Post five things that are underrated

Star Trek: Voyager

Exorcist III (aka Legion)

Division 1-AA college football

Good middle relievers

1980s college radio music

1. Naps

2. 75°F weather

3. Chocolate

4. Coffee

5. Stargazer Lilies

1. Frank Zappa

2. Minor League Baseball

3. Dos Equis

4. John C. Reilly (star of Walk Hard and Talladega Nights)

5. The X-Files

Pia Zadora (actually can sing very well)
Fireworks (I mean using them yourself)
Yosemite National Park (heat, crowds and commercialism still can't spoil it)
Public libraries (If something really is worth reading or watching, they'll get it)
The films of Robert Bresson

The Connells, Mighty Lemon Drops, Dream Syndicate, etc., etc., etc.

Chameleons, Gene Loves Jezebel, Shriekback, Scruffy the Cat, Winter Hours, Translator, Psychedelic Furs, Replacements, Magnolias, Husker Du, Lone Justice, Jason & the Scorchers...

Good call on Dream Syndicate. I saw Steve Wynn on his first solo tour in 1990, on a bill with Concrete Blonde and the Sidewinders. Best $8 I ever spent!

I'll have to do some research.

We should start a 1980s "college" music thread. Perhaps allow a bit of early-90s as well.

I absolutely LOVED Shriekback. And Husker. And the Furs.

Chameleons: Echo & the Bunnymen style post punk
Gene Loves Jezebel: Dancy post punk
Scruffy the Cat: Jangly rockabilly/cowpunk/early alt country
Winter Hours: Moody jangle pop, similar to early REM
Translator: Sparkling alt pop with new wave, psychedelia, and Beatles influences
Magnolias: Like the Replacements? You'll like their Twin Cities neighbors
Lone Justice: Dolly Parton fronting X. Very cool cowpunk and roots rock
Jason & the Scorchers: Hank Williams joins the Ramones

iced french-roast coffee with real cream
the revival of jazz of the 20s
shady porches with chairs
home-canned pickles
Bingo Long Traveling All-stars and Motor Kings

1. hamstring cramps in the middle of the night

2. moldy cheese in the refrigerator

3. hearing the neighbors fight in the apartment above me

4. coasters

5. the guy that invented the word 'sock'

It's been a long time since I've heard anyone praise hamstring cramps!

in existential bliss and my mind always clears up.

1. Nature
2. "Classical" music
3. Reading
4. Wine
5. Learning

If Beethoven is the Beatles and Mozart is the Stones, then Bach is the Kinks.

He's never been the subject of an Oscar winning movie or a Monty Python sketch, that's the problem...

At least people know who Bach is.

Dreary, noisy, German, and better off not being heard!

or so Leo Kottke says.

1. Coffee

2. Pets- especially dogs and cats

3. Oldies music

4. Family gatherings

5. Good health, both physically and mentally.

(not necessarily in order of importance)

Silence
Fountain pens
Old stuff
Doing the right thing
The independent nature of cats

old stuff can be 100% perfect.

mikey_the_rat

1. Dance music.
2. My 401k stock portfolio.
3. Marmite.
4. Sex.
5. This post?

I give this post a 10 for the dance music :headbang:

Louise Brooks, actress in silent films, then went to talkies. Brilliant! She stands out, even today.



Louise Brooks

Finger-picking banjo.

S/PDIF

Crocuses

Garbanzo beans

Castanets

French cafe music

Foggy mornings

My motherboard came with it, but I still can't get an answer for what it is, and how to use it.

output. And I will add to this by mentioning that the digital audio output developed by Toshiba is known as Toslink.

OK, I feel sufficiently geeky now.

mikey_the_rat

Still don't know what it really is, or how to use it.

Digital audio sounds better than analog audio does. I didn't believe this until I heard it myself. If you have an S/PDIF outlet on your motherboard, you can use a digital cable to connect it to your sound system - assuming your sound system accepts digital input. And you will hear the difference, too.

I don't know why this isn't more commonly known. Maybe it's because digital cards are cheap and analog cards are expensive. You pay $100 for an Audigy card but only $20 for a digital card. You can use the pricey Audigy card for its digital output but you won't be using any of that fancy analog circuitry. The point about digital is it's all-or-none. Price doesn't matter. If you get it at all, you get the same high quality as everyone else. Maybe that's what they don't want you to find out.

