# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=897 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 898 --- ## [Finally getting around to Cheap Trick](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-getting-around-to-cheap-trick/748234)
**Author:** [@Yodalicious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yodalicious)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2016, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-getting-around-to-cheap-trick/748234 "2016-03-26T19:29:01Z")
I’m 40 years late. So? I’ve always really liked the Cheap Trick songs I heard on the radio, up to and including The Flame. I know a lot of hard rock bands consider CT to be an influence, so I thought I’d give it a go. … --- ## [Batman v Superman....wtf?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/batman-v-superman-wtf/749765)
**Author:** [@kittenblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenblue)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2016, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/batman-v-superman-wtf/749765 "2016-03-26T17:26:57Z")
Help an old lady out. The last Batman movie I saw had Michael Keaton, and Superman was Christopher Reeve. I don’t keep up with Marvel and DC culture. In my universe, Batman and Superman are friends and allies, fighting t… --- ## [Song help, Telegraph avenue in the lyrics (NOT oakland by Lloyd)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-help-telegraph-avenue-in-the-lyrics-not-oakland-by-lloyd/750215)
**Author:** [@Critical1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Critical1)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2016, 8:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-help-telegraph-avenue-in-the-lyrics-not-oakland-by-lloyd/750215 "2016-03-26T08:09:27Z")
the title pretty much describes it, I know there is a song that mentions Telegraph avenue but the only hits on Google are some crappy pop song, (not that the one I am thinking of isnt, I really dont know) --- ## [I'm in the Moog for love, or, songs of the synthesizer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-in-the-moog-for-love-or-songs-of-the-synthesizer/102581)
**Author:** [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2016, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-in-the-moog-for-love-or-songs-of-the-synthesizer/102581 "2016-03-26T05:51:32Z")
(I have heard Moog pronounced as both “moo g” and as “Moh g” so please humor me) Gimme some of your favorite songs that feature a synthesizer or synthesizers. Here’s a few of mine: “96 Tears” - ? and the Mysterions “C… --- ## [Post your favorite season or series finales.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-favorite-season-or-series-finales/750134)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2016, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-favorite-season-or-series-finales/750134 "2016-03-26T05:12:35Z")
My first submission: DS9: season 2. --- ## [Dropped shows: do you binge or spread out your consumption?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dropped-shows-do-you-binge-or-spread-out-your-consumption/750178)
**Author:** [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2016, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dropped-shows-do-you-binge-or-spread-out-your-consumption/750178 "2016-03-26T03:18:33Z")
Again inspired by the DD thread - and I am happy to see that the “clump of episodes” thread approach is so far enjoying some interest - How do most who post here consume the dropped season product (talking about seasons … --- ## [Adam Lambert thinks Frank N. Furter (Rocky Horror) is a transgender character. Did you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adam-lambert-thinks-frank-n-furter-rocky-horror-is-a-transgender-character-did-you/750107)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2016, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adam-lambert-thinks-frank-n-furter-rocky-horror-is-a-transgender-character-did-you/750107 "2016-03-26T02:33:08Z")
He says this in this interview. I always thought Frank was a gay male drag queen type character; I honestly don’t remember any indication of Frank self-identifying as female, and being a “Sweet Transvestite” doesn’t say… --- ## [The Walking Dead; 6.14 "Twice as Far" (open spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-6-14-twice-as-far-open-spoilers/749716)
**Author:** [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Replies:** 140\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2016, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-6-14-twice-as-far-open-spoilers/749716 "2016-03-26T02:13:16Z")
\[QUOTE=AMC\] Two separate groups leave Alexandria for supplies, and they both worry over the future. \[/QUOTE\] This is the antepenultimate episode of the season; Steven Yeun, Tyler James Williams, and Josh McDermitt are… --- ## [Do you pay attention to the director and/or screenwriter of movies?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-pay-attention-to-the-director-and-or-screenwriter-of-movies/749917)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2016, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-pay-attention-to-the-director-and-or-screenwriter-of-movies/749917 "2016-03-26T01:54:26Z")
Earlier tonight I was talking with my baby sister, who is oddly stoked about the upcoming BATMAN/SUPERMAN flick; I think it’s her love for Ben Affleck, which I attribute to a head injury she sustained in 1998. Anyway, th… --- ## [Spike TV ‘Red Mars’ Series On Pause After Showrunner Exits](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spike-tv-red-mars-series-on-pause-after-showrunner-exits/750183)
**Author:** [@standingwave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/standingwave)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2016, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spike-tv-red-mars-series-on-pause-after-showrunner-exits/750183 "2016-03-26T00:29:09Z")
Spike TV has pushed the pause button on Red Mars, its 10-episode straight-to-series drama adaptation of Kim Stanley Robinson’s best-selling “hard” science-fiction trilogy. The move comes as executive producer/showrunner … --- ## [The Walking Dead; 6.13 "The Same Boad" (open spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-6-13-the-same-boad-open-spoilers/748918)
