First, I think it's a great pop song in and of itself. But the music video is also the most perfect collection of 80s cliches you'll ever find: singer with big mullet, keytar, saxophone solo in silhouette, electronic drums, red leather jacket, all-denim outfit, female model dancing aimlessly in background, etc.
The Killers also posted a great cover of it last year:
FET: I went to a firm holiday party once at the Palace Hotel and no one at my table was able to figure if what we were being served was chicken or fish. It is still a running joke with my wife. I hit up a McDonalds on Market Street after the party.
This sort of thing was the reason that there was some gun control legislation in the early and mid 70s. Might be a catalyst for it now, if people keep it up.
This Ain't No Picnic was a lot of fun this weekend at the golf course next to the Rose Bowl. Very efficient set up with four stages spaced out nicely so there was little overlapping sound. The course is super dry right now though so lots of dust, but not Coachella levels. The main issue we found was the uber/taxi set up was a mess, we ended up walking about 2mi towards our house before calling an uber on Saturday. Driving in Sunday made it so much easier getting home.
IDLES was amazing as always. Their crowd interaction and the passion that they play with is captivating. LCD Soundsystem was also fantastic as expected. I had no idea I'd be such a fan of Le Tigre, they put on a super positive and engaging performance. The Circle Jerks reunion was a lot of fun, but boy is their lead singer a bitter old man. Wet Leg, JUNGLE, Beach House and Mdou Moctar also were fantastic and the Ying Yang Twins brought a lot of energy for some good early 2000s nostalgia.
If it comes back next year, we'll definitely go again.
Excellent! He is one of my favorite active artists. He is genuinely down to earth and interested in people and life. I got to chat to him last weekend about his trip to our local river. He told me he got to the venue before the rest of band...riding his motorcyle...and decided to take a trip to the river. I doubt anyone even knew he was out there swimming with the locals and flocks of river tourists.
I was really impressed with the Rose Bowl's setup for a festival I went to in May. Plenty of space despite three stages, tons of food/drink vendors so lines were short, extremely easy entry/exit from the parking area, and free water bottles to counteract the 90+ temps during a heatwave.
They were handing out water at the barricades to each stage and had multiple refill stations as well. It's a nice venue and because all the festivals there are new they tend to be undersold which makes things so much easier, from food/drinks to finding your friends
They both rocked out, Wet Leg is fun and the two women are really charming performers. Mdou was sort of jam bandy, but not in a Phish way. Super talented musicians all around.
Watched Manti Te’o doc on Netflix, was pretty good! Crazy how that event basically ruined his life, even though he was the actual victim of the hoax. There is some weird way in which TV viewers perceived themselves as victims and so grew to hate and jeer Te’o. So strange - an early social media tragedy
He grew up an SC fan! And was going to commit there before a weird encounter caused him to change his mind. It was interesting.
In his defense, the Andrew Luck style fellatio he received prior to his fall from grace was all sort of a media creation as well. The interesting angle from the Deadspin guys that broke the story was that to them what this was about was how no one from ESPN, NYT, etc ever did even the most basic fact checking of the story.
Man, I was super unhappy with watching a movie directed by a director that I think is great: Unfaithfully Yours (1948). It varies, there are little bits that are good, little bits that try hard to be funny but aren't, but it's sadly incredibly sexist, which seems weird for him. Oh well.
Watched the first 2 eps of Welcome to Wrexham...brilliant stuff. As someone who is deeply familiar with the lower leagues of English footy, it is engrossing stuff. Mrs FS, who knows almost nothing on the topic, found it extremely entertaining
There are 4 Welsh teams in the English system (at least in the top 5 tiers). Cardiff, Swansea, Wrexham and Newport County and they represent, by far, the largest teams in Wales. The Welsh league is semi-pro and is barely better than Sunday pub league level. Equivalent to the English 7th-9th-ish tiers in my rough estimation
I was thinking of adding Hulu to the mix as the package is only $2 more than ESPN+ and Disney+ will be after pending price increases, and this might be what seals the deal.
