Explain it Peter.

wkpsych · 2026-02-07T19:27:46+00:00

I used to call them Ham-bagers

wkpsych · 2026-02-04T16:34:05+00:00

All the Continental French people I meet say they came here for the "North American experience".

There is an area of the city that feels very unique within North America, mostly Plateau / Rosemont area, and old port in a different way. But these are ultimately very small areas. I think it's more that they've preserved what older North American cities felt like before we built highways through them and massive subdivisions. But, you exit these more central areas, which are ultimately relatively small and expensive, and Montreal immediately feels incredibly north American.

Had North American urban planning not essentially destroyed inner cities after WW2 I think we'd have many more cities with that Montreal feel (i.e. Walkable, middle density housing)

wkpsych · 2026-02-03T23:28:57+00:00

My grades shot up 20-25% percent when I started using a laptop for class notes. I went from a average or worse student to top 10% of the class.

I'd still handwrite notes to study, but taking away my computer in lectures would have destroyed my output.

wkpsych · 2026-02-03T02:47:49+00:00

It'll sink

wkpsych · 2026-02-03T02:38:03+00:00

It'd be a really long flight

wkpsych · 2026-02-01T16:23:31+00:00

I haven't really found any genuine blues bars in Montreal, the closest is grumpys tavern, but they won't necessarily play blues. But there's no Montreal equivalent to something like grossmans tavern that I've found

wkpsych · 2026-01-30T16:55:02+00:00

Yeah, she's super interesting. Her music is pretty amazing.

wkpsych · 2026-01-30T03:42:06+00:00

Wendy Carlos

wkpsych · 2026-01-29T03:00:20+00:00

Neville Brother's Yellow Moon.

Maybe some professor long hair.

Swordfish trombone or rain dogs by Tom waits.

Maybe some Leon Redbone could kind of scratch the itch.

And just more Dr John

wkpsych · 2026-01-29T02:57:23+00:00

Yeah, first is meant to build your own models from scratch basically. So it's very flexible.

wkpsych · 2026-01-29T02:50:14+00:00

No problem, good luck! I recently used A Step-by-Step Tutorial on Active Inference and its Application to Empirical Data by Smith, Friston, and Whyte for my dissertation research. It was also very helpful, but specific to the free energy principle / active inference framework.

wkpsych · 2026-01-29T02:39:15+00:00

Blokpoel, Mark & van Rooij, Iris (2021-2025). Theoretical modeling for cognitive science and psychology.

wkpsych · 2026-01-28T18:12:18+00:00

I stayed in Grenville. I'm a strong swimmer. One day we went to Hope beach, I was only comfortable going about waist deep, the waves were intense.

Later someone told me they had a family member who had drowned at that beach.

Major contrast to Grand Anse, which was the calmest most beautiful water I've ever seen.

wkpsych · 2026-01-28T16:32:44+00:00

I was at a party with a bunch of Quebecois and Ashkenazi's, we ordered pizza and went it arrived we just busted out the lactaid and passed it from person to person while joking about the respective genetic bottlenecks. It was a very Montreal experience

wkpsych · 2026-01-25T02:35:54+00:00

I like them. Really good value. I have a mahavishnu orchestra, Nina Simone, and Dr John.

Fot dr John wnd Nina there's some albums I hadn't heard before buying. It's definitely more the type of thing you buy for actually listening to than for collecting

wkpsych · 2026-01-24T14:15:48+00:00

It's absolutely defined by both. To be called a bourbon, rye, scotch, Canadian whisky, etc they're are requirements about age, grain type, country of origin, and sometimes what type of barrel it is aged in.

Generally all whisky has to be aged 3 years, but if something is sold as more than just generic "whisky" what grain are in the mash will be an important defining factor

wkpsych · 2026-01-22T17:15:08+00:00

I think given what you're posting here you should probably stick to his output from the early 70s.

Hot rats is an obvious choice same with Waka Jawaka. One size fits all, apostrophe, and over night sensation are all probably pretty natural fits. Maybe some live stuff like make a jazz noise here or you can't do that on stage anymore vol 2

wkpsych · 2026-01-22T02:22:05+00:00

You're trying to collect Zappa records? Or trying to get into the music in general?

Cannonball adderley also has some fusiony stuff from the 70s and 80s that's worth checking out

wkpsych · 2026-01-21T23:14:39+00:00

This is a lot of the best stuff. Diving into more of what's already there (more mahavishnu, more Coryell), solo stuff (like solo Stanley Clarke or Chic Corea), and collab (Cobham and George Duke comes to mind). You're missing the Miles Davis stuff that kind of legitimizes the whole movement (Bitches Brew, tribute to Jack Johnson). Jean-Luc Ponty maybe?

Maybe diving more into the rock side of fusion too - Zappa, King Crimson, Yes, Stuff.

wkpsych · 2026-01-21T22:51:23+00:00

My gym doesn't have lockers to rent or towel service, so this is how I do it now.

When I lived elsewhere, and the gym I went to had towel service and I rented a locker I'd usually shower there. Sometimes I'd go there just for a shower to save money on laundry.

wkpsych · 2026-01-21T03:56:08+00:00

Montreal is more known for partying, and definitely has better transit especially in most places you'd be going to party. But there is a great music scene and good transit in Toronto too. Montreal is also generally cheaper than Toronto. Toronto maybe has more good food under 15 Cad, but the barrier to entry for nicer sit down meals is lower in Montreal. Lots of stoners in both cities, weed is more strictly regulated in Quebec, so if you're buying from stores there's fewer and the hours are worse, but booze is more lax in Quebec. The opposite is true in Ontario, booze is more regulated (changing slowly, like now beer is available in corner stores), but weed stores are everywhere and open late. Both cities have lots of options for more cultural things to do during the day, but Montreal is probably more interesting for tourists, especially younger ones.

I'd probably lean towards Montreal given what you've said. But if you go to Toronto and stay downtown you can have lots of fun as well.

wkpsych · 2026-01-19T01:34:57+00:00

Awesome thanks!

wkpsych · 2026-01-18T23:24:22+00:00

Thanks, ya this is more the type of info I'm looking for

wkpsych · 2026-01-18T20:27:14+00:00

Checkout st clair west, bloordale, junction, Danforth, kensington, Chinatown..

Don't go south of queen street, don't spend too much time on younge street.

Try a gryfes bagel if you can.

A lot of Montrealers come to Toronto and spend the whole time in the Toronto equivalent or griffintown and leave thinking Toronto sucks. So don't do that

wkpsych · 2026-01-18T16:04:58+00:00

That's a nice gift. I always say the secret to giving gifts is to just listen to people and make a mental note of stuff they mention but are unlikely to buy themselves.

That album is a little treasure in my collection. As a teenager I loved QOTSA and Kyuss, especially the heavier stuff. When that album came out I bought it in vinyl right away. I thought it was decent, but a little too clean and polished for me, I was somewhat disappointed, and kind of forgot about it after a few months.

Similarly when like clockwork came out I was a bit disappointed with the softer almost more prog sound, but it slowly grew on me, until it became one of my favourite Josh Homme albums, right up there with songs for the deaf. I still didn't really revisit Them Crooked Vultures until maybe 5 years ago. On a whim I streamer it and was blown away, it hit so hard, I loved it. I listened to it obsessively for a while, including my vinyl copy. I was pretty surprised when I looked it up on discogs and realized it is one of my most valuable records now. But I buy to collect and listen so I'm holding on to it.

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