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Stringer

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  1. I've started listening to Taylor Swift just to piss off ... you-know-who. The sort of people who get their panties in a wad because of Taylor Swift.
     
     
    It's actually really good music. I mean, she hasn't released a Master of Puppets or Led Zeppelin IV or anything, but some of the songs are really quite well-written.

    I have not dug too deep into the early or latest albums but Red and 1989 are legitimately great records.
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  2. Zone of Interest was horrifying. Just the mundanity of the evil was worse than showing it.

    Definitely a capital “A” Art film, which I usually don’t respond to but this was very effective. The sounds and visuals in the background really tell the story and are horrific.

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  3. So this is fun
    Sep 30 - 10K
    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1318605/000162828023034847/tsla-20230930.htm#ib5ff2de9b5b0458894a3412674c85416_16
    Sep 30 - Tesla desk 
    https://ir.tesla.com/_flysystem/s3/sec/000162828023034588/tsla-20231018-gen.pdf
    2024 8K
    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1318605/000095017024007073/tsla-ex99_1.htm

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    Customer Deposits (aka orders for cars) has vanished from reports. Looks like they buried that bad news in some other number 
     
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    Looks like they stuffed it into Accrueds and Other, which is where you hide your shit. That number did go up, so if this dude’s hypothesis is right, I’d be real curious what hidden danger is in there, offsetting the decreases in the deposits.
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  4. 2 hours ago, DigglerontheHoof said:

    That's what's weird about these recorded rants.  Who okays this going out?  I know he doesn't edit and post these himself.  

    Of course he doesn't. That would take actual, you know, work.  Something he has never done.

  5. I am 41 and 100% washed, but I try to keep up with what's going on in the music world.  I gave Olivia Rodrigo a shot and like a lot of it.  She makes some good pop/rock ("Good 4 You", "Bad Idea Right?") and some good ballads ("Enough for You", "Drivers License").  It's all cleverly written and she wears the late teens/early 20's angst/rebellion well.  Certainly much better than a lot of other who have tried the same thing.  I also really like "Vampires", but it kind of loses me by the end.  I found a full piano version and it's pretty great.

     

    Quick CSB.  I tend to listen to music loudly in my car and when I was going through Olivia Rodrigo songs, I happened to drive by McCallum High right as school got out.  I had to turn it down, so a bunch of teens didn't see some creep in his 40's (probably look 60 to them) listening to her in front of their school.

  6. The last couple of weeks, I watched a couple of my favorite 90's movies I had not seen in awhile.

    Se7en - I always loved this movie, as dark as it is.  It is the first movie I remember seeing and thinking, "Oh shit, you can do this in movies and make it entertaining?"  It still feels like it could be set today, which is kind of crazy since it was made almost 30 years ago.  Impressive to make something like that feel so timeless.  This time, what struck me was how incredible Gwyneth was.  She really has two scenes (other than when her head was in a box), but she is incredibly charming in the apartment scene and then devastating in the diner scene.  Outside of the occasional ski-related court case, she seems to be thriving, so good for her, but it would be awesome if she had a late career revival doing something interesting.

    LA Confidential - I saw this was on Netflix, so I popped it on.  From when I saw it in 1997, it was always one of my favorite movies and it still rules.  Immaculately made across the board; acting, directing, writing, music, production design.  An incredible movie.  Honestly, I think the weakest part of the movie is Basinger and she is the one who won the Oscar.  Oscars can be weird.  It was up for Best Picture against Titanic, Full Monty and Good Will Hunting.  Great year.  Unfortunately, the Netflix transfer is kind of shit and I don't think it's big enough of a movie to get that fixed.  

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  7. I said this elsewhere but on Beef, I don’t think I’ve ever felt more strongly about the phrase “This should have been a movie”. Just way too long with people doing stupid shit to keep it going.

    I realized last night that the Bear season getting recognized was season 1. It’ll clean up again next Emmy’s.

    Sucks that Saul was basically shut out. I was really hoping Rhea Seahorn would get her due.

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