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Cultural Blind Spots
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A decent song.
But I'm old - to me, EDM is basically disco for people on speed.
"beautiful, with an exotic-yet-familiar facial structure and an arresting gaze."
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My Daft Punk Knowledge pretty much starts and ends here outside of that Pharell song:
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"This place was rockin'," said BSF21.
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Mid to late '90s that was near the top of what I would listen to, discovered Daft Punk with "Around the World" and bought pretty much every CD from Daft Punk, Chemical Brothers, Fatboy Slim, Prodigy and the like. I was also probably the only person ever with all those CDs and never got high or tripped on anything.
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I realized earlier this week that I didn't really know any Daft Punk other than that Harder, Better... song. I didn't even realize that Get Lucky was by them. I worked through their four studio albums on Spotify. Pretty good, but I don't really get why they were SO popular. Now I'm listening to The Chemical Brothers' Tweekend for the first time in a long time, and this is pretty clearly better to me.
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Daft Punk is/was a band that was in the right place at the right time (EDM blowing up in France in the mid-to-late 90s).
I always liked Air better. Much more so.
I always liked Air better. Much more so.
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I think Daft Punk also had an amazing stage presence so their live shows became 'legend' and the meme was "I heard Daft Punk is playing here tonight."
Here's a story about their 2006 Coachella performance.
Their legend reached absurdity because year after year they were rumored to be secret guests at Coachella from then on.
It peaked in 2013 when a trailer for Get Lucky 'upstaged' all of Coachella.
And what was shown? This:
Here's a story about their 2006 Coachella performance.
Their legend reached absurdity because year after year they were rumored to be secret guests at Coachella from then on.
It peaked in 2013 when a trailer for Get Lucky 'upstaged' all of Coachella.
And what was shown? This:
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Coachella is the perfect landing spot for a Daft Punk. It's like Ibiza, but Hollywood-style.
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If I'd have joined the original Swamp a few years earlier, my handle may have been Chemical Bros. related as I used that on many of my early message board meandering. I had tickets to see one of their shows in the late '90s, but couldn't go after getting a really bad case of strep throat. Dig Your Own Hole was probably the first CD that I scratched up so bad that I had to buy another one.Shirley wrote: ↑Thu Feb 25, 2021 3:37 pm I realized earlier this week that I didn't really know any Daft Punk other than that Harder, Better... song. I didn't even realize that Get Lucky was by them. I worked through their four studio albums on Spotify. Pretty good, but I don't really get why they were SO popular. Now I'm listening to The Chemical Brothers' Tweekend for the first time in a long time, and this is pretty clearly better to me.
How do you all get your death notices since I left?
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mister d wrote:Couldn't have pegged me better.
EnochRoot wrote:I mean, whatever. Johnnie's all hot cuz I ride him.
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That would have been a much better joke had he lost
I felt aswirl with warm secretions.
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Seeing the ads for the sequel to 'Coming to America' makes me realize that beyond the barber shop scene ("Rocky Marciano!") I've never seen the first movie.
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in my opinion, you're missing out. i feel like if you like trading places, you'll like this. so many great actors. so many great lines. this is one of the other iconic scenes from the film.DaveInSeattle wrote: ↑Sat Feb 27, 2021 11:56 am Seeing the ads for the sequel to 'Coming to America' makes me realize that beyond the barber shop scene ("Rocky Marciano!") I've never seen the first movie.
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I remember it as being really funny.
"beautiful, with an exotic-yet-familiar facial structure and an arresting gaze."
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The movie holds up well. My kids and I watched it last week and they loved it.serrano wrote: ↑Sat Feb 27, 2021 12:14 pmin my opinion, you're missing out. i feel like if you like trading places, you'll like this. so many great actors. so many great lines. this is one of the other iconic scenes from the film.DaveInSeattle wrote: ↑Sat Feb 27, 2021 11:56 am Seeing the ads for the sequel to 'Coming to America' makes me realize that beyond the barber shop scene ("Rocky Marciano!") I've never seen the first movie.
BFJ is the town wizard who runs a magic shop. He also has a golem that he has trained to attack anti-Semites.
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Really. We watched it early last summer and felt differently. But your boys are slightly older than my daughters. Still love me some Sexual Chocolate.bfj wrote: ↑Sat Feb 27, 2021 2:26 pmThe movie holds up well. My kids and I watched it last week and they loved it.serrano wrote: ↑Sat Feb 27, 2021 12:14 pmin my opinion, you're missing out. i feel like if you like trading places, you'll like this. so many great actors. so many great lines. this is one of the other iconic scenes from the film.DaveInSeattle wrote: ↑Sat Feb 27, 2021 11:56 am Seeing the ads for the sequel to 'Coming to America' makes me realize that beyond the barber shop scene ("Rocky Marciano!") I've never seen the first movie.
To quote both Bruce Prichard and Tony Schiavone, "Fuck Duff Meltzer."
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Da Share Zone
And DMX for that matter. I know he's a rapper, but that's it.
And DMX for that matter. I know he's a rapper, but that's it.
"beautiful, with an exotic-yet-familiar facial structure and an arresting gaze."
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DMX is a music service that you can get through your cable tv tubes.
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ya i guess i'm not alone - i feel like i at least know most artists (or have heard of them) but was just coming here to write that i thought DMX meant a dirtbike.
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What y'all really want?
Until everything is less insane, I'm mixing weed with wine.
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PDX about to lose his mind, up in here, up in here.
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There was an entire post in that thread where I knew all the words in the post, but had no idea what they meant when put in that sequence.
