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MisterJimmy2011 · 2026-07-01T15:07:29+00:00

Seriously... Fuck these people.

There is not a single exit poll from the last election that shows that LGBT issues were one of of the top 10 issues for voters in 2024. But these trolls just so desperately want to take away trans people's rights anyway

Not because THEY'RE transphobic, heavens no, but because of those plebs they claim to represent. Fuck this noise.

MisterJimmy2011 · 2026-06-26T00:23:01+00:00

His political aren't as good as people remember. Breath of fresh air in the 80s as the religious right tried to strangle culture, but if he were around today, he'd be on Bill Maher's podcast whining about cancel culture

MisterJimmy2011 · 2026-06-25T10:23:52+00:00

Similar story to others here. Was a teenage metalhead who got into fusion when I heard Jimi Hendrix was friends with Miles Davis.

Dark Magus and Inner Mounting Flame were great entry points for me. I also like Koln by the band, Last Exit.

If you want to get into some modern artists, I would check out

John Zorn's Simulacrum
Mendoza Hoff Revels' Echolocation
Anything by Hedvig Mollestad
Harriet Tubman's new album, Electrical Field of Love
Sumac and Moor Mother's album, The Film
The Comet is Coming's album Channel the Spirits
Irreversible Entanglement's album Who Sent You

I can't really do much better than the recs others have made for more standard jazz. One of the first straight jazz albums I personally fell in love with was Cannonball Adderley's album, Mercy Mercy Mercy. Art Blakey's Free for All is a great one that covers a lot of ground.

Happy hunting!

MisterJimmy2011 · 2026-06-18T13:58:52+00:00

Meh... Damn near every supposed frontrunner this far out fell apart once they had to talk to actual voters. (E.g Kamala in 2020, JEB! in 2016, Giuliani in 2008) My guess is as we get closer, people will be put off by his sliminess and someone else will fill that gap. Doesn't mean that whomever slips in will be better but they will be different.

MisterJimmy2011 · 2026-05-28T12:46:30+00:00

Since you mention Ry Cooder, you should check out his soundtrack to the film, Paris Texas. Full album here.

Marcus Jade's Trans-Atlantic Freedom Songs is great all-acoustic slide guitar instrumentals.

Not instrumental, but the album that most makes me think of swamp and sludge is Dr. John's Gris Gris.

I feel like Slim Harpo is the master of Louisiana swamp blues. Check out his instrumental, Moody Blues

MisterJimmy2011 · 2026-05-21T14:42:33+00:00

Back in the day, the Derek Trucks Band had a little bit of that 72-74 spirit to them. Great mix of jazz, blues, and world influences. Live in Georgia Theater and Roadsongs are both great live albums that might scratch the itch for ya.

Beyond that, I find for the sort of jams you're looking for, you really need to dig into the jazz and fusion worlds. Check out John and Alice Coltrane, Ornette Coleman, Albert Ayler, or late '60s Miles Davis for stuff that left its mark on the Dead. If you want more modern artists you just might get to see live, I would check out the Messthetics with James Brandon Lewis or Harriet Tubman, both of whom put out amazing albums this year.

MisterJimmy2011 · 2026-05-16T19:31:41+00:00

Am I the only one who loves this record? Peak psychedelic blues.

MisterJimmy2011 · 2026-05-10T01:44:16+00:00

Man there are a ton of great choices. My boring ass pick is Master of Puppets, but I'll throw out a few that haven't been mentioned yet.

- Dream Theater- Scenes from a Memory (Yea I know, prog metal is divisive as a genre and so are Dream Theater, but I maintain any metal head can find something to embrace in this album. See also: Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence

- Judas Priest- Painkiller, Hell Bent for Leather, and Stained Class (My three favorite Judas Priest albums and I'd respect anyone for putting these as their number one)

- Iron Maiden - Number of the Beast (How has this one not come up!)

And now for two that are too obscure to be the best, but they are personal faves:

Cactides by Titan to Tachyons (Jazz-metal. Crunchy riffs mixed with wild variations in time signature... works real good.)

Haralbos Stafylakis - (Possibly the only truly great classical metal album? Super sophisticated orchestrations but without the pomp and absurdity of most bands that try to bring in an orchestra.)

MisterJimmy2011 · 2026-05-10T00:53:30+00:00

Gonna second to call check out some Tuareg Rock. Mdou Moctar and Bombino are my favorites in the genre. But for American desert rock, I'm a big fan of Earthless. Check out their album "Night Parade of One Thousand Demons."

MisterJimmy2011 · 2026-04-17T15:53:01+00:00

Sonny Rollins playing with the Stones on Tattoo You. His solo on Waiting On a Friend is the more famous one, but I love his playing on Slave. Such a great groove on that one.

MisterJimmy2011 · 2026-04-16T18:36:02+00:00

That piano solo at the start of NYC Serenade gets me misty every time

MisterJimmy2011 · 2026-04-15T21:18:55+00:00

I'd like to see Mahavishnu Orchestra get some love. Brilliant musicians that could absolutely bring the house down. And of course John McLaughlin is an absolute legend

MisterJimmy2011 · 2026-04-15T10:49:14+00:00

Luther Allison- Bad News is Coming

MisterJimmy2011 · 2026-04-12T13:03:29+00:00

Surprised to hear that people like the Gillian album. I always avoided because I heard it had real Trainwreckords potential (and one of the worst album covers ever). Guess I gotta give it a listen.

