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"I hear that you and your band, have sold your guitars and bought turntables. I hear that you and your band, have sold your turntables and bought - rollo Apr 9, 11:13
B2, Truman: It's that "Avril" died many years ago, and the current Avril is a stand-in/fake to keep the money rolling in. -- nm - MDH Apr 9, 11:00 2
- Yeah, Nickelback killed her and this was also done to save him from prosecution/jail time. - Spawn Apr 9, 11:11 1
  - Related -- Nickelback did a 2:45 minute version of the sea shanty song that is actually a lot of fun. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 9, 11:12
TIL: Fisher Stevens, a character actor who I recognize most recently from a supporting role on The Blacklist, is also a movie director. -- nm - Mop Apr 9, 10:50 12
- That's Oscar winner Fisher Stevens to you, pal. -- nm - Max Apr 9, 10:55
- How i think of Fisher Stevens - the guy who inexplicably dated Michelle Pfeiffer for a long time at her peak gorgeousness. -- nm - Andie Apr 9, 10:52 6
  - we don't "will this person ever win an oscar?" enough. will michelle? -- (link) - amanda jeans Apr 9, 11:11 3
    - No, she doesn't seem to actually try for roles now that would lead to it. - Will Hunting Apr 9, 11:11 2
      - i think if she does do something Oscar-baity though, she'd get it. -- nm - Andie Apr 9, 11:12
      - There's a bit of buzz for French Exit -- nm* - Beryllium Apr 9, 11:12
  - They had to break up after he nearly died from a facial laceration suffered while he was making out with her. -- nm - Baron Nefcy Apr 9, 11:06
  - [spittake] ..!! -- nm - mud Apr 9, 10:53
- Yeah, the guy from Short Circuit. -- nm - Volnelk Apr 9, 10:52 3
  - Huh. - znufrii Apr 9, 11:14
  - And hackers, and early edition -- nm - Beryllium Apr 9, 11:13
  - imagine someone pulling that today. -- nm - mud Apr 9, 10:53
sitwap: Top Gun & MISS7 shifting big time: -- (link) - mud Apr 9, 10:35 9
- Someone legitimately thinks that Top Gun 2 is a billion-dollar property? - Will Hunting Apr 9, 10:44 6
  - Will there even be an international market for it? Seems it'll probably be a little "AMERICA! FUCK YEAH!" to get much interest elsewhere. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Apr 9, 11:09 1
    - That's my thought -- sure, it might do 300mil here...but is China going to watch us exert our military quality? -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 9, 11:11
  - Les Grossman. -- nm - Baron Nefcy Apr 9, 11:00
  - ohhhh I'll take the over on this bet. a pack of twizzlers? -- nm - amanda jeans Apr 9, 10:47 1
    - Sure thing -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 9, 10:48
  - scientologists? -- nm - mud Apr 9, 10:45
- The current moves are fascinating in that some studios are punting, while others are trying to push into the gaps. -- nm - David Apr 9, 10:37 1
  - seems so -- nm - mud Apr 9, 10:46
Great Twitter Poll: You are a kid/teen. You head to the arcade. What are you playing first? - Flavorize— Apr 9, 10:18 59
- Original Pacman or pinball -- nm - zork Apr 9, 11:11
- Also I played a lot of pinball -- nm - rollo Apr 9, 11:11 1
  - Hell yeah. I clearly remember Space Invaders arriving and was the only non-pinpall in a place I went to. -- nm - Spawn Apr 9, 11:14
- Q*Bert or Ms. Pac Man. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Apr 9, 11:07
- Tempest -- nm - Spawn Apr 9, 11:04 4
  - This game always scared me away, the interface and controls were so unique -- nm - rollo Apr 9, 11:10 3
    - For some reason, in my arcade the volume was cranked up to maximum. So you really felt the game. Also, Sinistar. -- nm - Spawn Apr 9, 11:13 2
      - Just made me look up a gameplay video just to hear Sinistar. - Volnelk Apr 9, 11:19 1
        
