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Oh, no, you're right, I was off base. I just checked the wiki article, they had been working on a new album but they tossed the contributions Bon made before he died, cause they didn't want to feel like they were profiting off his death.
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Sir Lemming posted:Maybe we just ran in different circles, but AC/DC seemed to have a flatline of generic "classic rock" popularity for the past 3 decades. I always remember Back in Black being a thing. By the time Marvel got to it, it was almost kind of a punchline. Like a slightly more modern version of using "Bad to the Bone" when a guy puts on sunglasses. Yeah, at least in the U.S., AC/DC has been on classic rock radio for over 30 years and appearing in TV and movies long before Marvel. They’ve basically always been in that kinda classic rock/dad rock category where you could buy shirts with their logo or Back in Black in any random Walmart or Target or wherever for the past 20+ years and the Simpsons were using Highway to Hell in episodes in the late 90s. For something I just figured out (Or rather, just realized): Montell Jordan and Montel Williams are two different people.
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In the 1987 film Amazon Women on the Moon, there is a man that introduces himself as B.B. King. What I just figured out is that It is not an actor playing B.B. King, it is the real B.B. King.
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One of the most personally significant memories of my teenage years is showing up a bit early to Freshman orientation just before starting high school, sitting down in the gym, and listening in as a group of kids listened to Smells Like Teen Spirit on a cassette tape. It would be easy exaggerate here, but it really did feel like something in the larger world was changing as I entered a new phase of life. Except that didn't happen. Nevermind came out 30 years ago today after I'd already been in high school for a few weeks. Maybe I heard it somewhere else and had a similar reaction, but it just seems less poignant that way.
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AKA Pseudonym posted:One of the most personally significant memories of my teenage years is showing up a bit early to Freshman orientation just before starting high school, sitting down in the gym, and listening in as a group of kids listened to Smells Like Teen Spirit on a cassette tape. It would be easy exaggerate here, but it really did feel like something in the larger world was changing as I entered a new phase of life. Nevermind came out today, but Smells Like Teen Spirit was released as a single on the 10th
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Garrand posted:Nevermind came out today, but Smells Like Teen Spirit was released as a single on the 10th Yeah the reverse happened to me young. The first song I remember being BRAND NEW on the radio (cus the DJ said so) was Fine Young Cannibals - She Drives Me Crazy. Up until that point my 3 year old brain had thought all music was performed live and the DJ's intro was the revelation that songs were recorded and PLAYED BACK on the radio and that the DJ's were the "live" part of "live radio". Oh God 
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Sep 25, 2021 02:07
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I only just now learned that malt is straight up made from seeds that have started germinating and are then dried. I knew it had something to do with grains, but figured it was some entirely external addition. This feels like when I learned a few years ago that hops were flowers added to beer rather than some byproduct of brewing like I'd vaguely assumed all my life.
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Sep 27, 2021 22:27
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Captain Hygiene posted:I only just now learned that malt is straight up made from seeds that have started germinating and are then dried. I knew it had something to do with grains, but figured it was some entirely external addition. This feels like when I learned a few years ago that hops were flowers added to beer rather than some byproduct of brewing like I'd vaguely assumed all my life. Brewing is ridiculously interesting if you start to dive into the history of it. The Brewer’s Tale by Bostwick is a really well written overview and it’s short enough to not wear out it’s stay.
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Sep 28, 2021 02:34
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TK-42-1 posted:Brewing is ridiculously interesting if you start to dive into the history of it. This is ironic, considering people who are really into brewing become ridiculously uninteresting.
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Sep 28, 2021 04:04
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For years I thought the woman on the L.A. Confidential poster was Nicole Kidman (I haven't seen the movie). I only just now learned that it's Kim Basinger.
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Sep 28, 2021 05:50
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The history of vodka distilling, consumption and regulation in Russia through the Tsarist days all the way to today is pretty wild. e; That meme where a guy has those big white dominos set up and the little domino is titled "The Spaniards conquer Peru and bring the potato to Europe" and the largest domino "The October Revolution". Alternately 'The fall of the Soviet Union'. Really anything would work. MariusLecter has a new favorite as of 08:06 on Sep 28, 2021 |
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Sep 28, 2021 08:03
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Henchman of Santa posted:For years I thought the woman on the L.A. Confidential poster was Nicole Kidman (I haven't seen the movie). I only just now learned that it's Kim Basinger. It’s very good! Watched it again the other night. Only downside is it isn’t fun to watch Kevin Spacey anymore
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Sep 28, 2021 09:08
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3D Megadoodoo posted:This is ironic, considering people who are really into brewing become ridiculously uninteresting. Get his rear end!
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Sep 28, 2021 11:04
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I made a few related discoveries today: Ric Ocasek is dead. Bill Mumy is not. (No, I've no idea how I managed to mix that up.) The Cars song that plays as Phoebe Cates gets out of the pool is Moving in Stereo, not (the far better song) Just What I Needed.
