For some reason I'm currently remembering the Billie Eilish poll from near the end of the old C/NC. I vividly recall the feeling of surprise that washed over me when I saw that she actually got majority NOT CRAP, followed by some people arguing how old PRF would've near-unanimously voted her as bein...

Not sure if polls are editable - if not someone please make a new thread. I'm torn between At Action Park and To All Trains now. The latter is almost chilling in how it unintentionally works as an epitaph for FM Steve's career, but even outside of any real-world context it has my absolute favorite S...

penningtron wrote: Wed Jun 05, 2024 12:01 pm Sebadoh never clicked for me. Seems like a hodgepodge of very different songwriters.

I mean, yes, that's a big part of the appeal. There's solo Lou for those who want nothing but his stuff, but I like getting Elixir Is Zog on the same album as Think (Let Tomorrow Bee)

I've loved Sebadoh since I was 13, so for over half my life now. I didn't like Pavement when I first heard them, it took a few years before they really clicked with me and I'm still not as much of a superfan as a lot of people seem to be. Lou's best ballads still bring me to the brink of tearing up ...

I'm confused as to who considers this smug...

An addendum - even working under the belief that Steve wasn't a pedophile (which is my belief), those writings are disgusting. He SHOULD have been held more directly accountable for them while he was alive. However, the conversation around them where even just saying "I'm not sure whether or no...

I didn't want to write it over in the memorial thread, but I think the generous thing to do in this case is to open up to the idea that people who may be posting and pursuing such things may be survivors of abuse themselves (or otherwise affected by it, in their family, circle of friends, surroundi...

One of the things I particularly admired about his reckoning with his own past was the admission that apologies don’t simply make the hurt go away. So I haven’t been too bothered by less gracious responses to his death, though it has irked me when I’ve come across self-righteous criticisms from peo...

I saw Orchid tonight at Warsaw in Brooklyn and right before their set, they turned off all venue lights and played Prayer to God in full.

I genuinely wanted to cry.

I haven't been active here in years, but I just wanted to stop by and pay my respects. The handful of times I chatted with Steve on these boards I will treasure for the rest of my life.

This just doesn't feel real... I just don't know what else to say, except that my heart goes out to Heather.