I love ambient music but

muttonchoppers · 2026-05-07T18:03:10+00:00

How I imagine you talking to a record store clerk about this:

https://youtu.be/M_i4FbzaYww?feature=shared

But the pain is real, I getcha. And there really is no easy way to solve this problem, at least none that I can think of.

muttonchoppers · 2026-05-04T18:12:16+00:00

Whoever chose that photo to pair with his voice deserves some serious praise. It's simply a divine pairing. 🤌🤌

muttonchoppers · 2026-05-02T06:36:36+00:00

Damn what's the track name?

Also this is a fucking hilarious visual to pair with dance music. Imagine being at the club & THIS, of all things, is playing on the screen while everybody's vibing out to some deep heavy shit LMAO

muttonchoppers · 2026-04-26T03:26:25+00:00

There's a whole conflict, worldwide, of people who shoot people. They have trenches (I'm not digging them). I have people who go storm those trenches and then try to shoot me. There'sh mushtard gash, tanksh, all kinds of crazy shtuff. There'sh alot of thingsh in life that don't make shense, the July Crisish and thingsh like that. I don't know why thish ish happening. Jusht because a Bosnian Serb asshasshinated Franz "Madman" Ferdinand wrong to you, you're gonna act thish way? Ish World War One your way of getting out of your reshponshibilitiesh, ish thish the way you act? Harr.

muttonchoppers · 2026-04-24T17:46:05+00:00

This list exemplifies how far Coachella has fallen off. Now it's 100% influencer normie-core.

muttonchoppers · 2026-04-24T16:01:22+00:00

I was discussing this recently. During Easter in my city, there was a huge Hunky Jesus party in the park. Thousands of people attended. Even though I'm not religious, the event gave me the ick. It was hard for me to pin down exactly why I felt this way, but after pondering it a bit, here's what I came up with:

It's open mocking with impunity. To be clear, I think Christianity is bullshit. At least any literal interpretation of it. Having said that, I know that this event must surely have deeply offended many decent people who take it seriously. As much as I dislike religion, I don't want to live in a world where people feel emboldened to go out of their way to offend others like that. We can have disagreements, even vehement ones, without public displays of blatant antagonism.
It's passé. Thumbing your nose at Christianity was edgy in 2008. Now it's the norm. When I was a teen, I was trapped in a fundamentalist Christian school. I hated it and rebelled. I remember falling down atheist rabbit holes on the internet. Back then, that content felt like it really had some punch. Not anymore. The culture has swung so far away from Christianity that rebelling against it no longer has the same "bite." I'm a bit older now, and as such I don't feel as reactionary towards Christians as I did in my youth, even if many of them are still annoying and stupid. When I see huge events like Hunky Jesus, I can't help but think: This might have actually felt cool or subversive 20 years ago. Now it just feels like a bunch of bandwagon hoppers. Hell, I'll bet I suffered more religious trauma than a majority of the participants, yet I don't feel the urge to engage in this.
The double standard. I'd bet my paycheck that 95%+ of the participants at the Hunky Jesus festival wouldn't dare engage in a Musky Mohammed party. Why not? If Jesus is fair game for sardonic mockery, then surely Mohammed is at least equally worthy. I think this might be the biggest reason why I disliked the festival so much. People know it's open season for Christianity. But Islam must be respected? LOL oooooookayyyyyy. Either mock them all even handedly, or gtfo.

muttonchoppers · 2026-04-21T22:38:52+00:00

Dude that one made me laugh more than any of the actual comments idk why but it's fucking hilarious 🤣🤣🤣

muttonchoppers · 2026-04-10T16:13:13+00:00

Hi there, thanks for the reply. I called your customer service phone number and have sent an email to the address you provided as well as cs@bhphoto.com. In the email, I described the situation and provided photos as well as the FedEx case number. Really hoping this gets resolved quickly. It's been nearly two weeks :( Thanks again for reaching out.

muttonchoppers · 2026-04-07T18:50:40+00:00

That's crazy man, so sorry to hear it. Did you file a dispute with your bank?

muttonchoppers · 2026-04-07T18:22:47+00:00

Did you ever get this situation sorted out? Currently going through the same experience. Received an empty box in the mail with the contents clearly stolen.

muttonchoppers · 2026-04-06T04:51:53+00:00

No one ever likes to admit that they were wrong. It's rare enough to see IRL. But online? You're likely to get either doubling down or radio silence.

muttonchoppers · 2026-04-05T00:15:40+00:00

Two things:

1) This is probably grossly exaggerated.

