Kind of tangential but any of y'all ever play the card game Quiddler? It's like playing Gin but making words. Cards have one or two letters, I think really one phoneme on each. The easier to play ones are worth fewer points the harder are worth more but if someone goes out and you're stuck holding c...

Super embarrassing take, but I'll go in for some mid grade Bad Seeds, like Nocturnarama shit over the first couple Birthday Party records. I get that they were way more energetic and innovative but I find much of their stuff a tedious listen. A great example to me of something that if you were ther...

During COVID I listened to his entire discography from BP to now over the course of a week or two. Having owned only Boatman, Dig Lazarus and the first Grinderman it was illuminating. Maybe a little too much cramming for me to go deep with a lot of the records but damn. Quite a body of work. Super e...

Dr Tony Balls wrote: Wed May 22, 2024 10:28 am Only $260 more than was paid for it a year ago!

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Yeah, but doesn't the wiring sweeten the sound as it ages? You should be storing these at cellar temperatures and releasing a new vintage every few years.

Bless my friends in the midst of the self promotional black hole of preparing a record release but........... Who the fuck ever "pre saves" a song on Spotify? What's this about? I don't exactly know. My friend's in a promotion cycle for upcoming releases are doing the social media countdo...

Gramsci wrote: Sat May 18, 2024 3:32 pm
To All Trains is a great album, regardless of the circumstances.

This one for me this weekend. It sounds so vital and humorous.

Bless my friends in the midst of the self promotional black hole of preparing a record release but...........

Who the fuck ever "pre saves" a song on Spotify?

Gramsci wrote: Sat May 18, 2024 4:50 am Just a reminder the “1984” was a reference to “bad” not a comparative year…

I really should have just put Crap/Not Crap…

Sure it was a dystopian hellscape of political oppression but the blossoming new wave, post punk and electro pop really slapped.

The Robin's my criterion for tune
Because I grow where robins do, bro.

^ Your skepticism is wise. The way these different facets intersect is how our favorite records were born. I suppose I think my take is better demonstrated by a friend's Bandcamp page more than a heavyweight like Dylan. Like "the tune with the awesome riff, the catchy bridge and that great drum...