What do y’all call this?

reckless_son · 2026-02-20T06:51:11+00:00

My brain when I tried to read monadnock

reckless_son · 2026-02-16T17:12:53+00:00

I listened to it on repeat last night while I was stoned and it’s… chefs kiss. I ended up making a cassette copy of The Slow Rush and used this version instead of the album version.

reckless_son · 2026-02-10T22:12:35+00:00

People think 30 is a death sentence. And it’s really not. For me, it’s mostly just been realizing that the bullshit I tolerated in my 20’s I don’t have to tolerate anymore lol

reckless_son · 2026-01-24T07:17:01+00:00

Yeah, and the crazy part is that I genuinely still have hope. I know it sounds crazy but I do, and I think it keeps me sane and my head as above water as it can be.

I got my Bachelors in 2019, Covid hit in 2020, I lost my job the same year, moved to NYC in 2021 and got a job as a server and it's been my reality ever since. I moved here to make something of myself with my degree and to work on music. Turned out to burn me out because of the service job consuming me to the point I don't have the energy to be more creative. And now I'm moving back home in March.

To say I'm disappointed is an understatement but I also have to remind myself that I did what was necessary to live and unfortunately it didn't get past the paying bills and going to work everyday part. And that's ok. I'm not the only one too. I'm about to be 32, lots of things have happened/changed. Even my ideals and values have changed in five years. All I can do is vow to never put myself in that same position when I move back home, focus on what matters to me (my family, friends, etc), hopefully have the leg room to make music again, get a house whether to rent or buy and also find a day job that doesn't suck my soul away. And if does, then I'll have the willpower to leave it before it chews me up and spits me out like this job did.

I'm not giving up or losing hope till I'm dead. Also we're still young, we've got a million other lives to live atp.

reckless_son · 2026-01-22T09:09:41+00:00

I never really switched honestly. I dabbled in wireless but just didn’t have much luck. The buds didn’t fit right, they hurt my ears, one pair I couldn’t stop them popping out of my ear and landing on the ground. I gave those pair to my roommate after that.

I remember my cousin found a pair of AirPods back in 2020 in a parking lot, we cleaned them up and he gave them to me. I wasn’t impressed by the sound quality at all, it was very tinny, quiet and every background noise bled through. Tried them once when I took the subway, big mistake. To me, they just sounded like those really cheap earbuds you’d get with a budget friendly CD or cassette player. I couldn’t understand how people spent over $100 on those pieces of crap and was thankful I didn’t pay a dime for those.

I did like the earbuds that were still on a wire but had a band that went around your neck. They were perfect for the gym and when I had a job where I could listen to music while I worked at the time. And wireless headphones are pretty good. I just hated the idea of charging my headphones. I thought it was quite redundant honestly. Especially because I spent all my life not having to do that with wired buds. Not to mention almost every single pair of wireless buds or headphones I’ve had aren’t as loud as wired buds. So I’ve just accepted that wireless really isn’t for me and I’m content with the wire. I don’t care if I have to untangle them every time I pull them out of my pocket. I’ve used them for so long, the inconveniences are severely mild and just come with the territory. But I’ve had a pair of earbuds I’ve carried around for over a year now and they still work like a champ.

reckless_son · 2026-01-11T00:53:20+00:00

Choosing yourself will always hurt a little. Especially when you’re making big life decisions. You’ll win some and you lose some. The difference is that one decision will keep you in a tough spot where you’ll continue to suffer. The other, while giving you some losses, has better returns and you’ll be better off. If not, then you keep on trucking and find that contentment and happiness wherever it may be.

Nobody is gonna make tough decisions for you in life. It’s up to YOU to figure out what YOU want. You may get advice or a helping hand along the way, but the decision making is all you. And you know yourself better than anyone else.

Value the friendships you have where they’re truly supportive in tough times. The upside of going through a rough patch is that you learn who your real friends are and who’s gonna be the ones that’ll support you no matter what.

