I dunno. It’s pretty central to the whole premise that even 10 years ago it was an antiquated way of doing business. They purposely chose paper as the thing they sell because the product itself is a metaphor for that way of doing business. It’s already established that this is a dying pocket of mid-level business (on…

Yeah, I dunno where they stand now. Pretty sure 3 Feet High maybe certified platinum by now but, DLSIS, Buhloon Mindstate and Stakes is High should/would all be gold by now, if not for this. Not only streaming but there is no new copies on vinyl or CD. I’ve seen used CD’s of DLSID on Amazon going for $50. 

It’s also hard to imagine that the firing came without any warning. They probably gave him several opportunities to get with the program.

I recommend that doc to people that have no interest in skateboarding. It really is just a fascinating story.

Exactly, where’s the dirt? The Motley Crue and the Lief Garrett kinda set a pretty high bar for the “fall from grace to redemption narrative”. At this point who cares that Ricky Martin was closeted?

Gypsies, Tramps, and Wallabeeees

From Wiki, so take it with a grain of salt but I’ve read it from more than one source:

In the Showtime doc they refer to the music on the album as total trash. It’s mostly Cilverings solo album, and I believe it features versus by soccer players from FC Barcelona and the actress that played Melisandra on GOT. It was basically an attempt at performance art to auction it off, RZA pretty much admitted as…

To keep on the Simpsons theme Charles Minor was kinda a Frank Grimes. He was a fresh set of eyes that had yet to become numb to years of Michael’s craziness. Luckily they didn’t end his arc by feeding him into the baler.

I think there is also a scene when Adriana becomes friends with the undercover agent where they went over that too. I think Adriana explained it away with “it’s an Italian thing”. Meaning that you use cousin and uncle as terms of endearments for people that aren’t exactly blood relatives.

I think that was exactly it. He was middle-of-the-road. During the Carson era the audience for the Tonight Show was older. Letterman had captured a younger audience when he left NBC and Arsenio was bringing a completely different audience to late night. Leno was an attempt to capture all of those demographics. His…

The problem is that since it was politicized they could actually do harm to the public by putting out imprecise messaging about a medical treatment. Remember that the message that these dum dums put out there was that taking it would PREVENT one from getting COVID. Remember when tRump straight up lied and said he was…

I would add that result of the war was the Emancipation, and the additions of the 13th, 14th and 15th amendments. None of those things address state’s rights or trade or anything of the sort. Life is a rich tapestry and I’m sure there were other motivations to go to war but just in terms of cause and effect the Civil…

Notably, Steve-O got clean as the rest of them were still very much partying and getting loaded. Tremaine himself said it was really difficult to intervene because at that point they all had a problem. Bam seems to have a better support system around him but he just hasn’t reach step 1, admitting the problem. I saw a…

The problem is they’re playing a semantic game between possibility (can’t be ruled out completely) vs. likely hood (what can be deduced from the evidence at hand). There is also a huge gulf between accidental leak vs. purposely cultivating a virus to release on the world.

This is correct. I would add that “Biden is weak on China” is a drum that the right-wing is going pound until 2024. This narrative gives way to the notion that we should retaliate somehow. Just something else to bludgeon Biden with while taking blame off of our own lack of response.  

I think the phenomenon is also that media has gotten way more diverse. So the good is out there but, the democratic nature of information in this day and age also allows for far more access to the bad. To the point that anyone can go conclusion shopping for the crackpot issue de jour. 

I gotta say, I know it’s a double standard that works in men’s favor, but these action vehicles for guys that are (way) older than me is completely out of hand. I guess Dwayne Johnson can’t do every role but where are the new action stars? I don’t think I can watch another fighting sequence with a geriatric Laim Neeson…

Stand up seems to come up against the line the most, but I still hold the standard that people should be “cancelled” for being horrible people not for things they say on stage or things their characters say in a movie/show. Cosby and Louie definitely fall in the horrible people category (Cosby being a straight up…

It’s a crime that it’s not available on any streaming service. I have a cassette and a non-Tommy Boy bootleg on vinyl, that has all the skits taken out. I think even used CD’s on Amazon go for $30.