# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=316 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 317 --- ## [The Seekers - Black Reflexions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-seekers-black-reflexions/947789)
**Author:** [@Knighted\_Vorpal\_Sword](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knighted_Vorpal_Sword)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2021, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-seekers-black-reflexions/947789 "2021-08-02T23:17:20Z")
My daughter sent me a WhatsApp asking about the Seekers, the group from the 1960s and 70s. she mentioned that Spotify has listed, under “popular releases,” three songs. All three sound techno and modern, and (to me) are … --- ## [First "yeah" that pops into your head](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-yeah-that-pops-into-your-head/947618)
**Author:** [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2021, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-yeah-that-pops-into-your-head/947618 "2021-08-02T21:33:06Z")
At the end of Shatter the illusion of integrity, yeah. Geddy --- ## [Post Your Music Playlist](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-music-playlist/947898)
**Author:** [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2021, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-music-playlist/947898 "2021-08-02T20:43:52Z")
I find this a good way to share and find music… Say someone has a list, and you know and love 95% of their list. There’s a good chance that the other 5% you don’t know could be really good stuff. This is very easy to … --- ## [Welcome 2 America - new Prince album](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-2-america-new-prince-album/947889)
**Author:** [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2021, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-2-america-new-prince-album/947889 "2021-08-02T18:58:50Z")
A new album by Prince just dropped, the first release since his death. He recorded it in 2010 as an actual album, so it’s not just a random collection of b-sides and cast-offs. There’s nothing that’s going to take off l… --- ## [MCU question - Hydra infiltration of SHIELD](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcu-question-hydra-infiltration-of-shield/947879)
**Author:** [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2021, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcu-question-hydra-infiltration-of-shield/947879 "2021-08-02T18:10:38Z")
So, I don’t read the comics. All I know is the movies. And I saw them out of order. Iron Man first, then The Avengers. Given that, was it obvious before Avengers that Hydra infiltrated SHIELD? How far back in time? Were… --- ## [The original Chilly Willy song ... where can I hear it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-original-chilly-willy-song-where-can-i-hear-it/273251)
**Author:** [@toadspittle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toadspittle)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2021, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-original-chilly-willy-song-where-can-i-hear-it/273251 "2021-08-02T15:33:56Z")
Note, I am looking for the ORIGINAL song. It goes something like: At least, that’s how I remember it from my childhood. I am NOT looking for the other version, which includes the line “What about the crocodiles along … --- ## [Meat spoilage after cooking](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meat-spoilage-after-cooking/947870)
**Author:** [@Bluenoser54](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bluenoser54)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2021, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meat-spoilage-after-cooking/947870 "2021-08-02T14:49:47Z")
Is the shelf life of a piece of cooked chicken shorter – once the chicken is cooked – if the chicken was – while raw – closer to spoiling? E.g., assume a piece of chicken that is 5 days from its best-before date – Piece… --- ## [B&W video in mid 70s](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/b-w-video-in-mid-70s/947787)
**Author:** [@The\_Stafford\_Cripps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stafford_Cripps)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2021, 8:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/b-w-video-in-mid-70s/947787 "2021-08-02T08:24:34Z")
I love this Skynyrd concert recording from 1976. Correct me if I’m wrong, but it looks to me like video rather than film. If so, why were people still using black and white video in 1976? I’m pretty sure that by then all… --- ## [Rasgulla (sweet Bengali dumpling)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rasgulla-sweet-bengali-dumpling/947735)
**Author:** [@Melbourne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melbourne)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2021, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rasgulla-sweet-bengali-dumpling/947735 "2021-08-02T03:22:54Z")
What should be the texture of Rasgulla? It’s traditionally made from a course-ground flour, but how does it turn out in the dumpling? (Or the Odisha version, if anyone knows enough to tell the difference) --- ## [Clear, as crystal = bus?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clear-as-crystal-bus/947790)
**Author:** [@CC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CC)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2021, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clear-as-crystal-bus/947790 "2021-08-02T02:39:19Z")
I’m stumped. How does “bus” answer last weeks NYT crossword clue “clear, as crystal”? BU’s? B-US?? What am I missing? --- ## [Jetson's Dial-a-Meal](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jetsons-dial-a-meal/947663)
