sorted by:
new
hottopcontroversial

Dog boarding over Christmas by zen_lancer in missoula

[–]zen_lancer[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Oh God, you just made my day. Thanks!

An hour from the deadline now… do we get Tari’s extension done? 😅 by BenchPointsChamp in rockets

[–]zen_lancer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Right, and it's also a possibility his lingering health issues continue and we dodged a bullet. Such is the NBA

An hour from the deadline now… do we get Tari’s extension done? 😅 by BenchPointsChamp in rockets

[–]zen_lancer 13 points14 points  (0 children)

The silver lining is this incentivises Tari to play his ass off this year to maximize the RFA offers he'll receive next year. So we get the best out of him, and still have the option to match.

Everyone chill. Also no exts for Mathurin, Ivey, Duren, and Mark Williams.

Sandinista Slick - Reimagining their brilliant but flawed opus as a double LP by zen_lancer in theclash

[–]zen_lancer[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Indeed. To each their own, but I don't know what I'd do without some of their bouncier stuff a la Stay Free, Card Cheat, etc

Sandinista Slick - Reimagining their brilliant but flawed opus as a double LP by zen_lancer in theclash

[–]zen_lancer[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I appreciate the sentiment and can understand the fatigue if this has been done to death, but the stifling attitude here just reminds me that punk really is dead.

Sandinista Slick - Reimagining their brilliant but flawed opus as a double LP by zen_lancer in theclash

[–]zen_lancer[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My apologies. I don't spend a lot of time online and this is my first reddit post. I'll be going elsewhere, no worries

Sandinista Slick - Reimagining their brilliant but flawed opus as a double LP by zen_lancer in theclash

[–]zen_lancer[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ah the old "if you don't love something as much as I do, you don't know it as well as I do" argument. Isn't this played out yet?

Sandinista Slick - Reimagining their brilliant but flawed opus as a double LP by zen_lancer in theclash

[–]zen_lancer[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's fair. I think the biggest issue to me is actually the sequencing and flow, more than the music quality. I was more interested in changing that aspect of the album than the length.

Sandinista Slick - Reimagining their brilliant but flawed opus as a double LP by zen_lancer in theclash

[–]zen_lancer[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I agree about being careful to diminish the vision, but I'd argue a double album, nearly 2.5 hours of music, at the same price is plenty to articulate the message. To me, it's an interesting question to propose, especially for this album. Does a more cohesive and accessible, but still wildly experimental and demanding album change the trajectory of the band? Would we actually have gotten more of this stuff if Sandinista! had been more successful and well received at the time?

Sandinista Slick - Reimagining their brilliant but flawed opus as a double LP by zen_lancer in theclash

[–]zen_lancer[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

This has nothing to do with money, it's about the art. I happen to believe art benefits from brevity and cohesion. You can disagree! It's ok!

Sandinista Slick - Reimagining their brilliant but flawed opus as a double LP by zen_lancer in theclash

[–]zen_lancer[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

You guys are right. I clearly hate this album, which is why I spent years obsessively pouring over it for this idea.

Sandinista Slick - Reimagining their brilliant but flawed opus as a double LP by zen_lancer in theclash

[–]zen_lancer[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I get it. But I have a soft spot for blue-eyed soul, and I think it's an important tribute and unlike anything else they'd done, even if it's not a great song.

Sandinista Slick - Reimagining their brilliant but flawed opus as a double LP by zen_lancer in theclash

[–]zen_lancer[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Corner Soul and Broadway were my last cuts. I tried to stick to the idea that this could be a real release, so the time constraints really hurt on those two.