The Official Jazz Off-Topic Thread

[AingesBurner]

I just want to take a minute and thank this board for how insightful it is, I know I didn't post much on this forum, but i was always reading it. We have a great forum and I'll miss it these next two years

Have fun bro.

[Inigo Montoya]

I just want to take a minute and thank this board for how insightful it is, I know I didn't post much on this forum, but i was always reading it. We have a great forum and I'll miss it these next two years

Good luck! You're always welcome here.

[Inigo Montoya]

I'm was kinda stuck on Clive Barker's Weaveworld, so I started to read some other books. Apart of The Fiddle is the Devil's Instrument: And Other Forbidden Knowledge which I've finished, I also started reading John Everson's Nightwhere. I'm just at the beginning, but it has a character called Gordon Hayworth who is really into S&M and is kind of a bastard.

[Inigo Montoya]

Well, that was a quick read. I have to say I thought John Everson's NightWhere will not be a good book, expecting it to be just about trying to shock and disgust. And...it has plenty of those moments for sure. It's a balls-to-the-wall, extreme horror book, not for the faint of heart, the weak of stomach and the easily offended. But it's also well written, focused, and is a page-turner--one of those books you seemingly can't put down. Perhaps the way it is structured with short chapters helps it become so.

My biggest gripe with it would be that it should have ended 80% through, and that the actual ending was completely unnecessary, and could be seen coming very early. Those who read it know why. Other than that, it's a good book. It's not recommended for everyone though--only for those into extreme horror (or looking to get into it) who are not easily offended.

And for bitter Jazz fans who look for an outlet for their frustrations over Hayward's departure, as there is a character in the book called Gordon Hayworth, who is...not a good guy, to say the least. And yes, things happen to him.

[Inigo Montoya]

Apparently the Dark Tower movie adaptation is no good. Shame.

[DelaneyRudd]

Apparently the Dark Tower movie adaptation is no good. Shame.

Damn. Figured since there's so much promotion for it. Sony keeps laying eggs. I don't know what their problem is.

[zero24gravity]

Fantasy Football question for ya'll.

10 team Yahoo! league. I need to pick one keeper.

Mariota: give up 12th round pick -- average draft position 6.7 round, #6 ranked QB
Freeman: give up 8th round pick -- average draft position 2.0 round, #7 ranked RB
Crowell: give up 11th round pick -- average draft position 4.4 round, #14 ranked RB
Gronkowski: give up 5th round pick -- average draft position 3.3 round, #1 ranked TE

I'm leaning towards one of the RB's, but not sure. Crowell is the biggest jump from average draft position, but Freeman is the best overall player, and getting another 2nd round talent pick is tempting.

Thoughts?

[zero24gravity]

Fantasy Football question for ya'll.

10 team Yahoo! league. I need to pick one keeper.

Mariota: give up 12th round pick -- average draft position 6.7 round, #6 ranked QB
Freeman: give up 8th round pick -- average draft position 2.0 round, #7 ranked RB
Crowell: give up 11th round pick -- average draft position 4.4 round, #14 ranked RB
Gronkowski: give up 5th round pick -- average draft position 3.3 round, #1 ranked TE

I'm leaning towards one of the RB's, but not sure. Crowell is the biggest jump from average draft position, but Freeman is the best overall player, and getting another 2nd round talent pick is tempting.

Thoughts?

Bueller? Bueller? Bueller?

[AingesBurner]

Fantasy Football question for ya'll.

10 team Yahoo! league. I need to pick one keeper.

Mariota: give up 12th round pick -- average draft position 6.7 round, #6 ranked QB
Freeman: give up 8th round pick -- average draft position 2.0 round, #7 ranked RB
Crowell: give up 11th round pick -- average draft position 4.4 round, #14 ranked RB
Gronkowski: give up 5th round pick -- average draft position 3.3 round, #1 ranked TE

I'm leaning towards one of the RB's, but not sure. Crowell is the biggest jump from average draft position, but Freeman is the best overall player, and getting another 2nd round talent pick is tempting.

Thoughts?

Bueller? Bueller? Bueller?

You can never go wrong with Gronk.

[Winglish]

Fantasy Football question for ya'll.

10 team Yahoo! league. I need to pick one keeper.