**Author:** [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2021, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jetsons-dial-a-meal/947663 "2021-08-01T22:32:15Z")
No, Discourse, not dial-up settings. I’m writing a chapter about the history of food pills and I have to include The Jetsons. It’s a moment’s work to find the Dial-A-Meal, which apparently spit out burnt toast pills. We… --- ## [An interesting take on a 4-dimensional being with a 5-dimensional perspective](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-interesting-take-on-a-4-dimensional-being-with-a-5-dimensional-perspective/947725)
**Author:** [@EastUmpqua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EastUmpqua)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2021, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-interesting-take-on-a-4-dimensional-being-with-a-5-dimensional-perspective/947725 "2021-08-01T20:36:07Z")
We are 3-D beings in a 4-D universe. This sci fi short story is from the perspective of a 4-D being in 5 dimensions. It’s well done with good graphics. Sci-Fi Short Film: "The Looking Planet" | DUST - YouTube --- ## [Khadaji’s Whatcha Reading Thread - July 2021 edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-july-2021-edition/945266)
**Author:** [@DZedNConfused](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DZedNConfused)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2021, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-july-2021-edition/945266 "2021-08-01T20:29:58Z")
WHERE did June go?! How can it be gone already? Out here in the Western US, it probably melted. Record heat everywhere, and any minute now record fires too. sigh Ever feel like Mother Nature is slamming that reset button… --- ## [Looking for a Civil Rights tv show or movie from the 70s or 80s](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-civil-rights-tv-show-or-movie-from-the-70s-or-80s/947779)
**Author:** [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2021, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-civil-rights-tv-show-or-movie-from-the-70s-or-80s/947779 "2021-08-01T16:46:15Z")
The scene that stuck in my memory: A young or middle-aged black female teacher sometimes did teach their students about slavery and other injustices of the past, not in secret, but in the open. Someone did complain abou… --- ## [Did Movie The Forever Purge (Murder Legal for One Day) Result in Two Murders?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-movie-the-forever-purge-murder-legal-for-one-day-result-in-two-murders/947769)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2021, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-movie-the-forever-purge-murder-legal-for-one-day-result-in-two-murders/947769 "2021-08-01T16:34:33Z")
The two victims were watching this movie (with a plot centered around all criminal laws being suspended). “However, police had no evidence to suggest \[the killer\] Jimenez knew Goodrich and Barajas, or that he interacted … --- ## [What's SOP if a pianist totally forgets music during a performance?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-sop-if-a-pianist-totally-forgets-music-during-a-performance/947751)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2021, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-sop-if-a-pianist-totally-forgets-music-during-a-performance/947751 "2021-08-01T15:57:54Z")
Say a pianist is halfway through Ravel’s Jeux D’eau or a Rachmaninoff Etude-Tableaux and - aw, crap - brain goes white-out and forgets big time, big time. What do they do in that situation? --- ## [Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-carter-rock-roll-president/947765)
**Author:** [@Boycott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boycott)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2021, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-carter-rock-roll-president/947765 "2021-08-01T15:15:12Z")
Watched this awesome documentary yesterday. Anyone else here seen it? There is some amazing archival footage of Jimmy and Rosalynn with famous musical acts up together on stage and at White House functions including a c… --- ## [What's better - the hot or the cold lobster roll? (need answer kinda fast)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-better-the-hot-or-the-cold-lobster-roll-need-answer-kinda-fast/947541)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2021, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-better-the-hot-or-the-cold-lobster-roll-need-answer-kinda-fast/947541 "2021-08-01T14:45:32Z")
Going to an outdoor concert tonight. Found out they will have a lobster roll food truck (voted #1 food truck in Detroit, apparently). I’ve had plenty of lobster, but never a classic lobster shack-style lobster roll. The… --- ## [Country ribs recipe](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/country-ribs-recipe/947221)
**Author:** [@anny\_m](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anny_m)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2021, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/country-ribs-recipe/947221 "2021-08-01T04:26:25Z")
I bought some bone-in pork country ribs the other day, totally forgetting that Mr. Middon had takeout barbecued ribs earlier in the week and still has leftovers. Also, we had takeout Chinese food with friends last night… --- ## [Banana Egg pancakes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banana-egg-pancakes/947704)
