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I really hope you’re right. Loved Power of the Dog so much. I think this article makes a compelling case for why Don’t Look Up could win. https://www.vulture.com/2022/02/dont-get-mad-at-me-when-dont-look-up-wins-best-picture.html?utm_medium=s1&utm_source=tw&utm_campaign=vulture
Near the bottom if not last. Unfortunately both leads had zero acting experience, which created some nice moments but also some painful ones. I’m no Bradley Cooper stan but he ran circles around them.
Shoutout to my fave couple Plemons and Dunst. Power of the Dog was my favorite movie of last year. I was afraid it might be tedious or a slog but it’s really quite fun and funny.
Don’t be so sure. I could easily see it winning in a year when there’s no clear cut favorite.
They’re playing a fairly small venue for a band their level here in Portland, which is cool. $100 is steep but I’ve never seen them so I think I’ll pull the trigger.
Kind of like Yo La Tengo in that they’ve never made a bad record and their newer stuff is on par with the classic 90s stuff. Listened to Here’s Where the Strings Come In over the weekend and it still sounds fresh and vital. Excited for this new one.
BOCC Phoebe is my favorite Phoebe so count me in.
Great! I think I saw that you’re a Twitter user too, so I’d recommend @bobbybigwheel, @rottenindenmark, @kenklippenstein, @tomscocca, @patrickhruby (great sports content too), and @david_j_roth (the best writer in America).
Here’s the thing: that “Aw shucks, I’m just a simple minded comedian. Don’t make no never mind about me” bullshit is, well, exactly that. He knows the power of what he says. He knows 11 million or so people hang on his every word. When you’re getting paid that much money, that defense kinda goes out the window.
Quick google search should turn up a bunch of these articles. It did for me. https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2021-04-30/tucker-carlson-major-advertisers There’s a tweet from T-Mobile responding to a customer saying they pulled advertising from him. So it’s definitely happening and has been the past few years.
I can think of few things I’d rather do less than listen to Joe Rogan and a politician talk for three hours, but that’s mostly harmless. Anti-vaccine talk during a pandemic is not harmless.
Not going to downvote you, but this is happening a lot. There’s a ton of media coverage surrounding what Fox News is doing. The Rogan thing is gaining traction because they paid him $100 million, because people like Young got involved, and because so many people use Spotify. But there is plenty of outrage about Fox News, rightfully so.
Just having conversations. Just openly pondering about the germ theory of disease. Just shooting the breeze w/r/t mind control coming from vaccines. It’s really analogous to what the Greeks did.
Content moderation =\= violating free speech or censorship. Private companies can and should moderate what’s on their platforms. I wish they’d actually remove the dangerous antivax rhetoric coming from Joe Rogan but this is better than nothing.
Hell yeah. Fuck Joe Rogan. Going anti-vax during a pandemic should get you actually cancelled (not the fake way everyone uses it) but we know that ain’t gonna happen until the sponsors start to leave. Hopefully this continues the momentum.
They said on twitter they’ll peruse these comments so if you’re reading this, Ducks, we love ya
Finally got to the Tomberlin track and was mildly disappointed. I don’t think the double vocals worked very well. All in for these five songs though.
Anybody else notice lately that every other trailer and commercial has a Bowie song in it? It wasn’t exactly rare before (unless you were making a film about him lol) but the past few months there’s been a explosion of syncs.
Not a knock on CB by the way. I really liked their second album even if I wish they balanced the “bubble grunge” equation a bit better.
Imagine how sick it would be if more bands did this instead of pivoting to synths in a failed attempt at mainstream recognition? Like, Charley Bliss follows up Guppy with a throat ripper that foregrounds the anger. Just a thought!
Stay Useless is such a great pop song roughed up. Loved the album after this too (and everything before tbh) but haven’t been able to connect to the last several records.
Will be blasting that Anxious album all weekend and probably all year.
I tried but the lyrics turned me off after about three songs. Anyone who uses “fake news” in any context better be able to back it up, and they def didn’t.
Thanks for having me on! Hopefully I didn’t touch off a beach house flame war, and if my friends see this, I did indeed go to my cliche “I like their earlier stuff better” line
Actual lol when I read this headline. Maybe they’ll do a split Taylor Swift / David Bowie picture disc for $45?
This was a bonus track on the vinyl release and it’s become my favorite from this era of Darkside
“Same!” - every commenter rushing to make this joke
Whoops they have Turnover not Turnstile. Scott edit button when
Has any label had a better past few years than Run for Cover? Turnstile, One Step Closer, Citizen, Fiddlehead, Anxious, Portrayal of Guilt… good god
I can’t believe how big a Kanye fan I used to be. I would defend him to other people all the time. What a mark.
There were a bunch of great songs he recorded around the time of Oxymoron that didn't make the cut or were relegated to bonus tracks for some reason. I'll go to bat for "Prescription/Oxymoron", especially the second half of that track. "The Purge" is also a great Tyler production. Oxymoron: underrated album!
It's either the guys in my avatar or those other guys from Minneapolis
Loved the Fontaines debut, thought A Hero’s Death was pretty good, but “Jackie” might be the best thing they’ve ever done.
Hands on the Wheel was hugely important to me during a time when my life was just weed and brews.
Vernon Chatman is one of the insane minds behind Wonder Showzen, the greatest and most prescient comedy show of our time.