29 replies on “Right Angle: Backstage (08-16-2022)”
Call me crazy or what-have-you, but I think someone thinks they’re getting paid by the word…..rather boring weekend coming up. Think I’ll tally the seconds talking for each of the hosts on this episode of Backstage. Any bets?
Re bad audio. Just change the name of the show like the cable companies do.
Scott: There was a father in ET. I remember him buttering his ear of corn by buttering a slice of bread and then rubbing it on the corn (or am I crazy?)
I think you were at my house, not in the theatre, Jack.
Jack – That was the father in War Games. I remember that scene distinctly. Was taking an acting class in HS at the time and thought, that’s a great bit. I am sure the script only said they were eating dinner.
I saw it in the theatre when I was pregnant with my first child. I am totally in love with the movie. When ET takes Elliot into the air, and gets the boys with their bikes still catches me in my heart.
Seriously, the “Twitter is a private company” arguement…. ugh, are they a private company when it is public knowledge that the US government has contacted Twitter directly to have them remove profiles and tweets that disprove the narrative? They are not acting in the financial interest of an honest company, they are acting in the ideological interest of the powerful elite. The private company crap is BS, if a private company violates your civil rights on behalf of the government, are your rights not violated only because the government did not do it directly?
The law as formulated in the U.S. Constitution, obviously our most basic law, denies the Government the power to infringe on our basic rights as endowed by our Creator but …
It does not say that others, such as private companies, may infringe on our rights with impunity. The implication is that the Government is a protector of our rights, not merely a single entity among many with the power to infringe on them and infringement by any other is permissable. Those are our rights and the Government is meant to protect them for us, else why have a Government at all? As those rights are endowed by our Creator they are not to be infringed upon by any entity that finds itself with the ability to do so.
If people do not think this is so and that a ‘private business’ may do as it pleases because it is not the Government … Try opening a bar and putting up a large sign over the bar that says “We reserve the right to refuse service to anyone, expecially if anyone happens to be a Homosexual or Black” — Then look at your watch and see how long it will be before someone closes your business or at least makes you take the sign down and serve everyone no matter their race or sexual orientation or anything else.
Twitter may as well have a sign that says “We reserve the right to refuse service to anyone, especially if anyone happens to be a Conservative or says anything at all that we don’t like”.
Why can Twitter do that but you cannot do that in your own business?
Below I mentioned that I’m not like most other people and confess that may not be a totally positive thing. Scott reminds me of a good example why that’s so.
Unlike most people, I’ve never seen the movie “E.T. The Extraterrestrial”. I was overseas at the time that movie was released. I remember the time well, I was in London for a bit and “ET” was all the rage, everywhere. I recall thinking “I should see that movie” and then … Other concerns completely crowded out my resolve to see the movie.
By the time I’d returned to the U.S. I had completely forgotten about it. I’m sure it was available for rent but everyone I knew had already seen it years ago. There was no one to watch it with. So I never got around to seeing it and still have not. I should fix that and watch the movie. Maybe it will make me a little more normal.
Perhaps you guys could do an episode that breaks down the symptoms and causes of TDS (Trump Derangement Syndrome). Make it really hilarious though.
(Scott…your web host is doing it again. But it’s probably just because I already commented 4 times. It’s my extreme ADHD, I comment as I go, or I forget everything I wanted to say…lol.)
Brian – I have a similar illness. I call it CRS – can’t remember s4it.
Re: “same microphone that GB uses,” years ago, a Navy chaplain expressed some incredulity (the context of which I can’t remember). He finished with, “…and he wore the same uniform I did.” I said, “It must have been pretty crowded in there!” LOL
The concept that motive is unknowable is antibiblical. Yes, it’s possible to err. It’s also possible to discern another person’s motives, precisely. The Bible records several individuals as doing so. That’s good enough for me. (Yes, I’ve sometimes been unsure of my own motives, but my motives about MOST things are crystal clear.) “Motive” is also THE vital component of most legal proceedings, and God commands the discernment of motive in several of His OT laws.
David, perhaps I lack the confidence to discern the motives of a man who I know only through journalistic reports and brief video snippets.
I’m not sure how to respond, since I don’t see anything I said previously being challenged.