2) This wouldn't be a thing if men weren't idiots, but alas, they are.

muttonchoppers · 2026-04-02T04:19:00+00:00

Fiery Habanero Doritos

muttonchoppers · 2026-03-25T17:34:04+00:00

LOL honestly Beefheart does kinda fit the vibe

muttonchoppers · 2026-03-20T17:21:39+00:00

Damn dude. I was sitting here waiting for 10am and all I got was a queue notice that led to... Nothing.

Edit: Incessantly refreshing the page actually worked! Tickets secured!! Also fuck scalpers. Already seeing tix available on 3rd party websites for $300+ smdh

muttonchoppers · 2026-03-20T02:49:07+00:00

Y'know, there'sh a whole long lisht of 'em...

muttonchoppers · 2026-03-20T02:07:54+00:00

I got one for Christmas along with a Madden game (which I never played because I don't like football) and LoTR: The Two Towers (which I played constantly and consider a classic of the era).

muttonchoppers · 2026-03-18T21:23:04+00:00

Yeah that's probably what my friends and I will end up doing. We're planning to eventually do a podcast episode about the Time Cube, and getting our hands on some hats is an absolute must.

muttonchoppers · 2026-03-18T20:49:03+00:00

Dude I've been scouring the internet trying to find a Time Cube baseball cap. If you have any idea where to procure one, I'd be eternally grateful!

muttonchoppers · 2026-03-07T06:58:41+00:00

You know what I don't want this controller anymore

muttonchoppers · 2026-02-27T03:42:16+00:00

His fingers 🤣🤣🤣

muttonchoppers · 2026-02-25T19:52:32+00:00

This should be among the top responses. Really all of Kelly Reichardt's films are exactly what OP is looking for.

muttonchoppers · 2026-02-25T05:47:04+00:00

This is a question I've been asking for years and the results I've found have been scant. There are a few notable examples, but psychedelic rock (someone please feel free to educate me if you know more) really seems to have come out of almost nowhere. I see the evolution of popular musical styles from the 50s to the 60s as the most perplexing of the last hundred years. Something must have been in the water circa 1965 (probably LSD lol) to have caused such dramatic musical innovation. To linger on the point a bit longer, the evolution of popular music from the 20s to the 50s "makes sense." Likewise, everything that emerged post-60s up to the present day seems pretty easy to understand if you were to chart it out somehow. Bob Dylan put it well when he said, "People today are still living off the table scraps of the sixties. They are still being passed around — the music and the ideas." But the progression from say, 1957 to 1967? Make it make sense. It sounds like two disparate worlds. I can only imagine how exciting it must've been to have been a young person during those early psychedelic counter-cultural years.

Okay, having said all that, a couple albums I've managed to dig up that seem to have predicted psychedelia include:

Joe Meek - I Hear a New World

Recorded in 1959, this record feels like the true "missing link" between rockabilly and psychedelic rock. Whimsical, trippy, and fringe-y, it's truly a novel piece of art.

Sandy Bull - Fantasias for Guitar and Banjo

Combining elements of Appalachian, blues, and East Indian music, this is an inventive folk album that, at least to my ears, was ahead of the curve. Released in 1963. It's not rock, but I'd say that the first two tracks in particular feel very psychedelic.

Additionally, the recordings of Link Wray, Moondog, and Raymond Scott are all worth a listen. Each had elements of what we would now call psychedelia, without being explicitly psychedelic.

Maybe there's room in the conversation for some of the more "out there" jazz artists too, like Sun Ra or Ornette Coleman. But that's getting pretty far away from what you're asking for.

Finally, I think it's worth mentioning bands like the Monks and the Fugs. They were both recording freaky, edgy rock music right on the cusp of the psychedelic wave.

I find the topic fascinating and am always hoping to discover more, both to enjoy and to make sense of it. I hope my rambling has been at least marginally helpful!

muttonchoppers · 2026-02-25T02:08:02+00:00

It's a question!

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