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Related to below, Deadline is reporting Guardians of the Galaxy is tracking at a $130M opening. -- nm - MDH Apr 13, 10:56
Rocky 1 VHS sells for $27K -- (link) - Remlik Apr 13, 10:54 2
- *wonders how much his VHS original collection unfucked by George Star Wars copies are worth* -- nm - Beaker Apr 13, 11:08
- BUT if you listened to your investment manager and bought condoms you would have saved 10x as much in child support -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 13, 11:00
Box Office Poll: Which makes more this weekend, Renfield or Pope's Exorcist? -- nm - Andie Apr 13, 10:47 5
- I'm so out of touch with movies anymore, I don't know what either of these are. - JaxSean Apr 13, 10:55
- Renfield, but I can't imagine either of them make much. -- nm - MDH Apr 13, 10:53
- Renfield -- nm - decline Apr 13, 10:50
- Renfield. The Pope's Exorcist opened no 5 last weekend in the UK. -- (link) - LMS Apr 13, 10:49
- Renfield. -- nm - Andie Apr 13, 10:48
We live in a world where Dan Snyder is about to get $6 billion richer. - David Apr 13, 10:39 8
- In terms of liquid funds, yes, but not overall wealth. -- nm - Easter Baron Apr 13, 11:05
- LA Feels similarly about Frank McCourt and Arte Moreno. San Diego about Dean Spanos -- nm* - budice Apr 13, 10:47 1
  - Donald Sterling -- nm - hollywood big shot Apr 13, 10:59
- He made less money than Vince McMahon… -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 13, 10:43
- I think we should all just be very grateful that Musk does not seem to have any interest in sports... -- nm - decline Apr 13, 10:41 3
  - Dude's going to buy the X games within a decade. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 13, 10:44 2
    - Someone should sell him the GoodWill Games rights -- nm - Remlik Apr 13, 10:54
    - we'll make race cars turn to the *right* -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 13, 10:46
Avenged Sevenfold has a second leg of their US Tour. I think Jax's venue is in here - MDH Apr 13, 10:31 1
- Yup, midflorida. Another free* show! -- nm - JaxSean Apr 13, 10:34
Mandalorian spoilers and finale conjecture - Beaker Apr 13, 10:28 5
- Spoils - Beryllium Apr 13, 10:29 4
  - Spoils. - Remlik Apr 13, 10:47 3
    - Spoils - Beryllium Apr 13, 10:50 2
      - we were cracking up at that -- nm - Remlik Apr 13, 10:58 1
        
        yup, was a great bit -- nm - Beaker Apr 13, 11:07
ST Poll: Most overrated bands. -- nm - ty97 Apr 13, 10:25 57
- Kate Bush, Florence and the Machine (I'd rather hear bad brakes trying to stop) and anything in the house of hip/hop/rap -- nm - that should insult everyone here, happy now ty Apr 13, 10:53
- Beach Boys -- nm - mud Apr 13, 10:46
- I hate this poll. First music is generally subjective, and second the concept of "overrated" for many of these bands make no sense even if you don't - pmb Apr 13, 10:45 2
  - Of course it's a personal opinion poll. It could just as easily be worded: "What respected bands do you just not get/enjoy". -- nm - ty97 Apr 13, 11:03
  - The answer is "yes," pmb. -- NM - JaxSean Apr 13, 10:46
- Guns 'N Roses -- nm - zunkskunk Apr 13, 10:45 1
  - This poll has gone too far -- nm - ty97 Apr 13, 11:01
- The Spice Girls -- nm - LMS Apr 13, 10:36 6
  - monster! -- nm - Beaker Apr 13, 10:38 4
    - I'm just getting started - Nirvana -- nm - LMS Apr 13, 10:40 3
      - better than Oasis! -- nm - mud Apr 13, 10:49 2
        
