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Troyce Wilson's avatar

" Everyone knows the dinosaurs were a just trick played on gullible Christians." Sadly, my best friend in high school firmly believed the fossil record was created by demons to entice people into believing in evolution. He later became an electrical engineer with Lucent. So it's not like he was an idiot.

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Mark Finn's avatar

I will never not be baffled by that kind of disconnect.

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Kevin Alexander's avatar

Speaking of goldfish memories... every year, I ignore history and convince myself that this'll be the year we get a ton of trick-or-treaters. And every year, either Mother Nature or the high school sports playoff calendar laugh. This year it was the former, with high winds and low temps making for sketchy conditions and low turnout. So now I have a ton of candy left, which is both a good and bad thing.

As for Loudermilk, if I could just cut-and-paste your review I would. My wife often tries to get me to watch new shows with her, and her batting average is, well, well below the Mendoza Line. But I couldn't get enough of this one, with all it's perfectly imperfect characters and the sort of cynicism that resonates deep with me. Only thing I'd add is that Will Sasso's acting is also underrated here.

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Mark Finn's avatar

Agreed, Sasso is great. It's a fantastic character-driven series. And you have to love the sub-audible critique on Seattle grunge and 90s alt-rock in general. I want to read Loudermilk's book, "All You Need Is Love and 500 Other Songs to Kill Yourself To" SO BADLY I can taste it.

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Kevin Alexander's avatar

Lol. Right?!

Related: Not for nothing, I tired to interview Lissie some time ago after she released a record, but never heard back...

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Rick McCollum's avatar

Surprised not to hear your opinion on Grotesquerie, as in WTF?

We expect violence after Trump loses. And we have neighborhood Halloween, hordes house to house. I drink and give out candy on the porch, Karen decorated and blasted out weird electronic rock. Ran out after 3 big bags, more kids coming!

Lots of fun!

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Mark Finn's avatar

I'm glad you got kids!

I tried the first few eps of Grotesquerie and I had major problems with it. Bad enough that I didn't want to see if it got any better. Did it?

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Jack Herman's avatar

I thought I was the only one who watched Laudermilk!

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Mark Finn's avatar

Well, we ARE a rarefied people, you and I...

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Paul Riddell's avatar

I can’t drink, so I can’t pound shots. However, I AM doing a lot of grilling and barbecuing. Pulling down the latest Michael “Chili Pepper Madness” Hultquist book of stuffed jalapeno recipes, loading up two dozen with a mix that could pass for a menu entry on “Babylon 5,” and dropping ten pounds of well-seasoned pecan from last May’s tornado into the firebox, and who the hell needs Spongebob gummies? (Besides, all of the cool kids are into Hazbin Hotel rectal suppositories.)

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Mark Finn's avatar

I’m liking where your head is at, here.

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Paul Riddell's avatar

https://www.chilipeppermadness.com You can’t go wrong.

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