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by lotusamerica
Mon Oct 23, 2017 9:29 pm
Forum: Former Band Members
Topic: Just an observation...
Replies: 88
Views: 37512

Re: Just an observation...

This whole thread is interesting to me, as I came to be a DBT fan much later than most of you, around 2007 or 8. Jason had already left before I ever discovered DBT. Plus, my wife is one of the "NPR fans." I introduced her to Jason's music last fall and he's her favorite artist now (I tried to get ...
by lotusamerica
Mon Oct 23, 2017 9:25 pm
Forum: Former Band Members
Topic: Just an observation...
Replies: 88
Views: 37512

Re: Just an observation...

Zip City wrote:Yep. How have Isbell, My Morning Jacket, The Avett Brothers, any number of jam bands, etc. grown to the size they have with little no radio support? It probably happens organically, but how? Someone oughta write a book
Pretty sure Jason's career trajectory took off from his awards.
by lotusamerica
Mon Oct 23, 2017 9:55 am
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: The Neverending Thread for Political Shit
Replies: 20778
Views: 4832631

Re: The Neverending Thread for Political Shit

Nothing really new, but just another poke in the side over gerrymandering...

https://billmoyers.com/story/america-he ... rity-rule/
by lotusamerica
Sun Oct 22, 2017 11:01 pm
Forum: Former Band Members
Topic: Just an observation...
Replies: 88
Views: 37512

Re: Just an observation...

I've enjoyed reading this thread so I figure I'll add my 2 cents. I consider myself to be an Isbell fan. Among other things, the man wrote [inpo] Outfit, Cover Me Up, Dress Blues and Elephant, which is a career for most musicians. I've never liked any Jason album as much as I've liked any of severa...
by lotusamerica
Sat Oct 21, 2017 2:10 pm
Forum: Former Band Members
Topic: Just an observation...
Replies: 88
Views: 37512

Re: Just an observation...

Kind of off topic but Jason was interviewed on the Tom Petty Birthday tribute on SiriusXM last night and it was really great. I could listen to him talk music all night and this was in conversation with Bill Flanagan and David Fricke which made it all the better. He explained why he loved Room at t...
by lotusamerica
Sat Oct 21, 2017 1:58 pm
Forum: Other Bands / Music News (non DBT-related)
Topic: The 150 Greatest Albums Made By Women
Replies: 25
Views: 7350

Re: The 150 Greatest Albums Made By Women

Swamp wrote:Seriously! (from the title to the comments)
Sorry! Moved my comments over to political shit thread...
by lotusamerica
Sat Oct 21, 2017 1:56 pm
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: The Neverending Thread for Political Shit
Replies: 20778
Views: 4832631

Re: The Neverending Thread for Political Shit

Moving this here from the 150 Women's album thread.... y lotusamerica » Fri Oct 20, 2017 6:42 pm Iowan wrote: Isn't the goal of equality that no group is under another? White men need to cede power. All of lotus's examples are great examples of how to do that. That's different than "willingly puttin...
by lotusamerica
Sat Oct 21, 2017 12:44 am
Forum: Other Bands / Music News (non DBT-related)
Topic: The 150 Greatest Albums Made By Women
Replies: 25
Views: 7350

Re: The 150 Greatest Albums Made By Women

Ponygirl, that’s good. Thanks for sharing that and glad I’m not too far off the mark to you it seems...
by lotusamerica
Fri Oct 20, 2017 7:42 pm
Forum: Other Bands / Music News (non DBT-related)
Topic: The 150 Greatest Albums Made By Women
Replies: 25
Views: 7350

Re: The 150 Greatest Albums Made By Women

This comment moved to Political shit thread out of respect for the Swamp man...
by lotusamerica
Fri Oct 20, 2017 7:00 pm
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: The Neverending Thread for Political Shit
Replies: 20778
Views: 4832631

Re: The Neverending Thread for Political Shit

I think you are characterizing things objectively instead of subjectively, and so miss some stronger connections between white identity politics and subgroup identity politics. You're right about this. It's not that I don't understand the subjective viewpoint, if nothing else like all of us I've re...
by lotusamerica
Thu Oct 19, 2017 10:33 pm
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: The Neverending Thread for Political Shit
Replies: 20778
Views: 4832631

