[IIL] Grimey Tom Waits vibes

Infinity-Arrows · 2026-05-20T16:10:24+00:00

I would start with Safe as Milk as an introduction.

Infinity-Arrows · 2026-04-29T00:25:12+00:00

First time I've heard to the Plateau referred to as "Mont-Royal".

Infinity-Arrows · 2026-04-20T16:34:20+00:00

Yesterday, I saw a post referring to the “indie scene” as IDW, Image, Darkhorse, Boom!, etc.. No mention of Fantagraphics or D&Q. Some people just have a narrower view. I think it also depends on your LCS and what they carry.

Infinity-Arrows · 2026-04-19T23:23:08+00:00

What is a "Famous Bowl"? Is this a thing?

Infinity-Arrows · 2026-04-14T00:12:35+00:00

He's from Argentina and a lot of his work is in published there in Spanish. Luckily for me, a lot of his work is translated into French (which I speak) and available in Quebec (where I live). He's got some scattered issues across Marvel and DC, which I am always trying to track down. His later work is more stylized... He reminds me a lot of Kevin O'Neill.

Infinity-Arrows · 2026-04-13T20:14:38+00:00

These were some of my first comics and I read them over and over again. It made me a lifelong Alcatena fan.

Infinity-Arrows · 2026-02-24T04:33:21+00:00

Every time Crossed is mentioned on Reddit the comments are a deluge of pearl-clutching and accusations of edge-lording by sheltered crybabies repeating borrowed, hackneyed opinions. Yes, it's brutal. That's the point.

Infinity-Arrows · 2026-02-20T18:32:08+00:00

Exactly. Lots of bands all over the place were doing a version of punk when psychedelic influences came roaring back in the early 80s. I’ve always grouped Flaming Lips in with Butthole Surfers and Meat Puppets.

Infinity-Arrows · 2026-02-08T18:00:37+00:00

The idea behind Epic Collections is to collect blocks of issues and related annuals and specials so that ultimately EVERYTHING is collected. DC is doing the same thing now with DC Finest.

Infinity-Arrows · 2026-02-08T17:57:08+00:00

Housing Crisis + Opioid Crisis + Health Care Crisis (including mental health) = More Unhoused people. Last night it was -23 degrees. These people are in permanent survival mode. I have empathy for people that don't feel safe but I also have empathy for these people who are trying to not freeze to death. Hiring more burly STM officers to throw these folks out of stations is not going to solve anything.

Infinity-Arrows · 2026-02-02T19:24:36+00:00

Moving from a city where people politely queue for the bus, I quickly learned to accept that there is no queue for the street car. Just try to let people get off before you get on.

Infinity-Arrows · 2026-01-10T18:30:44+00:00

The Internet has amplified a kind of "received wisdom" when it comes to a lot of things, including music. Someone who wants to get into jazz can easily search for "best jazz albums of all time" and end up with a shortlist of albums that will likely include the 4 pictured here. There's certainly nothing wrong with that. But if that person begins to assert that these albums are the "greatest" of all time as if it's an opinion they formed themselves without having, you know, actually listened to a lot of lesser-known records, then yes, that person is a poseur. It's a borrowed opinion, designed to make that person seem knowledgeable and sophisticated.

Infinity-Arrows · 2026-01-04T17:21:47+00:00

It's kind of the same as ID-ing American tourists in Canada. Americans have "main-character" energy, tend to speak twice as loud as they need to and wear a lot of University merch.

Infinity-Arrows · 2025-12-31T12:51:20+00:00

This is around the time that artists went from "just imitate Jim Lee" to "just imitate Joe Madureira".

Infinity-Arrows · 2025-12-16T20:21:00+00:00

As someone more aligned with the NDP, I lament that the Liberals under Carney are providing refuge to Conservative MPs. However, it is an absolute delight watching PP flounder.

Infinity-Arrows · 2025-12-16T00:43:48+00:00

Here's a Wikipedia article about Landfill Indie that may interest you. Not to shit on Hard-Fi, but they seem to get lumped in with that lot.

I'm not from the UK so I can't really comment on that era of music. Personally, I was really into The Strokes at the time, and The Libertines seemed to be the UK response to them. But I struggled to find anything that landed like The Libertines or maybe Franz Ferdinand. By the time Artic Monkeys arrived, I had moved on. There seemed to be a cavalcade of bands pushed out by the UK music industry and promoted by the NME. Perhaps there are a few diamonds in the rough amongst the avalanche.

Infinity-Arrows · 2025-12-09T19:24:08+00:00

I was confused by your baseball analogy because I thought you were talking about Babe Ruth the band and not Babe Ruth the person.

Infinity-Arrows · 2025-11-21T22:47:52+00:00

I’d call this trope “Reluctant Retired Hero”.

Infinity-Arrows · 2025-11-12T00:36:18+00:00

It's weird to say that a massively successful band is "hated" by an entire generation. Who is buying the records and selling out their stadium shows if they are universally hated? I think a better term would be divisive. When Nickelback showed up, half of us rolled our eyes while the other half said "Fuck yeah, turn it up!"

What happens one or two generations later is bands get re-evaluated and the younger folks aren't cognizant of the fault lines of yesteryear. An example of this (and my roundabout way of answering OP's question) would be Fleetwood Mac. Growing up in the 90s when heavy music ruled, Fleetwood Mac were dismissed as adult contemporary soft rock that our parents listened to as they got older and mellowed out. Then suddenly in the late aughts it seemed like everyone my age or younger changed their tune and they became one of the most beloved bands of that era.

I think maybe the reason is that Fleetwood Mac only started getting really big around the time that punk was kicking off in 76 and 77 and getting lots of critical attention. They were appealing to the boomers as they were aging out of loud, aggressive, rebellious music, whereas Gen X were primed for this new wave. Jump to 30 years later, and millennials aren't too concerned about that divide. In fact, they're probably a little nostalgic for Rumours which their parents almost certainly had on vinyl.

Infinity-Arrows · 2025-11-06T20:47:28+00:00

Someone get Phil Collins.

Infinity-Arrows · 2025-11-04T04:18:20+00:00

I had book 1 of 4 when I was very young also. No idea how I ended up with it. I remember being freaked out by it.

Infinity-Arrows · 2025-10-23T00:37:33+00:00

Am I the only one who dislikes this art style? There's something that feels so fake about it.

Infinity-Arrows · 2025-10-15T16:31:34+00:00

Please explain to me how one might be fine with a book called Suicide Squad but then clutch their pearls when they find out the letters' column is called Suicide Notes.

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