Word Association!!
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There was a time in the 90s when I was in the US when I could really eat. I dunno what is wrong with me now. Of course I lifted a lot of weights in 93-95. But even after I stopped, for a few years I really could eat a lot.
Those were the days !!!
stringertom
Bionic Poster
Eye pfind mye app it tight inncreases aftur droop volleigh vid binjing.
Mike Bulgakov
G.O.A.T.
stringertom
Bionic Poster
Funniest of many funny moments as Alan in Two & One Half Men required some acting chops to be displayed by Jon Cryer when he tries to explain to his pre-teen son what a “booty call” is and why it’s called that:
Mike Bulgakov
G.O.A.T.
Cryer played "Duckie" in Pretty in Pink.
stringertom
Bionic Poster
On the subject of Chuck Lorre productions, let’s give a shout out to Mike & Molly, which was Melissa McCarthy’s springboard to a super career. Bollywood would do well to spinoff a Sabooshs & Parvati who would be a very fertile couple two geaux fourth and multiply.
Vcore89
Talk Tennis Guru
Geaux fourth and multepli so long Sabooshs is able to maintain his tonnage or get canceled like Melissa for losing her heft.
Mike Bulgakov
G.O.A.T.
Van Gogh lost part of his left ear.
Mike Bulgakov
G.O.A.T.
Were they drinking absinthe?
“Absinthe is the only decent drink that suits an artist.”
― Paul Gauguin
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/521321-absinthe-is-the-only-decent-drink-that-suits-an-artist
Did Absinthe Make Van Gogh’s Mind Wander?
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-11-30-ca-631-story.html
“Absinthe is the only decent drink that suits an artist.”
― Paul Gauguin
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/521321-absinthe-is-the-only-decent-drink-that-suits-an-artist
Did Absinthe Make Van Gogh’s Mind Wander?
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-11-30-ca-631-story.html
Mike Bulgakov
G.O.A.T.
Why Do Witches Ride Brooms?
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/10/why-do-witches-ride-brooms-nsfw/281037/
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/10/why-do-witches-ride-brooms-nsfw/281037/
stringertom
Bionic Poster
As a teen I had a very shady night after an encounter with a bit too much nightshade in a powdered form mixed with a big cup of cola.
The vid is a strange brew of Slowhand Clapton with a perm, Ginger being weirdly dressed and Jack Bruce looking very Mod in his Beatles hand me down suit.
The vid is a strange brew of Slowhand Clapton with a perm, Ginger being weirdly dressed and Jack Bruce looking very Mod in his Beatles hand me down suit.
Mike Bulgakov
G.O.A.T.
Cream Soda,
Ginger Ale,
Coca Cola & vodka on a Karl Johans gate evening,
and Pepsi Cola on a Lana Night.
Ginger Ale,
Coca Cola & vodka on a Karl Johans gate evening,
and Pepsi Cola on a Lana Night.
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Mike Bulgakov
G.O.A.T.
After nights when I drank religiously, my morning breakfast would be:Cream Soda is an ice cream float in some quarters.
Anyhow, back when I lifted weights religiously, part of my morning ritual was consuming Schweppes Cream Soda, 6 egg whites and one yolk with milk on an empty stomach.
Mike Bulgakov
G.O.A.T.
Absolute Mandarin is the Beijing way, but Absolut Mandrin from Sweden might be more fun.
Absolut(e) orange can be a harbinger of the Stockholm night
Absolut(e) orange can be a harbinger of the Stockholm night
Vcore89
Talk Tennis Guru
The Man of Law's Tale, circa 1386 by Geoffrey Chaucer first recorded the word harbinger:
The fame anon thurgh toun is born
How Alla kyng shal comen on pilgrymage,
By herbergeours that wenten hym biforn
herbergeours = harbingers [announcer, harbourer; lodge (inn - 'auberge') keeper, etc.]
The fame anon thurgh toun is born
How Alla kyng shal comen on pilgrymage,
By herbergeours that wenten hym biforn
herbergeours = harbingers [announcer, harbourer; lodge (inn - 'auberge') keeper, etc.]
