The Stone Roses are my favorite band all time and “I Am the Resurrection” was my theme song for a long time. I met them at their first US gig at the Music Midtown Festival in Atlanta touring the long-awaited and underwhelming Second Coming album.
9:30 would have been a great place to see them! A festival was not the ideal setting, and I remember them bitching about the sound. At one point Mani slammed his bass down (this is in the “Made of Stone” documentary at some point). On the other hand, I did also get a chance to see Adam Ant and the Village People.
I owned all of the post roses John squire (seahorses and solo) and Ian brown. What an epic band. Enhances their allure that they burned so hot so briefly and then disappeared.
Same. The Stone Roses B-sides were better than most band’s best singles. Also, John Leckie has produced so many great albums. The Roses wanted him because of the psychedelic tinges he achieved for the XTC side project, Dukes of Stratosphear. He also did Radiohead’s The Bends.
Speaking of baseball, as a longtime listener but recent subscriber, I was listening to the back-catalog; in the February members-only broadcast the subject of Jewish baseball players was mentioned in passing.
Red Sox fans will remember this gem from 2005, when Lenny Clarke and Denis Leary visited the booth and came close to having Jerry Remy (RIP) and Don Orsillo die from laughter.
Loved Matt’s COVID article. We are in our 50’s and coming back to see friends and colleagues at events has given us pause - some of it is probably just because the 50’s is when things start to go and not seeing someone for a while just amplifies that shit. But I do think the stress, alcohol and sedentary lives we all now lead working mostly from home are taking their toll. And based on the stories our high school daughter tells from her local public high school here in the DC Metro, the kids are so not alright.
I have enjoyed this podcast for several years but my esteem for you all went to another level after you referenced my favorite band of all time (TSR). 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Omg, Matt, I hope you didn't start The View Level because we harassed you too much for your baseball talk. We don't actually dislike your baseball talk, we just like making fun of you for it. I've subscribed, and have enjoyed the "Field of Welfare" episode. Hope you still talk some baseball on TFC to your heart's delight, so long as you don't mind us tuning out and teasing you a bit.
I agreed to (read as “forced to”) go to Yankees opening day on Thursday. This includes international travel plus a subway ride to the Bronx.
I am Canadian & outside of some corporate crap at Blue Jays games in Toronto, I have never been to a baseball game, let alone paid attention to baseball. We are a hockey country, with some football and basketball. Not baseball. Without Matt’s tutorials on the game, I would have no clue what I was supposed to be paying attention too (or at least pretending to pay attention too).
Hey Matt! I wanted to thank you for encouraging me to finally make the leap and try ChatGPT out. In a recent episode of the roundtable you said something along the lines of "everytime someone mentions ChatGPT in our slack channels I die another day (a little?)" which is a measure I use to decide when to get into whatever the current bubblegum craze is. If it exhausts Matt, of Paul Molitor reference and Beatles lore I know it has truly reached peak saturation so I won't be first to the front. Even when you guys aren't doing the fif thing you continue to add value to my life all for the low low price of whatever it is that I pay you guys these days. :D Either way, I owe you a beer cause it has been a truly scifi experience chatting with ChatGPT over the last day. As a guy that has been rather taken by this stuff since Bostrom's Super Intelligence, not to mention growing up with Blade Runner in my top five of all time, I feel like this is WAY WAY better than some VTOL spinner people could crash into a neon saturated ad-pocalypse of the future. Good times.
jonah goldberg mentioned moynihan's review of liberal fascism in a recent remnant episode, citing it as one of the reviews that made him a little unhappy. i can't recall exactly what he said that displeased him. if i have a bit of time tonight, i'll see if i can find what his exact comments i'm pretty sure it was in the 'ask me anything' episode that came out wednesday or thursday.
Thanks for including that link to the natural history documentary. That was absolutely fantastic. I had never seen that footage before. & aside from the film Germany Year Zero, I’ve never seen such a good street level view of the destruction left over. Heart wrenching.
Shopping at the new Dicks sporting goods near us and my teenage daughter noted something I’d heard you gentlemen reference in a semi- recent episode - the variety of female (identified) mannequins (chubby to thin) and singular muscled male (identified) mannequins. No healthy at any size male mannequins, not even in the golf section.
Also you know you have a teenager when she says upon walking into Dicks - ah, smells like dicks - and you both laugh.
The Stone Roses are my favorite band all time and “I Am the Resurrection” was my theme song for a long time. I met them at their first US gig at the Music Midtown Festival in Atlanta touring the long-awaited and underwhelming Second Coming album.
Super jealous
I had a chance to see them at 9:30 club during second coming tour IIRC but I was young and lazy and thought I’d just catch them next time.
I love how many post punk nerds listen to this show.
9:30 would have been a great place to see them! A festival was not the ideal setting, and I remember them bitching about the sound. At one point Mani slammed his bass down (this is in the “Made of Stone” documentary at some point). On the other hand, I did also get a chance to see Adam Ant and the Village People.
