# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=914 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 915 --- ## [Are There Many Famous Musicians Who Can't Read Music?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-many-famous-musicians-who-cant-read-music/547932)
**Author:** [@Gus\_Handsome](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gus_Handsome)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2016, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-many-famous-musicians-who-cant-read-music/547932 "2016-02-15T12:25:52Z")
I saw Sir Elton John in concert a few weeks ago and it got me wondering: His band is so frikkin good, I’m thinking anyone who would play with such a big name must be trained, able to read music, and have a strong knowle… --- ## [Recommend a Classic Romance Movie -- Need Answer Sort of Fast](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-classic-romance-movie-need-answer-sort-of-fast/745445)
**Author:** [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2016, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-classic-romance-movie-need-answer-sort-of-fast/745445 "2016-02-15T07:34:24Z")
I am thinking of buying my wife several classic ( pre- 1960) Romance movies for Valentine’s Day. Like the typical incompetent guy, it is the last minute and I probably have to place the order in the next couple of days i… --- ## [Smartest STAR TREK humans.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smartest-star-trek-humans/745870)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2016, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smartest-star-trek-humans/745870 "2016-02-15T07:33:37Z")
In which we argue over which STAR TREK character had the best functioning brain. Really, it’s not hard. Only humans are eligible, and even then only those not modified by alien influence. So Q, Spock, Data, Seven of Nin… --- ## [What big celebrities live in surprisingly "out of the way" places?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-big-celebrities-live-in-surprisingly-out-of-the-way-places/745134)
**Author:** [@Salad\_Smell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Salad_Smell)\ **Replies:** 108\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2016, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-big-celebrities-live-in-surprisingly-out-of-the-way-places/745134 "2016-02-15T06:10:04Z")
And I don’t just mean “has a house in…” but actually spends most of their domestic time there? Morgan Freeman somewhat famously lives in Mississippi, way away from Hollywood, though he’s in five or six films a year. I’v… --- ## [Food based on classic books or movies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-based-on-classic-books-or-movies/745790)
**Author:** [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2016, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-based-on-classic-books-or-movies/745790 "2016-02-15T03:00:56Z")
My friend got a book of cocktails based on works of literature. I believe it’s Tequila Mockingbird. Now she is going to have a party featuring said drinks, and “food based on classic movies.” She invited us guests to br… --- ## [Star Trek: how do transporters work](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-how-do-transporters-work/745797)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2016, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-how-do-transporters-work/745797 "2016-02-15T01:07:58Z")
I was looking at a thread the other day and it mentioned that in transporting you are reduced to atoms and they are beamed somewhere and reassembled. Thinking about this for a day or two it didn’t make much sense. Atoms … --- ## [Anyone see the Beatles live?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-see-the-beatles-live/745276)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2016, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-see-the-beatles-live/745276 "2016-02-14T22:01:34Z")
Their last concert for an audience was in 1966 in San Fran not counting the rooftop event in London - which had no paying crowd. I met a guy who told me that he flew in to Shea Stadium with them in the chopper for the… --- ## [Romance novel readers/writers do romance novels play a role in shaping women's attitudes toward sex?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romance-novel-readers-writers-do-romance-novels-play-a-role-in-shaping-womens-attitudes-toward-sex/746149)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2016, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romance-novel-readers-writers-do-romance-novels-play-a-role-in-shaping-womens-attitudes-toward-sex/746149 "2016-02-14T21:25:48Z")
Re this Salon article linked below it discusses how changes in sexual attitudes and mores over the past 40-50 years or so are now reflected in contemporary romance novels and (as an example) now “no means no” in romance… --- ## ["Lay down a story": song?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lay-down-a-story-song/746140)
**Author:** [@funky\_little\_lee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/funky_little_lee)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2016, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lay-down-a-story-song/746140 "2016-02-14T19:12:24Z")
Last night we were at the Bonefish Grill for dinner. I do not have an iPhone, so I couldn’t ask Siri to name that tune. It was an upbeat tune you could dance to, kind of like Foster the People’s Coming of Age. The words… --- ## [The Big Bang Theory, Season 9, Episode 15 (February 11, 2016) -- "The Valentino Submergence"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-9-episode-15-february-11-2016-the-valentino-submergence/745857)
