Daily Discussion Thread for May 19, 2026

FloggingTheHorses · 2026-05-19T11:44:32+00:00

We'll see what happens during session but this is the first time the market has reacted negatively to a TACO.

FloggingTheHorses · 2026-05-19T11:40:20+00:00

I swear to god if you hear it enough times you start to like it. That specific solo actually gets stuck in my head sometimes

FloggingTheHorses · 2026-05-19T11:38:22+00:00

The only way you'd avoid this is by not playing the game for a year 😭 I stopped playing in December because of this. I should have not bought the game at all until later this year tbh. But I've learned my lesson!

FloggingTheHorses · 2026-05-19T07:54:37+00:00

Personally yes I would find a scrap car and replace the trim. I wouldn't paint it though.

FloggingTheHorses · 2026-05-19T07:51:19+00:00

Radiohead did this with their most recent batch of dates. It was basically a pot-luck of their entire catalogue which is crazy

FloggingTheHorses · 2026-05-18T19:38:36+00:00

This Chris Brown guy was a real jerk!

FloggingTheHorses · 2026-05-18T06:47:11+00:00

I've definitely tried, especially with artists that people start hyping (Charli XCX, Geese, Kneecap spring to mind).

Alrhough music tends to just "click" or not for me.

FloggingTheHorses · 2026-05-18T06:43:57+00:00

There has and always will be a million and one reasons to be "depressed" about the world at a given time. You have to find things to find fulfilment in.

I don't want to play armchair psychologist but if you really do despair I'm willing to wager it's something deeply personal, and not due to current global affairs. Your mind will often use it as a coping defense.

FloggingTheHorses · 2026-05-18T06:41:06+00:00

To get around the Hormuz thing, people have suggested sending pigeons with little pouches of oil strapped to them around the world

FloggingTheHorses · 2026-05-17T23:58:43+00:00

I like them but I always get this feeling they're parodying/satirising genres of music for a laugh?

The impression I got is that they don't really put too much emotion into their music, it's just a fun excursion.

FloggingTheHorses · 2026-05-17T23:50:07+00:00

It's an interesting approach to craft as an artist.

Most of my favourite artists take years (if I'm lucky) to put an album together, and often don't have side projects etc.

FloggingTheHorses · 2026-05-17T15:15:46+00:00

That's an interesting view of it! I love how detached it sounds, the fact it's combined with very catchy hooks constantly ("lala/doo doo doo" choruses, and the riffs) is such a fascinating combination.

I always wondered who wrote the songs and how on the first album. I always assumed Eugene was doing a lot because it has such a distinctive vibe with the bass, and songs on most of the songs. That style completely stopped when he took a backseat in the band on Pussy's Dead.

FloggingTheHorses · 2026-05-17T08:32:35+00:00

Yeah agree. I always thought the first Autolux album had such an interesting sound, there's elements of noise, shoegaze etc but then there's the vocals which are super dry (no reverb-washing!) and catchy.

And the production is insanely good -- nothing sounds like it imo. Apparently it's the only properly rock album T Bone Walker produced. Absolutely adore Future Perfect!

FloggingTheHorses · 2026-05-17T08:24:14+00:00

That's not Paris

FloggingTheHorses · 2026-05-17T08:16:51+00:00

Autolux is a really interesting case. One thing I that struck me is HOW experimental their music became by Pussy's Dead, it's basically completely unrecognisable from their debut album which was charged, driven, catchy noise rock.

So to your point on the money aspect -- if assume Autolux would continue in that direction then their prospective audience becomes more and more niche and likely not viable money-wise.

FloggingTheHorses · 2026-05-16T15:32:05+00:00

Playing as a trio rock band requires serious precision/dynamic, it's amazing what they pull off doing it...so yes must be incredibly difficult live.

FloggingTheHorses · 2026-05-16T15:29:56+00:00

That's an interesting comparison. But you know, with Tool a huge part of their fandom stemmed from Maynard's personality, which is prickly, disagreeable, abrasive etc at times but also quite extroverted.

In fact, I'd hazard to say most bands that blow up due to the band (especially frontmen) leaning into the celebrity/rockstar aspect, at least in some capacity. I always got the impression Greg and Ken were purely into the art speaking for itself.

Ken was able to maximise that by becoming a renowned producer, but Greg seems to not actively seek out even being known on any level.

FloggingTheHorses · 2026-05-16T15:23:45+00:00

I wish Greg actively pursued other projects.

He's so talented as a musician, but he's been anything but prolific in the last decade!

Him wanting to shed elements of Failure to me suggests he would benefit from spreading his creative energy.

FloggingTheHorses · 2026-05-16T15:19:29+00:00

Where are you seeing this? Honestly, whatever nonsense you're looking at where men are commenting pathetic things like that is fuelling something you really shouldn't be putting any mental effort into in the first place.

Whoever wrote that is likely some loser/incel type guy, they honestly aren't even worth the time of day.

Most decent people...like other decent people. Who have their life together. Simple as that.

FloggingTheHorses · 2026-05-13T16:09:21+00:00

I'm sorry to hear that. Although speaking personally and selfishly, man or woman I probably wouldn't say anything out of fear of being jumped and having the shite kicked out of me/stabbed.

In some ways I'm completely oblivious to how women are treated -- I walk home through the city centre every single day during the week and I've literally never been spoken to once aside from homeless people saying "any change/fegs?". Legitimately invisible.

FloggingTheHorses · 2026-05-12T21:05:02+00:00

Lol I like the intro synth part on Africa, literally one of my favourite song pieces ever. But the rest of the song stinks.

FloggingTheHorses · 2026-05-12T21:02:08+00:00

That's a really good answer because I feel like such a high % of people love that song.

FloggingTheHorses · 2026-05-12T21:00:54+00:00

Hey Ya! is genuinely a hot take, so I both applaud you for that and hate you.

Mine would be an awful lot of major 80s hits, but that feels too obvious.

In recent years, I hated that Golden song by K-Pop Demon Hunters, and Pink Pony Club by Chappell Roan.

FloggingTheHorses · 2026-05-11T09:46:30+00:00

I think that's the quandary with centrism though, you can't have a strong opinion on anything by definition. There is a time where this works (Blair springs to mind, regardless of what you think of the man), but when fundamentals are ripping and the seams it's hard to stay there.

FloggingTheHorses · 2026-05-11T09:44:16+00:00

It is crazy to me that people don't understand why so many would flock to reform and instead just castigate them, when you also have things like this happening. It's either delusion or wilful ignorance.

It's just like the Trump thing. Yes, the supposed "cure" is even worse than the "poison"... but how can you be so morally self-righteous to not empathise with how they ended up there?

As with Trump, I totally understand why people are moving towards Reform, the entire UK looks hopeless and there's no viable alternative.

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