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WhatTheBuck

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  1. The Empire State Building paid tribute. From Instagram: And Twitter:
  2. Warren Haynes posted to Facebook: RIP Phil Lesh - A huge loss to the music world and to our beloved musical community. There’s a whole type of music fan and a whole type of musician that exists due to something that Phil helped create. I always thought of myself as that type of fan and that type of musician but I can say I was brought into that world full force by a simple phone call I received from Phil in the late 90’s inviting me to join him for what at that time was just gonna be a few shows and turned into decades of playing music together. Prior to that I had always considered myself an open-minded musician but instantly upon meeting and playing with Phil I realized that his open-mindedness in that regard went way beyond mine or nearly anyone else’s for that matter. I was amazed at the lack of pressure he put on "the music” which he always maintained “existed” and we just "tapped into it". There was no fear of venturing too far, of exploring the unknown, of trying something that might totally backfire — whether it be in rehearsal or in front of a massive audience. “There are no mistakes — only missed opportunities” he was known to say and he always turned what most musicians would consider mistakes into a chance to venture down a new path which oftentimes would lead to musical highlights of the performance. I learned an untold amount from Phil and we shared an amazing amount of musical joy on stage in the countless times we played together. It was through him that I was introduced to a lot of what would become my favorite musical collaborators. Thanks to Phil I had the wonderful experience of performing as part of many incarnations of "Phil Lesh and Friends” — most notably “The Quintet” which played together for several years and is still one of the greatest ensembles I’ve ever been part of. Also thanks to Phil, I had the amazing honor of touring with The Dead in 2004 and 2009 which was an unforgettable experience and I cherish the musical and personal relationships forged with Bob, Mickey, and Billy as a result. Phil has been a bit of a “north star” to so many fans and musicians alike and the impact of his loss will be a heavy one. I remember when my soulmate Allen Woody died — Phil was one of the first people to call me and I’ll never forget what he said: “I’m so sorry. I know what it’s like to lose someone with which you have a profound musical relationship.” Yes he did. And now I’ve lost another one. Thank you Phil. - WH
  3. Linda Cardellini ‘getting it’ in Freaks and Geeks.
  4. Phish opened with Box of Rain tonight in tribute.
  5. Care to share your stance on Frito “pie?”
  6. Mr. Mom, Batman, and Beetlejuice are all the same character? Umm, okay, whatever.
  7. The most dangerous game.
  8. Are you all sharing a single golf cart?
  9. I can’t fathom how Trump, he of the Muslim ban, who moved the embassy to Jerusalem, who doesn’t care about Palestinian statehood, who says he’ll let Netanyahu “finish the job,” who thinks any Muslim who isn’t oil-rich and giving him money is a terrorist, receives any support from the Arab/Muslim community at all.
  10. He’s not referencing Nazi generals so much as he’s saying he wants to be like Hitler. He doesn’t know shit about history, doesn’t know who any of Hitler’s generals were. He just assumes they were absolutely obedient and loyal and thinks everyone in the military should treat him the same way. Like a king.
  11. I suppose if convenience matters more to you than audio quality. I’ve never felt the need to carry my entire music collection around with me and never had the time to rip a couple thousand CDs to lossy mp3s. Even if I did, I never would’ve tossed out my CD collection. I’ve got a case that will hold about a couple dozen CDs and that’s more than enough for most of my needs. I can choose a good variety of selections for any trip. For longer trips I can put 40 or 100 discs in a Case Logic binder. I tried ripping an assortment of discs when I first got an iPhone but the listening experience was so frustrating, cupping my hands over the earbuds trying to get listenable sound, that I never listened for long and don’t have any music on my current phone. I listen to CDs on my home and car stereos, PC, and boom box. On my phone I listen to talk radio or podcasts. I’ve got decent speakers on my PC and can listen to streaming stuff that way but it’s not my first choice. The iPod was a solution to a problem I never had. I was amazed, though, by how quickly everyone discarded their CD collections.
  12. Nobody had to replace their CD collection. If you replaced yours with an iPod just because everyone else was doing it then that’s on you.
  13. I’ve tried those. They’re pretty weak. Lay’s s&v are still the most vinegary I’ve found. And Utz chips aren’t as crunchy either in my experience. But I did sort of like their Red Hot chips. They had a decent zing.
  14. I want it to be dirt cheap because there’s no demand for it since we’re all driving electric cars and we get all our energy from clean, renewable sources.
  15. That’s surprising. What kind of voter suppression is that? The Ohio GOP has limited each county to ONLY ONE early voting location and drop box per county. So the 864,000 registered voters of Cuyahoga County (which includes Cleveland) who favor the Democrats, share a single voting location and drop box just like the 8,400 voters in rural Vinton County who tend to vote for Republicans. A judge recently ruled that voters with disabilities can have anyone deliver their absentee ballot to the drop box, not just close family members. So our Trumpy Secretary of State Frank LaRose, who has proposed eliminating drop boxes altogether, imposed a new rule that if you’re dropping off someone else’s ballot, you can’t put it in the drop box. Now you have to go inside election headquarters (which means during business hours, not 24/7 like the drop box) and fill out a form attesting that you’re either a family member of the absentee voter or, if returning the ballot of a disabled voter, that you’re authorized to do so. Fuck the Ohio GOP. Fuck Frank LaRose.
  16. Wow. Never saw that before.
  17. Wrong thread.
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