As an all-purpose nerd, I tend to have passionate opinions bordering on religious fervor about pretty much any area that interests me.
Same here...and like a lot of geeks I THINK about this stuff a lot.
I'm not as in to music as I once was, but I have had conversations about what bands "matter" and what ones are just fluff. I can passionately argue about the best rockabilly bands, which wrestlers were the best in each decade, which version of Batman is closest to the essence of the character, why Twin Peaks is the most influential TV show of all time and why Gene Roddenberry shouldn't be revered in any way.
I may disagree with someone, but that doesn't mean I don't listen to them, or like them. In fact, I usually get into a discussion about things so that I can learn from people, because I know I don't know everything...I mean, maybe there is an 80's hair metal band that isn't annoying, untalented and deserving of being forgotten.
Y'know, the religious fervor that some folk have for music and for their favorite bands was one of the reasons that I gradually stopped listening to and stopped caring about it all years ago. I like what I like, I listen to what I like to listen to, and I don't care what opinions others may have about my tastes, the standing of the musicians I listen to, or anything else. And that's all I'll have to say on the topic.
Religion? THAT'S WHY THE BEST BAND EVER IS THE REVEREND HORTON HEAT!!!!
When I woke up this morning, Steranko was looking through the Kirby hardcovers in my bookshelf. When he saw me, he threw a turtleneck shirt at me and vanished in a puff of smoke and sparkles.
He left one of the books open to a Mr. Miracle page.
When I woke up this morning, Steranko was looking through the Kirby hardcovers in my bookshelf. When he saw me, he threw a turtleneck shirt at me and vanished in a puff of smoke and sparkles.
He left one of the books open to a Mr. Miracle page.
Does anyone remember the ISR Comic Strip that listeners would do? A listener would do a strip with the next guy in line picking up where the previous left off. On one of the strips, I had to pick up with Jim Steranko making an entrance.
btw, Mr. Phil is the beefy bald guy with the bottle of hootch. Charlito is the monkey wearing the Grendel mask.
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I'm not as in to music as I once was, but I have had conversations about what bands "matter" and what ones are just fluff. I can passionately argue about the best rockabilly bands, which wrestlers were the best in each decade, which version of Batman is closest to the essence of the character, why Twin Peaks is the most influential TV show of all time and why Gene Roddenberry shouldn't be revered in any way.
I may disagree with someone, but that doesn't mean I don't listen to them, or like them. In fact, I usually get into a discussion about things so that I can learn from people, because I know I don't know everything...I mean, maybe there is an 80's hair metal band that isn't annoying, untalented and deserving of being forgotten.
But I REAAAAAAALY doubt it.
:))
It's a Psychobilly freak-out!
:!!
He left one of the books open to a Mr. Miracle page.
btw, Mr. Phil is the beefy bald guy with the bottle of hootch. Charlito is the monkey wearing the Grendel mask.
*Perhaps because I didn't read it.
^:)^
Which ones?
Completely.
Stones: Gimme Shelter
Rush: Prime Mover