# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=886 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 887 --- ## [Jessica Jones - Series 1 Release Thread \[Open Spoilers\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jessica-jones-series-1-release-thread-open-spoilers/737993)
**Author:** [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Replies:** 263\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2016, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jessica-jones-series-1-release-thread-open-spoilers/737993 "2016-04-20T22:07:04Z")
There have been threads and discussion on the Jessica Jones Netflix series, but I thought I would start a fresh one for the release, coming tomorrow. The NYTimes review was largely favorable. The describe it as less of… --- ## [Can someone help me locate an old fantasy poster?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-help-me-locate-an-old-fantasy-poster/752567)
**Author:** [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2016, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-help-me-locate-an-old-fantasy-poster/752567 "2016-04-20T14:32:09Z")
In my teenaged years (mid 80s), we had several D&D/fantasy/stoner posters hanging around our basement. I’ve been trying to track down some of the images from those posters, but one in particular eludes me: It was a depi… --- ## [Rhapsody of Fire - thoughts on this band?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rhapsody-of-fire-thoughts-on-this-band/752682)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2016, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rhapsody-of-fire-thoughts-on-this-band/752682 "2016-04-20T13:07:20Z")
Formerly the band Rhapsody, but they changed their name to Rhapsody of Fire. Very cheesy in many way, but wow, I really find myself liking some of their music. They really came on my radar when Christopher Lee died and … --- ## [Wayward Pines Season 1](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wayward-pines-season-1/720072)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 375\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2016, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wayward-pines-season-1/720072 "2016-04-20T07:28:54Z")
Who’s planning on watching this? It looks like another Twin Peaks ripoff, but it may be interesting. Episode 1 is tonight. Wayward Pines --- ## [Any genuinely outstanding vloggers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-genuinely-outstanding-vloggers/752634)
**Author:** [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2016, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-genuinely-outstanding-vloggers/752634 "2016-04-20T03:17:26Z")
The net has brought us an embarrassment of riches when it comes to writing and writing/cartooning; my opinion is that Allie Brosh (Hyperbole-and-a-half) is the queen. Brosh’s voice, her use of language, her ability to co… --- ## [Who was the first rock drummer with a huge drum kit?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-first-rock-drummer-with-a-huge-drum-kit/752225)
**Author:** [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2016, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-first-rock-drummer-with-a-huge-drum-kit/752225 "2016-04-20T02:47:03Z")
Some time in the early to mid 70’s, we started seeing rock drummers with huge kits - I’m thinking of guys like Carl Palmer, Bill Bruford, Neil Peart, Phil Collins, Alex Van Halen, the drummers for Styx and Kansas… They w… --- ## ["Release Date" website for music?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/release-date-website-for-music/752686)
**Author:** [@Mangosteen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangosteen)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2016, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/release-date-website-for-music/752686 "2016-04-20T02:16:33Z")
Is there a good website that allows you to put in the name of a song (and maybe the group or artist) and it will tell you the year the song was released? --- ## [Fear the Walking Dead: 2.02 "We All Fall Down" (open spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fear-the-walking-dead-2-02-we-all-fall-down-open-spoilers/752517)
**Author:** [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2016, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fear-the-walking-dead-2-02-we-all-fall-down-open-spoilers/752517 "2016-04-20T02:11:57Z")
\[QUOTE=AMC\] The group seeks shelter with a survivalist family; Salazar tries to reveal Strand’s intentions. \[/QUOTE\] Kim Dickens, Lou Diamond Phillips and Lyndie Greenwood are on Talking Dead. --- ## [Why does The O.C. look funny on Hulu?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-the-o-c-look-funny-on-hulu/752695)
**Author:** [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2016, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-the-o-c-look-funny-on-hulu/752695 "2016-04-20T01:25:28Z")
I never watched “The O.C.” during its original run, but I came across it on Hulu and just started watching the pilot episode. I noticed that a lot of the movement looks weird, especially if it’s someone slowing moving o… --- ## [Beatles Youtube videos and Spanish comments](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beatles-youtube-videos-and-spanish-comments/752249)