Amplifying, God doesn’t command (nor do Paul and others) regularly exercise any shoot-from-the-hip, jump-the-gun, leap-to-conclusions, decision making. However, the choices are not binary, but a continuum. Obeying God often requires the measured discernment of others’ motivations. Your statement “I don’t know anybody’s motivation about anything,” is an absolute that is absolutely antibiblical. Even in cases where I did things and wondered why I did them, I often come to realize that I knew EXACTLY what I was doing and why I did it, but was only willing to admit it to myself much later.
Heh… some of your members know how to read… sorry you were having sound issues, glad to know they’re over for now 🙂
If you have the time and a steady hand, you can always DIY a mic. And it can be just as good as the best mic, for a third of the price. You can purchase the same high-end mic parts, and build it yourself.
I’ve been a professional sound engineer for over 40 years. I’d love to help offer any suggestions or answer any questions you might have. One suggestion that always wins…always have a backup mic available…lol.
I tried to help explain the mic issue on Rumble.
I can relate to crappy IP services Scott. I pay over $90 per month for internet only, and it’s only at 50mbs.
Forget about the yellow oreos, Early Times is absolute crap. Don’t get me wrong, there are inexpensive whiskeys out there that are pretty good, Wild Turkey comes to mind. Jim Bean, heck Larceny is very good and can be had locally at $25 this week. Life is too short to drink crap whiskey.
****steps down of soap box*****
This time it was I who prepared to say something and you that precluded the necessity by saying it first and better. On this topic I knew I could count on you so I looked for your comment before posting one of my own on the same subject.
Thanks you very much! Do this heathens efforts, I will need to pull out the Lag 16 tonight; so as to cleanse my mental pallet.
Not normally my summer libation, but it is cooler this evening 😉 I will power through!
I have every confidence that though your beverage is not properly seasonal you will soldier on like a true gentleman. Without balk or complaint, stoically suffering in silence and in determination to endure the terrible hardship you’ve been saddled with.
In fact, I’m so appalled at your plight and impressed with your singular stolidity that in appreciation for your sacrifice I will join you in fraternal solidarity this evening with a glass of Glen Deveron 20 — Just so you won’t feel like you’re facing this crushing burden alone.
16 and 20 year old whiskey, oh the humanity! If only we could afford something newer like Early Times! That stuff is aged with genuine charcoal briquettes and can’t be more than a couple/few years old …
😉 back
Looking forward to all the topics. There are also modeling mics that you can select which kind of mic you want to use and the mic then responds exactly like the mic selected. Home Free had to use such mics during the lock down to continue to record content.
Wow, can’t believe neither Bill nor Scott have seen Charade. Audrey Hepburn, Cary Grant, Walter Matthau, James Coburn, George Kennedy, Post WWII. Secret identities, an innovative McGuffin. Fist fights and foot chases.
Really one of my faves and frequently mistaken as a Hitchcock film.
Scott – you would really enjoy sitting next to your wife and holding her hand through this movie.
I saw Charade at my Grandma’s house many years ago. Loved the movie, truly a classic. I think I have it in my collection somewhere.
I love those old movies. Not because I’m caught in some sort of nostalgic time warp either. Those were real movies that had to rely on good acting and a good story line instead of naked people and simulated (and sometimes not so simulated) sexual intercourse to get eyeballs.
One of, if not the most favorite of my Dad’s movies was “Father Goose” with Carey Grant, Leslie Caron and Trevor Howard. Dad could be heard humming the theme song from that movie for decades afterwards. I think he saw himself as kindred to the character Carey Grant played.
Funny thing about those old movies, they managed to get through a whole script without one single use of any of Carlin’s 7 words. I can’t imagine how they did that, today every other word is an ‘f-bomb’. (Sarcasm toggle reset to ‘OFF’.)
If Scott and Mrs. Scott haven’t seen that one, it would also make for a good hand-holding movie night.
Just something about those movies.
To Catch a Thief was another treat. Lots of sexual tension without the gratuitous parts. Good story, good acting.
I remember having to explain to Ronette why all the workers in the restaurant were upset with Robbie (Grant’s character) and what the French resistance was.
Then when she watched The Great Escape, she understood the scene near the end when Coburn’s character was in the cafe.
If we are looking to watch something entertaining without the Gratuitous parts, there are many options and can’t go too far wrong with Cary Grant as a starting point. Arsenic and Old Lace is still funny. Because it is about people, not effects.
E.T. is one of the few movies that can make me cry. If going to the movie theater didn’t give me a 2-day migraine, I might risk going to see it.