Amateurs! Amateurs! Lol
I owned all of the post roses John squire (seahorses and solo) and Ian brown. What an epic band. Enhances their allure that they burned so hot so briefly and then disappeared.
Same. The Stone Roses B-sides were better than most band’s best singles. Also, John Leckie has produced so many great albums. The Roses wanted him because of the psychedelic tinges he achieved for the XTC side project, Dukes of Stratosphear. He also did Radiohead’s The Bends.
Classic!
Speaking of baseball, as a longtime listener but recent subscriber, I was listening to the back-catalog; in the February members-only broadcast the subject of Jewish baseball players was mentioned in passing.
Red Sox fans will remember this gem from 2005, when Lenny Clarke and Denis Leary visited the booth and came close to having Jerry Remy (RIP) and Don Orsillo die from laughter.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1m7ezjSQ9Dg&t=602s
Dude! You can't be posting so many links, I have deadlines!!
Loved Matt’s COVID article. We are in our 50’s and coming back to see friends and colleagues at events has given us pause - some of it is probably just because the 50’s is when things start to go and not seeing someone for a while just amplifies that shit. But I do think the stress, alcohol and sedentary lives we all now lead working mostly from home are taking their toll. And based on the stories our high school daughter tells from her local public high school here in the DC Metro, the kids are so not alright.
Can you *not* be a dick for a second?
Still hilarious.
I have enjoyed this podcast for several years but my esteem for you all went to another level after you referenced my favorite band of all time (TSR). 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Omg, Matt, I hope you didn't start The View Level because we harassed you too much for your baseball talk. We don't actually dislike your baseball talk, we just like making fun of you for it. I've subscribed, and have enjoyed the "Field of Welfare" episode. Hope you still talk some baseball on TFC to your heart's delight, so long as you don't mind us tuning out and teasing you a bit.
Hell, I don't know squat about baseball and I enjoy the banter all the same.
100%. The sports banter is really entertaining.
Not sure why but it works.
I agreed to (read as “forced to”) go to Yankees opening day on Thursday. This includes international travel plus a subway ride to the Bronx.
I am Canadian & outside of some corporate crap at Blue Jays games in Toronto, I have never been to a baseball game, let alone paid attention to baseball. We are a hockey country, with some football and basketball. Not baseball. Without Matt’s tutorials on the game, I would have no clue what I was supposed to be paying attention too (or at least pretending to pay attention too).
Hey Matt! I wanted to thank you for encouraging me to finally make the leap and try ChatGPT out. In a recent episode of the roundtable you said something along the lines of "everytime someone mentions ChatGPT in our slack channels I die another day (a little?)" which is a measure I use to decide when to get into whatever the current bubblegum craze is. If it exhausts Matt, of Paul Molitor reference and Beatles lore I know it has truly reached peak saturation so I won't be first to the front. Even when you guys aren't doing the fif thing you continue to add value to my life all for the low low price of whatever it is that I pay you guys these days. :D Either way, I owe you a beer cause it has been a truly scifi experience chatting with ChatGPT over the last day. As a guy that has been rather taken by this stuff since Bostrom's Super Intelligence, not to mention growing up with Blade Runner in my top five of all time, I feel like this is WAY WAY better than some VTOL spinner people could crash into a neon saturated ad-pocalypse of the future. Good times.
Speaking of the Speakeasy. Just listened to another great Reason Interview. Highly recommended. Bill Bratton: Fighting Crime Without Shredding Civil Liberties https://reason.com/podcast/2023/03/15/bill-bratton-fighting-crime-without-shredding-civil-liberties/
jonah goldberg mentioned moynihan's review of liberal fascism in a recent remnant episode, citing it as one of the reviews that made him a little unhappy. i can't recall exactly what he said that displeased him. if i have a bit of time tonight, i'll see if i can find what his exact comments i'm pretty sure it was in the 'ask me anything' episode that came out wednesday or thursday.
I think it was that episode. IIRC, JG said Moynihan was fair on the merits, but still a little harsh.
Guns n Roses at 11 and The Stooges 72? I’m going to smash my phone.
There should totally be a 5th column baseball outing.
The NYC crew is going to Mets opening day, pretty sure.
Five columns, four bases, three hosts, two outs, and one partridge in an extremely inconveniently located pear tree.
Weirdest pr0n video ever.
Thanks for including that link to the natural history documentary. That was absolutely fantastic. I had never seen that footage before. & aside from the film Germany Year Zero, I’ve never seen such a good street level view of the destruction left over. Heart wrenching.
Shopping at the new Dicks sporting goods near us and my teenage daughter noted something I’d heard you gentlemen reference in a semi- recent episode - the variety of female (identified) mannequins (chubby to thin) and singular muscled male (identified) mannequins. No healthy at any size male mannequins, not even in the golf section.
Also you know you have a teenager when she says upon walking into Dicks - ah, smells like dicks - and you both laugh.
As a Braves fan, thank you.
everyone has their own list of course, but the feelies at 89 are way too low i reckon.