TBD

yeah i know.  it makes me sad.  ive lost friends when i came out, here in virginia.  i see the hatred run rampant out here "in the boonies" where i live on a daily basis.  but it will come.  my partner and i could go to another state to get married but we are not, becuase it is just a meaningless piece of paper and not fair to everybody else in the state, who are in love, and just want to be with the person of their dreams.

Its sad that some people no longer considered you a friend based simply on who you are in a relationship with.  As cliche' as it sounds, you are probably better off without such friends anyway.  After all were they actually friends in the first place if they left over this?  I know there are a LOT of people who harbor hate toward others in society and that those people often base their political and social views based on these hates.  Just remember though that not everyone who disagrees with someone else does so based on hate.  I would much rather live in s a society where people had all kinds of different views and opinions than live in one where everyone thought the exact same way.  God that would be a fucking boring ass place to live!

RatBastard wrote:
I would much rather live in s a society where people had all kinds of different views and opinions than live in one where everyone thought the exact same way. 

But how would we determine who was right?  Oh, I know!  A knockdown, dragout on an unrelated message board!

grateful wrote:

RatBastard wrote:
I would much rather live in s a society where people had all kinds of different views and opinions than live in one where everyone thought the exact same way. 

But how would we determine who was right?  Oh, I know!  A knockdown, dragout on an unrelated message board!

Opinions and beliefs do not have the property of being right or wrong.

Yes they do.

grateful wrote:
Yes they do.

And that is your opinion!  :)

grateful wrote:

RatBastard wrote:
I would much rather live in s a society where people had all kinds of different views and opinions than live in one where everyone thought the exact same way. 

But how would we determine who was right?  Oh, I know!  A knockdown, dragout on an unrelated message board!

I knew this place had special purpose  ;D

All this talk of the Replacements reminded me of this movie I was watching the other day when cooped up in the house.  There was this scene where a fictional band from Memphis gets a warm-up gig with the Replacements at the "9:30 Club" in "Washington, DC".  All that's shown of the club is a back door for load in and the scenes set in DC, look nothing like DC.  Movie is "losers take all" and it's one of those just OK movies.  Nothing great, not un-watchable…

speaking of The Smiths

wow.
I think I might have possibly put a second mortgage on my house to see that festival.

Disregard my previous comment about ska -edit- somehow I missed that one line

The Specials, the Beat, Selecter and Madness respectably disagree on the no ska thing

Sidehatch wrote:
wow.
I think I might have possibly put a second mortgage on my house to see that festival.

Disregard my previous comment about ska -edit- somehow I missed that one line

I have seen most of these bands already and most haven't done anything in 30 years, a lot of them have dead main members.  I could see wanting to have 3 to 6 play Coachella but a whole show of these type of bands would ensure it was a show attended exclusively by 50 year old males.  I would prefer the current line-up with cutting edge bands and the headlined by two of the best  live bands in the world.

Of the bands on the list I would probably want to see Aztec Camera, The Jam, Gene, Libertines, and Blur on a future Coachella line-up.   I have seen Blur before but it was on their first US tour.

kosmo wrote:
speaking of The Smiths

I'm not smart enough to get the joke, I don't think. Is it supposed to be like this is some person's boring weekend retold in Coachella poster form or am I missing some other layer to this?

honestly I hate ALL music festivals.  (well Hardly Strictly Blue Grass is an exception and the small stages at NO jazz fest are worth it too)
can't think of a worse way to actually enjoy hearing/seeing a band.  Short sets, horrible sound, annoying people who aren't really fans, crazy bathroom lines, brutal heat, $10 crap beer

I agree, it would be attended by mostly old dudes (guess that's starting to describe me)

and duh…I know most of those bands couldn't ever play, joe's dead and he ain't coming back
and could you imagine Ian getting MT back together to do Coachella…might be easier to resurrect Woody Mellor

Julian, wrote:
Is it supposed to be like this is some person's boring weekend retold in Coachella poster form or am I missing some other layer to this?

that's all i'm getting, nothing deeper.  i chuckled.

This was posted because of Will Smith family as The Smiths, and it was amusing where the only two bands listed are.

kosmo wrote:
This was posted because of Will Smith family as The Smiths, and it was amusing where the only two bands listed are.

I am more confused than before.

I was having a conversation with my wife last night about why do people feel that we need attractive people to sing in bands.  I liked the music of Milli Vanilli.  Who cares who was signing it.  And then I came up with list of ugliest bands.  And she was no one listens to bands like Rush or Kiss though.  Only lame old dudes listen to bands like those.  And she was right.  Why do guys listen to such shitty music?

But the list of ugliest dudes bands: Rush, Paul Simon, Lou Reed, Motorhead, Kiss, Tom Petty, the edge, Joe Cocker,  Meatloaf, Dee Snyder, the Ramones, Radiohead.  Oh and Billy Joel and Rick Ocasek.