**Author:** [@Roger\_That](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roger_That)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2021, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banana-egg-pancakes/947704 "2021-08-01T00:13:41Z")
I tried this recipe (two ingredients: one banana, two eggs) and it was pretty good. The banana is an indulgence for a pre-diabetic, but I often have two eggs for breakfast, and this was a nutty but easy idea for somethi… --- ## [Gumbo: Creole or Cajun style?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gumbo-creole-or-cajun-style/946853)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2021, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gumbo-creole-or-cajun-style/946853 "2021-07-31T23:04:52Z")
poll I always make my gumbo Creole-style and add a can of tomatoes, because I like tomatoes. But I just made a batch of gumbo and decided to leave out the tomatoes this time. And I have to say that the flavor of the brow… --- ## [Female Singers belting it out](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/female-singers-belting-it-out/947122)
**Author:** [@Franklymydear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Franklymydear)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2021, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/female-singers-belting-it-out/947122 "2021-07-31T18:23:22Z")
There are pop stars that can hit a high note. I like some opera. but when searching youtube i get the same results all the time. Whitney Houston, Sia, Maria Callas, a few others. Can you expand my horizons? Who wows… --- ## [Almost typecast](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-typecast/947230)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2021, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-typecast/947230 "2021-07-31T13:43:10Z")
It seemed to me that 3 actors from the 70s were almost typecast: Robby Benson played a mentally challenged youth several times, Hal Holbrook played a gay guy several times back when it raised eyebrows, and Martin Sheen w… --- ## [Street performers are the coolest!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/street-performers-are-the-coolest/947477)
**Author:** [@Peanuthead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peanuthead)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2021, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/street-performers-are-the-coolest/947477 "2021-07-28T15:59:00Z")
YouTube is a gold mine for finding cool street performers. I came across these guys earlier today and thought I’d share it with you guys. Got some you’d like to share? --- ## [Good Buddy Guy documentary](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-buddy-guy-documentary/947568)
**Author:** [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2021, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-buddy-guy-documentary/947568 "2021-07-31T03:46:06Z")
Caught this on PBS last night and as a long time BG fan enjoyed and wanted to share. --- ## [Old Gasoline Alley question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-gasoline-alley-question/947626)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2021, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-gasoline-alley-question/947626 "2021-07-31T00:57:56Z")
This daily Gasoline Alley strip from 1939 makes a reference to the Arabian Nights which I don’t get. I’m new to Gasoline Alley, and this is from a Facebook page which is posting them daily. All I know of the story thus f… --- ## [What’s the best way to cast teenage roles?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-the-best-way-to-cast-teenage-roles/947597)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2021, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-the-best-way-to-cast-teenage-roles/947597 "2021-07-30T22:36:13Z")
Right now, the inclination is to cast older actors as teenagers. This has some obvious disadvantages, such as suspension of disbelief, setting unreasonable body expectations in actual teenage viewers, and actual changing… --- ## [The Young Lions. Spoiler, film and book](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-young-lions-spoiler-film-and-book/947664)
**Author:** [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2021, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-young-lions-spoiler-film-and-book/947664 "2021-07-30T20:04:51Z")
I acquired an interest in films where John Banner does walkons, but I digress. I watched the film, and have the book on order. In the novel, did Diesel (sp) sleep with Margaret? Lying on top of her in the snow may be a… --- ## [Netflix or HBO recommendations - NO ROMANCE](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/netflix-or-hbo-recommendations-no-romance/947372)
**Author:** [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2021, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/netflix-or-hbo-recommendations-no-romance/947372 "2021-07-30T21:47:06Z")
Help me, Dopers. I would like to watch stuff (I have Netflix and HBO) that does not trigger me on: Romance Established marriage (so “Larry David” with his neurotic-but-loving wife… right out) Loneliness (I’m already wa… --- ## [I wrote a short sequel to one of my favorite horror films](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wrote-a-short-sequel-to-one-of-my-favorite-horror-films/947648)
**Author:** [@Cmyers1980](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cmyers1980)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2021, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wrote-a-short-sequel-to-one-of-my-favorite-horror-films/947648 "2021-07-30T15:58:32Z")
Fallen is a supernatural horror film starring Denzel Washington about a music loving sadistic demon that can possess people with a touch and loves to kill, terrorize and wreak havoc. In my opinion it’s one of the best ho… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=315) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=317)