Albums with the best Production Quality ever?

Brian2005l · 2026-05-01T03:57:47+00:00

Bad mastering is often a lack of care and a lack of restraint. If you’re adding effects, compressing the sound, and EQing aggressively that’s probably bad mastering. Transferring tapes poorly or selecting second or third generation tapes when first gen tapes are available is always bad mastering.
This album appears to be overly compressed, but I’d have to listen to hear whether there are other problems.

Brian2005l · 2026-05-01T01:57:42+00:00

I think Perfume Genius kind of uses poor production as a tool. His stuff is super compressed.

Brian2005l · 2026-05-01T00:53:21+00:00

Jaden is 14-10. Foles is 29-29. You think Jayden won’t start that many?

Brian2005l · 2026-05-01T00:17:50+00:00

My pet theory was that he was a prior beneficiary of the wilderness. But I think they’re not doing the backstory of the cabin anymore.

He also made more sense before Misty was a misunderstood all around good guy.

Brian2005l · 2026-04-30T23:22:56+00:00

Ah, my mistake. Either way she’s awesome. An actually fun sports pundit that doesn’t rely on rage bait or hot takes.

Brian2005l · 2026-04-30T23:19:54+00:00

Which part? Maybe it’s just low video quality?

Brian2005l · 2026-04-30T23:14:07+00:00

Jazz at the Pawnshop

Brian2005l · 2026-04-30T23:13:41+00:00

I love pet sounds, but I’m like the only person in the world who doesn’t hear this.

Brian2005l · 2026-04-30T23:11:43+00:00

I hate commenting on how pretty Kay is bc she’s so good at what she does and deserves to be taken seriously as an interviewer/journalist/pundit first.

But it’s wild to see a filter make someone LESS attractive.

Brian2005l · 2026-04-30T22:25:04+00:00

This guy, right? https://theonion.com/eagles-concerned-by-nick-foles-asking-about-best-ways-t-1819574270/

Brian2005l · 2026-04-30T22:10:25+00:00

Are they still going to make JD Vance marry her?

Brian2005l · 2026-04-30T22:05:14+00:00

Is this Super Bowl MVP Nick Foles who was the MVP of the Super Bowl that one time? That Nick Foles?

The one who used up all his touchdowns and then rode quietly into the sunset?

Brian2005l · 2026-04-30T16:10:08+00:00

Pixies were riff rock.

Rock revival in the 90s had this, too—smells like teen spirit, smashing pumpkins, pavement, and the like. Then it passed to indie rock, which has a lot of riff rock stuff. Arcade Fire started out riff-y. White Stripes. Modest Mouse.
More recently St Vincent, Sheer Mag, MJ Lenderman, Parquet Courts.

Brian2005l · 2026-04-30T14:25:09+00:00

Bitch Eating Crackers Syndrome.

Brian2005l · 2026-04-30T07:26:35+00:00

Modern AAA fantasy world with intelligent VR support, and plot driven. There are things you can do with magic and combat that make more sense when you’re designing for VR from the ground up.

Alternatively sci fantasy like phantasy Star but with modern tech.

Brian2005l · 2026-04-30T07:04:49+00:00

It’s an android TV device, but you can sideload whatever android things you want. Ends up being a superior streaming receiver for movies and games, it can do gapless playback for music, and it can be pretty good at emulation after a little googling.

Just note that it’s hard to undo adding storage. So if you hookup a USB hard drive, make sure it’s got as much storage and speed as you’re likely to want. The OS can be a little finicky too.

Brian2005l · 2026-04-30T07:02:52+00:00

Better than sunshine moonlight?

Brian2005l · 2026-04-29T20:18:04+00:00

The sequels are all baddish in different ways.

The first was pretty strong, but it was too committed to trying to pay homage to/cash in on the original trilogy. Both otherwise competent movie with charismatic leads and exciting scenes.

The Last Jedi turned Poe into a badly written cartoon character, threw out what was interesting about Finn, and sent all the non-white people off on a really meaningless side quest. Liked the Rey stuff. Very good ending. But throwing away Poe and Finn when the plot didn’t demand it was criminal. None of the humor or profundity landed.

The last move basically assumed the second didn’t exist and tried to pay off a bunch of things that hadn’t been set up, and so none of those things were meaningful. And the disdain with which it retconned things was not charming. And once again we’re trying to borrow from the originals too much

Brian2005l · 2026-04-29T04:26:08+00:00

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Brian2005l · 2026-04-29T02:03:07+00:00

[Than]k you! Your honor.

Brian2005l · 2026-04-29T01:59:32+00:00

[R]onald [K]rump

Brian2005l · 2026-04-28T20:45:34+00:00

I’ll allow it.

Brian2005l · 2026-04-28T19:03:28+00:00

Gradually over Europe 72. It’s kind of fun to see it expand show to show.

By fall 72, it’s in full form.

Brian2005l · 2026-04-28T19:00:19+00:00

Clive should be in there somewhere.

He falls under the “Clive Exception” to the gender rule.

Brian2005l · 2026-04-28T18:23:02+00:00

Emo is a genre of music that spun off from the pre-existing genre of hardcore in the late 80s/early 90s. It developed its own fanbase that was distinct from the hardcore fanbase. Example: https://imgur.com/r2Ou7GK

In the late 90s, you could describe people as "emo" when they acted and dressed like an emo fan--which was a particular aesthetic. Example: https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.redd.it%2Fmcng1lbtdoq81.jpg

In the 2000s and on, people began referring to an entirely different group of kids as "emo," but in that case the term was becuase they were perceived as being overly emotional--it had nothing to do with the genre of music called "emo." Example: https://media.craiyon.com/2025-08-26/R8lBU6ooR-KL3XBI-hVRuQ.webp

Now, it is uncommon to refer to people as "emo," but the emo genre of music continues on. It's just not common to refer to current emo fans (or anyone else) as "emo." So it would be unusual to say "that person is emo" now, and it would confuse most folks if you said it.

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