I am not tapped into restaurants here at all beyond the family go-to's, but I would recommend you hit up the north end of Sonnenallee just below Hermannplatz to sample the Syrian (and wider Middle Eastern) diaspora. There are also some nice Arab fried chicken places down on Karl-Marx-Strasse. Turki...

I'm going to be in Berlin next weekend and then Munich for the big ridiculous hifi show all of the following week. Any recommendations for places to eat in either city? Last year my hotel was right by the Hauptbanhof in Munich and so I ended up sticking mostly to the old town, but this year I'm keen...

When he isn’t churning out albums and touring the world with his legendary band The Smashing Pumpkins, Billy Corgan is also a wrestling promoter who owns the storied National Wrestling Alliance, which he intends to restore to its former glory. As if being a rock star navigating the demanding politi...

Collective Soul had some hits, but were second-tier horseshit, at best. These fucking songs were ubiquitous at the time. They were proto-Creed. Like, "Hey dudes, I got a guitar. Righteous long hair. I can yarl like Eddie Veddar. But guess what? We're rockin' for God, bro!". bleecchhh, eve...

Metal picks where a good idea but know I'm worried about fucking up my guitars body. Anyone use these? I know bluegrass palyers use metal finger things. I shredded the pickups on my EGC with copper picks, otherwise I've used them extensively with other types of guitars with and without pickguards, ...

1. Minor Threat
2. Hüsker Dü
3. Black Flag (Up through Damaged, mostly Keith Morris era for me)
4. Void
5. Dead Kennedys

Honestly, for working out ideas I use the "Drummer" a ton. It makes it easy to get something usable and in the ballpark of what I am looking for down before my mind goes blank. I'll usually go back and edit the patterns a bit, but as far as making it easy to jump in and lay down a guitar o...

Growing up in the south you'd regularly get Hun, Sug (shoog), Sweet Pea, Darlin', and probably more. Gender non-specific too.

Any word on the Sunn resurrection? Iwas subscribed to the email list for a bit. Took myself off when I got an offer to be an investor. Felt very "got you in on the ground floor" to me. Shame, because it looks great. I would love a single channel Concert Lead clone with a small footprint a...

brephophagist wrote: Mon Mar 18, 2024 5:02 pm Would vote for Nina Nastasia over the 3 options. They’re all good but hers gives me the chills every time; the other 3 don’t.

VU, close second.

Beat me to it, NN for the win.