# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=310 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 311 --- ## [When did the era of pop music begin?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-the-era-of-pop-music-begin/949956)
**Author:** [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2021, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-the-era-of-pop-music-begin/949956 "2021-09-03T16:22:58Z")
When did pop music begin? According to wikipedia, the date is some time in the early 1950s with the likes of Bill Haley and Elvis. Presumably the assumption is that the rise in popularity of FM radio went along with … --- ## [ABBA has a new album coming out](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abba-has-a-new-album-coming-out/950000)
**Author:** [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2021, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abba-has-a-new-album-coming-out/950000 "2021-09-03T16:11:18Z")
After 40 years, ABBA has a new album! --- ## [Daily Rachel Maddow Show to End](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daily-rachel-maddow-show-to-end/949479)
**Author:** [@Paul\_was\_in\_Saudi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_was_in_Saudi)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2021, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daily-rachel-maddow-show-to-end/949479 "2021-09-03T15:17:34Z")
“All good things must come to an end.” Reports say the Rachel Maddow’s new contract will end her daily show. She will stay with MSNBC doing something. You can’t blame her. She has headlined the show since 2008. Certainl… --- ## [How to make cookies that are soft and chewy, and not crunchy or hard?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-make-cookies-that-are-soft-and-chewy-and-not-crunchy-or-hard/948680)
**Author:** [@craft458](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/craft458)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2021, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-make-cookies-that-are-soft-and-chewy-and-not-crunchy-or-hard/948680 "2021-09-03T14:52:19Z")
Chips ahoy makes a chewy chocolate chip cookie that is soft and chewy and not crunchy or hard at all. I like this style cookie a lot and would like to bake some at home. Does anyone know what they add to this cookie to p… --- ## [I need some advice on chicken and dumplings (need answer fast)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-some-advice-on-chicken-and-dumplings-need-answer-fast/950015)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2021, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-some-advice-on-chicken-and-dumplings-need-answer-fast/950015 "2021-09-03T01:28:42Z")
We used Great Value biscuits to try and make chicken and dumplings, but they’re not poofing up even after 15 minutes of being cooked with the chicken in the chicken water; they’re remaining gooey and inedible. What can … --- ## [Community's final two seasons are its best. Are my wife and I nuts?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/communitys-final-two-seasons-are-its-best-are-my-wife-and-i-nuts/949811)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2021, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/communitys-final-two-seasons-are-its-best-are-my-wife-and-i-nuts/949811 "2021-09-02T22:50:34Z")
Yes, seasons 5 and 6. The ones that include Troy leaving, Shirley leaving, no Pierce, Frankie, and a rotating “older guy” slot. Our favorite “older guy” on the show is Keith David in season 6. I had always heard the s… --- ## [Help me build a Youtube Playlist](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-build-a-youtube-playlist/949822)
**Author:** [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2021, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-build-a-youtube-playlist/949822 "2021-09-02T16:47:09Z")
I want a sleep playlist, and I really love Planet Caravan by Black Sabbath. Something about the drifty overall soundscape really appeal to me. What other songs are there that are very similar? Looking for about 30 or so … --- ## [Beer and Ale: Head or No Head?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beer-and-ale-head-or-no-head/949932)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2021, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beer-and-ale-head-or-no-head/949932 "2021-09-02T15:42:14Z")
Is beer and ale properly (note my use of that word) poured with a foamy head? The reason why I ask, is I got Mr. Boston’s bar manual in 1994 (copyrighted 1988, I think, FWIW). It says that the proper way to pour beer, i… --- ## [Obscure comic book question re Axelle Lenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscure-comic-book-question-re-axelle-lenoir/949600)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2021, 8:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscure-comic-book-question-re-axelle-lenoir/949600 "2021-09-02T08:40:44Z")
This will probably be a tough one. I recently read the graphic novel What If We Were… by Axelle Lenoir (excellent book; I recommend it). The main characters of the story are two Canadian high school students. And one o… --- ## [Looking for Joe Dolce CD](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-joe-dolce-cd/949827)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2021, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-joe-dolce-cd/949827 "2021-09-02T02:50:02Z")
I am looking for Joe Dolce’s Shaddap You Face on CD, or on tape if I absolutely have to. This CD exists because I used to own it a long time ago. What I want is the full length version, not the single with just the tit… --- ## [STUPIDEST movie you've seen?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-movie-youve-seen/937354)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 154\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2021, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-movie-youve-seen/937354 "2021-09-01T23:26:04Z")