        RUN! RUN! RUN!!! -- nm - Spawn Apr 9, 11:32
- You'll be happy to know that when we win the lottery and build the ST compound, I will be stocking the arcade with all your favorites. -- nm - Baron Nefcy Apr 9, 11:00 4
  - please include 6' x 12' snooker table, or two -- nm - mud Apr 9, 11:02 3
    - And tabletop shuffleboard - Strongbad Apr 9, 11:11
    - “And that’s a bad miss.” -- nm - znufrii Apr 9, 11:05
    - That's in the board and table game annex. -- nm - Baron Nefcy Apr 9, 11:02
- What was the game where you're the cowboy and you had 2 trigger buttons? Gunsmoke? - Will Hunting Apr 9, 10:58
- Q-Bert, Mappy, Pacman -- nm - Andie Apr 9, 10:57
- Tetris and Ms. Pac Man. -- nm - Inigo Apr 9, 10:56
- Galaga. Burgertime. Gauntlet. Punch-out. -- nm - Volnelk Apr 9, 10:53
- I always liked Dig Dug -- nm - Beaker Apr 9, 10:43
- Wrestlefest, TMNT, or Street Fighter 2 Championship Edition. -- nm - Shaun Apr 9, 10:34 4
  - Damn, SF2 is another good call. -- nm - Strongbad Apr 9, 10:43
  - Or X-Men, T2: Judgement Day with the guns. -- nm - Shaun Apr 9, 10:42
  - I misread this as Championship Editing and thought that would be an interesting game. -- nm - Max Apr 9, 10:34 1
    - Narrator: "No, it wouldn't" -- nm - oblique Apr 9, 10:37
- I think the one I played most frequently as a kid was Battle Zone - oblique Apr 9, 10:34
- Missile Command. That and Galaga were my main games. -- nm - GregW Apr 9, 10:32
- sub commander sinking battleships -- nm - Peglegpete Apr 9, 10:30
- TMNT, Simpsons or Wrestlefest. Those were fun. -- (edited) - Strongbad Apr 9, 10:30
- Forget everything I said, insert *random shooting game here* (Time Crisis, House of the Dead, Virtua Cop, etc.) -- nm - Mop Apr 9, 10:29
- TMNT, Joust. I was also a sucker for Dig Dug -- nm - rollo Apr 9, 10:28 6
  - Pole Position also -- nm - rollo Apr 9, 10:29 5
    - And I loved Spy Hunter too, shoot -- nm - rollo Apr 9, 10:29 4
      - Yes Spy Hunter -- nm - stim-mie Apr 9, 10:48
      - Once you start seeing other game titles you remember how many great ones there were that you played regularly. -- nm - Krusty Apr 9, 10:35 2
        
        I haven't seen NBA Jam posted. It's all time dependent. Are you 8, 12, 14? At each age there are different games that you'd go for first. -- nm - Krusty Apr 9, 10:37 1
        
        NBA Jam was awesome! -- nm - Shaun Apr 9, 10:41
- Rolling Thunder or Smash TV or Crossbow -- nm* - Jovian Apr 9, 10:27 2
  - I spent many an hour at the theater I worked at playing Smash TV - JD Apr 9, 10:34 1
    - "Good luck! You'll need it!" - Jovian Apr 9, 11:08
- Xevious, Soul Blade, Galaga, Joust. But only because some of the games I like are much rarer and hard to find. -- nm* - Mop Apr 9, 10:26
- Bosconian or 1942 -- nm - JD Apr 9, 10:25
- Track & Field. Still can beat Star Wars Arcade on 1 credit -- nm* - stim-mie Apr 9, 10:24
- Ms. Pac-Man then. It'd be Simpsons Arcade today. -- nm - David Apr 9, 10:24 7
  - Last time my friends and I went to the local barcade (Aug 2019?) we played through to the end of the Simpson Arcade game -- nm - JD Apr 9, 10:47
  - So, Token Tavern is your spirit place? -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 9, 10:44 2
    - See you there a week from Wednesday! - David Apr 9, 11:08 1
      - That's pretty funny -- I'm plotting out the poker games starting next weekend - Will Hunting Apr 9, 11:10
  - My dream is to have a cocktail tabletop Ms. Pacman game at home. No fake emulator version either. The real deal. -- nm - oblique Apr 9, 10:34 2
    - Ms. Pac-Man Cocktail Table Video Arcade Game for Sale -- (link) - JD Apr 9, 10:40
    - Same here. Kim and I have legitimately talked about it. -- nm - David Apr 9, 10:36
