# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=673 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 674 --- ## [Guitar Shredders](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitar-shredders/802714)
**Author:** [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2017, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitar-shredders/802714 "2017-11-29T15:17:34Z")
Okay, I must admit that I enjoy great shredding, I can’t help it. It’s not soulful, not particularly meaningful outside the realm of technical difficulty, but still…it sounds cool to me. I’m a child of the 80’s, so sue m… --- ## [What would you talk about with Smokey?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-talk-about-with-smokey/802949)
**Author:** [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2017, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-talk-about-with-smokey/802949 "2017-11-29T12:06:53Z")
Long story short, my gf is spending this afternoon working with Smokey Robinson. She will, being polite, offer to take him out for dinner while he is in Pittsburgh. If this dinner happens, I’ll be invited. (Her guess i… --- ## [Let's Dance](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-dance/802644)
**Author:** [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2017, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-dance/802644 "2017-11-29T07:01:11Z")
Great Bowie song or no? Obviously it doesn’t match up with Diamond Dogs, but as a post-Bowie Bowie song, it’s really great, Isn’t that Stevie Ray on the outtro? --- ## [Local newspaper not covering lots of sports/news due to early deadlines](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/local-newspaper-not-covering-lots-of-sports-news-due-to-early-deadlines/801930)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2017, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/local-newspaper-not-covering-lots-of-sports-news-due-to-early-deadlines/801930 "2017-11-29T05:04:48Z")
The local paper here in Raleigh has basically quit covering a lot of events such as high school football since the games are over way after they print. They told me they print around 6 pm. Games start at 7:30. Is … --- ## [What instrument am I hearing in this song?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-instrument-am-i-hearing-in-this-song/802853)
**Author:** [@Lamoral](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamoral)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2017, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-instrument-am-i-hearing-in-this-song/802853 "2017-11-28T20:57:35Z")
The song is Adia by Sara McLachlan. The instrument I’m referring to can first be heard at 1:17 and again noticeably from 1:24 to 1:25. It’s overshadowed by the piano, guitar and drums, but it’s still noticeable. Is this … --- ## [Lorne Armstrong - To Catch A Predator](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lorne-armstrong-to-catch-a-predator/740676)
**Author:** [@Lorne\_Armstrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lorne_Armstrong)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2017, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lorne-armstrong-to-catch-a-predator/740676 "2017-11-28T20:10:37Z")
I’m not sure where this thread belongs but since it’s tied in with a TV show, I’ll put it here. Does everyone recall To Catch A Predator? One of the men arrested on that show has developed a cult following, Lorne Armstr… --- ## [BOOK REVIEW: You Play the Girl by Carina Chocano](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/book-review-you-play-the-girl-by-carina-chocano/802881)
**Author:** [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2017, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/book-review-you-play-the-girl-by-carina-chocano/802881 "2017-11-28T17:33:31Z")
(This is a repurposed blog post) \* Feminism and the feminist analysis of society was the first serious critical perspective on gender. Feminist theory remains my intellectual touchstone, the main framework of my own un… --- ## [Meat-eaters' reviews of fake meat](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meat-eaters-reviews-of-fake-meat/802576)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2017, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meat-eaters-reviews-of-fake-meat/802576 "2017-11-28T15:37:00Z")
I friend posted a picture of the Trader Joe’s Breaded Turkey-less Stuffed Roast with Gravy. She said it was ‘really tasty. Even \[my husband\] liked it. Far better than Tofurkey.’ I’ve been away from L.A. a long time now… --- ## [Good Performances from People You Don't Normally Like](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-performances-from-people-you-dont-normally-like/802716)
**Author:** [@golffan1963](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/golffan1963)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2017, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-performances-from-people-you-dont-normally-like/802716 "2017-11-28T14:16:57Z")
Example…not a fan of Prince…but the song “Purple Rain” is fantastic. Same for John Goodman…don’t like him much…but was great in Argo and also as Acting President Glenallen Walken way back when in “The West Wing”. --- ## [Another "What instrument is this?"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-what-instrument-is-this/802906)
**Author:** [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2017, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-what-instrument-is-this/802906 "2017-11-28T13:08:43Z")
In the song Apostrophe by Frank Zappa there is a instrument playing “lead” from 0:18 to 1:18. You can’t miss it; it’s right out front. (After 1:18 you can still hear it, but it’s more in the background.) I used to think… --- ## [Della Reese has died](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/della-reese-has-died/802212)
