I stayed up all night just to get the first hand announcement of who will be nominated for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Class of 2021. There are 16 nominees Mary J. Blige Kate Bush DEVO Foo Fighters … Continue reading Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 2021 Nominees
Tonight we highlight one of the most underrated albums of all time. Impossible Princess is the sixth album by pop singer Kylie Minogue and, unlike her previous efforts, is a mix of dance pop and indie music. After she collaborated … Continue reading The Night Thread is An Impossible Princess
It’s a brand new day at the Avocado. To celebrate, let’s take a listen to Celine Dion’s “A New Day Has Come” taken from the 2000 album of the same name. While there are two versions of this song, I … Continue reading A New Day (Thread) Has Come
An underrated Enya song: That’s it. That’s the whole write up. Have a happy day, my fellow Cados. Continue reading On the First Day of December The Day Thread Gave to Me
I’m a doctor. But probably not the one you’re expecting. Those were the first uttered by the 8th Doctor since his 17 year screen absence after the 1996 movie. The show has put up a lot of punches for its … Continue reading Weekly Who: “The Night of The Doctor” (Modern Who Retrospective)
Just one month after the Lakers won NBA Finals, and one month before what seems likely to be the start of the new season, the NBA Draft is here. Like the NFL Draft before, this one will be done virtually. … Continue reading NBA Draft Live Thread
My first exposure to Doctor Who came on November 23, 2013, when I first catch glimpses of the 50th anniversary special “The Day of the Doctor”. Impressed by the special, I decided to watched it on Netflix (back where the … Continue reading Weekly Who: “The Eleventh Hour” S05E01 (Modern Who Retrospective)
1996 might be considered the first year where the Rock Hall starts to inducting 70s acts. Although those 70s acts started in the later 60s, they had their peak during the 70s and pretty much defined that decade. And one … Continue reading Breaking Down the Walls of the Rock Hall: Class of 1996
After the success of their second public ceremony in 2012, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame decided to make it a permanent thing. And to make it more an annual thing, the Hall decided to take the ceremony in … Continue reading Breaking Down the Halls of the Rock Hall: Class of 2013
It’s Halloween Night! And as we continue the theme from today’s Day Thread, we’re going to dedicated this Night Thread to the true star of the Halloween film franchise. Michael Myers’ first reign of terror at the prologue of the … Continue reading The Michael Myers Night Thread
Today is Halloween, meaning it’s time to celebrate one of the films named after the holiday. For the day thread we celebrate Laurie Strode, the heroine on five of the Halloween film franchise. Depending on where you stand on whether … Continue reading The Laurie Strode Day Thread
1998 was a combination of the keeping up with the times while also playing catch-up of inducting any major bands during the late 1960s without having to wait ten years to do so. By just looking at who got inducted … Continue reading Breaking Down the Walls of the Rock Hall: Class of 1998
Since the 2006 induction ceremony, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame had some major changes behind the scenes. The nominating committee has cut half of it’s members from 60 to 30 people in the committee (including Jann Wenner, but … Continue reading Breaking Down the Walls of the Rock Hall: Class of 2007
Today we are spotlight my #1 favorite song of the 2010s. Florence + The Machine’s “Shake it Out” first appeared as the lead off single to their second album Ceremonials. What made this song my favorite is in the closing … Continue reading The Day Thread is Always Darkest Before the Dawn
Continuing off where 2002 started, the 2003 Induction Ceremony was also the “Punk Year” as the inductees were mostly from Punk. Just by looking at the list of inductees and you can tell that this is most deserving artists to … Continue reading Breaking Down the Walls of the Rock Hall: Class of 2003
Even though the induction ceremony has moved back to the Waldorf Astoria ballroom after a year where they had their first public ceremony in Cleveland and a 25th Anniversary celebration in Madison Square Garden, 2010 was starting to feel like … Continue reading Breaking Down the Walls of the Rock Hall: Class of 2010
It is still October 1st, meaning it’s still first night of “Spooktober”. The scariest time of the year! Unfortunately, due to the state of the world, there won’t be any trick or treating in this time of year or going … Continue reading First Night of Spooktober Night Thread
Today, we are celebrating two birthdays from two of the greatest actors of their generation: Dame Julie Andrews and Richard Harris. Both were born five years apart and this year Julie Andrews would turn 85, while this would have been … Continue reading The Day Thread Celebrates Two Birthdays
If there is one of the few years where most of the the general public knows all the inductees in the performer category, it will be 1995. The 1995 induction class is one of the masterclass of diverse megastars. With … Continue reading Breaking Down the Walls of the Rock Hall: Class of 1995
I gotta be honest, the 2016 induction class isn’t my favorite of all time in the history of the Rock Hall. Not because the inductees is undeserving (although I’m borderline on one inductee), but because it represents what’s wrong with … Continue reading Breaking Down the Walls of the Rock Hall: Class of 2016
Yes, the Emmys are still happening. Only this year, it’s all virtual. Here in this thread you can talk all things about “the best of television” as the event goes on. You can also talk the technical difficulties the Emmys … Continue reading 72nd Primetime Emmy Awards Live Thread
