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by Mundane Mayhem
Wed Jun 15, 2022 12:11 pm
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: The TV thread
Replies: 3663
Views: 1036026

Re: The TV thread

My people. Shouldn’t be surprised. Have you watched We Own This City yet? I've been saving it for when I'm on vacation for the week of the 4th. Looks terrific and I'm excited to dig into it. It is kind of like a "True Life" version of the Wire. Same writers/producers for the most part. Same Baltimo...
by Mundane Mayhem
Wed Jun 15, 2022 10:05 am
Forum: Drive-By Truckers discussion
Topic: Welcome to Club XIII
Replies: 338
Views: 240729

Re: Welcome to Club XIII

Someone remind me: are Pin Hits/DIY “Billy Ringo” songs? Let’s get a full list of them. “Better Than The Truth” obviously. I don’t think so. Pin Hits the Shell and DIY are specifically about AHC bassist John Cahoon, while Billy Ringo is a composite character (who might include Cahoon but idk) At le...
by Mundane Mayhem
Tue Jun 14, 2022 10:10 pm
Forum: Drive-By Truckers discussion
Topic: Welcome to Club XIII
Replies: 338
Views: 240729

Re: Welcome to Club XIII

"The Driver" is the standout for me. It possesses the kind of ominous swagger & snarl that some of those great Murdering Oscar songs (the title track, "Belvedere,""Heavy and Hanging," "Walking Around Sense") have. After seeing references to Murdering Oscar in several posts on this thread, I too am ...
by Mundane Mayhem
Tue Jun 14, 2022 11:21 am
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: The Neverending Thread for Political Shit
Replies: 20776
Views: 4825751

Re: The Neverending Thread for Political Shit

In regards to the 1/6 hearings, I've watched ~half of them so far and they seem to occupy the weird space of being both necessary and basically irrelevant. So far the main thing they have accomplished is to rehabilitate people like Liz Cheney, Pence and even Bill fucking Barr, etc. Over the past de...
by Mundane Mayhem
Tue Jun 14, 2022 1:51 am
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: The Neverending Thread for Political Shit
Replies: 20776
Views: 4825751

Re: The Neverending Thread for Political Shit

The whole "framework" thing has become the new way to say "oh well, we tried." "We really want to do this popular thing that you elected us to but golly we just *can't*!" In reality, a Senate with Joe Manchin as the most powerful member doesn't function all that differently than one where Mitch McC...
by Mundane Mayhem
Tue Jun 14, 2022 1:43 am
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: The TV thread
Replies: 3663
Views: 1036026

Re: The TV thread

Today's NYT has a nice retrospective on The Wire twenty years on, focusing on one scene from each season. Stringer Bell, Omar and Bubbles are among the many indelible characters whose memory is brought back by the article. They just don't make TV like they used to :) I have probably watched The Wir...
by Mundane Mayhem
Sun Jun 12, 2022 6:36 pm
Forum: Drive-By Truckers discussion
Topic: Welcome to Club XIII
Replies: 338
Views: 240729

Re: Welcome to Club XIII

That's right. I assumed that's what Bubba meant. Yes. It turned out to be about jimmy to Patterson's surprise. The context of the quote above is the phenomenon of subconscious songwriting. If they aren't they're well on their way to being that. Their fans include fiction writers, filmmakers, histor...
by Mundane Mayhem
Sat Jun 11, 2022 9:29 pm
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: The Neverending Thread for Political Shit
Replies: 20776
Views: 4825751

Re: The Neverending Thread for Political Shit

From today's NYT: "Those Americans who still believe in Mr. Trump and his grievances may disagree with whatever conclusions the committee draws, but we urge them to see and hear the evidence the committee has collected from interviewing 1,000 witnesses and gathering more than 140,000 documents. "Th...
by Mundane Mayhem
Fri Jun 10, 2022 6:33 pm
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: Who Knew?
Replies: 23
Views: 2375

Re: Who Knew?

The frozen kind? As far as I can tell the raw material is still readily available. Do folks not know what the “tater” in “tater tots” is in reference to? 🥔 I've always assumed "tater" is a slang form of "potato." I got the word about the shortage from a restaurant that is know for their tots but do...
by Mundane Mayhem
Fri Jun 10, 2022 2:40 pm
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: Who Knew?
Replies: 23
Views: 2375

Re: Who Knew?