Mariota: give up 12th round pick -- average draft position 6.7 round, #6 ranked QB
Freeman: give up 8th round pick -- average draft position 2.0 round, #7 ranked RB
Crowell: give up 11th round pick -- average draft position 4.4 round, #14 ranked RB
Gronkowski: give up 5th round pick -- average draft position 3.3 round, #1 ranked TE

I'm leaning towards one of the RB's, but not sure. Crowell is the biggest jump from average draft position, but Freeman is the best overall player, and getting another 2nd round talent pick is tempting.

Thoughts?

Bueller? Bueller? Bueller?

I would HATE to offer up advice only to have it be a total flop! This kind of thing makes me nervous.

That said, I would take Devonta Freeman if you have a chance to get him. There is a reason he is the highest paid running back in the NFL- The Falcons plan for him to have a MAJOR impact!

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[Inigo Montoya]

Not much going on right now, so I'm gonna vent a little on Stephen King's Revival.

When you think of Stephen King, you think of horror. Therefore, if you expect a horror novel going into this book, you'll be disappointed. It's not. It is 400 pages long, and nothing much is happening until the 85% mark. Yes, 85%. What it is, is essentially a story of a guy's life from childhood to around age 60. Is it well-written? Well, yes, since King is one of the best storytellers to ever draw breath. But it isn't scary or even suspenseful. When we get to the interesting part (the last 15%), what we get is a pretty disappointing reveal to the whole plot, in that it is utterly basic and uninspired. And boy, is it telegraphed beforehand, when he introduces characters with names that give a lot of what is going to happen away

Spoiler:

(names that allude to Mary Shelley and Frankenstein).

The ending is a very straight-up Lovecraftian affair, only it sticks to that formula way too closely, and anyone who knows the source material will find the whole thing way too familiar. The worst part is that the last 15% are basically the length of a short story which would be just as effective without the 340 pages it takes to get there. It's like a run-of-the-mill Lovecraftian short story, with additional 340 pages about how the protagonist got to the starting point of the short story. It'd be like The Horror at Red Hook, if before it begins, we get a 340-page background story for detective Malone from since he was a 6 year-old child (only without any horror, suspense or thrill or anything Lovecraftian). This book is being promoted as "This rich and disturbing novel spans five decades on its way to the most terrifying conclusion Stephen King has ever written." It's not. While the last part of the book is by far the best part and the most interesting thing in it, it is very pedestrian in Lovecraftian terms.

Is it a bad book? Not at all. It is well written and full of detail. Is it a good horror book? Not at all. It hardly has any in it. It's probably most suited for non-horror fans.

Other than that, Covenant by John Everson is...ok. A bit too traditional to my liking, and the reveal and final showdown are dragged too long before we finally get there. I'd say it's serviceable.

[Inigo Montoya]

Need a recommendation for a good book in the horror genre. Trying Thomas Ligotti repeatedly, and keep getting disappointed.

[AingesBurner]

Need a recommendation for a good book in the horror genre. Trying Thomas Ligotti repeatedly, and keep getting disappointed.

Spoiler:

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/88061.Dreams_from_My_Father

[stitches]

My Colts are about as cryptic with injury reports as the Jazz.

[AingesBurner]

Planning a wedding is a big pain in the ass.


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[Inigo Montoya]

Planning a wedding is a big pain in the ass.


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Congratulations to you, sir!

Spoiler alert:

Spoiler:

being married is also a pain in the ass

[AingesBurner]

Planning a wedding is a big pain in the ass.


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Congratulations to you, sir!

Spoiler alert:

Spoiler:

being married is also a pain in the ass

Hahaha thank you sir and I think beer and rum will be my two best friends.


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[Winglish]

Planning a wedding is a big pain in the ass.


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So is being married.

(Did I say that out loud?)

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[HeXeR]

I'm was kinda stuck on Clive Barker's Weaveworld, so I started to read some other books. Apart of The Fiddle is the Devil's Instrument: And Other Forbidden Knowledge which I've finished, I also started reading John Everson's Nightwhere. I'm just at the beginning, but it has a character called Gordon Hayworth who is really into S&M and is kind of a bastard.

Loved Weaveworld. Great story. Have you read any other of Barker's novels? The Damnation Game was pretty twisted. He is definitely unsettling.

[HeXeR]

Planning a wedding is a big pain in the ass.


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Depends on whose wedding, My daughter got married recently and it was a huge pain the ass and a huge cash drain, and it was far worse than planning my own wedding, Different times maybe?