Baloo

re: Woodstock 99 is awesome for 45 minutes, then it takes a hard left turn.

Posted by Baloo on 9/13/21 at 1:58 pm

I do like how the doc goes after the original Woodstcock, too. Most of what we think of as Woodstock is the movie and didn't actually happen. The original concert was a disaster as well, and it's a miracle more people didn't die or get seriously hurt. In that way, 99 is a perfect tribute to the orig...

re: Jake Holmes - 1967 "Dazed and Confused" before Jimmy Page stole it for Led Zeppelin

Posted by Baloo on 9/13/21 at 10:02 am

It's also a huge difference between them and the Stones. The Stones almost almost always gave credit and Mick Jagger bought Chess Records when it went under to preserve it as a historical landmark. There was an ethical way to be a blues-rock band, and Zeppelin simply ignored the model. ...

re: Woodstock 99 is awesome for 45 minutes, then it takes a hard left turn.

Posted by Baloo on 9/13/21 at 9:55 am

I'm sort of obsessed with Woodstock 99, which is a conflagration of some of the worst decsions ever made in pop culutre. If you were expecting a positive spin in a doc on the most infamous concert outside of Altamont, which killed the Woodstock brand and featured several deaths, mulitple sexual assa...

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re: Malignant-HBO Max

Posted by Baloo on 9/13/21 at 9:28 am

God, I love James Wan. I don't udnerstand anyone saying that they never got horror vibes from the Pixies. Their whole catalog is basically a horror movie, from the beginning of Nimrod's Son all the way through the Palace of the Brine. Bizarre imagery and unique soundscapes are what the Pixies do....

re: Heavy Metal Parking Lot 1986 & Where are they now?

Posted by Baloo on 9/13/21 at 9:20 am

Team Zebraman. This was MY heavy metal parking lot. I grew up going to shows at the Cap Center. It is distrubingly accurate. ...

re: Jake Holmes - 1967 "Dazed and Confused" before Jimmy Page stole it for Led Zeppelin

Posted by Baloo on 9/13/21 at 9:18 am

This is one of the worst kept secrets in rock n roll. It was pretty common knowledge Page stole the song, but that he also improved upon it immensely. It's barely the same song, and Page admittedly took it to another level. It's nowhere near as egregious as the way they stole from blues artists. ...

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re: 2021/22 Leeds United szn long thread: Gracias Marcelo

Posted by Baloo on 9/13/21 at 9:13 am

Llorente is Spanish for "leg injury." ...

re: USMNT Qualifying Window Thoughts

Posted by Baloo on 9/13/21 at 9:11 am

[quote]1. As a fan, the 3 game windows are a lot of fun as it’s a pretty good simulation of a tournament group stage. [/quote] Totally agree. And a great point about how its good practice for the roster management of the World Cup group stage. [quote]2. I think Tyler Adams needs to be th...

re: Best Live Band Touring Today

Posted by Baloo on 9/9/21 at 4:38 pm

Turnstile. ...

re: United States of Need a Win v. A Team We Need To Beat | The Oct | 9:30pm CT (Paramount+)

Posted by Baloo on 9/9/21 at 8:59 am

Apparently coaching soccer is like Earl Weaver's quote about baseball, you just need 11 guys named Robinson. This was obviously a must win, but I don't think the USMNT's issues in the first two games were about their quality. They played well against El Slavador, just couldn't score. They did pla...

re: Landon Donovan on McKennie's MIA | UPDATE: McKennie heads back to Italy

Posted by Baloo on 9/9/21 at 8:44 am

The thruth is, we don't know what is going on in tha tlocker room, but we can make some educated guesses based upon the things Broski has posted from the media and quotes from the team. And one of the biggest challenges for any international side is to act and play like a team. There's limited pr...

re: United States of F#ck Yeah v. El Baltimore | The Oct | 9pm CT (CBSSN, TUDN, Paramount+)

Posted by Baloo on 9/3/21 at 5:08 pm

Yeah, I think Honduras is better than El Salvador, but not by leaps and bounds. We are still the more talented side. ...

re: Amazon to remove content that violates rules from their cloud

Posted by Baloo on 9/3/21 at 11:17 am

Amazon had done this previously with books, updating editions on people's Kindles without permission. It wasn't to specifically target content, but the thought process behind it is sinister. You have no control over your streaming library. You're just leasing it, at someone else's whim. Get physi...

re: Bluey is one of the most brilliant children cartoons of all time

Posted by Baloo on 9/3/21 at 11:14 am

Forget children's cartoons, its one of the best shows being made right now, period. I genuinely laugh my arse off during episodes. It is a shockingly accurate picture of parenting. ...

re: 2021/22 Leeds United szn long thread: Gracias Marcelo

Posted by Baloo on 9/3/21 at 11:00 am

BTW, Phil Hay of The Athletic's book on Bielsa at Leeds just dropped on Kindle. The early parts of "The Decline" are giving me hives. ...

re: If Berhalter Coaches throughout qualifying…

Posted by Baloo on 9/3/21 at 10:57 am

[quote]Who should've started that didn't?[/quote] Berhalter's most widely panned lineup decision, to start Tim Ream, actually worked. Dest looks like he probably can't be our left back and should go back to his more comfotable RB position, but that was a popular decision to experiment, and I won'...

re: United States of F#ck Yeah v. El Baltimore | The Oct | 9pm CT (CBSSN, TUDN, Paramount+)

Posted by Baloo on 9/3/21 at 10:51 am

It was simpyl an ugly match all the way around, but the good sign is the team never looked rattled and didn't play much on its back foot. They were miserable in the final third, a function of not having Pulisic and still searching for a striker, but they had the bulk of the chances in the game. ...

re: 2021/22 Leeds United szn long thread: Gracias Marcelo

Posted by Baloo on 8/16/21 at 4:12 pm

We really, really rely on Kalvin Philips. When he doesn't play, we are a different team, and not a good one. He's able to make so much of Bielsa's system work. Koch is not my favoite player, but he was set up to fail. I'd rather play Struijk or Dallas in the CDM role if Kalvin can't go. Struijk h...