# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=364 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 365 --- ## [Cool Music That You Didn't Know About Before, But Do Now, And Want To Share](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-music-that-you-didnt-know-about-before-but-do-now-and-want-to-share/928572)
**Author:** [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2020, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-music-that-you-didnt-know-about-before-but-do-now-and-want-to-share/928572 "2020-12-22T12:18:23Z")
I discovered Shinyribs via Outlaw Country on Sirius. The past couple of weeks, I can’t get enough. Here they are for you. Do you have something new to you that you think others should know about? --- ## [I Love Christmas Music](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-christmas-music/562654)
**Author:** [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2020, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-christmas-music/562654 "2020-12-22T06:39:34Z")
Here at the Dope it’s become rather an annual tradition for the oh-so-hip to start at least a few threads announcing one’s contempt for Christmas Music. It starts too early in the year. There are songs I can’t stand. If … --- ## [What John le Carré novel should I read first?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-john-le-carre-novel-should-i-read-first/928476)
**Author:** [@El\_Famous\_Burrito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Famous_Burrito)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2020, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-john-le-carre-novel-should-i-read-first/928476 "2020-12-22T04:18:50Z")
Like many of you, I was saddened by the death of John le Carré earlier this month. While I admired him as the anti- (counter-??) Ian Fleming, I’ve not actually read any of this work. Let’s fix that! I’m looking for advi… --- ## [Lego Star Wars Holiday Special](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lego-star-wars-holiday-special/923488)
**Author:** [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2020, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lego-star-wars-holiday-special/923488 "2020-12-22T03:16:36Z")
Will this be a bright spot in 2020 or yet another way it sucks? Hard to be worse than the previous one. Brian --- ## [Help me find a chess video](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-chess-video/928576)
**Author:** [@bossy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bossy)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2020, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-chess-video/928576 "2020-12-22T01:06:46Z")
I watched a chess video a little while ago that showed a famous chess game but now I can’t find this video any more. What I remember is that approx. 15-20 moves in, the game was completely symmetrical EXCEPT for 1 black… --- ## [Wonderful New Christmas Song](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wonderful-new-christmas-song/927926)
**Author:** [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2020, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wonderful-new-christmas-song/927926 "2020-12-21T19:27:26Z")
Lonely Christmas by Wallis A teenager wrote the best new pop-Christmas hook I’ve heard in years. Between the catchy tune, the beat, and the clever wordplay, I expect to enjoy this song during the Holidays for the forese… --- ## [The Moodys Suck in Record Time](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-moodys-suck-in-record-time/928496)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats2)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2020, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-moodys-suck-in-record-time/928496 "2020-12-21T15:42:07Z")
Well, we’re 15 minutes in, and there’s no need to watch further. The Moodys suck. Back to YouTube until Bob’s Burgers comes on. --- ## [Can you identify this children's picture book?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-identify-this-childrens-picture-book/928481)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2020, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-identify-this-childrens-picture-book/928481 "2020-12-21T15:27:23Z")
There was this kid who was always goofing around, and near the very end of the book, he’s leaning against a brick house. An adult asks why he’s doing that, and he says that he’s keeping the wall from falling down. The … --- ## [Anybody have a good Pineapple Bread recipe?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-have-a-good-pineapple-bread-recipe/928542)
**Author:** [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2020, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-have-a-good-pineapple-bread-recipe/928542 "2020-12-21T15:07:43Z")
The title pretty much says it all, but I’d like to point out what discourse thinks this topic is similar to: So…have you killed anybody? Has anybody had LASIK? Dust. Anybody? No? (repeat) Has anybody seen my Lord? A… --- ## [Simpsons Joke about Sandra Bullock](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-joke-about-sandra-bullock/928540)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats2)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2020, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-joke-about-sandra-bullock/928540 "2020-12-21T14:48:28Z")
Yeah, I’m still watching The Simpsons as lame as they’ve become. Anyway, last night’s episode had a voiceless appearance by Sandra Bullock because she wasn’t in the guest credits. She was a suspect in stealing packages… --- ## [Help IDing a Bob Newhart Show line of dialogue (Christmas episode)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-iding-a-bob-newhart-show-line-of-dialogue-christmas-episode/928499)
