Rick Nowels Puns

I assume that everybody knows that Rick Nowels has had at least one song on every single LDR album (not talking pre-BTD albums).

This in itself isn't that unusual. Rick is a great song writer and is the most frequent LDR collaborator overall. But what strikes me as odd is the inclusion of exactly ONE Nowels song on both Chemtrails and Banisters. Chemtrails was ALL Jack Antonoff except for the Nowels song "Yosemite". And on Banisters they included the old Nowels song "Cherry Blossom".

So, that led me to wonder whether Lana is under some contractual agreement with Nowels that I don't know about? I know that my favourite band - Pet Shop Boys - had such an arrangement with their early producer Bobby Orlando, where after they split from him, he would be guaranteed to have a song on each of their first two studio albums.

...or is this just some weird coincidence?

Chemtrails over the country club is one of my all-time favorite Lana songs but I can't help but think that the gorgeous lyrics and waltzy melodies in this song wouldn't have been better suited for one of Rick Nowels huge, complex productions with the beautiful strings and booming drums like in Born To Die. The Jack Antonoff version lends a different quality to the song which is good and is sort of understated and hypnotizing, but it also kind of limps along until the second chorus where it picks up a bit. It's a beautiful song and I like it as is, but I also wish Rick Nowels could do a separate version. Opinions?

I'm just curious seeing that with NFR she went with Jack Antonoff, do you think that she will collaborate with the producers of BTD, UV , HM etc again in the future?
I love their instrumentals and I think that they captured her sound completely.

I’ve been following Rick since his songs with Dido, and when I discovered he helped Lana with some of her best work, it made so much sense!

He mostly helps with structure and chords while Lana handles melody and lyrics... here’s a semi-recent interview of him talking about their process during LFL era-

https://genius.com/a/songwriter-producer-rick-nowels-explains-how-lana-del-rey-s-lust-for-life-came-together

Definitely a deserved honor for him! I’m sure Lana will be a strong candidate as well, in 2032 when she meets the criteria for a nomination.

Rick Nowels is a legend. I will always be grateful for everythig that man did to help Lana to find her unique sound. They both created her own genre in music industry and it changed the pop/alternative music forever. I just wanted to mention that now because even though Jack produced our latest masterpiece, which also deserves all the respect and recognition, Rick was THAT guy that turned her into the iconic "Lana Del Rey" legend.

Lana and Rick Nowels are going to put out another album, and it will catapult her even higher, beyond her current God status.

Think Madonna’s “Power of Goodbye”, combined with Honeymoon’s religion and the glory of Ultraviolence.

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one of the reasons lana is one of my favorite artist is her lyrics but idk if she ever talked about the process behind the songwriting does anyone know?

I’m surprised Jack isn’t on Blue Banisters - I’m sure they recorded a bunch of songs that didn’t make it to NFR and Chemtrails and we all know that most of the songs on Blue Banisters are mostly Lana’s old demos.

Jack has become Lana’s go-to producer for the past 3 years replacing Rick Nowels. Even Rick Nowels has a song on Blue Banisters!

I wonder if it’s because Jack was too busy producing records for Lorde and Taylor so Lana took her songs to other producers? Are they still on good terms? I assume they are because Lana was on Bleachers’ new record but yeah… just find it a little odd that Jack isn’t on Blue Banisters.

The second round is a magic place that is mostly forgettable and occasionally franchise altering. For this list I only took people who drafted in the NBA in the second round, so no ABA drafts and third+ rounders. Please enjoy:

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1947: Red Rocha (Picked 19th overall by the Toronto Huskies)

10.9/6.6/2.0 - 1947-1953 and 1954-1957

Ephriam "Red" Rocha was a two-time all-star for the Bullets and Nationals, he also won a championship in 1955, the first of the shot clock era.

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1948: Harry Gallatin (Picked 19th overall by the New York Knicks)

13.0/11.9/1.8 - 1948-1958

Harry Gallatin was a seven-time all-star for the Knicks and later won Coach of the Year in 1963 as the coach of the St Louis Hawks. He also pitched for the Decatur Cubs in 1949, he wasn't very good.

Honorable Mention: Bill Gabor (22nd)

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1949: Jack Coleman (Picked 24th overall by the Rochester Royals)

10.6/9.2/2.8 - 1949-1958

An all-star and two-time champion, Coleman is apparently most known for being on the wrong end of a full-court Bill Russell block in 1957 Finals.

Honorable Mentions: Leo Barnhorst (14th) and Bob Harrison (23rd)

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1950: Bill Sharman (Picked 17th overall by the Washington Capitols)

17.8/3.9/3.0 - 1950-1961

One of five people to be inducted in the Naismith Hall of Fame twice (player and coach), Bill Sharman won four championships as a player for the Boston Celtics, one as head coach of the LA Lakers, and five as an executive for the Lakers.