**Author:** [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2016, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-9-episode-15-february-11-2016-the-valentino-submergence/745857 "2016-02-14T16:41:02Z")
I am starting this thread in anticipation of tonight’s episode. --- ## [Who plays lead guitar on 'Gimme Shelter'?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-plays-lead-guitar-on-gimme-shelter/745982)
**Author:** [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2016, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-plays-lead-guitar-on-gimme-shelter/745982 "2016-02-14T15:30:23Z")
I know that the recordings on Let It Bleed came from a hodgepodge of sessions, some still with Brian Jones, some already with Mick Taylor and some without both of them, with some Ry Cooder in the mix (that’s him on slide… --- ## [Ironically-named works](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ironically-named-works/745590)
**Author:** [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2016, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ironically-named-works/745590 "2016-02-14T14:24:03Z")
Benny Goodman’s “Sing Sing Sing!” is an instrumental. What else? --- ## [What's the difference between brown gravy and beef gravy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-difference-between-brown-gravy-and-beef-gravy/746035)
**Author:** [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2016, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-difference-between-brown-gravy-and-beef-gravy/746035 "2016-02-14T14:08:06Z")
Brown gravy tastes saltier to me. Is there a difference? --- ## [Muppets and recasting.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/muppets-and-recasting/746009)
**Author:** [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2016, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/muppets-and-recasting/746009 "2016-02-14T05:37:12Z")
Okay, so I’m behind the times. Today I discovered that 2 years ago, some guy created “Muppet Christ, Superstar” using music from karaoke CDs and his own voice, he redid 10 songs from the opera as if performed by them wit… --- ## [The Shannara Chronicles](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-shannara-chronicles/746091)
**Author:** [@boytyperanma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boytyperanma)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2016, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-shannara-chronicles/746091 "2016-02-14T04:45:02Z")
Anyone else watching this? If you aren’t there is no reason to start it’s incredibly terrible. What I’m most impressed by is amongst it’s many flaws the worst is the writing. Terrible characters, terrible plot lines, p… --- ## [Is SF generally better the harder it is?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-sf-generally-better-the-harder-it-is/745697)
**Author:** [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2016, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-sf-generally-better-the-harder-it-is/745697 "2016-02-14T04:24:43Z")
The title says it all, really, but some background - this was prompted by a post in another thread where one poster was using “hardness” almost as a recommendation in-and-of itself, that a certain series was worth checki… --- ## [Viable novelty market for failed TV pilots with net streaming allowing low cost transmission?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/viable-novelty-market-for-failed-tv-pilots-with-net-streaming-allowing-low-cost-transmission/745457)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2016, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/viable-novelty-market-for-failed-tv-pilots-with-net-streaming-allowing-low-cost-transmission/745457 "2016-02-14T03:11:46Z")
Just a thought. You always hear how there are gazillions of failed or non-green lighted TV pilots for every show that’s approved. I know a lot of failed shows aren’t that great but in a “so bad it’s good” novelty way t… --- ## [OkGo in Zero-G](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okgo-in-zero-g/745922)
**Author:** [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2016, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okgo-in-zero-g/745922 "2016-02-14T02:02:57Z")
There’s a thread in GQ arguing if it’s real or not. This thread is about enjoying the band’s latest over-the-top video. Upside Down And Inside Out. Behind the scenes Sponsored by S7, a Russian airline, the video was … --- ## [Brigadoon is just creepy as hell](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brigadoon-is-just-creepy-as-hell/746016)
**Author:** [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2016, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brigadoon-is-just-creepy-as-hell/746016 "2016-02-13T21:22:26Z")
I hadn’t seen it in years, but I rewatched it last night and…ew. In ~1750, some crazy-assed Scots minister asks “God” to separate Brigadoon from the rest of the world to protect it from evil (like…steam engines and em… --- ## [calling somerset poms re cider song](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-somerset-poms-re-cider-song/155985)
**Author:** [@flano1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flano1)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2016, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-somerset-poms-re-cider-song/155985 "2016-02-13T21:19:48Z")
hoping somebody can help me out there. i’ve a friend who hails from somerset and she is terribly nostalgic for the tune that goes something like ( big guess ): “… she comes down from somerset where the cider trees gro… --- ## [Best movie of the year? 2015 edition.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-movie-of-the-year-2015-edition/739476)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2016, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-movie-of-the-year-2015-edition/739476 "2016-02-13T21:12:51Z")
