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QUOTE (BigEdWalsh @ Feb 27, 2013 -> 10:22 PM) Good Job on #6. Incorrect on #53. And #14 is basically made for you, give it another look.

QUOTE (kjshoe04 @ Feb 27, 2013 -> 08:06 PM) Correct, and surprised that one took as long as it did to be answered.

I edited the OP with strikethroughs to indicate which songs have been correctly identified. Still keeping the spoiler tags intact so latecomers can give it a go. Speaking of latecomers, I think Tex and Big Ed could make short work of some of these if they jumped in. 35 songs correctly identified, 25 left unanswered. Not bad. SS, the last Beatles song has been identified but I see there is there's still a Wings song in the mix.

Well done, PlaySumFnJurny! All answers correct!

QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Feb 27, 2013 -> 07:42 AM) Hickory, your answer is correct of course.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Feb 27, 2013 -> 10:54 AM) There's a Rush song in there. Indeed there is I had the Oaks and the Maples as a hint for a different Rush tune in an earlier draft but they didn't make the final cut.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Feb 27, 2013 -> 09:01 AM) Very fun idea. I don't know most of them, and the ones I knew were already figured out. I don't know. . . I see one Beatles song in there that Leonard didn't get.

100% correct responses from Leonard Zelig, and good call on using the spoiler tags early on to give everyone a chance. Quinarvy's response is also correct.

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Feb 26, 2013 -> 03:33 PM) 1) No, it's done from shore, at least in Chicago. 2) Yes, you need a heavy net anchor to throw, obviously attached to a lot of rope, or a gun to fire the anchor out for you. Obviously, you need the rest of the equipment to hang and drop the net, too. 3) Yes, depending on who you go with. It's a lot of talking and/or discreetly drinking/bbq'ing while you wait to check on the nets, so in that regard, it is somewhat like throwing lobster crates into a lake and waiting. If the smelt are running, you can catch multi-hundreds of them in a few hours. If not, you can catch 2-3 in an entire outing. 4) It's not something you just jump into, you pretty much need to take someone that has the necessary equipment, and knowledge on how to set everything up. This is solid information. I went out smelt fishing with friends in high school and college a few of times out on the seawall at Burnham Harbor and had a great time. I didn't have any gear but my friends did, and as long as we had beer to share there were other fishermen out there that were happy to share fresh smelt they were grilling or frying. Don't know if it's the same sort of vibe it was back then but it is something I fondly remember.