**Author:** [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Replies:** 116\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2016, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-6-13-the-same-boad-open-spoilers/748918 "2016-03-25T22:56:26Z")
\[QUOTE=AMC\] In the aftermath of a minor success, the members of the group are taken and held hostage. \[/QUOTE\] After tonight there’s only 3 more episodes left until the season finale (& we switch back over to Fear the… --- ## [Funnier: GARFUNKLE & OATS or TWO PRUDE GIRLS?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funnier-garfunkle-oats-or-two-prude-girls/750148)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2016, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funnier-garfunkle-oats-or-two-prude-girls/750148 "2016-03-25T20:38:33Z")
These are both comedy duos consisting of two women, one blonde & one brunette each. You may recognize the brunette of G&O from The Big Bang Theory or Scrubs; the brunette of TPG is Milana Vayntrub, lately notable as Lily… --- ## [I looked through the new Playboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-looked-through-the-new-playboy/747822)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2016, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-looked-through-the-new-playboy/747822 "2016-03-25T19:20:11Z")
Picked it up at the newsstand last night. Observations: 1.) Different proportions and feel. It’s not “slick” anymore, but that tactile “rough”. 2.) Same logo and “Playboy” in same typeface 3.) They still hide a rabbit… --- ## [Stick It To The Company Or I Want To Bite The Hand That Feeds Me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stick-it-to-the-company-or-i-want-to-bite-the-hand-that-feeds-me/749990)
**Author:** [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2016, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stick-it-to-the-company-or-i-want-to-bite-the-hand-that-feeds-me/749990 "2016-03-25T18:24:33Z")
Well, I’m listening to the Kinks’ album “Lola vs. Powerman…” and Denmark Street comes up. I once read that this album (there’s also Top Of The Pops) was the strongest full frontal attack on the music business ever releas… --- ## [Harshest review of all time? IO9 rips Gods of Egypt](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harshest-review-of-all-time-io9-rips-gods-of-egypt/747270)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2016, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harshest-review-of-all-time-io9-rips-gods-of-egypt/747270 "2016-03-25T17:30:53Z")
http://io9.gizmodo.com/murder-is-legal-and-torture-is-mandatory-because-gods-1761496886 I don’t want to give away too much because it’s so hilarious, but one brief quote from the beginning: --- ## [Update your Kindle ASAP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/update-your-kindle-asap/749691)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2016, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/update-your-kindle-asap/749691 "2016-03-25T15:19:52Z")
If you have an older Kindle, you have to update it before March 22, 2016 or it will no longer be able to access the Internet. Details are here. Note if you have the older Black & White Kindle like me you need to be conn… --- ## [Will 50 Shades of Gray make BDSM more mainstream?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-50-shades-of-gray-make-bdsm-more-mainstream/712483)
**Author:** [@Tuxie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuxie)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2016, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-50-shades-of-gray-make-bdsm-more-mainstream/712483 "2016-03-25T15:15:38Z")
I think it would be funny if after seeing it this Saturday, all these hausfraus start buying whips and ball gags n stuff. I wonder if it will get people to start experimenting in ways they previously were too inhibited t… --- ## [Cinematic rule of the big table death (spoilers abound)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cinematic-rule-of-the-big-table-death-spoilers-abound/750089)
**Author:** [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2016, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cinematic-rule-of-the-big-table-death-spoilers-abound/750089 "2016-03-25T14:48:49Z")
Any time I see a bunch of people sitting around a table in an action movie, I expect one of them is going to die violently. I’m sure there are exceptions, but some examples: In “The Untouchables”, we see an angry Al Cap… --- ## [What Books have had the greatest effect in the Real World?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-books-have-had-the-greatest-effect-in-the-real-world/750018)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2016, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-books-have-had-the-greatest-effect-in-the-real-world/750018 "2016-03-25T13:03:28Z")
In response to the thread on the effect of movies ( What fiction films have had the greatest effects on the ‘real’ world? - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board ) in the Real World, I wondered about the effect of b… --- ## [And, in other news... (Sarah Palin has a new show)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-in-other-news-sarah-palin-has-a-new-show/749904)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_Ace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Ace)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2016, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-in-other-news-sarah-palin-has-a-new-show/749904 "2016-03-25T12:38:59Z")
