Re: Re: Good to be back
By: poindexter FORTRAN to Toadster on Sat Mar 01 2025 06:50 am

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So yeah, I'm off Facebook, I'm off Twitter, or X or whatever it is now, I'm off Instagram; you name it, I'm off it. And I don't think I've ever gone ON TikTok.

I think TikTok is the only social media I can trust these days. It's an
odd world we live in.

I only use Facebook Messenger to communicate with family. I have never actually used Facebook app. I used the web page to set up my account so I could use Messenger. I hear of people wasting a lot of time on those social sites. I like the BBS scene and it works for me until my time is up.
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Re: Re: Good to be back
By: Nightfox to poindexter FORTRAN on Sat Mar 01 2025 07:55 am

Re: Re: Good to be back
By: poindexter FORTRAN to Toadster on Sat Mar 01 2025 06:50 am

I think TikTok is the only social media I can trust these days. It's an odd world we live in.

I hadn't heard of TikTok until it was in the news in early 2000, when I star hearing the US government wanted to block it due to being possibly spyware since it's developed in China.

Nightfox

Has Tiktok been around that long? I am out of step with the times.
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Re: Re: Good to be back
By: Eddie Wilson to poindexter FORTRAN on Wed Sep 10 2025 01:34 pm

I like the BBS scene and it works for me until my time is up.

That sounds a bit grim. :-?
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Re: Re: Good to be back
By: Eddie Wilson to poindexter FORTRAN on Wed Sep 10 2025 01:34 pm

an odd world we live in.

I only use Facebook Messenger to communicate with family. I have
never actually used Facebook app. I used the web page to set up my
account so I could use Messenger. I hear of people wasting a lot of
time on those social sites. I like the BBS scene and it works for

why don't you just text them or call them
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Re: Re: Good to be back
By: Digital Man to Eddie Wilson on Wed Sep 10 2025 12:07 pm

I like the BBS scene and it works for me until my time is up.

That sounds a bit grim. :-?

Grim, but probably true for the lot of us lol.

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Re: Re: Good to be back
By: The Lizard Master to Digital Man on Mon Sep 15 2025 06:48 am

Re: Re: Good to be back
By: Digital Man to Eddie Wilson on Wed Sep 10 2025 12:07 pm

I like the BBS scene and it works for me until my time is up.

That sounds a bit grim. :-?

Grim, but probably true for the lot of us lol.

I hope I'll keep doing all the things I love doing (e.g. playing drums) until the day I die too. Hopefully later than sooner. :-)
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Hi Digital,
In a message to The Lizard Master you wrote:

I hope I'll keep doing all the things I love doing (e.g. playing
drums) until the day I die too. Hopefully later than sooner. :-)

If spinal tap calls you to fill in on the new tour, please don't.

Shawn

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Re: Re: Good to be back
By: Tiny to Digital Man on Tue Sep 16 2025 05:29 am

Hi Digital,
In a message to The Lizard Master you wrote:

I hope I'll keep doing all the things I love doing (e.g. playing
drums) until the day I die too. Hopefully later than sooner. :-)

If spinal tap calls you to fill in on the new tour, please don't.

Shawn

whats the worst thing that could happen?

btw there's a new spinal tap movie out.
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Hi Mro,
On <Wed, 16 Sep 25>, you wrote me:

If spinal tap calls you to fill in on the new tour, please don't.

whats the worst thing that could happen?

Some of their drummers have perished in the strangest of ways.

btw there's a new spinal tap movie out.

That's what brought it to mind. I haven't seen it yet, but it's
on the list for sure. :)

Shawn

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Re: Re: Good to be back
By: Tiny to Mro on Fri Sep 19 2025 07:02 am

I hated that new beatlejuice so I get what you mean.

oh yeah that sucked. i couldn't take more than a few mins of it.

I made it about 20 minutes in when I went to another room to read. I think I wanted to like it too much and had built up this amazing experience in my mind.

I didn't really build up any expectations in my mind, and I thought it was a decent sequel.

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Re: Good to be back
By: Tiny to Mro on Sun Sep 21 2025 04:34 am

Hi Mro,
On <Mon, 21 Sep 25>, you wrote me:

one remake i just saw was dracula a love tail 2025 which is a poor remake of the 90s dracula 1992. it was pretty much crap. good actors but script was crap.

It's on my list of things to watch, but it doesn't sound like it's
going to be for long.

How many times can I watch the same dracula movie!?!?

It really is not as good as the keanu one and the exact same story.

The only thing is they threw in this weird thing where he came up with this perfume from going to india and he uses this shit to attract women.
also he has little gargoyle people.
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Re: Re: Good to be back
By: Tiny to Digital Man on Tue Sep 16 2025 05:29 am

I hope I'll keep doing all the things I love doing (e.g. playing
drums) until the day I die too. Hopefully later than sooner. :-)

If spinal tap calls you to fill in on the new tour, please don't.

The new Spinal Tap film is AMAZING.

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Re: Re: Good to be back
By: The Lizard Master to Tiny on Mon Sep 22 2025 08:00 am

I hope I'll keep doing all the things I love doing (e.g. playing drums) until the day I die too. Hopefully later than sooner. :-)

If spinal tap calls you to fill in on the new tour, please don't.

The new Spinal Tap film is AMAZING.

well maybe i wasnt in the right mood for it. i'll give it another try.
the original was just a weird type of special.
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Re: Re: Good to be back
By: MRO to The Lizard Master on Mon Sep 22 2025 08:19 pm

The new Spinal Tap film is AMAZING.

well maybe i wasnt in the right mood for it. i'll give it another try.
the original was just a weird type of special.