29 replies on “Right Angle: Backstage (08-16-2022)”
Call me crazy or what-have-you, but I think someone thinks they’re getting paid by the word…..rather boring weekend coming up. Think I’ll tally the seconds talking for each of the hosts on this episode of Backstage. Any bets?
Re bad audio. Just change the name of the show like the cable companies do.
Scott: There was a father in ET. I remember him buttering his ear of corn by buttering a slice of bread and then rubbing it on the corn (or am I crazy?)
I think you were at my house, not in the theatre, Jack.
Jack – That was the father in War Games. I remember that scene distinctly. Was taking an acting class in HS at the time and thought, that’s a great bit. I am sure the script only said they were eating dinner.
I saw it in the theatre when I was pregnant with my first child. I am totally in love with the movie. When ET takes Elliot into the air, and gets the boys with their bikes still catches me in my heart.
Seriously, the “Twitter is a private company” arguement…. ugh, are they a private company when it is public knowledge that the US government has contacted Twitter directly to have them remove profiles and tweets that disprove the narrative? They are not acting in the financial interest of an honest company, they are acting in the ideological interest of the powerful elite. The private company crap is BS, if a private company violates your civil rights on behalf of the government, are your rights not violated only because the government did not do it directly?
The law as formulated in the U.S. Constitution, obviously our most basic law, denies the Government the power to infringe on our basic rights as endowed by our Creator but …
It does not say that others, such as private companies, may infringe on our rights with impunity. The implication is that the Government is a protector of our rights, not merely a single entity among many with the power to infringe on them and infringement by any other is permissable. Those are our rights and the Government is meant to protect them for us, else why have a Government at all? As those rights are endowed by our Creator they are not to be infringed upon by any entity that finds itself with the ability to do so.
If people do not think this is so and that a ‘private business’ may do as it pleases because it is not the Government … Try opening a bar and putting up a large sign over the bar that says “We reserve the right to refuse service to anyone, expecially if anyone happens to be a Homosexual or Black” — Then look at your watch and see how long it will be before someone closes your business or at least makes you take the sign down and serve everyone no matter their race or sexual orientation or anything else.
Twitter may as well have a sign that says “We reserve the right to refuse service to anyone, especially if anyone happens to be a Conservative or says anything at all that we don’t like”.
Why can Twitter do that but you cannot do that in your own business?
Below I mentioned that I’m not like most other people and confess that may not be a totally positive thing. Scott reminds me of a good example why that’s so.
Unlike most people, I’ve never seen the movie “E.T. The Extraterrestrial”. I was overseas at the time that movie was released. I remember the time well, I was in London for a bit and “ET” was all the rage, everywhere. I recall thinking “I should see that movie” and then … Other concerns completely crowded out my resolve to see the movie.
By the time I’d returned to the U.S. I had completely forgotten about it. I’m sure it was available for rent but everyone I knew had already seen it years ago. There was no one to watch it with. So I never got around to seeing it and still have not. I should fix that and watch the movie. Maybe it will make me a little more normal.
Perhaps you guys could do an episode that breaks down the symptoms and causes of TDS (Trump Derangement Syndrome). Make it really hilarious though.
(Scott…your web host is doing it again. But it’s probably just because I already commented 4 times. It’s my extreme ADHD, I comment as I go, or I forget everything I wanted to say…lol.)
Brian – I have a similar illness. I call it CRS – can’t remember s4it.
Re: “same microphone that GB uses,” years ago, a Navy chaplain expressed some incredulity (the context of which I can’t remember). He finished with, “…and he wore the same uniform I did.” I said, “It must have been pretty crowded in there!” LOL
The concept that motive is unknowable is antibiblical. Yes, it’s possible to err. It’s also possible to discern another person’s motives, precisely. The Bible records several individuals as doing so. That’s good enough for me. (Yes, I’ve sometimes been unsure of my own motives, but my motives about MOST things are crystal clear.) “Motive” is also THE vital component of most legal proceedings, and God commands the discernment of motive in several of His OT laws.
David, perhaps I lack the confidence to discern the motives of a man who I know only through journalistic reports and brief video snippets.
I’m not sure how to respond, since I don’t see anything I said previously being challenged.
