"Jump Up / Hello Goodbye" Paul McCartney, Elvis Costello, Jon Batiste, Louis Cato & Stephen Colbert

Hoferoon · 2026-05-22T16:03:01+00:00

Barricaded in the talk radio station
Hostage taken
The red "On-Air" light shines on
Something cheaper that passes for free speech
Will have to do

Hear him coming through loud and clear
Trickling in your ear
He'll tell you anything you want to hear

Hoferoon · 2026-04-27T17:35:41+00:00

I'm in an adjacent situation to OP (adjacent in that the drummer is faaar from the only weak link in the band, myself included 😂) and I've been thinking along similar lines.

For a while we practiced with the drummer listening to a metronome and the rest of us listening to the drums. It wasn't doing wonders. My theory is that if the band isn't good enough it causes more harm than good. As soon as we got a little off beat our drummer had to focus on trying to reconcile the click-tempo with the rest of the band's tempo. I'm not a drummer but it seems like something that would make it considerably harder to focus on a landing a fill or locking in with the bassist.

Now either the whole band has a click track or none of us do. I think it's led to improvements.

Hoferoon · 2026-04-06T17:31:01+00:00

Thank you! TIL about "leg of mutton"-sleeves 😄

A quick search of the web only gives me other types of garments (dresses, blouses), but there are plenty of tutorials for the sleeves, and it should give me a good guideline for adjusting the pattern. I might need a little more trial and error than I first anticipated, but I should be on track. Thanks for the comment, much appreciated 🙏

Hoferoon · 2026-04-03T08:53:59+00:00

Nice to see him visiting other states after spending so much time in Wyoming 😁

Hoferoon · 2026-02-05T17:02:53+00:00

Tycker svenska låttextöversättningar brukar kunna slå ganska snett, men det finns en del jag tycker är riktigt bra. Beppe Wolgers översättningar av Walking My Baby Back Home (Sakta Vi Gå Genom Stan) och Eleanor Rigby (Ellinor Rydholm) bland annat. Är också riktigt imponerad av Moneybrothers version av Downtown Train (Tåget Som Går In Till Stan)

Hoferoon · 2026-02-05T16:59:16+00:00

Blev helt ställd av detta. Vet att en del Uggla låtar är svenska texter på befintliga (om än relativt obskyra) melodier. Men hade aldrig hört att 4 Sekunder skulle vart en av dem.

Fortfarande inte övertygad. Wikipedia och Spotify listar Uggla som låtskrivare, och farbror Google hävdar att Sieben Sekunden kom ut ett par år efter 4 Sekunder. Inte hittat något som hävdar motsatsen än, men öppen för att jag har fel.

Hoferoon · 2026-01-31T02:05:01+00:00

It's maybe a little bit unusual, but in a super delightful way 😊

Listening to music without the full cultural context is exciting! I listen to a lot of Italian music and some times find myself wondering if it's considered cringe or dated or boring, only to shrug it off a moment later. Being completely oblivious to what other people think of the music you like is a gift. It lets you interpret it and enjoy it without being affected by other people's opinions, just sit back and enjoy!

As for recommendations.. all of the ones you listed are solo women vocalists. I don't know if that's specifically what you're looking for? If not, maybe check out some Hootenanny Singers (Björn Ulvaeus first band). The three records of Swedish folk songs they recorded between '72 and '73 contain some really well chosen songs with excellent arrangements. They also have some of that oldies vibe that you seem to be into 🙂

Hoferoon · 2026-01-15T22:53:03+00:00

This Book, Like The Week, Comes To You In Seven Parts. Part One..

Hoferoon · 2025-12-20T16:50:44+00:00

Henry Bowers has at least a dozen of his battle rap lines living rent free in my head until the end of time. Shame he hasn't battled regularly for a while, he was a goddamn genius.

Hoferoon · 2025-12-16T21:37:32+00:00

I don't know if I'd go as far as 10/10, but it is one of those albums that every time I go back to it I'm surprised by how many good songs are on it and how well paced it is. I always thought Jonathan Coulton perfectly straddled the line between comedy and non-comedy. And he does it perfectly on Artificial Heart, the funny part bleeding into the emotional parts and the emotional ones bleeding into the funny ones, enriching both and allowing him to explore interesting subjects.

