Chrundle The Great

yes, value judgments are a thing. just because your judgment of an artist's music is positive don't make you right, necessarily. people who question why others post dissenting views on a very hyped artist need to do a little introspection.

responding by questioning why someone even posted a negative take assumes there is no value in presenting a non-positive value judgment on anything... which is obviously insane.

3 minutes ago, bear801 said:

Mannnn. Ive never even heard a Sufjan song before 😲

a good place to start. takes a while to build, but once the vocals finally kick in....

and sorry for hijacking this thread.

48 minutes ago, bear801 said:

Is this the same band that sang “Sister”?  
 

Have not thought of that song in 20 yrs.  i liked it. 

nah that was Sufjan and that was back when he made good tunes.

37 minutes ago, se7enstitches said:

Im with you. Second City and Direct Merch seemingly are trying to outdo each other in shit packing quality. I have never received a Mint order from them out of dozens placed. Makes no sense because they are huge and should have a serious operation by now. 

t-shirts don't get corner dings

yeah most people on here are quite repressed.

8 hours ago, ZeroNowhere said:

Because I'm a logical adult currently spending $10K on 2 bathroom remodels.  If I could use it as a back splash at a reasonable price I may bite.

logical? i think you mean married

1 hour ago, dantheriver said:

Anybody still on team Trump at this point would be fuckin dead to me too.

1 hour ago, Buffbloom said:

I have distanced myself from all friends or relatives who still support the GOP. They're not dead, but they're no longer a cancer in my life. 

Never been a Trump guy myself, but I think it takes great hubris to assume you've reached a point of political enlightenment to not even speak to your own family members or friends if they disagree with you. it means you must be confident you know all relevant information on the subject, and there is no room for discussion with those who don't see it your way, or even why they don't. it goes further than that because it assumes these people also have no value in your life. I think that would be a sad way to live, unless this is all hyperbole and you don't mean what you're saying.

try to remove yourself from the specific GOP/Trump iteration and look at it objectively, because it is a lack of empathy, by definition. and isn't empathy what family's all about?

pseudo-philosophical rant over, have a great weekend everybody

7 minutes ago, dantheriver said:

Imagine thinking Jeremy, who by all accounts seems like one of the kindest dudes in this scene, is a “bad person” because he wrote lyrics about being bummed his closest friends emotionally let him down a few times. And about how he doesn’t want anything to do with his MAGA relatives. Imagine.

its more that if you consider your relatives "dead to you" (his words) if they don't agree with your political ideology, then yeah i think you're probably not a good person. spicy take these days, i get it.

35 minutes ago, Shelby American said:

Track-marked amoeba lands craft; cartwheel of scratches
Dress the tapeworm as pet
Tentacles smirk please; flinched the cocooned meat
Infra-recon forget?

lolz yeah, but Cedric's lyrics don't make me think he's a bad person like some of these new Touche ones do. Cedric's stage antics and interviews make me think he's a bad person.

10 minutes ago, No Humans said:

Also: record rules.

solid review bro, rock on

just did two full listens through. big oof. this sounds like an album that could have preceded Stage Four (by far their best album and a great album period, in my opinion) but is nowhere near as memorable musically or thematically.

A few catchy melodies here and there but they're far outweighed by bland filler and big yikes lyrics like the entire opening of the last track "A Forecast", where the only conclusion I can draw is he's complaining about not getting calls on the anniversary of his [mom's?] death (strange form of grief), and then in the next breath says some of his still living families members are "dead to him" because they differ from him politically. Like, grow up, man. There's other examples, but i'm one that can be turned off from a project by just a few shallow lyrics, so that's on me.

it just sounds like a lot of insecurity, self-pity and doubt when you'd hope for personal growth from tragedy.

disclaimer: don't vote, so don't start

Create an account just to check out? Website must have been set up way back when their music was tolerable

43 minutes ago, xfactor675 said:

Wow this new brand new record is quite good

since BN has been cancelled and Dikembe has been kicked around to a bunch of different labels without dropping one solid album, why not?

why do some people always want to make others actively celebrate filth? they say "something once was filthier"... does that make this art?

sounds like the track that didnt make the final cut on MCR's the black parade.

but who doesn't love cyclical deadpan head-nodding midtempo hair gel-slick guitar solo grooves?

3 hours ago, Sh100by said:

"we were talking about putting Vaseline on toast, tricking someone."

Of course! The classic prank - obviously recognizable strictly from the lyric "she don't use jelly". How could anyone misinterpret that??

about half of this album is very very good. seems like it kinda went under the radar. if you liked Drab Majesty's latest as much as I did, you'll probably like some of this album. seems like all the variants went  at least, and dais is pressing a lot these days

I'm guessing these guys were not wise with their money. Doing all sorts of gimmicks, product placement and whathaveyou the last 5-10 years, not to mention terrible music.

1 hour ago, rooks said:

100%. I was and still am totally onboard with supporting local anything - especially when I can tell those companies are grinding as best they can.

 

My local sit-in pizza place created a website and now takes orders online and via the phone for pickup/contact-less delivery. Nice.

The local craft brewery in my old neighborhood can't open their taproom/bar. They're still brewing new beers every week and offering pickup/delivery on everything. Nice.

 

A record store with 300 employees (what the fuck) and a well established online order system can't pay rent on the building they just sold for $34million. Fuck off.

It's not just Amoeba, either. 

Shit like this: https://www.gofundme.com/f/landlocked-employee-tip-jar They aren't paying their hourly employees, but want me to? For... free?

Same thing from Bowery Ballroom: https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-the-bowery-ballroom-and-mercury-lounge-staff

Turntable Lab: https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-the-turntable-lab-storefront-crew

 

I understand people like to be charitable, but man there's something super gross about an employer laying off their staff and then putting that on their customers by guilting them with shit like "Have you ever bought a record from that nice single mother at the checkout counter? Have you ever seen a show here and been pointed to the bathroom by one of our staff? Have you ever enjoyed the smile of the nice bouncer outside keeping you safe at one of our events? Well those employees are STARVING now because we FIRED THEM! PLEASE consider donating ANYTHING you CAN!!!! SHOW YOUR LOVE!!!"

 

I guess no harm in asking for it since it sure seems like people are more than willing to give out money for free - in this economy - lol. But, I know I'll be remembering what companies did everything they could to adapt and survive - and the ones that begged me for free money because I once gave them money for goods/services in the past.

Perfectly said, and thanks for pointing out Landlocked, Bowery and TTL for doing the same thing. The saddest part is that this attitude is symptomatic of a bigger issue. But if things were spelled out on this forum, the majority might not be in such agreement.

11 hours ago, rabbitvinyl said:

Anybody want my copy of the /250 red splatter? I'll trade for a COVID-19 vaccine. 

that definitely warranted 2 two-word responses 2 days apart

13 hours ago, museummouth said:

Anyone have one of these for sale?

the classics have rarely been more relevant.

1 hour ago, Rip said:

It’s almost as if there are more important things going on right now.

yeah - gutterball has not yet been officially outed as tug, but I think now is the time. his rampant used fandom, aloof jokes and general demeanor give him away. case closed.