# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=428 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 429 --- ## [What’s your favorite potato chip, both brand and flavor](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-your-favorite-potato-chip-both-brand-and-flavor/850139)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2020, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-your-favorite-potato-chip-both-brand-and-flavor/850139 "2020-04-04T01:49:44Z")
Absolutely not posting a poll because I’m looking for new ideas. I’ve been eating Munchos and Kettle chips (various flavors) for a year now. I really should have brought back a ton of Walkers crisps from the U.K. as they… --- ## [Enchanting Sophia, I'm Mad About You](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enchanting-sophia-im-mad-about-you/555475)
**Author:** [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2020, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enchanting-sophia-im-mad-about-you/555475 "2020-04-03T22:21:21Z")
From a song we sung in elementary school, mid to late 1960s. The lyrics talk about some hideously ugly creature named Sophia, who is bald, wears a mop for a wig, and suffers from other physical maladies, but with whom t… --- ## [YouTube videos with lots of hilarious comments](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-videos-with-lots-of-hilarious-comments/850978)
**Author:** [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2020, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-videos-with-lots-of-hilarious-comments/850978 "2020-04-03T19:16:33Z")
As we all know YouTube comments are often the worst humanity has to offer. Racism, sexism, xenophobia, and many more flavors of mouth-breather on full display. Sometimes though, they’re hilarious and perhaps even bette… --- ## [Frozen margarita recipe for those of you who want one really bad! (also in anticipation of 5 May)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frozen-margarita-recipe-for-those-of-you-who-want-one-really-bad-also-in-anticipation-of-5-may/850859)
**Author:** [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2020, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frozen-margarita-recipe-for-those-of-you-who-want-one-really-bad-also-in-anticipation-of-5-may/850859 "2020-04-03T16:43:35Z")
I figure some good frozen margaritas might be nice for some folks right about now, especially since most restaurants and bars are closed. This recipe is the fruit of Dave Arnold’s “Liquid Intelligence” book about cockta… --- ## [Are there affordable ways to get audiobooks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-affordable-ways-to-get-audiobooks/850891)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2020, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-affordable-ways-to-get-audiobooks/850891 "2020-04-03T16:25:21Z")
The public library is shut down for physical audiobooks. I have the libby app where I can get digital audiobooks for free, which is nice, but they don’t always have the ones I want. Audible sounds nice, but its $15 a mo… --- ## [Favorite Soothing Female Vocalists?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-soothing-female-vocalists/847953)
**Author:** [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2020, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-soothing-female-vocalists/847953 "2020-04-03T16:13:13Z")
Roberta Flack - I Can See The Sun In Late December Catherine Howe, Karen Carpenter are a couple of other examples. --- ## [Bill Withers RIP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-withers-rip/850966)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2020, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-withers-rip/850966 "2020-04-03T15:17:17Z")
Died at 81. He stopped making music in 1985. Won 3 Grammys --- ## [When did this musical phenomenon begin?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-this-musical-phenomenon-begin/805206)
**Author:** [@pianodave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pianodave)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2020, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-this-musical-phenomenon-begin/805206 "2020-04-03T11:55:55Z")
Hi SD, I am curious as to what the first song was that popularized this musical characteristic. It’s fairly recent. It’s a phenomenon where the very end of the song consists of the music stopping and the vocalist cont… --- ## [Youtube autogenerated "Author" and "Composer"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-autogenerated-author-and-composer/850921)
**Author:** [@Melbourne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melbourne)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2020, 10:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-autogenerated-author-and-composer/850921 "2020-04-03T10:08:42Z")
I’ve been listening to my favorites, the radical left-wing lesbian country and western duo, the Topp Twins. They’ve never really been aligned with the Big Music business, and don’t have much of a YouYube presence. So a … --- ## [Musicians are out of work and struggling now.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musicians-are-out-of-work-and-struggling-now/850849)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2020, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musicians-are-out-of-work-and-struggling-now/850849 "2020-04-03T04:38:12Z")
