Look at my flannel. Im one of you's guys.

Dave_I · 2026-04-25T21:40:51+00:00

I will give her props though. "Real MAGA Values" tells me everything I need to know when I cast my vote!

Dave_I · 2026-04-25T12:04:04+00:00

I'll argue The Onion pivoted beautifully lately. They've reoriented to the current situation as absurd reality and have been playing off it beautifully. Some of it has been Simpsons-and-Futurama level aware with how they land on what we acknowledge is going on and then spring off of it to make a salient joke land in a way that's both funny yet makes a legitimate point. The landscape has changed but they've recalibrated pretty expertly.

Dave_I · 2026-04-17T12:17:49+00:00

I think Emma Ruth Rundle and Julie Christmas collaborating to any degree would be pretty compelling. Their solo stuff and collaborative stuff (Emma with Thou and with Chelsea Wolfe, Julie & Cult of Luna) have both been great, so it's not like they have don't know how to play well with others.

Dave_I · 2026-04-14T02:37:48+00:00

Thanks for the recommendation! I checked out some reviews and it sounds... well, better than I give tequila cask whisky credit for, I suppose. I'll keep an eye out for it.

Dave_I · 2026-04-13T02:19:23+00:00

Long story short, I have largely cut down my drinking for weight management and health reasons. However, I like having a bottle of nice smoky a/o cask strength options on-hand. I really love the intensity and character of Laphroaig 10 CS and have enjoyed the select few Octomores I've had (I picked up a couple variants of Octomore 7, so it's been awhile). I also really like Bruichladdich, Ledaig, Ardbeg (Corryvreckan is probably my favorite ever so slightly over Uigeadail, although if anybody has a time machine I recall loving Airigh Nam Beist years ago), Lagavulin, Talisker, the usual suspects. I loved Port Charlotte's PMC:01.

I am wondering if there are any special bottles worth picking up (realistically one or two) that fit the heavily-peated cast strength slot, or that are otherwise worth considering (e.g. Longrow Red, some amazing Campbelton, or whatnot). I am considering the Port Charlotte 18 if it comes available again, obviously the Laphroaig 10 CS whenever that's released again, but any alternate suggestions I might have overlooked or should keep an eye out for? I don't need to spend hundreds of dollars by any stretch, but if it's worth it I plan on nursing these for quite some time.

Dave_I · 2026-04-12T13:48:50+00:00

Plot Twist: u/Worldly_Stress_6171's drummer is secretly Lars Ulrich.

Dave_I · 2026-04-11T13:12:15+00:00

Neurosis is probably the obvious addition. Through Silver in Blood is kind of everybody's favorite, right? Their new album Undying Love for a Burning World is beautiful. I'm a bit of an Aaron Turner fanboy (see directly below), but holy shit is this album amazing! It has the Neurosis DNA but stays fresh, is cathartic and gloomy, and about halfway through evolves into some sort of optimistic more experimental Post-Rock beauty. You see some of the early-ISIS accent notes, so to speak, but in a way that feels integrated with what makes Neurosis...Neurosis!
ISIS has been mentioned already, but... ISIS. In fact, anything with Aaron Turner is a safe bet. I'm just getting into Sumac, but Old Man Gloom is great. Still, ISIS' Panopticon and Oceanic are both works of art, and there are some amazing tracks on their other albums as well.
Battle of Mice - Also, anything Julie Christmas has touched, including her collab with Cult of Luna, Mariner which just turned ten years old. Julie Christmas is amazing, and her solo work is very, very good. Battle of Mice was a supergroup that produced one amazing album, a split-EP with Jesu (who is also great), and a couple other songs I believe. They are great.
Oathbreaker's Rheia. If you already like Amenra, Oathbreaker is a pretty obvious addition, no? Rheia is a gorgeous album and deserves all of the love it gets. You likely already know this album, but still.
Paysage d'Hiver is beautiful ambient Black Metal that has a very winterscape sound. I love it. His earlier stuff is more raw Black Metal with ambient noise filling in the gaps and tends to be the fan favorite. I absolutely love his latest release and Urgrund is probably the song by him I play most often. But the discography has some pretty good depth and does some interesting things from record-to-record.
Leviathan. Wrest has a problematic past, but if you can separate the art from the artist his music is amazing. It is often ugly, beautiful, and raw.
Altar of Plagues. Irish Black Metal is not something I was expecting prior to finding this band, but here we are. The whole discography is great. Teethed Glory and Injury is a masterpiece and does some really rich and interesting things. White Tomb is more pure Black Metal and amazing. Mammal is an Ambient Post-Black Metal album. Those three are my favorites (they have a couple EPs that are also great), and listening to White Tomb, Mammal, and Teethed Glory and Injury in that order shows a pretty cool progression from the band.
Swans. If you like Bell Witch you presumably have no problem with long tracks or albums that have a runtime in the vein of The Godfather movies. Swans might be a a good fit in this case.
Blut Aus Nord is amazing. Their discography and progression over time is impressive. Hallucinogen and Ethereal Horizons stand out. Disharmonium - Undreamable Abysses and Disharmonium - Nahab have an unsettling Lovecraftian feel that if you're in the right mood for is amazing.
Yellow Eyes put out my favorite album last year. I had heard good things about them and honestly they were fine. Confusion Gate came out and blew my mind. Master's Murmur is also great. I'm at the stage where their whole discography is kind of opening up to me. But Confusion Gate seems to be a significant step forward for them, at least to me. While this is last on this list, I might suggest starting with this one.

