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I recently watched a PBS Spacetime episode that talked about the idea that evidence of a technological civilization like our own could essentially be erased (aside from chemical/atmospheric signatures in sedimentary rock layers) in a relatively short time, geologically speaking. Where on our planet could we place some evidence of our existence and intelligence that would remain unharmed for potentially hundreds of millions of years? I'm thinking an area far from subduction zones, and an area that would retain an arid climate maybe? It seems unlikely that we can accurately predict tectonic motion and climatic changes that far into the future... but if you had to make a guess for what part of a continental crust would make for long term stability, where would it be?

There are lots of all-timer Phish jams that still have a few minutes of searching at some point, whether its the start of the jam before they lock in, or between two different segments of the jam, etc... For example, two of my all time favorite jams are Went Gin, and 7/10/99 Chalkdust. IMO Went Gin is pretty standard until about the 8 minute mark, nothing really better or worse than another Gin jam from the era... and its only then that they've found what they were searching for. For Camden Chalkdust, its a standard and perhaps even sub-par Chalkdust jam for the era up until the 8:50 mark, where a single note leads to a slight change in feel and focus which sends it stratospheric.

On the flip side, an example of an All Killer No Filler jam is 12/2/95 Tweezer. Literally from the first note it feels special, the mid song improv moments feel special, and from the very first notes of the jam, the band is absolutely locked in, and never once falters.

Obviously its all subjective, but what do YOU think are no-filler jams?

Gonna be up there this weekend and tying some flies tonight, any hatches I should be thinking about?

I'm very interested to hear what misconceptions or mistakes are common in fly tying, because I'm sure there are many that I haven't realized.

The biggest one I see frequently is adding wing cases to nymphs on the side of the fly that faces up... fish almost never see your nymph from above, trout, generally speaking, are going to see your nymph from below and move up in the water column to take it. Trout DO see wing cases on naturals, nymphs tumble when they're drifting and they could be facing in any direction when a trout sees them. So its not pointless to tie in wing cases to get a closer match to the nymph you're trying to match... but if you want the trout to see that wing case, you need to tie it on the side of the fly that will be facing the bottom of the river. Its essentially pointless to tie a wing case on the hook point side of a jig nymph, there is very little chance that a trout is going to see it. And really, chances are the wing case doesn't make a difference to begin with, but if you're going to take the time to tie it in, you should at least put it where the fish will see it.

I feel like part of what inherently makes the show great is that it isn't formulaic, its willing to experiment with different formats and types of stories. They lost some actors from the original cast, they had to change to work with who was available, and theu did the best theu could with what they had, and IMO it was still great... even if it wasn't the same as the first 3 seasons. I like season 6 more than season 3, its hilarious, its got several episodes that go into the top 10 of the shows run... Yeah, it doesn't have Troy, Pierce, or Shirley... but it still has the great writing and acting that made the show special in the first place.

I'm always surprised by how attached to the characters people are. Yes, they're actors and characters we grew to love, yes, they provided the foundation for the shows writing style... but Elroy and Frankie are just as funny (if not moreso) than Pierce and Shirley. IMO there's no way the show could have stayed about the initial 7 members of the study group and continued to make any sense in the long run. It became a show about Greendale the school, and it still worked (and could have continued to work) with members of the main cast leaving and being replaced. In a community (Community), people come and go. Its not a cartoon where people don't age and everything stays static. Its a live action show about a place where things change and people age and move on. Its unfortunate that the show got cancelled, but I think it could have had a longer run and still been great with members entering and leaving the main cast. To me, it was always about the writing and the acting, not the actors and the characters. The writing and acting is what makes the characters great, and there are plenty of great actors who could have stepped in and been a great part of the core cast of any season going forward.

If the show had wound up being the Dean, Jeff, and Frankie as the only long term cast members, with a new teacher and group of students as the "save Greendale committee" for each season (maybe some new favorites sticking around for longer), it still would have been great. It honestly would have opened things up a lot to have different characters and interpersonal dynamics shifting in and out. IMO the episode "Paradigms of Human Memory" showed pretty well how the relationships of the core study group could have gotten stale over a long run. It was the same type of conflict over and over even by season 2. Bringing in different characters opens up so much for the writers to take the show in different directions while still keeping the heart of the show (Greendale CC) in tact.

There were so many episodes of the show throughout its entire run where the entire point was "be accepting of change because its the only inevitability in life"... and I think that was partially Harmon and the writers laying the groundwork for a potential longer future of the show that never happened, but if it had managed to have a longer life, we as an audience would have had to be accepting of that fact just as much as the characters... and I think the show would still have been great with that idea as an accepted part of the format.

In particular I'm wondering about the Grand Rapids show. IDK about the rest of the tour, but its looking like its going to be undersold by quite a bit. How long before the show do they tend to announce different venues if/when that happens?

I recently moved to an area that gets steelhead runs and need to go significantly larger than my standard bamboo trout net. The largest silicone rubber nets I can find seem to top out at around a 20" hoop length, and I know these fish can get well over 30"... is 20" the largest silicone mesh net bag thats currently manufactured, or does anyone make a net thats actually large enough to handle a steelhead?

I was working a creek and heading upstream today and ran into a duck that would consistently just move one hole/bend ahead of me, and every time I got in sight it made a ton of noise/commotion on the water, and then skid itself (not really flying, not really swimming) up to the next spot before splashing back into the water. After a few holes of this I just got out of the water, gave it a wide clearance and got upstream of it.

