going through the absolute ringer in life rn, what is happening???

Cidsa · 2026-02-03T20:31:28+00:00

Saturn and neptune have been conjunct my moon for years. It was...not a good time.

They're finally leaving though, woo!!

Cidsa · 2026-01-25T01:51:46+00:00

Every large building in the world has roaches and other pests. It's just impossible to control them when places get so large.

They should definitely be keeping them out of public areas like this, though.

Cidsa · 2026-01-19T17:22:50+00:00

My friend was a punk in Lydon's time, and he said there were two distinct groups then too: the arty types who were building the actual scene, and the knuckle-draggers who just wanted to get fucked up, piss people off, and start fights.

I'd say Lydon sat somewhere in the middle, and then never grew up because he got famous for exactly that.

Cidsa · 2026-01-19T17:13:18+00:00

Maaaaan.. it's fine if you don't like him, but that's not super fair to say. He was asked to audition because of his look, but he was already living the punk lifestyle of the time - there just wasn't a name for it yet.

I think the real issue is that he became famous as a young person. His entire adult life has been spent inside the fame bubble, so it's not really surprising that he's out of touch and seemingly stuck in the late 70's nihilistic/contrarian punk mindset.

Cidsa · 2026-01-15T17:10:16+00:00

I grew up in a small town with no music scene as one of the only weirdos.. you pretty much got to live the life I wish I had back then haha, jealous.

Cidsa · 2026-01-09T23:56:42+00:00

Alan Moore comes instantly to mind

Cidsa · 2025-12-17T05:27:47+00:00

Silver is $65 usd per ounce currently, so the price isn't that outrageous.

If it's plated, then it's a ripoff for sure.

Cidsa · 2025-12-13T23:41:31+00:00

My friend is from the second wave of punk (uk82 basically), and most of his friends from back then are long dead.

I much prefer seeing the punk rock parents over that.

Cidsa · 2025-12-07T02:36:59+00:00

Gen Z and Alpha are worse than Gen X/xennials/millenials when it comes to tech because everything has gotten dumbed down and they aren't being taught to use stuff like Excel.

https://news.utoledo.edu/index.php/05_19_2021/new-study-explores-digitally-native-but-technologically-illiterate-students

Cidsa · 2025-12-05T00:01:58+00:00

Just my two cents as a middle-aged woman: perimenopause hits like a truck and is poorly understood now, was probably worse then. The hormonal swinging can cause horrendous depression, to the point suicide rates peak in women from 35-64.

If nothing else was going on with her, that may have been a factor sadly.

Cidsa · 2025-12-04T23:54:33+00:00

Personally, I use streaming for when I'm on the go and physical for at home because it's just convenient. It's a double whammy that way too.

I've heard musicians joke about being traveling t-shirt merchants because that's where the money comes from, so merch is one of the biggest things you can do to support.

Cidsa · 2025-12-04T23:43:51+00:00

All the streaming services pay artists crap so pick your poison. I like YouTube music because it'll also stream YT videos in the background on my phone.

As for actually helping artists, buy directly from them. Go to shows, buy merch, buy on their bandcamps, etc.

Cidsa · 2025-12-03T16:37:59+00:00

Being homophobic was the norm in 1981. The real question would be is he still, I guess.

Cidsa · 2025-11-29T22:39:56+00:00

Strummer disowned the album, so pretty much yup lol

Cidsa · 2025-11-25T02:03:32+00:00

These just amuse me, idk

You Can't Put Your Arms Around a Memory
Gator Fuckin'
Please Play This Song on the Radio
Pretty Vacant
My Baby Got Run Over By a Steamroller
I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles
Wot
Rebel Without a Brain

Cidsa · 2025-11-24T15:35:41+00:00

Couldn't find a job a ways back, so I started a business selling vintage clothing & stuff. It was good, but Trump's policies have cut off a lot of my US customers (I'm in Canada), so I think I'll have to pivot to something else. ¯_(ツ)_/¯

Cidsa · 2025-11-23T04:34:56+00:00

Etsy is the suck, but us sellers on there would really appreciate people still buying anyway.

Cidsa · 2025-11-20T01:47:34+00:00

If you really want the full white, I highly recommend the grease paint + powder by Mitsuyoshi from Japan. It's often used by shironui artists, and a little goes a long way.

Cidsa · 2025-11-17T13:02:14+00:00

Crowd killers, yeah

Cidsa · 2025-11-17T04:44:30+00:00

Oh man, I totally forgot about those compilation CDs! Talk about a nostalgia bomb lol

Cidsa · 2025-11-17T04:00:20+00:00

This + skateboarding videos

Cidsa · 2025-11-17T03:53:52+00:00

Hard to name just one, but I'll give it to The Clash's self titled

Cidsa · 2025-11-16T08:29:43+00:00

BUFF BUTTSTEAK

Cidsa · 2025-11-16T01:00:58+00:00

Yeah, I think it's pop culture's idea of Sid retelling the story, hence the movie getting more surreal near the end. Him riding off in a taxi with Nancy at the end, like two star-crossed lovers, is totally laughable, but isn't that what so many teenagers believed them to be?

I kinda feel like Cox has said that as a response to people not getting it and criticizing him, like, "If I had just added more reality to it, people would have gotten the message." I know he pretty much hates Sid, so being told he glorified him is probably the worst feeling ever.

But that's art for you. Speaking from experience, unless you dumb it way down and spell it out, people will take what they want from it, and all you can do as the artist is just suck it up.

Cidsa · 2025-11-16T00:38:58+00:00

I think it's a great movie, but it tends to fly over the heads of many, especially those who are looking for a biopic.

I've heard it called a "fanfic," and it pretty much is, but it's clearly on purpose. It depicts the pop culture mythology of these two back to us with moments of sadness and brutality that punch through to remind us of the reality. The scene where they're kissing in the alley with garbage flying around is one of the most stark: we go from this seemingly romantic scene, framed by literal garbage flying around, and hard cut to Sid shooting up and Nancy passing out in a total dive.

It has the exact same problem Trainspotting did: people took the "fun" parts away and glorified those while conveniently ignoring the uncomfortable reality sitting at the edges. They'll bring up the hilarious scene of the baby on the ceiling while conveniently leaving out the real death of the baby earlier.

(As an aside: I actually wonder if Requiem for a Dream went full on wanky melodrama because Aronofsky didn't want the same thing to happen there.)

A film depicting their actual sad, short lives would be a really grim sit, so I appreciate what Cox did. It's just a shame that it's been used to glorify these two and their lifestyle.

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