Hey Flex (All Encompassing 90's Glorification)

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Dr. Medulla wrote:
01 May 2017, 7:57pm
revbob wrote:
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3/15. I live in VT so knowing about the Lilith Fair is nearly mandatory, Sarah M used to play around here every so often.
:lol: Your vinegar makes so much more sense.
Perhaps but I think those seeds were probably planted much earlier, Vermont has just in some ways been fertile ground for it to really grow.

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revbob wrote:
01 May 2017, 8:35pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
01 May 2017, 7:57pm
revbob wrote:
01 May 2017, 7:43pm
3/15. I live in VT so knowing about the Lilith Fair is nearly mandatory, Sarah M used to play around here every so often.
:lol: Your vinegar makes so much more sense.
Perhaps but I think those seeds were probably planted much earlier, Vermont has just in some ways been fertile ground for it to really grow.
Tell me, do you have an opinion about Phish? :shifty:
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Dr. Medulla wrote:
01 May 2017, 8:43pm
revbob wrote:
01 May 2017, 8:35pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
01 May 2017, 7:57pm
revbob wrote:
01 May 2017, 7:43pm
3/15. I live in VT so knowing about the Lilith Fair is nearly mandatory, Sarah M used to play around here every so often.
:lol: Your vinegar makes so much more sense.
Perhaps but I think those seeds were probably planted much earlier, Vermont has just in some ways been fertile ground for it to really grow.
Tell me, do you have an opinion about Phish? :shifty:
I'm sure I've mentioned how I often unintentionally alienate people that I meet. It never fails, something like "Oh you're from Vermont, I love Phish" or something like that and I instinctively say something like "I fucking hate Phish" which is usually followed by some awkward silence.

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revbob wrote:
01 May 2017, 9:11pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
01 May 2017, 8:43pm
revbob wrote:
01 May 2017, 8:35pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
01 May 2017, 7:57pm
revbob wrote:
01 May 2017, 7:43pm
3/15. I live in VT so knowing about the Lilith Fair is nearly mandatory, Sarah M used to play around here every so often.
:lol: Your vinegar makes so much more sense.
Perhaps but I think those seeds were probably planted much earlier, Vermont has just in some ways been fertile ground for it to really grow.
Tell me, do you have an opinion about Phish? :shifty:
I'm sure I've mentioned how I often unintentionally alienate people that I meet. It never fails, something like "Oh you're from Vermont, I love Phish" or something like that and I instinctively say something like "I fucking hate Phish" which is usually followed by some awkward silence.
My response to you would be something along the lines of "oh man, I've been dying to do a beer pilgrimage to rural Vermont. It would be epic!"
Look, you have to establish context for these things. And I maintain that unless you appreciate the Fall of Constantinople, the Great Fire of London, and Mickey Mantle's fatalist alcoholism, live Freddy makes no sense. If you want to half-ass it, fine, go call Simon Schama to do the appendix.

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matedog wrote:
01 May 2017, 9:41pm
revbob wrote:
01 May 2017, 9:11pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
01 May 2017, 8:43pm
revbob wrote:
01 May 2017, 8:35pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
01 May 2017, 7:57pm


:lol: Your vinegar makes so much more sense.
Perhaps but I think those seeds were probably planted much earlier, Vermont has just in some ways been fertile ground for it to really grow.
Tell me, do you have an opinion about Phish? :shifty:
I'm sure I've mentioned how I often unintentionally alienate people that I meet. It never fails, something like "Oh you're from Vermont, I love Phish" or something like that and I instinctively say something like "I fucking hate Phish" which is usually followed by some awkward silence.
My response to you would be something along the lines of "oh man, I've been dying to do a beer pilgrimage to rural Vermont. It would be epic!"
Summer is the best time for that sort of thing.

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revbob wrote:
01 May 2017, 9:11pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
01 May 2017, 8:43pm
revbob wrote:
01 May 2017, 8:35pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
01 May 2017, 7:57pm
revbob wrote:
01 May 2017, 7:43pm
3/15. I live in VT so knowing about the Lilith Fair is nearly mandatory, Sarah M used to play around here every so often.
:lol: Your vinegar makes so much more sense.
Perhaps but I think those seeds were probably planted much earlier, Vermont has just in some ways been fertile ground for it to really grow.
Tell me, do you have an opinion about Phish? :shifty:
I'm sure I've mentioned how I often unintentionally alienate people that I meet. It never fails, something like "Oh you're from Vermont, I love Phish" or something like that and I instinctively say something like "I fucking hate Phish" which is usually followed by some awkward silence.
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Lookin' at you, Hoy!
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Some of their hits have held up. Generally the ones with less rap. Like 311.
Look, you have to establish context for these things. And I maintain that unless you appreciate the Fall of Constantinople, the Great Fire of London, and Mickey Mantle's fatalist alcoholism, live Freddy makes no sense. If you want to half-ass it, fine, go call Simon Schama to do the appendix.

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I just heard Semisonic's "Closing Time" for the first time in well over a decade. For the first thirty seconds or so, I'm thinking that maybe it's not that bad after all. And then, like a switch being flicked, I just got irritated as fuck and turned it off.
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Dr. Medulla wrote:
22 Jun 2017, 1:53pm
I just heard Semisonic's "Closing Time" for the first time in well over a decade. For the first thirty seconds or so, I'm thinking that maybe it's not that bad after all. And then, like a switch being flicked, I just got irritated as fuck and turned it off.
It's terrible.
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It also means that the shithole bar in the expensive part of town that I hear it at has stopped service.
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Dr. Medulla wrote:
22 Jun 2017, 1:53pm
I just heard Semisonic's "Closing Time" for the first time in well over a decade. For the first thirty seconds or so, I'm thinking that maybe it's not that bad after all. And then, like a switch being flicked, I just got irritated as fuck and turned it off.
Great song. Overplayed, sure. But a great song. Don't get it twisted.
Look, you have to establish context for these things. And I maintain that unless you appreciate the Fall of Constantinople, the Great Fire of London, and Mickey Mantle's fatalist alcoholism, live Freddy makes no sense. If you want to half-ass it, fine, go call Simon Schama to do the appendix.

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Silent Majority wrote:
22 Jun 2017, 2:41pm
It also means that the shithole bar in the expensive part of town that I hear it at has stopped service.
And also the douchebros in said bar are singing along to it as a reminder of what a shithole crowd you're surrounded by in that shithole place.

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matedog wrote:
22 Jun 2017, 4:03pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
22 Jun 2017, 1:53pm
I just heard Semisonic's "Closing Time" for the first time in well over a decade. For the first thirty seconds or so, I'm thinking that maybe it's not that bad after all. And then, like a switch being flicked, I just got irritated as fuck and turned it off.
Great song. Overplayed, sure. But a great song. Don't get it twisted.
As I said, it'd been a long time since I'd heard it—guess who doesn't go to bars?!—so overplay didn't affect my reaction. It's just offensively generic of its time, and its time wasn't all that appealing the first time around.
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Rat Patrol wrote:
22 Jun 2017, 4:57pm
Silent Majority wrote:
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It also means that the shithole bar in the expensive part of town that I hear it at has stopped service.
And also the douchebros in said bar are singing along to it as a reminder of what a shithole crowd you're surrounded by in that shithole place.
From what I understand, the guy who wrote it came out and said it wasn't about closing time at a bar, but his impending fatherhood. Which makes it all the more worse as he implies that this banal song has a deep meaning. Also, what, sex is over after the wife has a baby?
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