Lu Zwei wrote: Fri May 09, 2025 1:22 pm

tallchris wrote: Fri May 09, 2025 12:41 pm

penningtron wrote: Fri May 09, 2025 12:37 pm Pink tape used to be a pretty good Pro Tip for differentiating your band gear shit from others, but I think a lot of people eventually got that idea.

I picked up using white gaff tape from a former band member and if I can help it that's all I've bought for 20+ years. Also you can use a normal black Sharpie on it instead of trying to find some white/silver/etc color market to stand out.

I ma on the silver duct tape front here. A black sharpie goes very well with it.

Of the colors suggested, yeah, the old standard silver/gray is still the winner for me.

I can understand why one would want to use a different color to stand out.

As far as Radiohead, I'll have to add them to the very long list of artists that produce music that I like/liked but can't stand (some of) the politics of (members of) the band. Oh well. I didn't have plans to hang out with them anyway.

Lu Zwei wrote: Fri May 09, 2025 1:22 pm

tallchris wrote: Fri May 09, 2025 12:41 pm

penningtron wrote: Fri May 09, 2025 12:37 pm Pink tape used to be a pretty good Pro Tip for differentiating your band gear shit from others, but I think a lot of people eventually got that idea.

I picked up using white gaff tape from a former band member and if I can help it that's all I've bought for 20+ years. Also you can use a normal black Sharpie on it instead of trying to find some white/silver/etc color market to stand out.

I ma on the silver duct tape front here. A black sharpie goes very well with it.

Duct tape leaves sticky shit all over the place, which is the entire reason to use gaff tape instead!

tallchris wrote: Fri May 09, 2025 1:32 pm

Lu Zwei wrote: Fri May 09, 2025 1:22 pm

tallchris wrote: Fri May 09, 2025 12:41 pm

I picked up using white gaff tape from a former band member and if I can help it that's all I've bought for 20+ years. Also you can use a normal black Sharpie on it instead of trying to find some white/silver/etc color market to stand out.

I ma on the silver duct tape front here. A black sharpie goes very well with it.

Duct tape leaves sticky shit all over the place, which is the entire reason to use gaff tape instead!

We don't have that shit in the old Yugo land over here. The duct tape just hit the stores a couple years back.

jfv wrote: Fri May 09, 2025 1:28 pm As far as Radiohead, I'll have to add them to the very long list of artists that produce music that I like/liked but can't stand (some of) the politics of (members of) the band. Oh well. I didn't have plans to hang out with them anyway.

As always one golden rule always applies: Less in more. The less I know the more I can tolerate in this instance.

J.K. Rowling should join as their interpretive dancer a la The Mighty Mighty Bosstones.

Krev wrote: Fri May 09, 2025 1:44 pm J.K. Rowling should join as their interpretive dancer a la The Mighty Mighty Bosstones.

Or maybe a la Butthole Surfers?

Lu Zwei wrote: Fri May 09, 2025 1:37 pm

jfv wrote: Fri May 09, 2025 1:28 pm As far as Radiohead, I'll have to add them to the very long list of artists that produce music that I like/liked but can't stand (some of) the politics of (members of) the band. Oh well. I didn't have plans to hang out with them anyway.

As always one golden rule always applies: Less in more. The less I know the more I can tolerate in this instance.

I don't disagree. Anyway, I probably won't be following The Smile anytime soon.

jfv wrote: Fri May 09, 2025 1:54 pm

Lu Zwei wrote: Fri May 09, 2025 1:37 pm

jfv wrote: Fri May 09, 2025 1:28 pm As far as Radiohead, I'll have to add them to the very long list of artists that produce music that I like/liked but can't stand (some of) the politics of (members of) the band. Oh well. I didn't have plans to hang out with them anyway.

As always one golden rule always applies: Less in more. The less I know the more I can tolerate in this instance.

I don't disagree. Anyway, I probably won't be following The Smile anytime soon.

Never heard one song by them in my life. I intend to keep it that way. The later Radiohead phase rubbed me the wrong way. I kinda figured it can only get worse with a new band, although everyone collectively fell into a trans when they played here in Zagreb three years ago.

I appreciate that despite Big Music really insisting you accept Radiohead as "The New Big Thing" in the 90's, that their retort was to make increasingly more and more obtuse music that your general radio audience just won't get into... but they will pretend to. I think they have made some pretty good/surprising music. I really dislike the first 2 records (yawncore) but think OK Computer was a unique change of pace and fun when it came out and liked that they decided to go even weirder with Kid A when all the money in the world was saying "can we just have more Plastic Trees Please?" Interesting move. After that it kinda seems like they spent a lot of money on Eurorack synths and think you should know about them. A lot of it sounds like someone just recorded a basement synth jam while the singer does his best Yoko Ono impersonation in the corner of the room. Their records always sound very good. Kid A is good for testing big PA systems/studio monitors because the midrange and bass blend is fantastic.

I think Radiohead are one of the most interesting boring bands. Thom Yorke always looks like he was just startled out of bed by being stung by a bee.

B-

I feel like Johnny Greenwood is overrated as fuck.