**Author:** [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2017, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/della-reese-has-died/802212 "2017-11-28T05:32:46Z")
Famed singer and actress Della Reese passed away last night at the age of 86. In addition to her R&B career, she found fame on the small screen as Tess on CBS’s Touched by an Angel. --- ## [Keeping chili while camping no refrigeration](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keeping-chili-while-camping-no-refrigeration/802324)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2017, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keeping-chili-while-camping-no-refrigeration/802324 "2017-11-28T04:23:29Z")
Chili is one of those food that spoils fairly quickly for some reason. I was wondering if I cooked up a big 5 gallon pail of chili while camping would reheating to a full boil twice a day be enough to keep it from spoili… --- ## [Doomsday Clock Commercial](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doomsday-clock-commercial/802928)
**Author:** [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2017, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doomsday-clock-commercial/802928 "2017-11-28T04:05:05Z")
Behold: Has any comic issue ever before been so momentous, a television commercial was commissioned to hype it? --- ## [Young Hyacinth (Keeping Up Appearances prequel)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/young-hyacinth-keeping-up-appearances-prequel/802822)
**Author:** [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2017, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/young-hyacinth-keeping-up-appearances-prequel/802822 "2017-11-28T03:07:27Z")
Apparently last year the BBC made a prequel special to Keeping Up Appearances about the future Mrs Bucker’s adventures as a housemaid in the late '50s, which just now airing on PBS. --- ## [Help me figure out this 1990s kid show from a snatch of theme song](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-figure-out-this-1990s-kid-show-from-a-snatch-of-theme-song/802900)
**Author:** [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2017, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-figure-out-this-1990s-kid-show-from-a-snatch-of-theme-song/802900 "2017-11-28T02:29:36Z")
It goes: C DEF (rest) EDD C –where letters by themselves are twice as long as letters in a group. My son was watching some random episode of Family Guy that had this sequence played repeatedly on like a glockenspiel or… --- ## [Why do you never see remakes of war movies nowadays?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-you-never-see-remakes-of-war-movies-nowadays/802654)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2017, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-you-never-see-remakes-of-war-movies-nowadays/802654 "2017-11-28T00:35:19Z")
Considering EVERYTHING is getting either a remake or a reboot, it’s weird to not see any classic war movies get the old remake treatment? The obvious answer being, “Well wars aren’t exactly copyrighted so you can just m… --- ## [Healthy but festive sweet potato recipes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/healthy-but-festive-sweet-potato-recipes/802451)
**Author:** [@Eva\_Luna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eva_Luna)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2017, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/healthy-but-festive-sweet-potato-recipes/802451 "2017-11-28T00:12:44Z")
To make a long story somewhat shorter, we are dealing with the Thanksgiving dietary restrictions from Hell - Tom Scud can’t eat sweet potatoes at all (low oxalate diet), and my brother-in-law, who was already diabetic an… --- ## [Jazz Vocalist Jon Hendricks has died](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jazz-vocalist-jon-hendricks-has-died/802515)
**Author:** [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2017, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jazz-vocalist-jon-hendricks-has-died/802515 "2017-11-28T00:09:38Z")
An innovative, supple voice that he did wonderful things with. Here he is as part of the legendary vocal trio Lambert Hendricks and Ross: Lambert, Hendricks & Ross - Four LIVE 1961 - YouTube Thank you, Mr Hendricks. --- ## [Dancing With the Stars Season 25 cast announced](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dancing-with-the-stars-season-25-cast-announced/795711)
**Author:** [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2017, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dancing-with-the-stars-season-25-cast-announced/795711 "2017-11-27T19:49:26Z")
Here is the cast for the next DWTS season, starting Sept 18 (professional partners in parentheses): Drew Scott (Emma Slater); reality TV star Sacha Pieterse (Gleb Savchenko); actress Barbara Corcoran (Keo Motsepe); bu… --- ## [Cast a "Lord of the Rings" TV series](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cast-a-lord-of-the-rings-tv-series/802878)
**Author:** [@well\_he\_s\_back](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/well_he_s_back)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2017, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cast-a-lord-of-the-rings-tv-series/802878 "2017-11-27T16:52:15Z")
As you may know, a LOTR prequel series may become a thing. This article http://https://www.tor.com/2017/11/15/how-would-you-cast-the-lord-of-the-rings-for-television/?utm\_source=Sailthru&utm\_medium=email&utm\_campaign=Sw… --- ## [Musicians' Inside Baseball stuff: working on the "and" of 4](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musicians-inside-baseball-stuff-working-on-the-and-of-4/802513)
