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williegoat
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JUL 26, 03:58 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by 82-T/A [At Work]:
Who exactly is the boss?
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Some old leftist who does car commercials.
 [This message has been edited by williegoat (edited 07-26-2022).]
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TheDigitalAlchemist
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JUL 26, 05:29 PM
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Someone makes "something". I might like "the something". Probably wouldn't like it as much "live", unless it involved boobies. or They Might be Giants. or They Might be Giant Boobies.
Pay what you think stuff is worth. You're all worm food eventually... *shrugs*[This message has been edited by TheDigitalAlchemist (edited 07-26-2022).]
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williegoat
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JUL 26, 05:52 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by TheDigitalAlchemist:
Someone makes "something". I might like "the something". Probably wouldn't like it as much "live", unless it involved boobies. or They Might be Giants. or They Might be Giant Boobies.
Pay what you think stuff is worth. You're all worm food eventually... *shrugs*
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I have seen some bands which were absolutely incredible live, Zappa and Little feat were both stunning. Others, like ELO were disappointing. But I draw the line at $100. I have been to some multi-day festivals that were great and cost around $60.
Little Feat and Hot Tuna will be here in a couple of weeks, but I probably will not go. I just don't enjoy the concert experience as much as I once did. I prefer the festival type settings. You don't just sit there in the dark, there are more bands, interesting people and food trucks.
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Raydar
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JUL 26, 07:42 PM
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Meh.
I wanna know who died and made him "boss", to begin with?
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Patrick
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JUL 26, 08:30 PM
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How many of you old farts have hung onto your ticket stubs? Here's one of mine from October 23rd, 1971.
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ls3mach
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JUL 26, 09:35 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by TheDigitalAlchemist:
Someone makes "something". I might like "the something". Probably wouldn't like it as much "live", unless it involved boobies. or They Might be Giants. or They Might be Giant Boobies.
Pay what you think stuff is worth. You're all worm food eventually... *shrugs*
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Do you call your city New Amsterdam?
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ls3mach
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JUL 26, 09:46 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by Patrick:
How many of you old farts have hung onto your ticket stubs? Here's one of mine from October 23rd, 1971.
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GD. $4.00? I have never saved any ticket stub from anything, but that is neat to see.
Speaking of cheap acts. I saw a tribute band Uncle Zep recently. A business partner knows them, but an old employee knew exactly who I had went to see before I even told him the name. $20 was really more than I think the ticket was worth, but it was only a few hundred people and it takes a minimum level to hold an event. I don't think the tickets being cheaper than $20 would have gotten a larger crowd, so that was probably their sweet spot. They were the only act, but they played for 2-3 hours solid. It was outdoor BYOB and chairs. VERY casual time. Couple local vendors selling food. A few were smoking pots (medically legal in my state). A few were drunk (just legal in my state). No one was unruly. You could have taken kids and it been okay (might have been some there). It wasn't overly loud like I am used to.
Zeppelin is much before my time. I enjoyed the music and the band played spot on the few songs I do know. The singer really had that Robert Plant sound down.
I for sure saw an awesome yellow Labrador and the owner was romping around barefoot and the dog had a mohawk. I felt at home like Louisiana. The guy shaved his dog that way because it cut down on fleas and ticks. I guess he owned the land they were playing on as he took me to the tree the dogs daddy was burred under. I had a damn good time for $20 plus a pizza that was cooked in a legitimate wood fired stove.
I like Bruce. Didn't know he was liberal. Didn't know he was selling cars.
I think that we listen to our pop culture icons or care anything about their political leanings really speaks poorly about us as a nation. I like Nick Offerman and the role he played in Parks and Recreation. His high pitched voice wife I have been in love with since a kid. I found out they are liberal whack jobs when he did a show in OKC. That didn't change me be willing to go bankrupt to do sexy time with her (jokes) or thinking his character Ron Swanson wasn't great.
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82-T/A [At Work]
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JUL 27, 08:10 AM
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| quote | Originally posted by williegoat:
Some old leftist who does car commercials.
