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Vote for the Best 70s albums. Make it snappy, you have until 10am New York time tomorrow -- (link) - ty97 Oct 15, 11:10 18
- nmbIV -- (link) - 🧛 pfm in a Donkey Doug mask 💀 Oct 15, 11:21 [Image]
- 7/7 -- nm - Dano Oct 15, 11:20
- interesting to me that there's no billy joel anywhere -- nm - amanda Oct 15, 11:17 7
  - I probably played those cassettes more than others in high school but that fandom has faded a lot. - Max Oct 15, 11:21 1
    - You may be right. -- nm - 💀SPAWN💀 Oct 15, 11:24
  - ty set the cutoff higher for piano players. -- nm - Baron Someday🎩 Oct 15, 11:20
  - Hey, don't you ever besmirch Billy Jo... - 💀SPAWN💀 Oct 15, 11:19
  - you are right: The Stranger -- nm - Pippy's Brew Oct 15, 11:18
  - also I had trouble finding seven to vote for. -- nm - amanda Oct 15, 11:18
  - No Ramones surprised me more with this group. -- nm - spamlet Oct 15, 11:18
- I'm not sure there's any such thing. -- nm - Coffin Todd Oct 15, 11:17
- Oof. Only 2 of my nominees made it. Even Meat Loaf and CCR got omitted. -- nm - Baron Someday🎩 Oct 15, 11:15 5
  - none of mine made it -- nm - PumpkinheadPete Oct 15, 11:21
  - Think I went 6/7 but not sure what was left off... ah, my second Rolling Stones pick. Flipped a coin between Sticky Fingers and Some Girls, not sure which. -- nm* - 💀SPAWN💀 Oct 15, 11:16 3
    - I'll give myself another half point for having the other obvious Pink Floyd entry. -- nm - Baron Someday🎩 Oct 15, 11:19 2
      - I could not put a third in my top *7* (effin ty). -- nm - 💀SPAWN💀 Oct 15, 11:20 1
        
        Cosmo's Factory had 6 Top 10 Hits. CCR famously never had a #1. -- nm - Baron Someday🎩 Oct 15, 11:24
- Did you Google my top nom? - spamlet Oct 15, 11:14
Have the desperate need for unown G and H? Pokémon Go is selling you out to GrubHub. -- (link) - Qale Oct 15, 11:04 1
- Heh I didn’t even read the email. -- nm - spamlet Oct 15, 11:05
I was thinking Outback for my Friday takeout this week, but I have a 50% off coupon I don't want to waste on my usual cheap dinner. - 👻MonsterMeg💀 Oct 15, 11:02 3
- do they have pizza? because Friday is Pizza Day and you should get pizza. -- nm - mud Oct 15, 11:03 1
  - I love pizza but I daren't have a whole one just for me. One slice = half my daily points. -- nm - 👻MonsterMeg💀 Oct 15, 11:08
- Officer thinking. - 💀SPAWN💀 Oct 15, 11:02
So did I hear correctly this morning that Trump has added money for a comprehensive testing plan to the stimulus proposal? - spamlet Oct 15, 10:50 1
- *smh* - znoooooooo!!! Oct 15, 10:53
Speaking of polls, I know Secret Stalker was mentioned recently. Kelly? -- nm - 👻MonsterMeg💀 Oct 15, 10:44 2
- I’ll be setting it up this weekend. -- nm - kelly Oct 15, 10:51 1
  - 👍👍 -- nm - 👻MonsterMeg💀 Oct 15, 10:59
Great Barrier Reef losing coral, news -- (link) - PumpkinheadPete Oct 15, 10:44
CA GOP defying cease and desist order to remove unofficial ballot collection boxes. Because law and order, right? -- nm - znoooooooo!!! Oct 15, 10:44
how can we do "best movies" polls? we need more polls. -- nm - amanda Oct 15, 10:38 6
- POLL: What poll should we do next? - Coffin Todd Oct 15, 10:40 5
  - 1) this one. 2) second place. 3). Purple. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 15, 11:06