- Galaga! I shared this on Twitter yesterday and that was my reply. It was the game I went to most but some days it was Spy Hunter or Pole Position. - Krusty Apr 9, 10:23
- Joust. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Apr 9, 10:23
- Q*Bert -- nm - Dano Apr 9, 10:22 1
  - My backup was Centipede -- nm - Dano Apr 9, 10:30
- Tron > Galaga > Hard Drivin'. Possibly Joust but I think I played that at home more than in the arcade. -- nm* - Max Apr 9, 10:20
- If they have it, the original sit down Star Wars machine. Likely they won't, so Mario Brothers. nm - Dean Winchester Apr 9, 10:20
- Dragon's Lair. -- nm - Baron Nefcy Apr 9, 10:19 2
  - Good answer, but that was for the high rollers. TMNT gave me more bang for the buck and was super fun multiplayer. -- nm - rollo Apr 9, 10:27 1
    - I was too young and too poor to play it much. But when DL II came out and made its way to my college arcade, I became an expert. - Baron Nefcy Apr 9, 10:31
The most dominant athlete in the world has a story to share. -- (link) - David Apr 9, 10:16 7
- That's not Serena Williams! - Krusty Apr 9, 10:24 5
  - You can't call Serena currently dominant when she hasn't won a Major Tournament since 2017. Simone Biles could be another argument. -- nm - Dano Apr 9, 10:27 3
    - Serena makes it into the finals more consistently than anyone else. -- nm - . Apr 9, 15:07
    - “Currently dominant” is different from “most dominant”, imo. -- (edited) - znufrii Apr 9, 10:49
    - We also would have accepted Katie Ledecky -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 9, 10:45
  - No. It's not. - David Apr 9, 10:25
- She's also an excellent singer. -- nm - Baron Nefcy Apr 9, 10:19
Apr. 9 Birthdays: Ted Dally (69), Dennis Quaid (67), Jay Chandrasekhar (53), Jeff Zucker & Paulina Porizkova (56), Cynthia Nixon (55) - Max Apr 9, 09:46
HBO Max orders a Magic Mike reality competition show. I assume it will be Drag Race with less clothes. -- (link) - Dano Apr 9, 09:42 1
- *cut to Chris Farley doing the Chippendales bit* -- nm - Mop Apr 9, 10:13
I FINALLY GOT STIMULATED! - Spawn Apr 9, 09:41 5
- stim-mie -- nm - stim-mie Apr 9, 10:18
- I ate cake -- nm - oblique Apr 9, 10:08
- The first one was for $1200 back in October. The second was $600 in January. The third is $1400. I just finally got mine Wednesday. -- nm - GregW Apr 9, 10:06 1
  - Okay, the check was for 2nd AND third then. WOOT!!! -- nm - Spawn Apr 9, 11:03
- ".. I'll get a cloth." -- nm - graham chapman Apr 9, 10:01
sitwap: stumbled on this last night on YouTube: Avril Lavigne & Youngblud sing "I'm With You." Does Avril age?!? -- (link) - JaxSean Apr 9, 09:37 [youtube] 4
- No, she is always a child. -- nm - Spawn Apr 9, 09:38
- The Avril Lavinge conspiracy theory might be my favorite music conspiracy. -- nm - MDH Apr 9, 09:38 2
  - explain. -- nm - tRuMAN Apr 9, 10:50 1
    - she's a clone! -- nm - decline Apr 9, 10:52
Tim can jump in here, but DMX was pretty prolific on the Billboard chart. His first 5 albums hit #1. And were huge sellers. -- nm - MDH Apr 9, 09:36 1
- DMX's first couple of albums went platinum multiple times. He sold a lot of albums and had huge hit singles. -- nm - Krusty Apr 9, 10:13
I GOT 4 RED LIGHTS THIS MORNING - Email to Strongbad Apr 9, 09:36 13
- I heard it was three lights. -- nm - David Apr 9, 10:16 2
  - those were the three seashells -- nm - stim-mie Apr 9, 10:23 1
    - *points and laughs* - oblique Apr 9, 10:33
- AHHHHHHH! -- nm - Picard Apr 9, 10:11
- Send him this. -- (link) - znufrii Apr 9, 10:07 1
  - Nice. -- nm - Strongbad Apr 9, 10:11
- Wait, there's a person we can send emails / voicemails to about red lights -- nm - JaxSean Apr 9, 09:41 4