Mike Bulgakov
G.O.A.T.
L'Auberge Del Mar serves hamburgers, but I go for the Impossible Burger.
ALL DAY MENU
FRENCH FRIES, MIXED GREENS OR SEASONAL FRUIT
GRILLED
+ Impossible Burger ( + $2.00)
https://hdontap.com/index.php/video/stream/lauberge-del-mar
Mike Bulgakov
G.O.A.T.
CROSSROADS KITCHEN
MELROSE
Crossroads is an OG pioneer when it comes to the Impossible Burger in Los Angeles; they were the first restaurant to feature the Impossible Burger back in 2016, marking the start of its craze and city-wide takeover. Since few people in LA had tasted the Impossible Burger before, Crossroads picked it up, and made it their own. Their take focuses on the patty by eliminating unnecessary bells and whistles —it features the classic preparation of lettuce, tomato, onion, pickles, and “Crossroads Sauce,” which is similar to Thousand island.
https://vegoutla.com/10-impossible-burgers-you-need-to-try-in-los-angeles/
8284 Melrose Ave, Los Angeles 90046
MELROSE
Crossroads is an OG pioneer when it comes to the Impossible Burger in Los Angeles; they were the first restaurant to feature the Impossible Burger back in 2016, marking the start of its craze and city-wide takeover. Since few people in LA had tasted the Impossible Burger before, Crossroads picked it up, and made it their own. Their take focuses on the patty by eliminating unnecessary bells and whistles —it features the classic preparation of lettuce, tomato, onion, pickles, and “Crossroads Sauce,” which is similar to Thousand island.
https://vegoutla.com/10-impossible-burgers-you-need-to-try-in-los-angeles/
8284 Melrose Ave, Los Angeles 90046
Mike Bulgakov
G.O.A.T.
The Faustian tale of the troubled man making a pact with the devil is a recurring motif in Christian mythology. It often seeped into music – two centuries ago, people believed the Italian violinist Paganini's powers were satanic. But none of these myths have proved quite as enduring as that of Robert Johnson. The bluesman Son House, a contemporary of Johnson, insisted he was a decent harmonica player but a terrible guitarist until he disappeared for a few weeks. Legend has it that Johnson took his guitar to the crossroads of Highways 49 and 61 in Clarksdale, Mississippi where the devil retuned his instrument in exchange for his soul. He returned with a formidable technique and a mastery of the blues.
The story was initially told of an older bluesman, Tommy Johnson (no relation), but he died in 1956, aged 60. It was more hauntingly apposite for Robert Johnson, who died in 1938, aged only 27, after a troubled life and an itinerant career. His only recordings, made a year before his death, still have a spooky quality even 80 years on.
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/jun/16/robert-johnson-sells-soul-devil
The story was initially told of an older bluesman, Tommy Johnson (no relation), but he died in 1956, aged 60. It was more hauntingly apposite for Robert Johnson, who died in 1938, aged only 27, after a troubled life and an itinerant career. His only recordings, made a year before his death, still have a spooky quality even 80 years on.
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/jun/16/robert-johnson-sells-soul-devil
stringertom
Bionic Poster
Crossroads Centre is the drug/alcohol rehab facility on Antigua co-founded by a big Robert Johnson fan by the name of Eric Clapton.
Mike Bulgakov
G.O.A.T.
Clapton (and Cream) did many Robert Johnson covers.
The Rolling Stones did a good Robert Johnson cover. Mick Jagger and Keith Richards have both enjoyed Impossible Sliders at Crossroads on Melrose.
The original.
The Rolling Stones did a good Robert Johnson cover. Mick Jagger and Keith Richards have both enjoyed Impossible Sliders at Crossroads on Melrose.
The original.
stringertom
Bionic Poster
My mom hired an older black man to paint the house exterior in 1970. I was home in the morning as he worked and when he heard me playing an album of Joe Cocker singing he climbed down off his ladder to tell me it sounded like music he heard live in roadhouse bars in the rural South when he was a young adult. He was amazed a white teenager loved the blues!
Mike Bulgakov
G.O.A.T.
