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boilerhorn

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  1. Looked for a thread to share this on and figured this would be "good enough" Steve Smith (of Journey, Steps Ahead, and Vital Information) is on DrumEO playing drums to Alice In Chains's "Would?" The premise is that a famous drummer hears a drum-less track of a song they've never heard before. Think back to the first time you ever heard "Would?"
  2. IIRC, Rolie left the band for burnout and family reasons. Pre-Cain, any ballad or slow song in his era had a blues and/or R&B feel to it. Cain is a douche, but its not clear many of their mega ballads from Escape and Frontiers are there w/o him. Everything on Escape is credited to Schon, Perry, and Cain, except "Who's Crying Now" and "Open Arms." Schon hated "Open Arms" until they played it live and the crowds went bananas. He also likes money, so it worked for him. IMO, every song on everything from Infinity to Escape holds up even today. Most of Frontiers does, but some of the hits got too much airplay. Hidden gems on Frontiers, IMO: "Edge of the Blade" and "Rubicon.
  3. I'll also add myself to the list of pedants on this topic... Her salaries in 22-23, 23-24, and 24-25, respectively: $58025, $58025, $90000. 22-23 is the first FY she was employed by UM. 90000/58025 = 1.551. So she received a 55% salary increase from 2024 to 2025. Interesting that that she received 0% raises for a couple of years prior.
  4. Minter being on the list indicates the university administration is not quite ready for the colonic necessary for proper AD cleansing. My "safe choice" was somewhat tongue in cheek. And it indicates UM believes this might be the tip of the iceberg.
  5. And the script could have been provided to him had the AD, HR, PR, etc. teams collaborated on process. Hell, they could have actually worked out a resignation with small severance had they all planned something. "I violated UM code; I am resigning etc." The OnlyFans and Instagram stuff could have also been embarrassing for the university, but it would have been less of a circus. I am honestly surprised that no one in the UM admin took action to have him hide/delete/etc. his instagram. As noted a while back, he was publicly following 100s of young women, influencers, and OF models. Go "private" or use a burner account if you must
  6. Minter was the Michigan DC 2022-2023 and is 1-0 as head coach, as he coached game 1 of the 2023 season while Harbaugh served his 3-game suspension. Minter is a safe choice. Seems competent and would know where the bodies are buried - and, therefore, know *not* where to dig.
  7. The folks at SunDevil Source are not great at geography. Lansing is almost 70 miles from Ann Arbor. They'd be better off flying into Ann Arbor or even DTW.
  8. So he could collect his entire $1.1mm salary - is how I read it. Or maybe as thanks to the Broncos for having him active for week 1 - allowing him to collect the full $1.1mm salary.
  9. Or Drakkar Noir. I thought Mendoza's speech was fantastic. Selfless, thankful, gracious, and humble. For entertainment value, I would have loved to see/hear Pavia's speech. Probably would have focused on the haters...
  10. 8-track - Rush - Hemispheres - bought at Gibsons in NW Austin. A Dollar General and Goodwill occupy that space now. 2nd was Pink Floyd The Wall Cassette - REO Speedwagon - High Infidelity CD - Rush - Moving Pictures I cannot recall my first LP or first download. Firsts being 2/3 Rush is coincidental. Buddy across the street from me had 2112 and Farewell. I bought Hemispheres blind to be cool. Was not disappointed. I figured Moving Pictures would be a great album to hear on CD. It was. When mp3 became popular, I ripped much of my decent sized CD collection for use on the cheapo 128M mp3 player I had. I did not download much on the original Itunes, as it was not portable. The early Amazon downloads were - and could be purchased for less. Looking at my Amazon history, I see LCD Soundsystem's Sound of Silver as my first download there.
