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  1. 2 minutes ago, 'stache said:

    Notre Dame, Stanford, and Cal should start their own "Independence Conference" to simply bask in the smell of their own farts. Hell, Utah can join them if they're gonna continue bitching.

    Nah.  I want Utah to hang around long enough to get their shit shoved up their asses in one of the numerous Plains backwaters they're so opposed to associating with.

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  2. Bumping this thread.  What are people's thoughts on Westerberg's solo material?  I've been down that rabbit hole a ton lately and while I don't think he made any great solo albums, there are absolutely staggering songs littered through that solo career.

     

     

     

  3. Yeah, I wouldn't call Prince (or any solo artist) a front man.

    Mick's the goat on the front.  I think Plant, Daltrey, DLR, Bon Scott are all in the conversation, but it's absolutely Mick.  I love Rod and the Faces, but he was onto the solo thing so quickly that I don't view him really as a front man even though he was for a couple of years.

  4. 9 hours ago, High Plains Drifter said:

     

    I live in an area where there is considerable ranching, so lots of ranch trucks pulling cattle or horses or loads of hay, which is fine. Just no reason to idle when you are parked three feet from somebody. 

    But yeah, it didn't look like it was being used on the ranch much. 

     

    Same, but I also know lots of guys who work at the co-op or a factory and drive big diesels just because they have small dicks.

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  5. 18 hours ago, Deej said:

    Gram was a huge influence during that period. 

    Absolutely.  I'm not quite exactly sure on the timing of him and Keef becoming buds, and if it precedes Beggar's (which is IMO their first real foray into country) or if he showed up prior to LIB.  Either way, their friendship took Keef way down the rabbit hole and gave rise to the best country music ever made by people who weren't from North America.

  6. 34 minutes ago, 'stache said:

    Prior to his last three HC appearances in the big dance, he was a four year assistant at Purdue under Matt Painter (and played a big role in recruiting Eddy apparently), and seven years before that under McDermott at Creighton. He's also from Texas and has lots of recruiting connections in the state which is important to OSU (and a positive when compared to Sprinkle and DeVries who many of our fans wanted as well). There's no "home run" hires available for our program, so if he's the guy, I'm happy. 

    Yeah, having recruiting connections in both Texas and the Midwest makes him a really, really good fit in Stillwater.

  7. 35 minutes ago, High Plains Drifter said:

     

    Sitting at Sonic last night with my daughter after her track meet. Enjoying my small oreo blast while she ravenously devours her cheeseburger. Nice night, windows open, talking about her races, until douchebag in his pristine F-350 parks next to us and leaves his diesel idling while he orders and eats.

    1) Now we are breathing diesel exhaust while we eat, so I have to roll up the windows which means I have to turn on the engine so we don't suffocate. 

    2) Idling diesel engine is so loud you can't have a conversation, even with the windows up. 

     

    Dudes who drive diesel pickups and never pull anything with them are definitely a trivial thing that makes me surly.

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  8. 2 hours ago, Dnaguy said:

    People (usually women but sometimes usually young dumb dudes) who have no fucking clue at the gas station.

    You Know how many times I have to ask them to turn off car while filling up?

    I just had to this morning and got SOOOO much attitude and a scoff. But I stood their brow beating them until she did.

    I mean, how clueless do you have to be to think having an ignition source so close to a flammable vapor generating action as well is ok?

    if it was diesel I’d at least somewhat understand while still thinking it’s not a good idea at all. I mean risk and reward and spill and all. But gasoline. Are you kidding me?

    Arggh.

    With diesel farm equipment we almost never shut them off to fuel mid-day, due to the low risk of diesel igniting and the wear and tear saved on the engine.

    But with gas, I won't fuck with an engine running while fueling.

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  9. 1 minute ago, dcbc said:

    He enabled Keith to be as Keith as Keith could be.

    Exactly.  Woody fits and grooves with Keith better than anyone else, but you just wouldn't get "Can't You Hear Me Knockin'" with anyone other than Mick Taylor.

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  10. 16 hours ago, Tex Long said:

    I checked the font of all pricing, Amazon. Looks to me like the singles are less expensive per drink unit.  There, anyway.

     

    That could get my ass back into the Soda Stream game.

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  11. 52 minutes ago, dcbc said:

    Charlie Watts was the most proficient musician in the Rolling Stones by miles.  Mick Taylor is a more technically proficient guitar player than Keith.  And the Stones keep rolling because, in the end, it's Mick and Keith.

    Yeah, that's not much of an argument.

    That said, the Stones best work came with Mick Taylor.  He was the perfect foil for Keith, IMO.

  12. 35 minutes ago, dcbc said:

     

    *not counting George Martin

     

     

    Holden? ;)

     

    I never read much about his personal issues, but there's no excuse for that sort of thing. 

     

    On the musical side of the equation, I'd say that if you're the third or fourth best Beatle, that's not for nothing.  That is to say, I'm perfectly comfortable with the idea that he was the least musically-talented member of the band.  But it would not have been the Beatles without him.  And to whatever extent he made noteworthy contributions over the years, it made a difference.

    I'm not saying that he was useless to the Beatles and that they would have been as good with someone else, but I AM saying that the credit he gets is excessive.  George and Paul were better musicians, singers, and songwriters.  Ringo was a better musician and singer.  To many people, John Lennon is the definitive Beatle.  To me, he's the guy that brings the least to the band.

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  13. 9 hours ago, Paul Wesley said:

    At worst, Ringo was the second-best instrumentalist in the band.  He was way more proficient on his instrument than was George or John.  

     

     

     

     

    *not counting Billy Preston

    My Beatles take for this thread is that John Lennon is the worst member of the band, and not all that compelling of an artist in general.  He was a self absorbed sociopath who hit women and somehow became the face of "peace and love, man".  He was third place (at best) in everything he did for the band (guitar, vocals, songwriting) and was the worst musician overall of the 4.

    Everything he did in the Beatles, multiple other members did better.  And he was a shit person to top it off.

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