Experiencing Homecoming feels like a good idea. Good instincts. HIghly recommended. Don't know whether this is a carrot or a stick, but dinner or at least drinks are on me if you make it there. Oh thats a carrot for sure. And I'll also buy drinks. Totally off topic, but at this point in the WC proc...

I'm considering this.

I wanted to come over to the states for some shows in 2020 but obvs that didn't happen. Experiencing Homecoming feels like a good idea.

Dylan, then John Cale two days later. Can't wait. How's ol' Bob holding up? I saw him again last week. This tour has been a lot more impressive than the last few times I've seen him. The new songs sound fantastic, the band are excellent. There's no sense that he's just messing about, which I've had...

Dylan, then John Cale two days later. Can't wait.

You could very easily make the opposing argument here. Truss would never have won an actual general election. She was always an absurd choice. But she became leader of her party and therefore leader of her country anyway. Whatever the limitations of the US system, a President can legitimately claim...

Brian Klaas arguing in The Atlantic that Truss's fall is actually an indication that democracy in the UK is in better shape than in the US: "Paradoxically, Truss’s downfall shows that British democracy is still working. Polarization is so toxic in the U.S. that Trump never dipped below about 35 per...

As for Brexit I continue to believe that a return to the fold by the UK is inevitable. I just don't know the scenario it will follow or the timing of it. Agree with this bit. And i think the history books will cite today as the moment it became inevitable. But thats obvs a long term prediction.

beantownbubba wrote: ↑

Thu Oct 20, 2022 2:07 pm

beantownbubba wrote: ↑

Tue Sep 27, 2022 2:54 pm

...and a likely historically short tenure for the new PM.

Not quite up there with, say, predicting the Mets 1969 World Championship in April of that year, but still, you heard it here first.

Could you please predict "reversal of Brexit and final destruction of the conservative party" next?

Paul Krugman asks, "So why the sudden run on the pound? One answer I liked came from the City of London economist Dario Perkins, who declared that the problem with the budget wasn’t that it was inflationary but that it was “moronic,” and that an economy run by morons has to pay a risk premium." Sou...

This is surprisingly fun. Thanks!

Awful news. Of the two newbies I've managed to get interested in DBT's music, in both cases the first step was them spotting a Wes Freed record cover, then having to pick it up and ask what the band were like. Perfect combination of artwork and sound and a huge loss. My thoughts are with anyone on h...

The anti elitist have to overlook the several categories of elite that Trump is a part of: Rich (by way of inheritance to boot), Ivy League degree, NYC born, bred and mostly lived. Plus his Ivy league degree was bought by his father. I've always thought the bought degree and obvious lack of genuine...

In the film adaptation of the Cold War epic Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, John le Carré’s fictional British intelligence officer George Smiley describes his opposite number, the Soviet spymaster Karla. Smiley knows Karla can be beaten, he says, because Karla “is a fanatic. And the fanatic is always co...

Clams wrote: ↑

Fri Jun 17, 2022 1:49 pm

On first listen it made me think immediately of this one. Either way they've gone quite 1966 on that track.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cK5G8fPmWeA

beantownbubba wrote: ↑

Mon Jun 13, 2022 4:45 pm

305 Engine wrote: ↑

Mon Jun 13, 2022 2:31 pm

Elizabeth Nelson put her piece up on twitter. Someone replied quoting the DJ John Peel's description of The Fall.

"Always different, always the same."

Which is indeed a pretty good description of DBT too.

tinnitus I believe that is your cue.

Well now I am intrigued.

Elizabeth Nelson put her piece up on twitter. Someone replied quoting the DJ John Peel's description of The Fall.

"Always different, always the same."

Which is indeed a pretty good description of DBT too.

Hey 305. Are you still going to this show? Holler if you’d like to hang with Europeans. I love hanging with Europeans but unfortunately I can't make it. Life is being a pain in the arse and getting in the way of rock shows. Absolutely gutted. Have been looking forward to this for 2-3 years. Hopeful...

London. I checked last week, I bought that ticket in 2019! Its going to be worth the wait. Hey 305. Are you still going to this show? Holler if you’d like to hang with Europeans. I love hanging with Europeans but unfortunately I can't make it. Life is being a pain in the arse and getting in the way...

Timing of this tour is actually pretty cool with the new album coming out. Looking forward to hearing The Driver live in particular.

Board has been pretty quiet about the Euro tour. Understandable given how many times its been rescheduled and the hassles of traveling at the moment. But Im hoping for great things. Living outside the US I havent seen the boys since 2016. Been eagerly awaiting this tour for three years now. If ever...

London.

I checked last week, I bought that ticket in 2019! Its going to be worth the wait.

Theres a David Bowie quote about concept albums which I cant find right now but from memory, he said most albums are concept albums in one way or another. Because they're usually a collection of songs written by the same people at around the same time, and so the material inevitably reflect whats go...

cortez the killer wrote: ↑

Wed May 18, 2022 12:43 pm

Looked this up and he seems to have expanded on this ever so slightly...

That riff is addictive. I'm finding it a little strange that the first "single" was the title track. Its a decent song but Flameout and Driver have been a big step up and suggest a really strong album. I feel like their “single” the last few albums has been one of my last choices, but that’s why I’...

That riff is addictive.

I'm finding it a little strange that the first "single" was the title track. Its a decent song but Flameout and Driver have been a big step up and suggest a really strong album.

In my teens and early 20s, I took Exile and the rest of that 1968-72 canon so seriously that I refused to see the Stones live (it would have been Bridges to Babylon era) because I thought I'd be incredibly disappointed. Pretty precious obviously but I think its ok to be precious about music at that ...

If they're in favour of banning abortion, I'm assuming the American Christian right are also in favour of making contraceptives free, investing money into comprehensive sex education for kids and generally making it less likely that women will need abortions? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions...

If they're in favour of banning abortion, I'm assuming the American Christian right are also in favour of making contraceptives free, investing money into comprehensive sex education for kids and generally making it less likely that women will need abortions?

Its a gem.