# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=41 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 42 --- ## [Is this the first Mock Rockumentary or is it Rock Mockumentary?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-the-first-mock-rockumentary-or-is-it-rock-mockumentary/1025446)
**Author:** [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2026, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-the-first-mock-rockumentary-or-is-it-rock-mockumentary/1025446 "2026-01-12T03:58:37Z")
I’ve heard it said “This is Spinal Tap” was the first mock rockumentary or rock mockumentary. I disagree and think it was a black and white film from 1964 called “A Hard Day’s Night”. What do you Dopers think? --- ## [What wine for a beef bourguignon?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-wine-for-a-beef-bourguignon/1026459)
**Author:** [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2026, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-wine-for-a-beef-bourguignon/1026459 "2026-01-11T13:22:39Z")
I would normally use a cheap Taylor burgundy or port for this recipe, but the local store is out of both. What other deep red wines could I use? --- ## [ID these books (Children's book about Greek myths, illustrated book of folk songs) from 1960s](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-these-books-childrens-book-about-greek-myths-illustrated-book-of-folk-songs-from-1960s/1023428)
**Author:** [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2026, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-these-books-childrens-book-about-greek-myths-illustrated-book-of-folk-songs-from-1960s/1023428 "2026-01-11T04:00:33Z")
Hi! I’m trying to track down two books I saw as a child around 60 years ago. One was a children’s book about Greek myths, illustrated in a style heavily influenced by Picasso’s neoclassical style (Picasso was not the art… --- ## [Looking For Tips To Flock Some Crafts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-tips-to-flock-some-crafts/1026380)
**Author:** [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2026, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-tips-to-flock-some-crafts/1026380 "2026-01-10T14:51:57Z")
I’m making a bunch of scale model cubicles for an office setting for a tabletop war game. (Other rooms too, but only the cubes are of interest for this part). This is pretty much all 1/8 inch thick walls 1.5 inches high … --- ## [Discuss & Rate Female ADAs from the Jack McCoy Era of the Original "Law & Order" \[spoilers\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discuss-rate-female-adas-from-the-jack-mccoy-era-of-the-original-law-order-spoilers/1024903)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2026, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discuss-rate-female-adas-from-the-jack-mccoy-era-of-the-original-law-order-spoilers/1024903 "2026-01-10T04:39:01Z")
My Roku TV has one whole channel devoted to the original Law & Order. Yup, 24/7. Around the clock. :face\_with\_spiral\_eyes: It may not include the new re-boot with a white-haired Jack McCoy. I have white hair, but I’m no… --- ## [McKay and McKay's](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mckay-and-mckays/1026523)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2026, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mckay-and-mckays/1026523 "2026-01-10T03:42:00Z")
I’m going to be driving through the south and I wanted to plan out what bookstores I will stop at. I like McKay’s and I plan at stopping at some of them. But I wanted to check on the locations. I found four stores are … --- ## [Welcome to Derry](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-derry/1025105)
**Author:** [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUBv.2)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2026, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-derry/1025105 "2026-01-09T14:37:26Z")
Kind of surprised there’s no thread on this series. Unless I missed it in my search; that would be very unsurprising. I know we have Stephen King fans here. Are any of you watching? I’m really enjoying it and would lov… --- ## [The three great primitives of rock: AC/DC, the Ramones and Motörhead](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-three-great-primitives-of-rock-ac-dc-the-ramones-and-motorhead/1026445)
**Author:** [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2026, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-three-great-primitives-of-rock-ac-dc-the-ramones-and-motorhead/1026445 "2026-01-09T13:21:31Z")
I’ve long been thinking about posting this thread, and now that I’m once more listening to “No Sleep Til Hammersmith”, I’m finally ready to. I want to post the theory that these three bands represent the essence of what … --- ## [How much do you think a company would/could pay for an alien shuttlecraft?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-think-a-company-would-could-pay-for-an-alien-shuttlecraft/1026443)
**Author:** [@Tzigone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tzigone)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2026, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-think-a-company-would-could-pay-for-an-alien-shuttlecraft/1026443 "2026-01-08T20:18:27Z")
A while ago I read the 1996 Teen Titans title, and early in the series, the teen heroes escape an alien spaceship in an alien shuttlecraft. It had faster than light speed, but I don’t think it had any weapons (hope I re… --- ## [Bedazzled-the guy in jail.....Who was he?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bedazzled-the-guy-in-jail-who-was-he/52105)