FET the first soccer match I ever attended in person was at Wrexham
FET: I think either soccer or basketball will be the globally dominant sport of the future. By future I mean like 50 years from now, when I am posting on the DBD from my hospice bed, dribbling applesauce down my chin like a boss. What do you guys think?
isn't soccer already globally dominant? Unless you are referring to financial strength of say, the NFL. The NFL is basically maxed out. They can hope to expand by adding Mexico City and London for example but soccer still has some massive markets they can capture. The US for one... inroads have been made but there is a lot more money to be had here
Oh yeah soccer for sure is #1 right now. I think it is possible (maybe 20% chance) that basketball could pass it in 50 years. I don’t think any other sport has a measurable chance globally.
my enduring issue with managing cable / streaming packages is that I don't really watch much, and my wife and the girls have no idea if they'd actually use them until they look.
Ms Marvel. Watching with the family and just finished the third episode. Good stuff. Nothing groundbreaking with the storytelling but it’s really well done.
Max Homa for the $1.75 million 5th place at the Tour Championship!! Excited for him, what a run. Hitting the flag was one of the most dollar-impactful lucky bloopers I've ever seen.
I'll be interested to see if next year's Red Bull car is similarly so much better than the rest of the field as this year's model is. I read an article in the Guardian noting that the Mercedes team is having a crisis of confidence in next year's car already because they can't seem to get the same results between qualifying and racing using the data from the car, and they need to be able to use the data to work on next year's car also.
There are two trends that Dodger fans should be very used to by now: Julio Urias is dominant in the second half and Mookie Betts crushes the baseball at loanDepot Park. On Sunday morning, both of those trends continued and led the Dodgers to an 8-1 win over the Marlins.
Despite walking a season high four batters, it’s fair to say that Julio Urias was dominant in this one. Urias allowed one hit, a solo homer to Brian Anderson in the fourth inning. Outside of Anderson, Urias did not allow a runner to pass second base, and only one runner, Burdick in the third, reached second. Every other batter that Urias walked was stranded at first base. Julio now holds a 1.05 ERA in the second half, allowing a total of five earned runs across 43 innings.
Betts picked up where he left off, hammering a solo home run to the deepest part of the yard to leadoff the game. His next home run will tie his career high of 32 set in his MVP season in 2018. Betts would add two more hits throughout the day. Max Muncy and Justin Turner each had big days at the plate, adding three hits a piece. The Dodgers added a second first inning run on a Justin Turner RBI single, taking an early 2-0 lead.
I feel like teams knew about this before the draft. That would help explain why he slid from a projected 3-4 round pick down to the 6th and wasn’t the first punter drafted.
Do you prefer clean, tidy, or delightfully chaotic?
I like tidy, but I have a two-year-old and have accepted that tidiness is no longer achievable for more than ten minutes at a time.
What I prefer and what I can maintain are at different ends of the spectrum
strong same
Clean, tidy is the preference...delightfully chaotic is the reality...
Same and same.
Estonia
Linkovich Chamofsky, weezing the juice...
Haha
A song that you're digging right now.
Back to the Radio - Porridge Radio
I've had a weird obsession lately with "Electric Blue" by Icehouse.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUFOVu1CurM
First, I think it's a great pop song in and of itself. But the music video is also the most perfect collection of 80s cliches you'll ever find: singer with big mullet, keytar, saxophone solo in silhouette, electronic drums, red leather jacket, all-denim outfit, female model dancing aimlessly in background, etc.
The Killers also posted a great cover of it last year:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ey_j7-wIo4U
eh, I only like their first album.
Icehouse or The Killers?
Killers
That is the best one, but I think the next two have enough to recommend them.
Cocaine Country Dancing by Paul Cauthen
“Slaughterhouse” by Chat Pile
https://youtu.be/74Wm1d3Dq8c
I like it!
"Colors" - Black Pumas
It's 3 years old, but it's new to me.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EntxPIULUI
That was new to me last summer. Great song.
