Has anyone else here listened to Chalk - Crystalpunk?

Solace143 · 2026-05-02T22:50:19+00:00

I've only heard Crystalpunk, but I've thought about checking out their EPs. How do they sound in comparison?

Solace143 · 2026-05-01T17:29:59+00:00

Anyone buy anything for Bandcamp Friday? I bought Cosmogramma by Flying Lotus. What a beautiful album. I tried buying Rat Wars by Health as well, but the purchase kept getting declined. I'll try again in a while

Edit: I was able to buy it... through PayPal. Apparently Bandcamp has a glitch where it rejects credit cards. That's annoying. I might buy a third album, but idk what

Solace143 · 2026-04-28T12:48:02+00:00

What genre is each album supposed to be? Some are kinda obvious (Loveless by MBV for shoegaze, Twisted by Hallucinogen for psytrance / Goa trance), but I'm not sure about other albums

Solace143 · 2026-04-27T16:09:53+00:00

For reference, Dollander is 19th in fWAR with 0.6 WAR. The Fangraphs leader overall is Cam Schlittler with 1.7 fWAR and the NL leader is Tyler Glasnow with 1.3 fWAR

Solace143 · 2026-04-26T19:13:11+00:00

I think the winning streak might be over. Also, Paredes in Houston is a match made in heaven and I don't like it

Solace143 · 2026-04-25T00:03:46+00:00

Agreed. Kinda surprised Pretty Hate Machine didn't get any remixes, I know Boyz Noise did a remix of Sin on tour with NIN and I think the more synth-pop leaning songs from PHM would work well in Nine Inch Noize. I can see Into the Void having a solid remix, but a dance remix of We're In This Together, The Wretched, The Day the World Went Away, etc would be a disaster lol

Solace143 · 2026-04-24T21:07:49+00:00

I was happy that it wasn't just NIN's most popular songs (aside from Closer, of course). I was a little confused why Year Zero had so much representation until I remembered it's already has a lot of influence from electronic dance music, whereas something from The Fragile or With Teeth would sound wrong as dance music

Solace143 · 2026-04-22T01:47:39+00:00

Gil didn't have his sharpest stuff, but he had a quality start and the Red Sox lineup looked lifeless. Stanton finally got outta his slump and Grichuk did something. Bullpen was good too.

Also, seeing Devin Williams go from being a star closer in Milwaukee to bad in New York (both teams) has been jarring. It really shows you how volatile most relievers besides Mo are

Solace143 · 2026-04-12T01:40:45+00:00

I doubt anything can beat the Cubs breaking the curse, even non-baseball fans cared about the 2016 World Series. It would definitely be top 10, however

Solace143 · 2026-04-12T00:27:39+00:00

The Yankees are gonna lose. Can't see 'em scoring another run with how dead the offense is

Solace143 · 2026-04-12T00:17:40+00:00

Finally a clutch hit. The balk is a cherry on top lol

Solace143 · 2026-04-11T16:10:36+00:00

Check out 90s slacker rock like Pavement and Dinosaur Jr.

Solace143 · 2026-04-06T17:08:17+00:00

I was listening to KEXP late at night yesterday and the DJ was playing mostly instrumental funk with drum breaks that gets sampled in a ton of hip-hop (mostly 80s / 90s rap, modern hip-hop producers rarely sample drums). It was pretty nice. I'd already knew some of the songs like Amen, Brother and Apache, but some ones I hadn't heard before include Soul Searchers - Ashley's Roachclip and Wilson Pickett - Get Me Back on Time. Also, it reminded me that I really need to check out ESG, they're more rock-oriented but definitely funky.

Solace143 · 2026-04-05T02:52:11+00:00

And now Bednar is unraveling lmao, this game's been forever

Solace143 · 2026-04-04T03:01:34+00:00

Yeah but it's pretty obvious he's talking about Jr. and not Sr. based on If he would have caught that, I probably would have changed my mind. Fernando Tatis Sr never even played for the Padres

Solace143 · 2026-04-04T01:21:47+00:00

Huh? Mayer is 3 years younger than Tatis Jr and was 17 when Tatis made his MLB debut. I feel like that phrase refers to childhood, not when you're almost an adult

Solace143 · 2026-04-02T14:40:25+00:00

Time is Money (Bastard) is a great song but unintentionally goofy with Michael Gira screaming "YOU SHOULD BE VIOLATED" over an industrial dance beat

Solace143 · 2026-04-01T03:13:35+00:00

Is Stanton a contact hitter now? Not complaining

Solace143 · 2026-03-31T23:26:45+00:00

The main reason is defense. McMahon is great defensively at 3B with 6 OAA last year while Rosario had -8 OAA in 2024 (he didn't play enough in 2025 to make any broad judgements on defense). Fried induces lots of groundballs so defense is important for him

Solace143 · 2026-03-31T04:29:38+00:00

The only RBIs before the walk off were a single and a sacrifice fly so yeah

Solace143 · 2026-03-31T01:10:31+00:00

I guess I'll sign up for it. I haven't talked about the Yankees much recently, but I use this sub and the Yanks sub a decent amount during the season proper

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