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good news, hyde: Sicario 2 is happening -- nm - dj fingerblast Apr 21, 15:50 2
- that seems like an odd movie to have a sequel. but i didn't hate that flick, i just thought it was average....nm - x Apr 21, 15:55
- why? -- nm - amoxy Apr 21, 15:50
Unsure if misplaced tribute to avowed non-drinker ... or accidental butt plug reference. -- (link) - Beryllium Apr 21, 15:49 1
- it's the former - they've had other dipped bottles like that in the past. -- nm - b. Apr 21, 15:57
I can see why "The Messengers" was cancelled by the CW (Now picked up by Netflix) - amoxy Apr 21, 15:49
If you are in or near Brooklyn, this sounds awesome -- (link) - ty97 Apr 21, 15:48
Oh no, it's starting. It's all purpled up! -- nm - ty97 Apr 21, 15:39 5
- Purple Haze man -- nm - Wolf Apr 21, 15:57
- love it. -- nm - Diva Apr 21, 15:50
- Very nice Bery -- nm - amoxy Apr 21, 15:48
- ^5, Bery.! -- nm - b. Apr 21, 15:45 1
  - ~ purple slack, purple slack ... ~ -- nm - call me Ishmael Apr 21, 15:48
Scott Brooks is the new Wizards coach. -- nm - David Apr 21, 15:36 2
- sorry, washington!....nm - x Apr 21, 15:47
- hmmm. Did he and Durant get along in OKC? -- nm - prayformojo Apr 21, 15:46
MTV aired a Fresh prince video about 30 minutes ago. -- (link) - Todd Manning Apr 21, 15:36
Falcons GM: Josh Norman is "not a direction we're going" -- nm - Strongbad Apr 21, 15:35 2
- I'm surprised somebody even asked him the question. -- nm - David Apr 21, 15:37 1
  - Well, it is sports talk radio. -- nm - Strongbad Apr 21, 15:42
Today's tour was for a school with a total enrollment of 24 from 3 year olds and up. Fun trying to talk to all ages at once. - Meg Apr 21, 15:34
The only reason anyone has heard of Phillip Humber happened four years ago today. - iSpam Apr 21, 15:32
Every time I think of Prince's "I Would Die For You", I get it conflated with Jann Arden's, but Prince's song is (duh) so much better. - Mop Apr 21, 15:30
weirdly, i listened to my vinyl copy of "Purple Rain" two weeks or so ago..... - x Apr 21, 15:29 8
- this is important: what other musicians have you been playing records of this year? -- nm - dj fingerblast Apr 21, 15:34 2
  - let's see. that day i listened to fairport convention "liege and lief", the byrds "younger than yesterday", railroad jerk.... - x Apr 21, 15:39
  - well now he'll be buying a foo fighters album. thanks a heckuva lot for giving him the idea! -- nm - b. Apr 21, 15:36
- I had it rolling today at my desk at work. - Dark Callisto Apr 21, 15:31 4
  - a lot of it is just burned into my brain. i even snuck in to just watch parts of it beyond the 3 times i paid to see it that summer.....nm - x Apr 21, 15:35 2
    - it's kind of hard to believe a studio just gave a musician (even Prince) however much they must have given him to make that movie - dj fingerblast Apr 21, 15:38 1
      - totally. and at that point, anything even vaguely resembling a musical was total anathema.... - x Apr 21, 15:43
  - (the movie, that is. The album itself is probably in the running for the one I've listened to the most in my life.) -- nm - Dark Callisto Apr 21, 15:32
update on my mom's situation from earlier today, not great, but could have been much worse. details IM ... - call me Ishmael Apr 21, 15:25 2
- could have been much worse, but I would expect a stay in a rehab hospital, my mom fell out of bed and it was 2m stay -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 21, 16:32
- poor {{{your mom}}} - continued good thoughts being sent. -- nm - b. Apr 21, 15:32
Steph Curry Ankle Watch -- (link) - dj fingerblast Apr 21, 15:16
Howard Stern, "Do you think Prince is a better musician than you?" Dave Grohl, "Dude, Prince is a better DRUMMER than I am." -- nm - Remlik Apr 21, 15:14 7
- howard stern and dave grohl in the same room would be an awesome place for a drone strike...nm - x Apr 21, 15:18 6
  - now where did I put my extra-pointy stick? -- nm - b. Apr 21, 15:22 3
    - i find him totally insufferable. i've watched sooo many music documentaries that he ruins with his presence....nm - x Apr 21, 15:24 2
      - I appreciate he's not for everyone in that kind of context, but the music. -- nm - b. Apr 21, 15:29 1
        