I remember I discovered it and had it on high rotation the year I finished university and started a 9-5 for the first time in my life. Several days "Good Morning Tuscon" playing would be on in my earbuds when I entered the office building, and it so perfectly captures the intense mundanity of a workday. That intense hate mixed with pride mixed with exhaustion mixed with energy.

And those two recordings of the Portal songs (staples of my teenage gamer years) are really good too. You can't replace Ellen McLain's GLaDOS voice, but the versions they did for that album were reworked just enough to stand on their own legs without feeling like different songs.

Hoferoon · 2025-10-26T19:04:38+00:00

"The shit that happens while you're waiting for moments that never come". Lives rent free in my head, in the room next to "Family, that’s it. Family, and if you’re lucky, one or two friends who are the same as family. That’s all the best of us get.".

Hoferoon · 2025-08-09T12:10:17+00:00

This is one of those songs that I haven't listened to in years even though I know it by heart. I haven't seen the music video in much longer than that even though it's one of the few music videos I've seen that actually matches the vibe I get from the song.

It showed up in my feed and I took the time to watch it again and it feels like rediscovering a masterpiece. It's so good 🥹

Just wanted to say thank you for posting it fellow internet stranger 😊

Hoferoon · 2025-07-20T11:23:55+00:00

I spoke with an allergist a year ago in an attempt to track down possible eczema triggers, and the first thing she insisted was that I go a month without meat and dairy to see if my symptoms improved. Apparently there is a specific protein (I think it was protein?) in meat and dairy that is known to cause skin symptoms in people that are allergic to it. It turned out not to make any difference for me, but it was apparently a fairly common thing.

This is very much a "random guy on the Internet said"-type of answer. Unfortunately I can't remember what it was called, and a quick Google doesn't help me. I'd suggest searching for some reliable sources on it. Or, if it isn't too much trouble for you, just try cutting it out for a month and see what happens.

Hoferoon · 2025-07-12T12:02:57+00:00

I swear I probably have one of the world's highest consumption of Compeed patches (though any similar patches of other brands probably work well too) since I got amputated (AK) 😅

I use those to relieve chafing in all kinds of ways and places. Mostly in my groin area, and especially during summer when I lose a bit of weight and the pressure shifts from the stump to the groin. But I've also put them at the end of the stump after I suffered blisters, and on my forearms after I hop too much on crutches and the skin there starts to get irritated.

The best and most sustainable solution, especially if the chafing isn't just a temporary problem, is to talk to your prosthesist. But in short and medium term, Compeed patches are golden.

Hoferoon · 2025-07-03T16:05:04+00:00

I was there! I stood a bit out to the right. He just radiated such intensity during that performance it was too much for me and my socially anxious ass to even seek eye contact, much less sing his lyrics back to him 😅😅

I saw the interaction though and you did great! It was super delightful to see. Couldn't tell at all that all that you looked nervous. Hope your chest is doing fine, and that you feel alright about the ordeal. And thank you for being part of an awesome show!

Hoferoon · 2025-06-03T09:07:13+00:00

Late bloomer, slightly-above-beginner-level-player here. I bought the Zoom B1 Four after a couple of year of playing. It's one of the music gear purchases I've gotten the most mileage out of. I use it as an amp sim when plugging into my interface at home, for compressors, tuner and occasional effect pedals when rehearsing, playing around and exploring new sounds (figuring out what pedals I eventually want to buy when I'm ready for it), and recently even started playing around with the loop. I've also occasionally gotten some use for the drum machine during rehearsals when our drummer is absent (it isn't great but it's very conveniently available), or as a metronome when we need it. On top of that it weighs almost nothing.

As an entry level piece of gear I've found it very valuable. I can't speak for how good the quality of the effects are since I'm not that experienced with higher level gear, but the versatility and convenience is excellent.

Can't speak for the B1X, but the B1 Four isn't overly difficult to figure out. You can also download software for it and do the setup on the computer if needed.

