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    • ChrisC
      Chris
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      Is MmmBop a masterpiece of modern music that will influence generations and eventually be regarded with the same reverence as Mozart? No, but so what? It's a genuinely good pop song, and that's fine. It's worth mentioning that the Hanson guys are actually reasonably talented, too.

      (Oh, and awards for art of any kind are fatally flawed from inception,  since they depend on the impossible proposition that something emotional and subjective can be measured and the "best" is determinable)

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      • mclaincauseyM
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        "Best" is absolutely determinable… on an individual, subjective level. And then we call it "favorite." I don't know why I find it so maddening to see them conflated. I guess because it just seems so pretentious to impose one's subjective opinion as objective fact, which means anyone who disagrees with them is just wrong.

        I'll never understand the need people have to rank art. One of the things I really like about art is that it is, or IMO should be, above such mundane things. Leave that shit to the wide world of sports. The joy Chris gets out of the Hansons is entirely legitimate, even if I don't share or even understand it.

        When people try to attach "best" and "greatest" to art objectively, it starts in "my dad could beat up your dad" territory for me and can only descend into tribalistic ridiculousness form there. I saw some people on a Grateful Dead subreddit who were butthurt that Bob Weir wasn't listed among Guitar World's inane "Greatest Rhythm Guitarists of All Time" fan poll. So they started a campaign to vote Bob Weir into contention on this absolutely meaningless poll. The comments were pathetic, saying he was "hands down" the greatest rhythm guitarist ever (my personal opinion is that he wasn't even the best rhythm guitarist in the Grateful Dead). Why they needed this validation is beyond me, but I was amazed that anyone would think that Weir was "better" on rhythm guitar than some of the luminaries listed like Chuck Berry, Jim Hall, Jimi Hendrix, James Hetfield, Alex Lifeson, Johnny Marr, Jimmy Page, Prince, Tony Rice, Keith Richards… Really? Does he need to be for you to enjoy the music? Can't he just be the "best" rhythm guitarist for the moment you are enjoying?

        Note: you will see some lead guitarists above, and I am speaking to the craft of playing rhythm guitar, not the role–people like Lifeson, Hendrix, Hall, and Page count because there was no other guitarist and they had to play rhythm and lead, and I only mention Garcia because he to my ear is a better accompanist than Weir on guitar.

        Think it, be it.

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        • J
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          You reminded of an interview that Paul McCartney once did where he was asked if Ringo was the best drummer in the world? To which he replied…He’s not even the best drummer in The Beatles.

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          • mclaincauseyM
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            Touche, @Jett129 , I may have had that in the back of my head. Some prodigious assholes in the Beatles 😃

            Unpopular/hot take: I like George more than Paul and John and wish he'd had more creative output during his time with the Beatles… Perhaps it took him too long to find his voice, or perhaps his personality was simply domineered by them. But he wrote some of my favorite Beatles tunes and has made great music thereafter.

            Think it, be it.

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            • J
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              I’m with you and like Paul the least. Ironically one of my wife’s childhood friends is currently married to Paul. She’s met him,and couldn’t say enough nice things about him. John was my favorite.

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              • sethatworkS
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                Didn’t know where else to post this other than rants, but it irks me when someone blatantly copies & infringes clothing. Got this as an ad on Instagram, and down to the lot # it’s a bootleg/duplicate/fake

                https://www.instagram.com/p/Cdr2O9du_o0/?igshid=NWRhNmQxMjQ=

                Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

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                • goosehdG
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                  @Giles @Alex @Madame Buttonfly See Above ^^^^^^^

                  "I don't give a shit what anyone else is doing, we will do what is best for us and our customers" - Giles P. :)

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                  • goosehdG
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                    Good reporting Seth

                    "I don't give a shit what anyone else is doing, we will do what is best for us and our customers" - Giles P. :)

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                    • sethatworkS
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                      @goosehd:

                      Good reporting Seth

                      The dude replied to me in a DM saying I’m the second person to notice the rip, but it didn’t make much sense with his explanation

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                      • GilesG
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                        They look like shit - most IH copies do….

                        "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                        • MattM
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                          I support women, #metoo (not Amber Heard), I have two daughters and an amazing wife whom I respect. I thoroughly enjoy seeing women wearing the shit out of IH gear on the forum and on the JP IG feeds.

                          That said, I miss the old sexy green M&M…

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                          • steelworkerS
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                            new one has shite legs

                            Those are my principles, and if you don't like them…
                            Well, I have others.

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                            • neph93N
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                              @steelworker:

                              new one has shite legs

                              Godammit, she doesn’t exist for your pleasure. She exists to make Tucker Carlson MAD.

                              https://www.indy100.com/news/tucker-carlson-mms-sexy-boots

                              «Stevie Heighway on the wing!
                              We had dreams, and songs to sing…»

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                              • MattM
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                                I take back everything.  New green is fine.

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                                • popvultureP
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                                  @neph93:

                                  She exists to make Tucker Carlson MAD.

                                  The only reason anyone should exist tbh 😎

                                  WTB
                                  IHSH-IHG-BLK XXL
                                  Sugar Cane Coke Stripe SS L charcoal

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                                  • ChrisC
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                                    I hate this state so much sometimes.

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                                    • popvultureP
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                                      Do you live in Texas? Because I feel the same way today.

                                      WTB
                                      IHSH-IHG-BLK XXL
                                      Sugar Cane Coke Stripe SS L charcoal

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                                      • S
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                                        I hate guns so much, all the time.

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                                        • neph93N
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                                          @popvulture:

                                          Do you live in Texas? Because I feel the same way today.

                                          He does… indescribably awful.

                                          «Stevie Heighway on the wing!
                                          We had dreams, and songs to sing…»

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                                          • OaktaviaO
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                                            It is challenging and frightening to be a school teacher during these tragic times.  I always keep my classroom doors shut and locked which is essentially a partial lockdown. It's sometimes annoying to have to get up and answer the doors each time a student returns from the restroom or if a staff member stops by, but it makes it a little more safe for my students and myself.

                                            IG: electricindigowizard

                                            "Possibly splitting hairs, but I consider @Oaktavia to be the beardy, dank High Magus of this denim game…" @neph93

                                            WTB: IHJ-32 - XL/XXL

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