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- Wed Feb 24, 2021 5:07 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: AMF Book Club #4 - A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
- Replies: 4
- Views: 786
Re: AMF Book Club #4 - A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
We now move on to chapters 7-8.
- Tue Feb 23, 2021 12:31 am
- Forum: Music, music, music...
- Topic: Daft Punk break up
- Replies: 26
- Views: 436
Re: Daft Punk break up
What was the last big band break up? R.E.M.? The White Stripes?
- Wed Feb 17, 2021 5:48 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: AMF Book Club #4 - A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
- Replies: 4
- Views: 786
Re: AMF Book Club #4 - A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
We now move on to chapters 5-6.
- Fri Feb 12, 2021 10:54 pm
- Forum: Music, music, music...
- Topic: Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame Nominees
- Replies: 61
- Views: 1996
Re: Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame Nominees
And of course, Nigerians mobilize support for Fela. Great for them! https://thenationonlineng.net/nigerians-mobilises-support-for-fela-kuti-as-winner-rock-roll-hall-of-fame/ He's ahead by 94k votes to 64k to Tina Turner, probably uncatchable at this point. Has anyone figured out how well the fan vo...
- Fri Feb 12, 2021 1:06 am
- Forum: Music, music, music...
- Topic: Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame Nominees
- Replies: 61
- Views: 1996
Re: Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame Nominees
Fela's miraculously in the top 5 now.
- Thu Feb 11, 2021 6:00 am
- Forum: Music, music, music...
- Topic: Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame Nominees
- Replies: 61
- Views: 1996
Re: Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame Nominees
- Wed Feb 10, 2021 11:58 pm
- Forum: Music, music, music...
- Topic: Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame Nominees
- Replies: 61
- Views: 1996
Re: Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame Nominees
The current top 5 for the fan vote is:
1. Tina Turner
2. Foo Fighters
3. Carole King
4. Iron Maiden
5. The Go-Go's
Fela Kuti's sadly in last place.
1. Tina Turner
2. Foo Fighters
3. Carole King
4. Iron Maiden
5. The Go-Go's
Fela Kuti's sadly in last place.
- Wed Feb 10, 2021 11:54 pm
- Forum: Music, music, music...
- Topic: Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame Nominees
- Replies: 61
- Views: 1996
Re: Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame Nominees
I was looking up when they were going to announce the nominees last night.
My picks:
Kate Bush
DEVO
Foo Fighters
Fela Kuti
New York Dolls
My predictions:
Foo Fighters
Jay-Z
Carole King
Todd Rundgren
Tina Turner
My picks:
Kate Bush
DEVO
Foo Fighters
Fela Kuti
New York Dolls
My predictions:
Foo Fighters
Jay-Z
Carole King
Todd Rundgren
Tina Turner
- Wed Feb 10, 2021 6:21 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: AMF Book Club #4 - A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
- Replies: 4
- Views: 786
Re: AMF Book Club #4 - A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
We now move on to chapters 3-4.
- Wed Feb 03, 2021 6:37 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: AMF Book Club #4 - A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
- Replies: 4
- Views: 786
AMF Book Club #4 - A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/67/Confederacy_of_dunces_cover.jpg This is the thread where we'll be discussing John Kennedy Toole's 1980 novel A Confederacy of Dunces. You can discuss anything you'd like about the section of the novel we are reading. From the 3rd of February to the 10t...
- Fri Jan 29, 2021 11:21 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: AMF Book Club #4 - The Voting
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1025
Re: AMF Book Club #4 - The Voting
A Confederacy of Dunces is a longer novel so this will be the first selection of the book club to last longer than 4 weeks. Schedule: 1. Chapters 1-2 (February 3rd-10th) 2. Chapters 3-4 (February 10th-17th) 3. Chapters 5-6 (February 17th-24th) 4. Chapters 7-8 (February 24th-March 3rd) 5. Chapters 9-...
- Fri Jan 29, 2021 4:28 am
- Forum: Films, movies, motion pictures...
- Topic: They Shoot Pictures Don't They - 2021 Update
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1033
Re: They Shoot Pictures Don't They - 2021 Update
Some 2010s films really shot up this time, though the decade is still rather underrepresented. I hate how long it takes for films to play catch up there. I imagine after the 2022 Sight & Sound poll the 2010s will finally get some better representation. It seems that some of them got cut off for thi...