We have some time before the end of the year and some major releases are yet to come. Star Wars hasn’t even come out yet, but I don’t mind dropping this thread in again to discuss the best movies released this year. As … --- ## [Straight Jazz on two Flattop Guitars: wonderful morning music](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-jazz-on-two-flattop-guitars-wonderful-morning-music/746015)
**Author:** [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2016, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-jazz-on-two-flattop-guitars-wonderful-morning-music/746015 "2016-02-13T15:11:32Z")
Bags’ Groove, a version by Mark Goldenberg and Eric Skye on guitar: Eric Skye and Mark Goldenberg - "Bags' Groove" - YouTube An easy, slinky Pink Panther-esque jazz song - it is the name of a Miles Davis album, and is … --- ## [Is Deadpool a particularly popular character?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-deadpool-a-particularly-popular-character/737914)
**Author:** [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2016, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-deadpool-a-particularly-popular-character/737914 "2016-02-13T14:46:42Z")
In Marvel comics, Deadpool is a pretty ubiquitous character. He just joined the Avengers, he has some connection with the X-Men, he’s had a bunch of miniseries, a few stabs at an ongoing, and pairings with Cable, Wolveri… --- ## [Book by Ridley Pearson "Foreign Exchange"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/book-by-ridley-pearson-foreign-exchange/746004)
**Author:** [@GaryM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GaryM)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2016, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/book-by-ridley-pearson-foreign-exchange/746004 "2016-02-13T14:46:05Z")
In the back of one of his books I just finished, “In Harm’s Way” there’s an excerpt from a new book, at the time 2010, titled “Foreign Exchange”. It’s supposed to be the first book in the series introducing the characte… --- ## [The Big Bang Theory, Season 9, Episode 14 -- "The Meemaw Materialization"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-9-episode-14-the-meemaw-materialization/745174)
**Author:** [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Replies:** 146\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2016, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-9-episode-14-the-meemaw-materialization/745174 "2016-02-13T13:25:13Z")
I am starting this thread in anticipation of tonight’s episode. --- ## [The Walking Dead new eps sunday](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-new-eps-sunday/746010)
**Author:** [@Klaatu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Klaatu)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2016, 9:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-new-eps-sunday/746010 "2016-02-13T09:36:38Z")
First, please no spoilers from the comics or media thank you. I watched the 4 minute teaser for the next ep and dam it was good. Negan stops abe sasha and daryrl on the road. Meanwhile rick and the gang were tryin to sn… --- ## [Plot hole in A Few Good Men](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plot-hole-in-a-few-good-men/710120)
**Author:** [@bfwolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bfwolf)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2016, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plot-hole-in-a-few-good-men/710120 "2016-02-13T08:12:46Z")
A Few Good Men is one of my favorite movies, and any time it is on TNT, I’m down for watching it. But there’s a plot hole I’ve noticed over time, and I created an account here just to get your guys’ feedback and see if … --- ## [US-hostile nation authors writing Clancy-type thrillers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-hostile-nation-authors-writing-clancy-type-thrillers/746000)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2016, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-hostile-nation-authors-writing-clancy-type-thrillers/746000 "2016-02-13T04:56:57Z")
One type of book I would be really curious to read would be a Tom Clancy-type military techno-thriller written by an author whose nationality is ‘hostile’ to the United States - i.e., a Russian, Chinese, Iranian, Libyan … --- ## [Are you having any Netflix account problems recently?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-having-any-netflix-account-problems-recently/745989)
**Author:** [@janeslogin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janeslogin)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2016, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-having-any-netflix-account-problems-recently/745989 "2016-02-13T03:44:24Z")
Just curious. Are you having any Netflix account problems recently? I got two disks not in my queue recently. One was a Disney. Then today I read somewhere that someone was selling passwords to Netflix accounts and us… --- ## [Pebble Beach Golf, today only. Channel Finder.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pebble-beach-golf-today-only-channel-finder/745965)
**Author:** [@Little\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Pig)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2016, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pebble-beach-golf-today-only-channel-finder/745965 "2016-02-13T02:20:08Z")
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