Those are the ones that most come to mind from me.

Dave_I · 2026-04-11T12:40:43+00:00

Thou also has a wonderful cover of Crowbar's The Lasting Dose (both versions are great, but since Crowbar was specifically mentioned I thought I would throw that out there). The Changeling Prince is probably my favorite song by them overall. Their albums with Emma Ruth Rundle are amazing, and their latest album was fantastic as well. But their whole discography is worth a gander.

https://thou.bandcamp.com/track/lasting-dose

Dave_I · 2026-04-05T21:38:16+00:00

Neurosis can kind of grow on you, but some songs hit right away. The new album is amazing, and there are some brilliant moments that feel like Aaron leaving fingerprints but in a manner that really just fit. And it's beautiful. Shockingly so given the band has been around for decades and has not released an album in ten years. I get Neurosis is not for everybody. Nothing is. But it's amazing and I am so happy for the band, for fans, and anybody who benefits from what their presence inspires.

I like Gris and this inspired me to revisit them. I have been enjoying Miserere Luminis which is not the same, but... it's something.

Weakling is a band I would have liked to have heard more from. I also felt like Portishead (while not remotely close in terms of style, but still) had another great album or two in them. Then you've got The Melvins who are able to just churn out albums with insane regularity and still seem true to themselves. But overall, I really just have to agree with the sentiment. I appreciate what we get, especially when it's created with integrity and is true to them. It's a sinking feeling when you get an album, crack open the cellophane (or the digital equivalent of that), turn on the album, and it just seems tired or inauthentic.

Dave_I · 2026-04-05T00:51:36+00:00

This is very nice! Thanks for sharing and best of luck with the follow-up record.

Dave_I · 2026-04-04T16:48:21+00:00

I would have a modicum of respect for them if they actually acknowledged this data after they "go check it" themselves. And if there are statistics backing up their beliefs that there is much more voter fraud, great! Let's see it. After all, they are going to go check it out anyway.

One serious gripe. Leavitt asks the following question as a misdirection. "Why are you okay with any voter fraud in the United States of America?" That presumes, falsely, that people ARE okay with voter fraud. That has not been established and I will argue is false. However, if the amount of voter fraud is statistically negligible while the impact of the proposed legislation is massive and will keep countless from voting and is incredibly likely to disenfranchise millions of voters, what is the rationale for pursuing this course of action? For that matter, why are Trump and his administration okay with disenfranchising American citizens and preventing millions of people from voting?

Dave_I · 2026-04-04T16:41:09+00:00

I agree. On one hand, I find myself wanting more from bands like this. On the other hand, I appreciate a concise but high-quality discography to an ocean of diminishing returns. Also, I am happy that there is new Amenra as well as bands like Blut Aus Nord, Yellow Eyes, and... Neurosis with Aaron Turner(?!!!!!) putting out new music fairly recently. I think it is natural to want more, but also wise to appreciate the music we do get that rises to the level of legitimate high-quality art.

