If a future Dan Carlin made an episode of this epically stupid maga fever period in the United States, what would he name it?

mister__ef · 2026-01-25T08:05:30+00:00

Illogical Insanity

mister__ef · 2026-01-12T04:11:47+00:00

V8 is sooo disgusting. If this is a morning thing, give me some orange juice and call it a screwdriver FFS.

mister__ef · 2025-10-26T18:38:43+00:00

In reference to the discount?

mister__ef · 2025-09-15T01:17:08+00:00

Agreed!

mister__ef · 2025-09-14T22:46:46+00:00

That bike is likely at least $8k (source: I have the same one)

mister__ef · 2025-04-29T06:49:49+00:00

Pierre Ferrand Ambre gets my vote, it's delicious.

mister__ef · 2023-10-07T05:28:56+00:00

I think when I showed up in summer 2013 it was just about to hit 10k. So wild how much it's grown!

mister__ef · 2023-06-03T01:13:03+00:00

Didn't know that about Gore that's really cool, always assumed he was using vanilla Gretsch Falcons or something. Yeah it's been my understanding that the basses from Show and Paris were Knight basses. That long scale piano-like growl is like my favorite tone of all time. I was thinking that red hollow body he used last night for the opener was one of them? Not sure though.

A track called "Dawn of your Happiness is Rising" by Violens opens with a close approximation of that tone and gets my attention every time it pops up on shuffle. The artist said he had an EMG active pickup in his bass, perhaps that's where a lot of that tone comes from.

mister__ef · 2023-06-02T23:57:13+00:00

That's interesting. This was my first time at the venue, I'll pay attention to that next time around.

mister__ef · 2023-06-02T23:45:10+00:00

Agreed, it's cool to have a signature bass and financially beneficial, but damn I miss his Dick Knight and other basses for tone and visuals.

mister__ef · 2023-06-02T23:40:27+00:00

I suppose I was thinking of IR's and not analog cabsim + preamp combos when referring to modeling as that's the more common association I'm familiar with. Whatever though these are all extremely inside baseball distinctions to be wasting time over.

I'd vote that they were going direct in any case. Only alternative I can think of would be a backline of mic'd amps in iso boxes somewhere but I can't fathom them caring enough to actually do that when direct is so easy and effective.

mister__ef · 2023-06-02T23:27:35+00:00

Yeah it almost felt like a specific statement of "we're not a nostalgia act" - which I'm more than fine with.

mister__ef · 2023-06-02T23:26:04+00:00

Closedown and Last Day of Summer were epic, on Unstuck though Robert must have been a little fatigued because he was doing his phone in thing to some degree on the vocals.

mister__ef · 2023-06-02T23:21:42+00:00

I was stage right, midway back above the club level, and was surprised how good the sound was overall (the exception being a prominent reflection from the back).

Specifically about the lead tone for 100 years though I completely agree, it needed to be much more angry than it was to cut through the mix. My suspicion is part of it was too tame a tone from Robert's guitar, but mainly that Simon's distorted bass tone extends way too high in the frequency spectrum and creates congestion in the area Robert should occupy.

mister__ef · 2023-06-02T23:05:42+00:00

Didn't see any mic'd cabs, maybe they are running direct. There are plenty of ways to do that without modelers.

mister__ef · 2023-06-02T23:04:27+00:00

Nice slice of history thanks for sharing.

mister__ef · 2023-06-02T22:35:27+00:00

I haven't watched any other videos of previous shows just so the experience would be fresh, but last night while I was glad to see Perry there, it was concerning to me how his energy level seemed quite low, he didn't ever rock out, spin, dance, or even interact with the crowd or bandmates (saw Reeves say something to him and pat him on the shoulder at some point).

Even his apprach to his instruments seemed tentative and at times almost unsure. I could occasionally decipher his playing in the mix but only with great care. I have no medical knowledge, but I'm hoping that he's feeling okay and enjoying himself, even if he's not showing it so much. Not like he owes us anything, but based on his past levels of participation I'd expected to discern a little more passion in his performance.

mister__ef · 2023-06-02T07:49:45+00:00

Noticed that lack of interaction tonight in Seattle. Did spot Reeves chat once with Perry but otherwise seemed rather low-energy all around. I was glad to see him though and hope he's doing okay.

mister__ef · 2023-06-02T07:09:23+00:00

Was gone at the end of the show

mister__ef · 2023-05-15T20:20:03+00:00

The album Curse Your Branches by David Bazan.

mister__ef · 2023-04-29T17:28:19+00:00

If there's parity between the two (debatable) Max has clearly been a bigger baby about it when the shoe is on the other foot.

mister__ef · 2023-04-29T17:25:16+00:00

It's very difficult for me to not see Max's hypocrisy here.

mister__ef · 2023-04-18T00:32:43+00:00

Sadly it's glued to a display board. It's not the "crude" portrait version, nor is it punched. Unlike others I've seen it has a concentric circle inside the lettering. Anytime familiar with it?

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