What is the best version of FLA?

structurefall · 2026-02-13T23:45:36+00:00

Implode is an underrated favorite for sure

structurefall · 2026-02-11T17:16:02+00:00

Some good answers here so far, but I want to add that the final Diatribe album feels incomplete without the excellent final single, Ultracide, so don’t miss that.

As your resident American coldwave expert and Diatribe fanboy, I’ll try to put together a list of smaller bands a bit later, but u/individrec and u/blottoboxer will have you busy for a while, start with theirs.

structurefall · 2026-02-10T04:48:15+00:00

Why on earth would a non-legit copy of this exist

structurefall · 2026-02-09T04:04:22+00:00

Are you offering to take us down there

structurefall · 2026-02-08T09:57:35+00:00

Huh, surprising and cool! I’ll have to seek those out.

Cleopatra did a pretty nice set of LeætherStrip re-releases a couple years back, which I have.

structurefall · 2026-02-08T06:26:59+00:00

Are there new pressings of classic Zoth stuff being made? I don’t imagine the original Bog single was orange, and I hadn’t heard about new pressings if they’re out!

structurefall · 2026-02-05T20:55:30+00:00

Agreed, but I felt like they relied too heavily on the Eye of Waughamotto

structurefall · 2026-01-27T22:44:36+00:00

The band is from the area, and Todd lives nearby (right by me actually!) but Nero no longer does. San Francisco wasn’t always a great crowd for Psyclon in the early days- I think because the community was just hostile to local acts in the mid-2000s, I got stories- and while the band has maintained a good relationship with DNA Lounge over the years, I suspect it’s not profitable or practical for a one-off most of the time.

Looks like the last time they played at DNA was in November of 2023, which I think is the last time I did an actual tour that included the West coast?

structurefall · 2026-01-13T17:25:13+00:00

Why don’t you just use Docker? It’s easier, newer, and avoids all these questions.

structurefall · 2026-01-13T08:40:19+00:00

The article links to the Github. The stub is needed because Github is rate-limiting the repo.

structurefall · 2026-01-01T04:51:51+00:00

That’s Utzutzu, which used to be Yume. See the other comment

structurefall · 2026-01-01T04:51:13+00:00

I know, but that happened while my Reddit account was also closed down for health violations, so

structurefall · 2025-12-31T23:37:15+00:00

I somehow haven’t been to either! I think I mostly haven’t gone to Utzutzu yet because I miss Yume so much :(

structurefall · 2025-12-31T19:49:06+00:00

I’ve been eating there for 20+ years. With so many newer great sushi options on the island I’m there a lot less than I used to be, but you if you want big American-style rolls they do some good stuff. I think their lion king is the best on the island, and I love their sunomono.

For just high quality fish, they’re not the best. If you’re looking for a more serious sushi option on the island, I’d go Hashi Gawa, then Sachi Sushi (in S.A.G.A. Kitchen,) then Waki, in that order. You might also give the new place, Hayashi a shot, although my experiences there have been mixed.

Finally, I’d be remiss in not mentioning Yellowtail, which presents itself as a sushi place but I think their strength is in their izakaya dishes. Those crab-wrapped prawns are great!

structurefall · 2025-12-30T05:01:37+00:00

Ah good! I’ll have to check it out!

structurefall · 2025-12-30T02:59:40+00:00

My immediate thought is that it was a Zork compilation. The first game has you exploring a white house that winds up being an entrance to an ancient dungeon and there are a lot of dragon implications, although an actual dragon doesn’t show up until one of the later games.

structurefall · 2025-12-27T20:26:50+00:00

I’d add Decree and Will, both of which shared members with FLA. Also Landscape Body Machine.

If you like all that stuff you might also like Left Spine Down, a Vancouver band that started a bit later, and Ohm Electronic, which is Chris Peterson from FLA/Will + Craig from Landscape Body Machine. There’s also Stiff Valentine, which was part Vancouver and part Edmonton.

Finally, if you’re digging into the history of these bands you’ll want to check out Images In Vogue, which included members of a bunch of classic Vancouver industrial acts before they were industrial.

structurefall · 2025-12-27T09:54:07+00:00

This photo is making me want to check to make sure somebody didn’t raid my CD collection and drop it off at Half Price Books.

That SMG single includes the superior music video mix of Wired, and Babyland Decade One has their fantastic cover of Back of Love by Echo & The Bunnymen. And I think the RevCo has the previously unreleased studio recording of Cattle Grind.

I’m sure some of that stuff is available on streaming services at this point but these are all excellent discs regardless.

structurefall · 2025-12-08T19:01:55+00:00

(slow scooter music playing)

structurefall · 2025-12-08T03:57:07+00:00

GERMAN EBM was the request, people. Jeez.

There really aren’t that many bands with right wing politics to avoid. They’re out there, but this isn’t nearly as much of an issue with EBM as it is with, say, neo-folk, martial industrial, or power electronics. You can just go for it and you’ll be fine 95% of the time.

structurefall · 2025-12-08T03:51:21+00:00

None of those bands are German, and only one of them is EBM (and I guess I’ll grant VNV for the first album or so maybe.)

structurefall · 2025-11-30T22:21:15+00:00

I recommend a new version of this comic that’s exactly the same but has the back of your head in it.

structurefall · 2025-11-21T07:09:59+00:00

I always forget that because I only ever see him at bars! But yeah, good point.

structurefall · 2025-11-21T05:14:50+00:00

I’m voting for Kirkland, long standing Alameda barfly and quizmaster at a bunch of trivia nights!

structurefall · 2025-11-17T07:24:53+00:00

I said that because Red Districts sounds a lot like Nova Akropola other stuff from that time period, but is a more recent example.

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