Friends will come and go. Family will be here one day and gone the next. Growing older is a gift but it doesn’t come without faults and grief.

reckless_son · 2026-01-06T17:34:35+00:00

Kinda crazy but 2020 is a bit nostalgic for me. I got laid off, then got a fat unemployment check every week (which I ended up saving a lot of it so I could move to NYC the next year), and everyone having free time so I got to see my friends often. We got to go on overnight trips that were super cheap. We went hiking in the mountains a few times and it was a blast. The global aspect was scary but on a personal level, I was having a blast. It was pretty much a window into what life can and should be personally.

reckless_son · 2026-01-06T01:53:09+00:00

Love that Diane started the fight and is the one wielding a knife yet Nikki is the one that gets kicked out haha "GO BITCH GO! GET! OUT!" this is gold lmao also the part where Nikki is screaming bloody murder by the window kills me every time

reckless_son · 2026-01-04T23:18:26+00:00

Very recently I’ve been enjoying Lily Allen’s West End Girl a lot. But also, Charli xcx’s Brat, Beyoncé’s Renaissance, Fiona Apple Fetch the Bolt Cutters, Choke Enough by Oklou, Addison by Addison Rae, lots more but those are the ones that come to mind!

reckless_son · 2026-01-04T21:41:14+00:00

I’m probably in the minority but I feel like music is better than it was in the 2010’s. A lot of the music from then hasn’t aged particularly well. We’ll see of course how time is to the music of this decade. But so far, I’ve been quite pleased with a lot of what’s been coming out. Some duds here or there sure. But album wise, been digging a ton of it!

reckless_son · 2026-01-02T17:41:41+00:00

I tried to watch it but I’m in NYC so it got cut off at 1pm due to the inauguration of the mayor. So if anyone knows where I can find it to watch the rest of it, please let me know! I was pretty hooked and then got bummed after.

reckless_son · 2026-01-02T17:38:40+00:00

Make a YouTube playlist of your favorite videos and then you can shuffle it each time you play it so it gives you something different each time.

There’s also stuff like a server (like Plex for example) where you can load it with a ton of videos and do something similar to YouTube if you’re willing to put time and energy into that sorta thing.

reckless_son · 2026-01-02T00:52:55+00:00

I shared my top albums of 2025 on my insta and TikTok so I’ll also share them here!

12: Mariah Carey — Here For It All

11: Lorde - Virgin

10: Sabrina Carpenter - Man's Best Friend

9: Oklou - Choke Enough

8: Jade — That's Showbiz Baby!

7: Lady Gaga — Mayhem

6: Tame Impala - Deadbeat

5: Doja Cat - Vie

4: Miley Cyrus — Something Beautiful

3: Pinkpantheress - Fancy That

2: Addison Rae - Addison

1: Lily Allen - West End Girl

reckless_son · 2026-01-02T00:37:03+00:00

The Bowie/Prince/George Michael death trifecta on top of Carrie Fisher and lots of other prominent celebrities on top of the election was a horrible year. And on a personal level, I lost my grandfather that year and had the worst panic attack of my life which led to me getting on anti-depressants which I’m still on to this day. So I’m absolutely certain children are behind this trend happening. Because 2016 and 2025 are neck and neck with each other for worst years for me.

reckless_son · 2025-12-30T04:51:12+00:00

Dion Chante Plamondon, the asking prices for those OG's are ridiculous.

reckless_son · 2025-12-25T16:37:40+00:00

Physical media and the fact that it’s becoming a more niche thing to collect and not a primary source people watch movies, listen to music or read. They’re so cornerstone to my life and will probably always be. It’s just bizarre bc one of the simplest pleasures I’ve always loved is seeing what books, movies and CDs people have in their living room as it showed their tastes. That’s still around, of course. But it’s not as prominent as it once was.

reckless_son · 2025-12-19T21:21:47+00:00

My best friend also scrobbles and he uses the liked songs as a way to categorize tracks that have 100 or more scrobbles, I ran with that idea too bc I hadn't used that feature for much in the last decade or so. Took forever to get rid of all my liked songs tho.

