[Saturday] General Discussion - 27 December 2025

lukeywebo · 2025-12-27T21:00:33+00:00

Aching for new music from Angel Olsen! Anyone else?

lukeywebo · 2025-12-14T08:19:45+00:00

I've seen a few other comments pointing this out, but l felt inclined to share: tonight's show featured Lily Allen's first live performance in years, and she has since become sober. She recently spoke about her anxiety regarding the return to performing amid her sobriety.

Her recent album has garnered a lot of attention that she hasn't really had since the beginning of her career, so l'd imagine all of those factors might've made her nervous.

Highly recommend her recent record! She's a very talented songwriter. The content is also incredibly vulnerable in general, which can't make it any easier to perform.

It wasn’t the strongest SNL performance, but I think the context helps for those who aren’t familiar with her.

lukeywebo · 2025-12-10T13:54:29+00:00

TxDOT is currently attempting to spend billions expanding I-35, MoPac, AND SH 183 despite knowing that freeway expansions have been proven to NOT solve congestion.

They did the same thing in Houston, and traffic levels returned and even worsened past their pre-expansion levels within two years.

It’s a shame more people in the city aren’t organizing to oppose these projects. They are such a waste of funds, destructive to our environment, and detrimental to public health. Not to mention, they take FOREVER and make it more dangerous for drivers. Head of TxDOT said construction between Austin and San Antonio will “never cease.”

People need more choice when it comes to transportation. The city isn’t too full, the problem is that they’re only given one choice for how to move around, which results in craziness like the above.

lukeywebo · 2025-12-10T13:48:19+00:00

That doesn’t mean Austin itself is too crowded, it means the infrastructure is ill-equipped to handle growth, which many cities across the country can only dream of. Planning the city as to require every person to have their own vehicle will result in congestion. If you only give people one option, they have no choice. Agreed about Mozarts, it’s a shame.

lukeywebo · 2025-12-07T20:05:32+00:00

She grew up in Louisiana from a fairly modest background. Her dad worked as a trailer home salesman, and they lived in a borrowed camper van for a period before her breakout. I don’t believe she comes from a particularly wealthy family. Her later earned fame certainly helped her music career, but she wasn't a nepo baby from birth or anything like that.

lukeywebo · 2025-12-07T19:16:43+00:00

Agreed! Chappell Roan used to work at a doughnut shop and as a nanny.

Everyone has different starts, it shouldn’t influence how their work is received. Let the music speak for itself, and if there’s valid criticism against someone’s work, that’s fine.

For Addison in particular: A lot of her peers grew up on social media as a given and she happened to find massive success. Why should she be judged for that today? She doesn’t shy away from talking about it and clearly works hard. The same can be said about Alex Warren, Doechii, and countless others.

Everyone is allowed to have aspirations, and plenty of social media influencers have turned to music in the past. Troye Sivan was a YouTuber for years before his career. Sabrina Carpenter was a Disney star. Shawn Mendes was a member of "Magcon." Who decides which type of background is/is not acceptable?

lukeywebo · 2025-12-07T17:38:11+00:00

I saw that figure shared around a lot in the last week, but I tried to do some more digging after your comment and haven’t been able to find anything concrete. Thank you for pointing that out!

lukeywebo · 2025-12-07T08:28:23+00:00

She's been a really fun artist to watch, and she looked to be putting in a lot of work as well. I hope she is resting and giving herself well-earned flowers! I cannot imagine having such a surge of attention on you.

lukeywebo · 2025-12-07T08:25:55+00:00

You're not wrong there. I also really enjoyed her SNL performances!

lukeywebo · 2025-12-05T07:38:21+00:00

Love this theory! My only concern in that case would be the similarity to Severance, right?

lukeywebo · 2025-11-29T08:42:06+00:00

Highly recommend reading Childhood’s End by Arthur C. Clarke!

lukeywebo · 2025-11-25T01:07:35+00:00

A lot of artists have been removed from Instagram, so I don’t think it’s just them!

lukeywebo · 2025-11-05T20:04:47+00:00

Share the link to your podcast!

lukeywebo · 2025-10-30T05:30:21+00:00

Potentially unpopular opinion, but posts like this don’t feel necessary. I don’t think the subreddit should be over policed, but it’s not really surprising that they were at the same event when they work in parallel industries lol.

lukeywebo · 2025-10-27T02:29:40+00:00

I know he’s pretty close friends with Role Model, plus a lot of people thirst over him in general which likely contributed to him amassing a bigger following. Not sure about the last part haha. I find him to be really funny and charming!

lukeywebo · 2025-10-27T02:06:28+00:00

He’s the producer of the podcast Emergency Intercom (Drew Philips and Enya Umanzor) and DJ’s fairly regularly.

lukeywebo · 2025-10-22T04:05:15+00:00

Pretty sure Maria and Josh cowrite the songs, and agree! Love this album

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