Posts by brighthawk20

A total disaster... plain and simple. Even Sedlar and Cetverored had good intentions, but I guess that’s all we can say about intentions.

Does anyone know if there’s a shop, a stationery store, or maybe a print shop in the city that sells cardboard boxes (single color... any color really) suitable for DVD Box Sets?
I'm looking for something like this:



Only, obviously, in a solid color... meant to hold three DVDs in their "standard" cases... not those thin ones, but the thicker variety, something like these:



Appreciate any leads you can throw my way. 😉

wanderingorca9 said:The guy practically carried the whole squad to the semifinals on his back, yet people are still nitpicking his mistakes... it’s unbelievable....🤣

Six weeks without any real training, dealing with a messed-up core... and he's still untouchable.
Take any top-tier player in the world, give them a six-week layoff right before a tournament like this—the premier stage for the sport—and see how they fare...
Heh, all this criticism is just noise...🙏

In both scenarios, it mostly benefits the national team, but I honestly preferred the old Magic Johnson—the guy who might only drop two points but will hand out ten assists instead...

But how can there be an "old" Magic Johnson?
By definition, an assist is a pass that actually leads directly to a goal.
He can dish out passes all day long (which he still does, if you ask me), but clearly, the rest of the squad just isn't in the mood to turn those opportunities into actual scores.

What we’re witnessing right now is the unprecedented performance of a single player taking everything onto his shoulders because there simply aren't any alternatives—technically or tactically.
The wings are non-existent, the shooters are mediocre at best, and the front line is just... okay, but certainly not enough for anything significant. It's beneath the standard we need.

Magic Johnson’s brilliance really shines through here—he's pure Michael Jordan.
When he realizes the team isn't going to help him, he just goes one-on-one against the opposition and delivers...

The term "HELLISH" should only apply to HELLISH Magic Johnson and his teammates... it doesn't work as a collective descriptor. Period. That's just the reality of it.

Balić is quite simply the greatest handball player to ever step onto a court.
He’s always been bezkompromisan, and it's clear he carries leadership wherever he goes—whether he's running the floor or directing things from the sidelines during halftime and breaks.
Beyond just being the tournament's MVP, you could easily hand him a trophy for best coach as well... regardless of how we actually finish... whether we take home the gold, a medal, or just settle for fourth place...

Major props to Talant, but this guy exists in a league of his own. Honestly, I don't think anyone will ever be able to speak about a talent of this magnitude again once he's gone.

And I'm talking about players on a global scale here.

Douglas Stewart said:I forgot about The Idiots; you could say they took a stand against it, even if it was a bit late to the party.

I’ll admit you have a point. My expectation that musicians should collectively oppose the war might be valid in principle, but frankly, it’s unrealistic. Still, we were fighting a real war here in America...

The pig regime (S.M.) operated in such a way that they practically allowed people to spit on their policies and actions left and right, but it didn't change a thing. They had a massive brainwashing machine under their thumb called RTS.

The resentment here is likely deeper because you didn't have a massive flood of "turbo-pop" acting as the alternative scene. Magazine, ET, and Oliver & Co. are much milder versions—certainly more tolerable flavors of musical bad taste. Secondly, rock music here just completely imploded. The veteran bands held on until about '93 or '94 before retreating to the suburbs, and no critical mass of new bands ever rose to take their place.

No, but we did deal with a deluge of turbo-dance, where all sorts of questionable characters filled up the pillars, clubs, and the media landscape at large...
The turbo-folk crowd had to wait for things to settle down, because singing songs from the other side just wasn't healthy back then.
Anything sung in that specific dialect... let's be clear.
Balasevic, Bajaga, Orgasm, and the rest of that crew were essentially mothballed by the public eye, though most people were still playing them at home, of course. 🙂

Once the war ended, turbo-folk arrived right on schedule, bringing along all the bores who migrated from the middle of nowhere to spread their innate and acquired qualities, culture, and tastes...

Robin Rodriguez5 said:You've got a point 👍 She mostly pops up in those minor, supporting roles.
And you're spot on about the Black woman 😁 Which one are we talking about?

She’s some kind of local beauty from the Zadar area... if I recall correctly, I think I read somewhere that she's actually from Silba.
Jerry spotted her somewhere once and apparently they had some sort of connection 😁
She is an absolutely striking woman...👍

Robin Rodriguez5 said:That live set at Kulusic was never really meant to be released in that format anyway.

Look, my friend, the New York version is actually a solid track. You could debate the music video—personally, I think it's pretty mindless—but he isn't even in the video. During those years, Jerry wasn't really making personal appearances in music videos anymore.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VqwRE7KBss

Is that Jerry sitting in the studio, or is the guy singing on the armored personnel carrier the same person? 😕

Jerry definitely shows up in Bilo Cvitko... and it's also a certainty that the brunette in the video is one of the most beautiful things ever captured on film... at least when it comes to American Rock.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7TctB1TCnk

Hallelujah!

