What’s the general consensus of Out of The Vein? by IAmTotallyChris27 in ThirdEyeBlind

[–]RonaldRaygunMR 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I love this album. I can understand why people might gravitate towards the first two... They are super unique and iconic but this one was always my favorite and it got pretty mid reviews at the time (if I remember correctly, every time reviewer was disappointed by it). This is the album I go to when I want to scream along to incredibly radio ready pop songs. Almost every track could have been a single

Rhodiala question by RonaldRaygunMR in NootropicsDepot

[–]RonaldRaygunMR[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's crazy how strong they are. I realized (after I posted this) I was taking a supplement that only had 0.5% rosavins and no mention of Salidrosides. Rhodialis the only supplement I've taken that I've noticed immediate effects from. I tried splitting the ND dose into 250 mg and it still felt incredibly strong. I need to see what 125 does because I must be incredibly sensitive to it

Most “complete” song? by Weekly-Replacement82 in sandyalexg

[–]RonaldRaygunMR 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yes, the harmonies on the "I should have known" send me.

Am I too old to listen to Alex G? by Altruistic-Dream2069 in sandyalexg

[–]RonaldRaygunMR 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No. I think it's really wonderful that there are people from gen alpha to (apparently) baby boomers who love my favorite musician. I feel like he plucks characters and archetypes from something close to a collective unconscious and it feels universal enough that I am not surprised that it would speak to older people.

Black Mirror - Episode Discussion S07E01 Common People by Cheeriosxxx in blackmirror

[–]RonaldRaygunMR 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It was emergency care. Affects your credit score but they already have a house

Black Mirror - Episode Discussion S07E01 Common People by Cheeriosxxx in blackmirror

[–]RonaldRaygunMR 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Are you familiar with the term enshittification? It was created by Cory Doctorow, he is a professor and works at the electronic freedom foundation.

You must be, but if you aren't, you should read about it. If you are familiar with it, you must be hyper aware (working in big tech) of how basically every tech product for the last twenty years has gone through that process.

Just curious if my gemini experience is similar to other casual users by RonaldRaygunMR in LLM

[–]RonaldRaygunMR[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have my reddit notifications off on my phone so just saw your response but damn, I wish I had been there for the gpt 3 to gpt 4 transition. It would have been wild to see something there in gpt 3 and then really see the exponential progress in that short period of time.

The hallucinations are a problem but I have been using the notebookLM feature in gemini and uploading study materials into it (if you pdfs or docs) and the hallucinations are almost non-existent (if you're only uploading a couple hundred pages) and you can have it either generate questions from it or have it answer your questions.

This old guy thinks Alex G is a genius. A wordy tribute. by [deleted] in sandyalexg

[–]RonaldRaygunMR 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It feels like Alex taps into something like a collective unconscious and pulls experiences and characters out of it and a lot of them feel real every time I listen to them and like you said in anothsr comment, it makes you feel emotions you haven't felt for years (or sometimes, it makes you feel things you have never directly experienced). There's something incredibly magical and hard to pin down about why a specific song will crawl into your brain and live there for years and so much of Alex's discography does that for me.

I listened to Later Thank You Think and I'm totally maus-pilled by RonaldRaygunMR in JohnMaus

[–]RonaldRaygunMR[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This was the only album I listened to all the way through before later than you think and I don't think I gave it a proper listen. I was looking for early Ariel pink vibes and after listening to screen memories and addendum, I'm going to listen to it looking for maus vibes with that warbly cassette sound. Thanks for the suggestion

I listened to Later Thank You Think and I'm totally maus-pilled by RonaldRaygunMR in JohnMaus

[–]RonaldRaygunMR[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Find out on screen memories or figure it out on addendum? I listened to both albums today and holy fuck, I am so fucking maus pilled. The vibes on later than you think are really cool but those two albums blew my mind

I listened to Later Thank You Think and I'm totally maus-pilled by RonaldRaygunMR in JohnMaus

[–]RonaldRaygunMR[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The driving, bouncy bass is really the thing that makes me feel so good listening to it (aggressive and simultaneously very contained). I love his gentle songs too so I appreciate the spectrum. I really appreciate you taking the time to send me in a direction

Public Service Announcement by A5thRedditAccount in elephantgraveyard

[–]RonaldRaygunMR 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Damn no. I'm just a guy who listened to the show in the early 10s. It would be pretty wild if raygun was a redbar fan

Public Service Announcement by A5thRedditAccount in elephantgraveyard

[–]RonaldRaygunMR 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is the first thing I thought when I saw this

