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Ryan wrote: Mon Jun 11, 2018 1:33 pm The biggest differences are that it's good and funny and it's not "Shakespeare but, like, now ya know?"
Following up on this, the article touches on it a bit, but I think the reason it's so good and has maintained the test of time is that it trucks in high school stereotypes, but doesn't depend on them and doesn't really condescend to any of the various cliques and groups.
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Shea Serrano and the FOH army raised almost $10k for a food bank that was running low on meals in two hours.
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WSJ has numbers on the Ringer...most of the $ is all podcasting.
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A quick search on my podcast app (Pocket Casts) shows they they have 19 podcasts. Each cast has to have at least 4 ad placements.

So, this isn't surprising considering all of their online content to read is free.
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A_B wrote: Tue Aug 28, 2018 2:36 pm Shea Serrano and the FOH army raised almost $10k for a food bank that was running low on meals in two hours.
I love shea. But now I think people are preying on him and the FOH army. Bunch of people asking for money. I'm probably just too cynical.
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A_B wrote: Tue Apr 23, 2019 10:02 am
A_B wrote: Tue Aug 28, 2018 2:36 pm Shea Serrano and the FOH army raised almost $10k for a food bank that was running low on meals in two hours.
I love shea. But now I think people are preying on him and the FOH army. Bunch of people asking for money. I'm probably just too cynical.
I actually muted him about six months ago because this stuff was so constant and started to feel like that. I am a bad person though.
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But the anti Trump shitstorm he started was cool.



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I may have to unmute him. That's hilarious.
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tennbengal wrote: Tue Apr 23, 2019 12:24 pm I may have to unmute him. That's hilarious.
It was pretty wild.
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Cool article by Ian Karmel (stand-up/writer for The Late Late Show/host of 'All Fantasy Everything' podcast) and the Blazers and enjoying the moment.

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DaveInSeattle wrote: Wed May 08, 2019 1:17 pm Cool article by Ian Karmel (stand-up/writer for The Late Late Show/host of 'All Fantasy Everything' podcast) and the Blazers and enjoying the moment.

The Trail Blazers Are Having a Moment
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Nonlinear FC wrote: Wed May 08, 2019 1:48 pm
DaveInSeattle wrote: Wed May 08, 2019 1:17 pm Cool article by Ian Karmel (stand-up/writer for The Late Late Show/host of 'All Fantasy Everything' podcast) and the Blazers and enjoying the moment.

The Trail Blazers Are Having a Moment
I've recommended both his podcast and stand-up on this site. VERY funny guy.
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I went about a year without listening to Simmons's podcasts, but the NBA free agency thing brought me back in. My thoughts:
1. He's advertising a ringer podcast starring his 13 year old daughter. There is an Austin River joke in there somewhere.
2.Overall he is terrible; he has turned into the personalities that he built his career making fun of as the Boston Sports Guy pre-ESPN.
3. Nonetheless, there were great discussions with Marc Stein, Ryen Rusillo, and Omar from the Wire, so he is a very good content-getter. Someone just has to convince him to live behind the scenes more.
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I listen to a bunch of the Ringer podcasts - just not his. I like that choice.
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I don’t have time. Do busy being Le Batard AF
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I don't really peruse The Ringer that much. It seems I'm just not interested in what they are writing about.

But I listen to every Simmons podcast. And I certainly will listen to everything involving Rusillo. He's the best. Plus he gives Bill shit where other guests won't.

The thing about Simmons is that it's painfully obvious he was an only child. Listening to his podcast on 1.5x he constantly interrupts and doesn't acknowledge you finishing your point. It gets grating. He also has this recency bias tick that's infuriating. Hell change his opinion on a person from week to week or night to night depending upon the circumstance.
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Johnnie wrote: Sat Jun 29, 2019 3:55 pm I don't really peruse The Ringer that much. It seems I'm just not interested in what they are writing about.
Same here....I'll check there every few days, and it seems like every story is about the NBA off-season or some pop culture bit.