Re: The Neverending Thread for Political Shit

I've been thinking about the concept of white identity politics a lot ever since lotus made some very good points about it here a few months ago. I would say that he made the case a lot better than Zeitz does. And what I've concluded is not that lotus (or Zeitz) is wrong, but they miscategorize whi...
by lotusamerica
Thu Oct 19, 2017 9:37 pm
Forum: Other Bands / Music News (non DBT-related)
Topic: The 150 Greatest Albums Made By Women
Replies: 25
Views: 7350

Re: The 150 Greatest Albums Made By Women

Well, men pretty much regularly sexualize women and so maybe they wanted to avoid that influence in voting as well as just better engage women in the process, who otherwise would likely be overrun by men in voting numbers. Overall, I try not to critique women making decisions about women, just like...
by lotusamerica
Thu Oct 19, 2017 11:42 am
Forum: Other Bands / Music News (non DBT-related)
Topic: The 150 Greatest Albums Made By Women
Replies: 25
Views: 7350

Re: The 150 Greatest Albums Made By Women

Well, men pretty much regularly sexualize women and so maybe they wanted to avoid that influence in voting as well as just better engage women in the process, who otherwise would likely be overrun by men in voting numbers. Overall, I try not to critique women making decisions about women, just like ...
by lotusamerica
Thu Oct 19, 2017 11:23 am
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: The Neverending Thread for Political Shit
Replies: 20778
Views: 4832631

Re: The Neverending Thread for Political Shit

Haha... thanks for not being offended. That's a really rare trait these days ;-) Yeah, I get it. You'd think. I'd like to as well. Problem is, or at least part of the problem is, everybody hates each other so much and are so involved in constant battling and media warring that they can't even agree ...
by lotusamerica
Thu Oct 19, 2017 7:45 am
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: The Neverending Thread for Political Shit
Replies: 20778
Views: 4832631

Re: The Neverending Thread for Political Shit

Nothing personal, but this is probably the most ridiculous thing I’ve ever heard you say. Based on what would you ever have thought this? Ok, I guess that is personal, but personal with a smile... It's really too bad. The one useful thing I thought Trump & the Republican Congress might address effec...
by lotusamerica
Sun Oct 15, 2017 11:42 am
Forum: Former Band Members
Topic: Just an observation...
Replies: 88
Views: 37512

Re: Just an observation...

Last night (which also included Cigarettes and Wine and The Blue)


Coupla nights ago

Couple weeks back (now I'll stop ;-)
by lotusamerica
Sun Oct 15, 2017 11:35 am
Forum: Former Band Members
Topic: Just an observation...
Replies: 88
Views: 37512

Re: Just an observation...

by lotusamerica
Sat Oct 14, 2017 8:34 pm
Forum: Former Band Members
Topic: Just an observation...
Replies: 88
Views: 37512

Re: Just an observation...

My rule is basically, bar=sing, hoop and holler along as much as you want to but not so loud that you make my ears ring, seated venue = stick to singing only in the loud parts. You can try to get people to stand and I'll join you, but if nobody does, then you have to sit back down again in reasonabl...
by lotusamerica
Fri Oct 13, 2017 11:19 pm
Forum: Former Band Members
Topic: Just an observation...
Replies: 88
Views: 37512

Re: Just an observation...

