# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=775 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 776 --- ## [RIP Al Jarreau](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-al-jarreau/779699)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2017, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-al-jarreau/779699 "2017-02-13T20:01:24Z")
\[ \](http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US\_OBIT\_AL\_JARREAU?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2017-02-12-15-54-15)Ddamn. I’m SO glad I got to see him perform. The guy was amazing. What a freaking voice.… --- ## [Katy Perry sings a new song at The Grammys](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/katy-perry-sings-a-new-song-at-the-grammys/779737)
**Author:** [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2017, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/katy-perry-sings-a-new-song-at-the-grammys/779737 "2017-02-13T18:39:26Z")
This is a Youtube link. It seems very political & very 80s vibe. (Now, who made his money in the 80s and hangs out in Florida like he’s a Big Coke Player on Miami Vice? I don’t know music well, so someo… --- ## [SNL 02/11/1017; Alec Baldwin hosting.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-02-11-1017-alec-baldwin-hosting/779612)
**Author:** [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2017, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-02-11-1017-alec-baldwin-hosting/779612 "2017-02-13T17:36:59Z")
Alec Baldwin’s hosting SNL tonight so we’re likely to see multiple Trump sketches (hopefully not everything he’s in will be, even I think that’d be overkill). Rumour has it Rosie O’Donnell may play Steve Bannon in a ske… --- ## [Classical Trance Music & Other Electronic Mixes/Reinterpretations](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classical-trance-music-other-electronic-mixes-reinterpretations/395038)
**Author:** [@anamnesis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anamnesis)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2017, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classical-trance-music-other-electronic-mixes-reinterpretations/395038 "2017-02-13T13:03:59Z")
I’m probably reaching for a very rare subgenre of modern music here, but I know there are some folks here who’re familiar with electronic dance music. I’m a big fan of progressive trance and house styles from artists an… --- ## [Has anyone ever adapted "Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society" as a Stage Show?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-ever-adapted-kinks-are-the-village-green-preservation-society-as-a-stage-show/779603)
**Author:** [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2017, 8:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-ever-adapted-kinks-are-the-village-green-preservation-society-as-a-stage-show/779603 "2017-02-13T08:21:00Z")
Has there ever been a West End adaptation of any of Ray Davies’ concept albums like “Arthur” or “Village Green Preservation Society”? They seem like naturals, but I’m unaware of any attempts to put those albums on stag… --- ## [Photograph Upside down child to be an artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/photograph-upside-down-child-to-be-an-artist/779646)
**Author:** [@Art\_Rock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Art_Rock)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2017, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/photograph-upside-down-child-to-be-an-artist/779646 "2017-02-13T04:51:36Z")
Well, my google skills elude me here. Some time ago, I saw a b&w photograph of a group of children, with the text of what they would be when they grew up. One child was hanging upside down, she was to be the artist. My w… --- ## [Media "experts" \[edited title\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/media-experts-edited-title/779651)
**Author:** [@stosh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stosh)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2017, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/media-experts-edited-title/779651 "2017-02-13T03:51:57Z")
The media is always trotting out these “experts” on both sides. What exactly does it take to be considered a “expert” by the media ? --- ## [Best Nebula Award Winning Novel that DIDN'T Win a Hugo?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-nebula-award-winning-novel-that-didnt-win-a-hugo/779736)
**Author:** [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2017, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-nebula-award-winning-novel-that-didnt-win-a-hugo/779736 "2017-02-13T03:34:59Z")
Nebula Award Novels: Winners and Nominees List of joint winners To pair up with the Hugo threads, here’s a chance to weigh in on the best Nebula Award novel that didn’t also win the Hugo award. I’d go with one of the … --- ## [The Beverly Hillbillies: Funny, clever, and underrated](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-beverly-hillbillies-funny-clever-and-underrated/779645)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2017, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-beverly-hillbillies-funny-clever-and-underrated/779645 "2017-02-12T23:07:49Z")
I know the show was wildly popular, but I am designating it as underrated because it was much more clever than commonly given credit for. Within any given episode there were two or three events going on at once with two … --- ## [In cooking, what exactly is a 'cup'?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-cooking-what-exactly-is-a-cup/678503)