**Author:** [@F.U.Shakespeare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.U.Shakespeare)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2020, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-iding-a-bob-newhart-show-line-of-dialogue-christmas-episode/928499 "2020-12-21T12:03:03Z")
The Bob Newhart Show had numerous Christmas episodes. I’m trying to find the one where someone (possibly Mr. Emil Peterson) responds to a query about whether Mr. Carlin (the misanthropic real estate tycoon) will be taki… --- ## [Guitar players, help requested](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitar-players-help-requested/928490)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2020, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitar-players-help-requested/928490 "2020-12-21T05:48:34Z")
I’m a pretty good strummer. But other than a couple of iconic opening riffs that’s about it. I’d like to solo a bit. Nothing fast or complicated. I keep hearing about the cage system but I’ve always been intimidated by … --- ## [(Jazz) Can anyone identify this Lee Konitz tune?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jazz-can-anyone-identify-this-lee-konitz-tune/928477)
**Author:** [@Briny\_Deep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Briny_Deep)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2020, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jazz-can-anyone-identify-this-lee-konitz-tune/928477 "2020-12-21T02:52:54Z")
Youtube has labeled this Ronnie’s Tune but I’m pretty sure that’s wrong, because several other Youtube videos of Lee Konitz - Ronnie’s Tune are a different tune. So what’s this one? It’s great, isn’t it? That duet out-h… --- ## [Today is Beethoven's 250th Birthday](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is-beethovens-250th-birthday/928349)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2020, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is-beethovens-250th-birthday/928349 "2020-12-21T02:20:52Z")
Sorry – missed it by two days. Didn’t see anything about it up, though. … or, as this article puts it, a Quarter of a Millennium of Beethoven I’m a huge Beethoven fan, especially as performed by Herbert von Karajan a… --- ## [Brisket recipes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brisket-recipes/928301)
**Author:** [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2020, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brisket-recipes/928301 "2020-12-20T21:54:52Z")
So… I’m defrosting a 2 pound brisket. I’ve always cooked brisket the way my mother did, which is to braise it like stew. But my daughter doesn’t like that, and I thought I might try to branch out. So… Recipes? What do yo… --- ## [People eating food in the movies...in movies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-eating-food-in-the-movies-in-movies/928318)
**Author:** [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2020, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-eating-food-in-the-movies-in-movies/928318 "2020-12-20T21:31:59Z")
Discussing food for an upcoming movie night someone suggested that we restrict ourselves to things eaten in movies while characters are at the movies. My first thought was popcorn and raisinets as in Whiplash. Any othe… --- ## [McCartney III](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mccartney-iii/928453)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2020, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mccartney-iii/928453 "2020-12-20T20:09:38Z")
Has anyone else here given it a go? I wasn’t especially taken with it on first listen. In fact, I “finished” the album more out of a sense of duty than anticipation. After that first go-'round I was ok being done with i… --- ## [Cooking: Is using acid (think things like citrus in a ceviche) equivalent to cooking using heat?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cooking-is-using-acid-think-things-like-citrus-in-a-ceviche-equivalent-to-cooking-using-heat/928214)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2020, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cooking-is-using-acid-think-things-like-citrus-in-a-ceviche-equivalent-to-cooking-using-heat/928214 "2020-12-20T13:22:45Z")
I was considering making a dish for my GF which included pickled onions as a side (super easy…just rice vinegar and sugar). She said she only likes cooked onions. I tried explaining that pickled onions are a kind of co… --- ## [Anyone making Christmas/holiday cookies this year?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-making-christmas-holiday-cookies-this-year/928217)
**Author:** [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2020, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-making-christmas-holiday-cookies-this-year/928217 "2020-12-20T11:24:47Z")
If so, what are you making? My MIL used to send us a whole coffee can full of them, but she’s 89 now and has opted out of doing any major baking the last few years. I could tell my husband really missed one cookie in pa… --- ## [Ghosts of Christmas singers past](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ghosts-of-christmas-singers-past/928407)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2020, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ghosts-of-christmas-singers-past/928407 "2020-12-20T01:55:42Z")
Once a year they come out. We hear the ghosts in the background music at the grocery stores and the big box stores. Singers that a few of us old people remember when they were alive, but no young’uns do. They used to sin… --- ## [How did Americans express the ethos of the American Dream before James Truslow Adams coined the term in 1931?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-americans-express-the-ethos-of-the-american-dream-before-james-truslow-adams-coined-the-term-in-1931/928366)
