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art, music, etc. / Re: The 100 Greatest Guitarists
« Last post by |iR|Focalor on August 16, 2024, 12:05:48 PM »...Stevie Ray Vaughan...
Interesting bit of trivia I just learned about.
From the wiki page for 80's soft rock musician Christopher Cross:
Cross was the original owner of fellow Austin guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan’s legendary “Number One” 1962/1963 hybrid Fender Stratocaster. Vaughan purchased the guitar at Ray Hennig’s Heart of Texas Music in Austin in 1974, only one day after Cross had traded the guitar for a Gibson Les Paul.
Although... I'm kinda wondering if that was a straight trade. A Gibson Les Paul is typically worth a good bit more than a Stratocaster.
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/dev/random / Re: Whatcha listening to?
« Last post by |iR|Focalor on August 15, 2024, 11:06:43 PM »74
Community Events / Re: TS500 2024 Edition - Quakecon Special
« Last post by claire on August 14, 2024, 07:52:39 AM »Stats from the event: http://tastyspleen.net/~claire/ts500/2024/ts500-20240810-city64-stats.txt
(sorry about the delay)
(sorry about the delay)
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/dev/random / Re: Whatcha watchin'/streamin'...
« Last post by |iR|Focalor on August 12, 2024, 05:36:53 AM »Like I said in that last post, I downloaded a whole slew of westerns - Been doing a western marathon lately.
I watched both of the Trinity movies with Terrence Hill, "They Call Me Trinity" and "Trinity is Still My Name". I actually liked both of those better than My Name is Nobody. Nobody was just kinda odd with Henry Fonda in it. The Trinity movies had a lot more of a comedy feel to them. The big brawl with the mormons at the end kinda felt like they didn't know how to end the movie... which is kinda the same situation Mel Brooks was in at the end of Blazing Saddles too. Similar endings.
Watched all 5 of the Sartana movies. They weren't very good.
Watched all 3 of the Sabata movies. Lee Van Cleef is always good in a western, but the stories were a little thin in parts. Sabata was styled as more of a rambling card shark and so he used a little pocket pistol... but so did Sartana... and so did several other characters from other spaghetti westerns. Yes, "It's just a movie", but it's still weird that they are "gunfighter" movies and they always use tiny little 22 caliber pocket pistols to shoot everyone from farther away with pinpoint accuracy.
One I hadn't seen before:
Duck, You Sucker (1971) with Rod Steiger and James Coburn. Rod Steiger plays a mexican bandit (Rod Steiger as a mexican, lol - he talks like Tony Montana), and James Coburn plays an Irish IRA dynamite-freak (also with an awkward Irish accent). Despite that... it was actually a pretty good movie. Would recommend.
True Grit (1969) with John Wayne and Glen Campbell. Really good classic western, one of my favorites, seen it many times. But...
Rooster Cogburn (1972) with John Wayne and Katherine Hepburn. Sort of a sequel to True Grit. Was the first time I've seen it. I like the Rooster Cogburn character and how Wayne played it, but the story was way too similar to True Grit. And I DON'T LIKE KATHERINE HEPBURN. I don't know if she was ever good in anything from back in the 40's when she was at her peak of fame, but she was a terrible choice for this movie. I get that they wanted some cantankerous older woman to mirror Cogburn, but I think they could've found someone much better.
When I searched "spaghetti westerns", Google seemed to highly recommend a Klaus Kinski one called "The Great Silence" (1968). A very "interesting" one, but I'm still not sure if I'd call it "good". The good guy, a mute (thus the title) played by Jean Louis Trintignant - some french guy I think, not familiar with him. Kinski plays the bad guy, a bounty killer. Spoiler alert but... the bad guy lures the good guy into a showdown by holding about 30 people hostage in a bar. The good guy shows up, the bad guy kills him deader than hell, then the bad guy and his gang murder everyone in the bar. And then the movie ends. And you're like, "....what the hell did I just watch?" Because in every other western, the mysterious hero wins the day... but in this one, the bad guy wins. Sometimes these Italian movies are pretty bad, but I'd put this one on par with Sergio Leone. It's well done, it's just that the story ends the wrong way. Some people might find that refreshing and unique.
My Name is Nobody - Great movie.
I watched both of the Trinity movies with Terrence Hill, "They Call Me Trinity" and "Trinity is Still My Name". I actually liked both of those better than My Name is Nobody. Nobody was just kinda odd with Henry Fonda in it. The Trinity movies had a lot more of a comedy feel to them. The big brawl with the mormons at the end kinda felt like they didn't know how to end the movie... which is kinda the same situation Mel Brooks was in at the end of Blazing Saddles too. Similar endings.
Watched all 5 of the Sartana movies. They weren't very good.
Watched all 3 of the Sabata movies. Lee Van Cleef is always good in a western, but the stories were a little thin in parts. Sabata was styled as more of a rambling card shark and so he used a little pocket pistol... but so did Sartana... and so did several other characters from other spaghetti westerns. Yes, "It's just a movie", but it's still weird that they are "gunfighter" movies and they always use tiny little 22 caliber pocket pistols to shoot everyone from farther away with pinpoint accuracy.
