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  1. 3 minutes ago, 'stache said:

    I'm holding out hope that the next wave of TV contracts will bring some sanity to the room and stop rewarding "TV markets" and other nonsense and will make "super conferences" less desirable.  That's the only way we can possibly pull anyone of note into the Big XII.  Cultural fit and rivalries should be the determining factor.  I'd like to get Arkansas, and bring back Missouri and Nebraska, neither of which seem to be fitting in well with their new conferences (Mizzou has had some success, but does anybody really notice?).  Drop Baylor, or let WVU find an east coast home so we're at 12 again.  That's my dumb dream. 

    Can you imagine the rivalries that would be brought back into the fold?

    KU-Mizzou would be reunited.

    UT-Arky gets back into the fold

    Arky-Mizzou can maybe build a rivalry (hopefully by putting them in the same division)

    OSU-Arky would be a natural rivalry, especially in basketball

    OU-Nebraska get to play again (even two years on two years off it was still a big time game)

    Sign me up.  I'd love to watch Matt Campbell mop the turf with Mizzou.  Bring the ugliest trophy in sports back to Ames, baby.

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  2. 1 hour ago, 'stache said:

    The NW part of the state in and around Fayetteville, in my experience, is closer culturally to Oklahoma, Kansas, and Texas.  Tons of people from those states live their or have spent time there for school or work.  The rest of the state is probably more southern culturally.  It's kind of a weird dichotomy since their fanbase is statewide but the university itself is in the unique pocket of NW Arkansas which culturally is different.  That region is closer to Tulsa than it is Little Rock and Tulsa has a lot more going on (concerts, breweries, arts, etc.) than Little Rock, so we get many visitors who say they never really go to Little Rock.  

    Either way, I think it is indisputable that Arkansas would have more sporting success in the Big XII than the SEC.  They will never compete with SEC powerhouses for SEC territory recruits, but they could at least be as successful as OSU or TCU if they could recruit Texas and Oklahoma better.  I get the money and "SEC SEC SEC" prestige, but they really should be in the Big XII.  Get Missouri back too and it's a natural fit.   

     

    I've been meaning to visit that area (Buffalo River, Boston Mountains, etc).  I've heard it's a lot more the way you describe it than the tar paper shacks you see in the Delta.

    I'd enjoy Missouri coming back.  If the Big 12 could lure any schools away from a power conference, I think it would be those two.  The SEC has no Grant of Rights, so they wouldn't really be out financially the way Nebraska or Colorado would be.

  3. I have zero experience or thoughts on Arky, but I'd like to see them in the Big 12.  It's a good fit geographically for sure, and I'm in favor of reviving any old hatred they have with the SWC schools.

    I do think they fit the SEC culturally.  Arkansas seems like more of a traditionally Southern state than Texas, and especially more so than Oklahoma.  

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  4. 4 minutes ago, Cheeseweasel said:

    Agreed. The fact that he wasn't flipping his shit while sitting there with a bomb strapped to him always seemed odd.

    I couldn't shake that either.  There's just no way that a guy is that calm in that situation if he doesn't believe it's a fake bomb.

  5. Finished Evil Genius a few nights ago.  I definitely think Wells was somewhat in on it.

    Spoiler

    The prostitute was the main source that cleared Wells.  Once they made it clear that she gave birth to his child, it became very obvious that she brought that story forward to protect her son and let him believe that his dad was innocent.

     

  6. 12 minutes ago, Dolemite said:

    I'll be your Huckleberry. I liked "Waiting on a Friend. Similar to "Beast of Burden". Didn't care for Beast of Burden though.

    This is expert level trolling.

  7. 2 minutes ago, Mole said:

    I'd throw Lady Gaga in that same weird category. She's an outstanding singer and musician but you don't notice it with the act.

     

    She doesn't have the child star/famous parent baggage though.  While it's not my thing, it was easier for me to respect Lady Gaga off the bat than it was to respect Miley Cyrus.

  8. 12 minutes ago, irishtexan said:

    I mean, I like the idea of those three people singing that song. And I know that Laura Jane Grace is actually living that song. The Mats version conveys the struggle of androgyny and the shit people who society called "a freak" had to deal with. But this version just feels wrong. It's FAR too upbeat/happy for my tastes. I suppose it's a reinterpretation to put a positive spin on the transition transexual people go through - that it doesn't have to be depressing and it's a beautiful thing to embrace your true identity. It just sits wrong with me

     

    I always found something sort of upbeat in the original's piano part.  By Westerberg standards, anyhow.

    I get what you're saying though.

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  9. 9 hours ago, Bottlecap said:

    We stood about 20 mins with two kids, which is an eternity with under 5 year olds. Still was worth it.

    20 minutes would have probably flown with our group, but we also had several individuals whose level of inebriation had turned them into 5 year olds.  

  10. 5 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:

    Yeah, that's pretty good.  I prefer the 'mats and their boozy stumble, but the idea of getting those 3 together to cover that song is inspired.

    Weird video.  It LOOKS to be all live, but the sound of the backing track screams studio.  Maybe the singers were live.  I'd have to watch it again.

    I prefer the original as well, but that could have been so much worse.

    I suppose Laura Jane Grace is a big Replacements fan, so she was probably going to keep it from going off the rails.  To your point, it does sound awfully slick, but I've seen a few of those well produced up close, controlled live recordings have similar sound quality.

  11. 5 hours ago, Mole said:

    I think I might actually like this version better than the Replacements version.

     

    In 2007 if you had told me that the guy from Against Me would be a chick, and got together with Joan Jett and Hannah Montana to knock a Paul Westerberg song out of the park, I would have laughed in your face.

  12. Taylor Swift "Wildest Dreams"

    I'm not sure she's a bad artist so much as she mostly plays a crappy style of music.  She writes some really good tunes, and when she just plays with an acoustic guitar or piano, I dig it.  But her albums are digital pop crap.  Much like John Mayer, she shows these flashes of her musical genius, but settles for making stuff that she knows will sell.

  13. 8 hours ago, 4th&Five said:

    I’ve always loved the live version of Whisper I’ve had. Assassin too. 

     

    Looking forward to Crystal Clear as well.  My only complaint is Superman not making the cut.

    I realize this isn't a common opinion, but this is my favorite era of Isbell as a songwriter.  Sirens can instantly transport me to a time, place, and mindset in a way few other albums can.

  14. 38 minutes ago, GringoSalado said:

    Had a college roommate that liked to run the thermostat at 80°F but was always broke and ended up owing the rest of us for bills. So I crawled into the basement and blocked the heater vents into his room with plywood, and also modified the (old-school, get off my lawn, mercury-switch/analog) thermostat so that it maxed out at about 65°F.

     

    Poor sap couldn't figure out why it was always so cold in that house. I imagine at some point future residents figured this out, but I never told anybody about it.

    That's a strong move.  Well played.

  15. Just now, RDCanecutter said:

    It's OK for a Cheap Bastard to care about other people. A true Cheap Bastard just has to hate himself.

    Exactly.  I try to not inflict my cheapness on others anymore (not the case when I was younger), but I revel in the opportunities to do it to myself.

    Last fall, a buddy and I were road tripping to an ISU game in Akron, OH.  He had a bag of beef jerky he'd bought at the gas station, and I had a bunch of the horse meat beef sticks they sell at the counter wrapped up in a napkin.  He looks at it and just says "really?".  When I respond that the counter beef sticks are far and away the best bang for your buck on gas station meat, he starts cracking up and interrupts with "you know you're the only person I've ever met that would devote any thought to that at all".

    I took it as a compliment.

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