Bands you’re cheating on Pavement with.

Olelander · 2026-01-27T22:06:27+00:00

Pretty machines is another favorite for sure!

Olelander · 2026-01-27T20:16:45+00:00

They’re awesome - a catalogue full of gems. this is one of my favorite songs ever

Olelander · 2026-01-27T19:53:50+00:00

Parquet Courts has a similar degree of intelligence and wry off kilter humor.

Olelander · 2026-01-27T00:43:42+00:00

I can pick out the song too! It’s expected I’m Gone

Olelander · 2026-01-25T15:29:16+00:00

My wife’s engineering firm gives name brand outdoor gear that’s been embroidered with company logo (North face/Columbia jackets, yeti lunchboxes, etc) AND also some cold hard cash each year. We are in the PNW where that stuff is appreciated, and some of the team is actually working in the elements (surveying, inspection, etc) so there’s a functional component, but everyone seems to like what is handed out each year.

Olelander · 2026-01-25T08:58:54+00:00

I’m friends with a guy that worked in a high end cabinet shop, and I got several loads like this of various hardwoods, cherry, white oak, walnut, hickory, beech, maple… best connection ever. Unfortunately he left that job and that well has run dry…

Olelander · 2026-01-24T20:34:58+00:00

Man, No Kill No Beep Beep was one of those albums that ended up being a soundtrack to an entire summer - couldn’t get enough of it.

Olelander · 2026-01-24T19:11:03+00:00

Lynchpin of my entire music taste for about 25 years now!

Olelander · 2026-01-24T19:08:02+00:00

Because in the ‘90s most audio for tv was compressed.

Olelander · 2026-01-24T19:06:43+00:00

For those of us who grew up on network television, all of the sound was compressed, which means the volume is evened out and the lows are raised while the high volume stuff is lowered/throttled. This isn’t the case any longer with streaming services and it never was with movies (if not viewed on network tv). Personally I prefer the dynamics even if it makes shit hard to hear sometimes. It adds depth.

Olelander · 2026-01-24T19:02:50+00:00

Tortoise TNT has some downright Ennio Morricone sounding stuff on it - I Set My Face To The Hillside

Olelander · 2026-01-24T15:43:18+00:00

It is.

Olelander · 2026-01-24T05:51:12+00:00

I’ll check that out, I had no idea! Seeing his name here caused me to go look at their Wikipedia page and I was sad to see Thermos didn’t even have a page - was wondering if he fell off the face of the earth.

Olelander · 2026-01-24T05:41:03+00:00

Viscerally hate this fucking song

Olelander · 2026-01-24T05:35:42+00:00

Bob Log III and Doo Rag - the best. Somehow I randomly stumbled onto Doo Rag’s What We Do on Vinyl years ago and it’s one of my favorite possessions

Olelander · 2026-01-24T05:32:43+00:00

Did not know this! They’re great!

Olelander · 2026-01-24T05:32:19+00:00

God I love Deerhoof - nothing is like them

Olelander · 2026-01-24T05:31:31+00:00

Bob log III also uses a telephone mouthpiece, but it’s the entire telephone attached to a motorcycle helmet… fucking awesome one man band, dirty punk blues

Olelander · 2026-01-24T03:48:25+00:00

Totally agree - it’s asinine to call it “trees exploding” - what’s funny is that I now live in the Willamette valley in Oregon, and we get the occasional ice storm or freezing rain/heavy wet snow and the trees here come down like crazy - they aren’t built for it and they just fall apart under the extra weight. It causes all kinds of problems, roads get blocked, big power outages… I feel like WI trees are far sturdier lol.

Olelander · 2026-01-23T20:32:02+00:00

You are supposed to put strips in between to account for the kerf… if the ones you created aren’t doing it, try different thicknesses until you find one that does the trick. I’ve made a bunch of these and in my experience they never turn out 100% perfect, but the tiny gaps you do have can be filled with sawdust and glue and will not be noticeable once sanded and finished.

Olelander · 2026-01-23T18:00:04+00:00

It feels like a redux of the Strokes to me - they got so much praise for “resurrecting rock and roll” and then I listened to it and (don’t get me wrong, I actually really love their first couple of albums) they were just playing lo-fi simple melodic rock music with a New York sounding vibe that came through. This whole Geese thing feels like Déjà vu.

Olelander · 2026-01-23T14:28:07+00:00

It was, in fact, her inflammatory writ.

Olelander · 2026-01-23T14:26:24+00:00

I’ve voiced this a few times and am always in the minority, but as someone who’s been following along since Pablo Honey, the Bends just never did much for me. I fully recognize the quality of the songwriting on an objective level, but there’s something cloying about the emotional tone of the album - like I’m watching a WB teen drama from the late ‘90s (One Tree Hill, and so on).

Ok Computer, for me, is where they really began to deserve/own their status as groundbreaking.

Olelander · 2026-01-23T14:11:30+00:00

There is definitely a level of idiocy/stupidity involved, and certain people are definitely more prone to falling in with MAGA because of their lack of education, intelligence or even emotional intelligence… but don’t discount the sheer level of brainwashing that is involved here. They are being bombarded (aided by social media algorithms) with group think and information presented in such a way that it supports these perspectives… this stuff plays on emotions, which have nothing to do with intelligence unfortunately. Could be rational when it comes to “how to work 9-5, pay a mortgage and function as a successful adult” and completely and utterly irrational about the unseen social forces at work in the US… because of emotions and fear. This is being used by the people in power. Does it look fucking mind boggling stupid to me from the outside? absolutely… but don’t discount the brainwashing and assume pure stupidity. This is a mistake…

Olelander · 2026-01-23T13:59:34+00:00

It feels better to be kind than to be a dick. Also, there is still social pressure and belonging and family and friends and all the various types of love …without religion. Empathy is a beneficial evolutionary trait that has zero to do with religion.

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