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+1 for the bump

Jenna Maroney was kind of based on Miss Piggy, it fits.

This is just an ugly intersection where idol worship, misogyny, macho-bullshit culture, and big money collide. It's just solidified in the minds of thousands of idiotic, impressionable man-child sports fans that the world is full of women who cry "rape" and that men are the real victims in the end. As opposed to the 99.99999999% of the time it goes the other way.

Jesus what a shitshow.

I'm actually really excited for another season of Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt. I was a huge fan of 30 Rock and I feel like the writing is of the same caliber.

I also think the last season of 30 Rock was a fucking masterpiece. I'm pretty snobby about writing anyway.

If anybody else ends up with a second HWM Live In Chicago, I'll be interested in purchasing it from you.

Yeah, OITNB got pretty awful quick. Just like Weeds!

I really enjoy Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, too.

I hate living in a world in which a preponderance of hockey fans assume that Kane is the victim of a woman looking for a payday. I still say that, accused of something so heinous, any athlete should have to sit their spoiled, overpaid asses down until the matter is satisfactorily settled.

Let's go red wings

Hey all just thought I would throw it out there that I'm selling my original vinyl soundtrack and my Blu Ray boxset.

Private messaged.

Super amped on this new lavender record!

Interesting, the Yellow and Green art is supposed to be an image of right before something terrible happens. Crazy with the bus wreck and everything right around that time.

Anyhow, anyone want to sell a copy of the yellow/green deluxe lp that hated it? I'll gladly take it off your hands.

Deluxe or regular, preferably yellow green vinyl. JAH.

Also considering some of the lyrics...

Got into the band with Second, love everything they've ever done. Their first show in Detroit after the accident was so triumphant...easily one of the most memorable shows I've ever attended. awesome dudes, too.

They tried to draw the shortest line possible between things that happened more than two decades ago and today, which is fair. The anti-authoritarian, anti-music business, political bent was obviously less about making a statement and more about lionizing Dre, Eazy, and Cube, and the whole movie doesn't present them for their flaws - the greed or violence they were guilty of - just as victims who rise above to become heroes. Which, I suppose, is fair enough, since it is a biopic that was produced by, and needed the approval of, the members and their estates.

Yu! I'm glad you are safe!

I still have a lot of your records and t-shirts!

I went to my local record store, and the owner gave me a bunch of the boxes he receives orders in. That's about as good as I could have hoped for.

Black Star is a picture disc and kind of underwhelming. It does look pretty badass though, and I'm still glad to have it.

In fact, start here. Detroit, historically speaking, is a well-spring of American culture, where the synthesis of art, music, politics, industry, history, and more, had a ripple effect on not just this country, but the whole freakin' world. all places can have their charms, but if you want to see the real nitty gritty of what defines America in so many ways...Detroit, hands down. The blood and sweat and oil, creativity and industriousness, the ingenuity and intelligence that was the bedrock of so many of the highest aspirations of what America is supposed to be...I think it is among the most interesting and important cities of recent history. Easily. The Motor City, the Arsenal of Democracy, Motown.

If you come through the Midwest, Detroit has a bunch of stuff worth seeing. you could have a jam-packed few days with the Motown museum (music related!), two of the best museums in the entire country (the Detroit Institute of Art for pretty pictures, the Henry Ford for all manner of other super interesting things), the Heidelberg Project, Belle Isle (huge civic park with one of the oldest aquariums in the country, and some other neat architecture), and one of the largest collections of pre-Great Depression skyscrapers and lots of other beautiful architecture - the Guardian Building and a lot of other amazing buildings and theaters...basically anything designed by Albert Kahn is worth a look.

There's at least a solid couple of days right there, enough to make it worth a stop if you're passing within a few hours of Detroit anyway.

The last time I did a secret Santa on this board, the person I got asked for Batman stuff, things for his kids, whatever...so, being the clever sort, I carefully chose goodies from around the metro Detroit area that aren't really available other places, and among other things gave him Mask of the Phantasm - which I enjoyed as a kid and I think adults can appreciate. The philistine didn't even bother to guess who sent it and just dismissively posted that he received food and some Batman movie. Bah!

most athletes are pretty huge pieces of shit.

Mask of the Phantasm is so good.

Yay for Weakerthans! I'm so glad they came through Detroit so often.

I'm a big fan of Constantines. I feel like they never got their due, but that's mostly because I've never actually met another person in real life that was into them.

http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2015/08/07/baffoe-patrick-kane-is-not-your-friend/

Once again, the people that need to be told this the worst are the ones that are going to ignore it anyway.

I constantly go back and forth on whether to sell my mark IIC+. It sounds incredible and I feel like I'd miss it, but I really don't get to play it much. I probably definitely need the money more. I just think I'd regret it because of how I came by it and that I'd never be able to get another.

Two new songs they played tonight were awesome!

I'm glad I got to see them many times over the years. Still kind of a bummer, since I always looked forward to the few times they made new music.