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re: Songs That Bring You Peace

Posted by madmaxvol on 5/22/26 at 2:47 pm to
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The whole damn Tea for the Tillerman album as a matter of fact.

Really takes me back to a simple and wonderful time in my childhood.



I saw the post title and immediately thought, ok...now I've gotta choose between: Peace Train; Hard Headed Woman; Longer Boats; Wild World; and Where Do the Children Play.
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Why did you post the traderous bitch


Is that a free-trade pun?
As soon as I see when it's getting released, I'm putting it on my calendar.
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If we could go back to pre 1992 , everything would be solved


FIFY
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It's getting close to Disney recasting and reshooting the entire Marvel Series starting with Iron Man. Eliot Page is ready to be cast as Tony Stark.




That's crazy...Eliot Page will be The Hulk.

Awkwafina will be Tony Stark.
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And now he's writing the next Lord of the Rings movie, with his son.


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Tolkien rose from the dead and wrote another book?



"Colbert said in the video with Jackson that the film will adapt six early chapters — "Three is company" through "Fog on the Barrow-downs" — from The Fellowship of the Ring, the first book of J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings trilogy. These chapters were not part of the first film."
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Nope...my complaint was that Ben wasn't ethnic-looking enough for THEM.
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because he wore self tanner to make him look more like the historical character?



Much like John Wayne did in order to look more like Genghis Khan.

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Are you mad that Charlie Cox isn't blind?



I didn't realize that was an ethnic group.

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Hannibal Lecter has never been played by a real serial killer, or even a cannibal.



That we know of...also, not an ethnicity.
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And also Olivia Munn played the Asian version of Psylocke




Good catch that you said "the Asian version" since Psylocke was originally British. After the body switch...her consciousness went into the body of a Japanese woman. Since Munn is part Chinese...I guess it's close enough...
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So your complaint is Ben isn't ethnic-looking enough for you? Wow.




Nope...my complaint was that Ben wasn't ethnic-looking enough for THEM.

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Gotta love double standards. I’m sure everyone would be fine if a white actor redid Black Panther




Sorry...Robert Downey Jr is already playing Iron Man...so it would be double dipping...otherwise, this would be the first one to cast.

Not the 80s or 90s...but I was 8 years old when my dad took me to go see "The Gauntlet". I was a big Clint Eastwood fan, but had only seen his movies on TV, where they had been censored. That was the first R rated movie I remember seeing in the theater.
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1/2 Indian -


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Indian dude playing an Indian dude, though



Here is another 1/2 Indian (Kamala Harris) who could play Indira Ghandi
Indian woman playing Indian woman


Spot on. Also, this guy (Tiger Woods) would be a good fit do do some Asian spots


Asian guy playing Asian guy

Or this gal (Olivia Munn) for Asian spots, as well


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9 in a row. 1998



Nice that you mention 1998. The following year was the end of Tennessee's 9 in a row over Georgia (1989-1999).

Ray Goff and Jim Donnan went 1-9 vs Tennessee

Butch Jones, Jeremy Pruitt and Josh Heupel have gone 2-11 vs Georgia. If you add in Derek Dooley, it's 2-14. Is it ironic that Georgia's luck vs Tennessee turned around when Vince Dooley's son took over in Knoxville?
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Ben Kingsley is Indian



1/2 Indian - He still had to be covered in makeup to darken him on set. His father was Gujarati Indian and his mother was English. Kingsley also played a Jewish character in Schindler's list...and he is 1/4 Jewish on his mother's side.

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Tilda Swinton was done to appease China.



Many casting choices are done to appease someone.
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Probably should trade out the Vols for Tech...Tech has been more competitive the last decade or so



Over the last 10 seasons, Georgia Tech's record is 58-64 and Tennessee's is 74-51. Each have the same record vs Georgia...Tennessee also made the CFP in 2024.

Also...

December 12th will be the 94th anniversary of the creation of the SEC in Knoxville, TN.

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This scumbag has a house on Sullivan's Island right across the harbor from us. Shouldn't his "people" be eating him alive for his net worth and supporting a red state instead of, say, California?



I guess, since he grew up in Charleston, they are willing to overlook it.
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Why does an actor's race matter?! Ok...now imagine it was this:

































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I been told im never listening so why not




My wife has never said that to me...at least as far as I know she hasn't. She does keep going on and on about something, but I'm sure it probably isn't that.
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But the one most repeated in my household by my kids..."You're a towel!"


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I have to admit I’ve said this to the dog and cat on multiple occasions.




My 20 year old son says it to the dog at least once per week.
This is a stupid thing for them to do...but for those who are aware of the sections of Skyrioi by Euripides that have been found...

In order to keep Achilles safe from the war, Thetis hid him dressed as a princess at the court of Lycomedes, king of Skyros. There, Achilles lived among Lycomedes's daughters, under the name Pyrrha. He began a relationship with Lycomedes's daughter Deidamia, and fathered two sons, Neoptolemus and Oneiros.

So at least the thought of a cross-dressing Achilles wasn't a foreign concept to the ancient Greeks.


ETA...spelling correction
Too many to choose from...but off the top of my head:

Cartman: "You see, Starvin' Marvin, these are called appetizers. This is what you eat before you eat... to make you more hungry." along with... "No, Starvin' Marvin, that's my pot pie!"

Randy: “I’m not chugging beer! I’m sampling a flight of gluten-free German lagers with a French wine pairing! It’s called a smorgaswein and it’s elegantly cultural!” or... “I thought this was America!”

But the one most repeated in my household by my kids..."You're a towel!"