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How dare you call yourself a failure when you know damn well you were born into a system designed to separate you from success.

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Deliverance Opeth · Album · 2002 · 6 songs

#deliverence by #opeth

🐀: 5/5

Opethliness is next to godliness. Never realize how influential some artists are to my craft until I notice some of my playing style in albums I haven’t heard in ages.

Live Music Europe 2010 Joe Jackson · Album · 2011 · 12 songs

#livemusiceurope2010 by #joejackson

🐀: 4/5

Since I had the time… the bass and drum playing on here is phenomenal. Probably my favorite version of “Got the Time” especially as someone who writes songs for a bass and drum duo.

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#MusicSky

No matter how much I warmup before hand, recording vocals never start off easy 🫠🍔

chicken wearing a pair of jordans. her name is Hype Moments And Aura

Thought I was having a good hair day, plus showing off my new End of Small Sanctuary shirt. Your new favorite melodic black metal band: endofsmallsanctuary.bandcamp.com/album/tower-...

#hardworkinman by #brooksanddunn

🐀: 4/5

Sounds like the work of some hard workin’ men (& women too). Clean production, solid performances, best cowboy swag of the era. Yeehaw! 🤠

Surprisingly not on streaming platforms.

They Forgot They Survived, by Khu.éex’ 13 track album

I reply with…

Just got into a lovely chat with @serendipityjones.bsky.social and a few of their orbiting followers. Is this what Twitter was like before enshittification?

Mmm ethnic-dub-jazz-funk

Which is a whole conflict that boils over in all subcultures. When your standard bearers are no longer standard.

Yep! That’s the one I hinted at with upholding standards from one and applying it to another. I’ve never considered Zorn to be a band dude. Even some band dudes (Eno) stop being band dudes when they veer into composition. And some band dudes (Zappa) were never truly band dudes. They just had bills.

Hahaha yeah, that’s relatable. I love those moments because they are usually gentle reminders to check in with myself. Do I not relate to this because I’m not the intended audience? Has my relationship with the form changed and in what way? Am I tired or hungry or not emotionally receptive rn?

I personally find the idea of policing how “emotionally invested” an artist is in what influences their art to be a tad disingenuous.

Yeah, my take is that it’s trying to apply a standard from one world onto another one. And when you mix things (as you should IMO) it does get messy and some folks will loudly try and uphold their personal Platonic Forms.

I’m intrigued. Do you have a link to this thought?

Lolol I’ve never been to Vermont but what you described sounds Vermont af

Pretty sound logic to me. Swarm of pellets for a swarm of insects. What could go wrong?

What’s more country than killing flies with a baseball bat?

A Picture of Nectar Phish · Album · 1992 · 16 songs

#apictureofnectar by #phish

🐀: 4/5

This is some tasty orange marmalade. Contains some of their best part writing to boot to boot.

At Dawn, by My Morning Jacket 14 track album

#atdawn by #mymorningjacket

Rating: 4/5

Wasn’t quite up at dawn, (MMJ probably stayed up to catch dawn, I had to wake up to catch bus) but this was a pleasant and hazy soundtrack to getting to the bus stop at the same time as the bus.

Animaru, by Mei Semones 10 track album

#animaru by #meisemones

Rating 4/5

Definitely not a cardboard box, but I will have to live in it a few more times to appreciate all the intricacies.

Songs for Singles, by Torche 8 track album

#songsforsingles by #torche

Rating: 4/5

I’m not single, so maybe I’m not the right audience. But the songs are pretty nice… even if they aren’t for me specifically.

Should I review the albums I listen to during my morning commute to no one in particular?

Saturday 4/12 we will be playing Karate Church in Bellingham with Bastard Tag and Arcana. All ages, $10, 7:30. No drugs, no booze, no assholes. Yes vibes, yes healthy boundaries, yes pronouns. See you in the pit.

It documents something.