**Author:** [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2016, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beatles-youtube-videos-and-spanish-comments/752249 "2016-04-20T01:13:14Z")
I’ve always noticed a large number of Spanish comments on Beatles Youtube videos. Hey, I understand the impact and cultural significance of the Beatles and they’re undoubtedly my favourite band of all time, but why the … --- ## [Doris Roberts dies at 90. 90!!??](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doris-roberts-dies-at-90-90/752609)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2016, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doris-roberts-dies-at-90-90/752609 "2016-04-20T00:20:30Z")
I had no idea she was so old. I thought she was in her 60s-- early 70s at the oldest. Was she mayor’s wife in the original Taking of Pelham 123? RIP, Doris. --- ## [Playlists! Get your playlists here!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/playlists-get-your-playlists-here/752681)
**Author:** [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2016, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/playlists-get-your-playlists-here/752681 "2016-04-19T22:16:17Z")
I’m not sure if this should belong here, or in the Game Room. Even though it’s just a fun little exercise (and sheds light on our musical knowledge/interest), I don’t really think of it as a game per se. I’ll stick it he… --- ## [Agents of SHIELD: S3 E14 "Paradise Lost" 4/12/16](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/agents-of-shield-s3-e14-paradise-lost-4-12-16/752054)
**Author:** [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2016, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/agents-of-shield-s3-e14-paradise-lost-4-12-16/752054 "2016-04-19T20:34:00Z")
The sordid Malick family history is exposed, old scores are settled, and the SHIELD team goes after Hydra forces. Well, you can’t say that nothing happened in this episode. The only part I didn’t care for was Crocodile … --- ## [Did Mad Magazine change our world?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-mad-magazine-change-our-world/751631)
**Author:** [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2016, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-mad-magazine-change-our-world/751631 "2016-04-19T19:32:50Z")
It seems absurd to assert a kids humor magazine could significantly affect a nation’s culture…but, I believe it did just that. In it’s heyday (50’s – 70’s), Mad Magazine had wide circulation and it was read primarily by… --- ## [Stories with good unorthodox structure](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stories-with-good-unorthodox-structure/752114)
**Author:** [@MichaelEmouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MichaelEmouse)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2016, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stories-with-good-unorthodox-structure/752114 "2016-04-19T16:09:19Z")
Whether it’s books, movies, games, TV series or episodes etc, which ones have done a good job of spending minimal time (at least early on) in the traditional first act? What are some of the best cold opens? How about s… --- ## [Your preferred mayonnaise brand?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-preferred-mayonnaise-brand/752377)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2016, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-preferred-mayonnaise-brand/752377 "2016-04-19T15:58:37Z")
Pick one. --- ## [Gundulf of Rochester and LOTR](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gundulf-of-rochester-and-lotr/752646)
**Author:** [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2016, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gundulf-of-rochester-and-lotr/752646 "2016-04-19T15:56:42Z")
I was watching a show on Netflix about british castles and in the episode on the Tower of London, one of the historians claimed that the original architect, a man named Gundulf of Rochester was at least partly Tolkien’s … --- ## ["I studied at Oxford and Harvard. Majored in Western hypocrisy."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-studied-at-oxford-and-harvard-majored-in-western-hypocrisy/752620)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2016, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-studied-at-oxford-and-harvard-majored-in-western-hypocrisy/752620 "2016-04-19T14:07:17Z")
This thread could go into Cafe Society or General Questions: In the movie Die Another Day, North Korean colonel Tan Sun Moon remarks, “I studied at Oxford and Harvard. Majored in Western hypocrisy.” Now, Colonel Tan is… --- ## [The most difficult music for \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-difficult-music-for-_________/661821)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2016, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-difficult-music-for-_________/661821 "2016-04-19T13:16:32Z")
What is the most technically difficult piece for any given musical instrument (including voice)? Pick an instrument and decide its most difficult piece. I realize much of this is subjective, so we’ll probably get multipl… --- ## [What's the Best Deli Sandwich \*For The Meat\*](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-deli-sandwich-for-the-meat/752523)
**Author:** [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2016, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-deli-sandwich-for-the-meat/752523 "2016-04-19T13:04:13Z")
i.e., I love a good Reuben, but a Reuben has all that sauce and stuff that kinda overwhelms the meat. The mean could be the very best…or maybe not so good…and it would hard to tell the difference. What’s a really good … --- ## [Recommend me some great slow numbers since 2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-great-slow-numbers-since-2000/750803)