The frozen kind? As far as I can tell the raw material is still readily available. Do folks not know what the “tater” in “tater tots” is in reference to? 🥔
by Mundane Mayhem
Fri Jun 10, 2022 2:29 pm
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: The Neverending Thread for Political Shit
Replies: 20776
Views: 4825751

Re: The Neverending Thread for Political Shit

I watched up until the first recess, when my dogs demanded their evening walk. Thought the part segueing from showing Trump’s Pence tweet on the screen to the video of some terrorist dipshit reading it aloud using a megaphone was pretty powerful. But yeah, the GOP has long since poisoned the well wi...
by Mundane Mayhem
Thu Jun 09, 2022 11:07 pm
Forum: Drive-By Truckers discussion
Topic: Welcome to Club XIII
Replies: 338
Views: 240729

Re: Welcome to Club XIII

The exceptions category seems pretty big (Shit Shots, Jimmy, Slow Ride, etc) but even with the exceptions and the possible question marks, I think your observation holds up very well. Kudos. I think “Slow Ride” fits into the “family observations” category. Better than “Filthy and Fried” does, proba...
by Mundane Mayhem
Thu Jun 09, 2022 11:03 pm
Forum: Drive-By Truckers discussion
Topic: Europe 2022
Replies: 39
Views: 4946

Re: Europe 2022

Flea wrote:
Thu Jun 09, 2022 6:52 pm
I'm rather surprised that Jerry & The Stiff Boys haven't done Sugar Smacks on this leg of the tour.
A lot of words to remember and not a lot of melody to help cement those words into place. Call it Daddy’s Cup Syndrome.
by Mundane Mayhem
Wed Jun 08, 2022 8:12 pm
Forum: Drive-By Truckers discussion
Topic: Welcome to Club XIII
Replies: 338
Views: 240729

Re: Welcome to Club XIII

Vincent wrote:
Wed Jun 08, 2022 6:08 pm

Wake you up is a true gut punch. Did Patterson say he wrote it for Justin at one of the rock shows?
99% sure he said it at one of his COVID livestreams. Not the one where he debuted it (September 2), but the next time he played it, iirc. September 30, maybe? Paging Glenn's setlists...
by Mundane Mayhem
Wed Jun 08, 2022 1:10 pm
Forum: Drive-By Truckers discussion
Topic: Welcome to Club XIII
Replies: 338
Views: 240729

Re: Welcome to Club XIII

Others have reflected on the record brilliantly. I am still formulating my opinions about it, but for now here are two minor contributions to the discussion: -Any theories as to why "We will never wake you up in the morning" is stylized as such? I can't recall another song in the catalog that isn't ...
by Mundane Mayhem
Thu Jun 02, 2022 12:21 am
Forum: Drive-By Truckers discussion
Topic: Welcome to Club XIII
Replies: 338
Views: 240729

Re: Welcome to Club XIII

brettac1 wrote:
Wed Jun 01, 2022 10:48 am
I've avoided listening to any studio versions of the songs yet because I'm weird like that
I admire your restraint.
by Mundane Mayhem
Wed Jun 01, 2022 3:00 am
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: The Neverending Thread for Political Shit
Replies: 20776
Views: 4825751

Re: The Neverending Thread for Political Shit

Chicago has weirdly been crowned the kings of gun violence, when on a per capita basis, they aren’t even top 15 I think it’s the calculus as opposed to the static number. Rate of change. Chicago has experienced a terrifying surge of gun violence in recent years, and no one really seems to have a co...
by Mundane Mayhem
Tue May 31, 2022 3:05 am
Forum: Drive-By Truckers discussion
Topic: Welcome to Club XIII
Replies: 338
Views: 240729

Re: Welcome to Club XIII

Two things: 1) Let’s change “to” in the title of this thread to “2” since it was the 80s, after all. 2) I choose to believe that the angels in the trees on A&F probably sound a lot like Schaefer Llana’s vox on “The Driver,” and think the song actually has a lot of thematic resonance with parts of Ac...
by Mundane Mayhem
Tue May 03, 2022 7:35 pm
Forum: Drive-By Truckers discussion
Topic: Every Single Storied Flameout-New Cooley Song
Replies: 38
Views: 7770

Re: Every Single Storied Flameout-New Cooley Song

Clams wrote:
Tue May 03, 2022 12:31 pm
Mundane Mayhem wrote:
Tue May 03, 2022 12:25 pm
Drove to work today repeating the song on YouTube because it hasn't landed on the streaming services yet. The Perils of Fanboyhood.
the struggle is real
And now I begin my drive home and it still isn't on Tidal!
by Mundane Mayhem
Tue May 03, 2022 12:25 pm
Forum: Drive-By Truckers discussion
Topic: Every Single Storied Flameout-New Cooley Song
Replies: 38
Views: 7770

