derekjarman.bsky.social
(heavy) music fan, (very) amateur cricketer, EFC supporter, cook, animal-lover, cat servant, RPGer, PC gamer, pragmatist.
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Sleeptalk fell a bit flat for me.
It's hard to put my finger on... maybe it's some of the smoothing of the edges or maybe it's because WIMTBD was the first album of theirs I heard and/or I listened to it more.
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Thanks. You've given me some stuff to check out there.
There's too much music. (c:
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What have you found that fills the void?
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Yes, I've found I enjoy their later works far less.
Dark Sun, in particular was pretty flat. To me, they kinda peaked on WIMTBD.
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Most of the "EG" bands I come across are either way too up-beat or whiny.
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I feel you.
Dayseeker's early work has become a bit of a benchmark for (to use your phrase) emotional genericore and there's not much out there that matches up.
You *may* find something in: The Pursuit by Echoes.
There's also a While She Sleeps album "You Are We" that kinda fits.
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Yeah, there's a bunch of shit dogs shouldn't eat. I was surprised when I was told that grapes were one of them.
Glad that they're okay.
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Yeah, good movie. Bale is excellent (he's one of my favourites too).
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Yeah, hope they go well.
So far the debutants have all looked comfortable at the level, too. Let's hope that continues.
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I understand where you're coming from and I'll take your word on how the conversation flowed.
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I know it can be tough when writing about things online (especially in confined text boxes) in terms of how many points and caveats have to be covered to ensure the precise point one is making comes across.
And then... you get bad-faith takes and simple miscomprehensions as well.
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Without seeing the original post, the reaction she got may have been due to what she wrote.
If all she mentioned was that there is ageism in the workplace (which there definitely is), then of course men are going to point out that they feel it too.
If she'd expanded on it like you did, maybe not.
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Maybe it was Clacker.
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Yeah, pretty obvious one. 😀
I can't use controllers... mouse & keyboard forever.
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PC
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Indeed.
He was worthless... Essentially abdicated key tasks of the federal government to the states because he was too stupid and indecisive to take any action himself.
#WorstPMEver
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Last four eps of S7 are kick-arse, though.
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Addendum: the seventh season isn't all great. They introduce The Bad Batch (who gets their own show afterwards), and they're a bit OP and have some thick plot armour.
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Certainly finished better than it started.
Don't like losing to Carlton... they're not good.
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I always saw the AFL demand that the stadium be built as a bluff.
AFL didn't really want a Tas team, so they put an impossible roadblock in the way, never expecting the Tas gov't to call their bluff.
Now, the AFL can't go back on it out of bloody-mindedness.
One big fuck-up all-round.
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I've never understood why they keep using Lynch... He's not great at speaking.
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Unfortunately, spot-on, there RoCo.
As far as EFC is concerned, this continual refrain that 'Essendon people' are needed to fix the problems and always looking backwards... the constant hunt for the *saviour*. Arrogcance, writ large.
So many hurdles to overcome before results start to show too.
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No embarrassment required there. You're dealing with the vagaries of the control system as well as the inherent difficulty of the game(s).
You do you. Life's too short to play games that aren't enjoyable.
Me: if a game requires extended grinding, I'm out.
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The only thing that matters is that you're listening to music you enjoy.
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Well, I guess you've learned at one thing today. 😀
In metal we call them "cleans"... everyone else just calls it "singing".
Progressive, Power, Epic and Symphonic metal are often "clean" only. Some Doom as well.
I've linked to it previously, but here's a good example of progressive metal.
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You mean with just "singing" (generally referred to as "cleans" in the metal world)?
There's plenty of metal that doesn't use screams, growls, shrieks, shouts or grunts. Granted, it tends to be confined to a couple of particular subgenres, but there's heaps.
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Well done.
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Unfortunately, Jar Jar Binks shows up a few times... He sucks in animated form too.
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Very true.
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I guess I'm more open to it, having grown up watching cartoons (even though this is CG than traditional cartoon), but for someone that likes Star Wars, I just reckon it's almost compulsory viewing.
It really helps fill in the gap between Episodes 2 & 3 and much more insight into Anakin.
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I love how history plays no part in Trump's thinking.
"No-one wanted an electric car, but I decided to have a Tesla pop-up store on the front lawn of the Whitehouse and spruik the shit out of them"
It's not cognitive decline... he's just an idiot.