Welcome back to the Beat! Last time out, HyperShock was hoisted on its own petard, Son of Whyachi actually got revenge, and Cobalt had good enough DI to not get killed off the top by Minotaur’s up smash, even if it still lost the fight. And then after press time seeds were given out, which was posted but let’s refresh that. It’s playoff seeding time!
1. Bite Force (4-0)
2. Witch Doctor (4-0)
3. Hydra (4-0)
4. Tombstone (3-1)
5. Whiplash (3-1)
6. Death Roll (4-0)
7. SawBlaze (3-1)
8. Black Dragon (4-1, Desperado winner)
9. Lock-Jaw (4-1)
10. Son of Whyachi (4-1)
11. Yeti (4-1)
12. HUGE (4-1)
13. Quantum (3-2)
14. Minotaur (4-3)
15. Blacksmith (3-2)
16. Upper Cut (4-1)
And we all know how a 16-competitor single-elimination bracket goes. So with that, onto the fights!
Just like in the play-in fights, I’ll give my picks, which I came up with beforehand, and not while I’m watching the fights.
(10) Son of Whyachi vs. (7) SawBlaze
Son of Whyachi: 4-1 (W, KO 1:36 vs. HUGE; L, KO 1:46 vs. Whiplash; W, KO 0:49 vs. Texas Twister; W, KO 1:01 vs. Kraken; W, KO 2:33 vs. Copperhead–Play-In)
SawBlaze: 3-1 (W, JD 3-0 vs. RotatoR; L, KO 1:42 vs. Tombstone; W, JD 2-1 vs. Blacksmith; W, JD 3-0 vs. Ribbot)
I know SawBlaze’ll go with the rubber plow a la Tombstone, but it didn’t do too well against Tombstone. Hell, it didn’t really do well at all against Tombstone. So for that I think I’ll take the underseeded in my eyes Son of Whyachi. Also they went with the AR 500 wedge, so never mind.
It was a definite change however for Jamison Go and SawBlaze, as it seemed that because Son of Whyachi is an overhead spinner it had fewer places to hide. The box rush went well. So well, actually, that SawBlaze didn’t fire up the dragon saw to try and bring it down on top of Son of Whyachi at first, once they had Son of Whyachi cornered. They just kept pressing and pushing and spinning the wayyyy former heavyweight champ and using that plow to much greater effect than the Tombstone fight. But the first shot from SawBlaze was actually a backhander, while the dragon saw was in the down position, and with Son of Whyachi stopped at that moment that was actually a useful hit. But Son of Whyachi escaped, trying to get up to its deadly speed, never quite getting there as SawBlaze was always able to hit it before then, as the saw bot pushed the heavy spinner to the screws, finally dropping the saw on one of the rotors and buckling a bracer before Son of Whyachi could escape. But then it was another deflect and push, as that bracer was really bending. Another push and pin and line up by Jamison Go dropped the saw right on it, breaking it in two. That’s the first time in all these years one of those Son of Whyachi bracers has broken, to my knowledge. Plus it went through that into the top of the bot, which started to smoke. It was trying to spin up, but couldn’t get up to the same speed due to the loss of stability, and the smoke, as another bracer broke, SawBlaze pushed it some more, and the smoke became a full-fledged fire as the fight ended and went to the judges. Just a note, it was confirmed that there was an editing mistake and the hit at the end was not a late hit, even if the buzzer on the screen had sounded; SawBlaze had confirmed this with the producers, and there’s a hit when Chris Rose said “ten seconds left” when the graphic showed five seconds. Either way SawBlaze wins and moves on by unanimous decision.
(1) Bite Force vs. (16) Upper Cut
Bite Force: 4-0 (W, KD 3-0 vs. Yeti; W, KO 2:48 vs. Bronco; W, JD 3-0 vs. HyperShock; W, KO 0:46 vs. Monsoon)
Upper Cut: 4-1 (L, KO 2:34 vs. Tantrum with Jasper; W, KO 1:05 vs. Mammoth; W, KO 2:17 vs. Breaker Box; W, KO 1:37 vs. Skorpios; W, KO 2:21 vs. RailGun Max & Bloodsport–Play-In)
Yeah, Bite Force is the top seed obviously. It’s only won the last 12 competition fights to this point, which means not including the exhibition rumble, and not including the re: MARS fights because those were after this. In short, yes, I’m picking Bite Force. In long, yes, I am picking Bite Force to win the fight and move onto the quarterfinals.
