Everything posted by BrickHorn
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Spoon
@jimmyjazz may be the only Surlster who can claim earlier Spoon fanhood than me, although plenty of yall are probably deeper, more current fans. (I lost track of them years ago). I first heard Spoon on the KNACK Homegroan, Vol. III CD in 1995. “Dismember” was on that record, and also got a lot of radio play around that time. We played that CD nonstop that year. We saw Spoon once or twice in local shows. The one I recall specifically had them opening for Gal’s Panic at Electric Lounge. Anyway, I bought Telephono when it released in 1996 and played the grooves off of it. As a EE major, I was tickled by the Smith chart printed on the disc. It’s an unpopular opinion, but that’s still my favorite Spoon album. It’s a rare “listen to the whole thing, front to back” record for me. Anyway, we plan to see them open for Pixies in September. Telephono is basically a Pixies album, so maybe they’ll play some of the old stuff.
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The Supremes
The phrase “think tank founded by Stephen Miller” is right up there with “Aggie logic” and “Richard Simmons, pussy slayer” in the all-time oxymoron rankings.
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The Supremes
I think I just found my path out of the legal practice. Superintendent of Satanic Charter Schools has a nice ring to it.
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Trump’s America
Object permanence is woke bullshit.
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The Leopards Eating Faces and Unlubed Dildo of Consequences Thread
The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the working class to worship unregulated capitalism.
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Spain Power Outage
- Best opening lyrics of all time
My mother was a witch She was burned alive Thankless little bitch Oh, the tears I cried- La Liga 24-25
I saw Rudiger got sent off for throwing something at the referee. Real is such a trash ass club. Fuck those fascist crybabies.- The Leopards Eating Faces and Unlubed Dildo of Consequences Thread
TSLA is up something like 10%+ since its disappointing earnings report dropped. Maybe your MIL just understands the backassward reality we live in. I’m starting to think we’d all do well with the Costanza Opposite approach these days.- The $20,000 American-made electric pickup with no paint, no stereo, and no touchscreen
In the old days, a 2-seat pickup truck was good for transporting 9-10 people at a time.- Concerts you are attending
I love that Khruangbin is absolutely devoted to its aesthetic (both visually and sonically). Their stage show is an almost theatrical performance. It’s like watching a long-form perfume commercial. Mark and Laura are committed to the wigs and a vaguely European chic style. Their choreography is slow and deliberate. The band even exits the stage together, in a tidy single file line. There was no rock talk, no looseness, no fucking around. Those dudes took the stage and put on a two hour performance, never breaking character until the final send off after the encore. That commitment tracks in their discography, too. They manage to evolve without losing their trademark sound. (My wife put it succinctly: “Khruangbin will never have an ‘Eras’ tour.”) When you play a Khruangbin album, you know what you’re getting: the bastard child of surf guitar and Ravi Shankar over a funky baseline and metronomic drums, maybe with a dash of repetitive, sultry vocals. It might be a little funky, or vaguely Latin, or Eastern influenced; but it’s always distinctly Khruangbin. It was 45 minutes into the show last night before they played a song I recognized. But at the same time, I felt like I had heard them all before.- Concerts you are attending
That show was tremendous. Much better than the last time I saw them at COTA.- Trump’s America
In my experience, the people who are by far the most biased against Christianity these days are Christians.- The Leopards Eating Faces and Unlubed Dildo of Consequences Thread
The hard sciences and especially engineering (which treats the hard sciences as axiomatic) are objective. There is always a right answer. This can foster a bias for among engineers for black and white thinking. Legal education emphasizes litigation. Students are trained to argue both sides of an issue. The goal is to identify the best points in favor of your (arbitrarily chosen) side, and to marshal them as persuasively as possible. This can foster cynicism among lawyers. Truth doesn’t exist as an objective reality so there is no point seeking the truth. Any one of many answers may be true, depending on how well you craft the argument for it. This is why I describe people like Ted Cruz as “lawyer smart.” He’s wicked smart and can advocate for any proposition, no matter how ludicrous or false. But if your goal is to understand the nature of reality, he’s a worthless resource despite his raw intelligence.- The Leopards Eating Faces and Unlubed Dildo of Consequences Thread
That’s awesome and it’s a critical first step. Before you know it, your parents will be quoting Noam Chomsky to their Facebook friends. I’m only half joking. My dad was a lifelong Republican. Real rah-rah, tribal affiliation type. My folks voted for Trump in 2016. I spent the next few years talking to them. I explained things to them, patiently. I yelled at them. I implored them to think about what the GOP was doing to their country and what it would mean for their grandchildren. Eventually it stuck. They voted for Biden in 2020, reluctantly. Then January 6 happened and that set off an avalanche of self-evaluation. My dad has been on a full sprint journey to leftism since. Just this week, he told me that Trump helped him realize the ugliness of his own (former) views and behavior. I’m pretty proud of him. He’s lost a lot of friends and family relationships over politics. But those people were assholes anyway.- and here…we…GO!
- Religiously, I am kind of in a rut (am I alone )
It’s a little more than that. Group identity and a sense of purpose are also big draws to religion. But, yeah. It’s weird to me that grown adults think to themselves “I’ll make a difference in the world by joining that club for people who ask for favors from an imaginary sky friend.” Clintonaldo seems like the good, principled breed of Christian that is a rarity these days. It’s not for me, but I don’t begrudge anyone who reads the Bible and finds inspiration to be a kind, selfless, charitable person.- Trump’s America
Thanks a lot, Obama Anastasis.- Covid/Influenza/Black Death. 2024 and beyond
I did not have “A former heroin addict Kennedy insulting their autistic children” on my Things Conservatives Will Enjoy in 2025 bingo card.- Brexit shenanigans
Fear of the Darks, @HenryJames.- Flight disrupting assholes Thread of Shame.
Tusko: Oh fuck. Why am I suddenly seeing pink humans everywhere???- The Supremes
I clicked on a headline about the Supreme Court declining to reverse the order requiring Trump to facilitate the return of Abrego Garcia, fully expecting a tight 5-4 decision. Nope. 9-0. Which gave me a glimmer of hope. Maybe “the President can’t just kidnap people and fly them off to an El Salvadoran prison” is something we can all agree on.- The Leopards Eating Faces and Unlubed Dildo of Consequences Thread
In my experience, the overlap between “always kinda shitty” and “full blown MAGA now” is essentially 100%.- Tariff wars, they have began
Trump and Dump, imo.- The Trump Economy
- Best opening lyrics of all time
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