Whole album is great. I like the live-in-studio version of Colors, has a great guitar solo AND a great keyboard solo.
Rank 'em: Filet O Fish, Jumbaco, gas station hot dog
FET: I went to a firm holiday party once at the Palace Hotel and no one at my table was able to figure if what we were being served was chicken or fish. It is still a running joke with my wife. I hit up a McDonalds on Market Street after the party.
7-11 taquitos
I've never had a Jumbaco, so I guess it's Filet o Fish -> gas station hot dog
I'm getting an explosive diarrhea vibe from all 3
O.M.G.
So, filet Of fish, juMbaco, and Gas station hot dog?
SHE BLINDED ME WITH...
Artemis
Well, that was fast. Launch scrubbed due to engine issue.
https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/29/world/nasa-artemis-1-launch-scn/index.html
A problem with a hydrogen bleed line. Next window is Friday at 9 am pacific
OUR CRUMBLING DEMOCRACY
TIL: my state still allows corporal punishment.
https://myfox8.com/news/north-carolina/piedmont-triad/randolph-county-schools-parents-must-sign-form-to-opt-out-of-corporal-punishment/
Fetterman is 13 points ahead of Oz. This is photoshopped, but it's still brilliant.
https://twitter.com/harvf/status/1563708422805233666
I'm surprised that this is the first time that's happened with an Oz yard sign.
It's not so nice when your own policies are used against you, isn't it Karen?
https://www.fox29.com/news/satanic-temple-hosts-after-school-satan-club-at-pennsylvania-school
It's not so nice when your own policies are used against you, izzit?
https://twitter.com/davenewworld_2/status/1564064921654001665
This sort of thing was the reason that there was some gun control legislation in the early and mid 70s. Might be a catalyst for it now, if people keep it up.
If you want meaningful gun control reform and legislation you just need more black and brown people exercising their 2nd Amendment rights.
That's it? Oh. It's Texas.
https://www.outkick.com/oreos-hot-sauce-butt-cheeks-lap-dances-texas-high-school-suspends-football-players-for-hazing-incident/
They're really working the search engine optimization on that url
Alamo Heights is $ San Antonio so not your run of the mill Texas stereotype. Although, given this story maybe they are
DBD AV Club
This Ain't No Picnic was a lot of fun this weekend at the golf course next to the Rose Bowl. Very efficient set up with four stages spaced out nicely so there was little overlapping sound. The course is super dry right now though so lots of dust, but not Coachella levels. The main issue we found was the uber/taxi set up was a mess, we ended up walking about 2mi towards our house before calling an uber on Saturday. Driving in Sunday made it so much easier getting home.
IDLES was amazing as always. Their crowd interaction and the passion that they play with is captivating. LCD Soundsystem was also fantastic as expected. I had no idea I'd be such a fan of Le Tigre, they put on a super positive and engaging performance. The Circle Jerks reunion was a lot of fun, but boy is their lead singer a bitter old man. Wet Leg, JUNGLE, Beach House and Mdou Moctar also were fantastic and the Ying Yang Twins brought a lot of energy for some good early 2000s nostalgia.
If it comes back next year, we'll definitely go again.
Did you catch Mac Demarco?
We caught the end of his set and enjoyed it.
Excellent! He is one of my favorite active artists. He is genuinely down to earth and interested in people and life. I got to chat to him last weekend about his trip to our local river. He told me he got to the venue before the rest of band...riding his motorcyle...and decided to take a trip to the river. I doubt anyone even knew he was out there swimming with the locals and flocks of river tourists.
I was really impressed with the Rose Bowl's setup for a festival I went to in May. Plenty of space despite three stages, tons of food/drink vendors so lines were short, extremely easy entry/exit from the parking area, and free water bottles to counteract the 90+ temps during a heatwave.
They were handing out water at the barricades to each stage and had multiple refill stations as well. It's a nice venue and because all the festivals there are new they tend to be undersold which makes things so much easier, from food/drinks to finding your friends
I'd like to see Wet Leg and Mdou Moctar
They both rocked out, Wet Leg is fun and the two women are really charming performers. Mdou was sort of jam bandy, but not in a Phish way. Super talented musicians all around.