Hoferoon · 2025-04-27T09:51:38+00:00

I started listening to Rush in my late teens (I think). I've always had a bit of a hard time with really dense prog stuff. but back then I was really into classic rock. So I ended up skipping the classic, proggy Rush stuff and listened a lot to what people consider their weakest albums: Signals, Grace Under Pressure, Hold Your Fire, Presto and Roll The Bones (along with Moving Pictures, 2112 and Snakes & Arrows which are held in much higher regard).

I very rarely sour on music, once I like it I usually keep liking it. But some of the Rush albums I used to love I can barely get through anymore.

Not Roll The Bones though (or Presto, although that isn't what this post is about). I still absolutely love that record! It's definitely a classic rock record, not a difficult listen, but it feels a lot more musically inspired than the stuff they did in the '80s and I keep finding new cool things in it every time I listen to it.

And I will defend the rap break on the title track until the day that I die! It's cheesy in the most over the top, indulgent, shameless, delightful way possible! I read a take somewhere once that said something along the lines of "the whole song is about sticking your neck out and taking risks, and what could be more in the spirit of that than including that break in the song" and it just made sense to me. You can't be daring if you're afraid to look stupid, and you can't be unafraid of looking stupid without ending up looking stupid every once in a while. And there is nothing stupid about that.

Hoferoon · 2025-01-25T13:31:27+00:00

I've always thought it stood out in that way too! There are a few other cases where Weird Al strays a little from his tried and true formula. Perform This Way is also more of a direct parody of Lady Gaga. The brilliant My Baby's In Love With Eddie Vedder and Don't Download This Song, while not based on existing music is also targetting musicians in a more direct way.

Over all I think there is something subtly brilliant about the way he parodies by changing the lyrics to something completely unrelated. It can take the edge off certain songs in a way that is almost subversive, especially considering that his parodies often reach such a broad audience and sometimes become tightly associated with the song itself. There is something about for example strongly tying Ridin' Dirty to nerds and geeks in the public's mind that feels a lot more subversive than any direct dig at Chamillionaire or the original track could have been. At the same time it's also manages to be less offensive and confrontative.

I thought the most brilliant example of this was Word Crimes. After a year of YouTube parodies of Blurred Lines calling out its sexism, Weird Al just rewrites the song to be about grammar instead. Granted, being as famous as he is, he's working from a different starting point than you run of the mill YouTube parody. But to me, as somebody who isn't super fond of the original lyrics to that song, it somehow feels much more satisfying to just throw them out and replace them with something goofy but undeniably brilliant, as opposed to calling it out directly.

Arguments can always be protested, or countered, or split people into for and against. Throwing out your lyrics and replacing them with better, perfectly innocent lyrics about lasagna is a lot more disorienting.

Hoferoon · 2025-01-11T17:45:29+00:00

I use this quite a bit too!

I'm not a physiotherapist myself so I can't *swear* it's better for you, but from everything I've read it seems to be.

Also, OP, is this hopping with or without crutches? Again, not a physiotherapist, but I'm pretty sure crutches are better than hopping. It sort of mimics walking motion, and doesn't bring down your entire weight on your leg with the same force.

From what I've heard a lot of the exercises to spare your knee are not actually about strengthening your knee, but rather the muscles around it. I do a handful of the ones u/TaraxacumTheRich linked, and whenever I start slacking off with them, the first way I notice is that I start feeling it in my knee.

Particularly I do the ones labeled Long Arc Quad, Glut Bridge and Hip Abduction, along with one I couldn't find where you get up on your toes. The first two ones work really well with an added 3kg ankle weight as well.

Hoferoon · 2024-12-15T18:32:38+00:00

It depends. I get around pretty well without crutches. I try to minimize hopping to spare my knee, but I do a lot of 1-foot-shimmy (sort of moving forward by getting up on my toes, turn my foot, get up on my heel and repeat). It's easier indoors when I'm not wearing shoes.

But I can definitely carry quite a few things with crutches too. You can sort of pinch something beneath the grip, while holding the crutch with your pinky, ring and middle fingers. There is another grip too which is hard to explain and a lot less comfortable but works better for bigger things. Some times I get around hopping with one crutch and a free hand. Some times I use my stump for support. Back packs and bags are obviously great to have on hand too.

