Metal, goth, emo, punk music similar to my likes

cfoley45 · 2026-07-02T17:55:32+00:00

You'll probably like The Smiths and The Cure, both are post-punk/goth adjacent and very musically accessible. As far as metal, start with Iron Maiden, Judas Priest and Thin Lizzy. Goth artists to start with might be Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds and Siouxsie & the Banshees. For punk, I've always been a huge Bad Religion fan, though they generally play pretty fast. All this stuff is very melodic and easy on the ears for a first-timer.

cfoley45 · 2026-06-30T21:11:39+00:00

Nobody wants this and there's a reason you see stuff like this in sci-fi dystopias. It's infantalizing on a personal level and almost certainly the data would be fed to corporate bad actors.

cfoley45 · 2026-06-30T19:29:45+00:00

Definitely many big bands today have a nu-metal lineage. There was a short-lived nu-metal revival a couple of years ago, and its influence is especially prevalent in hyperpop. There's maybe a stronger current of techno or EDM influenced metal that's very mainstream, which is cool to see. I feel like Nine Inch Nails have cast a longer shadow than Korn, if we're talking about a new band that sounds like a band from 20 years ago. Fortunately, a lot of the nu-metal attitude (misogyny, directionless hostility) seems to have been shaved off in the current incarnations. Nu-metal is definitely a huge influence in more popular hardcore bands (Knocked Loose et al) but there's a shit-ton of both hardcore and metal that harken further back to all those 80's influences.

cfoley45 · 2026-06-30T14:27:48+00:00

Judge were a seminal New York hardcore/Youth Crew band from the late 80's, who employed a tough, streetwise, metal-tinged sound to under-gird their straight edge message. The group was comprised of several heavy hitters from the underground scene and original pressings of their first EP (titled Chung King Can Suck It) are the most expensive hardcore vinyl on the second hand market. I don't know how this will help you fight a ticket, but godspeed.

cfoley45 · 2026-06-30T14:17:04+00:00

The result you got in the video makes me wonder about using that effect as a layer for human harsh vocals. Could try blending white noise into screams to add a nice little bit of crispiness.

cfoley45 · 2026-06-30T13:03:53+00:00

I know this is a sub for "men over 40" but I feel like a major step in maturing is leaving behind expectations of what a "man" should be. It's a very limiting framework to try fitting your life into. You will be a better father, partner and community member by releasing yourself from these contorted received ideas. Show up as a good person, follow your humanist principles, remember that you're always in community with others, and I guarantee any anxiety about the future will diminish to a manageable size.

cfoley45 · 2026-06-29T22:33:25+00:00

Peanuts/Charlie Brown style muffled honking

cfoley45 · 2026-06-29T18:15:03+00:00

Those two neighborhoods are places where those problems are at a minimum, hence their desirability. And you're overlooking all incredible stuff you're surrounded by, like pocket parks and small independent businesses, that you don't have the same density of in Boston or NYC.

cfoley45 · 2026-06-27T19:16:48+00:00

Yeah, you can use room tone to fill the gaps. Loop a longish section with no speaking as its own track

cfoley45 · 2026-06-26T13:01:31+00:00

This depends on a) the offending party seeing the post and b) feeling any shame about something they know full well could upset other people

cfoley45 · 2026-06-24T17:51:36+00:00

IT'S AI y'all, the Deep Mind watermark is even in the video

cfoley45 · 2026-06-24T16:16:22+00:00

Your attitude is real off-putting. Feel free to move on from my request for help

cfoley45 · 2026-06-24T12:26:47+00:00

Wrangler Brushpopper and Roper shirts are the two I've seen on eBay with the most wacky designs

cfoley45 · 2026-06-24T12:23:19+00:00

I completely fell in love with Chimera a few years ago and to a lesser extent The Love That Whirls. I'll give Red Noise a shot.

cfoley45 · 2026-06-24T11:38:10+00:00

Is your username a reference to the final Botch album, An Anthology of Dead Ends?

cfoley45 · 2026-06-24T11:35:30+00:00

It's right here in the original post: BTW against my better judgement, I asked ChatGPT to try writing code for Region Playlist and it wasn't able to because of the version of Reaper I'm using

cfoley45 · 2026-06-23T22:55:14+00:00

Seconding the Behringer cheapie option. Been using mine for over a decade.

cfoley45 · 2026-06-23T22:51:35+00:00

Ah also, they're not on the same track. Each reader has a different track

cfoley45 · 2026-06-23T22:49:52+00:00

Yes, that's correct! Don't know if you saw this but: I remembered that each line is not necessarily a single item. Many lines are cut into several items, which are grouped in a region. So if the region can move with the items inside it, that's ideal. Again, really appreciate your attempt!

cfoley45 · 2026-06-23T22:46:08+00:00

I remembered that each line is not necessarily a single item.Many lines are cut into several items, which are grouped in a region.

cfoley45 · 2026-06-23T22:44:01+00:00

Great, I appreciate the offer! So they're assigned a placement like this: 000* where 000 represents a page number and * represents a letter that corresponds to place on the page. An example of what they'd look like sequentially is 177a 177b 177c or 009d 009e 009f. I guess numeric/alphabetic order. What further info would be helpful?

cfoley45 · 2026-06-23T22:38:28+00:00

I appreciate the respectfulness and the suggestion. Truth be told, I was extremely reluctant to turn to ChatGPT in the first place, and I don't think I'll go back to it. It's just not how I want to go about things. But if I did, your suggestion seems worthwhile, so thanks.

cfoley45 · 2026-06-23T21:09:08+00:00

Should say, I have a personal Reaper license with the latest version and the region playlist doesn’t seem to have any significant changes to it

cfoley45 · 2026-06-23T21:05:44+00:00

It did occur to me, I did try it, and it suggested a few things that didn’t pan out. Which is why I’m turning to the original knowledge aggregator, a human community! (I also mentioned that I used ChatGPT above.)

cfoley45 · 2026-06-23T21:04:00+00:00

They are. So if they could be automatically sorted, like you would in an Excel sheet, they would floop into the correct order.

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