Bite Force came in to look, as Upper Cut was having traction problems from the start, or stability problems considering it nearly tipped. So Bite Force responded by sending it a few feet off the Lexan wall, which jolted Upper Cut to life, long enough for Bite Force to hit it again, have it tumble off the wall, and do the thing. The thing being that thing that happens when a vertical spinner is lying on its weapon, none of its wheels can touch the ground, and the weapon can’t spin up. Or as it’s known, a KO. Bite Force wins by KO in under a minute.
(11) Yeti vs. (6) Death Roll
Yeti: 4-1 (L, JD 3-0 vs. Bite Force; W, JD 3-0 vs. Free Shipping; W, KO 0:56 vs. Rainbow; W, KO 2:45 vs. Tantrum; W, JD 3-0 vs. DUCK!–Play-In)
Death Roll: 4-0 (W, KO 1:35 vs. End Game; W, KO 0:53 vs. Foxtrot; W, KO 1:19 vs. Quantum; W, JD 3-0 vs. RotatoR)
Two of the sturdier bots around take each other on. This is a tough one to call, but Yeti had the much tougher schedule this season. I mean, Yeti took on Bite Force. and if not for the forks would’ve have at least made it a much closer decision. Probably still wouldn’t have won, but hey, closer’s a… start? So I think I’ll take Yeti, even if it’s via reputation. Granted, Great White is really good at King of Bots, but I said Yeti and by gum I’m gonna stick with my guns.
Death Roll interestingly went for the box rush and nearly paid for it as Yeti popped them as they passed, towards the screws, but not into them. As Death Roll got its bearings Yeti prepared to smash and somehow flipped itself over. Not sure how but okay. Yeti tried to gyro dance back over, got popped by Death Roll which somehow kept it inverted, and had to spend a lot of time trying to get back over. Time spent on two wheels, time spent going right into Death Roll’s weapon, several times. But eventually Greg Gibson got Yeti back over, and it only cost the front right tire!
Wait, that’s bad. Yeti was in peril and limped off the screws and got sent skywards a couple times by Death Roll before a shot right on the drum stopped it cold and looked like it bent the bottom plate too. Death Roll wielded its knife in victory as it skins Yeti with a KO in a little over a minute.
(4) Tombstone vs. (13) Quantum
Tombstone: 3-1 (W, KO 0:48 vs. Lock-Jaw; W, KO 1:42 vs. SawBlaze; L, KO 2:59 vs. RotatoR; W, JD 3-0 vs. Gruff)
Quantum: 3-2 (W, JD 3-0 vs. Blacksmith in 2:16; L, KO 1:19 vs. Lock-Jaw; L, KO 1:19 vs. Death Roll; W, JD 3-0 vs. DUCK!; W, KO 1:44 vs. Valkyrie–Play-In)
Quantum escaped against Valkyrie, and I guess it would be a similar strategy against Tombstone, though with hopefully keeping the tooth on. But Tombstone does it better and is so much more stable, so I’m still taking Tombstone with this one. Ray Billings does have to be careful though, one wrong move against Quantum and it has the power to end it with that bite. Just look at the toy Tombstone on the end of Quantum’s teeth!
Quantum was smart to box rush. Unfortunately Tombstone expected that and rushed… back? Anyway it resulted in Quantum being flipped over, a dangerous place if Tombstone can get up to speed before they can get over. You hit the arm the wrong way and the whole bot is a write-off. No, instead Tombstone went for those wheels as Quantum got back over quicker than most crushers—Razer’s wings were very slow, for instance. Of course it didn’t matter too much because in a matter of seconds the back left tire was gone and Quantum wasn’t moving. And… that was it? Tombstone wins by KO in 32 seconds. A bit of a weird fluky KO, but it counts.