- Fri Jan 29, 2021 4:16 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: AMF Book Club #3 - Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1897
Re: AMF Book Club #3 - Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse
I just realized I never commented on Siddhartha despite actually keeping up with the schedule. The book was great but there was nothing I felt that I needed to say about it. Out of the four books we've read this is my favorite.
- Thu Jan 28, 2021 1:22 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: AMF Book Club #4 - The Voting
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1025
Re: AMF Book Club #4 - The Voting
Looks like John Kennedy Toole's A Confederacy of Dunces will be our next book. The discussion will start next Wednesday, I'll post the schedule sometime between now and then.
- Wed Jan 27, 2021 3:48 am
- Forum: Films, movies, motion pictures...
- Topic: They Shoot Pictures Don't They - 2021 Update
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1033
They Shoot Pictures Don't They - 2021 Update
They Shoot Pictures Don't They has updated their all time list, which can be viewed here.
- Wed Jan 27, 2021 3:45 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: AMF Book Club #4 - The Voting
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1025
Re: AMF Book Club #4 - The Voting
Less than 24 hours to get your vote in.
- Wed Jan 20, 2021 11:13 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: AMF Book Club #4 - The Voting
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1025
AMF Book Club #4 - The Voting
Choose 3 books that you would like to discuss in a book club.
- Wed Jan 20, 2021 7:33 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: AMF Book Club #3 - Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1897
Re: AMF Book Club #3 - Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse
We now move on to reading the last 3 chapters.
- Wed Jan 20, 2021 1:12 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: AMF Book Club #4 - The Nominations
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1317
Re: AMF Book Club #4 - The Nominations
Less than 24 hours to get your nominations in.
- Thu Jan 14, 2021 3:16 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: AMF Book Club #4 - The Nominations
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1317
Re: AMF Book Club #4 - The Nominations
Can I nominate Small Gods? It's part of the Discworld series and one of the few standalone works in the series - the general consensus seems to be that the first few books are actually a bad place to start since the style shifts a few books in, so I feel like this would be the best option. Sure, yo...
- Wed Jan 13, 2021 7:43 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: AMF Book Club #4 - The Nominations
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1317
Re: AMF Book Club #4 - The Nominations
I'll nominate:
Faust by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon
Faust by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon
- Wed Jan 13, 2021 7:41 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: AMF Book Club #4 - The Nominations
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1317
AMF Book Club #4 - The Nominations
Here are the rules for nominations: 1. The book must be on this list. 2. You may now nominate two books or series. 3. You may not nominate a book that has already been selected in the past. These are: The Call of Cthulhu by H.P. Lovecraft The Road by Cormac McCarthy The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemi...
- Wed Jan 13, 2021 7:34 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: AMF Book Club #3 - Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1897
Re: AMF Book Club #3 - Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse
We now move on to reading from 'Sansara' to 'The Ferryman'.
I'm going to move the nomination thread to the 3rd (or the penultimate) week from now on.
I'm going to move the nomination thread to the 3rd (or the penultimate) week from now on.
- Wed Jan 06, 2021 9:45 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: AMF Book Club #3 - Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1897
Re: AMF Book Club #3 - Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse
We now move on to reading from 'Awakening' to 'With the Childlike People'.
- Fri Jan 01, 2021 8:04 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: What are your New Year Resolutions?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1985
Re: What are your New Year Resolutions?
Read more
Work on that PTG idea I mentioned a couple years ago
Work on that PTG idea I mentioned a couple years ago
- Fri Jan 01, 2021 7:55 am
- Forum: Music, music, music...
- Topic: 2021 AMF Tournament of Champions: Round 1, Part 1
- Replies: 40
- Views: 7373
- Wed Dec 30, 2020 9:54 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: AMF Book Club #3 - Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1897
AMF Book Club #3 - Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Vorzugsausgabe_der_Erstauflage_von_1922%2C_Originalverlagseinband.JPG/330px-Vorzugsausgabe_der_Erstauflage_von_1922%2C_Originalverlagseinband.JPG Gutenberg Librivox This is the thread where we'll be discussing Hermann Hesse's 1922 novel Sidd...
- Wed Dec 30, 2020 9:42 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: AMF Book Club #2 - The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
- Replies: 10
- Views: 6767
Re: AMF Book Club #2 - The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
Finally got around to finishing The Sun Also Rises, most of what I thought about the book is similar to what BleuPanda said. I've read Hemingway before, in my freshman year of high school I read The Old Man and the Sea outside of thinking the book was boring I don't remember much about it. The Sun A...
