2024-25 Roster Thread #2: Midseasonnar

[deadhead]

Kenny Rogers got his start playing in a psychedelic 60s rock band. I kid you not.

The Coen brothers knew that.

 

[Chicken N Raffls]

Don't be so quick to judge Carson Briere after watching a clear video of him being a total POS and pushing a disabled person's wheelchair down a flight of steps, because the person who uploaded the video has an alcoholic beverage in their hand in their profile picture so that person's credibility is highly suspect.

I think you're over-simplifying the situation. In matters like these, best to consult the oracle.

 

[CerpinTaxt]

We should be thrilled if Giroux turns into Scott Gomez - Jester vs. Chris Schaeffer (probably spelled that wrong)

Is Tye McGinn the sniper we need?

What was the trade thread all about "bad/decent" prospects? Some leafs fan I think it was.

Any discussion with Brandon Manning's stan was always a hoot

 

[Kelmitchell2]

What was the trade thread all about "bad/decent" prospects? Some leafs fan I think it was.

Any discussion with Brandon Manning's stan was always a hoot

Box car right? Lol whatever happened to him??

 

[SolidSnakeUS]

Box car right? Lol whatever happened to him??

Manning isn't in the NHL anymore. So yeah...

 

[freakydallas13]

(Pop) country sucks, listen to bluegrass instead.

 

[Ghosts Beer]

I thought it was Eric staal? Lol

I admit I was hoping Patrick could be an Eric Staal type. Not even close. Completely different levels of competitiveness, for one of many reasons.

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

Kenny Rogers got his start playing in a psychedelic 60s rock band. I kid you not.

I just dropped in to see what condition my condition was in.

 

[JojoTheWhale]

Jester vs. Chris Schaeffer

Oh dear. My brain deleted these memories in the name of self-preservation.

Box car right? Lol whatever happened to him??

The best thread title ever:

Thread 'I Was Never Brandon Manning'

Mar 22, 2024

Hello everyone. It’s nice to drop back in after five years or so. The old timers will remember me posting off and on from roughly 2015-2018 mainly regarding the unfairly maligned Brandon Manning. He was not the best player, but he was a true team guy who still has one of the best open ice hits ever against hated Tom Wilson in the 2016 playoffs.

I believe Mandog is retired and living in the Great White North somewhere. Let’s raise a glass to #23…a true Flyer.

And no, I was never Brandon Manning. I’m just Alan from Virginia.

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[deadhead]

Manning was a 7th D-man who had his moment in the sun before his wings burned off.

 

[Audible Velvet]

(Pop) country sucks, listen to bluegrass instead.

This one gets it.

 

[Beef Invictus]

Manning was a 7th D-man who had his moment in the sun before his wings burned off.

Moment!? It was 207 games!!

 

[Beef Invictus]

This one gets it.

Especially weird Bluegrass

 

[Audible Velvet]

Especially weird Bluegrass

Weird is a bonus!

 

[ajgoal]

(Pop) country sucks, listen to bluegrass instead.

If you recognize the show this track was the opening/closing credits for, we can be friends.

 

[deadhead]

(Pop) country sucks, listen to bluegrass instead.

Meh, a lot of bluegrass leaves me cold, technical proficiency without soul, similar to a lot of Jazz musicians and rock guitarists.

The best country, like the best rock 'n' roll, is Scots-Irish "blues."

That is, songs that cut to the quick, sung by a singer who makes you feel they live the song and not merely perform it, and musicians who understand the heart of the song and don't need to break the spell by demanding attention.

This is why so many covers of great songs fall short, you can have perfect chops yet miss the mark.
Some great songs that are hard to cover:
Angel From Montgomery
Bird on a Wire
Pancho and Lefty

 

[JojoTheWhale]

There's plenty of great new (every genre). You just have to go beyond the various popular formats for some of it.

Moment!? It was 207 games!!

Still doing better than Drysdale. I check once a month or so to see if it has changed. Not yet!

If you recognize the show this track was the opening/closing credits for, we can be friends.

Without saying the name -- it was on PBS, yes?

 

[deadhead]

If you recognize the show this track was the opening/closing credits for, we can be friends.

I'll match you and raise you one:

 

[ajgoal]

Without saying the name -- it was on PBS, yes?

Until recently.

The host was also (crossing fingers) the exception to the "never meet your heroes" thing.

 

[JojoTheWhale]

Until recently.

Ahhh. I thought they killed all of those shows in the early 200Xs.

 

[ajgoal]

Ahhh. I thought they killed all of those shows in the early 200Xs.

Looks like 2017 was the last season.

 

[freakydallas13]

Meh, a lot of bluegrass leaves me cold, technical proficiency without soul, similar to a lot of Jazz musicians and rock guitarists.

The best country, like the best rock 'n' roll, is Scots-Irish "blues."

That is, songs that cut to the quick, sung by a singer who makes you feel they live the song and not merely perform it, and musicians who understand the heart of the song and don't need to break the spell by demanding attention.

This is why so many covers of great songs fall short, you can have perfect chops yet miss the mark.
Some great songs that are hard to cover:
Angel From Montgomery
Bird on a Wire
Pancho and Lefty

You dislike bluegrass AND Jazz?! You're like the polar opposite of who I am in every aspect of life.

If you think jazz and bluegrass lack soul, then you need to listen to better jazz and bluegrass music. Like Jojo said, every genre has good music if you dig deeper than the surface.

 

[kudymen]

Oh dear. My brain deleted these memories in the name of self-preservation.



The best thread title ever:

Thread 'I Was Never Brandon Manning'

Mar 22, 2024

Hello everyone. It’s nice to drop back in after five years or so. The old timers will remember me posting off and on from roughly 2015-2018 mainly regarding the unfairly maligned Brandon Manning. He was not the best player, but he was a true team guy who still has one of the best open ice hits ever against hated Tom Wilson in the 2016 playoffs.

I believe Mandog is retired and living in the Great White North somewhere. Let’s raise a glass to #23…a true Flyer.

And no, I was never Brandon Manning. I’m just Alan from Virginia.

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Thanks for the necrobump. I missed this thing during my hiatus last year I guess

 

[deadhead]

You dislike bluegrass AND Jazz?! You're like the polar opposite of who I am in every aspect of life.

If you think jazz and bluegrass lack soul, then you need to listen to better jazz and bluegrass music. Like Jojo said, every genre has good music if you dig deeper than the surface.

That's not what I meant, rather, that too often bluegrass and jazz musicians put proficiency before "soul."
I'm a big Miles Davis fan (before the 1970s).
A great comment of his was "Don't play what's there; play what's not there."
Though this may go back to Claude DeBussy.

“Anybody can play. The note is only 20 percent. The attitude of the motherf***r who plays it is 80 percent.”

 

[Ghosts Beer]

Meh, a lot of bluegrass leaves me cold, technical proficiency without soul, similar to a lot of Jazz musicians and rock guitarists.

The best country, like the best rock 'n' roll, is Scots-Irish "blues."

That is, songs that cut to the quick, sung by a singer who makes you feel they live the song and not merely perform it, and musicians who understand the heart of the song and don't need to break the spell by demanding attention.

This is why so many covers of great songs fall short, you can have perfect chops yet miss the mark.
Some great songs that are hard to cover:
Angel From Montgomery
Bird on a Wire
Pancho and Lefty

Cold technical proficiency doesn't do it for me with music, either.

I want personality and emotion to come through.