Guess what star of busted presidential bids and email exchanges is now getting her own reality show? (Well, her second reality show.) She’ll theoretically be a judge on the order of Judge Judy, only she’s never come wi… --- ## [Chocolate Crackles - why Rice Bubbles?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chocolate-crackles-why-rice-bubbles/415941)
**Author:** [@Bites\_When\_Provoked](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bites_When_Provoked)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2016, 8:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chocolate-crackles-why-rice-bubbles/415941 "2016-03-25T08:33:52Z")
Okay, it’s a trivial question, but I have Googled in vain and not found an answer to it. Why do all recipes for Chocolate Crackles start from a base of Rice Bubbles? Wouldn’t it be quicker to cut to the chase and use Co… --- ## [Who's more famous: Sherlock or Watson? (Their TV actors, that is.)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-more-famous-sherlock-or-watson-their-tv-actors-that-is/750012)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2016, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-more-famous-sherlock-or-watson-their-tv-actors-that-is/750012 "2016-03-25T05:34:52Z")
In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Steven Moffatt said, “I’m not having a pop at Elementary, but Benedict \[Cumberbatch\] is a lot more famous than anybody on their show.” That got me wondering. Do you agree? --- ## [Aviation fans: Would you watch a documentary series on General Aviation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aviation-fans-would-you-watch-a-documentary-series-on-general-aviation/749404)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2016, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aviation-fans-would-you-watch-a-documentary-series-on-general-aviation/749404 "2016-03-25T05:23:56Z")
I was watching a couple of hour-long documentary programs the other day; one about the McDonnell Douglas F-15, and the other about the Fairchild A-10. There are or have been several aviation documentary series that focu… --- ## [Why do they use such kid unfriendly songs in the ads for kid's movies?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-they-use-such-kid-unfriendly-songs-in-the-ads-for-kids-movies/750010)
**Author:** [@Sodalite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sodalite)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2016, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-they-use-such-kid-unfriendly-songs-in-the-ads-for-kids-movies/750010 "2016-03-25T05:23:07Z")
My sister has asked me to ask a question of this “collection of faceless internet aquaintances that \* won’t shut up about”. A few days ago she asked me about that upbeat instrumental song that was in the commercials for Z… --- ## [Identify this guitar tuning by ear (or somehow cheating)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-guitar-tuning-by-ear-or-somehow-cheating/749905)
**Author:** [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2016, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-guitar-tuning-by-ear-or-somehow-cheating/749905 "2016-03-24T23:35:11Z")
The song is Trouble by Lindsey Buckingham. There’s not much to dig into except the solo at 2:11 and 3:09. tl;dr - I always thought it sounded very fragile & haunting and couldn’t figure out why. I thought his guitar… --- ## [Let's have a contest to name our boat....](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-have-a-contest-to-name-our-boat/750052)
**Author:** [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2016, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-have-a-contest-to-name-our-boat/750052 "2016-03-24T22:51:20Z")
Dumb idea. https://nameourship.nerc.ac.uk/entries.html (putting in CS because of all the pop culture references.) --- ## [Did anyone see the Broadway play "Of Mice And Men" in 2014 with Chris O'Dowd?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anyone-see-the-broadway-play-of-mice-and-men-in-2014-with-chris-odowd/750037)
**Author:** [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2016, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anyone-see-the-broadway-play-of-mice-and-men-in-2014-with-chris-odowd/750037 "2016-03-24T21:51:55Z")
We just rewatched the Brit series The IT Crowd, and it inspired me to do a search to see if Chris O’Dowd has starred in anything else I’d like to watch. What’s this? He came to Broadway in 2014 to do the play Of Mice A… --- ## [Teen Easter Idea(s)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teen-easter-idea-s/750055)
**Author:** [@CheapBastid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheapBastid)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2016, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teen-easter-idea-s/750055 "2016-03-24T21:32:34Z")
So our neighborhood has grown up and all the kids have become teens. It feels a bit like the spirit has gone out of our yearly Easter Party with them losing interest in candy/chocolate. The past few years were supporte… --- ## [Torn Between 2 Lovers, Feelin like a Fool...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/torn-between-2-lovers-feelin-like-a-fool/749728)
**Author:** [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2016, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/torn-between-2-lovers-feelin-like-a-fool/749728 "2016-03-24T21:17:24Z")
Anyone remember the 1976 song “Torn Between 2 Lovers” by Mary MacGregor? Its a song about a married woman who falls in love with another man, tells her husband, and asks him to accept the situation. Its a deep, powerful… --- ## [Patrick Macnee, The Avengers 'John Steed', RIP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patrick-macnee-the-avengers-john-steed-rip/723466)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2016, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patrick-macnee-the-avengers-john-steed-rip/723466 "2016-03-24T20:32:14Z")
Patrick Macnee has died at the age of 93. I used to like watching The Avengers when I was little. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=896) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=898)