- Sun Dec 27, 2020 6:31 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: AMF Book Club #3 - The Voting
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2217
Re: AMF Book Club #3 - The Voting
Schedule:
The Son of the Brahman-Awakening (Dec. 30-Jan. 6)
Kamala-Sansara (Jan. 6-Jan. 13)
By the River-The Son (Jan. 13-Jan. 20)
Om-End (Jan. 20-Jan. 27)
The Son of the Brahman-Awakening (Dec. 30-Jan. 6)
Kamala-Sansara (Jan. 6-Jan. 13)
By the River-The Son (Jan. 13-Jan. 20)
Om-End (Jan. 20-Jan. 27)
- Sun Dec 27, 2020 1:38 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Pro Wrestling
- Replies: 17
- Views: 8524
Re: Pro Wrestling
My favorite match of 2020 would be between Omega & Page vs. The Young Bucks, WALTER vs. Dragunov, and the Royal Rumble.
R.I.P. Brodie Lee
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- Thu Dec 24, 2020 3:52 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: AMF Book Club #3 - The Voting
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2217
Re: AMF Book Club #3 - The Voting
Looks like Hermann Hesse's Siddhartha will be our next book. The discussion will start next Wednesday, I'll post the schedule sometime between now and then.
- Thu Dec 17, 2020 12:32 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: AMF Book Club #3 - The Voting
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2217
AMF Book Club #3 - The Voting
Choose 3 books that you would like to discuss in a book club.
- Sun Dec 13, 2020 4:05 pm
- Forum: Music, music, music...
- Topic: Best Music Videos Poll -- (Redoing) Results
- Replies: 279
- Views: 17367
Re: Best Music Videos Poll -- (Redoing) Results
Thank you for re-doing this thread Live in Phoenix, every time I checked the original thread on my phone it would cause Safari to crash.
- Thu Dec 10, 2020 9:44 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: AMF Book Club #3 - The Nominations
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2025
Re: AMF Book Club #3 - The Nominations
I'll nominate:
Siddhartha by Herman Hesse
Circe by Madeline Miller
Siddhartha by Herman Hesse
Circe by Madeline Miller
- Thu Dec 10, 2020 9:40 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: AMF Book Club #3 - The Nominations
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2025
AMF Book Club #3 - The Nominations
Here are the rules for nominations: 1. The book must be on this list. 2. You may now nominate two books or series. 3. You may not nominate a book that has already been selected in the past. These are: The Call of Cthulhu by H.P. Lovecraft The Road by Cormac McCarthy The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemi...
- Thu Dec 10, 2020 6:23 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: AMF Book Club #2 - The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
- Replies: 10
- Views: 6767
Re: AMF Book Club #2 - The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
Discussion from Chapter XVIII to the end of the novel starts now.
- Fri Dec 04, 2020 4:37 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: AMF Book Club #2 - The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
- Replies: 10
- Views: 6767
Re: AMF Book Club #2 - The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
We now move into the discussion of Chapters XIII-XVII. I wanted to note that I am planning to participate but was busy reading Rhythm of War since it came out November 17, and then I noticed this book is rather expensive on Kindle and decided to order a physical copy due to the B2G1 free sale on Ama...
- Thu Dec 03, 2020 5:33 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Pro Wrestling
- Replies: 17
- Views: 8524
Re: Pro Wrestling
Did everyone watch the 'Winter is Coming' edition of AEW Dynamite?
- Thu Dec 03, 2020 5:29 am
- Forum: Music, music, music...
- Topic: Spotify Year in Review
- Replies: 27
- Views: 3389
Re: Spotify Year in Review
Here's my 2020 wrapped. Didn't think that I really listened to Dragula that much. I also rediscovered Achtung Baby earlier this year and my listening to that album is probably what put U2 into my top 5 artists.
- Thu Dec 03, 2020 5:20 am
- Forum: Music, music, music...
- Topic: Music of 2002: Finals
- Replies: 14
- Views: 4586
Re: Music of 2002: Finals
WINNER The Roots feat. Cody Chesnutt - The Seed 2.0 (8) vs. Interpol - PDA (4) Sorry for the extremely late results, the site update made me completely forget about this tournament (not kidding). Thank you all for voting in this tournament. I don't think I'm going to do one of these tournaments aga...
- Thu Nov 26, 2020 5:41 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: AMF Book Club #2 - The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
- Replies: 10
- Views: 6767
Re: AMF Book Club #2 - The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
We now move into the discussion of Chapters VIII-XII.
- Tue Nov 24, 2020 5:54 pm
- Forum: Music, music, music...
