tylermunns
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| Am I right for this forum? Al Franken indeed did Stuart Smalley. The Michael Jordan episode of “Daily Affirmations with Stuart Smalley” is a gem (“repeat after me…‘I don’t have to…dribble the ball fast, or…throw the ball into the basket…’”). Franken was a writer (occasion... | |
| Am I right for this forum? I find it dubious to presume any person other than themselves is best equipped to determine whether they “belong” somewhere. We go where we think we’d like to be, we determine whether that assumption was accurate, then proceed accordingly. That’... | |
| Are You a Swifty? Having a personal opinion may not necessarily be “not having an open mind.” If a person makes grand sweeping statements about stuff they haven’t exposed themselves to, well, yeah…that’s certainly not having an open mind. If a person takes the t... | |
| I don't get it...Exile on main Street-Blue @grislybutter Yes. However, at least they wouldn’t have intellectual egg on their face by bending over backwards to portray themselves as exemplars of equality while having two separate categories. Not that modern Hollywood has much interest in ... | |
| Brand New Vinyl Static and Pops I’m going to second dogberry’s 1st post. Lots of stuff to consider here. Unfortunately, lots of brand new vinyl has a dismayingly many tick-and-pop. Cleaning vinyl is very important. I don’t wish to make it all seem so tedious, but another... | |
| Your last concert was to see who and when? A month ago I saw the San Francisco Symphony (conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen, choral direction by Jenny Wong, piano by Jean-Yvette Thibaudet) at Davies Symphony Hall do Scriabin’s Prometheus, The Poem of Fire and Bartók’s Duke Bluebeard’s Castle. ... | |
| I don't get it...Exile on main Street-Blue @tony1954 FWIW, especially after we consider the Academy/Hollywood’s moral grandstanding, I don’t understand why we have “Best Actor” / “Best Actress,” either. It’s…acting. I thought equality was what we were after, but what do I know. | |
| Noir album recommendations I second Twin Peaks by Angelo Badalamenti. | |
| I don't get it...Exile on main Street-Blue I think when seemingly every media outlet lavishes something with effusive praise, I go into it with a certain expectation that causes me to be disappointed sometimes. In that situation, I feel like my ability to take the thing on it’s own terms i... | |
| I don't get it...Exile on main Street-Blue I’m not a troll and I don’t like conflict. Opinionated and intense, yes, but not a troll and I don’t like conflict. As such I’ve been thinking about my contributions to this thread quite a bit. I think I was still “on one” from the previous Taylor... | |
| I don't get it...Exile on main Street-Blue @grislybutter Please don’t misrepresent my words. At no point was it ever “the point” to label, categorize and speak of an artist on terms of gender, male or female. The most recent thread topic where I expressed my objection to the “female ar... | |
| I don't get it...Exile on main Street-Blue @jastralfu when I said “level playing field” I meant, unlike athletics where it’s a scientifically proven fact that males have a physical advantage over females, none such exists in art. | |
| I don't get it...Exile on main Street-Blue @jastralfu Of course there’s nothing wrong with enjoying the (clearly different from a male’s) sound of a female voice. Of course everything you say is true, but none of it addresses what I said or what the actual issue is. I’ve never once heard s... | |
| I don't get it...Exile on main Street-Blue “Full disclosure I love female vocalists…” How does such a sexist qualification necessitate a preface of “full disclosure…”? Full disclosure: I abhor sexism. Do you refer to “male vocalist” as if it’s a “genre” or do you just call them “vocalist... | |
| Kind of Blue @viridian Kind of Blue or “free jazz” is the cliche you’d be happy to never hear again? |