  - Polls! That's where we are vikings! -- nm - 💀SPAWN💀 Oct 15, 10:58 2
    - Best Vikings Movies! -- nm - mud Oct 15, 10:59 1
      - No, I mean... - 💀SPAWN💀 Oct 15, 11:05
  - You could relitigate the Oscars -- nm - 🐺Rollooooooooooooo🌕 Oct 15, 10:51
Pre-K fill in the blank poll: Practice makes _______. -- nm - znoooooooo!!! Oct 15, 10:37 15
- Wasted time. Perfect practice makes perfect. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 15, 11:10
- Iverson angry. -- nm - Baron Someday🎩 Oct 15, 11:09 1
  - heh -- nm - 🧛 pfm in a Donkey Doug mask 💀 Oct 15, 11:22
- oh, shiny -- nm - 💀SPAWN💀 Oct 15, 10:59
- Apparently the answer is now (spoils) - znoooooooo!!! Oct 15, 10:59 3
  - Participation Trophies -- nm - Pippy's Brew Oct 15, 11:12
  - That's loser talk. -- nm - Baron Someday🎩 Oct 15, 11:10
  - ~lowered expectations~ -- nm - 💀SPAWN💀 Oct 15, 11:00
- kitty! -- nm - Dark Callisto Oct 15, 10:58
- I'm supposed to be a franchise player, and you're asking about practice? -- (link) - Max Oct 15, 10:51 [youtube]
- me tired -- nm - 🐺Rollooooooooooooo🌕 Oct 15, 10:50
- Poopie! - pmb Oct 15, 10:45
- Blerfect -- nm - Graveman ⚰️💀 Oct 15, 10:42
- boredom! -- nm - decline Oct 15, 10:38
- Practitioners! -- nm - David Oct 15, 10:37
Well, there you go. Now I’ve heard a second Radiohead song. (KP was new to me) -- nm - kelly Oct 15, 10:14 5
- Maybe Fake Plastic Trees too? -- nm - Dano Oct 15, 10:38
- you probably know High and Dry too if you heard it. -- nm - colin 👻💦🍆 Oct 15, 10:18 3
  - Saturday night! -- nm - David Oct 15, 10:24
  - Exit Music (For a Film) gets used in shows a bunch. -- nm - Reagen Oct 15, 10:19 1
    - too true. -- nm - colin 👻💦🍆 Oct 15, 10:21
I've been doing community poll/data for Forza for a few years on which cars everyone wants to see in the games. The data vs perception is amusing. - Max Oct 15, 10:12 6
- Clearly, you need to ask them to list the *seven* cars they want. -- nm - 💀SPAWN💀 Oct 15, 10:59 1
  - It's an open field poll so they just enter whatever. Some users just list one, others have huge 1000+ car lists. The average is 11 models per user. -- nm - Max Oct 15, 11:01
- is there a car that is the overall favorite? -- nm - decline Oct 15, 10:17 3
  - The new Supra is the current leader after the Lamborghini Huracan Performante was checked off the list. - Max Oct 15, 10:26 1
    - unrelated anecdote: my dad had one of the original supras - man was that a cool car -- nm - decline Oct 15, 10:31
  - ***no, let's not start voting!**** - 🧛 pfm in a Donkey Doug mask 💀 Oct 15, 10:19
Senator Whitehouse: "don't think that when you have established the rule of 'because we can' that should the shoe be on the other foot you will have any credibility" -- (link*) - decline Oct 15, 10:11
Question of the day -- (pic) - 🧛 pfm in an Athena mask 💀 Oct 15, 10:10 [Attachment] 12
- Answer (spoiler) -- (pic) - 🧛 pfm in an Athena mask 💀 Oct 15, 10:11 [Attachment] 11
  - Bonus question -- (pic) - 🧛 pfm in an Athena mask 💀 Oct 15, 10:11 [Attachment] 10
    - Answer (spoiler) -- (pic) - 🧛 pfm in an Athena mask 💀 Oct 15, 10:12 [Attachment] 9
      - 2/2 -- nm - Marlowe Oct 15, 10:38
      - 1/2 -- I had the wrong logic on the bonus. I blame Colin. -- nm - David Oct 15, 10:35
      - 2/2 -- nm - PumpkinheadPete Oct 15, 10:23
      - 2/2. -- nm - 👽 Scully 👽 Oct 15, 10:16
