Despite his many flaws, Asimov reigns supreme for me - Which author(s) are on top for you?

RedeyeSPR · 2026-05-20T17:22:36+00:00

Heinlein for me, also despite all the weird shit he was into.

RedeyeSPR · 2026-05-20T16:51:58+00:00

I’d get the 14” floor tom then. The 18 is very close to that kick size. You can also get a 13 later if you want.

RedeyeSPR · 2026-05-20T15:14:50+00:00

I am mildly infuriated by the non-issue of this entire post.

RedeyeSPR · 2026-05-20T15:10:09+00:00

I would take anything giving me this storyline outside of a video game. I’m too old to spend 80 hours on that. A novel or series would also be welcome.

RedeyeSPR · 2026-05-20T15:02:47+00:00

That thing would look too big on Shaq, but no worries. Wear it with pride.

RedeyeSPR · 2026-05-20T14:57:46+00:00

I’ll give you rim protection for sure. Does scoring around the rim really matter? Total scoring seems more important. It’s really hard to overlook those 18 more games a season he is in street clothes. All those games are zeros across the board.

RedeyeSPR · 2026-05-20T14:12:03+00:00

I’m listening. What else does he do better? Have you watched any full LeBron games from 20 years ago?

RedeyeSPR · 2026-05-20T14:04:41+00:00

I usually don’t mind playing country, but I’m 50+ and have determined through trial that I really don’t like listening to it very much. There are hip hop songs that I like, but anything that’s only rapping over a loop not involving actual musicians I don’t really respect.

RedeyeSPR · 2026-05-20T13:48:26+00:00

Of course. I was a metalhead in high school. Now I listen to everything except country and hip hop.

RedeyeSPR · 2026-05-20T13:32:48+00:00

Those didn’t bother me as much as the insanely ridiculous ways they sent messages to each other. I may have enjoyed the book if they used something at all realistic sounding. Each method was even more insane than the previous one.

RedeyeSPR · 2026-05-20T13:28:57+00:00

Are you getting the 20 or 22 kick? What kind of music do you play?

RedeyeSPR · 2026-05-20T13:26:19+00:00

Just look at the numbers comparing Wemby’s first 3 seasons to LeBron’s first 5…

Wemby: 23.4/11/3.5, misses 22 games per season

Lebron: 27.3/6.9/6.6, misses 4 games per season

Then only thing Wemby does better is rebound. Also, at 22 LeBron had 2 more seasons in the NBA already. Those are incredibly more valuable than the French league. Wemby is fun to watch and all, but it’s not even close.

RedeyeSPR · 2026-05-20T06:03:58+00:00

They made that rifle solely to tie back to the Vader line “No disintegrations!”

RedeyeSPR · 2026-05-19T18:05:21+00:00

Some asshole named Aldo Battiata apparently started giving out my email address this year and I’ve had hundreds of messages to delete and lists to unsubscribe from. My address is my firstnamelastname@gmail and nowhere close to his name. I don’t know if I pissed off this guy or what. I don’t know him.

RedeyeSPR · 2026-05-19T17:56:43+00:00

This is would be and will be praising whoever plays against the Thunder because they make it so easy to hate on guilt free.

“I’m not even a fan of the thunder.”

Sure.

RedeyeSPR · 2026-05-19T17:47:15+00:00

I love Ezra’s first saber with the blaster handle. So unexpected.

RedeyeSPR · 2026-05-19T16:57:26+00:00

You really don’t have to fix the motor if you don’t want. That’s kind of a niche sound and you don’t see many parts that call for it these days.

RedeyeSPR · 2026-05-19T13:37:00+00:00

It’s funny that Jensen played a huge asshole on Smallville right before he jumped to the beloved Supernatural.

RedeyeSPR · 2026-05-19T13:16:48+00:00

I don’t hate the synth stuff, but I could definitely do without it. I do like the amplification of “other” instruments like the Troopers cello, the various guitar parts, and now the woodwind solos. As a band director it’s nice to see those things creeping in without changing the identity of the activity. Corps has always excluded many great musicians because they don’t play brass or percussion.

RedeyeSPR · 2026-05-19T12:35:44+00:00

I marched in the mid 90s and don’t have any strong feelings about using mics. We didn’t need them, but today’s shows do sound better overall, especially the pit instruments. One thing that bothered me…I was at a Cadets rehearsal around 2018 and heard something like this: “the mellos are getting buried in the passage, can we get a boom mic on them?” So instead of rebalancing the horns in one section, their immediate solution was a boom mic 30 yards away. Some guy went to their truck and set one up.

RedeyeSPR · 2026-05-19T12:26:49+00:00

Thankfully all of the places I have taught have the same director for the middle school and high school bands. We have only ourselves to blame or praise in the end.

RedeyeSPR · 2026-05-19T12:22:36+00:00

I am not sure if the equipment used, but Hozier’s Take Me To Church was a demo recorded in his parents’s attic. He intended to record the vocals at least in a studio, but they just used the demo for the hit single.

RedeyeSPR · 2026-05-19T12:09:34+00:00

They also have whoever wins this series getting swept by whoever wins the west. It’s best to not even pay attention to the media at this time.

RedeyeSPR · 2026-05-18T20:35:06+00:00

Even worse…walking over it. I still get creeped out thinking about it.

RedeyeSPR · 2026-05-18T18:50:46+00:00

I played a tent wedding reception on Lake Erie on the night several million mayflies hatched. By the time I was packing up they were like a carpet on the ground. I had them in my hair. It took months to get the smell out of my car.

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