Everything posted by Carl Spackler
- Texas vs the lesser Hurley's Sun Devils- 10:30 pm-ish on ESPN2
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RIP Jimmy Cliff
RIP, Mr. Cliff. The soundtrack to The Harder They Come is a classic. I'm also a fan of his 1982 album Special. Had a unique voice -- you knew it was him singing right away.
- Texas vs. Arkansas - 2:30pm on ABC
- Texas vs. Arkansas - 2:30pm on ABC
- Texas vs. Arkansas - 2:30pm on ABC
- Texas vs. Arkansas - 2:30pm on ABC
- Texas vs. Arkansas - 2:30pm on ABC
- Texas vs. Arkansas - 2:30pm on ABC
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Ken Burns: The American Revolution 11/16
Came here to post essentially the same thing. She fine.
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Creedence Clearwater Revival
I sure do LIKE both of those songs.
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Creedence Clearwater Revival
Sorry, but not sorry.
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Creedence Clearwater Revival
CCR is one of those bands whose place in music history I certainly respect. The run they had during the 2.5 year period that Jimmy Jazz referenced in the OP rivals or beats anything that any other band ever did in a similar period of time. But while I like several of their songs (Green River, Fortunate Son, Bad Moon Rising [which always makes me think of An American Werewolf in London]), I don't LOVE any of them.
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NFL Week 11
I like the Lions losing, but that's a horribad call. Basically corrupt.
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aggy cock game thread
LOL, SC is so lame. I said to my son when aggy made it 30-10 that it wouldn't surprise me if SC would fall apart and lose
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Fast Food guilty pleasures
Jack in the Crack tacos were the subject of the best 3-word food review I've ever seen: "Vile and amazing."
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Bourbon
What?! No silver queen corn or Stowell evergreen corn?! That's a shite recipe.
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Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die
That looks . . . interesting.
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RIP Michael Ray Richardson
https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/46928693/former-nba-star-micheal-ray-richardson-dies-age-70 Those of us who were following the NBA in the early 80's figured this guy would be a perennial All-Star. File under "Players who likely would have been Hall of Famers but for drugs" along with the likes of Len Bias, Marvin Barnes, etc. Got overshadowed to an extent by the Lakers v. Celtics rivalry, Magic v. Bird, etc., but he could do it all. But, as Rick James once said, cocaine is a helluva drug. Glad he was able to kick it later in life, but it (along with Richardson's own terrible choices) ruined a really promising career.
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NFL Week 10
What inning?
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2025 Random Games thread
I like how the network highlights the corn WR blocking, and neither Brando nor his idiot broadcast partner catch that he engaged well before the pass was thrown.
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Texas A&M at Mizzou game thread
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RIP Gilson Lavis
Died a few days ago. Played on some great Squeeze songs during what I think was their best period, including Cool for Cats, Pulling Mussels, Tempted, Is That Love, etc., etc. His drumming always seemed to serve the song well. https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/music/articles/longtime-drummer-classic-rock-band-215027149.html
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Great Western Movies
Great movie (as is True Grit, the Magnificant 7, and a bunch of others), but my choice for best Western of the 1960's would be The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.
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Tom Petty kicks all kinds of ass
My understanding has always been that TP punched the wall and broke his hand all to hell because of dissatisfaction with how the recording was going on one of his songs on Southern Accents.
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NFL Week 9
Just an atrocious effort. No attempt to wrap at all.