jakelafort

This reactor talks about how to place TW in the musical categories of rock, pop, punk, and metal. I think he actually hits on something when he stops the video to note that one passage was “such a nod to Japanese culture” because the girls are known to be big fans of J-pop and K-pop.

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An analysis by a professional musician and sound engineer who breaks it all down for The Great Unwashed (me, for example):

@_Robert_  Voters in the US are superficial as hell. How many people can name a single bill or who supported it?

I stay in Fulton County when I’m in Atlanta. I was there for the Senate runoff election in December 2022. I went up to the local polling station and saw very few MAGA cap wearing voters. How or why would anyone want Walker as their…[Read more]

@ Robert

And on the other hand, “The generals are always preparing for the last war.” The Chinese and Russians (and probably the North Koreans) are perfecting hypersonic antiship missiles and high speed drone torpedoes and we are still building surface ships like crazy, including aircraft carriers.

My point. you can also be trapped by history…[Read more]

Already the reactions are coming in…

Like he says, you can set aside any fears TW was abandoning hard rock for a career in pop.

For comparison, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts:

TW rocks even harder.

_Robert_ wrote:

Unseen wrote:
Biden has a BIG problem. He needs a particular demographic behind him to win the election but he’s going to have to abandon or at least temper his support of Israel in order to win their enthusiasm back.

Biden needs his young climate activists. But they’re angry about the war in Gaza

. I will scrutinize this art…

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The Warning’s latest release, Sick is out, and it is SICK (in the best sense of the word). Any thoughts that they might be turning into a pop band can be put to rest. I would classify this very hard rock, maybe bordering on metal, but still…rock.

Now, I want to see a HQ live performance.

Biden has a BIG problem. He needs a particular demographic behind him to win the election but he’s going to have to abandon or at least temper his support of Israel in order to win their enthusiasm back.

Biden needs his young climate activists. But they’re angry about the war in Gaza.

jakelafort wrote:
Are we as robotic as protozoa?

Our actions are in accordance with the laws of nature or they are random nonsense. If there’s a third alternative, it’s now time to reveal it.

@ PopeBeanie

Pau killing it on drums, as usual.

PopeBeanie wrote:
Hypothesis: All this talk about free will amounts to nothing more useful than intellectual masturbation. I’m not saying that’s a bad thing. It’s been fun for me too. But with all those conversations invested in being so sure there’s a way to prove that free will exists or doesn’t exist… why does it matter so much? Other than…

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I like another reactor because of his knowledge of some music, and his strong opinions about it. I never liked Atlas Rise, but I can appreciate a musician or band when they have the skill and tenacity to accomplish a good performance. Atlas Rise is a tough piece! TW pulls it off wonderfully. This guy can say it better than I can.
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Unseen wrote:
How does belief/disbelief in free will affect behavior? Well, belief in free will promotes all kinds of misbehavior.

Wow! But that’s only half the story. The way I’d put it, belief in free will promotes all kinds of behavior, acting as though we have it. “For better and for worse”, if one must place values on behaviors.

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@ PopeBeanie

I don’t think there can be any doubt at all that TW has benefited from having a sound engineer who owns a sound studio in the family.

Freeze the Fall is even more a work in progress than TW. As young as the Villarreal sisters are, the members of Freeze the Fall are younger.

Freeze the Fall does more than TW covers. I will follow…[Read more]

I don’t want to critique much, especially when I can’t predict the direction they’re going. Quinn sounded pretty nervous to me in Evolve.

But she had much more in control for Breathe. So we know she has great singing ability. Recording-wise, it sounds like her mic was either not on, or it was way too low in the mix. I think the mic recording the…[Read more]

jakelafort wrote:
How’s that vaunted rep after Trump is president for life?

Trump, the candidate of “The Law and Order Party Unless Rulings Don’t Go Our Way Party,” will probably see that any Justice he doesn’t like gets impeached and replaced by a bunch of asslicking sycophants. And that’s assuming he doesn’t simply shut that branch of g…[Read more]

You know a band is making when other talented bands are doing covers. Meet Freeze the Fall:

Evolve: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXIuPwwNV8o

Breathe: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mM6bXg5sK58

@ Jake

The Supreme Court is conscious that its reputation lately is toast and they can only imagine what a hit it will take if they interfere in the election, even if The Constitution technically calls for it.

I think they’ll pass the buck to Congress, which may be in Republican hands when they get around to it. …If they even do.