Forum Replies Created
-
AuthorPosts
-
svelteParticipant[quote=kcal09]This is wrong with Kamala Harris:
She is an opportunist who gave Biden a hard time during the debates.
I wrote her off the minute she attacked fellow Democrats instead of showing she could effectively compete against Trump. I never looked back or gave her another consideration. She provided talking points and video for the Republicans to use against Democrats which is unforgivable.[/quote]Yeah, I have to say that took me back as well.
svelteParticipant[quote=spdrun]
OK mofo. you’ve said who it shouldn’t be.
go on record for who it SHOULD be.
In a perfect world? Yang or Fauci.[/quote]
Not bad choices. I don’t know much about either, but on the surface they seem fine.
svelteParticipantTo me it would come down to two things:
1. The distance from the foot of the slope to the house
2. Whether the house on the hill has any windows that could look into my back yard.I’m not as picky if the uphill neighbors could be in their back yard and see my yard, but I don’t really want them in their house doing that.
Distance to house: I’d be good at 30 feet plus, if I really liked the house 25 feet may be OK in some cases, but I really wouldn’t go smaller than that. Just my preference. In 25 feet I could do a lot of underground drainage to make sure the runoff stays away from my house. I would certainly go with oversized underground drain pipes. Way oversized. Up here in my neck of the woods, there are some newer yards with a 10-15 foot deep back yard then a very steep slope. That would rule them out to me.
A third factor: who owns the slope? If it is your yard, you can ensure it is properly maintained with vegetation to keep the soil stable. If it is your uphill neighbors or the HOA, that’s a different story…you could be looking at mud coming down that hill some year.
svelteParticipantThis all gets down to a point I didn’t understand to my early 20s. Some musicians view music as an art, some view it as entertainment.
I guess I realized that when I started hanging out with a musician (or wanna-be musician depending on your point of view) and he pointed out to me the showmanship aspect of it all. I think we were talking about Prince at the time.
It got me thinking…some musician do view it as a show to be performed. Others view it as an artist views a painting.
I’m not picking a side here, as both types of music are appropriate. I like the show, but I also like the art.
As long as the “show” is quality music, I’m on board.
Prince: I’m not dissing Prince, I’m a fan of his music. My wife is a BIG prince fan.
Which reminds me of a time 10 yrs back when we were in a hole-in-the-wall bar in SF. We’ve met all sorts of Europeans in that place and we’re not shy, we’ve struck up conversations with them – it’s fun!
Anyway, we are at this bar in SF and the band starts playing Willie Nelson. My wife goes nuts. The singer goes “I see we got a little Willie fan in the audience.” as he looks at my wife. Without missing a beat, my wife replies “no, I’m a BIG Willie fan!” knowing full well what she just said. The band had no comeback.
svelteParticipant[quote=scaredyclassic]Justice requires that russia pick the next 10 presidents of the us[/quote]
u funny bra.
My dad had some great stories about his position in the military when the POB hit.
Non-political, he expressed no opinion whether it was right or wrong. Just what happened at the grunt level when that sh!t went down.
svelteParticipant[quote=Coronita]Duckworth.
She fits my litmus test of the safest approach.
1. Moderate.
2. Decorated veteran.
3. Tough.
4. Woman.
5. Minority, but wouldn’t polarize the voters with BLM.[/quote]
Just read her wikipedia. I’d be thumbs-up for Duckworth.
svelteParticipant[quote=spdrun]
If countries like Taiwan, St. Lucia, and Croatia can do this, why can’t we?[/quote]OK mofo. you’ve said who it shouldn’t be.
go on record for who it SHOULD be.
svelteParticipant[quote=Coronita]Duckworth.
She fits my litmus test of the safest approach.
1. Moderate.
2. Decorated veteran.
3. Tough.
4. Woman.
5. Minority, but wouldn’t polarize the voters with BLM.Like I said before, the safest approach would be Biden to pick a female running mate that is part Asian American. He meets his promise of picking a female and a minority without picking someone polarizing like Harris.[/quote]
You know, on the surface Harris should be someone I like. If I read her bio, I should be thumbs up.
But I’m not. I can’t put it into words, but something about her rubs me the wrong way. She certainly could be a great VP candidate, but I dunno. I sense something wrong.
svelteParticipantHere is a name I hadn’t heard before: Karen Bass.
On the surface, she looks like she’d be a great pick. Of course she has had virtually no vetting in the press – once that happens it might be a whole different story.
But on the basis of this article alone, I like her.
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/07/24/karen-bass-biden-vp-380583
svelteParticipantI just adore this song and this video…everything about them. Just fantastic.
Don’t know if you know the backstory, but Lil Nas was broke and living on his sister’s couch. All his plans in ruins. Somewhere in the South if I’m not mistaken. That’s where he wrote this song.
