# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=760 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 761 --- ## [How to get musical notes from my head to a computer?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-musical-notes-from-my-head-to-a-computer/782572)
**Author:** [@JakeRS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JakeRS)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2017, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-musical-notes-from-my-head-to-a-computer/782572 "2017-03-19T23:34:18Z")
I have very basic knowledge about music, but I decided to make my own amateur music using FL studio (a program where you can play all sorts of instruments, put them together, etc. and make songs) Many people have the pr… --- ## [\*Can't Believe\* I just found this out](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-believe-i-just-found-this-out/782464)
**Author:** [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2017, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-believe-i-just-found-this-out/782464 "2017-03-19T19:05:44Z")
Baker Street. “Winding your way down Baker Street…” The song they played to death, to death, when I was growing up. The song I always hated/loved, except I couldn’t stand that %&\*#$@!! saxophone. I said as much, in a … --- ## [Those musical bits on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-musical-bits-on-who-wants-to-be-a-millionaire/782533)
**Author:** [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2017, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-musical-bits-on-who-wants-to-be-a-millionaire/782533 "2017-03-19T14:46:06Z")
They have changed a little since Regis Philbin hosted the show, I admit… Are there names for those short bits of music? For example, the dramatic passage just before some questions appear…it was a lot more dramatic ori… --- ## [Got potato salad, want loaded mashed! (Recipe ideas?)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-potato-salad-want-loaded-mashed-recipe-ideas/782492)
**Author:** [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2017, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-potato-salad-want-loaded-mashed-recipe-ideas/782492 "2017-03-19T14:40:23Z")
I’ve got a bunch of boring store-bought “picnic grade” potato salad that I want to doctor up into hot loaded mashed potatos for a potluck. My thoughts were to warm up the potato salad in a pot, possibly add some ranch … --- ## [The Hobbit: Trollshaws](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hobbit-trollshaws/782493)
**Author:** [@Coriolanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coriolanus)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2017, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hobbit-trollshaws/782493 "2017-03-19T12:01:25Z")
aka “Burrahobbit” So the setting is, Bilbo “aka Burgler” Baggins encounter three Stone Trolls. In the Trollshaws. At night. Without Gandalf (nice going G! :b). So Bilbo tries to pick-pocket a troll, and the wallet which… --- ## [Same story, more than one book](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/same-story-more-than-one-book/782113)
**Author:** [@naita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naita)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2017, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/same-story-more-than-one-book/782113 "2017-03-19T02:15:14Z")
I was thinking today about the choices made in telling a story. POV, tense, framing etc. The same story could have a different impact and/or find a different audience by changing choices like that. Anyone able to think o… --- ## [Lamest, weakest guitar riffs/solos](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lamest-weakest-guitar-riffs-solos/781357)
**Author:** [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2017, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lamest-weakest-guitar-riffs-solos/781357 "2017-03-19T00:49:42Z")
Probably lots of major disagreements to come, so I’ll start off with: The main guitar hook in (Escape) the Pina Colada Song is so weak and tedious - maybe fitting for the putridness of the song. In an otherwise funky, … --- ## [Norwegian Wood - anyone wanna give me a quick recap?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/norwegian-wood-anyone-wanna-give-me-a-quick-recap/782466)
**Author:** [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2017, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/norwegian-wood-anyone-wanna-give-me-a-quick-recap/782466 "2017-03-18T23:07:18Z")
I love Haruki Murakami; I’ve read most, though not all, of his books over the last 15 years or so since I discovered him. But I have a crappy memory, so except for The Wind-up Bird Chronicle (just about my favorite book … --- ## [Foods that shouldn't taste good but do!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-shouldnt-taste-good-but-do/780554)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2017, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-shouldnt-taste-good-but-do/780554 "2017-03-18T20:57:04Z")
Inspired by the ongoing opposite thread. I went to the store yesterday for some sardines in spring water. They were out so I bought the ones in mustard. Yummy! Who would have thunk it? --- ## [Just discovered the stand-up comedian Stewart Lee](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-discovered-the-stand-up-comedian-stewart-lee/782348)
**Author:** [@snoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snoe)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2017, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-discovered-the-stand-up-comedian-stewart-lee/782348 "2017-03-18T20:27:29Z")
Background: While I appreciate a bit of good standup, I rarely watch full standup routines, and if I do, I don’t enjoy them as much as I expected to. (I recently saw Louis CK live, and at 41 it was my first time actually… --- ## [Help me find this sopranos quote](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-this-sopranos-quote/782445)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2017, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-this-sopranos-quote/782445 "2017-03-18T16:27:56Z")
