What's in the mailbox? 📬 📦
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Harry Klippton
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I said I'm only buying a house once. I plan to die here
Robert
Reverse Engineer
I said that too... and the house is fine, but I want a little bit of land...
I don't want to see my neighbors when I step outside.
ICTRock
Well-known member
I got rid of sooooooo many vacuum tubes before moving cross-country.
Harry Klippton
Not Interested
I got that too
living the dream
Bricksnbeatles
Member known well
I don’t know if I should respond with someone snarky and jokey, or simply write an entire column about why Becker and Fagen are the great American songwriters of our time, with multi-tiered lists describing the genius irony of tracks like Show Biz Kids, Slang of Ages, Gaslighting Abbie, and Charlie Freak, with numbered in-text footnotes directing to timestamped YouTube videos of the exact moment in a song I’m referring to, along with accompanying harmonic and lyrical analysis videos that I record that would comparatively make Jenny Nicholson videos seem short and shallow in breadth.
My battery is running too low to record 19 hours of footage, and I don’t know how to use Final Cut anyway, so the snarky joke comment will have to do… for now.
“Not a fan of Steely Dan? More like not a fan of having good ears, bruh”
PapaBear
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Bricksnbeatles
Member known well
M-I-N-I A-M-P
Miniamp?
It’s supposed to be milliamp, but nice try. Also you can’t fit milliamperes in a box like that— that’s not how it works at all. You’ll learn next time
Harry Klippton
Not Interested
I mean one of my favorite things is listening to someone explain why they like something, so that would be interesting. For years, I was always like I DONT EVEN KNOW WHAT STEELY DAN SOUNDS LIKE and look them up, go "ah yeah reeling in the years, fuck that shit" and go on my merry wayI don’t know if I should respond with someone snarky and jokey, or simply write an entire column about why Becker and Fagen are the great American songwriters of our time, with multi-tiered lists describing the genius irony of tracks like Show Biz Kids, Slang of Ages, Gaslighting Abbie, and Charlie Freak, with numbered in-text footnotes directing to timestamped YouTube videos of the exact moment in a song I’m referring to, along with accompanying harmonic and lyrical analysis videos that I record that would comparatively make Jenny Nicholson videos seem short and shallow in breadth.
My battery is running too low to record 19 hours of footage, and I don’t know how to use Final Cut anyway, so the snarky joke comment will have to do… for now.
“Not a fan of Steely Dan? More like not a fan of having good ears, bruh”
Harry Klippton
Not Interested
@Bricksnbeatles I tell ya what, hit me with ONE steely Dan song and I'll give it a go with fresh ears tomorrow for an honest listen
Mentaltossflycoon
Well-known member
I say this constantly. Living in Portland the frequency that people call, write, and knock on my damn door to make offers on a house that isn't for sale is infuriating. Especially since it's always some giant investment firm. Fucking jackals. "No thanks, gonna die here. Bye." I'd rather get JW door knockers at this point.
As far as clubs go, I usually take the Groucho Marx approach.
Bricksnbeatles
Member known well
Tbf, Can’t Buy a Thrill is arguably their third-worst album, and reeling in the years, as much as I love it, is one of my least favorite songs by them and they reportedly hated playing it for a while. Even on that same album, you have one of the raddest guitar solos ever with all of these dissonant m2 double-stops and overlapping multitracked chromatic runs on “Kings”I mean one of my favorite things is listening to someone explain why they like something, so that would be interesting. For years, I was always like I DONT EVEN KNOW WHAT STEELY DAN SOUNDS LIKE and look them up, go "ah yeah reeling in the years, fuck that shit" and go on my merry way
I’d give “Black Friday”, “Night by Night” and “Peg” a go.
Also, don’t tempt me to make that video because I swear I’ll friggin do it. Shit, you might even get a sneak peek at the super secret novelty Steely Dan tribute album that I’m writing arrangements for.
Bricksnbeatles
Member known well
Deal. Hit me with your top 3 fav artists and I’ll pick a tight tune for you
Harry Klippton
Not Interested
Yikes I can't even pick a top 3 favorite genres
Harry Klippton
Not Interested
Fuzz face, Mel9, and obscura
Harry Klippton
Not Interested
I'll start with these 3.
Bricksnbeatles
Member known well
Another betrayal after my denial from entry in the Illuminati. Dang.I also don't like steely Dan. I don't like stuff because it's cool, old, new, hip, classic, popular or whatever. I'm also not into virtuoso players or jam bands/prog rock or any of that. It's cool you can play so many notes so fast but I'd rather listen to a well crafted song that has something to say. I also shouldn't have to be blown out to enjoy something
Not into the Dan or Prog— double the blow.
Definitely agree with you about the speed vs well-crafted song thing though— I have very little interest in “impressive maneuvers”. I just wanna hear well written songs. I know SD are known for their all-star cast of session dudes and their obsessive take-after-take recording mentality, but “well crafted song with something to say” is precisely why I dig them so much. I mean, they’ve got hooks to rival Carole King and McCartney, solos so catchy you can sing them, and captivating lyrics imo. I’m a big geek for aesthetic lyricism (not an actual term, but that’s what I’m calling it) where not only are the words tools to tell a story, but the words also have a sort of novel appeal to them when stripped of any meaning. It’s not so much colorful word choice that I’m talking about, as much as a bunch of satisfying strings of sibilants, plosives, fricatives, etc. painting with phonemes, I suppose. I lost my train of thought, but yeah… lyrics. I gotta start a “favorite lyrics” thread some time.
