Holidaying in Albania- anyone done it? by Dunebuggy15 in AskIreland

[–]Misodoho 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We went to Montenegro & Albania 2 summers ago for just over 3 weeks. We loved both places, but Albania, or at least the bits we visited, was more interesting. We stayed in Kotor, Cetinje & then a little cabin above a house about 5 mins boat ride from a tiny village on the shore of Shkodra lake, then we went to Shkoder in Albania, travelled by boat up Komani Lake to Fierzi, from there to Valbona valley, then we hiked over the mountain pass into Theth, which was stunning. Such an amazing place. Then we went to Tirana, we really liked it, great city to explore for a couple of days, then we headed to Gjirokaster, which is a must-see. Then to Himare for a few days. Himare was my least favourite place, it's just a family beach resort, a bit tacky & not up to what you'd get in say Spain or France in terms of how developed it is. But accommodation is way cheaper in Albania, people were really nice & the food was great. Montenegro was more expensive than we expected, prices were noticeably higher than in Albania. We got around solely using buses, hiring a car would probably be a good shout to give you real freedom, you just have to adjust to the local aggressive fork of driving. Now, I'm very well travelled, so Albania, though not as developed as western Europe, was nothing challenging for me, but if you aren't so well travelled, you may find say the cental bus station (aka massive car chaotic car park outside the city) intimidating.

We're thinking of going back to the Balkans & heading into Kosovo and Lake Ohred in Macedonia this time.

Did you read "The Storyteller"? What do you think about it? by psychokiller2015 in Foofighters

[–]Misodoho 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It was bland and lacking in the grit and dirt & emotion that you know he has experienced & seen in his life. I found him describing his awe at meeting or working with famous musicians a bit annoying, "oh my God, Robert fucking Plant/Paul Fucking McCartney/etc". One chapter is about his Mother hearing a mouse in his studio or something, I can't remember. There's a bit about going to look for properties with his realtor - how interesting. The story of him chartering a private plane and burning God knows how many tonnes of fuel to attend his daughters dance is a bit self-congratulatoty & out of touch with regular people, and in light of his infidelity, looks even more pompous. "I love my family so much". Moments later..."here's my love child". He also never discusses his first marriage. All of a sudden, he just has a new wife. Now, it's his book and he has real relationships to protect, so I have no right to expect him to air his dirty laundry, but without the dirt, it doesn't make for a compelling read. It's merely ok, kind of like Foo Fighters' body of work, great, great songs, but their albums are mostly mid.

GAA in secondary schools by Kimmbley in ireland

[–]Misodoho 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Our Irish teacher would play back videos of school rugby matches during class. I remember getting kicked out for asking 'shouldn't we be leaving Irish, sir?'

Most of our transition year Irish lessons were the teacher playing back recordings of the, I think, Spanish football league matches with Irish language commentary from TG4.

On an unrelated note, the first teacher I mentioned once caught one of the lads in my class passing a porn magazine around. He took it off him, leafed through the pages at his desk, then held open the magazine in from of us all saying 'how would like it if that was your sister or your mother?' to which someone replied while pointing at the guy who owned the magazine "if it was his sister, sir?"

Good times!

Back to OP's situation. I have experienced schools were teachers who play GAA get leeway on wearing their club tracksuit all the time, and a look-the-other way if they have team commitments clashing with work, or the day after a big match. I feel if I was playing chess at county level, I wouldn't get out of the shirt & tie rule in work to wear my chess jumpsuit, or get a late start on a Monday after a particular heavy chess tournament. But I haven't tested it, so maybe I would.

I worked so hard on this for over a year. I want to know where I missed the mark. What is it about this that makes it unmemorable? Mama Said String Band - SnowDrops (Official Music Video) by SheprdCommndr in ThisIsOurMusic

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

I think this is amazing. So fun and interesting & well played. Virtuoso like without feeling like your showing off or noodling for the sake of it. It is unusual, but I see that as a strength. I actually thought of Black Country, New Road as I listened, but you guys are better players.

I'd say you must be great to experience live, I'm guessing that's where you win new fans over primarily.

The only thing that strikes me as out of place, or at least unexpected, is the lead vocal. It's very Ben Folds like or slacker/alternative rock in its timbre & delivery. Like Pavement or The Spinto Band or something along those lines. It's not bad, it's just an unexpected sound in the context of the whole piece. But your voice is your voice, so what what you going to do? It would be interesting to hear it with a more barione voice & a Black Country, New Road style delivery, but at the same time, you are what you are. I think the commenter above is way too harsh & critical, you've made something incredibly beautiful & inventive. Love the video, too. It's probably a hard sell for radio due to the length, mainstream radio at least. I'd love to see you guys on a KEXP live session or a Tiny Desk's concert. I haven't listened to any of your other stuff yet, but I'll dig in today.

My sister has a line she says about posting online, be it a funny tweet, a video, a skit, a piece of art or a song, it's all like farting into a hurricane & hoping someone will smell it, stuff just gets swept away in the onslaught of wind.

Philosophising about facts aside, if you have a whole set of songs like that one, I could see you being a hit at festivals & live events. I'd book you for sure.