        Feint praise. -- nm - ty97 Apr 13, 11:00
        
        That was going to be my next one - LMS Apr 13, 10:54
  - shooketh -- nm - budice Apr 13, 10:37
- Lynyrd Skynyrd -- nm - Jovian Apr 13, 10:36 2
  - Bless your heart. -- nm - zunkskunk Apr 13, 10:43 1
    - well I almost answered The Allman Brothers -- nm - Jovian Apr 13, 10:48
- Beatles -- nm - Strongbad Apr 13, 10:33
- Dave Matthews Band. - Reluctant Cynic Apr 13, 10:32
- KISS -- nm - Inigo Apr 13, 10:31 2
  - Are they rated? I think even people who like KISS recognise their terribleness. -- nm - Roger More Apr 13, 10:44 1
    - Haha! -- nm - Krusty Apr 13, 10:48
- Grateful Dead -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 13, 10:31 3
  - *over*rated, Will -- nm - mud Apr 13, 10:47 1
    - technically they are just a one hit wonder -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 13, 10:55
  - This is a good one too. -- nm - Turd Ferguson Apr 13, 10:32
- Red Hot Chili Peppers -- nm - Pippy si Apr 13, 10:31 1
  - Lol thank you!! I was at lunch -- nm - Pippy Apr 13, 11:21
- The Stone Roses -- nm - LMS Apr 13, 10:29 2
  - 👍 -- nm - JD Apr 13, 10:31
  - *gasp!* - hollywood big shot Apr 13, 10:30
- The Eagles are way up there, as is Led Zeppelin. -- nm - David Apr 13, 10:29 1
  - I loved Zeppelin in high school and university, but I almost said them over the Doors for the me of today -- nm - Beaker Apr 13, 10:34
- since 1988 at least, U2 -- nm - hollywood big shot Apr 13, 10:29
- I've never really understood The Beatles... - MDH Apr 13, 10:28
- Imagine Dragons. Maroon 5. Alice in Chains. - Beryllium Apr 13, 10:28 1
  - At this point, I think Imagine Dragons and Marooon 5 are the same band. - ty97 Apr 13, 10:38
- The Doors -- nm - Beaker Apr 13, 10:28 3
  - This may be kinda true. However, there isnt any other band I would have loved to seen live while they were in their prime. -- nm - Jovian Apr 13, 10:45
  - *thumbs up emoji* -- nm - Roger More Apr 13, 10:42
  - They're up there for me. Along with Pink Floyd. -- nm - Turd Ferguson Apr 13, 10:29
- The Beatles. - TWuG Apr 13, 10:28 7
  - their song writing ability is almost unmatched. -- nm - Jovian Apr 13, 10:37 2
    - Really? Name something they've written lately smartypants. -- nm - ty97 Apr 13, 10:38 1
      - Here you go. - Beryllium Apr 13, 10:43
  - The one true answer. -- nm - David Apr 13, 10:29 3
    - When "being wrong" is where you're a viking, this is one of your most wrongest takes. nm - Turd Ferguson Apr 13, 10:39 2
      - It's not even my take. I'm agreeing with two others here. -- nm - David Apr 13, 11:08
      - aye -- nm - mud Apr 13, 10:48
- Jonas Bros -- nm - budice Apr 13, 10:28
- For me personally - Foo Fighters. I don't have any time for this band that everyone seems to love unconditionally -- nm - rollo Apr 13, 10:28
- U2 - Krusty Apr 13, 10:27 5
  - Agreed -- nm - decline Apr 13, 10:30
  - Prior to Joshua Tree - no. After - definitely. -- nm - Turd Ferguson Apr 13, 10:28 1
    - Yup, exactly. -- nm - JaxSean Apr 13, 10:35
  - We're not mad at you, just disappointed -- nm - rollo Apr 13, 10:28 1
    - indeed. -- nm - mud Apr 13, 10:46
So that SF software guy who was stabbed to death - apparently it was by another exec. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 13, 10:14 3
- Cash App stabbed by Venmo -- nm - budice Apr 13, 10:15
- but but Fox News told me that that SF hellscape was responsible. -- nm - Jovian Apr 13, 10:15 1
  - Well, the LGBTQ community is part of the social n economic fabric of life to be celebrated..so yeah -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 13, 10:19
“We have some people in our group who are in Ukraine. We like fighting games, we like war games.” -- (link) - mud Apr 13, 10:14 2
- I hope no one on ST ever does anything illegal. -- nm - Mop Apr 13, 10:39 1
  - Well... treasonous. -- nm - Mop Apr 13, 10:39
don't forget to vote (every day!) -- (pic) - mud Apr 13, 10:03 [Attachment]
Finally Coachella Sunday - JD Apr 13, 10:02 [Attachment] 11
- I got nuhthin. This festival is 99.9% not my jam. -- nm - JaxSean Apr 13, 10:38 2
  - there’s always Stagecoach next month gramps -- nm - hollywood big shot Apr 13, 10:41 1
    - Country music fest? Nope. - JaxSean Apr 13, 10:53
- Re your Saturday schedule, Jai Paul is my daughter's favorite producer (she idolizes him) and this is his first live performance in ages. - pmb Apr 13, 10:18 2
  - I had in mind that it was his first live performance full stop. - JD Apr 13, 10:21 1
    - That may be. I assumed when I read that it couldn't be right, but that may be the case. -- nm - pmb Apr 13, 10:23
- Seeing electronica during the day and outside seems bad. -- nm - Qale Apr 13, 10:10
- I've heard of Sleaford Mods, I'd imagine that would be a rowdy crowd. -- nm - LMS Apr 13, 10:07 1
  - Listening to bits of their tracks, that could indeed be a fun crowd -- nm - JD Apr 13, 10:11
- MK, Sasha & Diggers -- nm - hollywood big shot Apr 13, 10:05 1
  - Well, if I decide not to continue to do the Sonora life, MK seems like an excellent choice for the true Sahara experience -- (edited) - JD Apr 13, 10:16
NFL-WAS: Deal Done. Dan Snyder has reached an agreement in principle to sell the team for $6 billion. Harris / Magic Johnson bid. -- (link*) - budice Apr 13, 10:00 4
- If he got that I can't imagine what a good team with a large fanbase would sell for. -- nm - Krusty Apr 13, 10:29
- Guy..if *every* person on the planet, well those with internet access, chipped in one dollar, we could make a counter offer and EVERYONE B OWNERS -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 13, 10:07
- dang -- nm - decline Apr 13, 10:00 1
  - Sometimes good things happen to good people. No, wait. -- nm - Volnelk Apr 13, 10:02
the more straight answer from Tim Scott (before the anti-choicers take him into the back room) is he'd sign a 20-week abortion ban as president -- (link) - hollywood big shot Apr 13, 09:57 2
- sure sure. run on that DOA piece of legislation. -- nm - Jovian Apr 13, 10:09 1
  - that line won’t survive the first abortion question in the first debate when someone else on the stage goes full fetal heartbeat -- nm - hollywood big shot Apr 13, 10:32
pure speculation but it's not out of the ream of possibilities that something about the kid ID'd him to foreign intel services as a perfect cutout - hollywood big shot Apr 13, 09:56 1
- Yup. -- (edited) - znufrii Apr 13, 10:17
Head for the border. Or don't. It's scarier there than here. -- nm - Nihilist Taco Bell Apr 13, 09:53
Recently watched Hugh Laurie's adaptation of Why Didn't They Ask Evans - good version and a great cast (inc Lucy Boynton from The Ipcress File) -- (link) - LMS Apr 13, 09:52 [youtube] 6
- I'm currently watching him in Chance on Hulu - decline Apr 13, 09:57 5
  - still binging House and throwing my hands up at his character -- nm - Max Apr 13, 10:06 4
    - Is it the one where there's a confusing illness, they have an initial theory which is wrong, but then something dawns on House? - Volnelk Apr 13, 10:08 3
      - You forgot about the part where they almost kill the patient before saving them. -- nm* - znufrii Apr 13, 10:09 2
        