I think it was Tony and a Russian stripper. She said something about how Americans think everyone’s life has a happy ending, in Russia they view life as a tragedy. Does anyone know the quote or episode? --- ## [How many different versions of the C-H-I-C-K-E-N lyrics are there?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-different-versions-of-the-c-h-i-c-k-e-n-lyrics-are-there/472751)
**Author:** [@Motorgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Motorgirl)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2017, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-different-versions-of-the-c-h-i-c-k-e-n-lyrics-are-there/472751 "2017-03-18T06:46:34Z")
Almost put this in MPSIMS but then decided Cafe Society because it’s a song… I’m sure many of you know the C-H-I-C-K-E-N song. Name of song? Not sure. Anyway, I learned it as a camp song in Girl Scouts, and since then… --- ## [Pi(e) Day!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pi-e-day/782172)
**Author:** [@BetsQ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BetsQ)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2017, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pi-e-day/782172 "2017-03-18T04:46:25Z")
My office is having a Pi Day potluck (postponed to 3/16 due to weather). I’d like to bring a pie, but am feeling uninspired about the particular variety. What kind of pie do you like? Bonus points for pies that can be ma… --- ## [Un-cutting the cord: any way to get rid of all these DirecTV crap channels?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/un-cutting-the-cord-any-way-to-get-rid-of-all-these-directv-crap-channels/782461)
**Author:** [@Arcite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arcite)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2017, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/un-cutting-the-cord-any-way-to-get-rid-of-all-these-directv-crap-channels/782461 "2017-03-18T04:10:20Z")
I’ve never been a big TV watcher, so ever since I first moved out on my own, I always got by with just broadcast TV (and Netflix when it came along,) except for one stretch in which I lived in a house with roommates, and… --- ## [The Flash S03E16: Into the Speed Force](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-flash-s03e16-into-the-speed-force/782222)
**Author:** [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2017, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-flash-s03e16-into-the-speed-force/782222 "2017-03-18T03:51:11Z")
In this episode: Barry Allen sees dead people. Or, at least, the Speedforce manifesting itself as dead people. And the Speedforce is pissed. Kind of odd, though, that the Speedforce didn’t show itself as the two most … --- ## [Judges didn't expect much of contestant, but contestant wowed - why?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/judges-didnt-expect-much-of-contestant-but-contestant-wowed-why/782330)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2017, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/judges-didnt-expect-much-of-contestant-but-contestant-wowed-why/782330 "2017-03-18T02:38:32Z")
After Susan Boyle, Paul Potts and the like, why is it that judges still seem to produce this narrative of “We didn’t expect much from contestant-who-looked-ordinary-and-unremarkable-but-he-or-she-wowed-us?” Shouldn’t it … --- ## [Novels with pregnant heroines?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/novels-with-pregnant-heroines/781671)
**Author:** [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2017, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/novels-with-pregnant-heroines/781671 "2017-03-18T01:33:05Z")
Let’s define heroine as not only the protagonist of a novel, but one who saves the day. Maybe through police work, maybe through solving mysteries, or maybe through supernatural ability…in any case she’s a hands-on type … --- ## [Cornus Interruptus](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cornus-interruptus/782454)
**Author:** [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2017, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cornus-interruptus/782454 "2017-03-18T01:30:38Z")
Well crap. Went to grab a hunk of yummy Corned beef, and found out my trusty Crock-pot wasn’t so trusty anymore. It was definitely on about 4 hours ago, and definitely dead about 30 minutes ago. The details of events be… --- ## [Eye of the Tiger Chorus](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eye-of-the-tiger-chorus/779781)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2017, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eye-of-the-tiger-chorus/779781 "2017-03-18T01:19:45Z")
So, tell me because I’m curious… What do you hear when Survivor sings the chorus to Eye of the Tiger? I am not asking what the actual lyrics are, but please fill in the blank as to what you hear them singing: “It’s the … --- ## [Sam(Cheers) vs Barney(How I Met Your Mother)...Why is Sam so much creepier?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sam-cheers-vs-barney-how-i-met-your-mother-why-is-sam-so-much-creepier/782128)
**Author:** [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2017, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sam-cheers-vs-barney-how-i-met-your-mother-why-is-sam-so-much-creepier/782128 "2017-03-18T00:17:16Z")
Ok: I just finished a “Best of How I Met Your Mother” marathon and am skipping to a “Best of Cheers” marathon. Barney and Sam have similar views on women\*. They both lie to get women, try to trick them, Sam has plays th… --- ## [Passengers: A Movie with a Twist?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/passengers-a-movie-with-a-twist/782421)
