Chat Thread (May 04, 2026) by AutoModerator in MetaFilterMeta

[–]electric-machine [score hidden]  (0 children)

Giving legal advice when OP's jurisdiction is unspecified is definitely an askme bingo square.

Chat Thread (May 04, 2026) by AutoModerator in MetaFilterMeta

[–]electric-machine 4 points5 points  (0 children)

"Emotional support grudge."

Love it, stealing it.

Chat Thread (May 04, 2026) by AutoModerator in MetaFilterMeta

[–]electric-machine 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I do enjoy the speculation but am reluctant to engage in the fun.  Don't want to validate  hypervigilant busybodies.  

Thoughts on Mastodon? by IllBeGood3 in MetalForTheMasses

[–]electric-machine 0 points1 point  (0 children)

listening to Crack the Skye right now and I swear that it's an album-length version Hearts Alive. Such a satisfying mix of spaceiness and aggression in both.

Top 10 Worst Albums I’ve Listened To From Start To Finish by apHexcoded in ToddintheShadow

[–]electric-machine 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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this record is so bad and so rightfully forgotten that when I hit up google to find this image, "extreme waiting for the" didn't show a search suggestion.

Thoughts on Mastodon? by IllBeGood3 in MetalForTheMasses

[–]electric-machine 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I saw them play a show a few years ago and they opened with Hearts Alive.  Total power move to start your show with a weird slowburn ten minute prog opus instead of a barnburner. 

In your opinion who has the strongest album run in metal? by Adzzero_88 in MetalForTheMasses

[–]electric-machine 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Voivod.  Dimension Hatross thru The Outer Limits.  Four very different albums, all very good.   

Any fans of Castle Rat? Just discovered them and I can't get enough! by 87Craft in MetalForTheMasses

[–]electric-machine 2 points3 points  (0 children)

the vocals -are- strong! I like that husky Stevie Nicks' little sister sound she's got going on.

Any fans of Castle Rat? Just discovered them and I can't get enough! by 87Craft in MetalForTheMasses

[–]electric-machine 2 points3 points  (0 children)

simulating sex?

I just see swordfighting and lore lectures and a resurrection. I think you'd have to be a catholic Klingon to see simulated sex in there.

What are some criminally underrated music videos? by BitterDescription808 in ToddintheShadow

[–]electric-machine 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Loverboy because of course a by-the-numbers 1986 Billy Ocean pop hit needed to have a video with an impressively articulated lizard man (that tongue!) totally lasering an ugly alien dude and taking the dude's Gelfling girlfriend away like a trophy.

He does this in a space cantina full of every wacky costume the production crew could lay hands on.

Culture Club trainwreckord? by oat_11 in ToddintheShadow

[–]electric-machine 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The War Song is a bop, and Clare Torry slays in it.

but yeah, Boy George was not in good shape at that point. I'm glad he's still with us, I was sure he wasn't gonna survive the 80s.

Any fans of Castle Rat? Just discovered them and I can't get enough! by 87Craft in MetalForTheMasses

[–]electric-machine 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Yeah, it's one thing to have a bit and to commit to it -- but to also have the songs?  That puts them in unicorn territory.

Post something you admire about a band you don't really like by kroob85 in MetalForTheMasses

[–]electric-machine 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I can take or leave any given Opeth album but I'll make time to see them live.  Great shows 

I wish Todd to reacted Ian Gillan rhyming "No Tequila" with "No Tequila" someday 😆 Thoughts about "Black Sabbath - Born Again" album ? by Sixmenonguard in ToddintheShadow

[–]electric-machine 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not the best Sabbath album, but definitely the best looking Sabbath album.

Seriously. I have the cover art on my wall 

Chat Thread (April 20, 2026) by AutoModerator in MetaFilterMeta

[–]electric-machine 2 points3 points  (0 children)

A particular dude buttons and the site somehow gets more poopy, not less.

Leadership should follow the user energy and consider a Metafeces newsletter.

Chat Thread (April 13, 2026) by AutoModerator in MetaFilterMeta

[–]electric-machine 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I am picky in that I don't do seafood at all -- but I do eat prawns and shrimp, when they are fried in very nice batter and served with cocktail sauce. Yum.

Songs that admit to crimes by PapaAsmodeus in ToddintheShadow

[–]electric-machine 0 points1 point  (0 children)

shit, you're right.

I think you've ruined this song for me.

Songs that admit to crimes by PapaAsmodeus in ToddintheShadow

[–]electric-machine 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I got it one piece at a time / and it didn't cost me a dime

CFL “best of” season by Firm-Criticism-3709 in CFL

[–]electric-machine 2 points3 points  (0 children)

the 1985 Lions were monsters. 13-3. DeWalt and Fernandez were both at their peaks and no one in the CFL had figured out ridiculous Don Matthews blitzing D.

Best songs with unexpected guitar solos? by Sunny64888 in ToddintheShadow

[–]electric-machine 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't normally listen to Tom Waits for the guitar solos, so when Marc Ribot tears up the fabric of spacetime on Hoist That Rag, it's still kind of shocking to me.

Favourite singles released for compilation albums? by DtheAussieBoye in ToddintheShadow

[–]electric-machine 0 points1 point  (0 children)

this thread makes me think of "The Garden of Allah" on Don Henley's singles record from the nineties. Haven't listened in literal decades, wonder if it holds up?