What are you listening to....... right now...........

brucehayes posted:

This past Sunday's CBS Sunday Morning did a feature on him.

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/...8108?i=1000464659905

 

So I'm not the only fan of CBS Sunday Morning here then. 

bman posted:

brucehayes posted:

This past Sunday's CBS Sunday Morning did a feature on him.

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/...8108?i=1000464659905

 

So I'm not the only fan of CBS Sunday Morning here then. 

Well...

Nirvana - actually listening to Dave Grohl on a podcast - and then Nirvana.  

Dave Grohl is awesome

wineart 2 posted:

bman posted:

brucehayes posted:

This past Sunday's CBS Sunday Morning did a feature on him.

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/...8108?i=1000464659905

 

So I'm not the only fan of CBS Sunday Morning here then. 

Well...

Besides you and me of course!

I enjoy the show for several reasons, one of which is that it covers a lot of ground in only 90 minutes.

Lumineers Live at Red Rocks

Peace Town - Jimmy LaFave

I've been going through all his stuff recently. So much good music. Love his version of Dylan's Not Dark Yet.

Michael Kiwanuka - Love & Hate

D' Oyly Carte recording of The Mikado

Station to Station - David Bowie

I've been on a bit of a Bowie kick recently.

steve8 posted:

Station to Station - David Bowie

 

One of my favourite Bowie albums.

Mine too.

On the Line - Jenny Lewis

Savatage - The Wake of Magellan

Be by Common.

Scary Monsters - David Bowie

This album has held up really well.

Pink Floyd "delicate sounds of thunder"

Billy Joel.  Got into the mood for some reason.

winetarelli posted:

Billy Joel.  Got into the mood for some reason.

Tremendous songwriter and performer.  I really liked his older music and some of his albums towards the end.  It would have been interesting to see him and Elton together, two people who can really play the piano.

From the LA Times:

"Led Zeppelin did not steal ‘Stairway to Heaven’ riff, court rules

SAN FRANCISCO — A federal appeals court decided Monday that the British rock band Led Zeppelin did not steal of portions of “Stairway to Heaven” from another band.
The ruling, by an 11-judge panel of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, stemmed from a lawsuit that accused Led Zeppelin of stealing portions of “Stairway to Heaven” from a song called “Taurus,” which was written by Randy Wolfe of the Los Angeles-based band Spirit.

A jury ruled for Zeppelin, deciding the two songs were not substantially similar. A three-judge 9th Circuit panel later threw out the verdict on the grounds the trial judge gave faulty jury instructions.
Led Zeppelin asked a larger panel to reconsider, and Monday’s decision reinstated the verdict."

That said, Led Zeppelin sucked then and they suck now.

Nice try, troll. 

Yeah, sucked on greatness and spit out awesomeness. 

billhike posted:

Nice try, troll. 

That really hurts.

I was never able to listen all the way through one of their albums.

I apologize and hope that the opinion of someone you don't know, and don't even like, doesn't change your opinion of them.

The Old Man posted:

billhike posted:

Nice try, troll. 

That really hurts.

I was never able to listen all the way through one of their albums.

You wouldn't get the eye rolls you get if you just stopped proclaiming your opinions as fact.

Try "That said, I've always thought that Led Zeppelin sucked." or "IMHO, Led Zeppelin sucked then and suck now. I've never been able to listen to one of their albums all the way through."

sunnylea57 posted:

The Old Man posted:

billhike posted:

Nice try, troll. 

That really hurts.

I was never able to listen all the way through one of their albums.

You wouldn't get the eye rolls you get if you just stopped proclaiming your opinions as fact.

Try "That said, I've always thought that Led Zeppelin sucked." or "IMHO, Led Zeppelin sucked then and suck now. I've never been able to listen to one of their albums all the way through."

+1

But then he wouldn't be The Old Man!

sunnylea57 posted:

The Old Man posted:

billhike posted:

Nice try, troll. 

