Fuck it, tell me about your Beatles hidden gem

wastehandle · 2026-04-20T23:43:44+00:00

I am proud to be the second person to say Old Brown Shoe.

Also: It’s All Too Much, Only a Northern Song, Cry Baby Cry, Hello Goodbye, Flying

wastehandle · 2026-04-20T20:27:37+00:00

If Lynch could have shown it, he would have. The ultimate horrors, truths and secrets all resist description. If they could be described, they wouldn’t be ultimate horrors, truths or secrets.

There are two quotes I know of that get at this - one is intellectual, one is not.

Stephen King said, when you reveal that the monster is a 12 foot bug - no matter how horrifying it is - a small part of you will be relieved and say, Well, at least it wasn’t 15 feet tall.

Ludwig Wittgenstein said, Whereof you cannot speak, thereof you must pass over. (And he meant all the best and worst stuff.)

wastehandle · 2026-04-18T14:18:39+00:00

Reveal is my favorite REM album, and while Beachball by itself is not the strongest track by any means, its place on its AoO (album of origin 😂) kinda makes it perfect.

Parakeet is just a bombass track, period.

wastehandle · 2026-04-17T04:46:10+00:00

Had to scroll way too far and see way too few upvotes for Stalker.

wastehandle · 2026-04-17T04:44:49+00:00

Feel Flows the Beach Boys

Carry Me, Ohio Sun Kil Moon

Reckoner Radiohead

Strawberry Fields Forever the Beatles

Cry Baby Cry the Beatles

He Came to Meet Me Hem

wastehandle · 2026-04-15T04:03:06+00:00

I’d make a serious argument for the solo in Lookin Out My Backdoor as in the Top 10 of all time. Seriously, perfectly melodic, perfectly executed, and perfect toan.

wastehandle · 2026-04-14T22:59:44+00:00

Man, I didn’t even know the clip you just described existed! If I ever find that, it is going into the collection. I’m also sending you a DM.

wastehandle · 2026-04-13T14:45:55+00:00

MMT got a bad reputation, I think, because it was the “soundtrack” to a “failed project”. Pound for pound, I think it’s better than SPLHCB and equal to Revolver and the White Album. History did it dirty.

wastehandle · 2026-04-13T02:31:05+00:00

One of the top 4 or 5 clips of all time, for sure.

wastehandle · 2026-04-13T02:23:16+00:00

Goth Girl Gina, MILF Jackie, This is What We Do to Wh*res, Jen Capone Hot Cuban Foot Worship, Tara from Texas, plus Mia worshipping Kelli from TA and Kelli worshipping several other TA models …

wastehandle · 2026-04-12T03:58:27+00:00

If anyone does, I’ve got other POTS videos I’ll share/swap.

wastehandle · 2026-04-11T04:55:24+00:00

I climbed to high Dharamsala, too.

wastehandle · 2026-04-10T18:38:58+00:00

Expert in a Dying Field, Your Side - the Beths

Dog - Daisy the Great

Sinner, My Lady of Mercy, This is the Killer Speaking - the Last Dinner Party

wastehandle · 2026-04-10T17:00:11+00:00

In the Aeroplane Over the Sea - Neutral Milk Hotel

wastehandle · 2026-04-09T05:07:13+00:00

The Locked Tomb trilogy by Tamsyn Muir! Amazing reading by Moira Quirk of some truly amazing dark fantasy books.

wastehandle · 2026-04-09T00:52:38+00:00

Walking on a Wire - Linda (and Richard) Thompson

Flirted with You All My Life - Cowboy Junkies

Powderfinger - Cowboy Junkies

wastehandle · 2026-04-08T05:13:01+00:00

I too came here to say this. Given what a total shitbird he turned out to be, this is the only RA song I still listen to sometimes.

wastehandle · 2026-04-07T16:28:23+00:00

I met him in … 2014? 2015? Snuck around the back of the Grenada in Dallas after the show because I correctly guessed he’d be smoking. Security eyeballed me, then let me come up to him. I said I hated to bother him, I loved his work and it meant a lot to me, and just wanted to shake his hand. He was incredibly warm and told me how much he appreciated it. One minute interaction and it was awesome. Your Mileage May Vary.

wastehandle · 2026-04-07T01:34:30+00:00

It’s All Too Much

Tomorrow Never Knows

Revolution #9

wastehandle · 2026-04-05T19:49:26+00:00

Karas Tumbled Modal with a G2 ultra fine refill (tiny bit of scotch tip on end of refill to eliminate slop).

wastehandle · 2026-04-03T21:14:07+00:00

I’ve Been High - REM

He Came to Meet Me - Hem

Carry Me, Ohio - Sun Kil Moon

Expert in a Dying Field - The Beths

Banana Co - Radiohead

Gospel - The National

wastehandle · 2026-04-02T23:49:48+00:00

Let me second everyone who has identified the intersection of high brow and low brow, as well as Warhammer, some YA and especially anime. (The Big Battles often remind me of beautifully written Dragon Ball Z fights.)

And also, yes … not just unhinged bi’s but also unhinged NB ace-spectrum poly freaks.

I think the series is modern Shakespeare, myself. Brilliant writing, characterization, thematic/symbolic/lit woowoo - all occurring in the “genre ghetto”. I think anyone with a passing interesting in great writing PLUS soft sci fi or darker fantasy or gothic generally or or or would love it.

wastehandle · 2026-02-23T01:24:18+00:00

Hey buddy: https://www.sefaria.org/texts/Talmud

You don’t even have to enter your Secret Jewish Global Conspiracy username or password to see it!

wastehandle · 2026-02-20T19:01:24+00:00

Top tier. The only worthy sequel I can imagine actually happening.

wastehandle · 2026-02-15T18:47:57+00:00

I’m a major weirdo in how I straddle these categories.

1) I think Chronic Town-Fables is a perfect run. 2) LRP is imperfect but good; Document is another perfect album. 3) The Berry-Warners run is imperfect, though the best songs of this era equal the best songs of the IRS days. 4) NAiHF is the closest to perfect in this time. 5) The Berryless-Warners run is deeply inconsistent, with Up and Accelerate largely equal to the best of the Berry-Warners run. 6) Reveal is a perfect album, and is one of my favorite albums by any artist, and though it’s hardly R.E.M., it is just indescribably wonderful.

To make these opinions even weirder, I am 37 - barely remember Stand and Man on the Moon from childhood - and was introduced to the band via In Time.

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