        nirvana, ok. i never liked the foo fighters, myself. i saw scream, though!....nm - x Apr 21, 15:32
  - well for stern -- nm - Remlik Apr 21, 15:21 1
    - Agreed, i like Dave Grohl -- nm - amoxy Apr 21, 15:50
multigrain pb cheerios are on their way out (boo), but there's a new limited edition strawberry that this guy really really likes. nm but: -- (link) - b. Apr 21, 15:14
I wonder if Abe Vigoda wasn't literally keeping Death at bay. -- nm - Reagen Apr 21, 15:12 2
- because of all that barney miller coffee his soul is darker than the reapers already -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 21, 16:30
- If he was, then the job fell to Betty White to pick up the slack. Why does Betty White hate musicians?! -- nm* - TWuG Apr 21, 15:14
The one thing that Blade Runner 2 MUST have is a score by Vangelis. MUST. -- nm* - TWuG Apr 21, 15:04 5
- and Rutger Hauer -- nm - decline Apr 21, 15:10 4
  - Spoils - TWuG Apr 21, 15:13 3
    - Spoils - decline Apr 21, 15:16 2
      - Spoils - TWuG Apr 21, 15:22 1
        
        spoils ? - call me Ishmael Apr 21, 15:50
Also born in 1958: Ellen, Ice T, Tim Burton, Kevin Bacon, Angela Bassett, Jamie Lee Curtis, Nikki Sixx, Joan Jett - ty97 Apr 21, 15:03 2
- Hands off, 2016! -- nm - TWuG Apr 21, 15:05
- Eeny, meeny... -- nm - 2016 Apr 21, 15:04
Next Week's New Yorker cover -- (link) - ty97 Apr 21, 14:58 1
- The problem with being colorblind is purple rain just looks like rain. :-) -- nm - TWuG Apr 21, 15:01
Posted little less than half an hour ago -- (link) - Jim Apr 21, 14:54 3
- And shared by at least three of us. -- nm - nic to be determined Apr 21, 14:59
- (you don't need to be logged in to see it.) -- nm - b. Apr 21, 14:58 1
  - (and, also, it gave me a little shiver, aww.) -- nm - b. Apr 21, 14:59
The first Prince song I hear after work and I get in the car is Batdance? Seriously? Prince quiz: What was that 45's B-Side? -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Apr 21, 14:46 8
- What's a 45? -- nm - decline Apr 21, 14:46 7
  - "I'm on the dance floor and the DJ dropped my 45, I was so hyped that I dropped my .45 and everybody just ran." nm - Dignan Apr 21, 15:23
  - lol -- nm - groiny Apr 21, 14:49
  - It's where you store your Brim Full of Ashas -- nm* - Qale Apr 21, 14:48 3
    - Nicely done, have some points. -- nm - spamlet Apr 21, 15:10
    - love that cd. -- nm - Remlik Apr 21, 14:55
    - excellent ref, excellent album -- nm - rollo Apr 21, 14:52
  - Shush you. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Apr 21, 14:48
Richard Lyons, Founder of Avant-Garde Band Negaitvland, Dies at Age 57 -- (link) - Remlik Apr 21, 14:46 2
- i've likely told this story before, but i saw those guys live. they came out with a toaster, put two slices of bread in it..... - x Apr 21, 15:10
- 57 is the new 27 -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 21, 14:53
GOP's extended primary season diverting party resources away from battleground states (OH, FL, NC) -- (link) - dj fingerblast Apr 21, 14:46 1
- Meanwhile Hillary won't spend the money to attack Bernie, and has bought $90M in ad time in states like this. That planning ahead will do wonders. -- nm - MDH Apr 21, 14:53
Huh. I just got a presale notice for a showing of Blazing Saddles followed by a talk from Mel Brooks. That's really tempting. -- nm - pmb Apr 21, 14:45 16
- Worth every penny. -- nm - Robert Barontheon Apr 21, 15:41
- i don't want to jinx anything but . . . it's 2016 for almost 7 more months -- nm* - dj fingerblast Apr 21, 15:27
- When is it? -- nm - spamlet Apr 21, 15:10 4
  - Sunday afternoon, June 12th (3:00 pm). -- nm - pmb Apr 21, 15:13 3
    - Oof. Can you forward it to me? - spamlet Apr 21, 15:15 2
      - Sent -- nm - pmb Apr 21, 15:48 1
        
