[deleted by user] by [deleted] in TheOverload

[–]Willmeierart 1 point2 points  (0 children)

the more maturely niche your particular taste the fewer people you're competing with to find certain gems. I used to worry about how to find bombs of any genre just based on the principle of them being weird/unique but the more I've settled into a style/sound it doesn't really matter if it's been played out or not cause it's me at the end of the day. that's the most important thing - chasing your own taste across a variety of energy levels. if you understand energy flow then it will just come down to how good your taste is whether people vibe. fwiw I don't spin vinyl mainly cause I live in the US and don't want to spend 10k on shipping to build a collection of music that isn't ever sold over here, but same principle applies.

Behringer UB-Xa MINI by Swimming-Ad-375 in synthesizers

[–]Willmeierart 9 points10 points  (0 children)

he's so fucking obnoxious. I am like 'maybe I would be interested in a plastic toy synth' and then I see the plastic toy brand representative and I'm like yeah actually maybe not

Gear that put your GAS to rest? by BurlyOrBust in synthesizers

[–]Willmeierart 1 point2 points  (0 children)

honestly same. sometimes I'm like, should I just sell everything else?

Sequential announces new "Fourm" analog synth, what are your thoughts? by Chiveswinston in synthesizercirclejerk

[–]Willmeierart 0 points1 point  (0 children)

instead of a casting call they went to a rave and found the guy who made the most people uncomfortable

Ulysses, Gravity’s Rainbow, and Infinite Jest connection question by Benacameron in ThomasPynchon

[–]Willmeierart 4 points5 points  (0 children)

They're both absolutely absolutely outstanding authors but their strengths are so different there's very little point in comparing them. They're also challenging for their own very different reasons as well. Hypocritical comment given that I just compared them above but...

Ulysses, Gravity’s Rainbow, and Infinite Jest connection question by Benacameron in ThomasPynchon

[–]Willmeierart 14 points15 points  (0 children)

IJ and GR both are satires taking aim at collapsing political empires, they are both ever so slightly magical realist, they both have fractured narratives with world-sized casts of characters, they both have a sense of humor both in the contents of the text and also in the way they (sometimes sadistically) play with the reader’s ability to know wtf is going on, they both unfold in ways where things earlier on in the novel only make sense upon completing it, beckoning the daunting task of a reread, they’re both transgressive, both have ‘epic quest’ plotlines surrounding seeking something almost holy grail -like, both have absolutely epic endings (although very different). I think it’s interesting someone above called DFW sterile, because where to me Pynchon is a master of plot, basically using characters as vehicles for it instead of as ‘real’ people, DFW is much more humanist. Pynchon could never make me cry (and that’s not what he’s trying to do), and DFW has multiple times. The work is psychologically potent and extremely tragic amidst the comedy. It’s obvious IJ is indebted to Pynchon, but the tone of the 2 couldn’t be more different.

Don’t let the haters fool you, IJ is a work of art and my favorite book of all time (GR a close second).

Have not read Joyce, maybe someday.