- Topic: Music of 2002: Finals
- Replies: 14
- Views: 4586
Music of 2002: Finals
Vote for your favorite out of each of the match ups. Voting for this week will end on the 30th of November at 11:00pm UTC. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/ce/EverythingIsIlluminated.jpg The brackets: Albums Songs Interpol's Turn on the Bright Lights won the albums bracket Songs The Roots...
- Tue Nov 24, 2020 5:47 pm
- Forum: Music, music, music...
- Topic: Music of 2002: Round 5, Week 10
- Replies: 12
- Views: 6320
Re: Music of 2002: Round 5, Week 10
WINNERS
Albums
Interpol - Turn on the Bright Lights (8) vs. Sleater-Kinney - One Beat (3)
Songs
The Roots feat. Cody Chesnutt - The Seed 2.0 (6) vs. The Cinematic Orchestra - The Man With the Movie Camera (4)
Interpol - PDA (6) vs. The Flaming Lips - Fight Test (4)
Albums
Interpol - Turn on the Bright Lights (8) vs. Sleater-Kinney - One Beat (3)
Songs
The Roots feat. Cody Chesnutt - The Seed 2.0 (6) vs. The Cinematic Orchestra - The Man With the Movie Camera (4)
Interpol - PDA (6) vs. The Flaming Lips - Fight Test (4)
- Wed Nov 18, 2020 5:10 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: AMF Book Club #2 - The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
- Replies: 10
- Views: 6767
AMF Book Club #2 - The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/The_Sun_Also_Rises_%281st_ed._cover%29.jpg/330px-The_Sun_Also_Rises_%281st_ed._cover%29.jpg This is the thread where we'll be discussing Ernest Hemingway's 1926 novel The Sun Also Rises. You can discuss anything you'd like about the section ...
- Mon Nov 16, 2020 8:09 pm
- Forum: Music, music, music...
- Topic: Music of 2002: Round 5, Week 10
- Replies: 12
- Views: 6320
Music of 2002: Round 5, Week 10
Vote for your favorite out of each of the match ups. Voting for this week will end on the 23rd of November at 11:00pm UTC. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/ce/Vice-city-cover.jpg The brackets: Albums Songs Albums Interpol - Turn on the Bright Lights vs. Sleater-Kinney - One Beat Songs The...
- Mon Nov 16, 2020 5:14 am
- Forum: Music, music, music...
- Topic: Music of 2002: Round 4, Week 9
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4878
Re: Music of 2002: Round 4, Week 9 TIEBREAK NEEDED
WINNERS Albums The Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots (4) vs. Interpol - Turn on the Bright Light (5) Sleater-Kinney - One Beat (4) vs. Bright Eyes - Lifted, or the Story Is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Ground (2) Songs The Roots feat. Cody Chesnutt - The Seed 2.0 (5) vs. Johnny Ca...
- Fri Nov 13, 2020 2:07 am
- Forum: Films, movies, motion pictures...
- Topic: Top RYM films, by age of voters
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2840
Top RYM films, by age of voters
I wanted to create a thread similar to the one on the RYM albums, except this time for movies. Excuse me Henrik while I borrow your format. 0-19 1. The End of Evangelion 2. Come and See 3. 2001: A Space Odyssey 4. Parasite 5. Twin Peaks 6. 12 Angry Men 7. Stalker 8. Apocalypse Now 9. Love Exposure 1...
- Thu Nov 12, 2020 6:08 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: AMF Book Club #2 - The Voting
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3096
Re: AMF Book Club #2 - The Voting
Schedule:
Chapters I-VII (Nov. 18th - Nov. 25th)
Chapters VIII-XII (Nov. 25th - Dec. 2nd)
Chapters XIII-XVII (Dec. 2nd - Dec. 9th)
Chapters XVIII-End (Dec. 9th - Dec. 16th)
Chapters I-VII (Nov. 18th - Nov. 25th)
Chapters VIII-XII (Nov. 25th - Dec. 2nd)
Chapters XIII-XVII (Dec. 2nd - Dec. 9th)
Chapters XVIII-End (Dec. 9th - Dec. 16th)
- Wed Nov 11, 2020 10:05 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: AMF Book Club #2 - The Voting
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3096
Re: AMF Book Club #2 - The Voting
Looks like The Sun Also Rises won. The discussion will start next Wednesday, I'll post the schedule sometime between now and then.
- Wed Nov 11, 2020 4:01 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: AMF Book Club #2 - The Voting
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3096
Re: AMF Book Club #2 - The Voting
Less than 24 hours until the poll closes.