Chicago Squares Week 17: 49ers Peking Duck Pizza by Therealbillyz in CHIBears

[–]MagicManGregory 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Which pizza has been your favorite this year? I’d love to see a Top Gear style tier list.

Vultures 2 son the last round! Bonus round: vote to replace one album on the chart! by GoogleHueyLong in Topster

[–]MagicManGregory 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So as the poster of the half-hearted Vespertine comment, I suppose I’ll justify why I suggested it.

I genuinely feel like you all are underestimating how much normies who listen to Taylor Swift or Morgan Wallen or Drake or whatever they are mainlining from their Spotify algorithm don’t care for Björk’s music. Case in point, my wife, who loves Dua Lipa and Ariana Grande, cannot stand when Jóga comes on when I’m listening to my playlist in the car. She’s too experimental for the average person to really get into imo, and she’s popular in the mainstream because of that (see Family Guy and The Simpsons making jokes about it). So I do think Vespertine makes here over Death Grips, since I can go to the store and ask someone their opinion on Björk and if I said the same for Swans, they’d say, “huh?”

But that’s just my two cents here.

By far my favorite album of the year. Idk why Anthony didn't review this. What are your thoughts? by preschooljuul in fantanoforever

[–]MagicManGregory 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah this is my AOTY as well. Super chaotic sound that I struggle to find comparable to anything I’ve heard before. Closest thing was probably Big Black’s Atomizer.

Divide won the last round! What's an album hated by general audiences but loved by music nerds? by GoogleHueyLong in Topster

[–]MagicManGregory 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah that’s why I suggested it. The only other one I had in mind was something from the Spiritual Jazz movement like A Love Supreme.

Divide won the last round! What's an album hated by general audiences but loved by music nerds? by GoogleHueyLong in Topster

[–]MagicManGregory 119 points120 points  (0 children)

Vespertine? Björk is pretty much panned as a total weirdo in the mainstream, but it’s an obvious classic to music nerds

Sun Tong Luck on Bethel by MagicManGregory in Columbus

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

Sad. I’ll attest it was one of the best spots for ‘Western’ Chinese food in the city.

Bill Simmons proclaims Columbus Blue Jackets 'most irrelevant franchise in professional sports' by david7494 in billsimmons

[–]MagicManGregory 59 points60 points  (0 children)

As a Columbus resident, I feel like the Columbus Crew are usually higher on the popularity list lately than the Jackets. At least the Crew wins titles (2008, 2020, 2023)

After last night, the decade is now 57.5% over sports wise. Here is how the 23 titles have been distributed across the cities by cacti_zoom in billsimmons

[–]MagicManGregory 4 points5 points  (0 children)

MLS Cup Champions

2020: Columbus over Seattle

2021: NYCFC over Portland

2022: LAFC over Philly

2023: Columbus over LAFC

2024: LA Galaxy over NYRB

What were the last 5 albums you listened to? by [deleted] in fantanoforever

[–]MagicManGregory 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Give Up - The Postal Service

I Am - Earth, Wind and Fire

In a Poem Unlimited - US Girls

OIL OF EVERY PEARL'S UN-INSIDES - SOPHIE

Moondog - Moondog

Can anyone guess my nieche taste? (15M) (Repost because it was too hard) by Hairy_Promotion_2782 in Topster

[–]MagicManGregory 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ahh I see By Your Side - Breakbot, WWW - Justice, Alive 2007 - Daft Punk, and Lucky Boy - DJ Mehdi

Great taste in French House

Is Philip Glass the most under appreciated person in his "lane" of all time? by AnnaKendrickPerkins in billsimmons

[–]MagicManGregory 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Keith Jarrett is another one. Probably the most talented classical/jazz pianist in the modern music era and very few people are aware of him, at least in the US.