(5) Whiplash vs. (12) HUGE
Whiplash: 3-1 (W, JD 3-0 vs. Minotaur; W, KO 1:46 vs. Son of Whyachi; L, JD 3-0 vs. Witch Doctor; W, KO 1:39 vs. Texas Twister)
HUGE: 4-1 (L, KO 1:36 vs. Son of Whyachi; W, KO 1:25 vs. Jasper; W, JD 3-0 vs. Gigabyte; W, JD 3-0 vs. Bronco; W, KO 2:57 vs. HyperShock–Play-In)
Before Rakening 2: The Betrakeal, I would have said HUGE no question. I’m a little less certain of it afterwards because the rakes were a proof of concept that Whiplash could adapt with its lifter. Whiplash would need a perfectly driven fight to beat HUGE, so I’ll take HUGE. However if anyone can do it, I can see Matt Vasquez doing it. Also if the lifter gets smashed that’s it, fight’s over, HUGE wins.
The slightly slower but still drifty electric yellow robot tried to do the same thing though, go for the wheels. But Matt Vasquez missed with the lifter and paid for it with one of Whiplash’s wheels—actually in the replay it was broken off even though the bar hit the plow. Man, those things are not the sturdiest. But they went to go stop that spinner, whether by driving by it, or by using the lifter at the source, by the hub. And unlike the rakes it worked to stop it and keep HUGE up against the wall, actually lifting HUGE up but not over the wall as it got free. But that was the new plan, stop the spinner, try to get a lift, whether on one of HUGE’s legs, or the full robot. And this continued for pretty much the whole middle portion of the fight, as when HUGE did get a chance to spin up it hit the plow rather than the tasty bits. The struggle continued and it went to the judges. Judge Senor, who do you have?
Damage: There really wasn’t anything visible from HUGE, maybe the bends on the bracing arm? Whiplash mostly used the lifter. So I think it goes 3-0 HUGE for the tire.
Control: That one’s also simple, 2-0 Whiplash.
Aggression: Whiplash obviously gets at least a point for its continued lifter use, but does it get the second for continuing to charge HUGE? I’m going to say that second point gets differing opinions from the judges but I think I give it to Whiplash 2-0, and with it the fight 4-3.
And that’s exactly what happened, it was a split decision for Whiplash, with Lisa Winter and Derek Young being the majority. Whiplash moves on for a rematch against Tombstone.
One last fun fact, they had to re-film the intros because Team HUGE member Peter Lombardo looks like Whiplash’s Matt Vasquez. So they did the ol’ switcheroo for Faruq’s intros. Which production didn’t notice until they swapped clothes back. And then production made them re-film the intros.
(2) Witch Doctor vs. (15) Blacksmith
Witch Doctor: 4-0 (W, JD 3-0 vs. Shatter!; W, KO 1:10 vs. Captain Shrederator; W, JD 3-0 vs. Whiplash; W, KO 2:17 vs. Gigabyte)
Blacksmith: 3-2 (L, JD 3-0 vs. Quantum in 2:16; W, JD 2-1 vs. Kraken; L, JD 2-1 vs. SawBlaze; W, KO 2:55 vs. Captain Shrederator; W, JD 3-0 vs. RotatoR–Play-In)
Al Kindle is the man, and it’s amazing that Blacksmith made the 16. I am a bit surprised, and for the record, Gigabyte would’ve been fighting Son of Whyachi, not Copperhead, but the gearbox was blown and they couldn’t get back up and running in time, so that’s a slight postscript to my snubs from last week. (Shatter! was not asked.) But hey, Blacksmith’s in! I’m still taking Witch Doctor, which has looked better and better with each fight. Also I forgot that this was a rematch of last year, where Witch Doctor led most of the match but nearly got itself stuck on the screws at the end of the fight and had to escape to get the victory. This time out Blacksmith has the forks on, its primary anti-vert setup.
It wasn’t a box rush by Blacksmith as the two met in the center of the arena for the first hit, which sent both bots spinning. The forks could get under a little bit but still Witch Doctor persisted, as Blacksmith wanted to play defense and stop the spinner. It wasn’t working overly well as the Gellatlys worked the same front right corner a few times, tattering part of it in the process and bending in the right fork as the hits started becoming just a little bit bigger.
The hammer started to fire, which was nice, but for Blacksmith’s troubles it got flipped, then flipped back over, and then flipped back back over, three straight hits changing the orientation. As it started smiking. But this is Blacksmith, which might be the sturdiest robot outside of DUCK!. On the other hand, sturdy doesn’t help you when Witch Doctor punts you right over the screws. So this was a question of whether the screws would decide to reverse and free Blacksmith and continue the carnage.
