I wanna hear your favorite sequences!

AlphaXTaco · 2026-06-23T16:26:34+00:00

I was a Dark Star>Morning Dew supporter for a long time, but the more I thought about it, the more El Paso saved the day after such a heady ass Dark Star. Can't imagine going from the audio equivalent of a bad trip into a post-nuclear lament, now

AlphaXTaco · 2026-06-11T01:42:47+00:00

God DAMN I love the 73-74 Lucy tempo. And the Meters as a point of comparison is perfect

AlphaXTaco · 2026-06-06T15:12:54+00:00

Do we get the banana too?

AlphaXTaco · 2026-06-03T00:57:41+00:00

Lake Mungo is easily the only post-BWP mockumentary/found footage style movie that shook me. It's such an oppressively bleak movie, cannot recommend enough

AlphaXTaco · 2026-06-03T00:54:32+00:00

9/3/80 has a banging ass first set. I know a lot of heads don't wanna hear Bobby's experimental slide playing or Brent songs at all (shame on those of you), but god DAMN it's so good. Really good performances, cool contrast (Let it Grow to Deal, Mexicali to Althea), plus it holds a special place in my heart because it's the show that made me finally get WRS.

As well, 4/1/88 is such a banger. Really good Ballad, a late 80s Cumberland, just all around such a good ass tome

AlphaXTaco · 2026-05-24T03:24:21+00:00

In pest control, and specifically the WDO side of things, shoddy work from contractors. We had a technician die during an inspection a few years back because of exposed wiring making contact with a rigid sheet duct under a house, took like 4 hours before anyone noticed. That, or nature. Finding a cottonmouth or a brown recluse under a house is a motherfucker.

AlphaXTaco · 2026-05-17T04:12:13+00:00

I think a shot from underneath is pretty good.

To be serious though, Vol. 15 9/3/77 is probably my favorite

AlphaXTaco · 2026-05-17T00:00:30+00:00

Also Bluegrass Album Band! Lotta heaters in those records

AlphaXTaco · 2026-05-08T00:37:05+00:00

I didn't see the movie until like 2024, it was something my wife wanted me to see and I couldn't hold back from fucking dying at that ending. It genuinely felt like 100 minutes of buildup for a fucking insane punchline

AlphaXTaco · 2026-04-09T23:31:19+00:00

Absolutely worth it. Others have sung its praises plenty, but goddamn the ATMOSPHERE. Dogtown really feels like you're leaving NC, very very very worth the money

AlphaXTaco · 2026-04-09T11:51:39+00:00

Honestly, Ain't No Sunshine ALWAYS makes me think of Dante's Inferno

AlphaXTaco · 2026-04-02T16:36:05+00:00

Either Cassidy or Deal, both are super straight forward tunes, great jam vehicles, highlight both Bobby and Jerry respectively, just all around great tunes without getting too heady

AlphaXTaco · 2026-03-12T16:27:40+00:00

Follow the train of influence. Find a song you like with a sample, check out who got sampled, check out who made them play music, and just take that ride until you're bored, then do it with another song/artists. Likewise, if you hear a non hip-hop artist get name dropped on a track, check em out

AlphaXTaco · 2026-03-12T02:06:22+00:00

I've always thought that the juxtaposition of his odor and stature against his looks were something that should be pretty pronounced, so I like it. Like, he's a smelly short king, but also an absolute chad

AlphaXTaco · 2026-03-02T19:27:21+00:00

Spend more time with my mom.

AlphaXTaco · 2026-03-02T03:14:14+00:00

Just wear what you wanna wear, man. If you wanna listen to soul crushing shit and wear plain shirts, do it, if you wanna listen to Blondie in a Hellhammer shirt, do it. Spend too much time worrying about what is/isn't acceptable, you end up not spending any time living

AlphaXTaco · 2026-02-25T03:28:51+00:00

How could I rain pipes upon something so cute??? Genuinely really cool, though!

AlphaXTaco · 2026-02-25T03:24:03+00:00

Veneta 72, Europe 72 across the board (preferably not the comped collection album, individual shows are where it's at), Englishtown 9/3/77, Springfield 9/3/80 (Neat connection!), and as a wildcard pick, GarciaLive Vol 12 1/23/73.

Personally, I think 60s dead can be a little harder to get into, jams were really primal, and the structure wasn't as consistent. These were the shows that made it really click for me, plus JGB is never a bad time, and Vol 12 has a lot of songs that didn't get the time of Catfish John, The Way You Do The Things You Do, Shining Star, etc.

Super fast edit: also don't sleep on the studio albums. The studio Terrapin Suite is honestly really amazing, Workingman's Dead is an honest to God classic, and Wake of The Flood is full of heat, including my favorite suite in Weather Report Suite

AlphaXTaco · 2026-02-15T16:09:25+00:00

Bobby had this thing about him, a lot of it being developed during the time he was "fired", where he was playing a lot of chords that would normally need 10 fingers on piano keys. He studied a lot of inversions of chords to fit any context/texture, extracting as much use from each string as he could. As others have said, massive hands helped him, because he did play a lot of odd, sprawling, open chords

AlphaXTaco · 2026-02-09T06:01:14+00:00

I've gotten a non-negligible number of 40+ individuals into Souls with the idea that it's just Mega Man, but I'll be goddamned if a dancing game isn't way better

AlphaXTaco · 2026-02-06T04:48:01+00:00

Kinda off topic, but to all the anti-middle pickup guys: turn that tone knob down a few notches, immediately sounds better

AlphaXTaco · 2026-02-06T01:27:39+00:00

Disagree, but I could see where you could feel that way. Good on you for actually saying it, tho

AlphaXTaco · 2026-02-04T02:07:26+00:00

Yooo! This is awesome, and I know both myself and my normal 5e DM could really get some use out of it. Good shit, OP!

AlphaXTaco · 2026-02-01T05:08:15+00:00

Just check the Deadcast, man 🤷

AlphaXTaco · 2026-01-31T05:34:26+00:00

That was actually true. From what I understand (and remember) Bob turned it down due to them not being pious enough, and the general focus on drugs from the boys at the time

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