I was 14 years old when I saw the original; I was a "serious" long-haired musician, so I didn't think it was funny... at all. Older friends kept referring to it and re-watching it and over time, I started to "get it" and now it's one of my all time favorite movies. So I think you have to either:

1) think musicians take themselves too seriously and so think it's funny to see them taken down a notch like that (even if only fictionally), or:

2) be a musican that does not take themselves too seriously and basically laugh at the absurdity of your past-time/profession
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Re: Re: Good to be back
By: Digital Man to MRO on Mon Sep 22 2025 09:00 pm

Older friends kept referring to it and re-watching it and over time,
I started to "get it" and now it's one of my all time favorite
movies. So I think you have to either:

1) think musicians take themselves too seriously and so think it's
funny to see them taken down a notch like that (even if only
fictionally), or:

2) be a musican that does not take themselves too seriously and
basically laugh at the absurdity of your past-time/profession

and did you scratch an 11 on your amps?

spinaltap also has a certain peculiar humor that a lot of people wouln't get. you have to have a developed sense of humor to really enjoy it.

best in show which has christopher guest and michael mckean (and tons of
other comics) is another mocumentary that i'd recommend.
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Re: Re: Good to be back
By: MRO to Digital Man on Mon Sep 22 2025 11:38 pm

Re: Re: Good to be back
By: Digital Man to MRO on Mon Sep 22 2025 09:00 pm

Older friends kept referring to it and re-watching it and over time,
I started to "get it" and now it's one of my all time favorite
movies. So I think you have to either:

1) think musicians take themselves too seriously and so think it's
funny to see them taken down a notch like that (even if only fictionally), or:

2) be a musican that does not take themselves too seriously and
basically laugh at the absurdity of your past-time/profession

and did you scratch an 11 on your amps?

Nope, but quoted that scene far too many times. And an old band mate of mine used to have that line on his muscle car license plate frame: "these go to eleven".

spinaltap also has a certain peculiar humor that a lot of people wouln't get. you have to have a developed sense of humor to really enjoy it.

Yeah, I think it's very Monty Python-esque humor.

best in show which has christopher guest and michael mckean (and tons of other comics) is another mocumentary that i'd recommend.

Yeah, there's a few. A Mighty Wind is probably the most similar to This Is Spinal Tap.
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Re: Re: Good to be back
By: Digital Man to MRO on Mon Sep 22 2025 10:13 pm

Yeah, there's a few. A Mighty Wind is probably the most similar
to This Is Spinal Tap.

oh thanks for that. i didnt know about that movie. i'll watch that if i get some time off from work.
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Re: Re: Good to be back
By: Matthew Munson to DIGITAL MAN on Thu Sep 18 2025 07:39 pm

I saw a preview of a documentary about Phil Collins, he said he wanted
to be known more as a drummer than a vocalist.

I say sound engineer first, drummer second. Vocalist is further down the list and 'decent human being' is waaaaaaaaaaaay further down :D. But damn, the production quality of his tracks is second to none!

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Re: Good to be back
By: Eddie Wilson to MRO on Mon Sep 22 2025 12:59 pm

I like the original Dracula movie starring Bela Lugosi.

To that, I of course have to say...

http://youtu.be/OKRJfIPiJGY

undead undead undead!

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Re: Re: Good to be back
By: Matthew Munson to DIGITAL MAN on Thu Sep 18 2025 07:39 pm

I saw a preview of a documentary about Phil Collins, he said he wanted
to be known more as a drummer than a vocalist.

I say sound engineer first, drummer second. Vocalist is further down
the list and 'decent human being' is waaaaaaaaaaaay further down :D.
But damn, the production quality of his tracks is second to none!

Don't know about him as a person, but someone who can sing then switch
to singing and drumming, live, that kind of talent impresses me.



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Re: Re: Good to be back
By: MRO to The Lizard Master on Mon Sep 22 2025 08:19 pm

I hope I'll keep doing all the things I love doing (e.g. playing drums) until the day I die too. Hopefully later than sooner. :-)

If spinal tap calls you to fill in on the new tour, please don't.

The new Spinal Tap film is AMAZING.

well maybe i wasnt in the right mood for it. i'll give it another try.
the original was just a weird type of special.

If you don't like the original, it will be hard to like the new one. Fans of the original will love the new Spinal Tap though. My daughter loved it too which was nice.

It's unscripted adlib too so you have to appreciate that style a little too I guess.

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Re: Re: Good to be back
By: Digital Man to MRO on Mon Sep 22 2025 09:00 pm

The new Spinal Tap film is AMAZING.

well maybe i wasnt in the right mood for it. i'll give it another try. the original was just a weird type of special.

I was 14 years old when I saw the original; I was a "serious" long-haired musician, so I didn't think it was funny... at all. Older friends kept referring to it and re-watching it and over time, I started to "get it" and now it's one of my all time favorite movies. So I think you have to either:

1) think musicians take themselves too seriously and so think it's funny to see them taken down a notch like that (even if only fictionally), or:

2) be a musican that does not take themselves too seriously and basically laugh at the absurdity of your past-time/profession

I saw it when I was a kid too. I didn't realize it was a comedy going in so I was blown away haha, I checked it out of the library thinking it was a real documentary about a band. My daughter is a drummer too and really got a kick out of it, I've been playing music with people my whole life too so could be that too.

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Re: Re: Good to be back
By: The Lizard Master to MRO on Wed Sep 24 2025 05:00 am

well maybe i wasnt in the right mood for it. i'll give it another
try. the original was just a weird type of special.

If you don't like the original, it will be hard to like the new one.
Fans of the original will love the new Spinal Tap though. My
daughter loved it too which was nice.

i liked the original. but the 2nd one made me want switch it off.
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