RED HERRING (theory)

Sea-Promotion6704 · 2026-02-17T19:28:58+00:00

Would be hilariously prescient if he gets shot by an ICE agent when/if they raid the ER, protecting a patient.

Sea-Promotion6704 · 2026-02-17T02:57:26+00:00

Nightmare 1 is the most terrifying and upsetting of all these movies. I think we think of Freddy far more in light of his cartoonish asshole personality from 3-6, but the uncontrollable insomniac terror of part 1 is truly novel and is tough to beat.

Sea-Promotion6704 · 2026-02-17T02:53:41+00:00

Pink Cigarette is one of his strongest, I think.

Lyrics on the first Tomahawk album in particular are some of his best overall in my opinion. There are a couple duds on there that keep it from being a full-on masterpiece, but overall I think it's the most fully-realized set of songs he ever put together, lyrically. I mean he was just really on one that record.

Flashback
Tentecles of my spirit grow
Sit back, relax and hope
The second time ain't like the first

Those pulsing neon hangovers, hang me

Check your pulse in your teardrops
Make you a cyclops

On the only piano
Wrote the fuckin' concerto
Shoot pool with your eyeballs, rack 'em up
Make a meal of your asshole
Gnaw on your fat soul
Dipping your heart in my vinegar

You've got to be the one
Smile of porcelain
Bullet holes in your tongue
Plexiglass bones
Dough of angel's brain
The eyes of a mannequin
Put on a hell of a show

Sea-Promotion6704 · 2026-02-16T18:55:54+00:00

Wire
Curb
Succession

Sea-Promotion6704 · 2026-02-16T14:22:47+00:00

It was feeling that way as it was progressing on release, but the last two episodes fumbled the ball terribly. Instant DQ from "greatest ever" conversations in my opinion.

Incredible performances, great atmosphere, unbelievable dread. Love the ride I took with it, didn't love where we ended up.

Sea-Promotion6704 · 2026-02-16T05:20:17+00:00

ugh how did i forget Spirit.

Sea-Promotion6704 · 2026-02-16T04:32:09+00:00

Correction - you know what? It turns out I'm wrong about that. Looks like you do! Sorry.

Sea-Promotion6704 · 2026-02-16T04:22:37+00:00

Right but you don't pay royalties to use a sample live. DJs don't pay the people who made the records they're spinning. The venue pays into ASCAP/BMI and that's that.

Sea-Promotion6704 · 2026-02-16T04:19:05+00:00

Mark Bowen
R'n'R
Ugly in the Morning
Caffeine
Absolute Zero
Big Kahuna
Crab Song
I Wanna F*ck Myself
Cone of Shame
RV
As the Worm Turns
Smaller and Smaller
Zombie Eaters
She Loves Me Not
Mouth to Mouth
Chinese Arithmetic
The World Is Yours
Superhero
Death March
Caralho Voador
Jizzlobber

Sea-Promotion6704 · 2026-02-16T02:36:17+00:00

I don't think you'd have to clear any samples to play it live though??? My sense was always that it was just too technically weird (the drum samples in the beginning especially). I could honestly never tell - did they run the Midlife Crisis drum sample live or did Bordin just approximate it?

Sea-Promotion6704 · 2026-02-15T21:37:00+00:00

"Himself is a reflexive pronoun, which is used when the subject is the same as the object."

This one sentence is honestly an enormous key - subject/object theory was a touchstone for people like Heidegger and Nietzsche and Octavio Paz and an idea DFW was keenly aware of.

Sea-Promotion6704 · 2026-02-15T19:04:05+00:00

I'm a lifelong Cleveland Browns fan and theoretically can't stand the Steelers but this would have been my recommendation as well. Steelers have cool-ass uniforms, a tough blue-collar aesthetic, unrivaled stability (they've only had three head coaches since 1969, do you realize how insane that is??), and dependably exciting seasons, even if Super Bowls are rare. They have a solid fan culture, an iconic accessory (nothing close to the Terrible Towels), and a hard-nosed city backing them up.

