Moxie only charges like $8 a ticket I think! Jjst saw the new Willam Defoe movie yesterday, it was great. They don’t have a lot of huge movies like palace would but there’s some solid choices playing at almost all times.

Not detroit?

Ronnie Self

>Ronnie Self (July 5, 1938 – August 28, 1981) was an American rockabilly singer and songwriter. His solo career was unsuccessful, despite being signed to contracts with Columbia and then Decca from the late 1950s through the early 1960s. His only charted single was "Bop-A-Lena"; recorded in 1957 and released in 1958, it reached No. 68 on the Billboard charts.

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“For the love of money, fuck the fame.”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronnie_Self

Wrote the lyrics to at least two smash hits from Top Gun alone, wild to find his name so far down the thread

I've become a cranky old biddy lately. I'm deaf in one ear, so that ruins theaters for me. I won't pay what a ticket costs now'days, and I'm old enough that I fall asleep in those cushy recliners. Why would I buy a ticket to take a nap?!

If I can't get it from the internet, I don't watch it. I have an obscenely large TV right here at home, my movie food outdoes anything Alamo offers, I don't have to put on street clothes or put up with somebody else's noise, and I can bring my dogs! I don't miss going to the theater at all!

Maybe Ronnie Self?

I had my first date at the palace theater. I was too broke to take my girlfriend out so she paid. We saw Mr. Woodcock (with Sean William Scott and billy bob thornton). Married her about 9 years later.

I remember seeing Jurassic park 3 there as a kid, and several other shows where my mom would drop me off to meet friends or let someone else’s parents drop us off. We were always pretty broke so she was able to afford a movie at the palace.

My mom took me to my very first movie in a theater at the tower theater. We saw the 90’s “Casper the friendly ghost.”

Immediately prepandemic they had a movie pass thing at Alamo, up to 1 movie per day for 20/month.

I think I watched probably 15 movies there in that month and I loved it so much.

Most days I just bought a root beer, but occasionally I’d get a boozey milk shake.

Only got to go a couple times after it got really opened back up after the pandemic then I moved away.

Anyways, we have a baby now so we don’t go to the movies at all 🫠

I DO love his music; but he has an elitist/I’m better than you attitude that turns me off.

(He probably is better that me but don’t act like it!)

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I'm in the minority here, but I don't care for Alamo. The screens are fine and the audio is actually nice and loud, but it's ruined for me because the seats have these little desk things in them that can't be moved. I'm a big guy and that stupid desk just feels like I'm locked in to a roller coaster or something. I never buy food in a theater either so it's just there with no purpose. Most people don't mind it but it ruins the experience for me

I have heard he comes back more often than people know but doesn’t go out anywhere - just to see his family

I’ve got a new podcast called 417 Sound. I’m a local musician and I’m interviewing other local talents. We’ve got a criminally underrated local music scene here with loads of talent. I’m hoping to get it out there some more.

I’ll be posting Episode 3 with Chelsey James tomorrow (former lead singer of Member’s Only), and Episode 4 is with Jake Simpson, who won Star Search on CBS (twice) and performed with Stevie Wonder on Oprah. I have a bunch more interviews lined up, including one with Shaun Munday.

Would appreciate all of you music lovers checking it out! OP, maybe you’ll find a new local artist to get into!

https://youtube.com/@417sound

This is second hand knowledge from Dallas Jones but Stephanie Dosen was apparently pretty big in the Springfield music scene around the turn of the century and she was a member of Massive Attack for a while. She was born in Wisconsin though.

> Wehrenberg Cinema 6 in the food court had 6 screens

I think this is the one I'm remembering. Definitely near the food court.

I had no idea there were so many different theaters in the mall. What a different time.

Speedy west - the best steel guitar player of all time. Little Jimmy Dickens. Brenda Lee - rockin around the christmas tree.

They're great.

I too miss actually living in the moment and not feeling constantly connected to the world through technology…not just me but the rest of the world too. It’s nice to have but it will never be the same.

The midnight movie at the Fox was awesome, wasn't it?

I'm a cheap bastard, but I think the Alamo is worth it. It's a nice treat.

Do you put up the card when that happens? There's only been one time I've had an issue, and the attendant talked to them and it wasn't an issue the rest of the movie.

I’ve honestly had more bad experiences with talkative groups in alamo theaters than amc tbh

My biggest claim to fame is that his mom was my 2nd grade Sunday school teacher lol