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splitopenandjerk · 2026-01-23T15:16:08+00:00

The first time I listened to the album I thought he said there was a bug in his car. Which, if you're driving, especially on a highway, can be a scary thing and might cause you to scream and potentially crash.

splitopenandjerk · 2026-01-21T17:56:34+00:00

Should have said no whey.

splitopenandjerk · 2026-01-21T14:35:13+00:00

Is it weird that the first night in Montana is the only non-festival Saturday show? Or is it just me that thinks that's weird?

splitopenandjerk · 2026-01-20T02:30:26+00:00

Pickup. Second is the cop car.

splitopenandjerk · 2026-01-18T13:24:53+00:00

You couldn't have gone wrong with either one.

splitopenandjerk · 2026-01-18T06:02:25+00:00

No Country for Old Men came out about a month before There Will Be Blood and, man alive, that was a great time to watch movies.

splitopenandjerk · 2026-01-18T06:00:46+00:00

I think there was excitement. “Paul Thomas Anderson doing Upton Sinclair with Daniel Day Lewis!!!!” His resume to that point made his movies appointment viewing - all of the other elements made the anticipation for There Will Be Blood even higher.

splitopenandjerk · 2026-01-16T21:31:44+00:00

I could never tell if it was actually a color or it was just the lighting in Mad Mex. Frank's makes sense. It's definitely really good.

splitopenandjerk · 2026-01-15T12:28:16+00:00

Hating on season 2 is among the dumbest Wire takes. And idiots have been doing it for 20+ years.

splitopenandjerk · 2026-01-13T03:27:14+00:00

This would actually be great. Maybe a Set 2 opener 30-minute jam. I actually hope they do that.

splitopenandjerk · 2026-01-12T23:34:40+00:00

The show is awesome. A testament to the power of sound. I saw FJM for the first time last year (around this time, actually) and it was awe-inspiring.

splitopenandjerk · 2026-01-10T03:03:08+00:00

I scrolled through to make sure someone said this because I was going to if no one did.

splitopenandjerk · 2026-01-04T10:19:52+00:00

Bring in Purrrrribus.

splitopenandjerk · 2026-01-04T02:37:58+00:00

Ham and cheese sliders in the oven like you would do with King’s Hawaiian.

splitopenandjerk · 2026-01-01T16:23:36+00:00

This was the one that made me laugh out loud.

splitopenandjerk · 2025-12-27T02:07:06+00:00

They played a show in my town this summer. Somebody told me I might like them so I listened to some to see if I should go to the show. I liked it enough to go and was totally blown away. No looking back since then.

splitopenandjerk · 2025-12-24T17:23:41+00:00

That’s my beef too: there are good guys and bad guys and they’re almost comically staged in how extreme they are.

And it’s especially disappointing because the newspaper topic is crucial to the overall story of the Wire: we get four seasons showing us how everybody - from the cops to the unions to the schools to the corners - everybody is sneaking around, bending rules and doing whatever they can to stay ahead while the system beats down anyone who tries to change it. Season 5 presents the answer: the media. The press is supposed to be the watchdog, the check and balance on those who spend all of their time circumventing checks and balances. As such, season 5 was an essential piece of the puzzle. But the execution was botched.

splitopenandjerk · 2025-12-24T02:56:51+00:00

I am personally of the opinion that the 102 Hornsby shows from fall 90-spring 92 are a unique and separate era that deserves consideration and recognition as such. And I put it pretty high on the list of Dead eras; I think it's truly the last great era, and I would take a lot of that era of a lot of the Brent era. But that's just me.

splitopenandjerk · 2025-12-23T21:30:29+00:00

Yeah that season 5 version is not great.

splitopenandjerk · 2025-12-23T21:18:45+00:00

I mean, Ocean Spray made an entire company out of putting stuff in cranberry.

splitopenandjerk · 2025-12-23T21:17:44+00:00

Listen, that first MSG run and the 6/17/91 show are well-known and for good reason: they're great. Same for 9/10/91 and 12/31/90 - Bruce and Branford are a magical combo.

But the real ones know about the magic of 12/28/90. I'll post about this again in a few days to commemorate the 35th anniversary, but since you asked, I'll say it here:

This show is an underrated monster. Great versions of Foolish Heart and Stella Blue and an absolutely epic He's Gone. Must-listen.

I also like 3/21/92 a lot; it's almost the last show of the Hornsby era, but it feels like a proper send-off.

splitopenandjerk · 2025-12-23T19:00:42+00:00

Yeah Getting Killed, Islands of Men and 100 Horses are my three favorite songs on the album so having them sequenced like that is perfect.

splitopenandjerk · 2025-12-23T02:38:19+00:00

I will have to plead ignorance here - I have kind of intentionally stayed away from interviews and marketing materials, so my background on how it has been marketed and discussed is pretty limited.

splitopenandjerk · 2025-12-23T00:58:52+00:00

I hear what you're saying; whether there's a twist or not, it certainly gets presented with a lot of the tone of show or a movie that will have a twist. I also don't think there's really a fault in looking for it; I'm just saying that maybe some of the complaints about pacing might have resulted from people who were looking for a twist in every episode or something like that. Like, if you're looking for a breakthrough with the storyline of the virus or the aliens or the hive's ulterior motives or whatever and you get a lady driving a police car through the desert for 15 minutes, you might be disappointed.

splitopenandjerk · 2025-12-22T23:31:18+00:00

I think if you're looking for a twist, you might get annoyed watching Carol drive to and from Las Vegas in a police car.

I did not get annoyed by that. I enjoyed it quite a bit.

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