Do you think that since its not a predatory animal the fish don't care, or do you think that the amount of commotion would have spooked any fish in the area regardless of what caused it?

I listen to a lot of 'modern' (70s-present) folk music, mostly original singer/songwriters, plenty of which do some truly traditional music... but if you had to put together a list of the most influential, most classic, most timeless songs that have been around since before the era of recorded music, what would you put on it?

I'm a pianist, but I also love synthesizers, and I think it would be a really fun project to do a synthesizer version of some traditionals... try to evoke the timeless feel woth arrangements, but with 21st century sounds. I think it would be a fun challenge, and I also think it could be a neat way to introduce some of the roots of our musical tradition to folks who have never heard the songs. Chances are that no one would listen to it, as it would be too large of a departure for both folk fans and fans of electronic music... but like I said, it would nonetheless be a great challenge for me as a musician to try and evoke the natural feeling of traditional acoustic music with synthesized sounds.

Her face says so much in 30 seconds even though she doesn't say a single line. Yeah, she does this several times throughout the series, but I just noticed how good she does in this particular case.

At one point this sub seemed to be a genuinely great way to get music recommendations for similar artists or lesser known artists within a genre... but its been flooded with "what is a song that sounds like this picture" posts feel like a way for a program/AI script/LLM (or whatever they are called) to create emotional and aesthetic connections between things they wouldn't otherwise be able to. I see SO MANY posts on here that follow that really simple formulaic way of asking for those kinds of connections, but very rarely responses from the OP, or the OP has a very bot-like history or hidden account history. Maybe its just a posting trend, but the sub seems overrun with posts trying to associate songs with images as opposed to genuine inquiries about genres and artists.

I see a lot of posts in this sub that are basically 2 or 3 sentences... "I've been fishing 15 times and haven't caught anything! I used a ned rig and it was morning, why is nothing biting?"

Tell us about the lake. what kind of fish are in it? What about the part of the lake/structure you were fishing? Is it a big lake or small pond? What type of plastic were you ned rigging? What kind of retrieve/speed were you using? How deep were you fishing? Is it clear or cloudy water?

Fishing can be really simple if you get lucky (or you're fishing worms under a bobber for panfish, which is a great way to have fun and catch fish), but most of the time, someone else's technique or rig that "always works" isn't going to work where you're fishing. If you can't catch anythinf and have tried a bunch of times, we need details to tell you what might help get you into some fish.

does it seem like he's playing the lights with a bit more subtle hand? less strobes and flashing, more static palates... just a bit less busy in general than last summer at least?

Because I'm loving it. Also absolutely loving getting more long shots of the lights on the stream.

This run seems to have people even more worked up and disagreeable than usual... Lets all remember that Phish is a band with a VAST catalog and a huge variety of approaches to how they even play that catalog. One persons favorite song might be anothers least favorite. One persons favorite jam might do absolutely nothing for another. There are a TON of Phish fans, some of us fell in love with the band for totally different aspects of their sound. Some people think 94 is the best year, some people think 97 is the best, some like 2003 jams more than any other year, some like 2012 the most, or 2016, or 2021, or 2026. None of those people is inherently right or wrong.

And thats one of the beautiful things about this band. They cover so much sonic ground that back to back shows can be completely different vibes and approaches, and depending on what you love about the band, you might have the complete opposite opinion than another Phan... but it doesn't inherently mean that either show was objectively better or worse, it doesn't mean that someone who doesn't share your subjective opinion is a hater who doesn't 'get' Phish.

I think acknowleding and understanding different perspectives on the band's playing is important, even if you don't agree with them. Some people like high energy shows with lots of rock solos, some people like ambient jams, some people are more into hearing the big compositions and Phish's prog side, some people love the goofy playful songs, some people love the ballads and heartfelt material... its all Phish, and we get a different mix of it every night. Someone isn't a 'hater' because they like a different aspect of Phish's sound.

Have a cup of coffee and catch your breath.

EDIT: forgot to include "fluffers" in the title... the validity of opinions goes both ways. I just seem to see more dismissal of negative/critical opinions on here than people disagreeing with positive takes, but both definitely happen. Regardless, both sides of the spectrum of opinions can have too much animosity towards the other.

I've watched the classic seasons a million times, but never seen any of the other stuff.. there are tons of references to Sam being a caveman to a degree that its not just poking fun at him for looking like a neanderthal... but is the full backstory ever given in one of the movies, podcasts, etc? Or is it just like a "spaghetti incident" sort of thing where the audience never gets a lot of details, and its just something that took place off screen and is meant to be left to the imagination?

I'm mostly a fly fisherman, but I've come across some tiny little creeks that I simply can't fish effectively with my 8ft fly rod, but I know for sure have good fish populations and maybe even some exceptionally large fish mixed in as well... I know how to use a fly rod fairly effectively in some types of cramped conditions... there's usually at least some way to get the line out... but I've tried and tried on these streams and there is simply no way to get a fly into the best water without getting close enough to spook the fish.

It feels like a 4-5 foot spin rod would give me enough clearance under the oberhanging branches to make the kind of casts I want to. What are some suggestions for very short rods to throw some rapalas, spinners, or maybe even bobber rigs to get into the best holes but keep myself far enough away to make the cast?

Had to be Pierce or Shirley right? Would Shirley tell a lie thats so easy to be caught in to cover for that crime against humanity, or was it Pierce being embarrassed about his old man farts?

really been enjoying it. Lots of long shots from the soundboard this tour.