Bad Sisters is great.
I'm only two eps in, but yeah!
Watched Manti Te’o doc on Netflix, was pretty good! Crazy how that event basically ruined his life, even though he was the actual victim of the hoax. There is some weird way in which TV viewers perceived themselves as victims and so grew to hate and jeer Te’o. So strange - an early social media tragedy
My hate for Te’o was due to him playing for Notre Dame.
Yeah, if anything I felt bad for him about the catfishing, but he was in the hole by some distance beforehand
He grew up an SC fan! And was going to commit there before a weird encounter caused him to change his mind. It was interesting.
In his defense, the Andrew Luck style fellatio he received prior to his fall from grace was all sort of a media creation as well. The interesting angle from the Deadspin guys that broke the story was that to them what this was about was how no one from ESPN, NYT, etc ever did even the most basic fact checking of the story.
There's a lot to be said for not holding hype against someone who didn't create it, I suppose
Man, I was super unhappy with watching a movie directed by a director that I think is great: Unfaithfully Yours (1948). It varies, there are little bits that are good, little bits that try hard to be funny but aren't, but it's sadly incredibly sexist, which seems weird for him. Oh well.
Finished season 1 of Only Murders in the Building and working my way through season 2. I really like it and can't wait to finish it.
Great show - I mean if you like funny, and aren't super focused on the mystery stuff. I love it.
Steve Martin and Martin Short are so good. I hope to be as good at my job at their age!
Watched the first 2 eps of Welcome to Wrexham...brilliant stuff. As someone who is deeply familiar with the lower leagues of English footy, it is engrossing stuff. Mrs FS, who knows almost nothing on the topic, found it extremely entertaining
I was honestly confused about why a Welsh team was in the English tier system. I thought they had their own separate league.
Turns out they do, but some of the very oldest Welsh clubs started before there was a Welsh league so they still compete in the English system.
There are 4 Welsh teams in the English system (at least in the top 5 tiers). Cardiff, Swansea, Wrexham and Newport County and they represent, by far, the largest teams in Wales. The Welsh league is semi-pro and is barely better than Sunday pub league level. Equivalent to the English 7th-9th-ish tiers in my rough estimation
I was thinking of adding Hulu to the mix as the package is only $2 more than ESPN+ and Disney+ will be after pending price increases, and this might be what seals the deal.
FET the first soccer match I ever attended in person was at Wrexham
FET: I think either soccer or basketball will be the globally dominant sport of the future. By future I mean like 50 years from now, when I am posting on the DBD from my hospice bed, dribbling applesauce down my chin like a boss. What do you guys think?
isn't soccer already globally dominant? Unless you are referring to financial strength of say, the NFL. The NFL is basically maxed out. They can hope to expand by adding Mexico City and London for example but soccer still has some massive markets they can capture. The US for one... inroads have been made but there is a lot more money to be had here
Oh yeah soccer for sure is #1 right now. I think it is possible (maybe 20% chance) that basketball could pass it in 50 years. I don’t think any other sport has a measurable chance globally.
Hulu is good! Just got done watching Under the Banner of Heaven which was great. And use it for other shows.
I got Hulu a while back for no additional charge after signing up for Spotify. Am gonna just let that keep going! I do agree, it is good
my enduring issue with managing cable / streaming packages is that I don't really watch much, and my wife and the girls have no idea if they'd actually use them until they look.
Ms Marvel. Watching with the family and just finished the third episode. Good stuff. Nothing groundbreaking with the storytelling but it’s really well done.
I've enjoyed the first two eps so far. Though the high school stuff is giving me a touch of PTSD.
This!
PRO
Max Homa for the $1.75 million 5th place at the Tour Championship!! Excited for him, what a run. Hitting the flag was one of the most dollar-impactful lucky bloopers I've ever seen.
The Pads are trying their hardest to miss the playoffs.