      - 2/2 -- nm - kilboooooo 👻 Oct 15, 10:14
      - 2/2 -- nm - decline Oct 15, 10:13
      - 2/2 -- nm - Krusty Oct 15, 10:13
      - 2/2 because i got that first one right and play by the rules. -- nm - colin 👻💦🍆 Oct 15, 10:12
      - 2/2 -- nm - Graveman ⚰️💀 Oct 15, 10:12
Where I am with these things now: - Reagen Oct 15, 10:10 22
- Exactly. Now add that to driving a convertible. - 💀SPAWN💀 Oct 15, 11:04
- I think this is where most people are. When David says "What, no Soundgarden!?" I speculate his meaning is more - 🐺Rollooooooooooooo🌕 Oct 15, 10:54 5
  - But that’s the wrong Phair album! You’re wrong, rollo! - spamlet Oct 15, 11:08 2
    - Whipsmart is also great and I would have voted it in the top 10 if it was offered ... May Queen might be my favorite LP song - 🐺Rollooooooooooooo🌕 Oct 15, 11:18 1
      - May Queen is absolutely fantastic. -- nm - spamlet Oct 15, 11:44
  - All my exclamation points on ST are faux outrage. -- nm - Max Oct 15, 10:56
  - I feel that way about Big Daddy Meat Straw - znoooooooo!!! Oct 15, 10:56
- I just want to live in a world where I ask someone if they're happy with their preferences and they say Yes and ask me the same and I say Yes - Max Oct 15, 10:34 3
  - I mean if you both like Yes... -- nm - Reagen Oct 15, 10:37 2
    - I will tear your face off and feed it to your cat. -- nm - mud Oct 15, 10:48 1
      - does he even own a cat?! -- nm - Pippy's Brew Oct 15, 11:13
- Outside of my (mostly joking) campaigning for this I've always kind of been that way. - spamlet Oct 15, 10:21 2
  - Yeah, it's easier than it's ever been to find new stuff. - Reagen Oct 15, 10:23 1
    - Now that I have my Spotify and Plex under control I’ve been listening to more stuff. I should start in on the pile of stuff to listen to. -- nm - spamlet Oct 15, 10:48
- these things are hard.. i like some absolute garbage music and its taken me years to be okay with it. - colin 👻💦🍆 Oct 15, 10:15 6
  - I too like some absolute garbage. I wish I had more sophisticated tastes -- nm - Pippy's Brew Oct 15, 11:14
  - One person's trash is another's treasure. I'm glad that you're embracing your music now. -- nm - JD Oct 15, 10:55
  - I mean I've got *opinions*. But I'm happy with where I'm at - Reagen Oct 15, 10:18 3
    - i REALLY miss last.fm.. that for me was probably the best time of my life for finding new music. i've had a lot of trouble finding new stuff - colin 👻💦🍆 Oct 15, 10:20 2
      - Mick Gordon - DOOM soundtrack is the best thrash metal in ages. I wish I was kidding. -- nm - Reagen Oct 15, 10:26 1
        
        oh absolutely. i've listened to it a few times through now. -- nm - colin 👻💦🍆 Oct 15, 10:28
- heh -- nm - mud Oct 15, 10:13
The hot new single of 2020: Cash In Yo Ass -- (link) - Graveman ⚰️💀 Oct 15, 10:10
Full 90s album results list with point totals - ty97 Oct 15, 10:09 16 1
- 13-22 is legitimately a better list than the top 10. - David Oct 15, 10:51 3
  - 12-21 -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 15, 11:08 1
    - 9-17 -- nm - 💀SPAWN💀 Oct 15, 11:09
  - *flags as deceptive ST post* - 💀SPAWN💀 Oct 15, 11:07
- was I the only person who nominated tidal? I thought that might get some love. that album *stands up.* -- nm - amanda Oct 15, 10:37 3
  - Effin *seven*. -- nm - 💀SPAWN💀 Oct 15, 11:08
