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Based on Hoe’s <s>entirely bullshit</s> perfectly useful application question, I figured it would be a good thread to expand into. Simply put, just post below to volunteer yourself, and let people respond with their best shots at who they feel you … Continue reading Which sitcom characters am I like?
Y’all get the picture Continue reading Best 3-Song Stretches on Albums
Okay, so Solo is coming out this weekend, and the predictions are that i’ll well, but not STAR WARS well. There’s a lot of competition for Nerd Dollars, and The Last Jedi was less than six months ago, so maybe … Continue reading Finding New Paths in the Star Wars Universe
Drinking with Skeletons’ sub-thread was heating up in the Day Thread, so we’re moving it to it’s own deal. What are your favorite unexplained mysteries? They can be paranormal, crime-related, strange natural phenomena, cryptozoology, whatever strikes your fancy! Continue reading Unexplained Mysteries
Here’s an oldie but a goodie. Combine 2 or more bands/artists to make a third, more ridiculous act. I’m sure with all the talent here we can outdo ol’ Forejour. Nothing against those guys. I’m sure they are all really … Continue reading Mashup Two Bands/Artists
What’s your favorite bit of ridiculous music trivia? Me, I’m positively enchanted with the idea that in 1969 a top U.S. band recorded an album with contributions from *four* convicted murderers. How about you? Got an interesting or just plain … Continue reading Music Bullshit: What’s Your Favorite Bit Of Ridiculous Music Trivia?
Show off your shelves, ‘cados! Polite reminder that we do not dust-shame in the shelfie threads. Continue reading Shelfie Thread!
Stolen and modified somewhat (with permission) from Milkproof Robot’s thread on the OT: Make up a new music genre, and a band name from that genre, as well as the titles of an album and a handful of songs. Example: … Continue reading Creative Writing: Make up a Genre/Band
Game shows… who doesn’t love them? All the action, the lights, the money, the highs from winning and the lows from losing. Regular shlubs from Middle America winning fantastic prizes like cars, cash, vacations, and more; a few minutes in … Continue reading Improve a Game Show!
This is an AMA. Each edition will feature a different industry, service or otherwise. Go ahead and ask whatever you like. Does asking for the manager help? Do the servers really spit in your food? Can I really waive your … Continue reading At Your Service: Library Edition
One of my favorite features on the Mothership is the Wiki Wormhole; brought to you by a very special monster. I thought I would start a thread that goes a bit in the opposite direction. Often when I’m reading Wikipedia, … Continue reading [Citation Needed] Weird Pop Trivia You Learned from Wikipedia
American Mother’s Day today so let’s talk Mums. The best To the worst TV, Movies, books, let’s see your memorable madres. Continue reading Pop Culture Moms- The Best and Worst
Post the 10 best songs by any given musical artist. Continue reading Top 10 Songs by an Artist, You Jerks
y’all know the drill Continue reading Rank the songs on an album, you jerks
There was a long forgotten music blog that had a feature called Seconds (nb, I can not for the life of me remember the name of the blog). In it the blog’s writers discussed their favorite moments in songs in … Continue reading Your Favorite Moment in a Song
Much of entertainment is pitched to make us cheer for the hero and hiss at the villain. But sometimes, the villain has some good points that make you question whether your allegiances might lie with the bad guy…or if who … Continue reading When You Agree With the Villain…
It’s easy to love a song with beautiful lyrics or a movie with great nuanced dialogue… if you understand what they are saying. But even things that you don’t understand at all or have to pass through a translation can still be … Continue reading Media in a Language Not Your Own
You have assembled all of the Infinity Stones. You can make anything happen. What would you do with the power of the Infinity Gauntlet? Continue reading If I had the Infinity Gauntlet….
Inspired by Convergence Of Flesh’s post in the Day Thread you are tasked with choosing song intros for every cast member of Avenger’s Infinity War. Which songs do you place with each character? I’ve got a couple ideas 1. Stephen … Continue reading Songs in The Key of Avengers
This discussion is dedicated to the crazy amount of creativity that the Settlements building tools in Fallout 4 inspires! Here we Avocadoans can show off the stuff we’ve built and can ask for advice on building techniques! Dalton Farm Note … Continue reading Fallout 4 Settlements
We need to talk about music. Here’s a fun, pointless inventory game. Name artists who took their name from the lyrics or titles of other songs. Pretty straightforward. For example: Radiohead – “Radio Head” The Talking Heads Slowdive – “Slowdive” … Continue reading The Band or the Song?
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