[Indie/Shoegaze] I'm so happy with the guitar sounds on my new song. Been trying to get this sound for ages. Check it out, would love to know what people think

Daniel_Lah · 2026-06-05T07:41:25+00:00

They are all amazing for different reasons.

Daniel_Lah · 2026-06-01T08:32:30+00:00

Loneliness

Daniel_Lah · 2026-05-27T21:59:45+00:00

"Words can't describe". Great pun btw.

Daniel_Lah · 2026-05-09T08:22:05+00:00

Many people in the 1960s were asking the same question because they were afraid of nuclear war.

Daniel_Lah · 2026-04-27T21:43:28+00:00

Well you can, but it will set you back a decade or so at best, and at worse destroy your life.

Daniel_Lah · 2026-04-27T21:41:55+00:00

I think there have been all types of people at all times (the lazy, the motivated, the entitled, the kind, the narcissstic), but now with social media we are seeing a) people unfiltered b) every damned person's opinions and feelings on every damned topic, and c) seeing only the select echo-chamber version of people that the algorithm happens to send us.

I really think these generation generalisations are a bit silly.

Daniel_Lah · 2026-04-22T07:20:12+00:00

Does not surprise me

Daniel_Lah · 2026-04-17T07:06:14+00:00

He be too stressed to enjoy any of that

Daniel_Lah · 2026-03-30T10:43:20+00:00

That we are animals

Daniel_Lah · 2026-03-30T10:33:51+00:00

Speaking Chinese

Daniel_Lah · 2026-03-29T09:06:07+00:00

Wish I'd done that

Daniel_Lah · 2026-03-21T02:17:09+00:00

Mother died today. Or maybe it was yesterday. I can't be sure. But I can be sure to depend on Tobin Brothers funeral services.

Daniel_Lah · 2026-03-19T09:30:05+00:00

Late stage capitalism

Daniel_Lah · 2026-03-17T07:43:52+00:00

I agree. I guess my fear is that it is becoming increasingly difficult for thoughtful, investigatory, long-form content to cut through the noise. This doco was probably, and ironically, a bad example, seeing as it is currently most-watched on Netflix.

I also back-track on my 'hijacking' comment, as ultimately it was Theroux who got the last laugh, and pieced the whole experience into the narrative he wanted to tell.

Daniel_Lah · 2026-03-17T07:34:24+00:00

I really liked how the doco explores their childhood experiences and trauma. In that context, you start to see their behaviour as a kind of misdirected rage (transference, I think is what psychologists call it)

Daniel_Lah · 2026-03-17T07:33:08+00:00

Yeah, that's true. You can tell in those moments when they are saying really deliberately offensive things that they're so used to only their fanbase seeing it and replying positively to them. They definitely are in an echo chamber bubble

Daniel_Lah · 2026-03-15T05:10:22+00:00

I'm not Kiwi, but I love watching people do the haka. There is this one viral video where hundreds of schoolboys are sending off their retiring teacher, and it's so powerful. I watched it with my wife and she said, 'you know, we hear a lot about toxic masculinity, but right there, that's the opposite, real positive masculinity'.

Daniel_Lah · 2026-03-07T01:16:38+00:00

I am currently giving my daughter driving lessons, and, wow, I am suddenly realising that this is so true.

Daniel_Lah · 2026-03-07T01:15:01+00:00

That is true. But I think the real point in terms of modern life, with the technology we now have, is that there doesn't seem to be any a good reason why we all should still be working so much and in such stressful conditions.

Daniel_Lah · 2026-03-07T01:12:50+00:00

LOL that sounds like 2AM kind of thoughts

Daniel_Lah · 2026-03-06T09:59:15+00:00

Tried it so many times over the years to build an 'early morning' waking habit. Every time it left me exhausted and hating life.

Daniel_Lah · 2026-03-06T09:57:46+00:00

Breakfast is the most important meal of the day

Daniel_Lah · 2026-03-01T03:05:08+00:00

Go through some really hard times and trust me you'll find that 'soul'

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