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  1. AlmostAGhost

    Canceled LA Show

    Just got an email that this has been postponed again, no date specified yet. Will this show EVER happen?
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    Musical Mondays Week 89 Rock, Rock, Rock

    I was stoked to see Johnny Burnette. Another one of his train songs went on to be covered by The Yardbirds and when Jimmy Page left that group and started up Led Zeppelin, they'd also cover it in the early days before they had enough songs to do. Legend is, it's actually the song the four Zep guys played when they first got in a room to meet. Yardbirds version https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0y078n95ApAhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0y078n95ApA Zep:
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    Musical Mondays Week 89 Rock, Rock, Rock

    We got four more to watch!
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    Musical Mondays Week 89 Rock, Rock, Rock

    Yea that number was wild and bad. I wonder how it got stuck in there. Generally though, the music was pretty solid all the way through, I thought. Diverse stuff too, not all just early rock.
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    Musical Mondays Week 89 Rock, Rock, Rock

    I think you could show this to your kids as homeschooling, so they learn all about finances
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    Episode 236.5 — Prequel to Episode 237

    I went to the show too. I've also listened to the ep on Stitcher. But it's been so long, it still feels like a fresh episode for me haha
  7. my votes Charlie's Angels 1/2 Jupiter Ascending Popeye
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    HDTGM Quarantine-palooza! (Online Playlists and Mixtapes)

    that Aldous Harding record is really cool. i wasn't into her first one, but last year's was a knock-out. such a strange and beautiful writer.
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    Sullivan's Travels

    Just some random thoughts as I listened to this on my daily self isolation walk: I was on the bubble, but listening to Paul & Amy, I voted no. Their discussion was too inside-Hollywood, and I think the film being there hurts it. I tend to a bias against movies about movies, but I think this film is a good example why. It's distances me from relating to the point, puts up a slight barrier there for me. I think Paul & Amy said that you're instantly against Sullivan, but I didn't view it that way. I thought we were on his side throughout. Maybe I took it wrong. But this is one of the complicated aspects of the film that I really liked. Also, I'm not clueless about old movies, but I'm certainly no deep expert. But all these other Sturges movies that Paul & Amy bring up... I've never heard of any of them. Are any of them really in the zeitgeist as Sullivan's Travels is? I don't see how you can replace this with another Sturges for the list, if he must be on there. Are people really watching Coen Brothers movies and going "oh well it's fine"?
  10. gonna have to rewatch Rockula
  11. OK I finally found something that might be fun Let's rock
  12. whoa i thought i was like 6 months away from choosing again i'll find a pick after breakfast
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    12 Angry Men

    No, but it is shooting for realism, isn't it? This is about a real world case being solved by real world people in order to focus in on real life justice and human nature. Also, I do think it has developed a reputation of verite, even if unintended; Amy's story about Justice Sotomayor having to tell juries to quell their 12 Angry Men-inspired aspirations is proof.
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    Musical Mondays Week 88 Head

    It's freaking awesome! It reminds me a little of some of his long songs on Tempest (those weird ones about John Lennon and the Titanic), so yea, I concur it's probably from those around then when he was writing about topics like that. 5 straight albums of Sinatra covers is way too much, that's for sure haha.
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    HDTGM Quarantine-palooza! (Online Playlists and Mixtapes)

    i haven't made a ton of playlists lately, but i used to do it all the time. maybe i'll get back to it. my only current one tho is one where i toss songs i like from 2020 on to a big list https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3AMB8x0SPcEZJiBxl8GFFx?si=FcE29E2WRg2vm-LUX_ZSLQ also have some lists on there of my favorite albums of each year, which is something i compile and share with friends every December
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    Episode 236 — The Great Wall (Live)

    Is the Nameless Order really nameless?
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    12 Angry Men

    I think it is the point, considering how influential the film is about justice. Maybe they didn't intend it, but that's how it ended up.
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    12 Angry Men

    Yes, I mentioned similar on my Letterboxd review, though I am a bit less forgiving (though I still think the film is brilliant and should be on the list). I mean, a jury should not be bringing in their own investigation and facts. That's not their role, and shouldn't be! In fact, if they did that regularly, the whole justice system would probably fall apart. Lawyers, judges, juries: each have their own necessary function, and this jury in this movie takes on all three roles. It's kind of bizarre and the one thing I can't fully get my head around it, or why it was necessary to write that way. I liked hearing about the history of juries from Amy, because these 12 old men judging some kid bugged me too, but I guess that was part of the times and how it probably was then.
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    Musical Mondays Week 88 Head

    My two faves were "As We Go Along" which I thought was gorgeous and I immediately went to try to listen to it a bunch, and "Can You Dig It?" was fun
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    Musical Mondays Week 88 Head

    this was much better and more watchable than I expected!
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    Episode 235.5 — Prequel to Episode 236

    yea NetflixParty seems to have a good rep going, but our film choice will definitely be limited a little, unless we started watching random other stuff together too. the facebook group seems to be still be using Kast though? i havent tried it myself yet, but someone is getting it to work
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    Rear Window

    How does everyone rank the Hitchcocks, now we're done with all four? For me 1. Vertigo 2. Psycho 3. North By Northwest 4. Rear Window
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    Upcoming Episodes

    3/26. 12 Angry Men 4/2. Sullivan's Travels 4/9. Easy Rider 4/16. Intolerance 4/23. Cabaret
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    Coronavirus movie group lists

    Oh same. I'll skip the ones that look way out of my interest zone for sure. I'll prob lean to the ones that seem HDTGM crazy, or have cool co-cast members.
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