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  1. Matt Crunk

    Marlowe

    For some reason I can't see the photo you posted. Don't know if the link is broken of what. But I own the Dark City book, so if you'll just tell me what page it's on . . . To me there are few films better or more classic than Bogart's portrayal of Marlowe in The Big Sleep. Everything about...
  2. Matt Crunk

    What seperates "golden era" from "midcentury"?

    To me Golden Age defines the styles and culture of the first part of the 20th Century, up to and including a few years past WWII when the boys can home to a prosperous post-war economy and saw a chance to live The American Dream. I believe the Mid-Century school was largely born out of that. As...
  3. Matt Crunk

    Autumnal Thoughts........

    I always favored The Munsters over The Addams Family. I guess that was because I was so young watching those shows that I really didn't get a lot of the more cerebral humor of The Addams Family. The Munsters were a lot more on a kid's level. Watching them as an adult, I do get the Addams Family...
  4. Matt Crunk

    What's for Dinner?

    Tonight at Crunk Manor: Looks like it's gonna be Crockpot Cavatini. Inspired by the cavatini Pizza Hut used to serve back in the 1980s, it's basically mixed pasta layered with anything you like on a pizza, then covered in marinara and a thick layer of mozzarella, and cooked in a crock pot for...
  5. Matt Crunk

    What are you wearing today??

    Looking quite dandy there, Two Types.
  7. Matt Crunk

    Terms Which Have Disappeared

    Yeah, that's still a popular phrase around here in Northern Alabama. I heard it all my life growing up.
  8. Matt Crunk

    Musicians?

    Yes, I play. I've been playing guitar since I was 12 years old. I picked up banjo soon after that, and eventually mandolin, dobro, steel guitar, upright bass, and piano/keyboards. In recent years I have become most associated with cigar box guitars and other homemade instruments, due to my...
  9. Matt Crunk

    The general decline in standards today

    I remember seeing lots of cheesy old sputtering 16mm films in school. But sometimes we got to see really cool films too - usually in the library. I remember seeing Hitchcock's Psycho for the first time in school, along with To Kill A Mockingbird, and Cahill U.S. Marshal (a very puzzling choice)...
  10. Matt Crunk

    What's for Dinner?

    Are you kiddin'? I LOVE this weather! Baked pineapple and brown-sugar ham tonight for us. One of the few dishes my wife loves to make (I do much of the cooking around here).
  11. Matt Crunk

    "Addams Family House" for sale...

    A nice looking old house for sure, but you can find houses like that right here in the States, sometimes with the purchase price of $1.00 (or some small symbolic amount) with the agreement and proven means to restore it. You just have to know where to look for them, and they are usually in very...
  13. Matt Crunk

    What are you listening to?

    I loved the show, but the man tucked his Hawaiian shirts into his shorts/pants. The horror.
  14. Matt Crunk

    What's For Breakfast...

    We used to have a fall Sunday Morning tradition at my house growing up: Having breakfast on the porch while watching the fair rides travel by our house. It happened every year on the Sunday after the county fair closed. They'd start tearing down the rides after closing the midway late Saturday...
  15. Matt Crunk

    What's for Dinner?

    A local grocery store was running a one-day sale over the weekend and one of the featured items was a 10 pound box bacon for $16. If course I had to buy one. You simply don't turn down bacon at $1.60 per pound. They are irregular cuts but so what, it all tastes the same on a BLT. I'm going to...
  16. Matt Crunk

    The general decline in standards today

    My school, at the time I was there, was 1st through 12th grades (now it's K-12). It was divided into different buildings by elementary (1-6), junior high(7-8), and high school (9-12) but all on the same campus, with a common lunchroom, gymnasium, auditorium and band room. Since many of us from...
  17. Matt Crunk

    What are you listening to?

    Been listening to this remarkable young lady lately . . . a jazz cover version of a currently popular song. Her version is much better than the original, IMHO. http://youtu.be/iyTTX6Wlf1Y
  19. Matt Crunk

    The general decline in standards today

    I managed to get out of PE in high school by spending the latter half of my day in vocational school studying graphic arts and architecture. Tech school students were exempt from PE because of their limited hours of regular school. I would have normally had PE in the mornings, but took a study...
  20. Matt Crunk

    The general decline in standards today

    I still think PE should be an elective, not a requirement.
  21. Matt Crunk

    The general decline in standards today

    I actually have an Alabama cap that I wear on occasions when I really want to blend in (like a quick run the hardware store or something) and don't feel at all like dressing up. It's sort of my Alabama redneck disguise. It's amazing how one article of clothing can render a person almost...
  22. Matt Crunk

    The general decline in standards today

    Growing up in Alabama, where college football is akin to a religion, you are expected to be either an Alabama or Auburn fan. I can't count the times that people have looked at me like I'm a three-eyed man from Mars when I tell them that I really don't follow football and could hardly care less...
  23. Matt Crunk

    Cigar Box Guitars

    FYI, I founded and originally hosted a homemade musical instrument festival called THE CIGAR BOX GUITAR EXTRAVAGANZA in 2004, that has been held annually for 10 years now in Huntsville, Alabama. We have featured cigar box guitar builders and players from across the US since our very first year...

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