{"id":299,"date":"2016-10-23T03:02:32","date_gmt":"2016-10-23T03:02:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bradweier.com\/bradblog2\/?p=299"},"modified":"2016-10-23T03:02:32","modified_gmt":"2016-10-23T03:02:32","slug":"september-2016-dd-initiate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bradweier.com\/bradblog2\/2016\/10\/september-2016-dd-initiate\/","title":{"rendered":"September 2016 – D&D Initiate"},"content":{"rendered":"

Early in the month I took another trip to Ann Arbor. The rest of the month was dull, so I decided to write about one of my favorite YouTube channels.<\/p>\n

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There’s a First Time for Everything<\/h2>\n

I spent another Labor Day in Ann Arbor with Jim and Alison. This time, however, I accomplished a personal first: I ran Dungeons and Dragons for a first-time player. Although Jim and I have been playing for most of our lives, this game was Alison’s first.<\/p>\n

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I wrote an introductory adventure that contained many of the essentials of a good D&D game, investigation and mystery, epic battles, and decision points that have a real impact on the story. The challenge was to fit all of this into a single evening. That way, if Alison did not care for the game, it would end quickly.<\/p>\n

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\"dndtable\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Fortunately, she enjoyed the game and had no problem stepping into the rather complex rule system. We even played a second game on Sunday. <\/p>\n

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Music for the Elderly<\/h2>\n

When I was a kid, I could never understand why my parents ignored the current popular music and listened only to music that was decades old. Then I got old and now I do the same thing. I am not sure if today’s popular music is terrible or if I am simply out of touch due to my age, but these days I cannot identify any popular singers or even hum along with popular songs.<\/p>\n

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To help remedy this, I found a great channel on YouTube called “Todd in the Shadows<\/a>.” Todd is a thoughtful music reviewer who comments on current hit songs as well as researching the stories of one-hit-wonders. Although I still think most popular songs are terrible, at least I can draw that conclusion from direct experience.<\/p>\n

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Occasionally, though, he will review a song that is, if not good, is at least highly amusing. “Shut Up and Dance with Me<\/a>” by Walk the Moon is one such song. The band listened to a lot of 80’s music when composing this tune and it shows. The opening guitar riff is nearly identical to the beginning of U2’s “Where the Streets Have No Name.” The rest of the song is a big, anthemic party song, the likes of which I often heard on the radio when I was a kid.<\/p>\n

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The lyrics are pretty awful. The refrain, which begins the song and is repeated ad nauseum, rhymes “back” with “back” and “me” with “me.” Plus, I don’t understand why the singer accuses his date of “holding back.” The two just met, so I can’t imagine why he is complaining.<\/p>\n

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Nevertheless, the song is really fun to sing along with. The video<\/a> is funny, and the female dancer steals the show with her skill and enthusiasm. (Check out 3:24 when she leans back so far during a dip that you can see her entire face upside down.)<\/p>\n

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Unfortunately, the rest of Walk the Moon’s album is not nearly this fun. But at least Grandpa found one current song he likes.<\/p>\n

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