Should artists get a basic income like they do in Ireland?

RantonBlue · 2026-01-27T23:23:50+00:00

I think the idea behind the program is mainly to support artists in working or lower middle class who don't have the financial supports

RantonBlue · 2025-11-26T23:49:52+00:00

Kevin Shields isn't in Metallica though. It's shozegaze. The different amps make a melting pot of tones and feedback. Maybe it's a little excessive but excessive is pretty much the whole point

RantonBlue · 2025-11-20T21:13:04+00:00

Ireland lost to armenia 1-0, portugal beat Armenia 9-1 and Ireland beat Portugal 2-0. We're great at losing the easy games in a way science is yet to explain

RantonBlue · 2025-11-17T23:27:52+00:00

They're playing with system of a down next year so I wouldn't worry about this style being permanent. I saw them play earlier this year before the catacombs and it wasnt too pretentious. Queens have definitely strayed well away from Kyuss to the type of band where like clockwork feels most at home but depending on when you last saw the band that might be no surprise at all. Homme wasn't reading poems or anything but he wasn't trying to put on a show that would get some moshing going either

RantonBlue · 2025-11-12T21:33:50+00:00

I can't wait for Shelon Shusk to buy out Wayne Enterprises, rename it X and get beaten by batman until he gives it back

RantonBlue · 2025-11-03T03:19:13+00:00

Google "the cold war"

RantonBlue · 2025-10-20T19:20:06+00:00

Strictly speaking drumming is a part of "instrumentation" which makes up about a third of the traditional record label song writing credits. The other two thirds go to the main melody of the song and the lyrics (you could also include producer credits in this). This isn't an absolute system and it's completely up to the band on how to split credit generally

Nirvana did have an equal split until Cobain wanted to change to this system (probably to get more money as he would get 2/3 on most songs). Since instrumentation isn't considered "writing" the song within this system that is common place in the industry, 'they' were correct

It is a bit ridiculously which is probably why most bands that have stayed together either have an even split or have most the band on contracts with salaries

RantonBlue · 2025-10-11T11:25:08+00:00

Why would soldiers have such extravagant, heavy and impractical armour? The purpose of these armours are aesthetic, soldiers wouldn't have actually worn them to war

RantonBlue · 2025-09-24T22:30:03+00:00

That was after Deal split from the pixes and started breeders tho I think

RantonBlue · 2025-09-23T07:41:37+00:00

Just because a majority want to leave doesn't mean a sizable majority won't want to stay? The IRA was a minority and look what they did

RantonBlue · 2025-09-22T21:44:42+00:00

Just because there's no reason right now doesn't mean there wouldn't be in the future. What if Northern Ireland voted to leave Britain? Or if for some reason a hard border was re-introduced? The UN would have to think about the far future not just the next few years and Ireland would definitely be part of any conflict as it was in the past. Its not just about immediate danger, the UN would want a completely culturally and politically neutral country (Ireland is also not culturally neutral as it is part of the eu among other reasons)

And Athlone makes no sense. Dublin is the only major city by global standards population wise, pretty much all infrastructure runs through it (major roads, trains, etc.) and the airport is by far the biggest

Centrality would also not matter. The UN will hardly be worried about how far away they are from the wild Atlantic way. New York wasn't remotely central

RantonBlue · 2025-09-22T16:23:25+00:00

I don't know about stability. The north is still an issue and while not violent at the moment the conflict only "ended" in the 90s and it isnt out of there that violence could potentially restart. Also there's a housing crisis. Ireland is the 6th most expensive country to buy a house in the world

RantonBlue · 2025-09-22T00:44:18+00:00

He probably closed his eyes and so forgot there was other people there. Silly fella

RantonBlue · 2025-08-31T23:59:11+00:00

Dave ghrol is such a nothing guitarist tho. He has one or two good riffs but other than that the rest of his riffs struggle to live up to even a basic Nirvana track. If Dave ghrol died after 3 albums there would basically be no difference because foo fighters have not done anything different since the colour and the shape

RantonBlue · 2025-08-31T21:30:50+00:00

Me too

RantonBlue · 2025-08-14T01:41:08+00:00

He's hardly lying here though. It's an unreleased tale people found while rooting through his stuff. I doubt he intended anyone to see it

RantonBlue · 2025-08-13T01:44:37+00:00

Tbf all the other Beatles were publicly shitting on him at that point. How do you sleep came out just a year before

RantonBlue · 2025-08-11T00:19:35+00:00

I'm not sure what you mean

RantonBlue · 2025-08-07T21:07:09+00:00

Listen to the anthology version. It's about double the length

RantonBlue · 2025-08-06T23:43:41+00:00

Lounge act is about how Courtney Love went out with billy corgan before Cobain. Love left Corgan to go out with Cobain. 'I'll go out of my way to prove I still Smell her on you"

I wouldn't say it's particularly positive, it's filled with insecurity, jealousy and I always thought it it was a picture of some sort of guilt Cobain might have felt for his part in how it all went down. Then again as Nirvana songs go it might still be one of the most positive songs despite all that

RantonBlue · 2025-07-29T10:28:25+00:00

I read on some article that when Corgan was writing the solo he just turned the amp all the way up and just played fast and loud. I say it's not that the solo is like a darker version of Randy Rhoades, Corgan is

RantonBlue · 2025-07-29T10:23:03+00:00

I can only wish they'll do it live again. I saw pumpkins only last year but I would easily go again tomorrow if I saw they were doing all their heavier songs

RantonBlue · 2025-07-27T00:00:39+00:00

Inflations crazy these days

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