The Oscars are tomorrow, we started to watch Black Panther on Netflix, we lasted 20 minutes and went to bed...probably finish it at a later date, but I'm tired of Marvel Comics made into movies, hell I was tired of Marvel Comics in the 6th grade...
For the best Oscars preview...Drew Magary of Deadspin!
Here's a taste...
"Bohemian Rhapsody. Okay NOW we’re into the horrible shit. Bohemian Rhapsody was like if someone made the movie version of a Wikipedia page but somehow read the wrong Wikipedia page. Here’s a movie that made nearly a BILLION dollars worldwide despite the fact that you can listen to Queen for free at home anytime you like, and despite the fact that it was “directed” by an accused pederast who apparently abandoned the set every six minutes. That’s how you end up with composite shots that look like they were filmed in 18 different locations"
Read the whole thing here: https://theconcourse.deadspin.com/the-hater-s-guide-to-the-2019-oscars-1832753962
Since we are pissing around with English rock bands, this is interesting: The Sultans of Swing was a real band! Guitar George was a real human being for chrissakes...
https://www.loudersound.com/features/the-story-behind-the-song-dire-straits-sultans-of-swing
A love story about greasy food...
https://thelandmag.com/pioneer-fried-chicken-los-angeles-kaleb-horton/
In my little shitty hometown (piss off, you know I loved growing up in Grand Forks) The Kegs had great fried chicken and I had a girlfriend who ordered it every damn time we went there. The breading and the "dippin" honey got all over the car seat. The 3 piece chicken cost three times what a burger did, but you got the fries with it, so there's that! You could get a Sloppy Joe at the Kegs for 19 god damned cents. The car hop would bring you one with a sneer on her face and toss it on the tray.
The prices are a hell of a lot higher now. I took Cakes there a few years ago and the food is still pretty good. She liked the Sloppy Joe and gave the fries 5 Stars. She had a cherry coke, too. I had a double barreled hamburger (a pre Big Mac, Big Mac)
Sidebar, a friend of mine talked one of the Kegs carhops into going out with him after work, he said she was nice, but her hair smelled like French fries. I think she was from the East Side.
Another sidebar, one summer I was working on construction, on payday a co-worker and I went to the Kegs and ordered one of everything on the menu, cost us just under $23. We sat at one of the picnic tables and ate the whole damn order, right there in front of god and all the slack jawed customers sitting in their shit box cars watching us. In Grand Forks we were an event or two shy of solid entertainment options, so that's how we rolled.
Pioneer Chicken, a homegrown fried chicken chain endorsed by O.J. Simpson and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, that once boasted 270 locations.
Holy Lord, it’s still around.
Why did nobody in Los Angeles ever tell me this?
Pioneer Chicken, a homegrown fried chicken chain endorsed by O.J. Simpson and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, that once boasted 270 locations.
Holy Lord, it’s still around.
Why did nobody in Los Angeles ever tell me this?
Pioneer Ch
Pioneer Chicken, a homegrown fried chicken chain endorsed by O.J. Simpson and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, that once boasted 270 locations.
Holy Lord, it’s still around.
Why did nobody in Los Angeles ever tel homegrown fried chicken chain endorsed by O.J. Simpson and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, that once boasted 270 locations.
Holy Lord, it’s still around.
Why did nobody in Los Angeles ever tell me this?
There used to be a place in Minot where the building was shaped like a huge root beer barrel and called "The Keg". It probably had a drive-up window but I remember going inside to eat. Good root beer, don't remember the food.
ReplyDeleteThe Kegs was a 2 barrel place. Couldn't eat inside
DeleteFor some reason when I was in high school they tried to turn it into a couple of bamboo huts. Grass roofs...
You may remember Knobby's out on Shadeland near Pendleton Pike and 38th. It was one of the high school cruising spots--with great fries and breaded tenderloins. They eventually went Bamboo huts and grass roof. I think our Buddy the Catalyst may have drunk the "tropical" drinks in that spot, a few times.
ReplyDeleteSomebody must have had bamboo hut kits for sale. The Kegs didn't need rebranding, it was bumper to bumper all the time
ReplyDeleteIn Fargo it was 15¢ burgers at King Leo's. Buy 'em by the bag.
ReplyDelete15 cents at Henry's in GF, no social interaction though.
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