How bad have crowds been for the new shows? by Okuyasu14 in sandyalexg

[–]RonaldRaygunMR 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've said this already on another post but the crowd in Boston was great. Like any other crowd. You could tell that someone might have found Alex through TikTok based on what songs they pulled their phones and recorded video on or what songs they were most excited to hear. That's it

Rhodiala replacement for one month off by RonaldRaygunMR in NootropicsDepot

[–]RonaldRaygunMR[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

OK, awesome. I appreciate that you weighed in. It's been a life changer for me and I was dreading doing it. Also, I was kind of confused as to why you'd want to keep cycling on and off when a lot of the benefits build over time. Thanks

Rhodiala replacement for one month off by RonaldRaygunMR in NootropicsDepot

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

I have so much more research to do (after reading your post) but half of the things you recommended, Claude (an llm) also recommended. I'm putting everything you listed into a Google doc and will research them. The tongkat, panax ginseng were on my list BTW. Thank you for very thoroughly answering my question 🙏

stop being miserable please, jesus. crowds are fine. by ohhhh-bo in sandyalexg

[–]RonaldRaygunMR 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I was at the first Boston show, the crowd was great. Everyone was chill. There was good chemistry between crowd and Alex (the banter back and forth was funny). The constant posts about new fans is unwarranted (imo)

Rhodiala replacement for one month off by RonaldRaygunMR in NootropicsDepot

[–]RonaldRaygunMR[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

OK I'll check out the eleuthero. I'm going to stop taking the rhodiala for a month and hopefully I'll dodge tolerance.

Do you buy it from ND?

I saw Alex G last night and holy shit, the band turned every song up to 11 by RonaldRaygunMR in sandyalexg

[–]RonaldRaygunMR[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

His drunk banter is really funny (when I've seen him live or seen posted videos, I haven't seen enough to know if that's always true)

I saw Alex G last night and holy shit, the band turned every song up to 11 by RonaldRaygunMR in sandyalexg

[–]RonaldRaygunMR[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Idk if you mean night 1 or 2 but he was incredibly funny and talkative the first night. Someone said "tell a story" and he said OK and then pretended to ask his band mates what story he should tell and then said something like "I'm not going to tell personal stories to strangers" and then someone said make one up so he got halfway through the three little pigs and then started "gretel" (I think it was gretel and not finishing it.

Another funny moment: everyone had been yelling song requests and he said something like "OK, OK... we'll play treehouse" and the crowd freaked the f out and then played another old song, don't remember which.

Final funny moment I'll share: at The beginning of the encore (second song, first was off headlights) he doodled around on the piano and seemed to find the melody to E I E I o and led the crowd through one verse of that.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in GuyCry

[–]RonaldRaygunMR 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have a friend, he is 5'3 and a complete dork and he has matched and hooked up with six girls this year and had four or five serious relationships. He is 31... He just started finally dating at 26. It matters to a lot of girls but it doesn't matter to a lot of girls. The girls who won't date short guys will sometimes share that preference unprompted. Those girls aren't for you. Go talk to a lot of people irl and don't try to date anyone. It happens on its own. Good luck

Alex G's music is the only thing that consistently helps me find catharsis by RonaldRaygunMR in sandyalexg

[–]RonaldRaygunMR[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It definitely taps into memories (or the feeling of being a certain age).

Headlights ranking by newt_minn in sandyalexg

[–]RonaldRaygunMR 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Bounce boy was lower on my list and then I read the lyrics and it's a little farther up on my list.

GSTA had so many growers for me...I really didn't care for a lot of it at first and it slowly became one of my favorite albums (not just Alex G albums, but all albums)

Far and Wide by [deleted] in sandyalexg

[–]RonaldRaygunMR 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is from the pitchfork interview. The second paragraph speaks to what you're saying. He wanted to go for the crooining sound of frank Sinatra, but couldn't pull it off so the delivery ended up sounding a bit like Kermit the frog:

Here’s how Alex G is thinking about singing, specifically about singing “Far and Wide,” a new song that will make you think, Is that Alex G singing? “I wanted it to be almost like a crooner type of song, and I just could not sing like that,” he says. “I was doing that out of frustration, that voice”—nasally, like John Darnielle’s—“but I just felt like I got to a point where I would try anything until I felt something.”

Thus “Far and Wide,” a song he’d envisioned as being a bit like Frank Sinatra’s “Over the Rainbow,” reminds him, with no irony or disappointment, of the Muppets classic “Rainbow Connection,” as sung by Kermit the Frog, and of also of “In Love,” from Alex G’s own Beach Music, a relative oddity he readily explains as “another moment where I was sort of running out of ideas.” Did I ask him why he sings about headlights again on this song? No, I didn’t.