I've been really disappointed in their lack of coverage of the WWC. Deadspin has had way more pieces about it.
The thing about Simmons is that it's painfully obvious he was an only child. Listening to his podcast on 1.5x he constantly interrupts and doesn't acknowledge you finishing your point. It gets grating. He also has this recency bias tick that's infuriating. Hell change his opinion on a person from week to week or night to night depending upon the circumstance.
I used to listen to all of his, but I find myself just deleting a lot of them now. Again...don't care about NBA off season/free agency.
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Dave, listen to Total Soccer Show for WWC. They're doing a fantastic job with it.
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Why was 1999 music worth a whole damn week? Just because it's been 20 years? This has been as poor a week for content as I can remember. I've given several of them a shot, but I just think it's been bad, forced writing.

And I am in the target audience! I was in college! Young, listening to a little of everything!
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You reminded me that I forgot to read the LFO article. Thanks man!
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rass wrote: Fri Aug 02, 2019 8:25 am You reminded me that I forgot to read the LFO article. Thanks man!
Maybe I wasn't listening to enough, because I had no idea whose those people were or that song. And also, the riff is nowhere near reminiscint of "more than Words." That was one of the lazy things I noticed. Obviously I didn't finish that article.
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You were in college in 1999 and never heard that song? God bless you.
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Nuno Bettencourt wrote More Than Words
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Summer songs come, summer songs go
AB doesn’t remember this one, though
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A quality parody of that song around that time was "Hummer Girls". I trust you gents can find it.

And the "No Scrubs" vs. "No Pigeons" battle was worth reliving.
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Ryan wrote: Fri Aug 02, 2019 8:52 am You were in college in 1999 and never heard that song? God bless you.
Certainly not enough to remember it as lovingly as Harvilla does.
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A_B wrote: Fri Aug 02, 2019 8:34 am
rass wrote: Fri Aug 02, 2019 8:25 am You reminded me that I forgot to read the LFO article. Thanks man!
Maybe I wasn't listening to enough, because I had no idea whose those people were or that song. And also, the riff is nowhere near reminiscint of "more than Words." That was one of the lazy things I noticed. Obviously I didn't finish that article.
An earlier version of this piece incorrectly stated that “Summer Girls” sampled Extreme’s “More Than Words.”
That's pretty bad.

Anyway, I guess I missed (or forgot) that a second member of the band died of cancer last year. Sad!
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Those tea leaves were kinda there for all to see.
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The Ringer unionized the other day.

Naturally, lawyers called out to Barstool employees about doing the same.

Portnoy got mad! And then...



Lolz.

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The doldrums of #1999 music week have given way to the best week of content ever, IMO. YMMV.
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A_B wrote: Tue Aug 20, 2019 7:45 am The doldrums of #1999 music week have given way to the best week of content ever, IMO. YMMV.
It's a horrible low for them, and they probably can't come back from it.
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Ugh, this article about Bill Simmons sub-reddit is...something.

However, it made me realize I've literally not heard or read a word from him in at least a couple of years and that made me really, really happy.
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I don’t listen to his pod and I don’t read anything he writes but I appreciate the rest of what he has assembled at The Ringer and listen to a lot of those pods and read a lot of the other stuff.
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I think with Simmons, it's just knowing what to avoid. Which for me is everything except his podcasts with Cousin Sal during the NFL season.

I find him funny in those podcasts. But I avoid the rest if them like the plague. Life's just too short.
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Heh. I subscribe to that subreddit. It's the most brutally honest and level thinking about him there is, honestly.

It's like if Simmons had a bunch of friends and they jokingly created a message board to jab at him because he's so easy to make fun of, but not in a malicious way.
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That subreddit is completely fucked. Banish those people to the fucking ends of the earth where no one else can see that bullshit. I know we hated MMQB a whole bunch, but even this group wasn't that fucked up about McButterworth himself. Nevermind his family.

Bill Simmons is entertaining, not informative, not knowledgable - with the exception of nba playoff history, podcaster who has access to good guests and sort of gets out of the way and hires really good people. This is why Zach Lowe is such a perfect foil to him, because Zach is not particularly entertaining. Extremely knowledgeable, extremely informative. At this point it's a running joke when they do get together Bill is going to say at least one verifiable obscenely dumb thing on the podcast, and they only do like 2-3 podcasts a year together.

I actively avoid podcasts where Cousin Sal is on/skip the Cousin Sal parts. Cousin Sal is a stupid blowhard hack who isn't funny, isn't knowledgeable, and is only Bill's friend and willing to go on his pod a lot.
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“All I'm sayin' is, he comes near me, I'll put him in the wall.”
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