Brewers knew what they were doing when they traded Hader high-ish. He wasn't great the last few weeks before being traded.
Sigh, Leeds lost their first game last week 😢
F1: Max Verstappen was unstoppable at the Belgium Gran Prix. Meanwhile, Ferrari's race management continues to find new lows.
https://www.thedrive.com/accelerator/max-verstappen-dominates-the-f1-belgium-grand-prix-hamilton-retires-in-first-lap
I'll be interested to see if next year's Red Bull car is similarly so much better than the rest of the field as this year's model is. I read an article in the Guardian noting that the Mercedes team is having a crisis of confidence in next year's car already because they can't seem to get the same results between qualifying and racing using the data from the car, and they need to be able to use the data to work on next year's car also.
Ferrari are just comic relief at this point.
haha true about Ferrari
Final score: Raiders 23, Patriots 6
https://www.silverandblackpride.com/2022/8/26/23320316/final-score-raiders-23-patriots-6-preseason
C/ATT YDS AVG TD INT SACKS RTG
Chase Garbers 12/22 141 6.4 0 0 2-14 74.2
Jarrett Stidham 4/6 72 12.0 0 0 0-0 107.6
Garbers didn't get the start but did he do enough to get the 3rd QB spot?
Tough to see them keeping 3 QBs when he likely would make it through to the practice squad.
I think they would be wise to keep 3. Carr isn't young any longer and has gotten the crap beaten out of him in some seasons.
Game thread #129: A’s stymie Yankee bats again to split series
https://www.athleticsnation.com/2022/8/28/23325838/game-thread-129-yankees-at-as
20 game win streak retrospective - lots of old players visited the broadcast booth such as Ellis, Art Howe, Tejada, and Hatteberg
Giants lose to the Twins, 8-3.
This team is unwatchable.
#FireKapler
Looks like everyone's checked out for the offseason at this point. Me too.
Julio Urias’ second half domination continues, leads Dodgers to big win
https://www.truebluela.com/2022/8/28/23325944/julio-urias-second-half-domination-dodgers
There are two trends that Dodger fans should be very used to by now: Julio Urias is dominant in the second half and Mookie Betts crushes the baseball at loanDepot Park. On Sunday morning, both of those trends continued and led the Dodgers to an 8-1 win over the Marlins.
Despite walking a season high four batters, it’s fair to say that Julio Urias was dominant in this one. Urias allowed one hit, a solo homer to Brian Anderson in the fourth inning. Outside of Anderson, Urias did not allow a runner to pass second base, and only one runner, Burdick in the third, reached second. Every other batter that Urias walked was stranded at first base. Julio now holds a 1.05 ERA in the second half, allowing a total of five earned runs across 43 innings.
Betts picked up where he left off, hammering a solo home run to the deepest part of the yard to leadoff the game. His next home run will tie his career high of 32 set in his MVP season in 2018. Betts would add two more hits throughout the day. Max Muncy and Justin Turner each had big days at the plate, adding three hits a piece. The Dodgers added a second first inning run on a Justin Turner RBI single, taking an early 2-0 lead.
DOOMMMM. Tony Gonsolin put on the 15-day IL with forearm tightness.
Jalen Rose is not a golfer.
https://twitter.com/ForePlayPod/status/1563977617900011520
Wut?
https://twitter.com/ImUrHuckleJordy/status/1563398667314556928
Haha...it would've been great if the other wrestler had kept the dough spinning when it got thrown to him.
Bills cut P Araiza after rape allegations. Perhaps the Browns need a punter.
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/bills-cut-punter-matt-araiza-after-rookie-is-accused-of-gang-rape-in-graphic-civil-lawsuit/
I feel like teams knew about this before the draft. That would help explain why he slid from a projected 3-4 round pick down to the 6th and wasn’t the first punter drafted.
Atta girl
https://twitter.com/Mariners/status/1563651247290195968
cute. ❤
Atlanta Braves' Blooper mascot has no chill.
https://twitter.com/BlooperBraves/status/1563637574631055360