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  1. 1 hour ago, Al_4_ISU said:

    I can't remember not loving Tom Petty.  When I was in pre-school ('89-'90) Full Moon Fever had just come out, my Dad was wearing it out on the tape deck in the car, and one day in class when the teachers asked us to sing nursery rhymes, I claimed I didn't know any and instead sang "Free Fallin'" which lead to my mom getting a fairly stern scolding from the teacher.

    Loving Tom Petty's music has been a part of my very literal entire consciousness, so it's very hard for me to to wrap my head around someone hating it, or even mildly disliking it.

    First, gotdam you're young.

    Second, I liked, but didn't love, Tom Petty growing up in the 1980s, and I was an MTV kid who watched all of his videos.  But I fell in love with Tom Petty when Learning to Fly came out the summer before my senior year in high school.  Something about that song in that moment in my life just hit me, and it's stayed with me since.  It's one of my favorite songs of all time.  And subsequently his greatest hits album was an iconic part of the soundtrack of my college years.

    When he died, I was much sadder than I thought I might be, and I'll always regret never seeing him live.

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  2. 1 hour ago, Celery Man said:

    i assume derka has been banned or will be banned now? I really don’t follow the threads where any of this shit goes down so I don’t have a good sense of it, but either way - best of luck dude. I’ll always remember being new and thinking you were the black guy in your rap video.

    I've seen a post or two from him over the last couple days.  Like sands through the hourglass, so are the Derkas of our lives. 

  3. Easy and flavorful Sunday evening dinner: roasted chicken (coated with olive oil, smoked paprika, and garlic) with fennel and grapes. A little sweet and savory. Threw in some baby gold Charlie Strongs. Salet not pictured.

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