I feel like this board is overly sensitive about Isbell's new fanbase. Who the fuck cares? Part of the concert experience is coming together with like minded people over the music you all love. There isn't much like minded between the new Isbell crowd and the DBT crowd, so attending a Jason show la...
by lotusamerica
Wed Oct 11, 2017 11:08 pm
Forum: Former Band Members
Topic: Jason's Top Ten (per Nashville Scene)
Replies: 22
Views: 11567

Re: Jason's Top Ten (per Nashville Scene)

Elephant Dress Blues Cover Me Up Streetlights The Blue Speed Trap Town Children of Children Sunstroke In a Razor Town Alabama Pines On a given day, any of these might sub in for something above: The Magician Relatively Easy Different Days Seven-Mile Island White Man's World Go It Alone Palmetto Rose...
by lotusamerica
Wed Aug 16, 2017 7:20 am
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: The Neverending Thread for Political Shit
Replies: 20778
Views: 4832631

Re: The Neverending Thread for Political Shit

The extreme left isn't good. They certainly aren't the current threat to America that the extreme right is, however. It's like the USSR in WWII. Interesting, USSR did more to turn back Nazism than anyone, including us. But thendidnt go on to support democratic principles or freedom within their own...
by lotusamerica
Tue Aug 15, 2017 11:51 pm
Forum: Former Band Members
Topic: Superfans
Replies: 45
Views: 29488

Re: Superfans

Haven't been in this forum in a while and it looks like I've missed some interesting stuff. This thread is pretty funny, and I hate to read too much into something ('cause I've never done THAT before), but jeez, I could see where maybe what you say fits, kind of, but I’m not sure. I mean, it's all ...
by lotusamerica
Tue Aug 15, 2017 10:34 pm
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: The Neverending Thread for Political Shit
Replies: 20778
Views: 4832631

Re: The Neverending Thread for Political Shit

Watched the video again - a couple of them may have been antifa, but most just looked like regular citizens. How can you tell? And who decides who the regular citizens are? Well, it's not scientific, but when some people are wearing masks or bandanas over their faces or antifa-style protest clothes...
by lotusamerica
Tue Aug 15, 2017 8:41 pm
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: The Neverending Thread for Political Shit
Replies: 20778
Views: 4832631

Re: The Neverending Thread for Political Shit

lotusamerica wrote:
Swamp wrote:Are those people tearing down statues alt-left?
I don't think so, I think they were normal citizens.
Watched the video again - a couple of them may have been antifa, but most just looked like regular citizens.
by lotusamerica
Tue Aug 15, 2017 8:28 pm
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: The Neverending Thread for Political Shit
Replies: 20778
Views: 4832631

Re: The Neverending Thread for Political Shit

As to the many posts on Trump v other rs. My take: W - seemed like a decent person in his personal life. Was ahead of the entire Republican party on what religious freedom really means, particularly when it comes to Muslims, and his lead on that has only increased in the years since. Led an administ...
by lotusamerica
Tue Aug 15, 2017 8:17 pm
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: The Neverending Thread for Political Shit
Replies: 20778
Views: 4832631

Re: The Neverending Thread for Political Shit

Swamp wrote:Are those people tearing down statues alt-left?
I don't think so, I think they were normal citizens.
by lotusamerica
Fri Aug 11, 2017 9:07 am
Forum: Other Bands / Music News (non DBT-related)
Topic: The "How do you rank 'em in the middle of the year?" Thread
Replies: 39
Views: 14945

Re: The "How do you rank 'em in the middle of the year?" Thr

I guess this belongs in an Isbell thread but on the topic of him blowing up, when I saw him play a sold out show at the Lincoln Theatre in Raleigh shortly after the release of Southeastern in 2013, I had a sneaking suspicion that he'd already outgrown venues of that size. The next time he came to h...
by lotusamerica
Sat Aug 05, 2017 9:01 am
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: The Neverending Thread for Political Shit
Replies: 20778
Views: 4832631

Re: The Neverending Thread for Political Shit

I guess the only part of this that doesn't quite fit for me is the idea that it is developing or worsening, depending on your point of view. Lincoln, both Roosevelts and all the presidents in between them, Truman, Eisenhower, Johnson, Nixon, Reagan all wielded enormous power as presidents before the...
by lotusamerica
Fri Jul 28, 2017 9:29 pm
Forum: Former Band Members
Topic: The Nashville Sound - June 16th
Replies: 193
Views: 86585

Re: The Nashville Sound - June 16th

Lately, when I'm skimming around spotify looking for songs to play, I pretty much skip over Nashville Sound, but when I play the album, I still like to listen to it.