  - It does. She was ahead of the curve. -- nm - Reagen Oct 15, 10:40
  - I would have voted if I saw it but don't remember seeing it. -- nm - spamlet Oct 15, 10:39
- I think I remember reading that Dookie was one of the most "resold" albums ever - Reagen Oct 15, 10:14 4
  - I think American Idiot made it seem like garbage - Pippy's Brew Oct 15, 11:16
  - Tragic Kingdom was the other I'm remembering now. -- nm - Reagen Oct 15, 10:45 2
    - My sister was very surprised by that one. - spamlet Oct 15, 10:54
    - Soul Asylum - Grave Dancers Union (or Let Your Dim Light Shine...or both) - BloodyAxeSean, Anti-Pumpkin 🚫🎃🚫 Oct 15, 10:48
- thx ty ! -- nm - mud Oct 15, 10:12
- "Play some rap music" -- nm - The Last Boy Scout Oct 15, 10:11
- tell us who voted for Garth Brooks so we can shun them. -- nm - colin 👻💦🍆 Oct 15, 10:11
I spent most of the 90s listening to classical music and musical theatre cast albums, so I have no idea what you all are so worked up about. -- nm - znoooooooo!!! Oct 15, 10:09 2
- *surprised* - Literally no one Oct 15, 10:19 1
  - Heh. - znoooooooo!!! Oct 15, 10:28
THERE WAS NO SOUNDGARDEN - David Oct 15, 10:06 25
- #13! -- nm - mud Oct 15, 10:13
- Ultramega OK came out in the 80s. - BloodyAxeSean, Anti-Pumpkin 🚫🎃🚫 Oct 15, 10:13
- I don't understand the Achutung Baby love. It is hardly U2s best and wasn't what I would call influential on the 90s -- nm - kilboooooo 👻 Oct 15, 10:11 1
  - That one surprised me a bit as well. Also the lack of early 90s rock noms was unexpected. -- nm - ty97 Oct 15, 10:13
- Sorry. For me, Nirvana>Pearl Jam>Soundgarden. There was no room. - zunkskunk scared stupid ♻ Oct 15, 10:10 3
  - Soundgarden>Nirvana>AliceInChains>abunchofoth ers>Pearl Jam -- nm - mud Oct 15, 10:26 1
    - At least on 10 PJ was fundamentally different than those. Much more arena rock-y. - spamlet Oct 15, 10:33
  - Figure out how greater than signs work! -- nm - David Oct 15, 10:23
- controversial (maybe?) opinion: Audioslave was better. Just as APC is way better than Tool. - colin 👻💦🍆 Oct 15, 10:09 5
  - agreed -- nm - Pippy's Brew Oct 15, 11:18
  - Audioslave stripped all the interesting bits off Tom Morrello's guitar playing - Reagen Oct 15, 10:12 3
    - Doesn't Remind Me brings me to tears every time i hear it... -- nm - colin 👻💦🍆 Oct 15, 10:13 2
      - Especially the acoustic. -- nm - 💀SPAWN💀 Oct 15, 11:01
      - "Chris Cornell's Favourite Things" -- nm - Reagen Oct 15, 10:15
- Just what the list needed, another white rock band -- nm - Krusty Oct 15, 10:09 4
  - hey now, one band listed had one Black member...not sure what your deal is. -- nm - colin 👻💦🍆 Oct 15, 10:10 3
    - Kim Thayil is Indian. -- nm - Reagen Oct 15, 10:21 1
      - there we go! -- nm - colin 👻💦🍆 Oct 15, 10:28
    - Fair -- nm - Krusty Oct 15, 10:14
- I guess my love for Counting Crows was not shared by ST :) -- nm - kilboooooo 👻 Oct 15, 10:08 4
  - Too. Many. Crows. - 💀SPAWN💀 Oct 15, 10:56
  - One beautific album then nothing but screeching ever since -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 15, 10:38
  - I voted for it. I think that album is fantastic. -- nm - pmb Oct 15, 10:16
  - I voted for it -- nm - BloodyAxeSean, Anti-Pumpkin 🚫🎃🚫 Oct 15, 10:13
- There is, but it's in a secure area. -- nm - psilotum Oct 15, 10:08

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