That’s where the lyric “cain’t nobody tell me nothin” comes from – he was poking at himself and how he doesn’t listen to reason.
The lyrics are just awesome.
And the video – oh my just perfect. Love the line “you have a good day get off my car”.
Another song with awesome bass. I see a trend here. Getting those subs has really changed my taste in music.
svelteParticipant[quote=scaredyclassic]the music in a musical should involve a flight of spirit so extreme that words cannot contain the feeling.[/quote]
I agree with that.
Also, there are some church choir songs that are inspiring in the same sort of way. I don’t enjoy it often, but when done right – and I think predominately black churches do it better than predominately white churches – it is very uplifting.
It is coming back to me. The last anniversary play we saw was a Shakespeare play in the Old Globe [edit: actually Lowell Davies theater outside]. I had procrastinated to the last minute and by some fluke 2 front row seats came available. We had the best seats ever. The weather was perfect, the night was clear, and we sat there barely understanding a single word of the English language. It was frustrating. It was a comedy and some people laughed, but we weren’t getting the jokes for the most part. Way too much energy just to follow the dialog – I didn’t have the bandwidth left to piece together and enjoy the story.
After that, she said that’s it. I quit.
Which reminds me of a great BB King song…If That Ain’t It I Quit
svelteParticipantI could be wrong, but I can only think of one album I own that was part of a musical or in any theater production.
For the most part, I dislike musical soundtracks.
There are rare exceptions and probably a few I like that I didn’t know were in musicals. I liked the song “Oklahoma” but don’t own it. I liked a few songs from “South Pacific” but again don’t own them. I saw those two musicals as performed by colleges I attended and actually enjoyed them, but that was probably more due to I saw them with a pretty date on my arm…pretty sure that influenced my opinion of the play.
The only musical soundtrack that I can think of that I own is Pink Floyd The Wall, and if I’m not mistaken the album came out before the musical.
Which I think gets to the root of the problem…it’s the same reason for the most part I dislike Christian music: the song is there to support something else, it was written like a commercial ad jingle. It’s purpose is to support a point of view. Granted there are exceptions, I’m speaking in generalities here.
True there are other songs written intentionally to be hits so they too are written for a specific purpose – but I think they have more leeway than a song written to support a religion or an actress/actor’s character in a play. Those are boxed in from the get-go…and probably under more time constraints which leads to a poorer quality song.
On a side note, we had a 10-15 year tradition to see plays performed by local folks on our anniversary. We saw them often in Coronado and the La Jolla Playhouse. I enjoyed the comedies a bit, but not too much the others. A couple of years ago, my wife asked to end that tradition. She gave it a go for many years, but was not enjoying the experience.
We’ve probably attended our last broadway play and local play. We tried.
svelteParticipant[quote=scaredyclassic]… but the only one that’s really spoken to me is YOU A STUPID HO by nikki minaj. That is definitely a work of art, and i truly mean that. I also reallllllly like the video.
I dont see how anyone could dislike STUPID HO.
[/quote]I don’t think I could sit and listen to that song – too repetitive for me to enjoy. The video is fun though!
We are a big Nicki fan in our house. My all time favorite of hers is “Beez in the Trap”. I swear I saw heaven when that played in my darkened music room, 4 foot speakers, huge subwoofer, a little something to sip on (no not Purple Drank), and enjoyable company. Turn it up and feel the low frequencies! Truly a work of art.
We also enjoy Starships and Anaconda.
And she puts out some awesome vids – Va Va Voom, Pound the Alarm, others…
Oh and forgot to mention before we’ve also bought a Khia album. I looove My Neck, My Back. When we have guests over it always gets a belly laugh out of someone…they’re not expecting to hear that playing on the speakers in our house!
That’s another song with great bass…
svelteParticipant[quote=sdrealtor]More directed to others but then what real rap do you like? What music did you listen to by a new artist? Last 5 years? 10 years?[/quote]
I’ve went Jazz the last two years, but in the last 10 here are some of the artists whose albums I’ve added to my music collection:
Missy Elliott
Pep & Rash
Eminem
Anna Lunoe
Coldplay
Nicki Minaj
YG (loved toot it and boot it!)
Robin Thicke
Groove Session
Q-Tip
2Pac (greatest hits)
Gwen Stefani
Jason Aldean
Imagine Dragons
Brantley Gilbert
Bruno Mars
Darius Rucker
Riff Raff
10cent
Lil Nas (love Old Town Road!)Thats probably only 10-15% of the artists whose albums I’ve bought in last 10 years, many more I can’t think of right now..I’d say 50% of what I’ve bought is older stuff, 50% new music including those listed above.
-
AuthorPosts