**Author:** [@Doctor\_Why\_Bother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Why_Bother)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2017, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-cooking-what-exactly-is-a-cup/678503 "2017-02-12T18:12:19Z")
One of my New Year resolutions is to become a better cook. However, I’m having a hell of a lot of trouble deciphering the recipes in my cookbook, because a great many of them insist on using the random, generic, and enti… --- ## [Dad and Kids Movie Watch List](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dad-and-kids-movie-watch-list/779398)
**Author:** [@Dante\_G](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dante_G)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2017, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dad-and-kids-movie-watch-list/779398 "2017-02-12T17:25:26Z")
So I’m trying to introduce my 2 sons to good movies that they probably would never have any intrest in because they are to busy on their phones or busy watching clips of new stuff on youtube. Since my divorce 3 years ag… --- ## [Why is Humpty Dumpty an egg?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-humpty-dumpty-an-egg/779452)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2017, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-humpty-dumpty-an-egg/779452 "2017-02-12T17:15:10Z")
There are commercials for some tax service that feature Humpty Dumpty (some also include the King’s men) that got me to thinking. We all remember the poem, right? Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall Humpty Dumpty had a great f… --- ## [What has been filmed on Warner back lot?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-been-filmed-on-warner-back-lot/779653)
**Author:** [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2017, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-been-filmed-on-warner-back-lot/779653 "2017-02-12T16:04:08Z")
I’ve been diving into “Gilmore Girls” and I started becoming interested in the outdoor sets where most of it was filmed. On the Warner Studios website you can see a list of current shows being filmed there, but I was won… --- ## [News Stories every week about SNL?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/news-stories-every-week-about-snl/779078)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2017, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/news-stories-every-week-about-snl/779078 "2017-02-12T15:39:23Z")
Why does the media write stories almost every week telling me about SNL? I think most people are well aware they make fun of Trump every week. Why is that show considered news right up there with Congress, Russia, e… --- ## [Actors you love--but NOT in their most famous/lauded roles!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-you-love-but-not-in-their-most-famous-lauded-roles/779220)
**Author:** [@Aeschines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aeschines)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2017, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-you-love-but-not-in-their-most-famous-lauded-roles/779220 "2017-02-12T15:29:58Z")
I’ve got two good examples, I think: Daniel Radcliffe. I think he’s a fantastic actor. Charismatic but not doesn’t put ego into his roles. I loved him in Horns. This is where I was first really turned onto his acting ch… --- ## [All Time Best Hugo Award Winner](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-best-hugo-award-winner/778839)
**Author:** [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2017, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-best-hugo-award-winner/778839 "2017-02-12T06:32:09Z")
Inspired by the Newberry Medal thread, which of the Hugo Award winners do you think is the best? One choice only. Bonus points if you’ve actually read “They’d Rather Be Right.” :slight\_smile: --- ## [Cleaning mushrooms](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cleaning-mushrooms/779536)
**Author:** [@DummyGladHands](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DummyGladHands)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2017, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cleaning-mushrooms/779536 "2017-02-12T04:39:43Z")
I know you’re not supposed to clean them under running water, but honestly, I find buffing the dirt off with a damp paper towel or mushroom brush is so time consuming and the darn things get wet and I can still see trace… --- ## [Books Not Available on Kindle](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-not-available-on-kindle/779534)
**Author:** [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2017, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-not-available-on-kindle/779534 "2017-02-12T04:36:57Z")
For me, living out side the Anglosphere, books on Kindle are a Godsend. Further, in our modern age, there can be little reason for a book not to be available on Kindle. Somebody has the text in a computer file, all you h… --- ## [Please suggest "atmospheric" 40's English films](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-suggest-atmospheric-40s-english-films/596731)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2017, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-suggest-atmospheric-40s-english-films/596731 "2017-02-12T03:20:56Z")
I’ve just been re-watching The Uninvited with Ray Milland and Ruth Hussey today (for the umpty-umpth time)… one of my all-time favorite films. Not so much because of the ghost story (which is one of the best ever put on … --- ## [ID a Neil Gaiman story](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-a-neil-gaiman-story/779602)
**Author:** [@Alan\_Smithee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alan_Smithee)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2017, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-a-neil-gaiman-story/779602 "2017-02-12T01:20:17Z")
I feel like this should be very easy to find this on my own, but I’ve tried and failed, so I’m turning to you. A few years ago, I heard Neil Gaiman reading a short story he wrote in which a man visits his elderly mother… --- ## [I heard "Fox on the Run" today by Sweet](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-heard-fox-on-the-run-today-by-sweet/779440)