**Author:** [@cerebrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cerebrum)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2026, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bedazzled-the-guy-in-jail-who-was-he/52105 "2026-01-08T19:46:00Z")
In the movie Bedazzled…This guy in jail gives this really sage advice about the main characters soul etc…Who exactly was this guy in jail?? an angel? god? and y was he playing chess with the devil at the end of the movie… --- ## [Is the movie "The Villain" available on any streaming service?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-movie-the-villain-available-on-any-streaming-service/1026469)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2026, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-movie-the-villain-available-on-any-streaming-service/1026469 "2026-01-08T19:34:14Z")
I am looking for the 1979 version with Kirk Douglas and Arnold Schwarzenegger. --- ## [What was the point of Saruman in LotR?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-point-of-saruman-in-lotr/1026418)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2026, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-point-of-saruman-in-lotr/1026418 "2026-01-08T00:25:27Z")
It occurs to me that with a minimum of rewriting you could tell almost the same story without the character of Saruman at all. It would have been easy enough to have some other trouble delay Gandalf, have Sauron be the e… --- ## [After 44 Years, MTV Is Officially Dead \[outside North America\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-44-years-mtv-is-officially-dead-outside-north-america/1026242)
**Author:** [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Replies:** 121\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2026, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-44-years-mtv-is-officially-dead-outside-north-america/1026242 "2026-01-07T21:05:10Z")
Sad to see it end, but it was past it’s time for more than a decade. Curious to notice that on Sirius radio, the old time DJs of MTV show up on the 80s Sirius channel; fun for nostalgia, but I have to say that Nina Bla… --- ## [Is the McRib really worth eating?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-mcrib-really-worth-eating/1011749)
**Author:** [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Replies:** 208\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2026, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-mcrib-really-worth-eating/1011749 "2026-01-07T18:26:16Z")
I am seeing as touting that the McRib is bring brought back again temporarily, as they do periodicalky - to much fanfare. It’s at least 20 years since I’ve tried one, and I don’t recall that it was all that memorable. … --- ## [Mal Evans - a man behind the Beatles](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mal-evans-a-man-behind-the-beatles/1026386)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2026, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mal-evans-a-man-behind-the-beatles/1026386 "2026-01-07T17:55:50Z")
I can’t say I ever heard his name. I should have. This is a fascinating look at a man who gave his all for the Fab Four but got little in return. I like it that it was Mal who counted aloud the 24 bars of “A Day In th… --- ## [Billy Joel diagnosed with Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus, cancels current tour per advice from doctor (23 May 2025)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/billy-joel-diagnosed-with-normal-pressure-hydrocephalus-cancels-current-tour-per-advice-from-doctor-23-may-2025/1018710)
**Author:** [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2026, 8:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/billy-joel-diagnosed-with-normal-pressure-hydrocephalus-cancels-current-tour-per-advice-from-doctor-23-may-2025/1018710 "2026-01-07T08:51:08Z")
Billy’s camp says his shows through July 3, 2026, are canceled and tickets will be refunded. We’re told Billy is on a boat with his wife today in Florida … and he’s already undergone surgery. Our source says Billy… --- ## [Anyone else watch Nebula?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-watch-nebula/1026280)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2026, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-watch-nebula/1026280 "2026-01-07T00:22:04Z")
I decided to take advantage of a 50% discount to get the Nebula streaming service (it’s kind of an independent self funded YouTube) for a year. The creator I am most familiar with on there is Lindsey Ellis which is what … --- ## [JImmy Kimmel](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-kimmel/1026413)
**Author:** [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2026, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-kimmel/1026413 "2026-01-07T00:01:47Z")
Would it be a terrible idea if when he closed each show Jimmy Kimmel would say “My apologies to Donald Trump, we ran out of time. “? --- ## [When did you get your first vuvuzela?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-you-get-your-first-vuvuzela/1026384)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2026, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-you-get-your-first-vuvuzela/1026384 "2026-01-06T22:26:50Z")
I think I got my first one at the San Diego Fair in the late-’60s or very early ‘70s. I don’t think I had another one until the ‘80s or ‘90s. --- ## [Do your reading preferences - fiction vs non - vary year to year?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-your-reading-preferences-fiction-vs-non-vary-year-to-year/1026331)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2026, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-your-reading-preferences-fiction-vs-non-vary-year-to-year/1026331 "2026-01-06T17:58:41Z")
I’ve kept lists of my reading since 2018. I would have said that I tended to read slighly more fiction than non-fiction. Today I put my separate lists together and counted, and was surprised by the results. From 2018 … --- ## [Cookware brand recommendations?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cookware-brand-recommendations/1026378)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2026, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cookware-brand-recommendations/1026378 "2026-01-06T17:26:12Z")