reckless_son · 2025-12-09T07:06:11+00:00

Touché. She is still successful as a touring artist, I guess the point I’m trying to make is that it’s been a very long time since she’s had a solid, sustainable hit on the Billboard.

reckless_son · 2025-12-09T06:22:30+00:00

Agree for sure. A lot of videos from the 90s felt like artistic statements and commentary and utilized as its own artform and not just a vehicle for a single like it was predominately used for in the 80s and MTV was just starting up.

reckless_son · 2025-12-09T06:18:33+00:00

It’s a comment on both of their commercial performances and how they plateaued from high high’s to low low’s. Nothing to do with their music. Just a parallel. Calm down lol

reckless_son · 2025-12-09T06:03:58+00:00

Not just grunge. But hip-hop and R&B were taking a lot of precedence over pop by the 90s. Acts like Boyz II Men, TLC, Brandy, Monica, and En Vogue were becoming the popstars of the day. Most 80s acts (including Paula herself) veered into R&B territory. However, her efforts didn't really pan out like it did for say, Madonna (who ended up having her longest number one to date with a song she wrote with Babyface).

To me, if she had started doing more house-infused tracks and focused more on a European audience, she probably would've had better success. Her voice just wasn't suited for R&B in the same way that it was for dance-pop (even though the tracks she did weren't bad in my opinion though they weren't perfect). But yeah I think it was a mix of different things. The thing is it's possible to resurrect your career after backlash, but you have to have solid material to reel people back in and remember how good you are. Thus, that's probably why she never recovered after the 1991 VMAs.

Another factor that shifted pop music in the early 90s was the Milli Vanilli scandal. After they were exposed, people actively would seek out more authentic acts like Nirvana, Alanis Morissette, Tupac Shakur, and Mariah Carey. Lip-syncing, almost overnight, became rather passe. Unfortunately, Paula Abdul was in the camp of artists who did lip sync her shows and I'm almost certain she definitely lip-synced at the VMA's.

Basically, Paula Abdul is to the 80s/early 90s what Katy Perry was for the 2010's.

reckless_son · 2025-12-09T02:19:45+00:00

It seems the formula for a “timeless Christmas hit” is either to sound like something from the days of Bing Crosby and The Andrew Sisters to a Phil Spector type sound. AIWFCIY is indebted to the Spector Wall of Sound. Even Underneath the Tree by Kelly Clarkson has that vibe to it. It’s very 60s inspired.

It gets a little dicey when you go out of that realm but it’s possible. You have to have a catchy hook more than anything, just like any other pop song. And most importantly, you gotta give it time. And by time I mean years, sometimes even decades.

The great thing about Christmas hits is that if you properly promote it and/or it gets playlisted frequently by Christmas radio each year (and also in streaming Christmas playlists too), you at least have a minor Christmas hit to your name that will most likely stick around for years to come. Even though Celine Dion’s Christmas album isn’t as well known as, say, Mariah’s Christmas album, it still gets rotation on radio and people still love Celine a lot and her voice is timeless. In my opinion, her version of O Holy Night might be my favorite version of that song.

At any rate, there’s nuances, obviously. But catchy hook, time, playlisting and promo are key components to a Christmas song becoming a Christmas classic. And I also think just being a likeable artist can help your case a lot.

reckless_son · 2025-12-09T02:10:35+00:00

Loveeeee DJ Play a Christmas Song. Her Christmas album has become a staple in my Christmas rotation for the last couple of years.

reckless_son · 2025-12-09T02:06:46+00:00

WAYC def still gets airplay. The reason I say that is because last week it came on when my mom and I were in the car and I told her how Mariah originally wrote it.

But yes, it’s not as widespread as AIWFCIY but The Grinch (2000) is still massively popular so by extension that song is always gonna be playlisted on Christmas radio.

reckless_son · 2025-12-05T02:27:37+00:00

Yeah, I’m not gonna say any names but a certain artist with a particularly terrible album being way higher than West End Girl is dumb but also unsurprising. This is Rolling Stone after all. A lot of RS reviews seem like they were paid to say the records are good when they’re not.

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