**Author:** [@Spit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spit)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2017, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/passengers-a-movie-with-a-twist/782421 "2017-03-17T22:25:53Z")
When this movie was released, there was a lot of chatter about “The Twist”. This was described to me as the movie not really being what the trailer showed it to be. I finally watched it last night, and it seemed to me th… --- ## [Lion, the movie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lion-the-movie/782221)
**Author:** [@Enola\_Gay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Gay)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2017, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lion-the-movie/782221 "2017-03-17T20:34:22Z")
I just saw this and it is the only movie I have ever seen that left me wanting to read the book. I loved it!! Has anyone else seen it and if so, how’d you like it? --- ## [Single shot music video - ID?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-shot-music-video-id/782419)
**Author:** [@Cardinal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardinal)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2017, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-shot-music-video-id/782419 "2017-03-17T20:06:19Z")
I remember a music video that was one continuous shot, including a person below water in a bath tub. The end joke was that a woman couldn’t get the key into a car door lock, and that supposedly ruined the shot, meaning t… --- ## [Lord of the Rings movie trilogy question.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lord-of-the-rings-movie-trilogy-question/781562)
**Author:** [@Dante\_G](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dante_G)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2017, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lord-of-the-rings-movie-trilogy-question/781562 "2017-03-17T19:26:36Z")
I know this is a somewhat dated topic, but it came up recently when I showed to my 2 sons the Lord of the Rings trilogy this weekend. They really liked it. by the way. I mentioned to them that about the whole “plot hol… --- ## [Calvin, Hobbes and Watterson](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calvin-hobbes-and-watterson/780944)
**Author:** [@2Bits](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2Bits)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2017, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calvin-hobbes-and-watterson/780944 "2017-03-17T17:29:21Z")
So, do you admire Bill Watterson for turning his back on the millions of dollars he could have made (could still be making, for that matter) merchandising his beloved comic strip “Calvin & Hobbes” or think him a fool? --- ## [Explain "Pièces de viole des Cinq Livres"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-pieces-de-viole-des-cinq-livres/782349)
**Author:** [@No\_Wikipedia\_Cites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/No_Wikipedia_Cites)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2017, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-pieces-de-viole-des-cinq-livres/782349 "2017-03-17T15:38:20Z")
Looking at this musical album, “Marin Marais: Pièces de viole des Cinq Livres” by Jordi Savall , can someone explain what it is? I gather it is some kind of thing where the bass viol is the star and plays and the other … --- ## [Am I the only one who likes the rotten peanuts?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-who-likes-the-rotten-peanuts/748509)
**Author:** [@excavating\_for\_a\_mind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/excavating_for_a_mind)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2017, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-who-likes-the-rotten-peanuts/748509 "2017-03-17T10:51:35Z")
I like peanuts. I am not allergic to peanuts (good thing). Salted in the shell, lately I’ve been favoring the Cajun Spicy ones (I think they mix Cayenne pepper with the salt). Regardless, the spicy doesn’t matter. E… --- ## [Whenever an older show mentions money...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whenever-an-older-show-mentions-money/782251)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2017, 10:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whenever-an-older-show-mentions-money/782251 "2017-03-17T10:13:40Z")
…I will almost always go to an inflation calculator to see what the value is in today’s dollars. Am I the only one who does this? --- ## [Band needs a sub - how hard is it to fill in?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-needs-a-sub-how-hard-is-it-to-fill-in/782309)
**Author:** [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2017, 8:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-needs-a-sub-how-hard-is-it-to-fill-in/782309 "2017-03-17T08:56:01Z")
I was watching Conan the other night and Old 97s were the musical guests. I’ve been a big Old 97s fan for several years. The same four guys have been playing together for 20+ years, but apparently their drummer has had s… --- ## [What makes a Stradivarius so good?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-a-stradivarius-so-good/719264)
**Author:** [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Replies:** 138\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2017, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-a-stradivarius-so-good/719264 "2017-03-17T05:54:37Z")
Can we use cutting lasers and micro-perfect measurements today to recreate the sound of the Stradivarius violin? If not, why not? What makes them so unique? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=759) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=761)