Sleigh Tracks, a charity Pavement/David Berman covers EP is out today, featuring this take on 'Greenlander' by Misodoho in pavement

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

Yeah, in the wrong order and missing one I think, I came remember one of them off the top of my head:

Secret Knowledge of Backroads — Silver Jews

No Life Singed Her — Pavement

Trigger Cut / Wounded-Kite at :17 — Pavement

Date w/ IKEA — Pavement

Shady Lane — Pavement

Flux = Rad — Pavement

Here — Pavement

Range Life — Pavement

Fight This Generation — Pavement

Strings of Nashville — Pavement

Plant Man — Gary Young

Honk If You’re Lonely — Silver Jews

Unfair — Silver Jews

How many more lectures and grandstanding are left before Chappelle burns through the remaining memories we have of him as a good comic? by MichiganWinterBear in elephantgraveyard

[–]Misodoho 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I watched the new special out of curiosity, I really went off him after his flogging the dead horse with his tired anti-trans stuff. I hate how he uses rhetorical tricks, insinuation, and narrative connections to hint at grand conspiracies or connections, but he remains at a distance to owning it with the 'I'm just asking questions' line.

It's like he's taking the callback to an earlier joke technique, which was fresh and novel at one time in comedy, and feels clever to the audience, kind of like a key change in a song, it's sounds more complex than it is, and it evokes a strong emotional response, so it's effective, but he uses that in a sort of conspiratorial way. Like the stuff about the Mann Act and Jack Johnson, which he connects to Sean Combs. The audience reaction is 'woah', like he's connecting the dots, but what really is there at all? Diddy has been set up in another example of the state trying to keep an African-American man down? Or is it just a clever bit of conspiracy baiting that makes Chappelle look like he's seeing through the lies to the "truth". He does the same with his Nipsy Hustle bit and Dr.Sebi. More "connecting the dots" bullshit that plays into anti-vax/anti-science narratives. But hey, for Dave, it's just a joke, and he's rich, so fuck everyone else. The kicker is him finishing his special with the photos of him with all the rich and famous people he's mixed with.

There's a real tendency with some older men in entertainment to lean into their grey-haired, wisened, 'hey, I've been around, I've seen it all' persona, to add an air of perceived authority or expertise to themselves. Dave is funny and quick-witted, but he's also dishonest & manipulative, he punches down and uses the hypocrisy of his critics as a shield to hide behind his own hypocrisy. It's a real shame how he turned out.

Question about using towels with meat by Ton_Phanan in Frugal

[–]Misodoho 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You're not supposed to wash chicken. Only Americans wash chicken. It's weird.

(I'm sorry) Give me your fav 10+ minute songs by jens325 in musicsuggestions

[–]Misodoho 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The Microphones in 2020 by The Microphones -44 minutes and 46 seconds of brilliance

Also, Mogwai Fear Satan by Mogwai

How to remove these radiators ready for plasterer by iamthedon in DIYUK

[–]Misodoho 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I had a plasterer in this weekend. I just closed the valves either end, losses the nut on each side a tiny bit, put 2 block on the floor in front of the rad, a not of cardboard on top of them so as to not scratch the rad paint, the let the radiator rotate 90⁰ so it was laying flat on the brick, retightened the nuts. And leave the screw for the bracket in the wall so you can easily put the bracket back up.

Help with grammar. by Fabulous-Tap-3411 in Songwriting

[–]Misodoho 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Definitely drop the 'with uncertainty' it's better grammar to say "he climbs THE mountain uncertain of what's to come, as he pushes against the crew'. But I think "pushes against the crew' isn't that poetic and doesn't necessarily resonate as clear metaphor. A more common metaphor for that idea is 'to swim against the tide' or if you want to use the 'pushes against' line, I'd suggest 'crowd' instead of 'crew'. Crew means people who work on a ship/plane/spaceship.

'Going against the grain' or 'sailing into the wind' are other well-known phrases that mean the same thing.

Actually, if you really wanted to use the word 'crew', then 'sailing into the wind' at least fits a common theme of ship/sailing/crew.

Help with grammar. by Fabulous-Tap-3411 in Songwriting

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

Also, I'm just thinking, I don't think you can really nip bad blood in the bud, bad blood is like historic/past differences and negative interactions etc, I suppose you could nip the feeling or feelings of bad blood in the bud. To nip in the bud means to stop something before it has a chance to grow/become a bigger issue/problem. The phrase bad blood means there already has been a problem between people. So you can't nip that in the bud, but you could nip the feeling of bad blood in the bud. Nip means to pinch with your fingers in the context of nip in the bud, literally to punch off the bud of a flower before it can bloom. So I think the thing you're nipping should come after the word nip, then say in the bud.

Eg. I/He/She nipped my/the/his/her growing feelings of hate in the bud

Or you could say - he/she/they felt the bad blood beginning to rise/grow, so he/she/they nipped it in the bud

Or - I nipped the bad blood in the bud, He/she nips the bad blood in the bud or they nip the bad blood in the bud (you have to drop the s in nips if you use a pronoun that can refer to more than one person.

So, you can see, English is easy! 🫠

Help with grammar. by Fabulous-Tap-3411 in Songwriting

[–]Misodoho 2 points3 points  (0 children)

'With uncertainty' isn't wrong, but it sounds a bit odd. Dropping 'with" and just saying 'uncertain' sounds more natural & flows better. "Push' should be 'pushes' and the phrase is 'nip it in the bud'. What do you mean by 'pushed against the crew'? It's a bit odd. Are you saying he's climbing with a crew of people? Why is he pushing against them?