The spring 71 shows can rough, but the band is at a new level by the time they come back for August. Some of the most electric shows I’ve heard. The five-piece version of the dead was something special.
Also, the Venn diagram of guys who have to specify which Pigpen they’re posting about is probably surprisingly high.
Pigpen is a top 5 Peanuts character obviously
Shout out to Pigpen’s little riffs at the end of the 8/4/71 Casey Jones. Pure joy
Underrated part of day-long fasting is taking a nap during an all day meeting while everyone else is eating lunch.
There has never been a good Q&A
More and more clear I’m going to be rehashing and arguing about dissafilliation for the rest of my professional career and I find it very annoying.
Yeah I think people think a big meal like that is a total day buster, but it doesn’t need to be. Omad is a nice occasional tool too, provided you never ever mention it or talk about it. Fight club rules.
OMAD, a great way to eat way too much in one sitting while also being constantly told you have an eating disorder.
Something very fitting in Bobby mixing up the PITB verses the very first time he sings it with the “standing on a tower” verse.
Road Trips vol. 1 no. 3 if you insist on an official release.
This show absolutely smokes. The energy on the BRB is unbelievable.
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Living my whole life for the 5 minutes I can lay in bed at night and read before I fall asleep.
The best book about the experience of Covid times?
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Really not looking forward to watching mayor Pete rebrand quadrennially for the next 30 years.
Maybe the best illustration of the south winning the war of history is a damn Adams bowing to the lost cause.
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Might do the Europe ‘72 day by day thing this year.
I’m being pretty strict about social media limits, so less book posting lately. Follow the storygraphs. One think I love about Bosch books is the contending with bureaucracy as part of an investigation. Joe Pickett books do this really well too.
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I’m sure it will pay off, but so far the Wizards part of this is so much stronger than the Rincewind stuff. The latter is basically Pratchett taking the R stories to the limit, which is fine but not amazing. I could read about wizards on a magical beach all day though.
The travel books (witches abroad, interesting times especially) are the main Pratchett books I have trouble with and that haven’t aged the best. That said, this one is worth it for the Mad Max parody.
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Man, this Psalm 10 page in my Bible is getting pretty worn.
Shout out the the 7/13/89 show with Hornsby. Absolutely smoking Stuck Inside of Mobile.
Extremely normy list here, but off the top of my head:
Franklin’s Tower
MH-SUT
Ripple
Touch of Grey
UJB
Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo’s lyrics belong in Hunter’s top 5
Overjoyed and saddened to see a dude working at Walmart reading Nickeled and Dimed. Honestly an act of bravery bringing that into work.
Not really posting about every book anymore (follow the SG). This is great, I’m here for any modern One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest. It’s not trying to disguise a critique of the present, but the present is kind of beyond parody anyway.
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I know JS about the NBA but hearing the complete incredulity about abolishing the draft on Group Chat is making me nuts. It is just absolutely nuts to think that a couple big teams will stockpile players. It’s underrating how much guys want to actually play and have a role in winning.
I’d like to read a popular history book arguing that the US actually never stopped fighting the Civil War.
Happy Ash Wednesday. Ignore the lib Christians trying to just make it fluffy feelings. Fasting and abstinence are good actually.
Living my whole life for the 5 minutes I can lay in bed at night and read before I fall asleep.
Assuming we can’t defund the police, how about we just pay the librarians and teachers on the same pay scale.