Yes they did, right back into Witch Doctor flipping Blacksmith over again next to the screws. As Blacksmith righted you could see the hole where the back right panel used to be, and though the Big Time Hammer™®º was firing, Blacksmith wasn’t really moving. The count started, and I guess it was more that they were stuck because Blacksmith was able to free itself and start moving again right as the count was about to start. Because Al Kindle does not know the meaning of stay down, dammit. Even though his robot is smoking heavily at this point, and flipped over again, where it was having difficulties self-righting due to the manys of blows that had been rained down upon it. To which he responded, “Is that all you got?” as Blacksmith managed to get back over. Get back over, but not be able to show translational movement. And this time there was a count. Witch Doctor wins by KO, a rare feat against Blacksmith, especially for a spinner, in just over 2 minutes. We’re still proud of you, Al.
Witch Doctor will fight SawBlaze in the quarters.
(8) Black Dragon vs. (9) Lock-Jaw
Black Dragon: 4-1 (L, JD 2-1 vs. Texas Twister; W, KO 1:06 vs. Bloodsport; W, KO 1:18 vs. Captain Shrederator–Desperado QF; W, KO 1:01 vs. WAR Hawk–Desperado SF; W, JD 3-0 vs. Minotaur–Desperado Final)
Lock-Jaw: 4-1 (L, KO 0:48 vs. Tombstone; W, KO 1:19 vs. Quantum; W, JD 3-0 vs. DUCK!; W, KO 1:34 vs. Bombshell; W, KO 2:58 vs. Skorpios–Play-In)
Hey, it’s the two inaugural winners of the Desperado tournament squaring off in the 8-9 matchup! I like the forks over the wedge in terms of leverage, so I picked Lock-Jaw in what should be a driver’s battle.
Both got under each other, but it was Lock-Jaw dealing the nicer looking hit, sending the Brazilian bot into the air, then following it with a hit that flipped Black Dragon over, and though it could drive inverted it doesn’t mean it wanted to. A couple front on front collisions flipped it back over, but then a bigger one flipped it right back. And Lock-Jaw. And Black Dragon landed on Lock-Jaw.
Unlike Black Dragon, Lock-Jaw remained as dangerous in either inversion, keeping pressure on Black Dragon. At this point the biggest danger to Lock-Jaw was a moment where a fork got stuck in a killsaw, but they quickly got it out. But Lock-Jaw kept winning the exchanges and sending Black Dragon bouncing. They just had to be careful of not burning out the weapon or the pulleys, which were slightly smoky. It meant that Black Dragon could start to mount a comeback, sending Lock-Jaw into the air this time as the weapon on Lock-Jaw was dead. But they were able to buy enough time to figure out what to do from there and lead with the forks, sending Black Dragon into the screws. They reversed and Black Dragon escaped, barely, as Lock-Jaw started to smoke a little more and start to lose mobility. Black Dragon was inverted and couldn’t really capitalize, as it had to self-right before it could really use its eggbeater drum to full effect. And it wasn’t getting up to enough speed to get them back over. Lock-Jaw tried to show movement and push Black Dragon, but got the fork stuck in a killsaw, which came up to free it and left a glowing mark on that fork rather than pulling a full Diesector, as time ran out and it went to the judges. Judge Senor:
Damage: As overwhelming as Lock-Jaw was, I don’t know if they did too much damage other than a slowing down of the weapon. Meanwhile its weapon totally died and it started to lose drive. However they can get a bonus in that the time at the end where Black Dragon was inverted in some places counts like damage (though that’s things like RoboGames). I may have to go 3-0 Black Dragon though, though potentially only 2-1.
Aggression: Lock-Jaw dominated throughout both by instigating exchanges and by using its weapon, and the times where it didn’t it’s not like Black Dragon did much—inverted Black Dragon couldn’t use its weapon effectively so it doesn’t get the primary weapon points. I go 2-0 Lock-Jaw.
Control: Like aggression, Lock-Jaw controlled the majority of the fight and Black Dragon really only had one chance to do something. 2-0 Lock-Jaw.
It was a split decision, which surprised me. I’m not sure how Jason Bardis scored it compared to the other two, but Lock-Jaw wins by split decision and moves to the quarters to face Bite Force.
