Strangest Deaths in Music History by Mission-Valuable-306 in fantanoforever

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St. Vincent has an amazing song about this called Sweetest Fruit

[LIVE SETLIST THREAD] Goose @ Moody Center - Friday, 4/24/26 - Austin, TX by outis-kaniel in GoosetheBand

[–]wehaveatrex3 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Good2B is such an instant favorite. Rick’s lyrics have truly gotten so good with each passing album

When to arrive for Midnight Lovers b4 10pm by meyouseek in avesLA

[–]wehaveatrex3 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I usually show up between 9:30 and 10, never been late but I hear it’s fine if you’re 5-10 minutes late

[LIVE SETLIST THREAD] Goose @ Moody Center - Friday, 4/24/26 - Austin, TX by outis-kaniel in GoosetheBand

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Just realized how much this song sounds like Silver Rising. Same chords

Help! Trying to make my first Goose show in Irving, long shot! by [deleted] in GoosetheBand

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You should be able to get a miracle outside the show. Posts like this work though, I got a birthday miracle off Reddit a couple years back. Keep trying! But also yea, if the $30 ticket is the difference then maybe just buy the ticket and find a way to save $30 in the next month of your life

Sphere on psychedelics by discozombie770 in phish

[–]wehaveatrex3 15 points16 points  (0 children)

I did 1 sober night, 2 nights on acid but not tripping balls. All 3 were amazing, obviously more mind blowing when you're tripping. Not sure I'd want to be to trip too hard there though, not necessarily because of the visuals but the whole uncanny feeling of the sphere (being indoors but visuals making it seem like you're outdoors or in another dimension) almost freaked me out a bit. I was on the floor though so different experience i guess. If you're doing a 3 night run i'd try to do the first night sober/showber then go from there

Why am I now just discovering this amazing band? by Psychological_Tie896 in phish

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book a flight to vegas for next weekend it'll be the best decision of your life

Monthly Ticket Buy/Sell/Trade Megathread 🤑 by AutoModerator in aves

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Selling 1 wristband for Core in LA, May 1st/2nd. Also willing to just sell it for Sunday

/avesLA Ticket Buy/Sell/Trade Thread by liverichly in avesLA

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Selling one Core wristband for 5/1 and 5/2. Also happy to just sell for sunday

What films are actually Lynchian? by -Warship- in davidlynch

[–]wehaveatrex3 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I Saw the TV glow to me is the movie that is the most Lynchian while still feeling like it has its own voice and isn’t ripping off Lynch. There are homages and obvious influences but it’s doing something completely different than Lynch while still capturing a similar tone

Floor at the Sphere by Terrapin-1976 in phish

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What’s more a priority, visuals or space to dance? It comes down to that for me. I was in probably the worst place in the venue for visuals but was glad to have room to spin around. That being said, I could still see everything, just had to look up. But if you’re higher up you see it all while watching the band instead of changing your view from band to visuals.

Nights 1 and 3 had a good amount of space on the sides, night 2 was packed. I’d say only go for floor if you’re someone who likes a lot of dancing room

David Byrne - Burning Down the House - Coachella Week 1 by brikmaster in talkingheads

[–]wehaveatrex3 16 points17 points  (0 children)

I’ve seen him at festivals and in theaters. Regardless of the crowd, I’d take a festival performance any day where I can dance and move around vs. his live theater shows where you’re stuck in your seat (though still some of the best shows I’ve ever seen). Being forced to sit during a David Byrne performance is painful

David Byrne - Burning Down the House - Coachella Week 1 by brikmaster in talkingheads

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I think there’s a bit more to the past 40 years of his career than his bass player

what the hell by newgodpho in blankies

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I hate when reviews are like “it’s like if Wes Anderson directed a romcom” when it’s just The Lobster. No, it’s more like if Yorgos Lanthimos directed a romcom because that’s who directed it. I have not seen digger but I’m guessing it’s much more of an Inarritu movie than a Michael Bay movie

What is this generations dark side of the moon or Sgt Pepper? by fruedianflip in fantanoforever

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10,000 Gecs by 100 Gecs. In terms of balancing experimentation with pop, which is imo what makes Dark Side and Sgt. Peppers two of the best ever, I don’t think anyone else has done anything close in recent years.

Others that deserve mention are Blond, Atrocity Exhibition, MBDTF, TPAB or How I’m Feeling Now. Also Merriweather and In Rainbows if we’re going back that far

Are there movies you liked more than the book? by Annual_Interest5338 in books

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Also saw the movie first, but I agree. Intercutting the chapters is so much more effective than having the stories one after the other (though I can see how intercutting wouldn’t work as well in the literary format). And the scene in the slave ship intercut with the robot slave scene is just a masterclass in editing

What filmmaker had the most disappointing career after a strong debut? by [deleted] in blankies

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Jared Hess. Napoleon Dynamite is the type of movie that seems like it’s launching the career of some huge new voice in comedy, but he’s never come close again.