Hanging with my Peeps — Music Version OK, Here’s a music trivia idea that popped into my head a few days ago driving in the car and listening to the radio. I have been rolling them out 10 at a time on FB, but you lucky SoxTalkers get to see 60 questions at one go (eta the list now includes a full 100 songs. Might throw some bonus songs in there if I come up with a few more good ones). Try to identify the specific songs that reference each of these sets of people by name. Some are very easy, some are pretty hard, and most of them are firmly in dinosaur rock territory because that’s what I know. Feel free to add your own songs to the list and let’s see how well you all do. Good Luck! 1. Vera, Chuck and Dave 2. Candy and Ronnie 3. Weird and Gilly 4. Babs and Clean Willie 5. Desmond and Molly 6. Jean and Joan and who-knows-who 7. Harry and Guitar George 8. Chino and Daddy G 9. Billy and Ethell 10. Messrs K. and H. 11. Rooster, Blinky, Poorboy and Willy 12. Rin Tin Tin or Anne Boleyn 13. Go-Cart Mozart, Early-Pearly, and Scott With a Slingshot 14. The Miller and the Waiter 15. Katherine Kelly and the Government Boys 16. The King of Marigold and the Duchess of Kircaldy 17. Silly Willy and Mademoiselle Kitty 18. Leonid Brezhnev, Lenny Bruce and Lester Bangs 19. Paul, Davy and John at the Bar 20. The Gypsy Queen, Seven Virgins and a Mule 21. A Banker, a Fireman, and a Pretty Nurse 22. Maria, Picasso and Bob Dylan 23. Mamma Leonie and Sgt. O'Leary 24. Moses, Newton, Charles Darwin and Elvis 25. Mr. Farmer and Old Miss Mort 26. Suzanne and Jesus 27. Blue Carary, Jason and Countless Screaming Argonauts 28. Rats, Bedbugs and People Dressed in Plastic Bags Directing Traffic 29. Basie, Miller, Satchmo and Ella 30. Twenty Hounds, Anne Marie and the Sheriff 31. Brenda and Eddie 32. Peggy Sue, Betty Lou and Mary Lou 33. Peter Brown and the Man in the Mac 34. Billy Joe and Billy Mac 35. Mamma, Big John and Emmy Lou 36. Jesus and Alvin Tostig 37. Liquid Len, Harold Demure and Bob the Nob 38. The Loader, the Miller and the Men With Their Crabtree Sticks 39. My Friend Rabbi Vole 40. Holly, Jackie, Little Joe and the Colored Girls 41. The Knights in Armor, the Archer, and the Chosen Ones 42. Mrs. Gray, Mr. Green and the Local Rock Group Down the Street 43. Nice Girls, Red Dogs and Baby Taking Off Her Clothes 44. Father Riley, Carmenita Scarfone and Toni Carbone 45. Billy, the Driver and the Man From Across the Road With the Sunshine in His Eyes 46. Sheepdog Bullfrog, Big Man and Wigwam 47. A Girl So Fair, Gollum, and the Evil One 48. The Blacksmith, the Artist, Philosophers and Ploughmen 49. Halloween Jack and Tod Browning’s Freak 50. Sargon, Hammurabi, Ashurbanipal and Gilgamesh 51. B.B. King and Doris Day. Matt Busby 52. Bobby Dylan, the Beatles and Timothy Leary 53. A Little Indian Brave and a Young Girl Whose Heart Was a Frown 54. Felini, Antonioni and Roman Polanski 55. Lon Chaney, Jr. and the Queen 56. A Strange Lady and a Man in Brussels 57. Some Underworld Spy or the Wife of a Close Friend 58. Stanley and the Girl From Clapham 59. Dr. Parkinson and a Protester Singing a Protest Song 60. Crowds of People Sitting on the Grass and a Policeman 61. Dan, Magil and the Doctor 62. Rosie, the Banker, the Lawyer and the Cop 63. The Ragged People and the Whores on 7th Avenue 64. A Divorcee in New York City and a Gin Soaked Bar-Room Queen 65. Sweet Sweet Connie, Four Young Chiquitas in Omaha and the Hotel Detective 66. The Jester, the Marching Band and A Girl Who Sang the Blues 67. Cops in Cars and Another Lost Angel 68. The Captain, the Night Man, and Voices Down the Corridor 69. A Wife and Kids in Baltimore Jack 70. The Bubble-Headed Bleach-Blonde and the Boys in the Newsroom 71. People Talking, People Laughing, a Man Selling Ice Cream 72. Your Low Rent Friends and All Those White Men on the Street 73. A Young Man in a T-Shirt and People and More People 74. Lola, Tony and Rico 75. The Jailer Man and Sailor Sam 76. No One Here But Me and a Hundred Billion Castaways 77. Joan, Rose and Valerie 78. The Preacher and the Teacher and Dear Missus Perkins 79. Pretty Women out Walking With Gorillas and Jeanie With Her New Boyfriend 80. Long Ones, Tall Ones, Short Ones, Brown Ones, Black Ones, Round Ones, Big Ones, Crazy Ones 81. A Yellow One that won't accept the Black One that won't accept the Red One that won't accept the White One 82. A Child of God and Billion Year Old Carbon 83. Jo Jo and Loretta 84. A Shadow on the Door of a Cottage on the Shore and Contestants in a Suicidal Race 85. Judy, Trudy, Little Donna and Zero 86. A City Boy and a Singer in a Smokey Room 87. Mummy Dear Mummy Dear and the Girls in California 88. Mama, That Girl With a Diamond Ring and the Girl With the Red Dress On 89. Mama, Lawman and Hangman 90. Mama, Scaramouche and Beelzebub 91. Some of the People in My Life and Just Another Face That I Know From the TV Show 92. Say Hey Willie, Ty Cobb and Joe DiMaggio 93. Carmen and the Devil, Luke and Miss Moses 94. A Guy With a Ticket to Mexico and a Hip Woman Walking on a Moving Floor 95. Granny, Good Old Ernie, Biggles and All the Sportsmen 96. Father McKenzie and All the Lonely People 97. Johnny, Maggie and the Man in the Trench Coat 98. Susie and Sam 99. The D.A. Man, Charlie, and a Tall Walking Big Black Cat 100. Jesus and Joltin’ Joe