  - Strongbad, obviously -- nm - decline Apr 9, 09:56
  - If Strongbad says no, I say we blame truman. - Spawn Apr 9, 09:43 2
    - All the more reason for ty97 to mess with the red lights -- nm - JaxSean Apr 9, 09:46 1
      - So I can forward these to ty97? Awesome. -- nm - Strongbad Apr 9, 09:53
- Can I blame you for my red lights, too!?! -- nm - Spawn Apr 9, 09:37 1
  - Sure! - Strongbad Apr 9, 09:52
Bird Photographer of the Year 2021 finalists revealed -- (link) - LMS Apr 9, 09:33 1
- Ohhhh, photographers of birds, not birds who are photographers -- nm - Reagen Apr 9, 09:36
The cast of Glee pays tribute to Naya Rivera at the 32nd Annual GLAAD Media Awards -- (link) - Beaker Apr 9, 09:23 [youtube]
RIP DMX -- nm - decline Apr 9, 09:18 7
- :( -- nm - stim-mie Apr 9, 10:35
- :-( -- nm - Krusty Apr 9, 10:14
- Schrödinger's Rapper? -- nm - IAmQale Apr 9, 09:46
- DMX and Prince Philip, linked in life and linked in death -- nm - Reagen Apr 9, 09:20 2
  - Game recognize game -- nm - rollo Apr 9, 10:19
  - They both has that *bark*. -- nm - Spawn Apr 9, 09:21
- DMX, Prince Philip... this day sucks. -- nm - Spawn Apr 9, 09:19
Now playing: Eels - Hombre Lobo. It's getting grimy in here, I'm gonna need to wash up after. -- nm - rollo Apr 9, 09:17
23 stories about John Madden -- (link) - Beaker Apr 9, 09:09
‘Indiana Jones 5’: Phoebe Waller-Bridge Lands Female Lead In Next Instalment Opposite Harrison Ford -- (link) - LMS Apr 9, 09:03 6
- "It's an ancient sexual ritual potion-" *eyebrow waggle* "-that was poisonous and killed off the entire culture." *disappointment face* -- nm - Max Apr 9, 09:14
- They're searching for the source of her fourth wall power? -- nm - Reagen Apr 9, 09:09 1
  - if her character has that, it'll be a must-see. -- nm - mud Apr 9, 09:12
- Yea for her! She deserves it. I really hope she's not a love interest character, though. -- nm - Inigo Apr 9, 09:08 2
  - If so, she *must* break the 4th wall. -- nm - Spawn Apr 9, 09:10 1
    - :-] -- nm - mud Apr 9, 09:13
Canada - 17.53% of population vaccinated -- (link) - Beaker Apr 9, 09:01 5
- finally the needle is moving at better pace. -- nm - Andie Apr 9, 09:02 4
  - Obviously they should have injected the vaccine into the maple syrup or found ways to sonically deliver it via The Tragically Hip’s discography. -- nm - IAmQale Apr 9, 09:14 3
    - Needs a localized strategy for maximum effectiveness. BC: craft beer and kombucha. Prairies: beef on a bun. Ontario and Quebec: poutine. Maritimes: - Reagen Apr 9, 09:43 1
      - Are you trying to suggest there is a whole diversity thing happening in Canada? I don’t believe you! -- nm - IAmQale Apr 9, 09:48
    - Oh, we have places to get it, we just didn't have the vaccines themselves. That's changing daily though. -- nm - Andie Apr 9, 09:18
Here is a far better Qale’s Moment of Retro Pleasure than... whatever that was Dano was trying to pull. -- (link) - IAmQale Apr 9, 08:59 [youtube] 1
- Also: Do you like ambient Lo-Fi music that brings you peace and tranquility? Try this playlist from one of my favorite DJ/Producers Qrion. - IAmQale Apr 9, 09:13 [spotify]
~I'm just a hat and feet~ -- nm - Reagen Apr 9, 08:56
TV PSA: MacGyver, Smackdown, Gold Rush, Shark Tank, Magnum PI, Penn & Teller, Blue Bloods, UnXplained, Wynonna Earp (series finale), RuPaul, -- nm - Beaker Apr 9, 08:54 2
- Them (Amazon), Falcon & Winter Soldier (D+), Thunder Force (NF), Night In Paradise (NF), Two Distant Strangers (NF), Have You Ever Seen Fireflies (NF) -- nm - Beaker Apr 9, 08:55 1
  - Doing The Most With Phoebe Robinson, The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers (D+), Invincible (Amazon) other stuff -- nm* - Beaker Apr 9, 08:57

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