Random Music Talk CXXX: The AFL Finally Gets Revenge on Meat Loaf

[iron yuppie]

It might be cliched, but IV is my favorite by a decent margin. Every damn track is a certifiable classic.

 

[the tourist]

Houses Of The Holy for me, but then IV is a close second.

 

[phanan]

Probably III for me, but all of their albums except ITTOD are simply fantastic, and even that one has its moments.

 

[phanan]

Also, RIP Vangelis. If you’ve never taken the time to listen to his catalog beyond Chariots Of Fire, do yourself a favor and listen to albums like Heaven And Hell, Opera Sauvage, Albedo 0.39, China, and Spiral.

And of course Blade Runner.

 

[u2popmofo]

Also, RIP Vangelis. If you’ve never taken the time to listen to his catalog beyond Chariots Of Fire, do yourself a favor and listen to albums like Heaven And Hell, Opera Sauvage, Albedo 0.39, China, and Spiral.

And of course Blade Runner.

I'm a big fan of the 1492: Conquest of Paradise soundtrack.

 

[U2inUtah]

John Frusciante said he was listening to this by The Cure when he came up with the guitar riff for Californication, and yeah you can totally hear it. He went on to say that Faith and Seventeen Seconds both influenced the sounds on that album.

 

[U2inUtah]

RIP Andy Fletcher of Depeche Mode

https://www.stereogum.com/2188082/depeche-mode-andy-fletcher-dead/news/amp/

 

[DaveC]

and RIP Alan White, drummer for the Plastic Ono Band , George Harrison, and Yes.

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2...-drummer-with-prog-rock-band-yes-dies-aged-72

lots of sad news today.

 

[lazarus]

RIP Andy Fletcher of Depeche Mode

https://www.stereogum.com/2188082/depeche-mode-andy-fletcher-dead/news/amp/

“Natural causes” and 60 years old don’t really add up but RIP.

 

[prbiker15]

Damn to both.

 

[mikal]

This year sucks for for this, seems worse than any other year.

 

[Hewson]

Rough day with these and Ray Liotta.

 

[phanan]

This whole week sucks.

 

[cobl04]

Do you guys have potato cakes or dim sims?

 

[bono_212]

Do you guys have potato cakes or dim sims?

My boy, we have both. And more.


EDIT: I went to check after I said that and sure enough, you lot call something else potato cakes there. But still, we have what you call potato cakes as well, they're more often found at fairs and stuff, though. Not as common as what we call potato cakes.

 

[cobl04]

What do you call potato cakes?

 

[bono_212]

What do you call potato cakes?

When I do a google image search, I mostly get Potato Pancakes (which are, granted, amazing), but when I hear the word potato cakes I think of what Arby's served (rip):


https://www.kindpng.com/imgv/hThiToT_potato-cakes-from-arbys-hd-png-download/


Which were basically just deep fried hash brown patties, but they were so good

 

[cobl04]

ah yeah, hash browns I'd call them.

 

[LuckyNumber7]

We would call them hash browns as well.

 

[lazarus]

When I do a google image search, I mostly get Potato Pancakes (which are, granted, amazing), but when I hear the word potato cakes I think of what Arby's served (rip):


https://www.kindpng.com/imgv/hThiToT_potato-cakes-from-arbys-hd-png-download/


Which were basically just deep fried hash brown patties, but they were so good

Arby’s potato cakes dipped in Arby’s sauce is one of my favorite fast food delicacies, which I haven’t had in ages.

 

[bono_212]

Arby’s potato cakes dipped in Arby’s sauce is one of my favorite fast food delicacies, which I haven’t had in ages.

I hope they come to their senses sooner or later and bring them back.

 

[bono_212]

We would call them hash browns as well.

It's a MINOR scruple, but these are what I would call hash browns (patties):

What Arby's had and I think of as potato cakes are slightly thicker. That's when I stop calling them hash browns, when it's more like stuffed full of potato and not just a bunch of potato stuck together.



Again, MINOR discrepancy and possibly just me.

 

[LuckyNumber7]

I personally have never heard of a potato cake, so I’m curious if that’s a regional thing or what.

 

[cobl04]

These are potato cakes:

They are called different things in different parts of Australia though. The heathens north of Victoria call it a potato scallop.

 

[LuckyNumber7]

Oh so it’s a battered and fried *slice* of potato? That’s what I think of when I think of a scalloped potato.

That’d be very different from a hash brown. Not to say the obvious, since for all I know there could be an actual scallop inside there covered with potatoes.

 

[Hewson]

Now I've always considered scalloped potatoes as baked in a casserole. Similar to au gratin, just not as cheesy,

Hash browns are shredded and fried, whether in a patty like Ashley posted above or less formed like at Denny's:

And then we have potato pancakes (or latkes):

None of which look exactly the same as Cobbler potato cakes.

 

[bono_212]

I love potato talk.

 

[the tourist]

Boil em, mash em, stick em in a stew.

 

[cobl04]

By FAR my favourite food. So versatile and so good.

 

[the tourist]

None of my kids care much for potatoes unless they’re French fries from a restaurant. Even homemade French fries and they turn up their noses. They’re such weirdos.