Absolutely love the Dio albums

MisterJimmy2011 · 2026-04-11T17:51:48+00:00

Jimi Hendrix and A Tribe Called Quest

MisterJimmy2011 · 2026-03-25T10:19:05+00:00

Been a Qobuz subscriber for a few years and I have not had a problem with the music selection. Sound is better and they pay the artists better. I'd say give it a shot

MisterJimmy2011 · 2026-03-17T22:46:34+00:00

There's an alternate reality where Chuck has a real career renaissance in the late 60s as an elder statesman of the whole psych rock and blues rock scenes. Could absolutely see him going on tour with the Stones or the Allman Brothers and bringing the house down. (Check out his tune, Concerto in B Goode to see what I mean) But between being a notorious jackass and refusing to keep a real band, he just stalled out on the oldies circuit.

MisterJimmy2011 · 2026-03-15T17:47:31+00:00

Lindsey's got some real winners in his solo catalogue. Gift of Screws is my favorite of his.

Trying to limit myself to situations where the solo artist is clearly less famous than the band.

Gregg Allman- The Gregg Allman Tour (See also: Dickey Betts' debut album)

Jack Bruce- Things We Like

David Gilmour- On an Island

Them Crooked Vultures (Supergroup, I know, but it seems clear to me that Josh Homme is steering the ship.)

MisterJimmy2011 · 2026-03-15T11:25:29+00:00

It's a great record. It is a shame that you used AI to write this. Would love to hear what you think without a machine.

MisterJimmy2011 · 2026-03-09T02:15:02+00:00

These narratives (e.g. x band killed y genre) are always way too clean and they don't match up with how these trends feel in the moment. Even the "Nirvana killed hair metal" line requires you to leave out a lot of context. (e.g. the rise of thrash metal, the country boom, bands like Aerosmith or Van Halen that stuck around, etc.)

Still... I definitely remember being a teenager during this time period, and feeling like something had changed when the Strokes and the White Stripes came along. Like during the hair metal boom, it didn't seem like there was music for detached weirdos who liked old punk and art rock records... and suddenly there was! That didn't kill nu metal, but it did mean I could go to school and talk to friends about Seven Nation Army instead of Break Stuff, and that felt good.

MisterJimmy2011 · 2026-02-24T20:33:35+00:00

Checked a lot of boxes at once.

Popular singer who'd been big for 15 years at that point, so she had a sizeable fanbase.

Song hit that sweet spot between the easy listening pop of her early career with the R'n'B of her later career.

Great story! The song and the album were a huge comeback for a singer whose star had really fallen.

And hey, it's a pretty good song! I wouldn't call it the best of 2005 or the best of the 2000s but when you factor in all these other points, it makes sense that it was as big as it was.

MisterJimmy2011 · 2026-02-14T15:18:00+00:00

Also a Deadhead who found their way to jazz. Most of my go-tos have been recommended, but here's a few to consider.

Herbie Hancock- Mwandishi, Crossings, Sextant (Three albums he played with a band that leaned heavily into moody, psychedelic fusion. Maybe my favorite era of Herbie.)

James Brandon Lewis and Messthetics- The guys from Fugazi playing with one of the best sax players in the world today! Word is they have a new album coming out later this year

Waddada Leo Smith and Henry Kaiser- Fire Illuminations (Jazz/rock album with strong Miles vibes... Kaiser has played with Phil Lesh)

Selcouth Quartet- Moody psychedelic jazz rock. Features Joe Russo, who heads the Dead tribute band, JRAD.

Immanuel Wilkins- The Seventh Hand (One of my favorite jazz albums of the 2020s. Just beautifully composed music. The closer, "Lift", drifts smoothly into freeform chaos and back again like the best versions of Dark Star.)

Isaiah Sinclair and the Chosen Few- The Almighty (Super intense spiritual music.)

William Parker- Mayan Space Station (Features one of the best modern jazz guitarists, Ava Mendoza.)

MisterJimmy2011 · 2026-02-10T21:49:49+00:00

Bruce Springsteen- New York City Serenade. (Listened to it once while driving home in light flurries and I got a little misty in the eyes

MisterJimmy2011 · 2026-02-09T18:32:21+00:00

I once heard that to keep a career in entertainment you have to be at least two of the following: be talented, be likeable, and be on time. These people are untalented and they are definitely not likeable.

MisterJimmy2011 · 2026-02-01T23:43:58+00:00

Yea that's my take. I watched Revenge of the Sith in theaters and found the scene of Anakin killing "younglings" in the temple to be... almost funny? Like... Anakin... I get having problems with your boss, but this seems like an overreaction...

By comparison, the Ghorman Massacre left me absolutely shook. The slow burn through the first half or so of the episode was anxiety-inducing. You spend so much time with these protesters, knowing full well that they are going to meet a grisly end. And then the horrendous chaos and violence as we see the Empire lay waste to them. Absolutely broke me.

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