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I have literally no idea who that is? I saw down below that this is maybe Bruce ... Springsteen? I never really listened to his music. In the 1980s, when I was on my 80s hair band kick, I liked Motley Crue, Whitesnake, Cinderella, Guns n Roses, Night Ranger,
When I was into the more "pop" music, I listened to Devo, Culture Club, Phil Collins (when he was with Genesis), and anything that was on a Miami Vice episode when my parents allowed me to actually watch it.
Later in the late 80s / early 90s, I got into my alternative stage when I listened to REM, Nirvana, etc... which then got me into the Doors (I don't know... it just did), and some other classic rock... and then I started listening to Metallica, Slayer, Pantera, etc.
And then through most of the mid 1990s, it was Bush, No Doubt, Smashing Pumpkins... blah blah, you know the drill.
In the late 1990s, I moved to Florida and there was a radio station called "Big 106" which played nothing but "classic rock." It was literally the only station that played rock and roll other than 97.9, which mostly played like teeny-bopper stuff. Everything else was Latin music, so I listened to that, and it had everything from the Eagles, to Stepphenwolf, to Gold Earing, Rare Earth, The Guess Who, and every other 60s/70s bands, including Jimmy Hendrix and whatever else.
As 1999 approached 2000, Disco was huge, so I got into the Bee Gees and all of that stuff... and then by the early 2000s, I was listening to Papa Roach and Disturbed.
Now I listen to Conservative talk radio.
But at no point in time, absolutely no point in time, did Bruce Springsteen ever fit into any of those categories that I was interested in... sorry Bruce.
| quote | Originally posted by Patrick:
How many of you old farts have hung onto your ticket stubs? Here's one of mine from October 23rd, 1971.
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Somehow... I managed to save the ENTIRE "Lollapalooza 1996" magazine from when I went to Lollapalooza back in 1996. I had it rolled up in my back pocket, and went to literally every performance there... which included Metallica, Ramones, Rancid, Soundgarden, and several others. It was a really good concert. The magazine seems to be in perfect shape... I'll take a picture if anyone is interested. The best part is the last page where they talk about a new internet website they created for Lollapalooza, and they explain how to get on the internet, and what you need to be able to connect to the world wide web.
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Raydar
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JUL 27, 08:15 AM
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| quote | Originally posted by ls3mach:
I think that we listen to our pop culture icons or care anything about their political leanings really speaks poorly about us as a nation. |
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But we've been that way for ever. Even more so in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young. Jefferson Airplane. Steppenwolf. And those are just the ones who jump immediately to mind. (The fact that they were great musicians and songwriters didn't hurt.)
And then in the 80s and 90s you had Sinead O'Connor, U2, and many others.
Apparently, being a celeb encourages people to think their opinions are relevant - and in some cases they are.
But their opinions are no more important than yours or mine. They just have a "captive audience". Which pisses me off, if I'm part of that audience. If I've paid money to hear someone perform, I don't give much of a fsck WHAT they think about the political situation on a given day. Especially if they are British, and feel like criticizing American policy. We kicked Britain out of here 250 years ago. (Roger Waters will never get another dime of my money.)[This message has been edited by Raydar (edited 07-27-2022).]
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williegoat
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JUL 27, 11:01 AM
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| quote | Originally posted by Raydar:
But we've been that way for ever. Even more so in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young. Jefferson Airplane. Steppenwolf. And those are just the ones who jump immediately to mind. (The fact that they were great musicians and songwriters didn't hurt.)
And then in the 80s and 90s you had Sinead O'Connor, U2, and many others.
Apparently, being a celeb encourages people to think their opinions are relevant - and in some cases they are.
But their opinions are no more important than yours or mine. They just have a "captive audience". Which pisses me off, if I'm part of that audience. If I've paid money to hear someone perform, I don't give much of a fsck WHAT they think about the political situation on a given day. Especially if they are British, and feel like criticizing American policy. We kicked Britain out of here 250 years ago. (Roger Waters will never get another dime of my money.)
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I went to a music festival 10-15 years ago where David Crosby was the headliner. When he got up on stage and started singing something about "fat cats in their fancy cars", everybody got up and left. I happen to know that he used to own a Ferrari.
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