**Author:** [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2017, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musicians-inside-baseball-stuff-working-on-the-and-of-4/802513 "2017-11-27T16:04:11Z")
Was listening to a year-or-more old podcast called No Guitar is Safe, featuring an hour-plus interview with Charlie Hunter. If you know him, you respect him. He’s innovated a 7-string guitar/bass hybrid, which he plays… --- ## [Alternate versions of stories/performances you'd like to see](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternate-versions-of-stories-performances-youd-like-to-see/802720)
**Author:** [@Cumberdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cumberdale)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2017, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternate-versions-of-stories-performances-youd-like-to-see/802720 "2017-11-27T12:34:55Z")
I was watching the Nightmare at 20,000 feet episode of the Twilight Zone with The Shat. Of course after that I thought of the 80s movie version of the story with John Lithgow and how it resulted in one of the best TV sc… --- ## [Any opinions/insight on sweet sourdough products?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-opinions-insight-on-sweet-sourdough-products/802785)
**Author:** [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2017, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-opinions-insight-on-sweet-sourdough-products/802785 "2017-11-27T04:16:02Z")
I do love good sourdough. But for me it’s always appealed to my savory side; fresh hot sourdough slathered in butter, rolls used to sop up gravy or sauce from the main dish, slices of the bread to make a great sandwich … --- ## [Gimme the classic rock songs that your terrestrial Classic Rock radio stations stopped playing.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gimme-the-classic-rock-songs-that-your-terrestrial-classic-rock-radio-stations-stopped-playing/801201)
**Author:** [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2017, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gimme-the-classic-rock-songs-that-your-terrestrial-classic-rock-radio-stations-stopped-playing/801201 "2017-11-27T03:13:49Z")
As rock radio flourished and floundered its way into the Classic Rock radio format, the constant complaint in my time as an adult has been that the format continually has a smaller catalog of songs each year. It’s absolu… --- ## [What movie you saw in the theater had the lowest box office total?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-you-saw-in-the-theater-had-the-lowest-box-office-total/801093)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2017, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-you-saw-in-the-theater-had-the-lowest-box-office-total/801093 "2017-11-27T01:12:48Z")
Pretty much, what movie did you see in the theater that was the least popular ticket seller? Adjust for inflation if you like. I saw the following movies in the theater. I know few others who did: \*\*Pi \*\*- Darren Aron… --- ## [Star Trek actor arrested for flashing children](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-actor-arrested-for-flashing-children/731426)
**Author:** [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2017, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-actor-arrested-for-flashing-children/731426 "2017-11-27T00:54:45Z")
Or should I say actress. Voyager’s Jennifer Lien was arrested for flashing children. And she was waiting for the deputies with her front door wide open. Also she was naked, and ended up being forcibly dressed by the d… --- ## [Help me with a song tittle - sounds like the Bee Gees](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-a-song-tittle-sounds-like-the-bee-gees/409383)
**Author:** [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2017, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-a-song-tittle-sounds-like-the-bee-gees/409383 "2017-11-26T23:23:28Z")
A co-worker is looking for a song title - it’s a sad song - talks a lot about Time. She shays it either is, or sounds liek the Bee Gees - it’s definitely a “golden oldie”. I know this isn’t a lot to go on, any help is w… --- ## [Similar books - Faerie Tale?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/similar-books-faerie-tale/802727)
**Author:** [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2017, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/similar-books-faerie-tale/802727 "2017-11-26T22:48:10Z")
I am just re-reading Faerie Tale by Raymond Feist. I read it when I was about 14 or so and really enjoyed it - even though I don’t read a lot of this genre. Can anyone recommend others on The Wee Folk? --- ## [American Pickers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-pickers/802780)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2017, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-pickers/802780 "2017-11-26T19:17:16Z")
Am I the only one who is annoyed that when they go to expound on something, they always look about 20 degrees off from the camera? They’re mostly outside during these asides, so I guess the deal is that they’re squinting… --- ## [Guitar Amps](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitar-amps/802737)
**Author:** [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2017, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitar-amps/802737 "2017-11-26T17:29:14Z")
I wonder often about how players in known bands can stand the volume of their amps onstage. I have a Blackstar 20 watt tube amp and when it’s cranked to about noon, it’s reached it’s ultimate saturation and volume point … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=672) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=674)