Hot Take/ Musical Confession Thread!

[TenderLovingKiller®]

2012 - I can't recall where. I'm sure I could dig it up out of the archives but I don't know if it's worth it for any of us to do that!

Who knows it it still exists. The other two venues that are more bars with stages that it might have been, are The Pioneer Lounge (cool venue, shitty location) or Jazzbones (shitty venue, cool location).

 

[wokeupnew]

Cross-post to ensure this response is taken with the appropriate level of Hot Takeness as intended



This is bullshit.
NJ rules and as a previously reluctant transplant I’m here to beat back the tired narrative and the NYC snobbery. Yes NYC is the center of the Universe, but fuck off with the nose in the air contempt.

Here’s your excitement, culture, cache and entertainment:

• Trey Anastacio
• Count Basie
• George Clinton
• Glenn Danzig
• Debbie Harry
• Lauren Hill
• Whitney Houston
• Zakk Wilde
• Ice-T
• The Shirelles
• Paul Simon
• Frank Fucking Sinatra
• Patti Smith
• Toni Bennett

All NJ natives.

Convenience is vastly overrated and bred McDonalds and every other piece of shite that makes up the “‘Murica” branding our country should be ashamed of.

Grittiness?? NYCs version died in 90s - it’s Disneyworld for the wealthy now.

You want gritty - come to a show in Newark.

You wanna eat? Here’s just a few some options:

Home Chef David Burke - Chef David Burke

Official Website of Chef David Burke. Blurring the lines between chef, artist, entrepreneur and inventor, world-renowned chef David Burke is one of the leading pioneers in American cooking today.

1776bydb.com

Shumi Japanese Cuisine

Shumi Japanese cuisine offers high-quality food without any unnecessary frills. You can enjoy freshly prepared sushi at the bar, and bring your own beverages to complement your meal.

shumiomakase.com

Faubourg

www.faubourgmontclair.com

Rutt's Hut | Home of the Ripper!

www.ruttshut.com

Heirloom Kitchen | Restaurant, Cooking Classes, & Retail in New Jersey

Heirloom Kitchen is a Farm-to-Table Restaurant, Cooking School & Retail Boutique. Executive Chef: David Viana. One of New Jersey's Best Restaurants...

heirloomkitchen.com

Restaurant Lorenas

Restaurant Lorenas is a Seasonally Inspired French American Restaurant located in Maplewood, NJ

restaurantlorena.com

NJ legalized before NY and has better Bagels, Beaches and Casinos too.
GTFO here with the NJ sucks Bullshit.

Well, NJ sucks. But not because it stands in the shadow of NYC. NJ earned earned it's suckiness sui generis.

Signed,
Connecticut

(I kid - most of my father's side is in NJ and it's fine)

Yeah as a fellow Connecticuter as well (born and raised not currently living there), New Jersey is fine. It’s the ugly child of the north east but it’s fine. I’d rather live in New Jersey before more than half of other states. But it’s crowded, congested, smelly, the beaches are overrated, the Jersey Shore sucks, and you can’t even pump your own gas. The gas part is what I don’t like the most. Whenever I’m driving through New Jersey I try not to stop.

New Jersey tries to be both New York and Philadelphia at the same time and doesn’t really have an identity outside of those areas.

 

[nolalady]

Cross-post to ensure this response is taken with the appropriate level of Hot Takeness as intended



This is bullshit.
NJ rules and as a previously reluctant transplant I’m here to beat back the tired narrative and the NYC snobbery. Yes NYC is the center of the Universe, but fuck off with the nose in the air contempt.

Here’s your excitement, culture, cache and entertainment:

• Trey Anastacio
• Count Basie
• George Clinton
• Glenn Danzig
• Debbie Harry
• Lauren Hill
• Whitney Houston
• Zakk Wilde
• Ice-T
• The Shirelles
• Paul Simon
• Frank Fucking Sinatra
• Patti Smith
• Toni Bennett

All NJ natives.

Convenience is vastly overrated and bred McDonalds and every other piece of shite that makes up the “‘Murica” branding our country should be ashamed of.

Grittiness?? NYCs version died in 90s - it’s Disneyworld for the wealthy now.

You want gritty - come to a show in Newark.

You wanna eat? Here’s just a few some options:

Home Chef David Burke - Chef David Burke

Official Website of Chef David Burke. Blurring the lines between chef, artist, entrepreneur and inventor, world-renowned chef David Burke is one of the leading pioneers in American cooking today.