The other night, The Tunnel of Love (1958) was on TCM, and we decided to watch it. Starring Doris Day and Richard Widmark, it’s the story of a married couple who can’t have kids, so they adopt a baby that winds up lookin… --- ## [Looking for a book not by GRR Martin](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-book-not-by-grr-martin/949705)
**Author:** [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2021, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-book-not-by-grr-martin/949705 "2021-09-01T23:03:50Z")
I want to find a book with a title similar to Game of Thrones, but not the one by Martin, I know there is a way to search on google with a glyph signifying not to include a term, like “game of thrones” %martin, with the … --- ## [Spooky (But Great) Songs of the 1970s?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spooky-but-great-songs-of-the-1970s/949447)
**Author:** [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2021, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spooky-but-great-songs-of-the-1970s/949447 "2021-09-01T21:05:42Z")
Spooky, dark, scary, evil… I’ll post them, especially because the live version of “No Quarter” is spooky. The jam from around the 9 minute mark is killer. It’s all together, but there’s some cool communication with Page… --- ## [Cruella was well done \[spoilers after first post\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cruella-was-well-done-spoilers-after-first-post/944175)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2021, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cruella-was-well-done-spoilers-after-first-post/944175 "2021-09-01T20:22:04Z")
We watched it streaming on Disney+ last night. I was impressed with it. The soundtrack is great, loads of hits from the 60s and a few from the 70s. The music is used well. The Emmas did a great job with their roles. Em… --- ## [Everything Krofft...all at once!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everything-krofft-all-at-once/948067)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2021, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everything-krofft-all-at-once/948067 "2021-09-01T14:42:56Z")
Equal parts nausea and nostalgia! I am currently watching the B-Zone channel on Roku. They are currently showing “The World of Sid and Marty Krofft at the Hollywood Bowl - From 1973, featuring the Brady Bunch Kids!!” f… --- ## [Help me find this commercial](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-this-commercial/949873)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2021, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-this-commercial/949873 "2021-09-01T03:11:00Z")
A meteor is coming down out of the sky. But that doesn’t mean there isn’t time to have chicken for dinner thanks to So-and-So’s quick’n’easy dinner mix. I can’t think of any more specific search terms, which all turn up … --- ## [The new Survivor cast](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-survivor-cast/949860)
**Author:** [@asingular1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asingular1)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2021, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-survivor-cast/949860 "2021-09-01T02:37:50Z")
I know better. Goddammit, I know better. But I saw an article titled “41st Season of Survivor Cast”. And I still read it. And I still hated them all why don’t “intelligent’ people know you can’t fill out a biology withou… --- ## [Cuisines and seasoning mixes that combine well (and those that do not!)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cuisines-and-seasoning-mixes-that-combine-well-and-those-that-do-not/948950)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2021, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cuisines-and-seasoning-mixes-that-combine-well-and-those-that-do-not/948950 "2021-08-30T21:45:16Z")
Making beans today, as I often do. I combined Mexican seasonings with Jamaican jerk seasoning, and it was terrific. Alternately, once before, I seasoned my beans with Indian seasonings (garam masala and others), and it… --- ## [Can you identify this book about Tchaikovsky?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-identify-this-book-about-tchaikovsky/949793)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2021, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-identify-this-book-about-tchaikovsky/949793 "2021-08-30T20:06:18Z")
A friend of mine is looking to re-buy a book about Tchaikovsky that she gave away. She can’t remember the name of the book or the author. The book was quite thick, with a black cover, with a line drawing of the compose… --- ## [Khadaji’s Whatcha Reading Thread - August 2021 edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-august-2021-edition/947649)
**Author:** [@DZedNConfused](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DZedNConfused)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2021, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-august-2021-edition/947649 "2021-08-30T19:36:04Z")
So lucky me, my July ended with my computer crashing… On the upside my August will start with a brand spankin new computer! So the Western US is still on fire, but here in Northern Utah we had our first rain in two mont… --- ## [Disliking an actor vs. the character they play](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disliking-an-actor-vs-the-character-they-play/949212)