Mississippi Delta Blues: American Cornerstone
February 16, 201010:00 AM ET
NICK MORRISON
The blues recordings that came out of the Mississippi Delta from the late 1920s through the late '30s have had an enormous impact on American music, influencing everyone from The Rolling Stones to Cassandra Wilson. It's powerful music that is also, by turns, stark, poetic, eerie, humorous, topical and beautiful.
Most Delta blues recordings were solo performances by singer-guitarists, though several notable recordings also feature some sort of minimal accompaniment — generally a second guitarist.
In the following list, you'll hear four of the greatest Delta blues artists, as well as an example of what some of today's musicians are doing with this timeless music in the 21st century. The first three songs are from decades-old 78 RPM records, so you'll hear "surface noise" from those discs, but don't let that put you off. Even through the hiss and crackle of well-worn 78s, the brilliance and power of these songs is undeniable and unforgettable.
Charley Patton
It's not too reductive to say that Mississippi Delta blues as we know it begins with Charley Patton. There were certainly other delta blues musicians before (and concurrent with) Patton, but he was one of the first to be recorded. He was also immensely gifted, amazingly prolific and served as a major influence for other musicians in the delta, including Robert Johnson, Howlin' Wolf and John Lee Hooker. The breadth of topics in Patton's songs is also notable. While most musicians might be quite content to sing about love or the lack thereof, Patton would sing about whatever caught his interest, from social issues to insects. In this 1929 recording, Patton gives us what might be the first piece of music ever devoted to the boll weevil, an insect with a voracious and devastating appetite for cotton.
Tommy Johnson
Tommy Johnson was a contemporary of Charlie Patton's; they were virtually neighbors. Like Patton, Johnson was a gifted writer, singer and guitarist. Unlike Patton, Tommy Johnson recorded very little. After recording 16 songs in three sessions between 1928 and 1929, he stopped recording forever, mistakenly believing that he had signed away his right to record. However, among those 16 songs there are three certified blues classics: "Canned Heat Blues," "Big Road Blues" and the song included here, "Cool Drink Of Water Blues." Unlike most delta blues recordings, this song features two guitarists: Johnson accompanied by Charlie McCoy. The rhythmic tension they create between their instruments, combined with Tommy's inimitable falsetto vocal performance make this song a uniquely beautiful moment in American music history. (Click herefor more information from Tommy Johnson's label.)
Robert Johnson
Charlie Patton might have been the first important delta blues musician, but Robert Johnson (no relation to Tommy Johnson) is almost certainly the most famous. He's also one of the most intriguing and enduring mysteries in blues music. Very little is known about Johnson's life and there is much conjecture about his death. What we know for certain is that when he died, in his late twenties, he left behind a body of work which, though relatively small, has maintained an amazing presence in American music. From Cream's famous 1968 electric arrangement of "Cross Roads Blues" to Cassandra Wilson's hypnotic interpretation of "Come On In My Kitchen," Robert Johnson's music continues to inspire and nourish a broad spectrum of musicians. In this 1937 recording of "If I Had Possession Over Judgment Day," we get a great sample of his incredible singing and guitar playing. The song also features one of the earliest recordings of a guitar lick that would become one of the most famous in blues history, when it later became the signature phrase in Muddy Water's classic recording of "Rollin' And Tumblin.'"
Son House
One of the most amazing things about Son House is that he lived long enough to be re-discovered. Many of the original delta blues musicians either died at a relatively early age or drifted into obscurity. House beat the odds. He began recording in 1930, after serving time in prison for killing a man, allegedly in self-defense. In the early 1940s, he retired from music and went to work for a railroad company in upstate New York, until he was re-discovered by folk/blues enthusiasts in 1964. He then began the successful second phase of his musical career, recording and playing around the world. "Preachin' Blues" is House's 1965 version of a song that he'd originally recorded in 1930. It reminds us that the blues can be light-hearted and humorous and still be "the blues."
https://www.npr.org/2011/05/05/106364432/mississippi-delta-blues-american-cornerstone
February 16, 201010:00 AM ET
NICK MORRISON
The blues recordings that came out of the Mississippi Delta from the late 1920s through the late '30s have had an enormous impact on American music, influencing everyone from The Rolling Stones to Cassandra Wilson. It's powerful music that is also, by turns, stark, poetic, eerie, humorous, topical and beautiful.
