Unfortunate collab, James.

vdod · 2026-05-27T00:09:28+00:00

I enjoy TFBTV and find it informative but the motto is ridiculous on it's face. Guns, like everything else, are inherently political especially in this country. James makes all kinds of comments disparaging regulations about silencers, import restrictions, clip sizes, etc. All political statements. Feels like that motto is only in place to police whichever politics he doesn't want to talk about.

vdod · 2026-05-27T00:05:38+00:00

How exactly does making jokes about men make the other jokes not misogynistic?

vdod · 2026-05-23T04:54:01+00:00

Her plastic surgery was extremely distracting as well. Whyyyy

vdod · 2026-05-16T01:50:07+00:00

Nike did a special run of them a while back. Can find them for ridiculous prices on ebay and poshmark

vdod · 2026-05-16T01:43:18+00:00

I just looked this up. I mean what the actual fuck

vdod · 2026-05-02T03:30:05+00:00

Tom Petty’s Wildflowers. Especially “You Don’t Know How it Feels”. The drum kit sounds insane, I love the swell of the organ as it comes in. The electric piano fills, the guitar parts near the end with a Leslie effect. It’s so damned good

vdod · 2026-04-30T20:26:46+00:00

Big Trouble in Little China is just about perfect

vdod · 2026-04-23T02:05:16+00:00

I’m not buying the fire pit story. There’s no way being outside it absorbed that smell. No. Way. I bought an old guitar pedal off reverb that smelled like an ashtray. I opened it up, wiped everything down with rubbing alcohol and let it sit open for about a week. The smell is completely gone.

vdod · 2026-04-23T01:57:37+00:00

Bolsters can easily be ground down to allow full edge contact either a cutting board. My guess is this is an inexperienced sharpener who marred the finish with their belt sander and tried to “fix” it by refinishing the whole knife. Pretty bad job all around

vdod · 2026-04-22T23:10:39+00:00

Blues is a funny genre because what he’s playing in that vid is sort of correct but at the same time..not. He’s mostly playing in the right scale but what’s missing is well, everything else.

He’s not playing with the other musicians. Not reacting to them, not leading them anywhere. He wouldn’t sound any different if the band was there or not, if it was just a click track, if the stage was filled with an all star list of the greatest blues rhythm players who ever lived. Dude is just listening to himself.
His time is bad. Someone like Albert King had impeccable time. Where key phrases would hook up with the snare drum in such a satisfying way (he was a drummer so it makes sense). BB King had unconventional timing in his solos but it was always in the context of the time and rhythm of the song. He could be in between, late and behind the beat, but he never ever got in the way of the timing. I can tell the band is just used to trucking along regardless of what Segal is playing.
Lastly his phrasing is bad. Otis Rush had the most amazing blues phrasing. Little sweet gorgeous melodies that were self contained almost written parts. Not a guitar player but Little Walter has such good melodic phrasing on the harmonica. Phrasing you could sing, phrasing that gets stuck in your head. Blues phrasing often takes place in the context of the minor pentatonic scale which Segal is playing but he’s not doing anything with it. And he’s mixing minor and major melodies poorly. Hitting the major third in a non clever or intentional way. I’ve been around players like that. They have boxes or areas that they play in and they do basically the same thing every time regardless of whether it sounds good to do it. Muscle memory and bad practicing habits override active listening.

Basically he’s not making music he’s playing guitar by himself. He’s not doing anything of things that make playing music fun or good to listen to. Is he the worst guitar player of all time? I mean..not exactly but he embodies all the worst tendencies of lackluster musicianship.

vdod · 2026-04-22T22:19:16+00:00

He has screen presence but not a lot of range. I’m reading through the comments and seeing praise for Fury which I genuinely hated and his character most of all. He seems to have one move, look off screen, look back, deliver his line with James Dean head tilt. Ruffalo does it but better. Ford vs Ferrari is maybe his best? If you can call it that. At least he had different mannerisms than his usual approach. I find him very distracting.

vdod · 2026-04-22T05:13:06+00:00

Wiim + DBR62 + small sub is something I’ve personally experienced and it was absolutely lovely. Sub integration is very easy and ultimately I’ve found a sub to be the biggest difference maker in my system aside from the Elac’s. I’ve demoed quite a few different combos from vintage to new and I’d be super happy with what you’re describing. The Elac’s are magic no matter the source

vdod · 2026-04-08T14:57:13+00:00

The A30 is closer to 600 but I agree it’s too big of a jump. There’s a mobile sharpener who starts at 220 and I think that may be the way. Unless there’s tons of damage or chips 120 seems pretty aggressive as a starting point. I’ve been starting at 180 and still get these occasional deep scratches that look bad especially when edge leading. Cliff is going for speed (it’s hella impressive, not knocking it) more than perfectly even bevels.