**Author:** [@Runs\_With\_Scissors](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Runs_With_Scissors)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2017, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-heard-fox-on-the-run-today-by-sweet/779440 "2017-02-12T00:40:20Z")
Adam Carolla referenced the song on a recent podcast. They played the song…and I knew the song. Before today, if you had asked me how the song goes, what artist recorded it, or when it was released, I would have said, … --- ## [Star Trek Back Story/Guys who need their own ep.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-back-story-guys-who-need-their-own-ep/779202)
**Author:** [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2017, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-back-story-guys-who-need-their-own-ep/779202 "2017-02-11T10:57:09Z")
PREVIOUSLY ON THE PHASER THREAD… “Was the Mirror Mirror disintegration panel a true disintegrator, or just some interdimensional transporter. Did it send whoever “to the cornfield”, as it were?” That reminds me, I want… --- ## [Superman vs. Superman](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superman-vs-superman/779525)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2017, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superman-vs-superman/779525 "2017-02-11T05:13:49Z")
Christopher Reeve vs. Henry Cavill. It’s not perfect but it is pretty well done. Video here. --- ## [Twin Smokers BBQ (ATL)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twin-smokers-bbq-atl/779498)
**Author:** [@cgg419](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cgg419)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2017, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twin-smokers-bbq-atl/779498 "2017-02-11T02:52:09Z")
Amazing restaurant. The brisket was better than anything I’ve ever eaten. What I am wondering about though is the mac and cheese. It was similar to what I’ve always had, but as this is the first time I’ve been down so… --- ## [Id this song? \[Oh, what a night\] Not the Four Seasons](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-song-oh-what-a-night-not-the-four-seasons/779463)
**Author:** [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2017, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-song-oh-what-a-night-not-the-four-seasons/779463 "2017-02-10T22:59:41Z")
I heard it on the piped in music in a grocery story today. It was a female vocalist (possibly a group, but it seemed to just have one main singer), and the only line I could make out was ‘Oh, what a night!’ Did not sou… --- ## [Bob Dylan Song -- Why Boots of Spanish Leather?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-dylan-song-why-boots-of-spanish-leather/647393)
**Author:** [@Meltdown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meltdown)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2017, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-dylan-song-why-boots-of-spanish-leather/647393 "2017-02-10T21:25:51Z")
The song “Boots of Spanish Leather” off of Bob Dylan’s The Times They Are A-Changin’ is mostly a dialogue between two lovers, one of which is leaving the following day on a long trip overseas. He asks her if she’d like … --- ## [HeWillNotDivide.Us](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hewillnotdivide-us/778212)
**Author:** [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2017, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hewillnotdivide-us/778212 "2017-02-10T20:38:14Z")
This is art, I’ll put it in CS. http://hewillnotdivide.us/ is a participatory art installation, and what I’m calling a “weird New York thing,” with a camera outside NYC’s Museum of the Moving Image. It outputs a continu… --- ## [One day & night in Baltimore](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-day-night-in-baltimore/779467)
**Author:** [@MikeF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeF)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2017, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-day-night-in-baltimore/779467 "2017-02-10T20:37:10Z")
So, we’re heading to Baltimore tomorrow for a quick change of scenery. It looks like maybe the aquarium in the afternoon and a pub crawl in the evening in Fells Point. We’re staying at the Lord Baltimore at 20 West Balt… --- ## [Songs you used to like until you really listened to the lyrics](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-used-to-like-until-you-really-listened-to-the-lyrics/584470)
**Author:** [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Replies:** 115\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2017, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-used-to-like-until-you-really-listened-to-the-lyrics/584470 "2017-02-10T19:58:58Z")
I used to enjoy listening to the song “Temperature” by Sean Paul until I took a closer listen to the lyrics. The last couple lines of the chorus are “Oh lord, and gal I got the right tactics to turn you on, and girl I w… --- ## [We Could Really Use George Carlin Right Now....](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-could-really-use-george-carlin-right-now/779438)
**Author:** [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2017, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-could-really-use-george-carlin-right-now/779438 "2017-02-10T15:51:51Z")
We need a man who isnt afraid to piss off the right and the left; A man who tells it as he sees it with complete integrity; A man who would get his ass kicked by Hillary Bernie and Donny. Above all, we need… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=774) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=776)