**Author:** [@Octagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octagon)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2020, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-americans-express-the-ethos-of-the-american-dream-before-james-truslow-adams-coined-the-term-in-1931/928366 "2020-12-20T00:20:29Z")
It struck me that the term ‘American Dream’ is used to describe the ethos of American frontier life that long preceded the actual term. How did Americans express the ethos of the American Dream from the early frontier d… --- ## [Jokes that, in the future, will need explaining](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-in-the-future-will-need-explaining/928335)
**Author:** [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2020, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-in-the-future-will-need-explaining/928335 "2020-12-19T18:09:32Z")
We’ve already got an excellent thread on jokes that, nowadays, need explaining. What are some jokes circulating today that will need explaining to people who hear them in the future (say, 20 years or more from now)? Ob… --- ## [Movies and Pilots that were supposed to be a series but weren't](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-and-pilots-that-were-supposed-to-be-a-series-but-werent/924650)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 141\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2020, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-and-pilots-that-were-supposed-to-be-a-series-but-werent/924650 "2020-12-19T15:46:20Z")
Sometimes they try out a movie as the start of a potential series or as a spinoff, but it never catches on. (we did this for TV shows a while back, but here I’m looking at movies – Shows that weren't picked up as a serie… --- ## [Now that I have Nord VPN, what can I do with streaming apps?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-i-have-nord-vpn-what-can-i-do-with-streaming-apps/928401)
**Author:** [@duffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duffer)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2020, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-i-have-nord-vpn-what-can-i-do-with-streaming-apps/928401 "2020-12-19T14:52:15Z")
I wasn’t sure if this was the right forum. Since I’m looking for suggestions and not opinion (IMHO) nor factual info (GQ) I figured I’d throw it in here. I bought a year subscription to Nord so I can use Locast to watch… --- ## [Newspaper comic strips in rerun mode only](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newspaper-comic-strips-in-rerun-mode-only/928351)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2020, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newspaper-comic-strips-in-rerun-mode-only/928351 "2020-12-19T03:18:33Z")
I’m talking about comic strips that haven’t published new material in years, but still occupy space on the comics page, like Mandrake The Magician which stopped in mid story on July 6th 2013 and has been printing old sto… --- ## [It's a Wonderful Life: Question about the Bank Run](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-wonderful-life-question-about-the-bank-run/927868)
**Author:** [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2020, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-wonderful-life-question-about-the-bank-run/927868 "2020-12-19T01:14:22Z")
I’m watching It’s a Wonderful Life for my yearly viewing and trying to understand what was going on with the bank run. So George is ready to go on his honeymoon and there is a run on his Building and Loan. Potter calls… --- ## [Has anyone ever read Tim Dorsey?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-ever-read-tim-dorsey/262618)
**Author:** [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2020, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-ever-read-tim-dorsey/262618 "2020-12-18T19:11:03Z")
A few weeks ago I picked up The Stingray Shuffle in paperback and couldn’t put it down. Since then, I’ve gone on a Dorsey kick and I’ve now read Florida Roadkill, The Hammerhead Ranch Motel and \* Orange Crush. Now I’m ju… --- ## [Pumpkin spice labeling has gone too far](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pumpkin-spice-labeling-has-gone-too-far/928220)
**Author:** [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2020, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pumpkin-spice-labeling-has-gone-too-far/928220 "2020-12-18T18:49:35Z")
(almost put this in MPSIMS) I have, in my fridge right now, a jug marked as pumpkin spice apple cider. Guess what it tastes like? Yep, standard mulled/spiced apple cider. Because that’s what it is. The spices you use i… --- ## [Ever had a 'cannibal sandwich'?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-had-a-cannibal-sandwich/928096)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2020, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-had-a-cannibal-sandwich/928096 "2020-12-18T13:59:43Z")
I saw the below article on CNN and was a bit surprised I had never heard of this holiday tradition in the neighboring state of Wisconsin. Basically a sandwich made of raw hamburger with onions. Seems like an odd holiday … --- ## [Jeremy Bulloch, the original Boba Fett, has died](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeremy-bulloch-the-original-boba-fett-has-died/928306)
**Author:** [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2020, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeremy-bulloch-the-original-boba-fett-has-died/928306 "2020-12-18T13:43:54Z")
May he rest in peace. I wasn’t familiar with him, but am saddened that another original SW cast member has passed. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=363) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=365)