1776bydb.com

Shumi Japanese Cuisine

Shumi Japanese cuisine offers high-quality food without any unnecessary frills. You can enjoy freshly prepared sushi at the bar, and bring your own beverages to complement your meal.

shumiomakase.com

Faubourg

www.faubourgmontclair.com

Rutt's Hut | Home of the Ripper!

www.ruttshut.com

Heirloom Kitchen | Restaurant, Cooking Classes, & Retail in New Jersey

Heirloom Kitchen is a Farm-to-Table Restaurant, Cooking School & Retail Boutique. Executive Chef: David Viana. One of New Jersey's Best Restaurants...

heirloomkitchen.com

Restaurant Lorenas

Restaurant Lorenas is a Seasonally Inspired French American Restaurant located in Maplewood, NJ

restaurantlorena.com

NJ legalized before NY and has better Bagels, Beaches and Casinos too.
GTFO here with the NJ sucks Bullshit.

Seriously though, I feel this. Tacoma is the “New Jersey” to Seattle’s “NYC”. Lots of cliched takes about how low class, dangerous, and smelly (Tacoma-aroma) Tacoma is from folks that haven’t been down here for like 30 years. Tacoma isn’t without its flaws but it’s not a dumpster fire that many up north think it is either.

Ain’t nothin’ grittier than the dirty coast.

Seriously though, I have never been to New York, New Jersey, Seattle or Tacoma but they all feel pristine compared to New Orleans. I love my city but the crime since Katrina has been nuts.

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

Ain’t nothin’ grittier than the dirty coast.

Seriously though, I have never been to New York, New Jersey, Seattle or Tacoma but they all feel pristine compared to New Orleans. I love my city but the crime since Katrina has been nuts.

Yeah, Tacoma has a couple of nicknames the classy one is “The City of Destiny”, the blue-collar one literally “Grit City”.

Only visited NOLA once but I absolutely loved it. We were there for about a week in late August back in 2009. It was very sweaty but the city is so vibrant even with crime and hurricanes I would have loved to live there.

 

[MikeH]

NJ has better Bagels,

This is the TRUE hot take in your post. I find this hard to believe but always willing to travel for a good bagel so please enlighten me.

 

[Turbo]

This is the TRUE hot take in your post. I find this hard to believe but always willing to travel for a good bagel so please enlighten me.

Montreal has better bagels.

(this is how you do this hot take thing, right?)

 

[MikeH]

Montreal has better bagels.

(this is how you do this hot take thing, right?)

If hot take means wrong take, then yes

I actually am not a huge fan of Montreal style bagels.

 

[Turbo]

If hot take means wrong take, then yes

I actually am not a huge fan of Montreal style bagels.

Hahahaha. That's cool. I still like you.

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

Montreal has better bagels.

(this is how you do this hot take thing, right?)

I loved Montreal almost as much an NOLA and those bagels are wonderful!

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

It’s kinda like when people say one New York style pizza is better than Chicago Style pizza, while I agree with the sentiment if I had to choose, they both can be excellent and are very different beasts. Both are excellent in their own way.

 

[Turbo]

It’s kinda like when people say one New York style pizza is better than Chicago Style pizza, while I agree with the sentiment if I had to choose, they both can be excellent and are very different beasts. Both are excellent in their own way.

That's actually my real feeling about it as well.

 

[MikeH]

I loved Montreal almost as much an NOLA and those bagels are wonderful!

I really wanna go back to Montreal one day soon. Last time I was supposed to go was March 2020 . been a minute since I’ve been to Canada.

 

[Diaper Baby on the Run]

Yeah as a fellow Connecticuter as well (born and raised not currently living there), New Jersey is fine. It’s the ugly child of the north east but it’s fine. I’d rather live in New Jersey before more than half of other states. But it’s crowded, congested, smelly, the beaches are overrated, the Jersey Shore sucks, and you can’t even pump your own gas. The gas part is what I don’t like the most. Whenever I’m driving through New Jersey I try not to stop.

New Jersey tries to be both New York and Philadelphia at the same time and doesn’t really have an identity outside of those areas.

Nice! Where in CT? I also haven't lived there in years.

I grew up in Trumbull (suburb of Bridgeport). So, being from Fairfield County you know imma talk shit about NJ; that smug sense of being better than is in my blood.

Also, because NJ bagels being better than NY was mentioned, for the room:

We all know that New Haven apizza (not a typo) is better than NY pizza. In fact, it's better than most (all? yea...ALL) pizza. You can disagree, but then we'll all know that besides having bad taste in pizza you're also stupid (not my rules, just the facts). As well, if your smooth brain insists on telling your heels to dig in on that stupid position, I will reference what I stated prior about Fairfield County, CT and our smug sense of being better than.

 

[BjorgenFjorgen]

Montreal has better bagels.

(this is how you do this hot take thing, right?)

(I agree with this. Drives my NY-born and raised partner mad.)

 

[MikeH]

(I agree with this. Drives my NY-born and raised partner mad.)

They are just very different from what I remember.

If I was dropped into any city in the US and had to get a bagel or pizza from the first place that served either, I’d wanna be in NY. It’s hard to get bad pizza or bagels here.

 

[MikeH]

Nice! Where in CT? I also haven't lived there in years.

