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  1. Carl Spackler
    Just learned that Scott Kempner died yesterday. If the name isn't familiar, google The Dictators and/or The Del Lords. Kempner a/k/a Top Ten was part of some really good music -- proto-punk and humorous straight-ahead rock in the Dictators and rootsier stuff in the Del Lords. Between his death and that of Shane MacGowan of the Pogues, it's a sad day for edgy, honest, rock and roll (both Celtic- and NYC-influenced). Guess I'll be listening to Go Girl Crazy! in addition to Rum, Sodomy & the Lash tonight . . .
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    Unsurprising news, sadly. He inflicted so much damage on his liver. Was a perfect front man for the Pogues, a great band. I'll probably spin Rum, Sodomy & the Lash tonight (or maybe If I Should Fall From Grace, or both) and toast him with some whiskey.
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    Interesting that Sweat gets D-player of the year, but it's Murphy who gets D-lineman of the year.
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    Any idea how old?
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    O'Connell coached a really bad game. Total shit show on offense, which is his department. Stupid decision to go for it on 4th and 7 on his side of the field leads to 3 points for Chicago. And then when the Vikings had an opportunity to pad the lead and at least make Chicago drive the field and score a TD (something they hadn't been able to do ALL FUCKING NIGHT) his playcalling showed no imagination and his offense couldn't even pick up a yard. Just a really bad job on his part.
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    pretty stupid decision to go for it on 4th and 7 on your side of the field. You have an offense that is struggling (only 76 yards the entire first half) and a defense that has been playing well (only 3 points allowed in the first half). The decision should have been to punt.
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    It's simple. So simple. Yet aggy has never even sniffed winning the SEC, and the last time they won a NC was just after Hitler invaded Poland.
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    Jimi

    Carl Spackler replied to 83Horn's topic in Music

    Thanks for this. I had an appreciation for how groundbreaking his Monterey Pop performance was, but did not know the backstory on his Hollywood Bowl gig.
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    Obligatory: Glad you had a good time. PB is a cool area and, yes, OB is a little more rough around the edges. I trust the weather was great for you. We had a little rain farther north, but I'm not sure if SD got any of it.
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    Saw it last night. Thought it was very good, but not great. Loved the depiction/discussion of all the details about his "craft. Thought that some of the opening voiceover could have been trimmed down -- after a while his droning voice was starting to wear thin. The big fight scene was outstanding. The conclusion was pretty anti-climactic. One of my biggest dislikes was that the score was like nails on a chalkboard in certain places. Never cared too much for Trent Reznor or NIN, so that dislike probably factors into it somewhat.
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    Saw all of that in real time while watching the game and was just aghast. If I was his coach, my head would explode.
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    Stoops is 35-55 in conference play since becoming head coach at UK. He's not the guy who was going to raise aggy out of mediocrity, though I'm not sure that person even exists. He absolutely would have been a terrific hire . . . from our standpoint.
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    I have some land that I think you might be interested in.
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    Diontae Johnson of the Steelers seems like he sucks. Gets all pissy on the sideline last week and yaps at Tomlin. Then gets into an altercation with Fitzpatrick in the locker room that vets Hayward and Watt had to break up. Today, Pickett hits him in the endzone, but Johnson fails to secure the catch as he goes to the ground, so a sure TD turns into an incompletion. Then on the very next play, the Pittsburgh RB fumbles. Johnson is in the vicinity but stands around and does nothing, even after a Cincy defender grabs the ball and starts running in the other direction. Failing to make the catch sometimes happens, but if I were Tomlin there's no way I would tolerate a failure to hustle. This kid may have had some good seasons in the past, but he seems like a cancer.
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    I don't disagree with this, but I still think Texas beats OU in a rematch. It's unfortunate IMO that we won't be able to find out whether Texas was up to the task. Whatever. We couldn't control the opponent, so now that it's OSU, go out and stomp the shit out of them. Get some payback for last year in Stillwater and see if we can sneak into the CFP.
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    Not saying it would have been "a lot better" to beat OU in the CCG instead of OSU, but it would have been better. A victory over OU would have had the salutary effect of showing the selection committee that the one team that managed to beat us this season is not, in fact, better than us, and it also would have felt great from a revenge standpoint. And Okie Lite is *already* a 3-loss team. OU's losses certainly aren't worse than OSU losing to fucking South Alabama (!), ISU, and Central Florida. Did you *see* that OSU-UCF game, for chrissakes? At least OU was competitive in their two losses. OSU looked like hammered dogshit when they lost to South Alabama and UCF. I'd rather get payback by beating the better team. If we're worried about which team matches up better with us, then we shouldn't even be there in the first place.
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    LOL Aggy not even bothering to take timeouts. Throwing in the towel.
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    No way that many points get scored in that game.
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    Surprise stat of the game: At the end of the first quarter, Tech has zero penalties. Who could have possibly anticipated that??
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    I know many Iowans, and almost all of them are good people. Only a few are pig farmers.
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    What's the O/U on the Iowa-Nebraska game? 7.5?
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    Great example, for it was through the Replacements ("Alex Chilton"), the Bangles (their cover of "September Gurls"), the dB's, and R.E.M. that I discovered Big Star. Many years ago I was reading an article in Rolling Stone in which different artists were listing what they had listened to the most that particular. I think it may have been James Hetfield of Metallica of all people who raved enough about a compilation of soul singer James Carr that I went out and bought the album without hearing it first. Hell, I had no idea who James Carr was until I read that article.
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    They played Sam Houston 3x during that period, not 2x. (2022, 2012, and 2013). They played Rice 2x during that period, not 1x. (2013 and 2014) They played Texas State 1x during that period.
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    You know who Buddy Rich thought was a terrific drummer (aside from himself)? Karen Carpenter.

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