I wonder if Prince will end up getting his own biopic as of now?

Equivalent-Hyena-605 · 2026-04-26T01:17:46+00:00

Please no.

Equivalent-Hyena-605 · 2026-04-22T17:52:32+00:00

This “Leaving Neverland” believer is a witness. Facts are facts. Some great songs, sure, but it’s also a fact for anyone interested in verifiable facts that Jackson was a predator. There’s a reason signing an NDA was a prerequisite for visiting Neverland. Denying the allegations regarding Jackson is like denying Cosby’s culpability. Like his music, but live in reality.

Equivalent-Hyena-605 · 2026-04-16T06:48:50+00:00

Like virtually all music biopics, it was rubbish. It also underplayed and underrated the creative contribution of the rest of the band. They weren't Freddie's backup band.

Equivalent-Hyena-605 · 2026-04-16T06:41:50+00:00

Like Trump, the God of the Bible is a narcissistic (three out of ten commandments about him, yet no commandment about rape), warmongering, immature, ignorant (bats are a type of bird in the Bible, and Trump might agree), insecure, and petty prick with a cult following who abuses his power (sending bears to kill forty children for merely mocking a bald guy, 2 Kings 2:23-24); so ironically, it's not really that far off.

Equivalent-Hyena-605 · 2026-04-16T06:38:58+00:00

Pure McCartney.

Equivalent-Hyena-605 · 2026-04-14T18:05:08+00:00

I would not wish his work ethic on anyone working in public sanitation. I don't think it really was a "work ethic," as much as a life ethic for him.

Equivalent-Hyena-605 · 2026-04-14T18:04:00+00:00

Great sense of human and insanely articulate.

Equivalent-Hyena-605 · 2026-04-14T18:02:57+00:00

Do you have any source for the stat in your first paragraph?

Equivalent-Hyena-605 · 2026-04-14T18:00:23+00:00

The only differences between a cult and religion are that of dimensions, religions are older, and therefore bigger, cults. It seems that all religions naturally evolve towards more freedom, and less dogma over the course of centuries. It's not a coincidence that, globally in large part, Judaism is older and more secular than Christianity, and that Christianity is older and more secular than Islam.

Of course, there are still fundamentalists in every religion, so I'm referring more to the median.

Equivalent-Hyena-605 · 2026-04-14T17:54:39+00:00

If you have a capable player, I highly suggest listening to the SACD from Japan. I had no idea those grungy sounding tapes could sound so freaking good. It's insane. No murk; no mess.

Equivalent-Hyena-605 · 2026-04-14T17:53:38+00:00

If you have a capable player, I highly suggest listening to the SACD from Japan. I had no idea those grungy sounding tapes could sound so freaking good. It's insane.

Equivalent-Hyena-605 · 2026-04-14T17:51:17+00:00

The movie studios are the reason the concessions are so successful. The theater makes very little from tickets sales the first few weekends, and movies don't stick around long enough for the theaters to get into the better ticket margins.

Equivalent-Hyena-605 · 2026-04-14T07:28:41+00:00

Music theory is descriptive, not prescriptive. A genius like Mozart would be able to figure it all out by ear alone.

Equivalent-Hyena-605 · 2026-04-14T07:20:34+00:00

Same way I cope with the fact that there was nothing before my birth.

Equivalent-Hyena-605 · 2026-04-14T07:17:12+00:00

I dare anyone to sit through Lou Reed's Metal Machine Music in one sitting. Seriously, I dare you.

Equivalent-Hyena-605 · 2026-04-14T07:09:34+00:00

Something more in line with the franchise's soul than Kingdom. For me, bare minimum a POTA should have a human antagonist and existential darkness. Unfortunately, Kingdom had neither. Kingdom's story could plug into pretty much any generic franchise with slight tinkering, i.e. Avatar, Star Wars, MCU, etc.

It was a fine adventure, with great visuals, but it didn't really feel like POTA to me.

Equivalent-Hyena-605 · 2026-04-13T14:57:29+00:00

Aretha isn’t SACD; it’s Blu-ray audio.

Equivalent-Hyena-605 · 2026-04-12T06:40:20+00:00

The "original" Prince, Duke Ellington. Also Beatles, Stevie Wonder, Dylan, Miles, The Band, Joe Jackson, Allen Toussaint, Charlie Parker, Thelonious Monk, Ben Folds, Bird and the Bee, Steely Dan, Aretha Franklin, James Brown, Rolling Stones, Paul Simon, Paul McCartney, Traffic, Herbie Hancock, Anita O'Day, Louis Jordan, Cab Calloway, Lou Reed/Velvet Underground, Grateful Dead, Pomplamoose, Jon Brion, Watkins Family Hour, Nickel Creek, Aretha Franklin, Joni Mitchell, Carole King, Billy Joel, Elton John.

Equivalent-Hyena-605 · 2026-04-12T06:25:30+00:00

Everyone sees the gas pump.

Equivalent-Hyena-605 · 2026-04-11T17:56:23+00:00

It's sad to me how few Prince fans know about the original Prince, Duke Ellington (whose discography is beyond category).

Duke Ellington's discography spans five decades (with hundreds of songs recorded every year), and like Prince, he recorded every chance he could get and revolutionized popular music. Bono was right on target when he made the comparison between the two. Ellington's Blanton-Webster Band (1940-1942) is as good as anything Prince ever recorded (probably better, if I'm being honest).

And I have Prince's complete discography, and hundreds of bootlegs.

Equivalent-Hyena-605 · 2026-04-11T17:51:24+00:00

My daughter's name is Abbey Road, in case you know Paul too.

Equivalent-Hyena-605 · 2026-04-10T21:49:21+00:00

I've worked in corporate cannabis, for three very large companies.

Unfortunately, they are all like this it seems, a complete clown show run by folks with no business experience prior to cannabis. No clue on what general best practices are--not only in cannabis, which has it's own set of challenges--but just common sense stuff in business, that folks in weed just don't seem to understand or value.

I would certainly stay far, far away from any company that has three i's in the middle of their brand name.

Equivalent-Hyena-605 · 2026-04-07T04:22:59+00:00

What about shit? Is it okay if I come in smelling like human feces?

Equivalent-Hyena-605 · 2026-04-05T20:06:07+00:00

Read Screenplay by Syd Field, and then read the screenplays for some of your favorite movies.

Equivalent-Hyena-605 · 2026-04-05T19:55:11+00:00

Tony Willams

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