# Vinyl.
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vinyl/746464
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [February 18, 2016, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vinyl/746464 "2016-02-18T17:49:38Z")
**Posts on this page:** 9
**Page:** 3
### Author:  [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)
#### Post date: [April 7, 2016, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vinyl/746464/41 "2016-04-07T16:39:29Z")
I’ve caught parts of a few episodes, but the Elvis episode was the first one I’ve caught all of. It’s an interesting comic book of what the record industry is like, you can almost see the borders between the scenes and the narration in boxes overlaid over it. It seems like most of what it’s saying is generally metaphorically true, but I’m still not sure if I like it.
But, I did love the call out to the Pink Fairies. It put a smile on my face, and made me think that their heart’s gotta be in the right place. I’ll have to stream the earlier episodes, and catch more as they air.
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### Author:  [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)
#### Post date: [April 7, 2016, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vinyl/746464/42 "2016-04-07T17:05:44Z")
> [@Personal](#):
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> Lennon and Bowie were passable but not great. I can’t remember any others off the top of my head.
In the bar where Devon scammed John Lennon, Bob Marley and Peter Tosh were featured prominently as the band playing on stage.
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### Author:  [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)
#### Post date: [April 7, 2016, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vinyl/746464/43 "2016-04-07T19:59:41Z")
> [@Personal](#):
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> Alice was in week 3 or thereabouts. As with almost all of the celebrities they’ve portrayed, I wasn’t all that taken with the impression, but the scene that he was in was well done. As far as impressions, Andy Warhol and Elvis have been the best. I’m guessing Colonel Parker was good too, but I don’t remember enough about him to say. Lennon and Bowie were passable but not great. I can’t remember any others off the top of my head.
Ah, thanks. I’d heard he’s supposed to be on there again, so I suppose I’ll follow along and hopefully hear more.
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### Author:  [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)
#### Post date: [April 11, 2016, 10:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vinyl/746464/44 "2016-04-11T10:42:25Z")
Update: showrunner Terence Winter has been fired at the end of the first season, and they are looking at a change in direction.
No surprise.
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### Author:  [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)
#### Post date: [April 11, 2016, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vinyl/746464/45 "2016-04-11T13:44:00Z")
I’ve watched every episode, not a huge fan, I agree with the poster up thread that said Ritchie is too much of a train wreck to be believable.
I will watch the show as long as the woman with the curly blonde hair is on.
Wordman, I’m sure that like me, you’re keeping an eye on the guitars and amps to make sure they are the proper vintage 🙂
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### Author:  [@Personal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Personal)
#### Post date: [April 12, 2016, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vinyl/746464/46 "2016-04-12T21:45:14Z")
It’s a good show. I enjoy it. But it’s not great. It has a lot of potential. They’ve got the period down, I think. They just need to work on the story and the acting.
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### Author:  [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)
#### Post date: [April 13, 2016, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vinyl/746464/47 "2016-04-13T16:11:02Z")
That Windmills of Your Mind scene was a neat twist.
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### Author:  [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2016, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vinyl/746464/48 "2016-06-29T15:54:38Z")
HBO cancels Vinyl’s second season: [HBO’s $100 Million Debacle: Why The Network Gave Up On ‘Vinyl’ | Decider](http://decider.com/2016/06/22/hbo-100-million-debacle-why-the-network-gave-up-on-vinyl/)
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> “After careful consideration, we have decided not to proceed with a second season of Vinyl,” HBO said in a statement. “Obviously, this was not an easy decision. We have enormous respect for the creative team and cast for their hard work and passion on this project.” Deadline reported today that the decision was not attributable to Burns and Borenstein’s plans for Season 2, but rather, implied that incoming HBO programming chief Casey Bloys made the decision to get his tenure off to a clean start. That makes sense to us: If you were put in charge of HBO, would YOU want a $100 million albatross marring your rookie campaign?
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### Author:  [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2016, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vinyl/746464/49 "2016-06-29T16:06:51Z")
> [@GargoyleWB](#):
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> And one more for the Dice train…I thought he did a superb regular-guy performance in **Casual Sex** , an otherwise forgettable throwaway movie.
I first noticed him as an actor. He had a decent sized role in one of my favorite shows of all time, _Crime Story_. His standup didn’t hit big until after that was canceled. I think he was billed as Andrew Clay.
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