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You might be largely accurate, however I think there are bands that just have gear heads who love their vintage tube amp setups like that. Plus, some of those rack setups are friggin’ expensive! If you’re signed onto a major label and not a vintage tone nut (note: lots of guitarists are), then sure. Grab an Axe II and

That’s really too bad. I feel you on “preferring a smaller amp cookin’ than a bigger amp leashed.” For basement dwelling, an attenuator is necessary unless you go solid state or something smaller (at least for me it is). My 50 watt tube amps are really overpowered for my situation, but the attenuator makes them

Yeah, Tom’s one who resonates with me a lot. His passing was one of those total gut punches. As a musician and apparently as a really cool human being, that’s a real loss. He just seemed so genuine and talented, and yet approachable. Tom’s style, and Mike Campbell’s playing (I know it’s one song, but the lead riffs on

STP did themselves a big favor when they decided to stop being a PJ tribute band and embrace their own glammier side.

Unfortunately the run of its brand of rock was short lived since the message so many other bands took from it was “be more miserable.” [snip] I prefer Pearl Jam but think their music would have been seen as more of a back-to-basics arena/guitar rock band (admittedly more political) if there hadn’t been Nirvana

You’re kind of preaching to the choir there, at least to an extent. I really like a lot of The Beatles, and even some of it I don’t necessarily like I appreciate it. I also think part of it is just appreciating their impact. So while I like the band a lot, really love some of it, they are more like “the best band by

When Maroon got to the last question, Petty was the one who stood out to me heads and shoulders above if you’re going to follow his formula. He was Tom Petty from Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers until the day he died, right after finishing the 2017 tour.

The Who are one of those bands I have heard so much on the radio over the years that I never got around to listening to their whole discography. I should correct that.

I also like the nod to Radiohead. They are a great band and have reinvented themselves several times over their career.

I almost want to throw Tom Petty

I know it’s cliche, and an impossible title to give anybody, but overall I have to give the “Best Band of All” award to The Beatles. That also probably assumes we mean rock bands. But presuming that, I would go with The Beatles. Just their technical abilities, songwriting, chemistry (although the later stuff was

I’ll avoid making this too much of a rant, but I wonder if this is a cultural and educational problem. I say that because, the fact that people can buy into Alex Jones thoughts despite any actual evidence supporting them, and while unrelated we are seeing a revival of people who believe the earth is flat and that

I’m with you there. This is a case where I trust the writers to not only come up with a satisfying arc/ending for Jimmy/Saul/Gene (happy or not, although I suspect we may get some happy ending for him), and also for it to feel earned. And the fact they showed Jimmy has a little life in him when telling the kid to

Good observation. My question, probably unanswerable at this point (maybe even for the writers) is, what might that return look like? I feel like with Walt, we saw him come to some realization and had if not a full-blown redemption, at least coming to grips with who he was, what he did, and why. He at least went out

It’s one of those things, as a viewer, I should have seen coming -Jimmy can’t be defeated, or else he’s not going to become Saul, and what’s going to become of Chuck when Jimmy triumphs once and for all?

As for the Rubik’s Cube, chronology, and sticking the landing...have they said or implied where the landing was going to be? I wonder if the goal of the show is to show how we got to Saul in Breaking Bad in which case this acts as a sequel, or if it’s something a bit broader.

Obviously we see Jimmy/Saul managing the

Mel Gibson can get rehired and nominated for an Oscar after doing much, much, much worse without a real apology, but James Gunn gets fired because racist Pizzagater rape apologists make a big deal about old tweets.

Fair enough, but was it any good?

I think it was well made and the acting was great, but I couldn’t stand Walt or the fact that people thought he was the hero.

I think the demographics tell the story here. White people got Trump in the White House, period.

Here’s the rub, though. Trump seemed to win for reasons that in a way had very little to do with him. Sure, he has his diehard supporters. However, look at what else played into his election. He lost the popular vote, winning the electorate. He ran against an incredibly unpopular candidate. People are sick of the

I think Calvinballer was saying that what Shazam did was not much different than what Jor-El did with Kal-El. Admittedly under different circumstances, however both Shazam and Jor-El were compelled to do things that would give children much more power, and by default much greater responsibility as to what to do with