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#581 Re: The Sunset Strip » Tenet » 301 weeks ago
So one of the many disapointing things about this year, is the fact that this pandemic has completely derailed the summer film season.
....And this was one of the biggest films thats in constant delayed release date mode:
It's a Christopher Nolan film, they were expecting to make several hundred million on this like The Dark Knight films, Dunkirk, Interstellar and Inception.
Looks good. I'll give him this, he's great with action films. I felt Inception was too layered for me tho, 1917, the opposite. Hopefully this one finds that middle ground.
I hear drive in movies are gaining momentum, even popping up temporary ones. I wouldn't go solo, but yeah must have a huge impact on sales. I hear films are scheduled so far in advance they really can't just 'hold' movies until next year, because next years films are either finishing up or in post production and it would then impact their sales figures too, so alot of movies were somewhat scrapped, straight to DVD/streaming, or in limbo.
#582 Re: The Garden » US Politics Thread » 301 weeks ago
Thanks for answering the mostly innocent question & maintaining a civil conversation. 
#583 Re: The Sunset Strip » Tenet » 301 weeks ago
Yeah, I was looking forward to Wonder Woman 84 too. I"ll have to check out that Trailer. Bill & Teds is doing a home PPV release in September 
#584 Re: The Garden » US Politics Thread » 301 weeks ago
Yep. Didn't vote for trump, won't vote for trump, but my God when a guy with dementia is all you can counter with...
The left is as trash as the right; they just don't understand that for whatever reason.
I agree neither candidate looks stellar, it might be the worst top 2 choices of my lifetime. You could maybe say an unexpecting former actor Reagan vs a bad Carter first term, but in hindsight obvi Reagan wasn't awful & Carter sorta a bad time for the US & global economy (70s, oil issues, recent exit from Vietnam & Watergate).
With that said, I don't mean this to you specifically, I was going to post it on FB or reply to someone on FB with it (i forget), but, would you trade the package & next Presidency chances of 'Trump v Biden' with 'Hillary v Nikki Haley'?
Initially, I meant it more to a Republican as in 'their chances of winning' ie would they feel they improve, but really it could also be taken as in would you commit to that lineup for the betterment of the country?
#585 Re: The Sunset Strip » Who should've been bigger? » 301 weeks ago
That All Apologies cover is ok. I'll say this, I think its better in hindsight. In 95 or so, I don't think youth was prepared for a really wanted a Nirvana cover. Sortof still don't, maybe a tribute from Eddie Vedder or Cornell or something back then, but Sinead wouldn't have gone over well. She also would've cemented herself as a 'cover singer', pigeonholing her career a bit anyway. Plus, the song already had 2 radio releases in the album, and unplugged version.
25 year later, it sounds ok tho. A bit haunting.
#586 Re: The Sunset Strip » Who should've been bigger? » 301 weeks ago
lol, she did a minor alt hit duestting with Jesus & Mary Chain ' Sometimes Always' like a year before too. Cool song, definitely that downer vibe.
#587 Re: The Sunset Strip » Who should've been bigger? » 301 weeks ago
Anyone remember a 90s band Frente? Not saying they belong here, but they were kind of a smaller Mazzy Star, with a smaller hit or two. ( I bought a CD of theirs lol)
I think Sinead was what she was in a way. Personally, I think Nothing Compares 2 U is one of the best songs of the 90s (Top 5/Top 10, oddly along with fellow pre-Nirvana song She Talks To Angels), but in the 90s, and music as a whole, there's pre-Nirvana and post-Nirvana, and she fell into "pre". Too many other acts were being hunted & placed onto MTV and the radio, The Cranberry, Lisa Loeb etc. She was alternative, but not "90s alternative enough". Ripping up the picture of the Pope didn't help her career either.
That Jane Child video wow! I forgot about her. I didn't have MTV growing up but saw bits of that video here & there I think. If you mute it, you'd swear it was NIN type stuff. A bit too dancey, but yeah maybe she could had an early 90s followup like Janet Jackson did in 93ish.
#588 Re: The Garden » US Politics Thread » 301 weeks ago
?? This interesting gem 
In advance of the classified briefing I’ll hear later today, I reviewed classified documents this morning. They are chilling. Declassify this information. Americans deserve & need to know about ongoing foreign interference (even sabotage) in our election system.
— Richard Blumenthal (@SenBlumenthal) August 4, 2020
#589 Re: The Sunset Strip » Who should've been bigger? » 301 weeks ago
To answer your list:
1. Lindsay Buckingham
2. Blondie
2. Till Tuesday
#590 Re: The Sunset Strip » Who should've been bigger? » 301 weeks ago
Natalie Merchant. Always surprised 10,000 maniacs didnt have a big reunion.
Edie Brickell - definitely an early Pearl Jam, Mother Love Bone vibe going on there.
Blondies interesting, wish they had a few more punk hits to establish themselves like the Ramones did. I think it was just bad timing. Blondie, 2 years later MTV, 1 year later Madonna.
Till Tuesday not sure what happened, Aimee Mann was a talent and did alot of Magnolia movie soundtrack. She skipped alternative i suppose, jk.
Liz Phair had a bit underwhelming/lacking hits followup to her impressive college rock Exile In Guyville. In fact i think that may have had production/remixing done before release.
Id add in Concrete Blonde? 4 Non Blondes kinda stole her schtik a bit. Also Juliana Hatfield?
Basically, what we're saying is, it was hard for women in rock & music back in the day. Now, it seems the women rule it (Taylor, Gaga, Beyonce Rihanna, Katy Perry, Kacie Musgraves)