(3) Hydra vs. (14) Minotaur
Hydra: 4-0 (W, KO 2:05 vs. Free Shipping; W, KO 1:36 vs. WAR Hawk; W, KO 1:29 vs. Petunia; W, KO 1:12 vs. Bronco)
Minotaur: 4-3 (L, JD 3-0 vs. Whiplash; L, JD 3-0 vs. Gigabyte; W, KO 1:19 vs. Lucky–Desperado QF; W, KO 2:36 vs. End Game–Desperado SF; L, JD 3-0 vs. Black Dragon–Desperado Final; W, KO 2:34 vs. Shatter!; W, JD 3-0 vs. Cobalt–Play-In)
I originally had Hydra winning this but its armor doesn’t seem super amazing in that WAR Hawk was able to curl up the corners. On the other hand, all it did was curl up and WAR Hawk had free shots to do plenty more than that. I think Minotaur would go with the chisel wedgelets, and in that case I think they can get under, and in that case I think they can win. So I’m going to renege and go with Minotaur. They’ve done well against flippers before, though granted Bronco had a vacuum fail before that fight. At some point attrition may catch up to them, no robot has fought more than Minotaur this season, as this is its eighth fight. Normally you figure eight fights wins you the title, as it did for Bite Force last year. Minotaur could have as many as eleven fights if it makes it to the championship, and that is many fights.
The two bots came out and Hydra immediately got Minotaur airborne, doing a full flip. However, Hydra went for a second and just missed, which meant Minotaur could come in and grind at the front. Then after the force of it turned Hydra, work the back, grinding away, taking pieces of the side skirts off and taking out a drive chain, which meant Hydra was stopped in its tracks. Minotaur wins by KO in 42 seconds, and they will at least have a ninth fight, against Death Roll.
So that takes us to where we are now, the season finale (tonight, Discovery Channel, 8 Eastern or check local listings).
(1) Bite Force vs. (9) Lock-Jaw
(4) Tombstone vs. (5) Whiplash
(2) Witch Doctor vs. (7) SawBlaze
(6) Death Roll vs. (14) Minotaur
In the quarters, I like Bite Force over Lock-Jaw, Tombstone over Whiplash but I wouldn’t be surprised if the the Vasquez family got the revenge upset, a JD for SawBlaze over Witch Doctor, and Minotaur keeping it going against Death Roll. In these projected semis, we get the fight we’ve been waiting for since the 2015 final in Bite Force vs. Tombstone, and whoever wins that, I’d say just give them the Giant Nut on principle even though I know it doesn’t work that way, especially because then I’d have the winner getting a rematch with Minotaur. But honestly, your guess is as good as mine.
Also since this now doubles as the Friday night thread, there are other things on. It’s the last weekend of regular season baseball so if you care about who wins the Wild Cards and gets to lose to the Astros/Dodgers in the Division Series, here are the important series to watch:
[Redacteds] at Nationals (WSH has clinched a Wild Card but not whether the game will be in Washington, CLE is one of three teams for two spots in the AL, 2 GB behind TB)
Rays at Blue Jays (TB is also one of those three teams, currently in the 1st Wild Card)
Athletics at Mariners (OAK has a 1-game lead for the 1st AL Wild Card)
Brewers at Rockies (MIL are still in the hunt for the NL Central, 1 GB, and are 1 GB of WSH for the 1st Wild Card as well.)
Cubs at Cardinals (Cardinals magic number for the Central is 3. The NL Central winner will play Atlanta.)
Astros at Angels (Can the Astros lock up the #1 overall seed?)
Dodgers at Giants (The Dodgers have the NL #1 seed but can they catch Houston?)
Yankees at Rangers (Can the Yankees catch Houston? They’d need to sweep and LAA to sweep so not likely. Also it’s the last three games at Globe Life Park as the Rangers get a new stadium next year for… reasons.)
There’s probably college football, but I don’t know what. There is preseason hockey, which might still have fights? Maybe? Anyway this doubles as a Friday evening thread so here’s sexy, uh, robot shots?
Try not to spoil it immediately folks. People will be pissed.
Okay, have fun.
Speaking of Giant nuts, Grand Final baby! Anyone in New York want to meet me at a bar?
THAT GUY’S NUTS! GRAB ‘EM!
AFL Grand Final in 2 hours!
CAN’T WAIT!
#NEVERSURRENDER
That shit has happened to me before, too. Both cheetah and squoil.