        Thanks. Want to see if I can swing it. -- nm - iSpam Apr 21, 16:12
- its 100 bucks for the good seats. -- nm - groiny Apr 21, 14:52
- Go! If only to keep 2016 from getting him, too! -- nm - TWuG Apr 21, 14:50
- do it, do it. he's a fantastic storyteller. -- nm - b. Apr 21, 14:50 1
  - Very much so. I could sit and listen to him talk about his films, NY in the old days, the actors and actress he's known, etc. -- nm - Krusty Andromedon Apr 21, 14:58
- I posted about that a couple days back. - groiny Apr 21, 14:49 2
  - Let me know if you want the presale code. The presale starts tomorrow through Sunday with official sale beginning on Monday. -- nm - pmb Apr 21, 14:55 1
    - Thanks, I doubt I can swing it, I have alot of shit coming up. -- nm - groiny Apr 21, 14:57
- oh you gotta go -- nm - Remlik Apr 21, 14:46
- I'd be all over that. -- nm - Krusty Andromedon Apr 21, 14:46
I bought two tickets for a major sporting event final in an 80,000 seater stadium. And it's followed by a show of 3,500 dancers commemorating our - Loyola Apr 21, 14:37 6
- Very nice! Complete opposite in our world. PrincessCY bought tickets to an upcoming concert only to find out she bought two parking spaces. - CrankYanker Apr 21, 14:45 3
  - Poor girl. - Loyola Apr 21, 15:01
  - Can she complain to the credit card company saying at least the the second parking was an overcharge -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 21, 14:57 1
    - Yeah, that's the next step. If it doesn't work, we'll use the parking spaces to setup a boycott info booth and let people know about the scam. - CrankYanker Apr 21, 15:01
- Great deal and nice that they do that. -- nm - Krusty Andromedon Apr 21, 14:40 1
  - I'm looking forward to it. Promised cold though :( -- nm - Loyola Apr 21, 15:00
Survivor was fantastic. -- nm - Volnelk Apr 21, 14:36 2
- Thoughts though. Spoilers - Volnelk Apr 21, 14:49 1
  - spoils - nic to be determined Apr 21, 15:03
A much better look at the Tesla Model 3. No interior looks, but it does show off the lines of the car better than could be seen during the reveal -- (link) - TWuG Apr 21, 14:33 [youtube] 1
- the fact that Tesla is even in existence and making the number of cars that they do is already a small miracle. Henry Kaiser thought he could do it -- (link*) - dj fingerblast Apr 21, 14:37
Kerry Gordy, Prince's VP of Paisley Park, says this song could easily have been penned by Prince and the video epitomizes how Prince would - CrankYanker Apr 21, 14:29 [youtube]
It's a shame that he died before having a chance to become King. -- nm - rollo Apr 21, 14:25
first trailer for The Founder -- (link) - dj fingerblast Apr 21, 14:22 [youtube]
I celebrate his entire catalog -- (link) - Todd Manning Apr 21, 14:18 [Backboard] 1
- I only like the dirty songs. -- nm - Qale Apr 21, 14:47
And the President releases a statement. -- (link) - pmb Apr 21, 14:06 2
- I give it 2 minutes before the first, "What the fuck is Obama worried about Prince for instead of....blank" meme appears on FB. -- nm - Jim Apr 21, 14:09 1
  - "...instead of droning Madonna" -- nm - Loyola Apr 21, 14:10
Ok, I have to talk about something better than one of my musical heroes dying...so how bout Survivor?? (spoils) - Jim Apr 21, 14:05 4
- spoils - dj fingerblast Apr 21, 14:10 3
  - I don't know...(spoils) - Jim Apr 21, 14:18 2
    - sure but (spoils) - dj fingerblast Apr 21, 14:21 1
      - that's true. i'm curious about that as well (spoils) - Jim Apr 21, 14:23
Destiny: This Week at Bungie. -- (link) - Shaun Apr 21, 14:04 10
- you mean Me, David and Remlik were not one of the top teams for the Elders Challenge??? - groiny Apr 21, 14:22 8
  - Speak for yourself. I got 58k one round last week. -- nm - David Apr 21, 14:27 7
    - what did you do last night? - groiny Apr 21, 14:29 6
      - that was me dieing a lot last night. You, Spawn and I rocked it earlier this week -- nm - Remlik Apr 21, 14:40 4
        
