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Notwithstanding the title of the video, I’m not too sure Colin is playing, or is he?

(Very big fan of the song btw)

I have a dear friend I have known for decades and whenever our group travels, it’s impossible not to notice (well she is pretty vocal and proud about it) her habit of taking everything she can, extra wipes, salt and pepper shakers, mini tabasco, toiletry bags and even silverware on flights and toothbrushes, cotton balls and qtips and anything else from hotel rooms.

She even explicitly tells us how much extra room she left in her bags in anticipation of the bounty she expects from the upcoming trip and later shows off her treasures. She says she uses it all. I am not so sure and always imagine a storage unit somewhere filled with hotel and airline logo stuff collecting dust.

Is this considered stand up, perfectly fine behavior or would you say there is some moral, legal, psychological or other line being crossed? Does it make a difference if she is later using the stuff versus just hoarding? Should anyone even care?

I’ve always just used whatever I need at the time and have never thought to even look at, much less consider taking, the rest.

I have a dear friend I have known for decades and whenever our group travels, it’s impossible not to notice (well she is pretty vocal and proud about it) her habit of taking everything she can, extra wipes, salt and pepper shakers, mini tabasco, toiletry bags and even silverware on flights and toothbrushes, cotton balls and qtips and anything else from hotel rooms.

She even explicitly tells us how much extra room she left in her bags in anticipation of the bounty she expects from the upcoming trip and later shows off her treasures. She says she uses it all. I am not so sure and always imagine a storage unit somewhere filled with hotel and airline logo stuff collecting dust.

Is this considered stand up, perfectly fine behavior or would you say there is some moral, legal, psychological or other line being crossed? Does it make a difference if she is later using the stuff versus just hoarding? Should anyone even care?

I’ve always just used whatever I need at the time and have never thought to even look at, much less consider taking, the rest.

Lunch with acquaintances, season 8, episode 7.

I had a friend from another country recently say “that’s very American of you” to me in a situation and it made me think about this question.

I’ve always loved this full band version the most even if it is interrupted by interviews (the clip is from the documentary Meeting People is Easy / OK Computer tour). Apparently this is being performed during a sound check if I recall correctly?

Thom’s voice is so on, too. And band has a rawness to it. Very (good) 90s rock sounding song.

I wish an audio of the entire thing was made available. Anyone know of
Its existence?

Update: edited to include more clip background detail and fix a minor typo.

1. Child Me

As a 9 year old, my older cousin babysitting my younger brother and me had us watch The Exorcist and I couldn’t sleep for months. And I think for a year or so I walked around fearing a demon possessing me or my family members at any moment without warning. Alien had similar effects; but I can’t remember exactly how old I was - but remember it was the feature on HBO at the time.

And in the non horror category, Kramer v Kramer made me lose sleep and walk around for months I remember with constant fear of my parents ever splitting and I think since that experience, not take them as unit for granted perhaps.

2. Adult me

In my early 20s, walking out of Pulp Fiction (Also Mulholland Drive, later No Country For Old Men and even the Matrix) had similar long lasting brain worm effects for days.

Obvious answers like my first one are of course horror films for scaring the $hit out of you for days and literally keeping you up at night especially if you were young, **but I’d especially love to know about films that you just couldn’t get out of your mind for what seemed like a loooong time, perhaps, but not necessarily, because they were challenging and changing you, changing how you view and approach things in the world or within yourself.**

This could be in the dictionary under the definition of “flow state” imo…

some of the most astounding and *genuinely and sincerely* (that is,
no apparent performative acting and cheese factor which imo many well known conductors have/had) expressive physicality on many levels from a conductor that I have ever seen. Not to mention the sublime output coming from the orchestra under his obsessively perfectionist direction (putting aside here that a lot of that extraordinary output is the result of Kleiber’s meticulous rehearsal demands and direction long before the performance).

Does anyone have video to share of top tier conductors/orchestras/composers that they feel similarly about? Of stand out moments that always make your jaw drop with awe, dazzle and goosebumps by the conductor’s technique / movement / expression and the resulting orchestra’s output?

Beside the obvious ones like Airplane, Caddyshack, Big Lebowski, what other cult classics would you want your millennial children to know well?

Edit: I will try to respond to as many responses as I can but will say that I nodded my head in agreement reading just about single one I’ve seen so far. So many “musts”
I agree with. Super helpful. THANK YOU! I will say to the folks who suggested the Party, Young Frankenstein and Kung Pao Enter the Fist that they are favorites of ours we have watched many many times and know by heart - great suggestions! Some other favorites we watched through their childhood on repeat were My Cousin Vinny (perfection in every regard imo), Midnight Run (should be far more known and recognized, amazing movie that has it all).

Edit 2: reading through these also reminded me to add to my/the kids’ list the Christopher Guest movies, mob movies (Scarface, goodfellas, godfather, casino etc), some Woody Allen classics, pretty much all cohen brothers and Paul Thomas Anderson movies…

Makes me wonder now if I could have posed a better question: now that my kids aren’t kids and can handle more sophistication, what movies should they just know especially from the 20th century / early 21st?

John Bonham - Over The Top! LIVE Seattle
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The best vibey playlist I’ve come across spanning genres with SERIOUSLY no bad tracks. 🙌👏