Time to go do some reading. Night all.
To large to post, but I laughed.
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A preseason shoot out? Why is Canada trying to foist their violent culture on us innocent, peaceful Americans?
Actually, there are a lot of things that would trigger me to post this tired old meme.
I enjoy these walks down to the marina.
A lot of parties gravitate to the kitchen.
I’d give everything I own to get 60s Barbara Eden to wear a mini-skirt and call me “Master”.
Just saying.
Yes, that’s been my ….. thought for quite some time.
I often wonder if her and Hagman hung out and banged after the show was cancelled. Well, not really THAT often.
Really every road trip should start with this song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHS3qJdxefY
/for every definition of road and trip
Well I know who wins it all, thanks to clicking where I shouldn’t.
You spoiled your own spoiler alert and spoiled the alert from which should have been alerted later and unspoiled???????
And I gave you my slot tonight for nothing.
Wait let me rephrase that.
Preseason Overtime! Free for me, free for the owners.
Great, now I craving tacos.
Totally NSFDFO:
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Teaching can be exhausting.
Ooooops?
Well, they ARE learning.
Good point.
How about that Air Force/San Jose State game, huh?
STOP SNORING!!!!!!!
Somebody’s got a dime on it…..
At least.
Happy Friday you twats.
I love the look on the face of the guy with the sweater over his shoulders and the ugly green yellow pants.
[I am horrified/ but want dat ass smashed against my face/ don’t tell my wife]
Concussion Protocol?
WHERE’S THE BLUE TENT I CAN’T FIND IT!!!!!!
More like the yellowish green tent. What color is that?
He definitely hit a head.
Here is the non-concussive version; SAFE, per OSHA.
Mr. Senor (“….”) should do this professionally…. for pay, not more professionally.
I’ve spent most of my day restraining my urge to put the boy through a wall after finding out he picked on a poor kid at school for having ill-fitting clothing. Love giving a lecture on not being a cunt to people from a position of privilege through clenched teeth as I flash back through all the scumbag kids who used to fuck with me back when my family was living off scraps. He claims he didn’t know the kid was poor until it was pointed out, and I believe him, and that is only barley preventing me from dropping him off on a random street and letting him see how that goes for a couple nights. Gonna spend the rest of the night listening to clips of George Carlin calling rich people cocksuckers.
Sorry you have to deal with that. Hopefully he learns his lesson. Sometimes kids gotta be told not to be assholes, especially if other kids are doing the same thing.
If I could offer one piece of advice to the non-parents here, it’d be never fuck
I’m well ahead of you there.
Good work, catch that fucking bullshit early.
GREAT work, I should say.
(Hands Gratliff pamphlet titled, “So your son might be a Republican.”)
/there’s only one version because obviously women aren’t welcome.
If he is going to be conceited about something, hopefully it is about not being an asshole AND doing the right thing.
He’ll be voted most likely to have dad’s foot surgically removed from his ass
Well, here it is over an hour after I said I was going to go work on the car, and I’m still here posting. Gonna step away and come back in a bit.
Penn St. threatening to go up 42-0 at half over Maryland.
They’re really tough when they pregame at Chuck E. Cheese.
I though Penn St. preferred 10 to 12.
While I am not a Penn St. fan….
Maryland can go die in a dumpster fire. Slowly, hopefully.
Metallica cancels AUS/NZ tour due to Hetfield going back to rehab.
That sucks. Hope he wins this round.
What is he addicted to?
Pre-Season Fight!
Hard to beat an Aberlour I tell you what
Pro Tip:
When dining at your local pub, pour some malt vinegar over your chips/fries, add salt, and then eat your juicy bacon burger over the chips/fries so that the juices drip directly over the chips/fries. Eat your chips/fries after you have finished your bacon burger.
Pure heaven.
Sounds like someone had a better night than I did.
Boiled veggies. Blech.
Now it’s dessert time, which means vanilla bread pudding with custard.
You Suck.
I do have some Butterscotch flavored Snack Packs though.
HA TAKE THAT!!!!!!
Ah. The Southern Tiramisu.
Nope that is Banana pudding
Truth.
Shit. This is genius. I’ve always eaten my fries first
Duke is taking Va Tech to the woodshed. In Blacksburg.
Strange times we live in.