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Sep 28, 2021 11:19
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Henchman of Santa posted:For years I thought the woman on the L.A. Confidential poster was Nicole Kidman (I haven't seen the movie). I only just now learned that it's Kim Basinger. Kim Basinger was also in Cool World. I have never seen Cool World, and that thread is sparing me the experience while also filling in the gaps about this weird little flop that was heavily advertised for a hot moment in my childhood and then vanished without leaving a cultural ripple.
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Sep 28, 2021 11:22
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Pastry of the Year posted:this weird little flop that was heavily advertised for a hot moment in my childhood and then vanished without leaving a cultural ripple. If you're like me and you follow Ralph Bakshi on Instagram you see a lot of production art of Holly Would along with like people from American Pop and Wizards.
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Sep 28, 2021 12:42
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Cat Hassler posted:It’s very good! Watched it again the other night. Only downside is it isn’t fun to watch Kevin Spacey anymore It’s so irritating that he’s good in it, the stupid prick.
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Sep 28, 2021 13:19
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Pastry of the Year posted:Kim Basinger was also in Cool World. This is like when I found out I didn't imagine Freakazoid because I'd watched too much Pinky and the Brain.
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Sep 28, 2021 15:23
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Cool world is a good movie. Not up to the usual Bashkir quality but still
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Sep 28, 2021 19:24
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Gaius Marius posted:Cool world is a good movie. Not up to the usual Bashkir quality but still It's a good concept that might have been a good movie. The finished product is not. The soundtrack, however, bangs.
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Sep 29, 2021 10:46
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I just discovered Chuck Mangione is a real person and not just a character made up for King Of The Hill.  
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Friend posted:I just discovered Chuck Mangione is a real person and not just a character made up for King Of The Hill. So a long time ago I was dragged to a trivia night with a group of people. One of the audio questions was the trumpet noise song whatever he always played in king of the hill, asking the artist. I said jokingly chuck mangione cause I also thought he was a fake dude. Not a single team knew the answer.
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Sep 30, 2021 02:16
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Captain Duvel posted:the trumpet noise song whatever he always played in king of the hill it's a flugelhorn
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Sep 30, 2021 02:19
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So a fake guy playing a fake instrument
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I'm not a CHICK I'm a DUDE
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Brawnfire posted:I'm not a CHICK I'm a DUDE Congratz my dude
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Friend posted:I just discovered Chuck Mangione is a real person and not just a character made up for King Of The Hill. As a horn and trumpet player, I was legally required to learn "Feels So Good" in high school. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FExBwfQHXlE As a horse racing broadcaster, I now hear a lot of "First Call" played into "Feels so Good" by other horn players. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ArWoDSV-6NA
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Discussion from another thread:RFC2324 posted:http://www.differencebetween.net/object/comparisons-of-food-items/difference-between-corn-and-maize/ John Lee posted:Yeah, 'corn' just means 'grain.' (Basically.) Scarodactyl posted:Not even 'grain as in grass seeds' , hence 'corned' beef with grains of salt. I knew that corned beef was tinned meat but I'd never bothered to find out how it got its name
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Well, I fell down the Wikipedia hole at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bugle_call About half way through, I realised that bugle calls are basically just ringtones.
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Sep 30, 2021 06:46
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The Binding of Isaac is not Undertale.
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The Stanley Parable isn't The Binding of Isaac or similar roguelite.
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Gaius Marius posted:It is actually Yeah it kind of is, which is why I conflated them.
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3D Megadoodoo posted:Yeah it kind of is, which is why I conflated them. In the same way The Wizard of Oz is basically the same as Reservoir Dogs, I guess.
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Snowglobe of Doom posted:I knew that corned beef was tinned meat but I'd never bothered to find out how it got its name It’s not necessarily tinned. It’s just salt beef. You can buy an entire corned beef brisket sans tin, for example. 
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Sep 30, 2021 12:25
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'Keel over' is a sailing metaphor. Which seems obvious now, but somehow it never occurred to me until I saw a boat guy use it in a Columbo episode.
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Sep 30, 2021 12:58
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Snowglobe of Doom posted:Discussion from another thread: Traditionally corn may have meant any grain in the UK, but these days in common usage it pretty much just refers to maize/sweetcorn.
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Pseudohog posted:Traditionally corn may have meant any grain in the UK, but these days in common usage it pretty much just refers to maize/sweetcorn. If you read Caesar's commentaries, the translation goes on about corn a lot. The corn Caesar needed to feed his legions, fields of corn, etc. Seeing as maize only got introduced to Europe in... google google... the 1400s, they're clearly not talking about maize
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This made me think about how maize is incredibly corny and now I'm imaging the name stuck with sailers and traders bragging about how goddamn big the corns are on this bizarro grass, like it doesn't even look real man.
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I've always wondered if corn mazes were a pun on maize or if I'm reading too much into it.
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