Dovira wrote: Wed Jun 11, 2025 10:26 pm

rsmurphy wrote: Wed Jun 11, 2025 6:16 pm Douglas McCarthy from Nitzer Ebb.

In those teenage years of mine where I first found a tribe and a music that was my own, this band was at the center. RIP.

Some people think the sound of rebellion is a Fender Tele or a Gibson Les Paul - I'd argue it's a Roland SH-101

rsmurphy wrote: Thu Jun 12, 2025 12:25 pm Some people think the sound of rebellion is a Fender Tele or a Gibson Les Paul - I'd argue it's a Roland SH-101

Amen!

Sven-Åke Johansson

Beautiful drummer, inspiring artist.

rsmurphy wrote: Thu Jun 12, 2025 12:25 pm

Dovira wrote: Wed Jun 11, 2025 10:26 pm

rsmurphy wrote: Wed Jun 11, 2025 6:16 pm Douglas McCarthy from Nitzer Ebb.

In those teenage years of mine where I first found a tribe and a music that was my own, this band was at the center. RIP.

Some people think the sound of rebellion is a Fender Tele or a Gibson Les Paul - I'd argue it's a Roland SH-101

I still fuck with these guys, too. Singular music. Kind of the best of a sub-genre to which only they belong.

Minnesota State Representative Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark Hortman, both gunned down this weekend by a right wing lunatic posing as a cop.

kicker_of_elves wrote: Mon Jun 16, 2025 8:54 am Minnesota State Representative Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark Hortman, both gunned down this weekend by a right wing lunatic posing as a cop.

I got to watch MAGA's shifting talking points about this assassination play out in real time with a family member who was glued to their cell phone this weekend as everything played out. It was someone who is beyond reasoning with, but it was still pretty horrifying.

iembalm wrote: Mon Jun 16, 2025 11:24 am

kicker_of_elves wrote: Mon Jun 16, 2025 8:54 am Minnesota State Representative Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark Hortman, both gunned down this weekend by a right wing lunatic posing as a cop.

I got to watch MAGA's shifting talking points about this assassination play out in real time with a family member who was glued to their cell phone this weekend as everything played out. It was someone who is beyond reasoning with, but it was still pretty horrifying.

I've seen my fair share of MAGA social media mental gymnastics as well. Most of it ends up doubling down on imagined conspiracy ties to the state DFL. Also, it is clear to see that not a single one of them understand how political appointments to state boards and committees work. The guy shot two other people as well (a State Senator and his wife), who both miraculously survived 8 and 9 rounds each.

I'm sure those idiots are all on some false-flag-deep-state bullshit. If mental gymnastics were an Olympic sport, they would all be Simone Biles level.

Every time someone on their side does something heinous, the evolution of reaction is predictable. Everyone scrambles to explain it away, some people actually show a moral compass... then as the talking points solidify, no matter who said what, everyone starts saying the same talking about.

First, it was this guy was a democrat, so obviously this is the fault of the democrats and the party is falling apart. But, then he ended up not being that, so now it's that democrats deserve to die because they won't lie down and take it. Even US Senators are saying this. It's utterly disgusting. The Republican party is so far gone, they aren't even worth saving. They aren't even republicans, they are just the MAGA party. We shouldn't even call them republicans at this point, they don't even believe in a republic.

enframed wrote: Mon Jun 16, 2025 8:10 am

rsmurphy wrote: Thu Jun 12, 2025 12:25 pm

Dovira wrote: Wed Jun 11, 2025 10:26 pm

In those teenage years of mine where I first found a tribe and a music that was my own, this band was at the center. RIP.

Some people think the sound of rebellion is a Fender Tele or a Gibson Les Paul - I'd argue it's a Roland SH-101

I still fuck with these guys, too. Singular music. Kind of the best of a sub-genre to which only they belong.

That Total Age is still a blazer. RIP