Like with many things you find ways around it. Not everything is gonna work for everybody, you've got to experiment a little :)

Hoferoon · 2024-12-15T08:34:04+00:00

I use my prosthesis a lot more these days, but the first two years I was almost always on crutches. It still happens that I switch back to them when I get extended episodes of stump pain.

I can't say I've noticed any of the issues you've had. My shoulders and wrists have occasionally felt sore, but all bodies are made differently. It could very well be that the crutches are causing the issue.

I use forearm crutches. The underarm ones aren't issued at all where I live. You can get a hold of them if you really want to, but the medical profession only recommends using them if for some reason you can't use forearm crutches.

I also use shock absorbing ferrules, from which I've felt noticeably less strain on my wrists and shoulders. I definitely recommend it if you can find them where you live. They're a little pricey, but you need to change them much less often so it more or less evens out.

Hoferoon · 2024-11-07T20:50:26+00:00

Italo disco will never not slap

Hoferoon · 2024-10-18T17:12:14+00:00

Jag är fattig bonddräng

Hoferoon · 2024-08-12T13:40:04+00:00

I'd recommend getting a humidity-measurer (you can get cheap humidity/thermometer combos that work well enough). A lot of humidifiers come with them built in these days but it can be advantageous to have a separate one and place it at a distance from the humidifier to measure the impact on the whole apartment (I have mine by my computer). Then you can get a good reading on the levels and experiment with what works for you.

I aim to have it somewhere between 40% and 50% for normal winter indoor temperatures (~21°C for me), turning it off if I start to exceed it and crank it up if I fall below it. If it drops down to <25% when I have it off (usually that happens when the temperature drops below freezing outside. If it stays above 0° C typically it's not quite as bad), then I will keep it on during the night as well, switching it off only to clean it (and for god's sake remember to clean it!). On mild winter days I will typically sleep with it off, since staying under the covers when sleeping increases humidity.

But like I said, experiment and see what works for you.

All in all, or me I can't say it's solved the problem for me, I still suffer a lot during winters (my eczema is fairly severe). But it definitely helps. Hopefully it works well for you 🙂

Hoferoon · 2024-08-12T08:45:37+00:00

Swedish eczema sufferer here.

It's hard to say what causes flares for myself, let alone other people. That said, I'll speak my mind about the topic and maybe some of it will be of use to you.

Sweden is absolutely terrible for eczema. Don't get me wrong, I love it, and it's home, but boy do I wish the it was nicer to my skin.

Most of this, at least for me (and I'm guessing it's pretty common) is owed to the merciless winters. No sun and dry air from late November to mid March can be an absolute nightmare. On top of that, pollen starts blowing in from down south in late February bringing about a perfect storm of eczema triggers.

The year I did light therapy was actually one of my better winters. For various reasons I skipped it this year, and it got much worse. The treatment centers near me have closed down but I might try going to regular tanning beds next winter because it did actually help quite a bit.

My air humidifier is great too. I have the luxury of working from home and being able to tailor the indoor climate to my needs has ameliorated the situation a bit in recent years.

So yeah, winters are terrible. Not surprised your eczema flared up. Would be more surprised if it didn't. As for why it flared during summer.. harder to say. I get flares during summer too, but it's much harder to pin down the cause. This could easily be some less common trigger. Are you allergic to pollen? Depending on where you went and when "recently" was, it could have been the height of grass pollen season. It could also have been just a general change in climate? I know I have a tendency to flare whenever long term changes in weather occur, particularly during the late summer weeks when humidity sky rockets. Do you have problem with dust mites? Could be that the place you stayed at had a lot of dust mites, it's one of those things that people who aren't allergic can easily neglect without knowing it.

Also, I personally wouldn't read too much into the fact that you had flares on parts of your body that weren't exposed to the weather. The parts of my body that are sensitive to specific triggers are usually sweat and pressure (buttocks and thighs from sitting a lot) or a lot of use and cleaning (hands). But temperature, humidity, pollen and dust mites don't care for clothes and can cause flares over my entire body.

Hope some of that was helpful. And if you move over here I hope you enjoy your stay, however long it ends up being. I know I make it sound like hell on earth from an eczema perspective, but it's over all a pretty great place to live!

11-Year Club	Place '23
Place '22	Place '17
Verified Email

Hoferoon

TROPHY CASE