        here, see? - groiny Apr 21, 14:43 2
        
        If the boss gets tone, it's instant death. -- nm - David Apr 21, 15:12 1
        
        tone? -- nm - groiny Apr 21, 15:32
        
        no, I pulled up the stats today, you and David died 25 times combined. - groiny Apr 21, 14:41
      - watched the Braves lose. -- nm - David Apr 21, 14:30
- Also even though there are multiple ways to get to 335, King's Fall has had its loot drops buffed. -- (link) - Shaun Apr 21, 14:15
aannnnddd the rumors are starting about his flu like symptons. -- nm - Remlik Apr 21, 14:02 9
- "The Sheriff's department says Prince was found in an elevator at Paisley Park. They performed CPR, but were unable to revive him." -- nm - dj fingerblast Apr 21, 14:49
- '/~one of these things is not like the others..'/~ nm but: -- (link) - b. Apr 21, 14:05
- Did you hear that Aretha Franklin speculated that it was Zika? -- nm - mara Apr 21, 14:03 6
  - I did not. Others are speculating AIDS....he had a dance party Saturday night and said "Wait a few days before you waste any prayers, -- (link) - Remlik Apr 21, 14:04 5
    - With the recent pneumounia/flu emergency landing and his relatively young age, the thought did cross my mind BUT - ty97 Apr 21, 14:39 2
      - It could just be pneumonia/flu. People do die from that. And I know that Jehovah's Witnesses have some limitations on doctors care. Don't really - pmb Apr 21, 14:43 1
        
        Right, it could be. And it could be any number of other things. - ty97 Apr 21, 14:47
    - So, what you're saying is that Charlie Sheen and Prince were a thing? - David Apr 21, 14:33
    - The article also said he was going to writing his memoir for release in 2017. I hope he finished it. Or at least most of it. I bet it would be - pmb Apr 21, 14:10
It's times like this that set you to questioning your own mortality... - Meg Apr 21, 13:58 1
- *hugs* - b. Apr 21, 14:01
Music videos are on MTV and it's not 3 am. -- nm - Todd Manning Apr 21, 13:53
Shelby Miller is broken. - ML Apr 21, 13:51
The Gilmore Guys podcast I just opened up has a parody of "Kiss" -- (link) - amoxy Apr 21, 13:51 [youtube]
Perfect. -- (link) - ML Apr 21, 13:49 7
- I hope they livecast this. -- nm - David Apr 21, 13:52 6
  - if I were 10 years younger... - ML Apr 21, 14:00 5
    - You need to go...in zubaz. -- nm - Remlik Apr 21, 14:05 4
      - the zubaz *are* purple -- nm - ML Apr 21, 14:07 3
        
        I like little, sweet paying of respect like this. nm but: -- (link) - b. Apr 21, 14:13 2
        
        ah, it's actually showing everywhere, not just mn. :) - -- nm - b. Apr 21, 14:19
        
        that's cool -- nm - ML Apr 21, 14:14

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