S/PDIF is hugely under-rated.

Peace
Communities that do a lot together and look out for each other
Marriage sex (Bill Maher underrates this a lot)
Practical applications of mathematics
Rock band Rush


Honorable mention: Astrophysics

2) Anti-stalking laws,

3) My beloved John Kerry,

4) Ron Livingston,

5) The scent of bergamot and cardamom

Linux

Ron Howard's brother

http://www.mnftiu.cc/mnftiu.cc/home.html

National Bohemian beer

Oingo Boingo (and The Mystic Knights thereof)

- Most people just pass over the land they live on without seeing it, only the bits of man made habitat that is built ontop. (I said Land but really it could be watersheds and ocean too)

2) Public Libraries - I am guilty of under appreciating these (despite my love of books) for most of my life, I've recently "rediscovered" them.

3) The value of not owning things - Not many people have figured out that often the more you own (once your needs are met) the less free and happy you are.

4) Science, Logic, critical thinking

5) Science Fiction Literature - Some really great stuff out there folks, don't let the 'science' part scare you :) And it's not just Fun - although much of it is and even the 'serious' stuff can be fun on some level - it is really a good way to bring out and highlight important issues and ideas about humanity and society.

all perfect answers, especially #3! It really clears your mind to only have things you love and need.

new puppy and kitten smell

being completely wrapped up in a great book

knowing you've really helped someone

when a pill starts working to take away your pain (especially throwing up)

song by (Starship? or one of their 3 names) - "Miracles" - (whoa, very "moving");-) Actually the whole CD

I didn't even know who sang that song, it's been years since I heard it. itunes says it's the Jefferson Starship version of them :headbang:

if it's Jefferson Airplane, Jefferson Starship or Starship, the song is from 1975, I love it. Actually I'm listening to it on You Tube right now. :loveya:

1. Diet Pepsi Max

2. Arena football

3. Bra-less women in tight shirts on a cold day

4. BBCAmerica

5. Tater tots

The way newborn babies smell that first week...


A clear, cool afternoon after a morning rain...


the smell and feel of good dirt when you garden...


sex with someone you have loved and trusted for 30 years......


holding hands with your elderly parent.......just to be close to them...


the smell of a fresh tomato vine...

Puffy clouds at sunset
Teenagers
Someone making your morning coffee
A manufactured product made from sustainable materials that is not expensive and lasts a long time
Eye contact and smiles with people you don't know.

The smell of BBQ
Flamenco music
Canadian beer
Going for a bike ride on a 75 degree summer day
Naps

holding hands with someone you love (and not just romantic love)

walking in the rain

the sound of the ocean or a river

putting on lotion after a bath

being quiet

2. The feeling you get right after finishing writing a really, really long paper for school
3. Miller High Life on a hot summer day
4. Sleeping in freshly washed sheets
5. Brushing your teeth with a brand new toothbrush

1. Division II NCAA Basketball
2. German wine, particularly from the Mosel
3. Undercover Blues
4. Mexico Real, my favorite local Mexican restaurant
5. Fort Worth it really isn't part of Dallas, you know

wrong place x(

sleep

silence

yard sales

having a best friend

enchiladas

1. Rush (the band, not the talk radio a$$hat)

2. AAA baseball

3. Baltimore

4. Johnnie Bassett

5. V. Sattui red wines

1. Jamba Juice

2. A two-fer of professional athletes: Tim Duncan and Albert Pujols

3. Slacker internet radio

4. Amy's snacks

5. Parker "51" fountain pens

Damn, I wish he was a Celtic!

A hot shower

Soukous music

Swimming in the surf

A crab feast

Hugging my baby girl.

Taking a dump (don't laugh, it's true!)

Ben & Jerry's "Vanilla Heath Bar Crunch" ice cream (I've never met another person that loves that flavor like I do!)

Amy Sedaris (incredibly funny)

Star Trek: Enterprise (never really found it's audience, I think)

American Dad (love that show!!!)

one of the most satisfying things ever

most of the Ernest movies.

The manga Please Save My Earth
Dandelions
Rainy days
Anarcho-socialism