Most Delta blues recordings were solo performances by singer-guitarists, though several notable recordings also feature some sort of minimal accompaniment — generally a second guitarist.
In the following list, you'll hear four of the greatest Delta blues artists, as well as an example of what some of today's musicians are doing with this timeless music in the 21st century. The first three songs are from decades-old 78 RPM records, so you'll hear "surface noise" from those discs, but don't let that put you off. Even through the hiss and crackle of well-worn 78s, the brilliance and power of these songs is undeniable and unforgettable.
Charley Patton
It's not too reductive to say that Mississippi Delta blues as we know it begins with Charley Patton. There were certainly other delta blues musicians before (and concurrent with) Patton, but he was one of the first to be recorded. He was also immensely gifted, amazingly prolific and served as a major influence for other musicians in the delta, including Robert Johnson, Howlin' Wolf and John Lee Hooker. The breadth of topics in Patton's songs is also notable. While most musicians might be quite content to sing about love or the lack thereof, Patton would sing about whatever caught his interest, from social issues to insects. In this 1929 recording, Patton gives us what might be the first piece of music ever devoted to the boll weevil, an insect with a voracious and devastating appetite for cotton.
Tommy Johnson
Tommy Johnson was a contemporary of Charlie Patton's; they were virtually neighbors. Like Patton, Johnson was a gifted writer, singer and guitarist. Unlike Patton, Tommy Johnson recorded very little. After recording 16 songs in three sessions between 1928 and 1929, he stopped recording forever, mistakenly believing that he had signed away his right to record. However, among those 16 songs there are three certified blues classics: "Canned Heat Blues," "Big Road Blues" and the song included here, "Cool Drink Of Water Blues." Unlike most delta blues recordings, this song features two guitarists: Johnson accompanied by Charlie McCoy. The rhythmic tension they create between their instruments, combined with Tommy's inimitable falsetto vocal performance make this song a uniquely beautiful moment in American music history. (Click herefor more information from Tommy Johnson's label.)
Robert Johnson
Charlie Patton might have been the first important delta blues musician, but Robert Johnson (no relation to Tommy Johnson) is almost certainly the most famous. He's also one of the most intriguing and enduring mysteries in blues music. Very little is known about Johnson's life and there is much conjecture about his death. What we know for certain is that when he died, in his late twenties, he left behind a body of work which, though relatively small, has maintained an amazing presence in American music. From Cream's famous 1968 electric arrangement of "Cross Roads Blues" to Cassandra Wilson's hypnotic interpretation of "Come On In My Kitchen," Robert Johnson's music continues to inspire and nourish a broad spectrum of musicians. In this 1937 recording of "If I Had Possession Over Judgment Day," we get a great sample of his incredible singing and guitar playing. The song also features one of the earliest recordings of a guitar lick that would become one of the most famous in blues history, when it later became the signature phrase in Muddy Water's classic recording of "Rollin' And Tumblin.'"
Son House
One of the most amazing things about Son House is that he lived long enough to be re-discovered. Many of the original delta blues musicians either died at a relatively early age or drifted into obscurity. House beat the odds. He began recording in 1930, after serving time in prison for killing a man, allegedly in self-defense. In the early 1940s, he retired from music and went to work for a railroad company in upstate New York, until he was re-discovered by folk/blues enthusiasts in 1964. He then began the successful second phase of his musical career, recording and playing around the world. "Preachin' Blues" is House's 1965 version of a song that he'd originally recorded in 1930. It reminds us that the blues can be light-hearted and humorous and still be "the blues."
https://www.npr.org/2011/05/05/106364432/mississippi-delta-blues-american-cornerstone
stringertom
Bionic Poster
Crossroads is an apt description of my status, blown away by so many troubling issues that test my belief in The Serenity Prayer. Control what you can and pray what you’re not able to affect doesn’t take you down for the count.