Seems like everyone is out of work or knows someone out of work. Most working musicians don’t make a lot of money. Only a few “stars” rake in the big $$$$. Caylee Hammack and her band is one example. They have a record… --- ## [Better song? Imagine or Heal the World](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/better-song-imagine-or-heal-the-world/850107)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2020, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/better-song-imagine-or-heal-the-world/850107 "2020-04-03T03:40:28Z")
Simply put, which cheesy song that is overused is actually better? I think it is clearly “Heal the World” by Michael Jackson. In fact, it is no contest. Imagine is a stupid song that only seems to have meaning the first… --- ## [Arrested Development VS Veep](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-vs-veep/850873)
**Author:** [@2Bits](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2Bits)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2020, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-vs-veep/850873 "2020-04-03T03:30:32Z")
Two well-acted, super “intelligent” sitcoms with biting wit and morally-challenged characters. Why do I love Arrested Development (particularly the first three seasons) and mostly loath Veep? --- ## [RIP Wallace Roney, jazz trumpet](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-wallace-roney-jazz-trumpet/850913)
**Author:** [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2020, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-wallace-roney-jazz-trumpet/850913 "2020-04-02T22:05:13Z")
Age 59, dead of Coronavirus. Miss you already. Twice as much talent as everyone combined in the pushy, phony-assed, PR-obsessed Marsalis family. I’m not fond of RIP threads either, but if Ellis Marsalis deserves one, … --- ## [Babylon Berlin Question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/babylon-berlin-question/850188)
**Author:** [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2020, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/babylon-berlin-question/850188 "2020-04-02T21:17:39Z")
In the Netflix series Babylon Berlin, there is a character named Horst Kessler. He’s a Brownshirt (A Nazi) and is involved with the early, 1929, machinations of the Nazi party. Is this guy a reference or analogy to Hor… --- ## [Cooking under Quarantine: "What's in this freezer bag?!"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cooking-under-quarantine-whats-in-this-freezer-bag/849749)
**Author:** [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2020, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cooking-under-quarantine-whats-in-this-freezer-bag/849749 "2020-03-29T14:04:09Z")
Cooking under Quarantine: What’s in this freezer bag? Or cooking in self-isolation and “what’s in this bag at the back of the pantry?!” Post your current culinary successes, failures, hacks, and other thoughts related t… --- ## [The whitest movie ever?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-whitest-movie-ever/850571)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2020, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-whitest-movie-ever/850571 "2020-04-02T17:15:21Z")
I just saw the poster for a movie titled What Love Looks Like. Holy crap! I had to google to find out that it wasn’t made by the Hallmark Channel or Evangelical Christians. --- ## [RIP Ellis Marsalis - NOLA jazz pianist](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-ellis-marsalis-nola-jazz-pianist/850882)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2020, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-ellis-marsalis-nola-jazz-pianist/850882 "2020-04-02T16:43:01Z")
From Covid-19 complications. Marsalis was the father of a dynasty of jazz musicians, including Wynton and Branford. We saw Ellis play at the New Orleans Jazz Festival after Katrina. He was 85. --- ## [Milkman guitar amp - who is this even for?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/milkman-guitar-amp-who-is-this-even-for/850600)
**Author:** [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2020, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/milkman-guitar-amp-who-is-this-even-for/850600 "2020-04-02T15:50:03Z")
As a longtime bass player looking to get back into playing guitar (as in, I already know how to play guitar and still have an acoustic, but want to add an electric), I was browsing amplifiers on Musician’s Friend to see … --- ## [Earworm striking up my band](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earworm-striking-up-my-band/850831)
**Author:** [@ozziemaland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ozziemaland)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2020, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earworm-striking-up-my-band/850831 "2020-04-02T15:09:47Z")
George and Ira Gershwin wrote the music and words for the title song of the musical “Strike Up the Band,” with a book by Morrie Ryskind. The show ran in 1927, in Philadelphia, but did not get good reviews. After George S… --- ## [RARE Marlon Brando Interview on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson - 05/11/1968](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rare-marlon-brando-interview-on-the-tonight-show-starring-johnny-carson-05-11-1968/850356)
**Author:** [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2020, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rare-marlon-brando-interview-on-the-tonight-show-starring-johnny-carson-05-11-1968/850356 "2020-04-02T11:54:16Z")
Just uploaded 5 days ago! I haven’t even started this – wanted to post this for all to see. Rare indeed! --- ## [How many major short story genere digests and magazines are left?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-major-short-story-genere-digests-and-magazines-are-left/850858)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2020, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-major-short-story-genere-digests-and-magazines-are-left/850858 "2020-04-02T07:46:31Z")
