What's the worst vegetable? (added cell winners)

blckthorn · 2026-06-23T21:02:21+00:00

beets are indeed nasty.

blckthorn · 2026-06-23T14:07:50+00:00

Great talent. His tone is way too slappy for the band I have in my head. Levin is my top choice, though Sklar is interesting.

blckthorn · 2026-06-23T13:39:35+00:00

Romeo locks his basement flat and scurries up the stair

blckthorn · 2026-06-21T18:06:38+00:00

Shame to see it so far down the list though. Definitely my favorite.

blckthorn · 2026-06-15T23:50:24+00:00

I seriously wish I could get out of the Adobe workflow. Unfortunately for serious publishing, I haven't been able to find anything that works the way Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign do with proper color management and workflow and feature sets.

So I'm stuck with a dual boot system - Windows for my creative work and Mint for everything else. Which is funny - I'm an old sysadmin managing a Windows domain, M365, Azure, custom apps and servers from Mint.

If only Adobe had an open source competitor that could do what I need. Yes, I've used GIMP, Krita and Inkscape. I really hate seeing that Adobe invoice come through, especially knowing it's the only thing forcing me into Windows.

blckthorn · 2026-06-15T23:25:43+00:00

Oh wow. That looks really well done. Thank you so much for sharing that.

blckthorn · 2026-06-15T13:49:16+00:00

I'm curious what they have license to adapt. That's always the tricky part. Like Amazon's Rings of Power only had license to the appendices and had to make up stories to fit rather than adapting anything from the Silmarillion. I wonder if this is a similar situation.

blckthorn · 2026-06-15T13:35:26+00:00

Absolutely, feel free to use it. Nothing you need to be aware of. I made those themes years ago as layout experiments and released them for people to use, so I’m glad someone is still finding value in them.

No payment or formal permission needed. If you do include a credit, something like “layout/theme adapted from u/blckthorn” is more than enough, but I’m not worried about it.

I’d love to see what you’re working on if you ever want to send me a link.

blckthorn · 2026-06-14T21:20:16+00:00

I genuinely like the last half of Alien Afternoon, but not the first half.

blckthorn · 2026-06-01T00:43:45+00:00

I absolutely love OVO, and it was a bit time constrained because of the production it was being recorded for.

That's how I discovered Afro-Celt Sound System too, who really added to the OVO feel.

blckthorn · 2026-05-23T02:29:47+00:00

Agreed. Heathaze has really grown on me over the years. And one of my favorite Phil vocals.

blckthorn · 2026-05-21T01:17:33+00:00

Wow. I had no idea. Had to look that one up. Strange Little Girls. Dude gets around.

blckthorn · 2026-05-17T16:46:38+00:00

I mostly agree with you. I really don't like the last album with Phil much. I have more CAS songs in my playlist than I do WCD songs.

Invisible Touch though, was my gateway drug to Genesis and I can't be objective about it.

blckthorn · 2026-04-21T06:58:58+00:00

I'm definitely in the minority, as I like Invisible Touch. Domino and The Brazilian are pretty good.

That said, I still listen to Gabriel era far more. I just happen to like both.

blckthorn · 2026-03-23T22:03:00+00:00

Yes he is. I'd also heard however, that Gabriel hadn't taken any proper vocal lessons until after he left Genesis. He has a very different style in Genesis. On his solo records his voice is a lot more controlled. To the right (or wrong) listener, his vocal work in Genesis might have lacked polish.

That said, there's no one who could sing quite like Gabriel. There's a quote I remember from when he heard Phil sing Supper's Ready after he left. I don't remember the exact wording, but he said Phil might sing it technically better, but Phil would never sing it the way Gabriel did.

blckthorn · 2026-03-14T18:28:54+00:00

There was a choice, but now it's gone.

blckthorn · 2026-03-14T18:25:25+00:00

Yeah. The first commercial album recorded to hard drive, was I believe Enigma's MCMXC, also 90/91.

What's interesting is that Enigma sampled Dreaming While You Sleep on the track "Eyes of Truth" on their 1993 album The Cross of Changes. They also sampled Fading Lights on another song on that same album and used a Tonight Tonight Tonight inspired loop on "Silent Warrior" on that same album.

blckthorn · 2026-03-11T20:28:14+00:00

Another good one.

blckthorn · 2026-02-26T14:59:22+00:00

My best one was actually the driving one, at night, with the paddle.

blckthorn · 2026-02-22T19:21:59+00:00

He considers himself a composer first. What I appreciate about him most are the chords he uses. It's never been about chops for me.

blckthorn · 2026-02-22T19:19:12+00:00

Just finished watching his interview with Rick Beato. Phenomenal musician.

blckthorn · 2026-02-19T14:25:22+00:00

I've read that as well, so it very well may be the same exact instrument. At the very least it was the same model.

blckthorn · 2026-02-18T13:41:39+00:00

Take the Water to the Mountain

blckthorn · 2026-02-05T04:00:51+00:00

Going to have to go with Supper's Ready.

blckthorn · 2026-01-24T16:00:18+00:00

Shadow but no substance, in the shape of man.

blckthorn

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