So I’m going to put together a few CD’s full of mp3’s for the car so I don’t have to deal with terrestrial radio (we use it far too little for a satellite subscription to be worth it) and I am looking for recommendations of bands who have a) pretty extensive catalogs of b) non-sucky music. WHO YA GOT?
The Smiths
R.E.M.
Radiohead
Led Zeppelin (i mean come on smdh)
Queen
Wilco
Weezer
Pearl Jam
(yes I am old and white, thank u for asking)
See my post directly below. Midnight Oil: Eleven studio albums, three EPs, four live albums, three compilation albums, 40 singles. The most pissed off band on the planet, or at least in their hemisphere.
Talking Heads: eight studio albums, two live albums, nine compilation albums, 31 singles.
OIngo Boingo (admittedly not everyone’s cup of tea): eight studio albums, two EPs, one live album, six compilation albums, one soundtrack, 17 singles.
Tom Petty: Thirteen studio albums with Heartbreakers, three solo albums (mostly with the Heartbreakers as sessions musicians), two albums with Travelling Wilburys, more compilations and live albums than you can shake a stick at, 60-odd singles.
Roger Clyne and the Peacemakers (previously The Refreshments): 11 studio albums, 2 live albums, 1 EP.
Those are my 5 favorite bands in the fucking world.
Oingo is a great call; also love the Talking Heads.
May have to look into Peter Garrett and Co some more. He’s terrifying!
They were/are fucking phenomenal. The band went on hiatus in 2002 when he was elected to their parliament or whatever they call it in Oz, and he was appointed Minister of the Environment and The Arts for a vast majority of the next 10 or 12 years. He retired in 2015, recorded a solo album, and reconvened the band in 2017. They toured the US in 2017 and I am still pissed off that I didn’t hear about it till after the fact. He is indeed a frightening looking dude, and I don’t think there is anyone on the planet that dances like him.
Well it would be borderline innapropriate to not include the pride of DFO, Green Day.
The Cars
The Police
Early Elton John
Lenard Skynard
Prince
Stone Temple Pilots
Cars and Police are great calls. (irl I don’t like police cars)
The kinks
Do you prefer the stuff from the 60s/70s when they were basically blacklisted here in the states or the late 70s/80s arena rock era? I am partial to both.
Both, I like it all. They were one of the few bands to transition to the 80’s and not such ala Elton John.
I think my favorite 60s/70s song is Celluloid Heroes (there are so many to choose from) and 80s would be Living on a Thin Line (I’m a bit of a history nut, particularly British Empire stuff).
So, hear me out, the Sirius XM subscription comes with access to the app which can be played anywhere. You are not limited to the car. I play my music on the computer and in my smart TV.
This is true.
But they still haven’t figured out how to outsmart leaves. I can’t wait for fall.
I listen to Tom Petty Buried Treasure on the Sirius XM app on my phone (through a JBL bluetooth speaker) when I’m out fucking around in the garage. Just old radio shows that he DJ’d showcasing his favorite old (and new) rock/R&B songs. Him being the DJ is awesome, makes me feel like he’s still alive, or at least speaking to me from beyond the grave.
I would throw into the mix…
Foo Fighters
Nirvana
Stone Temple Pilots
Alice In Chains
Pink Floyd
And just for fun….
Bloodhound Gang
(how good is the Mrs. RTD’s sense of humour?)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=If9fC9aJd-U
The lap dance is always better when the stripper is crying.
You gotta toss some Rush in there…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPBinohXHLc
When I first moved to San Antonio in 1976, Rush was already a thing. The local hard rock station KISS FM was still independently owned, and they played whatever the fuck they wanted and would book shows by bands that most of the nation had initially or completely ignored, such as Budgie, Moxy, Triumph, etc. I saw Rush at a dance hall called Randy’s Rodeo over on Bandera Road (Randy’s Rodeo’s greatest claim to fame was hosting the Sex Pistols tour in SA:
https://www.austinchronicle.com/music/2003-01-10/116547/;
https://www.mysanantonio.com/entertainment/music-stage/article/photos-1978-Sex-Pistols-wreck-San-Antonio-punk-12482455.php;
A San Antonio Woodstock moment for the ages, i.e. “Oh yeah, I was there when the Pistols played Randy’s.” Fucking place would have had to be as big as the Alamodome to fit everyone that I have heard say they were there.
