UTCzech III

Shocker...

And for my polka/trumpet playing side,

Hit up an estate sale today, walked away with a nice haul

Heh.

Slight thread derail, not in TN but right here in Taylor goddamn Texas. We actually had two Christmas parades last year, made all the local news, al the way up to the Washington Post and WSJ (read em if you have a sub). Quick backstory: 2021 - local pride group wants to have a float in the xmas parade. Parade is dually hosted by the city and the Taylor Area Ministerial Alliance (TAMA). Pride group said on their application they were just going to have some marchers with flags, singing xmas carols. Well, parade comes, group actually has a float with a drag queen lip synching Mariah Carey. I will give them points off for that deception, kind of lit the kindling. Come 2022, TAMA changes the requirements on the entry form, says all entries must "represent wholesome family or Christian values". Shots fired. Pride gest upset, says they are being discriminated against, city says we can't legally discriminate against any group so we are pulling out of the parade, instead we'll have our own "Happy Holidays Festival" parade. School groups etc get caught in the middle, so they all pull out, no band, no cheerleaders, no dance groups, etc. So the solution? Two parades - first, the holy rollers parade, then literally, a 1 minute gap, then the city parade with the fire trucks and civic leaders in convertibles, yada yada, and the pride group with 3 drag queens. One of which was named Sidonya Face (love it!). Cops lined the streets waiting for sit to go down, apparently it turned out pretty civil (we left town, didn't want to be anywhere near that shitshow). Should be really interesting in a few months when pride month gets here and they want to shut down the main city block to have a festival again.

I'd say since around the time Davy Crockett told them they could go to hell.

Go on, we'll wait...

Loved Mad because every artist had their own style, you knew who it was immediately - Jack Davis, Al Jaffe, Dave Berg, Sergio Aragones, Don Martin.

Fuck em all, they're all whores. They'll walk right up to the line, ooh, I'm gonna spill the beans, then somebody pays them off or reminds them of some kompromat and it disappears. Grifters one and all, spineless ones at that. Same as Lincoln Project, Noel Casler (Apprentice/Trump pageant staffer), etc, - cock teases all, we have all the dirt, we just can't give it to you.... Fuck off.

Some more giants:

I sincerely apologize to Delbert for neglecting him in this thread, motherfucker taught John Lennon how to play. One of the most overlooked Texas musicians, just realized he's 82, good vibes and hopefully many healthy years to come.

Ending Holy Week in a typical Christian way...

Ten Commandments on right now, an Easter tradition. So cheesy, love it.

Saw that posted on Twitter yesterday morning, it was glorious. Think I enjoy it more without vocals. Not a guitar player myself, but the the chords he pulls up in this song are amazing. Coming between IV and Physical Graffiti, this seems to be kind of an overlooked album, but it's definitely one of my favorites. No filler at all, in my opinion anyway. Yes even The Crunge.

Still remember hearing New Year's Day on the radio for the first time. Man, you knew that was something different. War, the Under a Blood Red Sky EP (with the unedited "Electric Co."), Unforgettable Fire, Joshua Tree, even Rattle and Hum, that was quite a stretch. Then KLBJ fucking ruined U2 for me forever when Achtung Baby came out, they literally played one track every hour, One I still like, but I cannot turn the dial quick enough if I hear Mysterious Ways or Even Better.... I tried to give them another chance with Zooropa, honestly just bought it to hear Johnny Cash sing The Wanderer, I did like Numb but overall even Eno couldn't save that mess. Gave up after that. Still give them their props though.

A ways off yet but picked up two for Peter Gabriel here in Austin on Oct 18. Probably the last go round for ol' Pete, trying to catch some of the legends while I can.

For right now, the multiview streams are pre-selected by YTTV, you can't pick your own choices, just whatever games they decide to pair up. Right now I have two, the Creighton/NC State game paired with Iona/UConn, and another one for the women's tournament (really?). There have been other pairings throughout the afternoon, so probably more for the nighttime games, hopefully will get a quad offering for tonight..

Let’s just go ahead and add every commercial during the NCAA tournament. I don’t care how good they are, after seeing them a million times, you will hate them. Already done with ATT Lily, she even looks like she hates being in these pieces of shit. The Capital One commercials get stupider every year. Feel free to add your “favorites”.

Have the matching coffee cup