My nonstick cookware is more than old enough to drink alcohol, so given that the coating can flake off, I was considering buying replacements. I don’t need cast iron or anything fancy; just good basic everyday cookware; … --- ## [Dire Straits "Sultans of Swing"--needs some horns, darnit!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dire-straits-sultans-of-swing-needs-some-horns-darnit/1023020)
**Author:** [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2026, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dire-straits-sultans-of-swing-needs-some-horns-darnit/1023020 "2026-01-06T07:40:35Z")
Okay, so a guy steps in out of the rain and sees the Sultans of Swing on stage. But he doesn’t see too many faces, because they don’t give a damn about a trumpet-playing band–it ain’t what they call rock and roll. So t… --- ## [Radio City Rockettes Celebrate 100 Year Anniversary](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/radio-city-rockettes-celebrate-100-year-anniversary/1026359)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2026, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/radio-city-rockettes-celebrate-100-year-anniversary/1026359 "2026-01-06T04:41:52Z")
Straight Dope seems to have missed this, but the Rockettes have celebrated their 100 year anniversary: The Rockettes, at 100, Need a Kick in the Right Direction: This year, “Christmas Spectacular Starring the Radio Ci… --- ## [Looking for perfect restaurant gift card...sort of](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-perfect-restaurant-gift-card-sort-of/1026357)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2026, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-perfect-restaurant-gift-card-sort-of/1026357 "2026-01-06T03:15:08Z")
I have a brother-in-law that lives in Connecticut, and for Christmas he gave everyone here in Oregon Texas Roadhouse gift cards. I guess he thought those places were all over the place. Well, they aren’t. What I am loo… --- ## ["Limited Farm Bill Favored" newspaper article in old movies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/limited-farm-bill-favored-newspaper-article-in-old-movies/1026366)
**Author:** [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2026, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/limited-farm-bill-favored-newspaper-article-in-old-movies/1026366 "2026-01-05T21:18:28Z")
If you’ve ever paid attention to old movies (1930s-1950s), occasionally there will be a newspaper shown with a headline that ties in to the story. Also, if you freeze it, there will be some other articles, and one of th… --- ## [I need some help thinking of another poem topic for this years poem competition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-some-help-thinking-of-another-poem-topic-for-this-years-poem-competition/1026325)
**Author:** [@lilybug0309](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lilybug0309)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2026, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-some-help-thinking-of-another-poem-topic-for-this-years-poem-competition/1026325 "2026-01-05T19:01:53Z")
I have done the Iowa speech completion for two years now and last year I made it to state. I will list the poem I did last year but I need some help picking a topic for my new poem. I guess you could say i’m having a bit… --- ## [What do these lyrics from Neil Young's "Thrasher" mean? ("great Grand Canyon rescue episode")](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-these-lyrics-from-neil-youngs-thrasher-mean-great-grand-canyon-rescue-episode/1026367)
**Author:** [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2026, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-these-lyrics-from-neil-youngs-thrasher-mean-great-grand-canyon-rescue-episode/1026367 "2026-01-05T18:48:39Z")
I’m a big Neil Young fan and I think that “Thrasher” is one of his greatest songs. But I have always been puzzled by this verse: So I got bored and left them there They were just dead weight to me Better down the road… --- ## [Moroccan Preserved Lemons](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moroccan-preserved-lemons/1026368)
**Author:** [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2026, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moroccan-preserved-lemons/1026368 "2026-01-05T17:34:08Z")
I bought a jar of Tagine sauce to use with chicken. The recipe I’ve found says to use chunks of preserved lemon. This sounds way too tart for me. So how strong are preserved lemons? do they overpower everything else … --- ## [Time travel books that work out](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-travel-books-that-work-out/1026232)
**Author:** [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2026, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-travel-books-that-work-out/1026232 "2026-01-05T17:09:15Z")
Inspired by this thread. It seems to be a common, if not universal, trope in sci-fi that trying to change the past never really works out - either your attempts to improve the timeline just make things worse, or your at… --- ## [Jazz Fans: Help me find a very specific recording of "When the Saints Go Marching In"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jazz-fans-help-me-find-a-very-specific-recording-of-when-the-saints-go-marching-in/1026355)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2026, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jazz-fans-help-me-find-a-very-specific-recording-of-when-the-saints-go-marching-in/1026355 "2026-01-05T12:18:41Z")
I know this is a long shot, since every jazz band that has ever performed has done this song; it’s the Chopsticks of Jazz, if you will. Anyway, here’s what I can tell you: It’s fully instrumental, no vocals. It’s very … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=40) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=42)