Everything posted by Paul Wesley
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The Guitar Pron Thread
nm Can’t get my photo of Romeo Rose in a pirate shirt to show up
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The Guitar Pron Thread
Man, outside of the first three acts on that poster, the rest of those people.... never heard of them
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Is today's Republican electorate the Dumbest in modern history?
Alternate theory: Propaganda works really well.
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Texas @ Texas Tech 11am on CBS
Relax, man. I didn't say it was our worst possession of the first half. I didn't say anything remotely like that (why argue with something I didn't even say?). I was "only bringing it up" because you replied to my post to say that Ramey's first two shots were good shots. Ramey launched a 26-footer a few seconds into the game. No penetration, no ball movement, no motion, no screen, no chance to draw contact, no getting teammates involved in game. No chance for a lob to Sims, no kickout to an open teammate... Just get the pass from Coleman (well behind the arc), launch. We can just disagree on whether that's a good shot.
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Texas @ Texas Tech 11am on CBS
Our first possession of the game, he was "open" because he was about four feet behind the three-point line, and he launched it with 20 seconds on the shot clock. No big man touched the ball, the ball never went inside the 3-point line.
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Texas @ Texas Tech 11am on CBS
None so far today.
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Texas @ Texas Tech 11am on CBS
Ramey has taken at least three hero-ball contested, off-balance fucking bricks.... every one of them should have gotten him a seat on the bench
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Songs that sound like nothing else
If we're looking for iconic songs/moments that changed everything with a new sound, "Eruption" has to be on that list. And the all-synth sounds of Donna Summer's "I Feel Love." You could arguably place those two moments as the birth of hair metal and EDM, respectively.
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#14 Texas vs. #17 Kansas - 8 PM, ESPN
Holy shit, these are some made-up bullshit calls
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Songs that sound like nothing else
Sugarcubes is a good answer. Buddy of mine played “Birthday” for me after it came out. Didn’t sound like anything else.
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Pick a 3 digit number on covid cases on Google
100% this. I had a brief moment after the Capitol riot... maybe a fair % of Republicans are going to come back to a fact-based reality. I thought surely an attempted coup right here in America would be the event that caused the schism between reasonable people who want small government and the lunatics whose political beliefs consist essentially of fairy tales (birthers, Seth Rich, Dominion voting machines, Obama's death panels, laboratory-manufactured viruses, fake pandemics, Hunter Biden's laptop, etc.). Nope.
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Guitar Effect Pedalphile Thread
That’s awesome
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The Guitar Pron Thread
Trekii makes cool shit, including a preamp where you can run anything through a Leslie cabinet: https://trekii.com/products/leslie-speaker-accessories/uc-1a-pedal-110v.html That used to be on my "wish list" but the guitar pedals that simulate a rotary speaker have gotten really good, and there's other stuff I'd rather have for that $$$.
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The Guitar Pron Thread
Me: 1990-ish Ibanez RG-550 with mirrored pick guard ...which would be a bigger loss than you might guess
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The Guitar Pron Thread
Temperature falling, your family is freezing, and you have to keep the fire going or die. You have to burn one instrument that you own. What goes in the fire? Caveat: Let’s assume you’ve already burned the banjo(s)
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All these ex-Republicans on Surly
#stopthesteal
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How Fox News works
The idea that George Floyd died of a fentanyl overdose is so fucking outrageously stupid, and so utterly preposterous.... People who die of narcotic overdoses just fall asleep and stop breathing. They definitely, positively do not writhe, moan and desperately gasp, “I can’t breathe!” And as fucking ridiculous as that assertion is, it is a thousand times more offensive... what with the fucking video of the cop suffocating him and all. Fucking lies and treason. It’s beyond shameful.
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Guitar Effect Pedalphile Thread
"There's a hole in Daddy's tone, where all the money goes..."
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Super Bowl halftime
I understand that we can't have every SB guest be a classic rock artist for middle aged white guys. It's not the genre that I take issue with. I agree with jimmyjazz that outside of 2 hits, that guy's music is profoundly pedestrian and forgettable. Why would you think that guy could fill 20 minutes by himself? Obviously, he wasn't up to the job... and it's not like he made up for the shortcoming with great rhythms, choreography, or a compelling stage persona. That show.... fucking ugh, man. A stadium full (ok, half full) of fans, and you run off the field and into a Vegas-style shoebox and spin around mugging right into the camera for a couple minutes, then do a mosh pit thing with the diaper-on-the-head guys for a couple more minutes. What the fuck is that? The happiest guys in America today have to be the Black Eyed Peas, who were often named as worst halftime show ever until yesterday. Next year: How 'bout Snoop and/or Willie?
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Super Bowl halftime
I apologize to J-Lo and Shakira.
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Identifying Trump rioters
So very fucking tired of seeing the word "shaman" in headlines and in news stories. I need an app that automatically replaces that word with "treason clown."
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#6 Texas at Oklahoma State - 2 PM, ABC
I hate to bitch about announcers and/or refs on every game thread, but I don't think I've ever watched a first half where the announcers talked nonstop while saying almost nothing about the game in progress.
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Identifying Trump rioters
Rush has always been more about promoting Rush than about being a Republican. And he’s always been a lying liar who lies. But he used to at least ostensibly espouse conservative principles- small government, personal responsibility, “family values,” etc. (ignoring here his decades of voracious narcotic abuse, procured at least in part by his undocumented domestic worker. Also ignoring Mr Family Values carrying viagra not prescribed to him on a vacation with a woman who is not his wife. I could go on). I mentioned this on the Rush thread: I keep an a.m. radio in my laundry room tuned to those stations, so I catch snippets of his show pretty regularly (I like to know what my right-wing uncle and those like him are consuming). And I can tell you that his show has long been full-on treasonous propaganda. Rush has spent years mocking and attacking Mueller, and later mocking anyone who suggested that Trump’s Ukrainian collusion was improper. And he’s spent the last few months openly strategizing about what maneuvers Trump and McConnell could pull to overturn an election and stay in power.
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Carpetbagging weasel faced smarmy little bitch, Ted Cruz
Yeah, it's crazy, isn't it? The thing that strikes me about the last 5 years of Ted Cruz is this: It's pretty obvious that he's just constantly trying to gauge which direction the political winds are blowing. And his opinions are 100% based on his analysis of what policy/position will result in giving himself the most power - both within and outside of Texas. During years where the wind is constantly in one direction (red-state Texas gonna red state), it's easy to mistakenly conclude that Cruz's positions *might* be based on principles. For example: four years of vigorously defending Trump, including his "not guilty" impeachment vote after Trump brazenly solicited Ukraine's help in smearing a political opponent. But when Cruz can't tell which way the wind is blowing, we see what a complete and total lapdog he is. Like in 2016 where he calls out Trump and then a week later, he starts phone-banking for his conqueror. Or in 2021 where he goes all-in on a "stolen election" lie, tries to be *the* senator to overturn democracy in other states, followed days later by his "God Bless America!" tweets in support of Biden. He's really an amoral piece of shit whose only concerns are gathering more power for himself, enjoying a life of privilege, and having a fucking great parking spot at Dulles. My wife recently reminded me of this clip during the 2016 primary, where his position is anti-Trump (just before becoming decidedly pro-Trump). In retrospect, it's an incredibly revealing and remarkable four minutes of video.
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The Guitar Pron Thread
You're welcome. Glad you found it. Some of my favorite movies are low-budget documentaries that just happen to capture a lot of brilliant moments, and "New York Doll" definitely does that.