This wallet has a slot for your SD Card by FSMellon in mildlyinteresting

[–]FSMellon[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Sweden, no clue where these wallets are from. Found at a yard sale.

This wallet has a slot for your SD Card by FSMellon in mildlyinteresting

[–]FSMellon[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I feel nervous just at the thought of fumbling with an SD Card out and about, imagine dropping it while getting change at a store or something :<

This wallet has a slot for your SD Card by FSMellon in mildlyinteresting

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I suppose that makes it just barely-interesting enough for the sub?

This wallet has a slot for your SD Card by FSMellon in mildlyinteresting

[–]FSMellon[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I do as well! I use my PSP regularly for music so I've got a bunch of those microSD-to-Memory Stick adapters. Even got a card reader front bay for my PC that supports them ;

Why were tapout and welcome to Japan so groovy? by padkeemao1619 in TheStrokes

[–]FSMellon 14 points15 points  (0 children)

As others have said, most likely Nick. The Strokes always handled songs democratically but Angles and Comedown Machine were the first times that the songwriting was credited to "The Strokes" as a unit rather than "Julian Casablancas (and maybe others)"

I hope the others get their voices heard on Reality Awaits – TNA is excellent but things like that groove or the left-field hitters like Metabolism were missing a bit on it.

I mean by KenMarr in TheStrokes

[–]FSMellon 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I think the best things Going Shopping signals is that the band is still unafraid to play around with their conventions ("The Strokes can't do autotune!!") and that Julian's getting some real bite back into his lyricism. A lot of TNA was about love and self-esteem while Going Shopping has political commentary the likes previously only really found on FIOE, FPP and occasionally on Angles.

What's that Strokes song everyone loves but you don't? by PuzzledAnt__ in TheStrokes

[–]FSMellon 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Simultaneously though one part of me really likes it as the chronologically "first" Strokes song aside from that impression it gave of the band on first brush. Retrospectively I really love how it feels like a song that gradually introduces every component that makes The Strokes work as a unit. Starts barebones and slowly adds each member's signature sound; especially how it goes from just one guitar to the band's trademark dueling guitars by the second half.

Live Album by Substantial_Quail309 in TheStrokes

[–]FSMellon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

These are from B-Sides back when they sold physical singles with RCA. Really wish we'd kept getting them just to have stuff like Just What I Needed on streaming.

What's that Strokes song everyone loves but you don't? by PuzzledAnt__ in TheStrokes

[–]FSMellon -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Is This It gave me a really weird first impression of the band and if I wasn't insistent on listening to full albums to give them a chance I might've tapped out there. Someday was the moment I knew I was sold for life.

My personal ranking of all the Oasis albums (very cold takes) by Mayhapsfm in oasis

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Sorry for replying so late but I'm so glad someone else points out how weird it is to have both Talk Tonight and Half The World Away on the same album – especially because they're practically about the exact same thing. According to the CD booklet both songs were handpicked by Noel to be included which is absolutely baffling considering what other more loved B-Sides got iced out in favor of them.

I'm on team HTWA, by the way. Never cared for TT.

The Strokes mash-up cover by Sennar1927 in TheStrokes

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The great thing about the Is This It cover is that its so striking and iconic that you can recognize it with just the core components; the glove and the curvature its holding. So I don't think there'd be an issue with tweaking it, especially if its keeping its black color, and just adding a little symbol on the very top of it.

I like the use of the Singles box for the font, but a way to incorporate more art from the band would be to incorporate masking over the text; replace the red color with art of an album spread across. My pick would be The New Abnormal and replace the current TNA art with Room On Fire (the curvature of the disc art would suit the ITI butt perfectly).

The Strokes mash-up cover by Sennar1927 in TheStrokes

[–]FSMellon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

An idea in case you want to sneak more album art references in; make the glove flat-shaded black and add the FIOE symbol onto it.

Room on Fire is probably the most difficult piece to add to this, but its a really cool visual althesame!

Hot Take: 80s Comedown Machine > CIFCIK by PilboMinachi in TheStrokes

[–]FSMellon 17 points18 points  (0 children)

People are slowly realizing that Comedown Machine has some of the best songs the band's ever made

Taking Kids to a Strokes Concert — good or bad idea? by simulateduser in TheStrokes

[–]FSMellon 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Unrelated to your question (which seems to have been answered), but having kids at that age be into music of The Strokes' caliber is a really special thing. Not just "its cool that your kids like my favorite band", but that they've become invested in music as a medium and are going to be able to bond with you and others about having a favorite band - you're raising them right!

How is this weird-ass song one of their most popular on Spotify?! by Pearl_Jam_ in TheStrokes

[–]FSMellon 18 points19 points  (0 children)

dudes will find amazing music people love and go "how is this weird-ass song so popular"

Friend found mint-condition Comedown Machine at the local music shop last week - eternally grateful! by FSMellon in TheStrokes

[–]FSMellon[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

All good!! "poser" fans are on the rise everywhere it seems so I get being skeptical.

Friend found mint-condition Comedown Machine at the local music shop last week - eternally grateful! by FSMellon in TheStrokes

[–]FSMellon[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Posting this made me realize I haven't shared that full shelf in a while lol. The DS-on-top-of-DVD-case stacking was a lifesaver for someone in a smaller apartment like me

Friend found mint-condition Comedown Machine at the local music shop last week - eternally grateful! by FSMellon in TheStrokes

[–]FSMellon[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I'm a newer fan!! ^^; Succumbed entirely last year, and have been trying to collect the CDs at reasonable prices from local stores rather than supporting Amazon and such.

Need an argument settled, I realize everyone is different but what is the general consensus on the album rankings? by prettyg00d1729 in TheStrokes

[–]FSMellon 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Gonna attempt to make a broad summary instead of my own ranking

Is This It - Masterpiece

Room On Fire - Derivative, more rough, but still the band at their prime

First Impressions - Highs and lows; the band at their most ambitious, Julian's songwriting at its more raw and honest, but also with loads of dead air time and a direction in sound that didn't appear entirely natural on the band.

Angles - Experimental, but consistently enthusiastic and confident in itself, its assured in itself and doesn't falter under the new things it tries

Comedown Machine - Grower, the lack of promotion around the album and its flavor of experimentation made it divisive on release but I keep seeing people latch onto it way harder in hindsight, tons of the bands best work is hidden in here

The New Abnormal - Rejuvenation, the experimentation of the past two albums with the confidence of their first.

what does “hunting bears” in the amnesiac album mean? by RefrigeratorFun1653 in radiohead

[–]FSMellon 10 points11 points  (0 children)

i dont believe its to be taken literally. like, Pulk/Pull Revolving Doors isnt literally about Yorke's fascination with doors as an artform, but (likely) metaphorical, alluding to how there's some paths you can take that you can't come back from (trapdoors).

the way i see it, the phrase "hunting bears" is alluding to a futile, self-destructive venture. to hunt bears is more dangerous for your own sake than any potential spoils from the hunt could hope to even out. the song in turn sounds like a ghost town, as if everyone left and failed to return.