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irishtexan

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  1. Fuck me. I had no idea about this until right now. Not sure how I missed it. Bummer.
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    Is Punk Dead?

    Jason Isbell is a progressive country musician that sometimes plays rock and roll songs. But he's not a rock and roll artist Americana. Not rock. Who? Neither of those bands are selling out amphitheaters. And their own wiki says Goose is a jam band and Caamp is a folk band. Not rock. Good call. But barely making the cut, as War on Drugs started in 2005 and VW in 2006. None of those bands are rock bands. They're americana/folk. Maybe Nathaniel Rateliff? I don't know. He's not for me. Yep. And I said it doesn't make sense. If you want to call Fugazi a punk band that's fine. It's all subjective. And I'm just taking the piss out of everyone and fucking around. That's why genres are stupid. It's all music.
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    Is Punk Dead?

    Name one rock band formed within the last 20 years old selling out amphitheaters.
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    Is Punk Dead?

    Gatekeeping is the central pillar of the punk rock ethos. For most people who say they like punk rock it's "I can't define what's punk and what isn't punk, but I know it when I hear it/see it." Sometimes it doesn't even make sense. Minor Threat was punk. Fugazi is not punk. Black Flag is punk, but Rollins Band is not punk. Green Day used to be punk, but stopped being punk after Dookie. The Replacements were a punk band on their first record, had a few punk tracks on Hootenanny, and then stopped being punk on Let it Be, even if the way they lived their lives were punk as fuck. On that note, Husker Du is punk. Replacements, not punk. Sometimes hardcore can be classified as punk rock but sometimes it isn't. Black Flag, Misfits, Rise Against and OFF!? Punk. Hot Water Music, Fugazi, Converge? Not punk. But anyway, yeah, punk rock is all about gatekeeping.
  5. If a district is receiving recapture, then any local bonds passed (to fund stadiums and other unnecessary bullshit) reduce the amount of recapture funding by the corresponding amount. Get $100m in recapture but pass a $50m bond? You only get $50m in recapture now. Take care of your own first. Fiscal responsibility and all that.
  6. What I'm more interested in is the districts that receive recapture funds, and the amount.
  7. It took them this long to figure out that plying people full of booze loosens the wallets?
  8. When I lived in Chicago the suburbs would be inundated with Cicadas every 12 years or so. My work buddy (Nebraska alum. Haha. Loser) said his little dog would go outside to piss/shit every morning and gorge on cicadas because they pretty much covered every surface, everywhere. He stopped feeding the dog for like 6 weeks. The dog's shits were nothing but legs and wings. I don't think my buddy ate any cicadas, even though he's a bugeater. Weird.
  9. Fuck. I just realized I'm less than 10 years away from qualifying for this community. Would shotgunning beers and blasting Slayer shirtless in the front yard be frowned upon in this sexy swinging seniors scene? Because I still do that from time to time.
  10. That's about what Worthy's gonna get on Saturday. Would be 700 without the drops.
  11. Haven't seen a formal cause of death issued. Footage was grainy but I didn't see some wild haymaker. Too many people for the victim to bang his head on the concrete. He apparently got up after being hit and then collapsed after and died. Seems more likely he died from cardiac arrest than being punched. But what the fuck do I know.
  12. You can pick up a "Live, Laugh, Love" sign for your kitchen and "It's Wine O'Clock Somewhere" sign for your bar! Just be sure to get there early. They go fast.
  13. I like that they think $50k is some insurmountable amount of money that they can't overcome.
  14. That movie hasn't aged well from a cultural sensitivity perspective.
  15. his 2004-era faux hawk would make him extra aerodynamic.
  16. If you assume the top 32 players are ranked as 5-stars, On3 also has Ellis Davis a 30 overall, which would give Tech two five-star players (as ranked by On3). However, they have him ranked WAAAAAAY higher than everyone else. 247 has him at 245 and ESPN and Rivals don't rank him nationally.
  17. I remember the draft talking heads mentioning that Zach Evans was a 5-star back coming out of high school when the Rams took him in the 6th round this year. They also talked about his "inconsistency" and insinuated he had a shit attitude. Basically they only mention it when a 5-star guy gets drafted toward the end of the draft so they can insinuate there might be some additional value taking a guy that had high athletic upside coming out of high school.
  18. Would definitely double up on Delanie and mom.
  19. Like this? "Guys, we've basically had the same record the last two seasons. It's a wash. We're both headed in the same direction."
  20. On the one hand, yeah sure. But on the other hand, Fuck the Brocks.
  21. Adding a 5-star offensive tackle would be nice. It has worked out well with the last one we got.
  22. The Amarillo burger at Casino El Camino has diced serranoes and either the hotness of the peppers, or the amount the cooks put on the burger, varies wildly. Sometimes it's perfect. Sometimes it's borderline inedible. But fuck that's a good burger when they hit the heat sweet spot.
  23. The spin will be that 10 of our former players were talented enough to make an NFL roster but didn't develop at Texas enough to get drafted.
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