Amplifying, God doesn’t command (nor do Paul and others) regularly exercise any shoot-from-the-hip, jump-the-gun, leap-to-conclusions, decision making. However, the choices are not binary, but a continuum. Obeying God often requires the measured discernment of others’ motivations. Your statement “I don’t know anybody’s motivation about anything,” is an absolute that is absolutely antibiblical. Even in cases where I did things and wondered why I did them, I often come to realize that I knew EXACTLY what I was doing and why I did it, but was only willing to admit it to myself much later.
Heh… some of your members know how to read… sorry you were having sound issues, glad to know they’re over for now 🙂
If you have the time and a steady hand, you can always DIY a mic. And it can be just as good as the best mic, for a third of the price. You can purchase the same high-end mic parts, and build it yourself.
I’ve been a professional sound engineer for over 40 years. I’d love to help offer any suggestions or answer any questions you might have. One suggestion that always wins…always have a backup mic available…lol.
I tried to help explain the mic issue on Rumble.
I can relate to crappy IP services Scott. I pay over $90 per month for internet only, and it’s only at 50mbs.
Forget about the yellow oreos, Early Times is absolute crap. Don’t get me wrong, there are inexpensive whiskeys out there that are pretty good, Wild Turkey comes to mind. Jim Bean, heck Larceny is very good and can be had locally at $25 this week. Life is too short to drink crap whiskey.
****steps down of soap box*****
This time it was I who prepared to say something and you that precluded the necessity by saying it first and better. On this topic I knew I could count on you so I looked for your comment before posting one of my own on the same subject.
Thanks you very much! Do this heathens efforts, I will need to pull out the Lag 16 tonight; so as to cleanse my mental pallet.
Not normally my summer libation, but it is cooler this evening 😉 I will power through!
I have every confidence that though your beverage is not properly seasonal you will soldier on like a true gentleman. Without balk or complaint, stoically suffering in silence and in determination to endure the terrible hardship you’ve been saddled with.
In fact, I’m so appalled at your plight and impressed with your singular stolidity that in appreciation for your sacrifice I will join you in fraternal solidarity this evening with a glass of Glen Deveron 20 — Just so you won’t feel like you’re facing this crushing burden alone.
16 and 20 year old whiskey, oh the humanity! If only we could afford something newer like Early Times! That stuff is aged with genuine charcoal briquettes and can’t be more than a couple/few years old …
😉 back
Looking forward to all the topics. There are also modeling mics that you can select which kind of mic you want to use and the mic then responds exactly like the mic selected. Home Free had to use such mics during the lock down to continue to record content.
Wow, can’t believe neither Bill nor Scott have seen Charade. Audrey Hepburn, Cary Grant, Walter Matthau, James Coburn, George Kennedy, Post WWII. Secret identities, an innovative McGuffin. Fist fights and foot chases.
Really one of my faves and frequently mistaken as a Hitchcock film.
Scott – you would really enjoy sitting next to your wife and holding her hand through this movie.
I saw Charade at my Grandma’s house many years ago. Loved the movie, truly a classic. I think I have it in my collection somewhere.
I love those old movies. Not because I’m caught in some sort of nostalgic time warp either. Those were real movies that had to rely on good acting and a good story line instead of naked people and simulated (and sometimes not so simulated) sexual intercourse to get eyeballs.
One of, if not the most favorite of my Dad’s movies was “Father Goose” with Carey Grant, Leslie Caron and Trevor Howard. Dad could be heard humming the theme song from that movie for decades afterwards. I think he saw himself as kindred to the character Carey Grant played.
Funny thing about those old movies, they managed to get through a whole script without one single use of any of Carlin’s 7 words. I can’t imagine how they did that, today every other word is an ‘f-bomb’. (Sarcasm toggle reset to ‘OFF’.)
If Scott and Mrs. Scott haven’t seen that one, it would also make for a good hand-holding movie night.
Just something about those movies.
To Catch a Thief was another treat. Lots of sexual tension without the gratuitous parts. Good story, good acting.
I remember having to explain to Ronette why all the workers in the restaurant were upset with Robbie (Grant’s character) and what the French resistance was.
Then when she watched The Great Escape, she understood the scene near the end when Coburn’s character was in the cafe.
If we are looking to watch something entertaining without the Gratuitous parts, there are many options and can’t go too far wrong with Cary Grant as a starting point. Arsenic and Old Lace is still funny. Because it is about people, not effects.
E.T. is one of the few movies that can make me cry. If going to the movie theater didn’t give me a 2-day migraine, I might risk going to see it.
— G.K.