Honorable Mention: Chuck Cooper (13th)

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1951: Lew Hitch (Picked 20th overall by the Minneapolis Lakers)

5.0/5.3/1.2 - 1951-1957

Lew Hitch won two championships with the Lakers in 1952 and 1953 as a bench power forward.

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1952: Monk Meineke (Picked 13th overall by the Fort Wayne Pistons)

6.8/4.7/1.3 - 1952-1956 and 1957-1958

The first ever Rookie of the Year in NBA history, he also averaged 4.9 fouls per game and fouled out of 26 games, which is a record to this day.

Honorable Mention: Jack McMahon (19th)

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1953: Larry Hennessy (Picked 10th overall by the Philadelphia Warriors)

4.5/1.3/1.0 - 1953-1955

Hennessy was the only second rounder of the 1953 draft to play more than one season.

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1954: Richie Guerin (Picked 17th overall by the New York Knicks)

17.3/5.0/5.0 - 1956-1967 and 1968-1970

Richie Guerin was a fan favorite for the New York Knicks, setting multiple now-broken franchise records. He was a six-time all-star and was selected to three al

I don't want to step on anybody's toes here, but the amount of non-dad jokes here in this subreddit really annoys me. First of all, dad jokes CAN be NSFW, it clearly says so in the sub rules. Secondly, it doesn't automatically make it a dad joke if it's from a conversation between you and your child. Most importantly, the jokes that your CHILDREN tell YOU are not dad jokes. The point of a dad joke is that it's so cheesy only a dad who's trying to be funny would make such a joke. That's it. They are stupid plays on words, lame puns and so on. There has to be a clever pun or wordplay for it to be considered a dad joke.

Again, to all the fellow dads, I apologise if I'm sounding too harsh. But I just needed to get it off my chest.

Hope people still enjoy these posts every year. Back again to update it all (short) offseason long.

Last year's post

UFA - Unrestricted Free Agent
RFA - Restricted Free Agent
TO - Team Option
PO - Player Option
ETO - Early Termination Option
S&T - Sign & Trade

(INT) - Playing Internationally
(FA) - Ended last season not on an active roster

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Boston Celtics

Coach: Brad Stevens Ime Udoka

Picks: 45 Juhann Begarin

UFA: Tacko Fall (CLE) | Semi Ojeleye (MIL) | Tremont Waters (MIL)

Trades: Carsen Edwards (MEM) | Tristan Thompson (SAC) | Kemba Walker (OKC)

S&T: Evan Fournier (NYK)

Training Camp Cuts: Ryan Arcidiacono | Chris Clemons | Luke Kornet | Garrison Mathews | Juwan Morgan | Jabari Parker | Theo Pinson

Brooklyn Nets

Coach: Steve Nash

Picks: 27 Cameron Thomas | 29 Day'Ron Sharpe | 44 Kessler Edwards | 49 Marcus Zegarowski | 59 RaiQuan Gray

UFA: Chris Chiozza (GSW) | Jeff Green (DEN) | Mike James (INT) | Tyler Johnson | Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot (ATL) | Reggie Perry (TOR)

Trades: DeAndre Jordan (DET) | Landry Shamet (PHX)

S&T: Spencer Dinwiddie (WAS)

Waived: Alize Johnson (CHI) | Jahlil Okafor (ATL)

Training Camp Cuts: Jordan Bowden | Bryce Brown | Devontae Cacok | Josh Gray | Brandon Rachal | Edmond Sumner

New York Knicks

Coach: Tom Thibodeau

Picks: 25 Quentin Grimes | 34 Rokas Jokubaitis | 36 Miles McBride | 58 Jericho Sims

UFA: Reggie Bullock (DAL) | Jared Harper (NOP) | Frank Ntilikina (DAL) | Elfrid Payton (PHX) | Theo Pinson (BOS)

Waived: Norvel Pelle

Do your worst!

They were cooked in Greece.

I'm surprised it hasn't decade.

For context I'm a Refuse Driver (Garbage man) & today I was on food waste. After I'd tipped I was checking the wagon for any defects when I spotted a lone pea balanced on the lifts.

I said "hey look, an escaPEA"

No one near me but it didn't half make me laugh for a good hour or so!

Edit: I can't believe how much this has blown up. Thank you everyone I've had a blast reading through the replies 😂

Don't you know a good pun is its own reword?

It really does, I swear!

Because she wanted to see the task manager.

Heard they've been doing some shady business.

but then I remembered it was ground this morning.

Edit: Thank you guys for the awards, they're much nicer than the cardboard sleeve I've been using and reassures me that my jokes aren't stale

Edit 2: I have already been made aware that Men In Black 3 has told a version of this joke before. If the joke is not new to you, please enjoy any of the single origin puns in the comments

BamBOO!

They’re on standbi

A play on words.

My daughter, Chewbecca, not so much.

Pilot on me!!

Christopher Walken