Recent content by Icky Mettle

He prefers the Dems who he feels don’t necessarily toe the party line; who he feels have “fresh” ideas. He was all in on Biden in 2020 because he thought Biden had the best chance of beating Trump (perfectly sound and respectable position), but he probably preferred Bernie or Tulsi as...

He rises like a phoenix from the ashes.

Nope. Hates Trump. Was all in on Biden in 2020 (including primaries) and Kamala in 2024. Just had a weird thing for Tulsi. We do joke about him being a Russian asset, however.

I have a friend who actually thought Tulsi Gabbard was a decent democratic presidential candidate in 2020 and thought democrats were being unfair to her.

The first concert I ever saw in a music club was Live in the summer of 1992 at the 13-13 club in Charlotte (where the Arlington a/k/a the Pink Building currently is). I went to high school with a guy who years later would take the place the band’s original lead singer (who, as I understand it...

Of course it’s not so much the decade that defines the sound as much as it is the era. For example there are generally a lot more similarities between music that came out in 1988 or 1989 and music that came in 1990 or 1991 than are between music that came out in 1991 and music that came out in...

They straddled the decades. They put out an EP and two albums in the late-1980s (1987, 1988, and 1989, respectively) and then two albums in the early-1990s (1990 and 1991, respectively). Of course, their music they are best known for was from the 1980s. ETA: Because I’m very familiar with their...

Interestingly, members of Radiohead were big Pixies fans and cite them as a significant influence.

It’s interesting how some people’s concerns regarding the homeless aren’t concerns for homeless people not having homes or adequate nourishment, but rather concerns for themselves being bothered by the sight of homeless people.

Haha. I was in court yesterday when the grand jury foreperson came in with the bills of indictment that the gran jury considered. The grand jury had 250 bills to consider and indicted on all 250 of them. I can almost guarantee that some of those are weak cases that will eventually get dismissed...

I’ve never been into Oasis. I had good friends who listened to a lot of Radiohead in college (The Bends, OK Computer), so I heard of of their music but I wasn’t super into it at the time. I became a really big fan after Kid A came out in 2000. I regret that I did not join my college friends in...

Pablo Honey (their debut album) was 1993, The Bends was 1995, and OK Computer was 1997, so they put out a lot of music in the 1990s. There are some people (I’m not one of them) who argue that their best work was from the 90s, and some of those people just like their 90s stuff and don’t care for...

I don’t believe that for a second. 100% of GOP folks who voted for Trump in 2024 would vote for him again even if he were implicated.

I think everyone needs to take a deep breath. This team isn’t going to be good. It wasn’t going to be good regardless of who was coaching. Anyone who believed otherwise had unrealistic expectations. Last night’s game was the very first game of the season and Belichick’s very first game as UNC’s...

We ended up forcing him out, hiring Roy Williams, and winning three national championships over the next 14 seasons!