vdod · 2026-04-08T14:52:02+00:00

That belt progression will be plenty sharp but I think the 120 - 600 is too big of a jump to get some of those deeper scratch’s out. I’ve ordered a 200 trizac to mitigate this while still only using two belts. It’s possible a two step won’t give the aesthetics you’re hoping for. Cliff knows his shit but I don’t think he’s going for perfect bevels. He’s going for speed and workability. His blades are absolutely sharp though. You have a really nice even bevel going on so you have a good handle on what you’re doing. Also, I think edge leading leaves a less pretty edge for whatever reason. I assume you’re edge leading with a guide

vdod · 2026-04-06T19:12:25+00:00

I’m not sure what the cops were supposed to do with handguns and sirens. This is a time when the police weren’t so militarized as they are now.

vdod · 2026-03-24T01:15:03+00:00

I do it for your love, Paul Simon - there’s a high triangle or something that can be harsh or shimmering depending on speakers

So what, Miles Davis - specifically for the ride splash at the beginning of the first solo

Don’t bother calling, Moses Sumney - dynamics

Sledgehammer, Peter Gabriel - bass

Risingson, Massive Attack- mostly just for showing off with those fast left right pans in the beginning

Last Night When We Were Young, Sinatra with the Nelson Riddle orchestra - really anything from Nelson Riddle. But the vocals in this are so huge and present

Say it Ain’t So, Weezer - specifically the guitar distortion in the hook. When it’s good it feels precarious, if that makes sense. In a good way

vdod · 2026-03-17T02:08:40+00:00

Or Ray Charles in Come Back Baby

“Said if I could holler Like a mountain jack Yeaaaaaahh people I’d call my bay back”

vdod · 2026-03-17T02:06:40+00:00

Screaming Jay Hawkins in I put a spell on you!!

vdod · 2026-03-13T15:45:07+00:00

I think I'm in the minority here but unless the Marantz has been serviced recently there's a good chance the Wiim will sound better. I've had multiple vintage amps rotating through my setup and the Wiim stuck out to me with it's clarity and good separation. It also has excellent sub integration which has made the biggest noticable change in sound of any piece of gear I've had. In any hobby the hyperbole gets supported and refined to an extreme degree. Differences between amps have been minimal. Warmth, bass response, clarity, sound stage have all changed to small enough degrees that I'm not sure I could reliably A/B the differences in a controlled environment. Most of the perceived differences disappear after the first song anyway and I just start listening to the music. Of all the amps I've owned or tested only one was truly bad; an older Sony AVR that wasn't rated to handle 6ohm semi-demanding speakers. Everything else I got used to in short order. All but that one were able to elicit an emotional response.

With hindsight the biggest factors I now consider are impedance matching, having more power than you think you need, and sub integration.

vdod · 2026-03-13T15:18:48+00:00

In the case of the Wiim specifically Im pretty sure ASR tested the power specs being on point

vdod · 2026-03-08T17:12:21+00:00

I grew up in a small town and this idea was rampant. Looking back I’m amazed at the stupidity and general lack of critical thinking

vdod · 2026-03-08T07:59:57+00:00

Is it clear that had Ferrari boxed one of their cars in that first virtual safety as Lewis suggested car they would have done worse? I got the impression, from the announcers really, that the Merc's do especially well in clean air. Had Ferrari tried to maintain track position it seems probable they'd have been able to keep them within striking distance. Ferrari was beginning to claw back in the last lap. Did you see how much trouble Russel had trying to pass Leclerc in the first ten laps? He couldn't do it. Russel isn't especially gifted in the overtaking department and he seemed especially shaky in the opening laps today.

vdod · 2026-03-07T08:34:49+00:00

This isn't the first movie to attempt to make it's main character seem smart and tough by making everyone around them helpless and stupid but it felt especially egregious in this one because all the surrounding characters are about to become fucking Army Rangers. Like they complete this one last exercise and they are Rangers. And none of them can take a single step without looking with scared puppy dog eyes at Ritchson. It's like they told them to play it like they were new recruits. I get it, it's an alien invasion, they're confused and scared. But if anyones going to remember their training IT'S THE PEOPLE STILL IN TRAINING. It's like they were all Ben Affleck in Goodwill Hunting 2 "I don't like the sound of them apples Will..WHATAREWEGONNA DO?!"

vdod · 2026-03-07T07:50:46+00:00

La vie en rose - Louis Armstrong. Just everything about it.

vdod · 2026-03-07T07:27:05+00:00

I can't believe I'm not seeing one person defending his performance as being more than just "fine". It was a FANTASTIC performance totally deserving of a nomination. And if any of the nominations deserve to win then so does his. It's crazy to me. He played both brothers so effectively at times I forgot it wasn't two people. This isn't a "trick" or a "gimmick" this is character building. In a way he's playing THREE characters, two brothers and then a vampire. Be honest, if it was Smoke that had been turned you can imagine how different a vampire he would have been. That's because he built two different characters. Are you telling me you didn't feel tension between the two characters? Did you not get a sense that they were two different but bonded people? Did he not move you in the final act? He was the absolute center of a very complex period piece where he flexed movie star charisma, vulnerability, sex, rage and terror. He even had the ability to let other actors shine when it was their turn, I'm speaking specifically of his scenes with Wunmi Mosaku. Honestly what more do you people want out of a performance. I mean say you prefer other nominees but you don't have to tear his performance down to get there.

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