I grew up in Trumbull (suburb of Bridgeport). So, being from Fairfield County you know imma talk shit about NJ; that smug sense of being better than is in my blood.

Also, because NJ bagels being better than NY was mentioned, for the room:

We all know that New Haven apizza (not a typo) is better than NY pizza. In fact, it's better than most (all? yea...ALL) pizza. You can disagree, but then we'll all know that besides having bad taste in pizza you're also stupid (not my rules, just the facts). As well, if your smooth brain insists on telling your heels to dig in on that stupid position, I will reference what I stated prior about Fairfield County, CT and our smug sense of being better than.

What’s the best apizza place in New Haven? I might do a day trip there in the next week or two. Let’s put your theory to the test.

And I’ve had Frank Pepe

 

[BjorgenFjorgen]

They are just very different from what I remember.

If I was dropped into any city in the US and had to get a bagel or pizza from the first place that served either, I’d wanna be in NY. It’s hard to get bad pizza or bagels here.

Oh totally, they're basically distinct things. I just prefer the texture of Mtl. bagels most of the time.

 

[wokeupnew]

Nice! Where in CT? I also haven't lived there in years.

I grew up in Trumbull (suburb of Bridgeport). So, being from Fairfield County you know imma talk shit about NJ; that smug sense of being better than is in my blood.

Also, because NJ bagels being better than NY was mentioned, for the room:

We all know that New Haven apizza (not a typo) is better than NY pizza. In fact, it's better than most (all? yea...ALL) pizza. You can disagree, but then we'll all know that besides having bad taste in pizza you're also stupid (not my rules, just the facts). As well, if your smooth brain insists on telling your heels to dig in on that stupid position, I will reference what I stated prior about Fairfield County, CT and our smug sense of being better than.

I grew up in Berlin, south of Hartford, north of New Haven. So I’ve had New Haven Pizza quite a few times.

You really can’t go wrong with pizza inside of the pizza belt

What’s the best apizza place in New Haven? I might do a day trip there in the next week or two. Let’s put your theory to the test.

And I’ve had Frank Pepe

All of the mainstays are good. Frank Pepe, Sally’s, Modern, BAR, but I hate how often you have to wait for a table. My personal favorite is Pizza at the Brick Oven. Never any wait and the owner is friendly and funny. It’s a little shop with minimal seating, no frills but the pizza is amazing. Get their Agean pizza, it’s bomb.

 

[yukbon]

This might be a hot take but lettuce on any kind of burger should be immediately thrown in the trash or just tell them no lettuce please. I don’t need crunchy water blocking my taste buds.

Although I personally enjoy lettuce on burgers, I can understand not wanting it on there. I do still like some crunch, so if there's no lettuce, I put on either raw or pickled onion and maybe some pickles.

 

[Dtknuckles]

Cross-post to ensure this response is taken with the appropriate level of Hot Takeness as intended



This is bullshit.
NJ rules and as a previously reluctant transplant I’m here to beat back the tired narrative and the NYC snobbery. Yes NYC is the center of the Universe, but fuck off with the nose in the air contempt.

Here’s your excitement, culture, cache and entertainment:

• Trey Anastacio
• Count Basie
• George Clinton
• Glenn Danzig
• Debbie Harry
• Lauren Hill
• Whitney Houston
• Zakk Wilde
• Ice-T
• The Shirelles
• Paul Simon
• Frank Fucking Sinatra
• Patti Smith
• Toni Bennett

All NJ natives.

Convenience is vastly overrated and bred McDonalds and every other piece of shite that makes up the “‘Murica” branding our country should be ashamed of.

Grittiness?? NYCs version died in 90s - it’s Disneyworld for the wealthy now.

You want gritty - come to a show in Newark.

You wanna eat? Here’s just a few some options:

Home Chef David Burke - Chef David Burke

Official Website of Chef David Burke. Blurring the lines between chef, artist, entrepreneur and inventor, world-renowned chef David Burke is one of the leading pioneers in American cooking today.

1776bydb.com

Shumi Japanese Cuisine

Shumi Japanese cuisine offers high-quality food without any unnecessary frills. You can enjoy freshly prepared sushi at the bar, and bring your own beverages to complement your meal.

shumiomakase.com

Faubourg

www.faubourgmontclair.com

Rutt's Hut | Home of the Ripper!

www.ruttshut.com

Heirloom Kitchen | Restaurant, Cooking Classes, & Retail in New Jersey

Heirloom Kitchen is a Farm-to-Table Restaurant, Cooking School & Retail Boutique. Executive Chef: David Viana. One of New Jersey's Best Restaurants...

heirloomkitchen.com

Restaurant Lorenas

Restaurant Lorenas is a Seasonally Inspired French American Restaurant located in Maplewood, NJ

restaurantlorena.com

NJ legalized before NY and has better Bagels, Beaches and Casinos too.
GTFO here with the NJ sucks Bullshit.

Is that you Tom Sharpling?