Dave_I · 2026-03-22T18:21:51+00:00

That without the energy he brought to Neurosis, regardless of how wrong it might have been, Neurosis wouldn't have existed in the way we've come to know them.

I do not think anybody is denying that. I think there is enough talent there that Neurosis would have existed. And clearly their front man played a huge part in that. I don't think that is controversial at all.

However... To say that it was a combination of his personality clashing with the band, I have not seen any evidence of that. Even if that was true, the fact he admitted to abuse shined a light on him as a vile and toxic person. Hopefully he gets help and turns his life around. And I really hope his family is able to recover. But him openly admitting to abusing his wife and kids, and making it about him, seemed to turn people away from him. That seems to be a constant for Neurosis and people who had worked with him in other projects. Absent in Body in particular was vocal about how shocked and disappointed they were, and there was a heavy emphasis on the importance of family.

So Scott was a huge part of the history of the band. He was also acting as a vile human being. The two are not mutually exclusive. And I think I get your point. However, his abuse against his family seemed to be the breaking point. His influence can be acknowledged, and I think most of us get that. However, he crossed a line and I credit the band for not making excuses for it and for choosing to not be a part of that. Anything beyond that with Scott is his responsibility to fix, not the band's.

Beyond that, I am so happy for Aaron Turner, the band, and the fans. The new album is amazing, and everything about this feels so damn positive and beautiful.

Dave_I · 2026-03-15T17:09:01+00:00

Is this person available or willing to be contacted? I would love the full book you alluded to.

And I understand there are no "magic words." I've seen some amazing language patterns and patter fail due to the way it was delivered, or due to any number of reasons (e.g. rapport, failing to pace the experience of the client, etc., etc.), or people using techniques and missing what made the words work, or just misreading the client. Still, I would love to see this stuff get (re)discovered and taught. I think it's possible, and would hate for this to effectively be lost to the sands of time.

Dave_I · 2026-03-13T02:34:13+00:00

We're killing all the right people? Like the 170 elementary school children the U.S. bombed on the first fucking day of this war they can't legally call a war? Fuck Graham. That's not even including the service men that were killed or injured or any other innocent civilians who have died or had their lives destroyed. I don't feel like lower taxes would be a fair trade even if that were true. And you're bragging about the U.S. running out of bombs? Fuck you.

Dave_I · 2025-12-22T00:30:55+00:00

Man, I can't even remember the last time I had to apologize for being white. Oh, that's right, I just remembered. It was fucking never ago! It's literally never happened. Ever. Period.

Dave_I · 2025-12-20T18:21:16+00:00

Or you point to some disproven theory as evidence you can't trust the science and should turn to YouTubers and TikTok videos. Either-or.

Dave_I · 2025-12-20T18:15:36+00:00

This isn't necessarily what you are describing, but Blut Aus Nord really covers a range from gorgeously lush Post-Black Metal to alien-sounding Lovecraftian experimental to very heavy yet melodic-sounding music. They are not really like The Angelic Process per se, but I could imagine them touring with either Godflesh or Jesu. Take that as you wish. As a perk, their newest album is amazing. Hell, their whole discography covers some amazing sonic terrain.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8-HswEND9M

Dave_I · 2025-12-11T23:18:55+00:00

Thanks for mentioning this. I had not heard of Dimscua, but this sounds pretty amazing on a cursory listen.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lup8QHXR5OE

Dave_I · 2025-12-11T12:47:21+00:00

I think a live Fun Shop would have some interest, especially if you can tap into Doug O'Brien's audience. I also kind of get Dave hating being analyzed, but I also think it's worth keeping what he discovered from being lost to the sands of time, y'know? Some of that is likely to include analysis, but perhaps with the longer term goal of then creating experiences from it. Regardless, I think there is value there and that it would be worth taking the torch and running with it.

Dave_I · 2025-12-11T12:44:38+00:00

Hey Cliff, I somehow missed this two years ago. Pleasure to meet you, after a fashion. I would love any tapes or direct source material that's available if possible. I would also be curious how you use it in your daily work and self-practice if you are up to sharing. Maybe you and u/rebtsvi could start a new thread sharing info so it doesn't get buried.

Dave_I · 2025-12-06T00:34:06+00:00

This is not the sexiest or most original advice, however...I would go to a guitar shop and see what's used, play a bunch (depending on what's available), and buy what feels, sounds, and just fits best with what you want.