**Author:** [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUBv.2)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2021, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disliking-an-actor-vs-the-character-they-play/949212 "2021-08-30T19:16:33Z")
Sometimes I have a hard time discerning whether my dislike of an actor is because they’re playing an unlikable character, or if maybe they were specifically cast because they can bring that particular aspect out. My mos… --- ## [Have you Been Back To the Movies? How was it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-been-back-to-the-movies-how-was-it/946171)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2021, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-been-back-to-the-movies-how-was-it/946171 "2021-08-30T19:09:42Z")
During the lockdown I missed seeing movies in the theater the most. I was worried the entire business would collapse and I am happy they seem to have made it through. Now that I am fully vaccinated and a big chunk of my… --- ## [Don Everly dies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-everly-dies/949309)
**Author:** [@K364](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K364)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2021, 9:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-everly-dies/949309 "2021-08-30T09:19:11Z")
Don Everly, one half of the rock’n’roll duo the Everly Brothers, has died at his home in Nashville at the age of 84. His younger brother Phil had died in 2014. The duo, who had 15 US top 10 hits between 1957 and 1962, w… --- ## [No wonder "Under a Velvet Cloak" didn't get published \[includes minor spoilers\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-wonder-under-a-velvet-cloak-didnt-get-published-includes-minor-spoilers/507796)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2021, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-wonder-under-a-velvet-cloak-didnt-get-published-includes-minor-spoilers/507796 "2021-08-29T23:40:25Z")
OK, it did but by a small (maybe vanity?) company. The eighth (and third final) book of the Incarnations of Immortality series is about Nox and I just finished reading it. My headache is starting to finally go away. I… --- ## [FritoLay variety snack packs and a silly math question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fritolay-variety-snack-packs-and-a-silly-math-question/949727)
**Author:** [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2021, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fritolay-variety-snack-packs-and-a-silly-math-question/949727 "2021-08-29T23:19:21Z")
For no real reason, I looked at one of those FritoLay variety snack pack bundles in the grocery store yesterday. You know, the ones with 18 individual serving bags, of various assortments of chips? If anyone cares, I p… --- ## [Reading the Sunday funnies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reading-the-sunday-funnies/949726)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2021, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reading-the-sunday-funnies/949726 "2021-08-29T20:22:08Z")
It’s kind of a cliché illustration: Dad is sitting in an easy chair reading the sports, and Junior is on the floor, laying on his stomach, propped up on his elbows, reading the funnies. Can anybody comfortably read anyth… --- ## [And you thought Jello was easy to make](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-you-thought-jello-was-easy-to-make/949127)
**Author:** [@bodangus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bodangus)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2021, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-you-thought-jello-was-easy-to-make/949127 "2021-08-29T16:11:21Z")
Probably a weird request, but I’m making jello. Seems simple enough, right? Sugar free strawberry jello powder in a bowl, 2 cups of boiling water, stir to dissolve and then I get some weird idea. I dissolve a big spoon… --- ## [Help me find this comedy routine from the 70s](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-this-comedy-routine-from-the-70s/949687)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2021, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-this-comedy-routine-from-the-70s/949687 "2021-08-29T14:56:18Z")
I think it might be Cheech and Chong. Two stoners are talking and one says that he played \[some song by some band, maybe some Led Zeppelin song?\] backwards and saw God. The other one says, “Oh yeah, man, I did that with … --- ## [The ukulele (and other stringed instrument) advice thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ukulele-and-other-stringed-instrument-advice-thread/949671)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2021, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ukulele-and-other-stringed-instrument-advice-thread/949671 "2021-08-29T14:11:41Z")
Continuing the discussion from Lefty/righty guitar or ukulele playing: The above thread (automatic thread linking is maybe my favorite Discourse feature) has me playing my ukulele for the first time in a long time, and … --- ## [LOTR: Did the Nazgul still wear the rings of power Sauron gave them?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lotr-did-the-nazgul-still-wear-the-rings-of-power-sauron-gave-them/949703)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2021, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lotr-did-the-nazgul-still-wear-the-rings-of-power-sauron-gave-them/949703 "2021-08-29T13:55:46Z")
Title kinda says it all. I just wonder why Sauron didn’t take a ring or two away from some Ringwraiths and send those rings back out into the world to corrupt others? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=309) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=311)