84 thoughts on “January 12, 2016: The Lock-In”

  1. On recent WGOM topics, and also as a way to introduce a really cool podcast*, Courtney Barnett breaks down "Depreston"** on Song Exploder, which is an awesome, newish podcast featuring various artists breaking down one of their songs with the master tapes at hand (as in they can isolate specific vocal tracks, instruments, etc.). Episodes tend to run 10-20 minutes, so it's bite sized.

    * Someone had to mentioned this one by now, right?
    ** SPOILER: There's a great punchline.

    1. I've listened to a few, but I don't know if I've mentioned it before. The Bob's Burgers theme song episode is my favorite. It's actually got a lot more layers to it than I realized before. Now when I watch BB, I try to hear as many of them as I can. It definitely gave me a greater appreciation for the song.

    2. I seem to remember some discussion of Song Exploder before. My favorite episode is on The Long Winters' "The Commander Thinks Aloud."

    1. I wrote and deleted a comment that said "... with sexy results".
      I guess I'm not the only one who thought that way.

  2. I can't be the only one who never paid any attention to David Bowie...but it sure seems like it.

      1. Except for Major Tom Space Oddity for me, in large part because of a famous cover. Okay, and except for Labyrinth too. The wife made me watch that one.

    1. I'm not big on Bowie. Sorta like a lot of music, I just never really tried to learn about him.

    2. Except for the personal experiences, Philip Sherburne got to some of my feelings:

      It's why I felt OK making friendly jokes about him as soon as I heard the news.

    1. The only way I can see to justify this is because it was the last team he played for and they are a big-market team. Carew played 2/3 of his career as a Twin and all his best years were as a Twin, including all the batting titles he was famous for.

  3. On the car front: Runner daughter is trading in the car we got for her 9 years ago (2002 Honda Civic, 199K miles) for a 2012 Honda Civic hybrid (35K miles). She did her own shopping, loan qualifying (sub-3%), test driving, and (I assume) paying. My little girl is growing up. *sniff*

    1. What kind of discount does one get for the used battery pack? Those are expensive to replace, no?

      I understand that they changed battery tech for the 2012 model year....

        1. In 2014, Consumer Reports had a story noting a very high replacement rate for 2009 and 2010 Civic Hybrids. Warranty was 8 years, 80,000 miles (or 10 and 150k if one of the eight states using California emission rules in 2009 or 2010).

            1. It was more a question about the price of a 2012 civic hybrid vs otherwise similar civic non-hybrid.

    1. so with the exception of the Red Sox, every AL team between 76 and 86 wins. Thinking we're headed for another crazy wild card race.

              1. Guess I'll have to disagree then. I think it would be more interesting to see him hit 75 than 27.

    2. 95 wins for the Cubs is pretty massive as a mean projection. A 7-game standard deviation on the projection would put them 2 SDs above average.

  4. Next up on our wedding planning is getting me a suit. Anyone know of a place I can get a decent-to-pretty-nice suit in the Cities?

        1. What now? I don't exactly see Zimmer sticking it to the Man, Philo excepting, apparently. Does he run a commune or something?

          1. Well, he got forced out of his own business, so maybe he's not cutthroat enough for HJ's tastes?

      1. I've mostly had terrible experience with MW (including my wedding), but it always depends on who is selling you the suit. Don't ever go for the permanent crease stuff they try to up sell you.

        If I were you I'd head to Nordstroms or some such and get measured. Then reevaluate your options.

        1. Yea, if you can afford Nordstroms, they will treat you right.

          And dido on the permanent crease. Did that with a pair of slacks once. Not a great choice.

    1. I haven't bought a new suit since before Nate's went out of business in 2008, because I just don't want to buy a suit anywhere else.

    2. In Seattle, I've had good luck shopping for suits at Nordstrom. It's definitely not cheap, but sometimes there are sales and the customer service I've had there is really great. Could be worth checking depending on your budget.

    3. All the groomsmen in my brothers wedding, myself included, purchased suits online from something called Combat Gentleman. Been a while, but we got a nice wool 3-piece suit for about $180 (and $35 for tailoring once it arrived). Definitely get measured. I recommend Heimie's Haberdashery for measuring and tailoring (a bit spends for purchasing the dry goods).

    4. I bought almost all of my suits from Nate's, and was pretty bummed the day they shut their doors. I have shifted to st.paul and Heimie's Habidasherie. They're a tad bit more expensive, but the customer service and quality of their product make the extra expense worth it. They also have a killer hat selection. I can't recommend them more highly.

    5. One of my friends got his wedding suit at Indochino. I'm looking at getting a suit there for job interviews once I finish school, and made to measure seems better than tailoring something off the rack but it's still pretty spendy. I mean. At least for me. For clothes.

    1. Why couldn't the Vikings Stadium have waited until this happened?
      ~or~
      Why couldn't the Vikings have been the ones to move?

        1. It would be fantastic if this whole ordeal motivates other cities to tell their pro teams to bugger off when they start asking for public money.

            1. Yeah, I know that part of it. But maybe, through some miracle, people from all over will see that St. Louis won't be completely ruined without a football team and realize that there is nothing to be gained by blowing taxpayer money on a stadium.

              1. Is there an NFL city that lost a team that didn't get another team (or the same team back) later? Baltimore lost the Colts then got the Ravens. Houston lost the Oilers then got the Texans. Oakland lost the Raiders, got them back and now is losing them again. L.A. lost the Rams and the Raiders and is getting at least one of them back.

    2. I'll always remember Super Bowl 34 and 36. However, I'm okay with them leaving for L.A. Would rather that happen then have the city pay for a new stadium.

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