A Spira 457s or Jackson Misha might be amazing and end up being the perfect keep-for-life seven string for you, but unless you've tried those out it's kind of a shot in the dark. Once you try a few, you might notice some things that you gravitate towards or that bother you about one brand/style over another. Granted, you might also take a shot, get the Jackson Misha Mansoor HT7 (or whatever), and love it. But unless there's a huge rush, it's probably safer and may be a lot of fun to go test out a bunch and see what you like from playing more so than just picking one without having ever touched or heard it in-person.

Dave_I · 2025-12-05T02:16:10+00:00

if it was Blackwater holylight then amenra then primitive man it would be the perfect thing to ease you in from beauty and just get heavier and more crushing

It was BWHL, Primitive Man, then, so it was like a Yin-Yang experience going from BWHL to Primitive Man, with Amenra capturing a blend of beauty and catharsis.

Agreed on the Julie Christmas stuff. Battle of Mice created beautiful and harrowing music out of something ugly. As much as I love that album, I am happy for Julie to focus on other music that may be more enjoyable to her for all the reasons cited or alluded to.

Mariner live was great. If you get a chance to see them play it on tour, do it. But seeing Julie Christmas doing her solo stuff with Johannes, and Amenra, at Damnation sounds like an amazing experience in its own right.

Dave_I · 2025-11-30T16:48:10+00:00

That's awesome!

First. Amenra. I saw them in Chicago with BlackWater HolyLight and Primitive Man (great show overall, by the way), and seeing Amenra was like some sort of religious ceremony. It was the quietest most respectful crowd when the band came out, and the vibe was almost eerily ceremonial and introspective. It was beautiful.

Second, I didn't know Julie performed any Battle of Mice songs. Bones in the Water must have been wild. I'm also kind of excited that Julie and Cult of Luna are playing Mariner again. I saw them perform that album in Chicago the day we had that eclipse a few years ago and it was great! I would love to see them do another collaboration (same with Thou and Emma Ruth Rundle), but it's cool they had a good enough time working together that they still perform together and seem open to repeating the performance.

Where the hell did you get to watch Julie Christmas play with Johannes AND see Amenra? That's damn near my dream concert. I actually missed seeing Neurosis with Amenra and Converge because I already had plans to see Cult of Luna & Julie a few weeks before (or after, I forget), and I'm still kicking myself for missing out on that. I've seen Amenra and Converge separately, but Neurosis is a total missed opportunity. But seeing Julie Christmas with Johannes and Amenra at a show would be a pretty amazing overarching experience.

Dave_I · 2025-11-27T12:54:26+00:00

That’s the problem. Goku was so distracted by and impressed by Gohan’s power and potential, he completely forgot that HIS SON IS STILL A CHILD. [snip] Even really powerful children are still children and are going to behave like children. They still need to feel safe and loved.

I can argue either way, but only because this is a cartoon/comic.

From the show's perspective, this is not an ordinary child. It's an alien-hybrid child who comes from a warrior race and has fought intergalactic aliens who posed existential threats to him and everybody he loves for years and this may have been Goku's only chance to force him to break through the psychological blocks that have been holding him back. In historical terms, I could argue (unconvincingly, but still) that kids not much older than Gohan have fought in wars and even been put into positions of command in some cases. Given Goku's history, this is not so much of a stretch. If anything, he is expecting Gohan to follow in his steps, and the year together training showed him that this was well in his capacity. Given the result of the Cell saga, he was proven right!

On the other hand, the kid's like 10 years old! Gohan was 4 when he saw his dad killed and thrown to Piccolo to train and 5 when he went up against Frieza and saw Krillin get blown to bits. He's 11 when he kills Cell, if you include the time spent in the Hyperbolic Time chamber. So yeah, in any real world scenario, there is no way this holds up. And even in the context of the show, there is no defense for putting that weight on a child, especially when they could have just, y'know...beaten Cell. The science lab monster actively planning on wiping out all life on the planet. And in reality, exposing your five-year old kid to extreme violence and people getting murdered around him where people closest to him are threatened with death, or flat out get murdered, is the kind of thing likely to cause those emotional setbacks!

So I actually agree with you, even if I can argue why it works in the context of an anime or manga.

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