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You're gonna get to the bottom of this shit if it takes all night
he’s a fixbking cyborg or some shit. The
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holy fuckbAllZ, what a ducking nightmare. Holy shot. Just, fuck. The
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Stop.
drop.
shutemdownopenupshop.
Dances with Wolves (1) - BSF
"This place was rockin'," said BSF21.
"There is nothing ever uncommon about BSF21."
"This place was rockin'," said BSF21.
"There is nothing ever uncommon about BSF21."
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The snake. The rat. The cat. The dog. How you gon' see when you're living in the fog?
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EnochRoot wrote:I mean, whatever. Johnnie's all hot cuz I ride him.
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I have no idea what the hell that is, but I can't stop laughing.
mister d wrote:Couldn't have pegged me better.
EnochRoot wrote:I mean, whatever. Johnnie's all hot cuz I ride him.
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You got it. That’s pretty much the idea.
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Things that are popular, but whose basis for popularity escapes me:
(If you are a fan, please understand I'm not hating on you personally for liking this stuff.)
1. Youtube personalities.
2. Pro wrestling. It's choreographed melodrama targeted at 13 year-old boys, but blindly treated as a sport.
3. Superhero/comic book movies. These things used to be targeted at adolescents. Now, it feels like I'm the only one not onboard.
Now, you kids get offa my lawn!
(If you are a fan, please understand I'm not hating on you personally for liking this stuff.)
1. Youtube personalities.
2. Pro wrestling. It's choreographed melodrama targeted at 13 year-old boys, but blindly treated as a sport.
3. Superhero/comic book movies. These things used to be targeted at adolescents. Now, it feels like I'm the only one not onboard.
Now, you kids get offa my lawn!
"What a bunch of pedantic pricks." - sybian
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Umm....I pretty much agree with everything you've written. Does this make me old?sancarlos wrote: ↑Fri Apr 23, 2021 3:18 pm Things that are popular, but whose basis for popularity escapes me:
(If you are a fan, please understand I'm not hating on you personally for liking this stuff.)
1. Youtube personalities.
2. Pro wrestling. It's choreographed melodrama targeted at 13 year-old boys, but blindly treated as a sport.
3. Superhero/comic book movies. These things used to be targeted at adolescents. Now, it feels like I'm the only one not onboard.
Now, you kids get offa my lawn!
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1. Once there was a medium that gave talented people a case to showcase their talent without going through traditional channels, those talented people capitalized. Over time it became monetized and a better platform, plus there's an algorithm that internally racks and stacks what is "trending," so people looked at that as a legit career move.
2. This has been around forever. It's theater and athletic. And there's a bunch of kids/adults that keep it going.
3. At some point "Nerd Culture" became mainstream. Probably around when ComicCon San Diego and others like it attracted mainstream Hollywood. Plus, technology to make movies that could adapt comics seemlessly became more pronounced. And it made shittons of money.
2. This has been around forever. It's theater and athletic. And there's a bunch of kids/adults that keep it going.
3. At some point "Nerd Culture" became mainstream. Probably around when ComicCon San Diego and others like it attracted mainstream Hollywood. Plus, technology to make movies that could adapt comics seemlessly became more pronounced. And it made shittons of money.
mister d wrote:Couldn't have pegged me better.
EnochRoot wrote:I mean, whatever. Johnnie's all hot cuz I ride him.
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Yeah, I mean, I was never into it myself, but I did go to a couple of off-off-off Broadway pro wrestling events at a crappy little gym in Salt Lake with my kid - and it was a blast.
No, it's not a sport. It's a scripted drama with talented and athletic people doing crazy stunts.
And his one problem is he didn’t go to Russia that night because he had extracurricular activities, and they froze to death.
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Star Trek: the Original Series failed in its first run. Canceled after 3 years, and the last year they were reusing stuff from previous seasons and the styrofoam looked really um...fake.Johnnie wrote: ↑Fri Apr 23, 2021 4:53 pm 1. Once there was a medium that gave talented people a case to showcase their talent without going through traditional channels, those talented people capitalized. Over time it became monetized and a better platform, plus there's an algorithm that internally racks and stacks what is "trending," so people looked at that as a legit career move.
2. This has been around forever. It's theater and athletic. And there's a bunch of kids/adults that keep it going.
3. At some point "Nerd Culture" became mainstream. Probably around when ComicCon San Diego and others like it attracted mainstream Hollywood. Plus, technology to make movies that could adapt comics seemlessly became more pronounced. And it made shittons of money.
It wasn't until it got picked up in syndication that a generation of kids grew up on watching it on Saturday afternoons did it get a cult following. And then 6 or 7 years later there's a motion picture.
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Because the ending is pre-determined it isn't a sport? I guess just call it an athletic event, but those guys and women performing are mostly world class athletes.Steve of phpBB wrote: ↑Fri Apr 23, 2021 5:04 pmYeah, I mean, I was never into it myself, but I did go to a couple of off-off-off Broadway pro wrestling events at a crappy little gym in Salt Lake with my kid - and it was a blast.
No, it's not a sport. It's a scripted drama with talented and athletic people doing crazy stunts.
To quote both Bruce Prichard and Tony Schiavone, "Fuck Duff Meltzer."
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Yes?
I agree they are excellent athletes. Doing physically challenge acting and stunt work.
And his one problem is he didn’t go to Russia that night because he had extracurricular activities, and they froze to death.
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Are the Globetrotters playing a sport? I think that’s why the term sports entertainment was used by Vince McMahon.Steve of phpBB wrote: ↑Fri Apr 23, 2021 7:46 pmYes?
I agree they are excellent athletes. Doing physically challenge acting and stunt work.
BFJ is the town wizard who runs a magic shop. He also has a golem that he has trained to attack anti-Semites.