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kosmo
Joined: September 23, 1999 at 05:01 AM UTC
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Re: random . . . randomness August 09, 2024 at 09:11 PM UTC #
Breaking at the Olympics is super fun to watch.. just wish the jams were louder…
jrpa
Joined: September 03, 2013 at 03:15 PM UTC
Posts: 29999
Re: random . . . randomness August 09, 2024 at 09:48 PM UTC #
kosmo wrote:
Breaking at the Olympics is super fun to watch.. just wish the jams were louder…
The Australian Doctor lady was amazing.
kosmo
Joined: September 23, 1999 at 05:01 AM UTC
Posts: 16329
Re: random . . . randomness August 09, 2024 at 11:17 PM UTC #
Julian, wrote:
kosmo wrote:
Breaking at the Olympics is super fun to watch.. just wish the jams were louder…
The Australian Doctor lady was amazing.


Ly getting dragged on twitter
Sidehatch
Joined: October 04, 2011 at 04:33 AM UTC
Posts: 25687
Re: random . . . randomness August 10, 2024 at 03:17 AM UTC #
What on earth is the Giggly Squad?

And how did they get a headline gig at anthem?!?
Hutch
Joined: February 23, 2023 at 09:34 PM UTC
Posts: 6264
Re: random . . . randomness August 10, 2024 at 04:09 AM UTC #
One show sold out and they added a second. Podcast shows are a thing….

Great booking
beetsnotbeats
Joined: April 26, 2002 at 05:01 AM UTC
Posts: 5756
Re: random . . . randomness August 28, 2024 at 01:59 PM UTC #
hutch wrote:
Good article about what’s happening….

https://www.wsj.com/economy/consumers/american-dream-poll-us-economy-e5ddf640


Paywalled, but of course!
jeffml
Joined: April 18, 2005 at 05:01 AM UTC
Posts: 2267
Re: random . . . randomness August 29, 2024 at 06:45 PM UTC #
There is not enough $$ in the world to incentivize someone to move to Cumberland.

Hatch, wrote:
Wow they are getting desperate in Maryland

https://www.fox5dc.com/news/maryland-city-will-pay-you-20000-move
kosmo
Joined: September 23, 1999 at 05:01 AM UTC
Posts: 16329
Re: random . . . randomness August 30, 2024 at 12:06 AM UTC #
grateful
Joined: October 15, 2008 at 05:01 AM UTC
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Re: random . . . randomness August 31, 2024 at 05:47 PM UTC #
grateful wrote:
excontradiction wrote:
Space wrote:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_who_died_on_the_toilet


That's a shorter list than I expected.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_entertainers_who_died_during_a_performance

Including Tiny Tim and the Sandman


And Pedro Henrique


Fatman Scoop
Hutch
Joined: February 23, 2023 at 09:34 PM UTC
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Re: random . . . randomness September 01, 2024 at 02:58 PM UTC #
Expecting a Nick Cave US tour announcement in next couple of weeks

Assuming Anthem will be in the mix…
grateful
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Re: random . . . randomness September 09, 2024 at 05:12 PM UTC #
Okay, so… it was a TV show in the US, in the '80s or early '90s. I'm fairly certain it was a sitcom. During the intro/ opening credits, there's a bit where one character is painting a wall or a door, and another character opens the door, and the first character rolls the paint roller over the other person's face. I can see this in my mind, but I cannot for the life of me figure out the show it came from.

https://ask.metafilter.com/269424/Which-TV-show-intro-was-this
Sidehatch
Joined: October 04, 2011 at 04:33 AM UTC
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Re: random . . . randomness September 12, 2024 at 02:33 PM UTC #
The guillotine remained the official method of execution in France until the death penalty was abolished in 1981. The final three guillotinings in France before its abolition were those of child-murderers Christian Ranucci (on 28 July 1976) in Marseille, Jérôme Carrein (on 23 June 1977) in Douai and torturer-murderer Hamida Djandoubi (on 10 September 1977) in Marseille. Djandoubi's death was the last time that the guillotine was used for an execution by any government.

had no idea the Guillotine was used in my lifetime!
sweetcell
Joined: July 18, 2006 at 05:01 AM UTC
Posts: 22608
Re: random . . . randomness September 12, 2024 at 05:41 PM UTC #
brace yourselves - below lies a link to the core of hutch's brain… you've been warned.

Disco in the 80s but everyone is Leonel Messi

i'm finally starting to have serious misgivings about AI
jrpa
Joined: September 03, 2013 at 03:15 PM UTC
Posts: 29999
Re: random . . . randomness September 12, 2024 at 06:00 PM UTC #
sweetcell wrote:
below lies a link to the core of hutch's brain… you've been warned.
The horror! The horror!
sweetcell
Joined: July 18, 2006 at 05:01 AM UTC
Posts: 22608
Re: random . . . randomness September 12, 2024 at 07:08 PM UTC #
Julian, wrote:
sweetcell wrote:
below lies a link to the core of hutch's brain… you've been warned.
The horror! The horror!

agreed, disco was HORRIBLE
kosmo
Joined: September 23, 1999 at 05:01 AM UTC
Posts: 16329
Re: random . . . randomness September 12, 2024 at 07:46 PM UTC #
sweetcell wrote:
Julian, wrote:
sweetcell wrote:
below lies a link to the core of hutch's brain… you've been warned.
The horror! The horror!

agreed, disco was HORRIBLE


despite owning a Disco Sucks t-shirt as a easily influence teenager, I have come to learn not all Disco was of the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack variety.  Really need to get back to watching the Disco documentary on PBS, because there was plenty of fantastic "underground" disco records at the time.  and it's well established the Disco Sucks movement was steeped in homophobia, etc…
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