        I like the one where it's not Lupus -- nm - rollo Apr 13, 10:10
        
        That was meant to be included in the "which is wrong" section, but I was limited in characters. -- nm - Volnelk Apr 13, 10:10
The trivia finale last night was to name 2 of the 3 billboard top-10 hits by noted songsmiths the Red Hot Chili Peps. But you must name all 3. - rollo Apr 13, 09:52 28
- Under the Bridge, Californication, and Scar Tissue -- nm - JaxSean Apr 13, 10:45
- trivia jack: the RHCP are the most hated band of which STer? - judge indianapolis jones Apr 13, 10:13 11
  - fun mandy fact: she cursed her last house by "accidentally" playing RHCP as the first piece of music when she moved in - hollywood big shot Apr 13, 11:00 1
    - someone else "helped" by setting up the stereo. -- nm - judge indianapolis jones Apr 13, 11:05
  - You and Mike Patton have this in common. -- nm - Krusty Apr 13, 10:27
  - I neither like nor dislike them, but to me they are the best example of "cool" under the radar band that got way less cool as they got more popular. -- nm - rollo Apr 13, 10:25 2
    - Yup, I agree with this. -- nm - JaxSean Apr 13, 10:40
    - Agreed. -- nm - Krusty Apr 13, 10:27
  - you hate them more than Nickleback? -- nm - decline Apr 13, 10:18 1
    - This seems like an easy yes for me - while I don't hate RHCP, I do see how they are more hateable than Nickelback -- nm - Beryllium Apr 13, 10:26
  - They rank high on my list as well. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 13, 10:17
  - So says one, so say well all -- nm - JD Apr 13, 10:16
  - I don't get the RHCP and find most of their songs dated and annoying -- nm - ty97 Apr 13, 10:15
- Time's up: Under the Bridge // Dani California // Scar Tissue -- nm - rollo Apr 13, 10:12
- Scar Tissue has to be one. I remember as a teen that song was everywhere. No idea on the others. -- nm - MDH Apr 13, 10:04
- Dani California, Under the Bridge, Californication. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 13, 10:03 1
  - No -- nm - rollo Apr 13, 10:04
- I cheated, but I'm not shocked by the three. -- nm - Volnelk Apr 13, 10:00 4
  - I would've never guessed them. That third one barely registers as one I recall -- nm - oblique Apr 13, 10:02 3
    - Spoilers - Volnelk Apr 13, 10:06 2
      - Higher Ground -- nm - hollywood big shot Apr 13, 10:08 1
        
        the point at which mud (finally) became a (semi) fan. -- nm - mud Apr 13, 10:16
- Give It Away, Roller Coaster of Love, and Californication. -- nm - David Apr 13, 09:59 1
  - No -- nm - rollo Apr 13, 10:00
- Under the Bridge, Californication, some crappy song from the last five years :) -- nm - spamlet Apr 13, 09:57 1
  - No -- nm - rollo Apr 13, 09:58
- Here's my answer -- (link) - Roger More Apr 13, 09:54 [youtube] 1
  - No, but also yes -- nm - rollo Apr 13, 09:56

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