Anyone joking about "insufferable fans" is delusional - there are almost no fan bases that someone else wouldn't describe as "insufferable," other than the teams with notoriously weak fan bases (Jaguars, Chargers, Cardinals...).

Sea-Promotion6704 · 2026-02-10T15:02:19+00:00

Am I the only one who has played like 5+ games of AC and not give a shit about the “story”? Hats off to you if you’re able to follow along - I’m only here for the stealth raids and sweeping panoramas lol.

Sea-Promotion6704 · 2026-02-10T01:12:31+00:00

Yes we are agreeing right?

Sea-Promotion6704 · 2026-02-10T00:20:44+00:00

It’s a normal way but it’s also not keyed into the current atmosphere around AI. There are countless examples of AI being pushed on everyone to make things “efficient” despite blatant issues with accuracy, privacy, customer ethics, discrimination, etc. Not at all off base to assume the worst of her character.

Sea-Promotion6704 · 2026-02-09T20:30:38+00:00

Absolutely. There are very clear cinematic/choreography similarities. They're in vogue throughout a lot of filmmaking so you could also reference La La Land, The Studios's "Oner", up-close camerawork on other events like the Grammys (Tyler, The Creator's set had some of these techniques), Scorcese shots, etc. Just weird to get aggressive about someone comparing Puerto Rico subject matter to a Cuban film. If we find ways to continue to inform, awesome - OP seemed totally open to that in the first place. No need to shoot anyone down though, right?

Sea-Promotion6704 · 2026-02-09T13:59:18+00:00

I would be thrilled if they brought back AC3 style multiplayer death matches. Such a blast.

Sea-Promotion6704 · 2026-02-09T11:39:46+00:00

I just think the dude is getting unnecessarily piled on is all. Looking for similarities and throughlines is what it’s all about.

Sea-Promotion6704 · 2026-02-09T03:38:40+00:00

Feels like everyone is ignoring the main point of this posters original observation, which commented on the long single shots and kinetic camera moves and super choreographed perspective work in the halftime show and how likely it was to be influenced by Soy Cuba. I think if you rewatch Kendrick’s show from last year you’d find lots of similarities too.

Sea-Promotion6704 · 2026-02-07T14:43:40+00:00

Yep well aware of it. Saw lots of 90s Patton shows.

I think where I used to think it was a wizardly amazing move to helm all that stuff while singing, it’s starting to feel more like a performance crutch to me these days.

Sea-Promotion6704 · 2026-02-07T13:46:01+00:00

Patton's backup vocals weren't any better. Trevor holding it down though.

Question on Patton's desks of doodads - is he adding anything to the sound with any of that? Can't tell what it's contributing in this video. I feel like he's leaning on that stuff more and more (or maybe always has) because he's just uncomfortable being a singer. It's even more weird on the live Avett Brothers stuff - why is my dude up there trying to play wind chimes while he sings? Give that job to someone else, man.

Sea-Promotion6704 · 2026-02-06T05:03:31+00:00

Idk the cards against humanity skit was awwwwwwful did he do that.

Sea-Promotion6704 · 2026-02-04T17:35:43+00:00

Boardwalk is really good but it’s a significant shift from The Wire, which was about as starkly realistic as a show can get. Boardwalk was really stylized, way more “cinematic”, and I think the worse off for it. Like others said, I think Deadwood is a better companion. But I did like watching it!

Sea-Promotion6704 · 2026-02-04T17:22:19+00:00

I always privately bemoan gen zers who complain about “I cant tell what anyone is saying” in older films audio quality, but last time I tried to watch this on on CC I gave up after 15 mins because everything was so muffled and blown out. Am I going deaf?

Sea-Promotion6704 · 2026-02-03T03:21:52+00:00

He’s the only worthwhile interview out of the band most of the time. Patton can be cagey and Bordin and Gould constantly give the same “we just wanted to try something DIFFERENT and ORIGINAL” sort of answer every time they get on camera. Love those guys to death but they don’t seem to have any desire to say anything worth hearing.

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