**Author:** [@Aeschines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aeschines)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2016, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-great-slow-numbers-since-2000/750803 "2016-04-19T07:25:25Z")
I’m a songwriter, and one thing I need to write more of is slow numbers. I tend to write mid-tempo songs the most, up-tempo songs the most after that. So help me study up. What are some great slow numbers of the past 16… --- ## [Better Call Saul 2.09 "Nailed" 4/11/16](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/better-call-saul-2-09-nailed-4-11-16/751979)
**Author:** [@Pantastic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pantastic)\ **Replies:** 124\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2016, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/better-call-saul-2-09-nailed-4-11-16/751979 "2016-04-19T05:38:25Z")
2.01 Switch 2.02 Cobbler 2.03 Amarillo 2.04 Gloves Off 2.05 Rebecca 2.06 Bali Ha’i 2.07 Inflatable 2.08 Fifi --- ## [Help with a song perhaps called, "I'm in a mood?"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-a-song-perhaps-called-im-in-a-mood/503797)
**Author:** [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazle_Weatherfield)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2016, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-a-song-perhaps-called-im-in-a-mood/503797 "2016-04-19T04:37:46Z")
It was sort of popular in the early to mid-nineties on alternative radio stations. I’ve searched on YouTube and other places with no luck. Partial lyrics include," cause I’m in a mood…for something special (?)… (some… --- ## [What's next for the Honorverse? \[open spoilers\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-next-for-the-honorverse-open-spoilers/752531)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2016, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-next-for-the-honorverse-open-spoilers/752531 "2016-04-19T01:02:48Z")
At the end of A Rising Thunder (Honor Harrington Series, 2012), Manticore and Haven finally make peace – and conclude an alliance against the Solarian League – and against the Mesan Alignment, now that they know it exist… --- ## [The Magicians (novel) is coming to Syfy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-magicians-novel-is-coming-to-syfy/719288)
**Author:** [@Barking\_Dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barking_Dog)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2016, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-magicians-novel-is-coming-to-syfy/719288 "2016-04-18T23:29:56Z")
Lev Grossman’s the Magicians isbeing adapted to television by the Syfy channel, it would seem. What do ya’ll think about it? Excited? Annoyed? Ambivalent, like me? --- ## [Mythbusters- disagreement?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mythbusters-disagreement/709742)
**Author:** [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2016, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mythbusters-disagreement/709742 "2016-04-18T22:54:50Z")
OK, they end each segment with Confirmed, Plausible or Busted. Do Jaime and Adam ever disagree? Like one sez “Confirmed” but the other “Plausible”?:confused: --- ## [Cole slaw: side dish or condiment?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cole-slaw-side-dish-or-condiment/752427)
**Author:** [@Lubricious\_Integument](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lubricious_Integument)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2016, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cole-slaw-side-dish-or-condiment/752427 "2016-04-18T21:16:33Z")
Condiment. It goes on the sandwich, not in a cup next to it. --- ## [Your favorite Japanese monsters](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-japanese-monsters/687017)
**Author:** [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2016, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-japanese-monsters/687017 "2016-04-18T20:34:22Z")
Next weekend, in my city, I will be attending a fun event, the “Godzilla and Friends” film festival. It features movies, contests, and speakers on the subject. I’ve always liked these movies, and thanks to the festival… --- ## [Movie help please](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-help-please/752327)
**Author:** [@congodwarf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/congodwarf)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2016, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-help-please/752327 "2016-04-18T19:37:02Z")
Old lady in a car wondering just who did shoot the deputy. I suspect I’ll have an answer in about 15 seconds. --- ## [Movies that were bad despite no production problems](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-were-bad-despite-no-production-problems/752543)
**Author:** [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2016, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-were-bad-despite-no-production-problems/752543 "2016-04-18T19:36:39Z")
I just had the misfortune of seeing Fantastic Four. After that atrocity was over, I had to know why it was so bad, and read about a ton of production drama, from a director that couldn’t take the pressure, to an interfer… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=885) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=887)