Re: Every Single Storied Flameout-New Cooley Song

Clams wrote:
Tue May 03, 2022 12:03 pm
Drove to work today repeating the song on YouTube because it hasn't landed on the streaming services yet. The Perils of Fanboyhood.
by Mundane Mayhem
Sun May 01, 2022 12:06 pm
Forum: Drive-By Truckers discussion
Topic: Big Weekend - Asbury Park and Philadelphia
Replies: 10
Views: 1631

Re: Big Weekend - Asbury Park and Philadelphia

litdimly wrote:
Sun May 01, 2022 11:22 am
Thank you to Clams and Bubba and others for posting show highlights here for those of us in witness protection or otherwise avoiding Facebook.
x2
by Mundane Mayhem
Thu Apr 28, 2022 7:35 pm
Forum: Drive-By Truckers discussion
Topic: Boston, MA, 4/28/22 @ The Royale
Replies: 22
Views: 2637

Re: Boston, MA, 4/28/22 @ The Royale

Have a great time tonight, Bubba (and any lurkers).
by Mundane Mayhem
Tue Apr 26, 2022 5:27 pm
Forum: Drive-By Truckers discussion
Topic: Boston, MA, 4/28/22 @ The Royale
Replies: 22
Views: 2637

Re: Boston, MA, 4/28/22 @ The Royale

beantownbubba wrote:
Sun Apr 24, 2022 9:44 am
Who's in?
Only in spirit.
by Mundane Mayhem
Tue Apr 19, 2022 10:58 am
Forum: Drive-By Truckers discussion
Topic: Welcome to Club XIII
Replies: 338
Views: 240729

Re: Welcome to Club XIII

I don’t recall the band ever really taking steps to keep live recordings of new songs off the internet, but that appears to be happening with this record. The Team Dirty South Homecoming recordings specifically exclude the new songs, and the SLC recording has gone missing. Obviously it’s their prero...
by Mundane Mayhem
Fri Apr 15, 2022 4:07 pm
Forum: Drive-By Truckers discussion
Topic: Welcome to Club XIII
Replies: 338
Views: 240729

Re: Welcome to Club XIII

is this a secret concept record? Reading my mind, dime. Feels like "The Distance" would have been a great fit if it hadn't been needed to fill out The New OK . Oh well. It is interesting to see DBT examining their own history and legacy on some of these songs, which is only natural 26 years in. Als...
by Mundane Mayhem
Fri Apr 15, 2022 3:32 pm
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: MLB 2023
Replies: 401
Views: 487966

Re: mlb 2020

I think it’s a logical change based on medicine/analytics but it’s also still jarring after growing up watching games where mediocre pitchers would be left out there with 130+ pitches simply because they had a no-hitter going. Even in a close game and if they had been walking hitters. That's more o...
by Mundane Mayhem
Wed Apr 13, 2022 11:31 pm
Forum: Drive-By Truckers discussion
Topic: Welcome to Club XIII
Replies: 338
Views: 240729

Re: Welcome to Club XIII

brettac1 wrote:
Wed Apr 13, 2022 12:15 pm
However, I will take as many songs about class struggle as I can get.
Also words to live by, but in an entirely different thread.
by Mundane Mayhem
Wed Apr 13, 2022 11:27 pm
Forum: Drive-By Truckers discussion
Topic: 2022 Heathens Homecoming Thread - April 6, 7, 8 & 9
Replies: 306
Views: 54106

Re: 2022 Heathens Homecoming Thread - April 6, 7, 8 & 9

Not much to say that hasn't already been said, other than to express my appreciation that I was able to come out of the shadows a bit at this Homecoming and meet some of you fine folks in the flesh. To those I either didn't meet or only got to chat with in passing, I look forward to remedying that ...
by Mundane Mayhem
Wed Apr 13, 2022 12:13 pm
Forum: Drive-By Truckers discussion
Topic: Welcome to Club XIII
Replies: 338
Views: 240729

Re: New album

KcGhostToMost wrote:
Tue Apr 12, 2022 10:03 am
What is the breakdown Cooley vs Hood songs on this one? I've heard a few of the songs but not many.
Tracks 2 and 7 are Cooley. The rest are Hood.

Also, just leaving this here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Monk
by Mundane Mayhem
Wed Apr 13, 2022 11:58 am
Forum: Drive-By Truckers discussion
Topic: 2022 Heathens Homecoming Thread - April 6, 7, 8 & 9
Replies: 306
Views: 54106

Re: 2022 Heathens Homecoming Thread - April 6, 7, 8 & 9

Not much to say that hasn't already been said, other than to express my appreciation that I was able to come out of the shadows a bit at this Homecoming and meet some of you fine folks in the flesh. To those I either didn't meet or only got to chat with in passing, I look forward to remedying that d...