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OK, then let us manufacture "Iceberg II", and we will challenge them to a duel...
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2 hours ago, Nextmanup said:
I'm sure drivers who know how to driver a manual tranny are diminishing, but it's not because we are a soft nation.
It's because the technology is being pushed out of the auto industry with increasingly more complex automatic and semi-automatic transmissions.
Interesting point. What about motorcycles? Honda had an automatic a long while ago, but that did not last too long. In the future, will we get automatic Yamahas/Kawasakis/Suzukis/...?
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1 hour ago, Greybeard said:
Also, you should have asked how many manual drivers had to go up a steep hill with a stoplight on it. Always a joy.
Growing up in Germany, driving a manual came naturally. And yes, starting on a steep hill required a carefully choreographed interaction between clutch, gas, and hand brake (for those of you who do not know, a manually operated parking brake). When I last went back to Germany several years ago, the rental car (a manual) had a foot-operated parking brake, Thus, I was not sure how starting on a hill would work. But, to my surprise, the car did not roll backward when I released the clutch before hitting the gas pedal. They must have found a solution to this problem, but don't ask me how it works...
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Just last December, Texas Tech decided to reduce the price for popcorn, hot dogs, and nachos to $2. They will also start to sell beer and wine. I just hope the beer selection will go beyond Bud Light and Coors Light. Interestingly, the motivation to allow beer and wine sales was not the revenue, but the hope that the stadium will no longer be half-empty in the 4th quarter of a one-sided game.
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39 minutes ago, RaoulDuke79 said:
Is that Pete Townshend? Me and my father in law got Who tickets for citizens bank park in May.
Yep. German public television had (and probably still has) a show called "Rockpalast" (= "rock palace") where they presented a one-hour concert, mostly by famous and semi-famous British and American bands, in front of a live audience in a TV studio. Several times during a year they had concerts in a larger setting, featuring 2-3 bands. At that time, in Germany the TV sound was pretty atrocious; thus, these concerts were broadcast in parallel on FM radio, in excellent quality. One of these concerts (probably the one with the most famous bands), in 1981, had first the Who and then the Grateful Dead. Townshend jammed with the Dead for a few songs. It was hilarious to see the contrast between his very energetic style of playing (or at least, his attempts to jump around) and the much more relaxed style of the Dead.
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Another interesting combination...
Some of the comments are hilarious, such as:
"Another Yoko Ono masterpiece ruined by John Lennon and Frank Zappa"
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Look who is playing rhythm guitar with the Grateful Dead at this concert in Essen/Germany in 1981
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And now for something completely different: the piece Frank Zappa used to challenge his drummers - The Black Page
Now, if you ask yourself, what is so special about it, look at a transcription
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As somebody who had to suffer through Texas Tech's most recent campaigns (Thanks, Kliff), I would like to see in the later rounds Dakota Allen. He was one of the main reasons that the Texas Tech defense showed glimpses of hope.
https://www.ganggreennation.com/2019/1/21/18180294/2019-draft-prospect-dakota-allen-ilb-texas-tech
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Steven Wilson (Porcupine Tree)
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Together with my girlfriend, on our way back to Rochester from a short vacation in Washington, DC. I was listening to the game on the radio until the interception to make it 35-3, then switched the radio off, very disappointed. Some miles later, we had to get gas. The gas station, somewhere in southern Pennsylvania, had the game on TV, with a score of 35-17. Hoping for a miracle, I turned the car radio back on. When the game reached overtime, we were on the US-15 north of Harrisburg; reception was fading. Afraid of losing the signal, I stopped on a very small parking lot, leading down from the US-15 to the Susquehanna, until Christie's winning FG. Girlfriend thought I was crazy, but did not object.
Since then, the parking lot disappeared when the US-15 was widened from two-lane to four-lane. The car, my first US car, an Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser station wagon is long gone. The then-girlfriend is now my wife; we recently had our 20th anniversary.
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It is interesting to see how one player can influence the broadcast pattern. Half of Oklahoma gets to see the Browns, I assume just because of Mayfield. When can we expect the Bills to be on TV in Wyoming?
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Similarities to Green Day - I prefer the Eureka Machines
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IMHO, the best song from the best concert movie ever made:
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As a bassoon player, your opportunities to play in a band are limited. Sometimes you get lucky - they might even take out a ceiling tile at the venue to accommodate your instrument.
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No video, just audio, but unintentionally hilarious - The Shaggs. According to Frank Zappa, The Shaggs are "better than the Beatles".
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Initially, it looks like your 60's girls' band; but then...
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Elastica, one great album (the eponymous "Elastica") of catchy alt/rock/pop. They had a second album ("The Menace") several years later, which was far inferior.
Here a live version of "Waking Up" with Damon Albarn (Blur, Gorillaz) having his fun on the keyboards.
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Sean Lennon and Charlotte Kemp Muhl
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21 hours ago, Iron Maiden said:
He probably does well in English speaking countries.....How about South America or the other European countries like Poland, Sweden, Finland, Switzerland, Belgium, France or Romania.. ?...or China...or Japan... ?....The Rolling Stones would sell out any stadiums in those countries...Iron Maiden is doing it as we speak.....That was my main point...Rock MUSIC translate to more people/culture than country does....Country is mainly a US thing...Rock is international...IMO of course...
The "setlist wiki" (https://www.setlist.fm/stats/concert-map/garth-brooks-1bd6b168.html) lists about 675 concerts for Garth Brooks. All but ~50 were in the US or Canada, and all but 17 were in English-speaking countries. Of the 17 in countries where English in not the main language, 15 occurred in a single tour in 1994/1995, although I read somewhere else that more concerts outside of the US and Canada are planned. Thus, Iron Maiden's point seems to be well-taken.
What’s your most Controversial opinion?
in Off the Wall Archives
Posted · Edited by DrW
My most controversial take:
"Approximately Infinite Universe" by Yoko Ono is a decent album.
While her voice is pretty awful, she can write some lovely melodies. The lyrics run the whole spectrum from laughable to noteworthy. And while the accompanying band, Elephant's Memory, did never reach any state of fame, they are actually quite good - I especially like Stan Bronstein's sax.