inspired by the “does anyone make money writing anymore?” thread (https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=809460&page=2) Someone mentioned Asimov (and many others) started out by writing short stories t… --- ## [3/25/2020: Tonight's "Law & Order: SVU will guest star.........](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-25-2020-tonights-law-order-svu-will-guest-star/850374)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2020, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-25-2020-tonights-law-order-svu-will-guest-star/850374 "2020-04-02T04:28:06Z")
Are you ready for this? Since he’s hardly a dramatic actor, that should be, ahem, interesting. --- ## [Does anybody watch your Youtube personal playlists?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anybody-watch-your-youtube-personal-playlists/850857)
**Author:** [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2020, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anybody-watch-your-youtube-personal-playlists/850857 "2020-04-02T03:53:48Z")
I recently noticed there is a “views” counter on my personal Youtube playlists. So I wrote a few catchy keywords for a description, and started getting about 40 views a day, from people who seem to like my mix. Anyon… --- ## [What will Anthony from the Twilight Zone "Good Life" episode be like as an adult?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-anthony-from-the-twilight-zone-good-life-episode-be-like-as-an-adult/850282)
**Author:** [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2020, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-anthony-from-the-twilight-zone-good-life-episode-be-like-as-an-adult/850282 "2020-04-01T21:48:45Z")
If you’re not familiar with the episode, you can read a synopsis here, although I strongly recommend actually watching the episode as it is much more chilling that way: With no one ever daring to correct him, and poss… --- ## [Ghostbusters III on the way for 2020.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ghostbusters-iii-on-the-way-for-2020/828024)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2020, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ghostbusters-iii-on-the-way-for-2020/828024 "2020-04-01T17:28:56Z")
Set to be directed by Ivan Rietman’s son, and a direct sequel to the last Ghostbusters movie from 1984. --- ## [My new tuba arrives today! I'm so excited!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-tuba-arrives-today-im-so-excited/848806)
**Author:** [@Jumpbass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jumpbass)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2020, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-tuba-arrives-today-im-so-excited/848806 "2020-04-01T15:56:34Z")
\ “I can hardly contain myself!” \ I just got a text saying my new horn should be arriving by the end of the day. It’s a BBb Helicon from Wessex Tubas. Wessex Helicon Helicons are what they based sousaphones o… --- ## [Speak to me of Maggi](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-of-maggi/831344)
**Author:** [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2020, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-of-maggi/831344 "2020-04-01T12:50:32Z")
We get a catalog of German products and one of the items in the fall version was a small bottle of something called Maggi sauce. My husband’s mom is German and he said when he was a kid she always kept a bottle of this s… --- ## [The Varying Translations Of "Gypsy" In Verdi's "Anvil Chorus"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-varying-translations-of-gypsy-in-verdis-anvil-chorus/850543)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2020, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-varying-translations-of-gypsy-in-verdis-anvil-chorus/850543 "2020-04-01T12:09:16Z")
In Verdi’s Anvil Chorus, the choir sings as follows: Chi del gitano i giorni abbella? … Which translates to something not unlike “Who brightens the gypsy boy’s day?” And then they answer their own question with La zing… --- ## ["What a Wonderful World," done by a friend](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-a-wonderful-world-done-by-a-friend/850791)
**Author:** [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2020, 8:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-a-wonderful-world-done-by-a-friend/850791 "2020-04-01T08:50:16Z")
Here’s the video: I’ve known the performer, Bruce Nasmith, for many years. I’ve played with him live, many times, on both my namesake spoons, and on my flute, before live audiences. He’s always been a go… --- ## [Any experience/opinions of black garlic?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-experience-opinions-of-black-garlic/850713)
**Author:** [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2020, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-experience-opinions-of-black-garlic/850713 "2020-04-01T06:31:29Z")
What Is Black Garlic? It can be found on menus everywhere? Isn’t anything new? Then why am I more than 50 years hearing about it? From a vendor site. So anyone have any experience or favorite recipes? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=427) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=429)