  11. Going to see Echo and the Bunnymen in May. It will be my ~6th time to see them. Most recently, in 2022, I saw them at ACL LIve (missed them in 2024 - traveling). As always, the music was spot on. Ian McCulloch's voice struggled at times. At one point, he surprisingly left the stage. Guitarist Will Sargent looks bemused and proceeds to lead a 10-15 minute jam session. McCulloch comes back on stage, mentions his back hurt and went off stage to get a quick massage. I am glad I got to see a show early in their tour, as I feared he'd wear out. Cautiously optimistic, but I cannot resist the nostalgia.
  12. He always looks that way
  13. Anecdote from a former colleague whose kid went to UT. The kid said that, if he had to do it again, he'd have considered going to a slightly less prestigious university for undergrad, crushed the GPA, and spent more time preparing for the MCAT. That said, he graduated w/ high honors from UT and went to UT Southwestern before specializing. EDITED to add: IIRC the med schools are now taking the rigor of the undergrad university into account. Something like Lamar (~400 nationally) or McNeese (unranked) might lack rigor for serious consideration to a top med school, regardless of GPA.
  14. The 2025 timeline of the story is a little confusing. Moore was seeing Shivers from 2022-2024. Shivers received a salary increase from $55k to $90k in 2025. That raises a couple of questions: Was raise to buy silence or to incentivize remaining in the relationship? Was the stalking to insure silence? Some of the stories indicate it was an open secret around the department. As such, when she broke it off, it was only a matter of time before she or someone else would report it. Shivers will likely sue the university, as she is largely unemployable for the foreseeable future. As you note, they both violated policy, but the power imbalance is key.
  15. Enticement to pick up the ball? Be the toughest MFer - if only for a moment - in the game. It helped with kid toughness pecking order and, to a lesser extent, kid smarts pecking order. I was horrible at it and got crushed all the time, but it was fun as hell.
  16. The entertainment value would be much higher if he had screwed Ellison’s wife. And the entertainment value is really high right now.
  17. One article that includes the above photo of Moore: https://soonersports.com/news/2007/9/26/208400845 Some quotes from that 2007 article... Reading them with today's reality changes the interpretation "I take pride in putting family first," Moore said. "My parents have always let me go my own way and I love them for that." "My dad told me when it's your time to always step up and take action," Moore said. "Take action and do what you have to do." "You've just got to realize that you have to live life like you can and live your life the right way," Moore said.
  18. What a fool. Freeze was fired and did not coach for 2 years. Bobby Petrino was out of work for 1 year. Pitino was out of coaching for 1 year and had to climb back through Panithinaikos and Iona. Price was unemployed for 1 year and his consolation prize was UTEP. The big differences? 1 - 1 year has not yet passed. Let's see what happens. 2 - none of the above broke into another person's home and threatened murder-suicide (allegedly) among other things
  19. I can imagine teams - esp UND - telling the NCAA to f-off. “We will practice when we want to.” Edited to add - someone else also had this idea….
  20. Not sure we'd have been allowed to play them twice. But not a bad idea going forward...
  21. Big12 played the following SEC games. MSU over ASU 24-20 Auburn over Baylor 38-24 Missouri over Kansas 42-31
  22. This is exactly the type of game I would try to orchestrate if I were the Big12 commissioner wanting to get 2 teams into the playoff. Score kept close, "defensive struggle" (for those who do not watch), and large doses of Kevin Mar to help keep my thumb on the scale. And a dumbass coach going for 4th-and-2 where a field goal makes it a 2 score game.
  23. 11 plays 14; 12 plays 13 - these are play-ins for the real 11 and 12, but yes it is flawed.
  24. Given this is really just entertainment... Expand the playoffs to 14 teams. 12 selected as they are today. 2 more based on ratings and must have a winning record. Teams ranked 11-12 play the at-large "ratings teams" the same week as CCG - as play-ins. If the 2 at-large teams get crushed, who cares, we get another week of entertainment. If one or both win, we all win, dispatching a pretender before the get fed to the #5 team a week later. This year, Texas and LSU would be the at-large "ratings" teams (based on the above graphic).
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