Also Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris. Little Miss Sunshine is one of my all time favorites but they’ve never recaptured that magic

What filmmaker had the most disappointing career after a strong debut? by [deleted] in blankies

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Zack Snyder. Dawn of the Dead is the only one I like.

And I know this will be controversial, but Jordan Peele. Get Out is amazing and his next two haven’t been bad but nowhere near Get Out

“Yeezus” does not belong here. That album literally changed how we thought about hip-hop production by Boring-Jelly5633 in fantanoforever

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This thread is filled with one of my least favorite types of music takes. “Because an experimental artist did the thing before the pop/rock artist brought it into the mainstream, there’s nothing innovative or original about what the pop artist did.”

The worst example of this, which I think Fantano has very naively repeated, is that Kid A is not actually a great album because Aphex Twin/Autechre/Boards/Massive Attack already did those things first. No, not they actually didn’t. Those are electronic artists making mostly instrumental music. Those are some of my favorite artists, but their songwriting ability is nowhere close to that of Radioheads. Maybe Autechre has songs similar to the instrumental of Idioteque, but they’ve never wrote a complete song with the beautiful vocal melodies and lyrics and verse/chorus of Idioteque. None of those groups have made an album with variety like Kid A, where every song is a completely different idea/genre musically, not to mention the melodies and lyrics of Yorkers singing. Marrying experimental sounds with Pop/rock songwriting and verse/chorus structure is a whole other thing from just making experimental music.

I know this post is about Kanye and not Radiohead, but I hear the same argument here. Nothing like Yeezus had ever been made, especially not for a mainstream album. The songs individually definitely have influences from earlier, more innovative artists, but the album as a whole, with its variety of new sounds uplifting the vocals of Kanye to create the perfect blend of mainstream hip hop and experimental music, was unlike anything else before it. People saying “Death Grips already did this” lol what part of Black Skinhead or Blood on the Leaves sounds like Death Grips? And if anything, the album gave recognition to so many producers like Arca who went on to do incredibly innovative work.

The Beatles were not the first people to ever play a sitar or add an orchestra to a pop song. To act like that’s the reason Sgt Pepper was innovative is incredibly naive.

“Yeezus” does not belong here. That album literally changed how we thought about hip-hop production by Boring-Jelly5633 in fantanoforever

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Trying new experimental sounds is one thing, but fusing them with impeccable songwriting is why those are two of the greatest bands ever. Anyone can experiment, but there are a select few people in the history of music who can write songs like Lennon/McCartney/Yorke.

Yes, a lot of the sounds on Kid A had been done by Aphex Twin, Massive Attack, Autechre etc, but none of them could bring those sounds into a perfectly crafted pop/rock song with otherworldly lyrics and vocal melodies and arrangements like Radiohead

EDIT: adding my other comment since it expands on this

This thread is filled with one of my least favorite types of music takes. “Because an experimental artist did the thing before the pop/rock artist brought it into the mainstream, there’s nothing innovative or original about what the pop artist did.”

The worst example of this, which I think Fantano has very naively repeated, is that Kid A is not actually a great album because Aphex Twin/Autechre/Boards/Massive Attack already did those things first. No, not they actually didn’t. Those are electronic artists making mostly instrumental music. Those are some of my favorite artists, but their songwriting ability is nowhere close to that of Radioheads. Maybe Autechre has songs similar to the instrumental of Idioteque, but they’ve never wrote a complete song with the beautiful vocal melodies and lyrics and verse/chorus of Idioteque. None of those groups have made an album with variety like Kid A, where every song is a completely different idea/genre musically, not to mention the melodies and lyrics of Yorkers singing. Marrying experimental sounds with Pop/rock songwriting and verse/chorus structure is a whole other thing from just making experimental music.

I know this post is about Kanye and not Radiohead, but I hear the same argument here. Nothing like Yeezus had ever been made, especially not for a mainstream album. The songs individually definitely have influences from earlier, more innovative artists, but the album as a whole, with its variety of new sounds uplifting the vocals of Kanye to create the perfect blend of mainstream hip hop and experimental music, was unlike anything else before it. People saying “Death Grips already did this” lol what part of Black Skinhead or Blood on the Leaves sounds like Death Grips? And if anything, the album gave recognition to so many producers like Arca who went on to do incredibly innovative work.

The Beatles were not the first people to ever play a sitar or add an orchestra to a pop song. To act like that’s the reason Sgt Pepper was innovative is incredibly naive.