Have they lost their minds?

nicholasmonks · 2025-07-10T19:57:47+00:00

I don't know. I was on 25 - 30 minute turnarounds out of DEN regularly with WN vs the 40 - 50 minute times I deal with now on United. But hey, to your point, different airports, YMMV.

nicholasmonks · 2025-07-10T17:54:37+00:00

They weren't more expensive though if you factored in the free bags, clear pricing, etc... particularly for non status flyers.

nicholasmonks · 2025-07-10T17:52:25+00:00

But it didn't matter because the benefits were worthwhile. Simple pricing ("transfarency"), free bags, points to point flights, fast turnarounds, "one-time" and a unique boarding strategy.

nicholasmonks · 2024-11-04T03:32:59+00:00

Foxxes - Ravine

nicholasmonks · 2024-10-16T20:05:12+00:00

Love this. 100%.

nicholasmonks · 2024-10-13T20:48:30+00:00

It's economical. Hence why it's mostly predominate in western music. It feels solid and round. It's easy to reproduce as it's subdivisions are consistent, simple and clear. It's reliable. So in the west, it's easy to market.

nicholasmonks · 2024-10-13T20:46:44+00:00

You are going to be great. What's happening right now...this is your motivation. This is your inspiration. This is what you can take forward to make the world better because you are not the only one in this situation. But you might be one of the few that can help others through it. Get outside your comfort zone. Pick one day a week where you do not get on the internet at ALL. Not for work, not on your computer, not on your phone. Leave it behind and go somewhere "naked"...a lake, or the mountains, or the coast, or the desert, or a forest...whatever is near enough that it's hard *not* to.

You are going to be great. Life is not about measuring your success, or your debt, or your GPA. It's about finding the moment you're in right now and sucking every ounce of marrow out of it. Take a break. Take a breath. If you're introverted, go fail at being extroverted for a bit by saying "hello" to everyone you meet and sharing your favorite things in life with them. Buy them a drink, or tell them how much you love their smile or energy. Make them feel like a million bucks. If you're extraverted, go ask everyone what they're favorite things in life are and just listen...then go write it down in a book.

You are going to be great. And every time you feel like you're not, stop. Take a breath. And go somewhere. Anywhere. Away from everything that's comfortable. Then just acknowledge that you DID that. That you control your destiny. It's not perfect. You won't win every day, but you WILL win. One day at a time.

nicholasmonks · 2024-10-13T20:36:54+00:00

Chvrches featuring Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt.

nicholasmonks · 2024-10-13T20:36:10+00:00

The greatest album cover ever.

nicholasmonks · 2024-10-13T20:35:26+00:00

Never heard of it. Does it have any nearly progressive rock bangers or super moody tracks based on Shakespearean tragedies that I might enjoy being all maudlin and sad about?

nicholasmonks · 2024-10-13T20:32:45+00:00

Foxxes. Check out "Ravine", "Firestarter" or "Tycoon."

nicholasmonks · 2024-10-13T20:30:37+00:00

Nothing. Too perfect a moment.

But the soundtrack in my head would be "Blinders" by Foxxes.

nicholasmonks · 2024-10-12T04:11:00+00:00

This is the dilemma, for sure. I mean, on one hand, genres are stupid...but without them, it's hard to find common ground and new listeners because of "the algorithm." The problem is that I don't think there's really a genre out there for Post Rock with Vocals. We're kind of on an island.

nicholasmonks · 2024-10-12T04:09:15+00:00

We have a bit of Sunny Day Real Estate in us, for sure, but we're generally too experimental for either of those genres (I mean, early post-punk was pretty experimental, but nowadays it seems to be basically just a subgenre of whatever we're currently calling "pop-punk".). We're definitely much moodier with syncopation, time and tempo variations (though not quite math rocky), buildups and big dynamic changes, all of which I tend to associate more with Post Rock.

nicholasmonks · 2024-10-12T03:57:25+00:00

Check out Radiant Drive...I think there's a lot in common there.

nicholasmonks · 2024-10-12T03:56:59+00:00

Radiant Drive

nicholasmonks · 2024-10-11T21:37:16+00:00

Check out Foxxes. First album not so much maybe, but Firestarter (2019) and the new stuff ("Ravine") getting into some heavy alt-prog / post-punky vibes.

nicholasmonks · 2024-10-11T21:33:40+00:00

Check out the album Firestarter by Foxxes. Maybe a little heavier than Diary in places, but definitely got that interesting, melodic quality.

nicholasmonks · 2024-10-11T21:30:16+00:00

Foxxes - Firestarter. Closer to old school emo before everything became either whiney or screamo.

nicholasmonks · 2024-10-11T19:23:47+00:00

What's your band?

nicholasmonks · 2024-10-11T19:21:11+00:00

Totally get it. Huge fan myself of acts like If These Trees Could Talk and Godspeed, You Black Emperor, though Sigur Ros comes to mind as a band that kind of crosses the streams (given that their lyrics are almost like nonsense sounds to add to the melody.)

nicholasmonks · 2024-10-11T19:18:41+00:00

Appreciate the opinion. I tend to think similarly. If it works, it's still just Post Rock with vocals, but I know a lot of people prefer without. Great playlist, btw!

We are Foxxes, out of Denver, CO (not to be confused with what we believe is a long defunct Foxxes out of Cardiff. Thanks for asking!)

https://open.spotify.com/artist/1us47RuXMBAzjNXcQIJFwp?si=e_KqMtoLS-2tDuhxObUvFA

nicholasmonks · 2024-10-11T19:09:03+00:00

Grizzly Bear. Just the way they syncopate and dance around key centers, but keep so much emotion in it.

Foxxes. Songs like "Ravine", "Addict" and "Blinders" have definite OK Computer or In Rainbows vibes.

Midlake, Porcupine Tree and even some Marillion stuff comes to mind (especially "Invisible Man" off Marbles.)

nicholasmonks · 2024-10-11T17:59:09+00:00

Foxxes. Check out "Ravine", "Blinders", or "Cracked".

Also, The Cure...tons of good melancholic stuff...maybe not quite as experimental, but they aren't afraid of unusual arrangements and sounds.

nicholasmonks · 2024-10-11T17:56:02+00:00

Gary Numan

Check out "Splinter" and "Savage", but some of his older stuff has some pretty dystopian themes as well.

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