That really hurts.

I was never able to listen all the way through one of their albums.

You wouldn't get the eye rolls you get if you just stopped proclaiming your opinions as fact.

Try "That said, I've always thought that Led Zeppelin sucked." or "IMHO, Led Zeppelin sucked then and suck now. I've never been able to listen to one of their albums all the way through."

That's what I rried to point out by re-editing my previous message, and as I've mentioned in another post, who cares what my opinion is? You can attack my favorite movies, artist, TV shows, Etc. It really doesn't bother me in any way because I beleve in my opinions. I assume everyone else does too.

I knew this started as a mild rebuke of me, but it would be an interesting point of discussion as I've mentioned before.

Who gives a shit about other people's opinions? Especially ones they don't even know on the internet? If they align with ours we think they're brilliant. And if they don't, they must be idiots.

Perhaps we’re just wondering if you could be a bit less of a rude asshole about...everything.

 
A lot of people who are regulars here have actually met in person and correspond outside of this forum. Not everyone are “internet strangers”. 

billhike posted:

Perhaps we’re just wondering if you could be a bit less of a rude asshole about...everything.

But then what would you have to complain about?

billhike posted:

A lot of people who are regulars here have actually met in person and correspond outside of this forum. Not everyone are “internet strangers”. 

I was kind of talking specifically about you. You don't know me, you don't like me, so why do you care that I don't like Led Zeppelin? Even if I say it in such a mean way. Again, if you were to say, "The movie Citizen Kane sucks", I would not be calling you a troll or any other names. I might try to refute it. But it would not bend me out of shape.

Note, I have added a new disclaimer.

I’ve actually tried to be more civil and conversational with you recently. I’m certainly not bent out of shape - more confused as to why anyone would spend their time being constantly negative. Especially on a forum with a purpose of existence you seem barely interested in. At least the words “sucked then, sucks now” may save someone a little effort in trying to come up with a fitting epitaph for you one day.

billhike posted:

I’ve actually tried to be more civil and conversational with you recently. I’m certainly not bent out of shape - more confused as to why anyone would spend their time being constantly negative. Especially on a forum with a purpose of existence you seem barely interested in. At least the words “sucked then, sucks now” may save someone a little effort in trying to come up with a fitting epitaph for you one day.

I actually first used that phrase a number of years ago. Since then it has been used a few times by other posters--in a mocking way. I saw this article of interest in the LA Times and posted it with what I thought was a playful use of the infamous phrase.

"...why anyone would spend their time being constantly negative."

Actually a great majority of my comments about movies, television and art are positive. I believe the average is greater than 80%.

As for how I'm remembered when I'm dead, I don't think anyone can be harder on myself than me. (Or is it, "on me than myself?)

As for my epitaph, I already have it written out, I thought it was a dress rehearsal

However it's hard to beat Rodney, who, like Peter Falk is also at Pearce Brothers in Westwood.

Stephen Malkmus - Traditional Techniques

Claude Debussy - Harmonia Mundi label released a ton of great stuff. The Jazz album, the orchestral stuff and even the solo piano stuff rocks!

Lots and lots of Dylan. 

The most rambling, disjointed and time-wasting piece of shit of a press conference ever. Holy fuck.

billhike posted:

The most rambling, disjointed and time-wasting piece of shit of a press conference ever. Holy fuck.

Just saw an opinion piece in the Washington Post that there's no point "torturing" yourself listening to his lies and ignorance. Add to that Pence, and a few others, nauseating attempts to see who can get the highest up into the president's ass. I'd say skip it and wait for the summary which will include how many lies he told during the conference.

Breathtaking; Trump made 33 false claims about the coronavirus crisis in the first two weeks of March

I'm thinking of the imbeciles in Washington as I listen to:

The Police - Don't Stand So Close to Me

bomba503 posted:

The Police - Don't Stand So Close to Me