Yeah, I was there (I was not there). But I really did see Rush there.
http://www.randysrodeo.com/features/pistols/
Foals
The Smith
Catfish and the Bottlemen
If you want to drive your car of the road, The Cure
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Duh, James. Stupid Rikki.
Music videos seem to be on for tonight. One of my five favorite bands of all time, recorded live over 35 years ago. The fucking bass and is fucking phenomenal, Geddy Lee/Victor Wooten quality. Fucking Rob Hirst is a beast on the drums; I read somewhere once that Midnight Oil went on stage like they were going to fucking war. I’ll post a lengthy narrative about these fuckers here one of these days. They are just such bad-asses, and I had to change my shorts when I found out they had got back together after breaking up in 2002 and are going to be cutting a new album and touring behind it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zycsnDB7qEQ
I’ve done a bit of research on this and I’ll tell you about my conclusion. A large number of folks on twitter and instagram have tight asses but I really prefer the ones on the latter platform.
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Hey it’s 1:37 AM here in London.
In Victoria Station there’s a Krispy Kreme stand! You can now call someone in England “a fried-doughnut-eatin’ cracker” and tell them that in America that’s a compliment and it means that you’re “a jolly good chap.”
I went to a pub in Bayswater and met three stone-cold crazy women in the first five minutes, and not the kind you want to meet. Later I met two German women who came back to my hotel for a three-some and are currently ironing all my clothes and hanging them up. Being an American here totally rocks.
Brick turned into tWBS at a baseball game so quickly I didn’t even notice.
allo guvnah
I need to write Brick into the next chapter of Goddess…
Well, as blazingly shitfaced as I got (I do remember that the Eagles won), I hope I didn’t offend anyone last night, and if I did, I apologize right fucking now. I don’t even have the courage to revisit the thread and see.
In other news, when I awoke this morning I saw something today that I haven’t seen since I was a teenager: a number on the bathroom scale less than 200. I’ve been hovering in the 202-206 range all goddam summer, maybe the advent of autumn kicked things back in gear (the high today was a refreshing 93 degrees!). Guess it’s time to order a pizza!
None of tonight’s matchups intrigue me, so I will be out in the garage fighting my Impala. See y’all tomorrow or Sunday!
Kudos to you!
Almost makes up for that story you told about turning left on a red light. [shudders] I can still hear the screams of the children in that burning minivan. I’ve no idea how you sleep at night.
I was blackout drunk then, too. Have no memory of the horror.
(assuming “fighting my Impala” means jerkin it)
No, that will be later. I’m hanging a modern suspension (coilovers, 4-wheel disc brakes, tighter steering) on this bitch.
Damn, she purdy. Good luck with the auto-ing and the jerkening!
Christ, at 60 I practically have to take a Viagra to get wood.
Congrats!
Congrats!
Rockers, man. Rockers.
And in 1987:
I should break this up so the individual clips look better, but this was a quickie. I have to run.
Video: https://giant.gfycat.com/ScalyRevolvingIndianpangolin.mp4
It’s the Dr. Mrs.’ birthday eve so I can’t commandeer the TV tonight to watch Battlebots.
Enjoy your Bravo!
i could’ve caught up on applications or writing or anything but instead managed to waste the day so far.
Where are the naked chicks?!?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKklvZmpYIM#t=36s
In the spirit of the post…
“I’ll take the fifth. And the 11th. And the 13teenth.”
-Jeffrey Epstein
/nudges Herodotus450
//looks around
This place totally sucks. What say you and I do a Greek Historian/Hobo Killer website? I’ve run the numbers and we should have north of 45 dedicated commenters! And that’s just a start. We’re already way ahead of this dump. Call me.*
*doesn’t leave his cell #
It’ll be the like the Rosetta Stone but for Greek and Hobo Signs
Mapple Leafs’ Ben Harper on his way to the penalty box all by himself
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zr5mCBFejIE
Mapplethorpe Leafs-Red Wings preseason action, will there be butts?
Seems like college football is trying to make Friday night the new Thursday night
That cover of Hey Jude that was better than the original
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0y8Q2PATVyI
Reacting to Senor Weaselo’s post reminds me of the first time I watched hentai porn-I was confused and excited and realized (as I pulled my pants down) that I could never talk to my parents about this.