Mike Bulgakov
G.O.A.T.
ACROSS THE UNIVERSE
stringertom
Bionic Poster
Are you saying “nothing is going to change my world” now that I’m temporarily back in Purgatorlando???
I am moar depress.
Vcore89
Talk Tennis Guru
Glenn Medeiros sings
[Chorus:]
Nothing's gonna change my love for you
You ought to know by now how much I love you
One thing you can be sure of
I'll never ask for more than your love
and
Jennifer Holliday's
Look at me
Look at me
I am changing, tryin' every way I can
I am changing, I'll be better than I am
I'm trying-to find a way to understand
However, Warden tells Megamind,
''You'll never change.''
[Chorus:]
Nothing's gonna change my love for you
You ought to know by now how much I love you
One thing you can be sure of
I'll never ask for more than your love
and
Jennifer Holliday's
Look at me
Look at me
I am changing, tryin' every way I can
I am changing, I'll be better than I am
I'm trying-to find a way to understand
However, Warden tells Megamind,
''You'll never change.''
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Mike Bulgakov
G.O.A.T.
"Changes"
stringertom
Bionic Poster
A
A Space Oddity is more relevant and still my favorite tune from The Thin White Duke. Link me up for some entertainment in my capsule, sir.
Mike Bulgakov
G.O.A.T.
Your friendly Alien guide will provide entertainment.
She will allow you to enter the realms.
You will need protection.
stringertom
Bionic Poster
“Open the pod bay doors, HAL!” is the dialogue highlight of 2001: A Space Odyssey, my third but exhilaratingly different experience in a movie cinema watching the craft of GOAT director Stanley Kubrick unfold. I was impressed at a young age by Spartacus and taken for a ride through the wild blue yonder by Dr. Strangelove but 2K1 blew the doors off young teen stringytom when he saw it in a downtown Tallahassee cinema.
Mike Bulgakov
G.O.A.T.
The movie will begin in five moments
The mindless voice announced
All those unseated will await the next show
We filed slowly, languidly into the hall
The auditorium was vast and silent
As we seated and were darkened
The voice continued:
The program for this evening is not new
You've seen this entertainment through and through
You've seen your birth, your life and death
You might recall all of the rest
Did you have a good world when you died?
Enough to base a movie on?
The mindless voice announced
All those unseated will await the next show
We filed slowly, languidly into the hall
The auditorium was vast and silent
As we seated and were darkened
The voice continued:
The program for this evening is not new
You've seen this entertainment through and through
You've seen your birth, your life and death
You might recall all of the rest
Did you have a good world when you died?
Enough to base a movie on?
Mike Bulgakov
G.O.A.T.
Theatre of the Absurd
stringertom
Bionic Poster
Beckett used the French diminutive “ot” in the title to slightly camouflage the nature of the play’s theme. Did he “ever tried, ever failed; no matter; try again; fail again; fail better.” ???
Mike Bulgakov
G.O.A.T.
STAN THE MAN
stringertom
Bionic Poster
Being an old-school baseball fan, Stan The Man will always be a reference to HOF St. Louis Cardinal Stan Musial.STAN THE MAN
Stanimal for me.
Mike Bulgakov
G.O.A.T.
Sergi Bruguera's forehand return of serve:
Voodoo Child (Slight Return)
Voodoo Child (Slight Return)
stringertom
Bionic Poster
My voodoo child is a redhead from Italy named Jannik Sinner. Come be a full fledged Sinner in the PMR thread!
Mike Bulgakov
G.O.A.T.
Sin with a redhead named Shirley.
stringertom
Bionic Poster
What wood have bin Ms Manson’s reaction to Leslie Nielsen classic line in Airplane, “Don’t call me Shirley!”Sin with a redhead named Shirley.
Mike Bulgakov
G.O.A.T.
Shirley says, "Don't call me Charlie!"
Wood 's reaction?
Wood 's reaction?
stringertom
Bionic Poster
Jokes in poor taste abounded after the tragic news of Natalie’s death by drowning. One punch line involved the flotation properties of the material used to build Heyerdahl’s trans-Pacific ready raft.
