rsmurphy wrote: Sat Nov 11, 2023 8:46 am I have what can loosely be described as a frenemy.

This is perfect. I would also describe metal as my frenemy.

Garth wrote: Fri Nov 10, 2023 9:33 am
If you're an opening band, never do an encore. NEVER.

Actually this is my one caveat, opening bands should do an encore.

Crap. You know who never played an encore? The Who. Are you better than the Who? No.

And for the audience...you want more music? Buy a fucking record.

CRAP.

penningtron wrote: Wed Nov 08, 2023 1:00 pm
The first half meanders a bit IMO

One man's meanders is another man's slaps

Also, haven't seen The Flower School by Bill Orcutt / Chris Corsano / Zoh Amba mentioned yet, one of my favorite records this yr, even by the current high standards set by recent Orcutt albums this one in particular I think is great, Amba kind blows my in mind spots https://billorcutt.bandcamp.com/a...

I've been loving the new record Prime by Christian McBride's New Jawn, which I was impressed as I didn't realize McBride could go this hard (Nasheet Waits aside), see below their Tiny Desk Concert

You people are insane, Hemsworth is a run-of-the-mill muscle-bound pretty boy at best. Pratt is a boring careerist. Evans is dry white-toast. Pine makes at least interesting choices, he's the only one of the four who can dress worth a damn and he's the son of Hollywood royalty, his dad was on CHiPs ...

I myself have done the "One Chip Challenge" several times, being someone who enjoys very spicy food. It's a ridiculously stupid thing to do for nearly all people, but the damn packaging has warnings all over it that kids and people with sensitivities to chili peppers should not eat it. Ap...

Cunning Stunts is their only real classic though Sexy Pee Story is close, Orphan's Tragedy sounds great but is probably too long, everything else is wildly uneven.