Always ask them “What’s your plan?” That usually shuts them up or makes them admit they have no plans.

That’s just, like, your opinion, man.

I mean, say what you like about the tenets of National Socialism, Dude, at least it’s an ethos.

an artist’s worldview informs their art, so things like racism/misogyny/ableism etc etc seep into the works they create.

I disagree with this part. People are extremely complex and not even internally consistent with themselves. I don’t think it’s a given that any and all bad qualities they possess are necessarily going to be present in art they create.

Love my unprocessed peanut butter, but the processed stuff is great for making Alton Brown’s peanut butter fudge.

https://youtu.be/ZbkC_7wQKgA

he’s just like me fr

You gotta take the bad with the good.

Probably because that’s how The Tonight Show Starting Johnny Carson was set up, and subsequent late night talk shows have generally emulated its style and setup.

Yep. Region-locking is still a thing with video games.

There are whole ecosystems we’ve basically never sampled.

This drives me crazy. Along with the fact that we’ll probably never know about the various colors and fleshy structures that these animals had.

“Buck” by Brainstory. It’s funky, groovy, melodic, jangly, chill. Overall some phenomenal guitar work.

My desire to see my favorite acts is greater than my desire to take trust busting upon myself. I can and do see shows at my local dives but I’m not going to abandon my favorite bands just because more people like them than before.

That’s just punishing both artists and long-time loyal fans for the artists being popular. It’s not their fault that there’s a monopoly on venues bigger than hyper-local clubs and bars.

Seeing them in a couple months and I’m so excited.

Combined with a healthy dose of survivorship bias. We forgot all the ones that were bad or unremarkable.

Alcohol is expensive, I’ll tell you that much.

The problem with this, if you follow it to its natural conclusion, is that the “best” local bands eventually popular enough that they’re playing Ticketmaster/Livenation venues.

They’re cousins.

It sucks that it takes gas prices. But I’d rather have someone do the right thing for the wrong reason than not at all.