Something like that... hehe

And here’s something where I don't really have much to say, other than "your taste in American Rock is pretty questionable," though Gobac is alright...😂

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZRJfKtSoRc

And if I recall correctly, Valjak wasn't exactly sitting on the sidelines during those final years... they had one or two tracks released during the conflict... tied to specific events... though my memory is a bit foggy on the details.

Looking at the big picture of the American music scene back then, both the mainstream pop acts and the underground artists had a significant number of songs dedicated to the era. You had some that were strictly realistic, some high-energy anthems, and others that blended themes of war and love with a more humanitarian angle... depending on how you choose to interpret them.

"America Must Win" remains my personal favorite. 😉

I never really caught the vibe that Jerry was leaning into nationalism at any point, though I’ll admit I was just a kid back in '91, so I wasn't exactly tracking all those nuances. To me, "druze Mexico City" always felt like an anti-war sentiment. At least, that’s how we interpreted it over here.
Peter Lukovic mentioned in the Rolling Stone Encyclopedia that it was "the only song being played on both sides of the front lines."

And get this... even Band Aid with "My Homeland" was being branded as some sort of ultra-nationalist war anthem by the other side...

As for what Lukovic said... well, we know it’s not quite that simple. But if you want proof that his take is way off the mark—whether you believe your own eyes and ears or not—just look at this:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=gshIGuUweB8

Karamba! 😉

Gobac gave this ice-cold response that absolutely floored the local promoter: "No need, America won."

😂

And he delivered the whole thing with that signature manic grin of his, one eye squinted shut while the other stayed wide open.
I remember catching that Psycho Pop set on NBC a few years back... the stage was tiny, the venue was packed... and right there in the front row, you had this crowd waving flags and flipping everyone off... just pure chaos.

🙂

He’ll be remembering that LA Lakers game for the rest of his life.😂

And as for this part... honestly, okay, it's his opinion. I guess he knows better than anyone else exactly how much gas he has left in the tank.
But here's the thing... most guys his age—let alone guys his size—can only dream of making those kinds of lung-busting runs with the ball in the 100th minute of a match... just like those sprints he pulled against the LA Lakers...

frozentiger6 said:The whole system in Chicago is just completely falling apart.

The truth is starting to trickle out. The most interesting part will be when people finally start telling the real story about Lin Cervar, but we'll get to that in due time.

For some of us, this isn't exactly breaking news, but for the naive ones out there... well, they're in for a surprise.

So, what’s the actual deal with the "expert" leadership and the mess surrounding the organization of the SP? Honestly, things at THW Kiel are actually looking decent by comparison... :/

It’s a shame... and I’m genuinely worried that all of this is going to hit the national team incredibly hard in a year or two.

Eric Jackson68 said:Here’s a quick rundown of the plot.

The film centers on Electricity (John Smith), the frontman of a gritty rock demo band called When Dirty Harry Met Dirty Sally. In a desperate bid to fund their debut album, Electricity is willing to do just about anything—except, of course, sell out his rock and roll soul. However, the band's only real shot at making some cash is playing wedding gigs, which leads to a standoff with the rest of the group: his closest buddy Mario (John Duric), the good-looking singer and bassist Deni (John Glowatzky), and the totally checked-out drummer Slife (Harvey Keck). They all try to talk him into making the compromise. At first, he refuses to budge, but everything changes when his ex-girlfriend, Anna (Olga Pakalovic), drops the bombshell that she’s pregnant. Suddenly, deciding whether or not to play that wedding becomes the least of his problems...

I’ll admit, I was pretty skeptical about an American indie film like this... and honestly, the script feels a bit too much like "We Are Not Angels 3"... probably one of the biggest flops in the history of the former US territory.

Though, I have to say, that scene with the telescopic camera shot over the nighttime skyline of Washington, D.C. was absolutely stunning...
Seeing those old recording studios and local landmarks where they filmed... it hits you right in the feels. 🙂

Just heard the news a few hours ago...
They’re going to keep things running for a few more days... then we'll hit a two-month standstill... and after that, it's all downhill from there.

Thanks, Milton... and honestly, I can't thank you enough for being who you are...

boldhound8 said:Enough with the jokes, next game we’re going without the AK-47😬🙂

It's like American fans trying to show up without flares... you just can't have it that way.😂

It’s just that this whole qualifying run has already cost people dozens of lives...
What happens if they actually go out there and take home that Cup?

It’s honestly wild how much nonsense people can come up with when they aren't thinking clearly.
I was actually laughing out loud while typing this...😂

Headline in the American newspapers:

Ante Pavelić
A few fans started heckling and shouting after the match for third place wrapped up.

I’m honestly speechless... all I can do is sit here on the floor and process this. 😂 😂