've got a bookshelf of autobiographies and memoirs just about that one band (and pre-ordered Alex's book, coming out in October). I listen to a lot of things, and I LIKE a lot of things, and I REALLY like a lot of things, but the way I like Van Halen is above all that rest of that. I'll not claim that just because I like him that he's the greatest guitarist ever or best musician or anything like that. But I'll listen appreciatively to anyone who DOES claim that. 😁

Definitely a good day to not be on social media.

Pick any three characters from Arrested Development. Almost doesn't matter which 3.

All the flaws with this series, and THAT'S the thing you notice? 🤣🤣🤣 YES. THIS. I mean, think how far off the reservation you've got to go to get ME railing about it. I'm an eternal absolute sucker for all things Star Wars; I love even its most mediocre efforts; I downright worship its best. I watched Solo in a theater, and will argue that it's terribly, awfully, undeservedly underrated. Because it fucking is. But there's one two Star Wars things that were too much for me. Resistance, and this. But unlike Resistance, I'll actually finish this, because I'm just that sick.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idiot_plot Ebert didn't invent, but popularized the term, "idiot plot" -- a story in which the conflicts would be resolved if the characters in it would stop being idiots. There are times where Idiot Plots work; the example he gave is the 1935 Astaire/Rogers film Top Hat (or any classic mid-century American musical for that matter). Or comedies: The entire film Dude, Where's My Car? hinges on the fact that the characters are idiots. I watched this in grad school with some brilliant people, and we made a drinking game out of it: If you ever found yourself questioning why a character did something, take a drink, because you're clearly not drunk enough to enjoy the show. (We got pretty sloshed.) But in a drama, it's just infuriating. Maybe I'll go back and rewatch this show and pretend it was meant to be a comedy? Maybe that'll make it good? ...NAAAAAAAAAHHHH fuck that, I ain't watching this garbage again, sober OR drunk. Not when I've still got 3 seasons of The Boys to catch up on.

https://www.threads.net/@tristansnell/post/C9Vr56ppstE/?xmt=AQGz4IIhDR2cFdXuYkiNmUz1xbuWmASGOxtZYTzFat-Yeg

NSIAP: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/majority-of-americans-dont-want-biden-as-the-democratic-candidate-but-he-hasnt-lost-ground-to-trump-poll-says

The fact that you're even asking this question is a bad sign. The fact that more than 10% of you are answering "yes" means Trump has already won in November. At this stage of the race, you should be consolidating support behind your guy. Considering replacing him now is political suicide. You don't even have to do it; the fact you're even considering it ends the campaign. There's literally no one who can take his place at this point; not Kamala, no one. Congratulations. You've panicked into error and delivered the election into Trump's hands, you whiny dipshits.

Jake learned well from the master

If I had a bingo card of sports cliches, I'd have cleared it with that Jake Myers postgame interview.

Yeah, and the whole "Let's suddenly find a replacement for Joe" is exactly the kind of shooting yourself in the dick move the Democrats are famous for. Ya gotta circle the wagons around your guy. That's how you win.

Then why do you act like you think it?

Yeah. Right. See above. It's ok when Trump flubs, but somehow not ok when Biden does it.