QUOTE (BigEdWalsh @ Feb 5, 2013 -> 04:59 PM) Reg Presley lead singer of The Troggs ("Wild Thing") died of cancer. He was 71. The Troggs were one of my favorite bands back in the day. They did a lot more good stuff besides "Wild Thing". Some friends and I formed a garage band in the summer of 1966, when "Wild Thing" came out and that was one song of about a dozen songs we could play. We weren't that good. Anyway, Reg Presley was a hero. RIP. Also a big Troggs fan and sad to hear of Reg Presley's passing. "With a Girl Like You," "Jingle Jangle," and "Love is All Around" were great songs from the early years. Even into the mid-70s they were doing interesting stuff like "Summertime" and they also did a cool cover of "Good Vibrations" I like the summertime, when the girls wear their dresses so low you can see the sun on their ti. . . ti. . . ti. . . ti. . ti. ti. . . tan skin. . . Pretty risque stuff when I discovered it when I was in 8th grade.

QUOTE (Joxer_Daly @ Jan 9, 2013 -> 07:56 AM) There is some merit in your point. All joking aside, though, it is amazing stuff. The size of them, and yet so elusive. This is awesome. . . And I personally know several of the Americans that were involved with the expedition.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Jan 4, 2013 -> 09:50 AM) The bolded... that is something I've never heard. You disliked Unbreakable, but liked The Village? Sixth Sense and Unbreakable are the only two I really liked. I mostly liked Signs, but I hated the "tell him to swing away. . . " prophesy thing from the dying wife so much that it pretty much ruins the rest of the film for me.

QUOTE (farmteam @ Dec 26, 2012 -> 08:04 PM) Ray Collins, of the Mothers of Invention, died on Christmas Eve. He was 76. RIP Ray.

QUOTE (bigruss22 @ Dec 25, 2012 -> 05:13 PM) Got my brother a bottle of Lagavulin 16 for Christmas, one of the few bottles he doesn't have in his collection Drinking some of his homemade honey mead right now, pretty damn good. Enjoyed some Lagavulin 16 over the weekend at my folks' place. Love that stuff. I usually only shell out for Laphroiag or Ardbeg 10, so the Lagavulin is always a treat.

QUOTE (bigruss22 @ Dec 24, 2012 -> 09:03 AM) Christmas Eve we do the traditional 7 dishes of fish (which is just the worst for someone who hates fish). Tomorrow we'll be making a prime rib. As someone who lives for great seafood, this tradition always makes me wish I was Italian at Christmas. We'll have ham at the in-laws tomorrow, but I am already looking forward to our traditional fondue on New Years Eve, and black eyed peas on New Year's Day.

My heart and thoughts are with you and your family, HH.

Ravi Shankar died yesterday at age 92.

Happy Repeal Day everybody!

QUOTE (G&T @ Nov 23, 2012 -> 11:46 PM) Mixed up some real ass egg nog. Used some kinda cheap brandy and goslings rum. Went by the recipe from Imbibe. For some reason I don't think I'd ever used that recipe and instead always opted for a basic flip. This was really good. Much smoother and far less rich. For forbid I might actually have to write a post on Flapship. The Imbibe recipes are usually a very good starting point for classic cocktails. Rumdood's eggnog recipe, usually with Coruba, has been my default eggnog recipe since he posted it a few years ago.http://rumdood.com/2009/12/08/egg-nogg/

QUOTE (G&T @ Nov 14, 2012 -> 08:07 PM) So I'm thinking of asking for a good rye for Christmas. Something expensive enough that I wouldn't normally pay for it but not ridiculous either. Maybe $50-75? Any thoughts on stuff that is must try? In the $60-77 range, Masterson's 10 Year Rye is outstanding — and not just because that's my surname! A very smooth 100% rye with a lot of subtle depth. Mixes well but really shines as a sipper.

QUOTE (SnB @ Nov 13, 2012 -> 05:39 PM) I went to Hala Kahiki for the first time over the weekend. Man, what a weird place, but STRONG drinks. Been on my to do list for a couple of years. Aside from 'strong'. . . were the drinks any good?? Their tropical drink menu is pretty exhaustive and there are lots of classics on the list but I'm not sure how authentically they pull them off.

I usually have to wait up longer than this to learn the results of west coast Sox road trips. Amazed that I can go to sleep knowing the results of the elections tonight.

No costume, but I'll share my angler fish jack-o-lantern that I think came out quire nicely.

QUOTE (G&T @ Oct 29, 2012 -> 09:19 PM) No, in fact, it is recommended. I drank them during Irene. Hurricanes during a hurricane surely is the way to go.