One I hadn't seen before:
Duck, You Sucker (1971) with Rod Steiger and James Coburn. Rod Steiger plays a mexican bandit (Rod Steiger as a mexican, lol - he talks like Tony Montana), and James Coburn plays an Irish IRA dynamite-freak (also with an awkward Irish accent). Despite that... it was actually a pretty good movie. Would recommend.
True Grit (1969) with John Wayne and Glen Campbell. Really good classic western, one of my favorites, seen it many times. But...
Rooster Cogburn (1972) with John Wayne and Katherine Hepburn. Sort of a sequel to True Grit. Was the first time I've seen it. I like the Rooster Cogburn character and how Wayne played it, but the story was way too similar to True Grit. And I DON'T LIKE KATHERINE HEPBURN. I don't know if she was ever good in anything from back in the 40's when she was at her peak of fame, but she was a terrible choice for this movie. I get that they wanted some cantankerous older woman to mirror Cogburn, but I think they could've found someone much better.
When I searched "spaghetti westerns", Google seemed to highly recommend a Klaus Kinski one called "The Great Silence" (1968). A very "interesting" one, but I'm still not sure if I'd call it "good". The good guy, a mute (thus the title) played by Jean Louis Trintignant - some french guy I think, not familiar with him. Kinski plays the bad guy, a bounty killer. Spoiler alert but... the bad guy lures the good guy into a showdown by holding about 30 people hostage in a bar. The good guy shows up, the bad guy kills him deader than hell, then the bad guy and his gang murder everyone in the bar. And then the movie ends. And you're like, "....what the hell did I just watch?" Because in every other western, the mysterious hero wins the day... but in this one, the bad guy wins. Sometimes these Italian movies are pretty bad, but I'd put this one on par with Sergio Leone. It's well done, it's just that the story ends the wrong way. Some people might find that refreshing and unique.
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Quake / Re: quadz's Birthday Hootenanny 2024
« Last post by bluemeanies on August 12, 2024, 12:03:46 AM »Wow! Very sorry to hear that quadz is gone...
Haven't checked the forum in a few years and just happened to see this post.
After logging in for the first time since I don't even know when, I saw that Focalor had messaged me at that time regarding quadz to see if by chance I still received email notifications from this board...definitely didn't notice that email back then unfortunately.
Thank you Focalor for trying to notify me, I'm bummed I missed it at the time.
I will most likely be there so I'm looking forward to some action with you all in honor of quadz!
Haven't checked the forum in a few years and just happened to see this post.
After logging in for the first time since I don't even know when, I saw that Focalor had messaged me at that time regarding quadz to see if by chance I still received email notifications from this board...definitely didn't notice that email back then unfortunately.
Thank you Focalor for trying to notify me, I'm bummed I missed it at the time.
I will most likely be there so I'm looking forward to some action with you all in honor of quadz!
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Community Events / Re: TS500 2024 Edition - Quakecon Special
« Last post by Costigan_Q2 on August 10, 2024, 02:59:59 PM »
It's that time again!
Coinciding with Quakecon 2024, the TS500 is returning August 10th for a classic Q2 FFA celebration!
Map is TBD, but wanted to get the word out early. Tell everyone that's been living under a rock!
time
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/121046871174021120/1263999911800864809/2024ts500.png
"This content is no longer available."
Typical Jehar... lol.
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/dev/random / Re: Whatcha watchin'/streamin'...
« Last post by QwazyWabbit on August 10, 2024, 11:51:52 AM »My Name is Nobody - Great movie. I saw it in '73 when I was 18 years old. Took the GF who just didn't get Westerns. I think this movie was one where they all got together and said "Let's have fun with it.", because it sure was a fun one and now that I am older and ready to retire I understand Beauregard much better. I really liked Morricone's score, especially the Ride of the Valkyrie segment in the desert. I wonder if this was the original telling of the little bird in the cow pie fable or whether Sergio Leone merely wrote it into the script from somewhere else. So much different a story than Once Upon a Time in the West that preceded it. I think spaghetti westerns had run their course by the time this movie was made.
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Quake / QuakeCon 2024 - It's time!!!
« Last post by Lejionator on August 08, 2024, 07:34:42 PM »And once again, it's time for QuakeCon. Who's excited to watch this shit?? 
Some links:
Bethesda YT channel: https://www.youtube.com/@bethesda/
BYOC tournament schedule: https://churchofquake.com/quakecon-2024-byoc-tournament-schedule/
X account: https://x.com/QuakeCon/status/1560366481099087874/photo/1
Bethesda website article: https://bethesda.net/pt/article/3KcTIqhjpYOUvJJLDxKiE1/quakecon-2024-returns-august-8-11
Later!
Some links:
Bethesda YT channel: https://www.youtube.com/@bethesda/
BYOC tournament schedule: https://churchofquake.com/quakecon-2024-byoc-tournament-schedule/
X account: https://x.com/QuakeCon/status/1560366481099087874/photo/1
Bethesda website article: https://bethesda.net/pt/article/3KcTIqhjpYOUvJJLDxKiE1/quakecon-2024-returns-august-8-11
Later!
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Community Events / Re: TS500 2024 Edition - Quakecon Special
« Last post by KnuckleSangwich on August 03, 2024, 07:56:04 AM »Hell yeah, I’m ready!
Welcome, Guest. Please 
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