That Scattered Thursday Night Open Thread

Hey, what’s up fellow denizens of the intranets? Here are my brain thingys from the last few days and some other things.

What’s the Appeal?: Elliot Gould. Kudos to the guy for working regularly since the late 60’s but I don’t get it. M*A*S*H* was horribly misogynistic and The Long Goodbye was warmed-over noir stuff. Was he supposed to be an alternative to leading men like John Wayne and Steve McQueen, that guy that was the opposite of cool? Let me know.

Obituary Time: I was caught by surprise that Karl Wallinger passed away late last week at the age of 66. Damn. If you liked “The Big Sound” phase of the Waterboys as exemplified in the albums A Pagan Place and This is the Sea, well that was Wallinger’s influence. Earlier Waterboys tunes were rough and lacked coherence and he reigned in Mike Scott while providing arrangements for the saxaphone, piano and violin-they were by far their best albums in my mind. He went on to form World Party-does anyone remember Mike Scott’s tune by that name that he screamed his way through? Karl’s tune by the same name (different lyrics) was open, humble and giving. I recall him working his concern about the environment into his songs thus earning the label ‘hippie’ because it was too easy to do so. All of us have those underrated artists that didn’t hit it big but just churned out good music. He’s near the top of my list.

Qaron in the News: All he does these days it seems is backpedal on statements that he’s blurted out unthinkingly (or, more worryingly, thoughtfully) whether it’s his Achilles heel recovery, thoughts about Fauci, Kimmel being a pedo or some garbage about Sandy Hook. He reeks of a guy that talked all kinds of shit in the safety of Green Bay and never had to account for himself but New York is a different kind of animal, Rodgers. (likely a chupacabra) He’s just another too-clever by half shithead that thinks that his superior intellect enables him to ‘see’ what others can’t. And so down the rabbit holes he goes, believing most everything that like-minded souls tell him. A clownish hamster if there ever was one.

Rumor Mill: It’s telling me that Desmond Ridder is getting the hell outta Dodge and landing on the Cards in return for Rondale Moore. That’s good for both of them, they both need a new place to start over. Did Art Smith ruin the guy forever? Like Qaron, I’m just going to believe what I believe no matter the evidence.

Games People Play: Men’s college basketball is revving up and ranked teams playing tonight include #7 Iowa State, # 8 Creighton, #11 Duke, #14 Baylor, Dayton, WSU and Nevada as well.

Wherefore Sillycuse?: As to be expected eventually, coach Red Autry lost the thread vs NC State, allowing his most talented players Judah Mintz and Quadir Copeland to play one on two or three, taking ill-advised shots or throwing the ball away when they got caught in mid-air. When the team actually runs the offense and finds the open man they can be formidable (they won 20 for the first time in forever it seems) but Red’s inner Boeheim won’t call his stars to task. Ah well.

Enjoy the evening’s offerings.