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I had to unfollow Ristolable on Twitter after he got too political and spammed his timeline with posts about the election. His Twitter, so he's free to do as he pleases but I couldn't handle it.
I remember about a decade ago when online dating was relatively new and definitely taboo. eHarmony ads were the butt of online dating jokes and people would lie about how they met if they met online, either through a service or even on a forum like this.
But I was thinking the other day, if someone told me they met online, I'd probably just nod and move on. With Tinder out there and being a much "worse" way of meeting your future spouse (possibly), online forums and match making services feel normal. With social media connecting everyone, I bet a lot of communication between couples, regardless of where they "met," involves texting, social media, etc.
Weird how times change.
I know you're not trying to fuck and marry Pittsey but if online dating is somewhat normalized, why isn't meeting a friend? I mean, shit, most of you have been on this sub for 15+ years. It's been 10+ for me. If you shit-talk someone on the internet for 10+ years, you got something special going on there. Assuming they haven't killed themselves, like Bachavelli or that weird British dude that collected figurines should.
I remember about a decade ago when online dating was relatively new and definitely taboo. eHarmony ads were the butt of online dating jokes and people would lie about how they met if they met online, either through a service or even on a forum like this.
But I was thinking the other day, if someone told me they met online, I'd probably just nod and move on. With Tinder out there and being a much "worse" way of meeting your future spouse (possibly), online forums and match making services feel normal. With social media connecting everyone, I bet a lot of communication between couples, regardless of where they "met," involves texting, social media, etc.
Weird how times change.
I know you're not trying to fuck and marry Pittsey but if online dating is somewhat normalized, why isn't meeting a friend? I mean, shit, most of you have been on this sub for 15+ years. It's been 10+ for me. If you shit-talk someone on the internet for 10+ years, you got something special going on there. Assuming they haven't killed themselves, like Bachavelli or that weird British dude that collected figurines should.
I don't know if I'm being narrow-minded and stuck in my old ways about music but I really can't get into most of the big name musicians out right now.
They're all releasing new stuff at an increasing rate. Some of it is real mainstream, like Drake and Future. Some of it is a bit niche, but still mainstream like the TDE guys and the guys from Odd Future. Joey Badass, etc.
I just can't listen to it. if I listen to Drake or Future, it's for a few songs of theirs with good beats, which there's a decent amount. The latter, I don't like the music and don't bother with their lyrics. Everyone's been riding Kendrick for the last 3+ years and I can't get into him either.
I find myself seeking out older songs and artists, usually pre-2005 and mostly from the 90s. If I don't want to listen to the lyrics, the beats are enough when I'm just absent-mindedly listening on the ride home. I can't say the same about newer stuff.
The song Super Predator on Joey's new album made me write this. I heard it when the album dropped on Spotify on Friday and loved it. Everything from the hook to the beat. But it was the only one I liked. I'm not naive enough to think that "music nowadays is one good track and ten shit ones" but I have to be missing something that newer, younger fans of hip hop are seeing in popular artists that I'm not.
They're all releasing new stuff at an increasing rate. Some of it is real mainstream, like Drake and Future. Some of it is a bit niche, but still mainstream like the TDE guys and the guys from Odd Future. Joey Badass, etc.
I just can't listen to it. if I listen to Drake or Future, it's for a few songs of theirs with good beats, which there's a decent amount. The latter, I don't like the music and don't bother with their lyrics. Everyone's been riding Kendrick for the last 3+ years and I can't get into him either.
I find myself seeking out older songs and artists, usually pre-2005 and mostly from the 90s. If I don't want to listen to the lyrics, the beats are enough when I'm just absent-mindedly listening on the ride home. I can't say the same about newer stuff.
The song Super Predator on Joey's new album made me write this. I heard it when the album dropped on Spotify on Friday and loved it. Everything from the hook to the beat. But it was the only one I liked. I'm not naive enough to think that "music nowadays is one good track and ten shit ones" but I have to be missing something that newer, younger fans of hip hop are seeing in popular artists that I'm not.
Who knows. Just getting even with his wife or something.
She responds in video:
http://www.hotnewhiphop.com/suge-kn...egations-of-her-killing-tupac-news.30966.html
She responds in video:
http://www.hotnewhiphop.com/suge-kn...egations-of-her-killing-tupac-news.30966.html
Yeah, Snowfall is good but not a surprise with Singleton's involvement. Nothing else really on right now, Just watching Power and Queen Sugar every week. Also, catching up on seasons of Suits. Couldn't get into Tales on BET. It's an anthology show dramatizing hip-hop songs. BET does not advertise their shit ever. The Tupac movie sucked as expected.
I pretty much agree with Coonie on music today. Can't get into today's artists except every now and then a catchy Drake song or something. Don't care about Kendrick, either. Just listening to older stuff, mostly.
I pretty much agree with Coonie on music today. Can't get into today's artists except every now and then a catchy Drake song or something. Don't care about Kendrick, either. Just listening to older stuff, mostly.
I know most people here don't care too much, but the first celebrity death I recall hearing about that I felt genuinely touched about was Chester Bennington's. It was surely the most dramatic one of my lifetime.
I know that the times are different and fans are different, but this is like Kurt Kobain and Nirvana two decades later.
Linkin Park has certainly been one of the best bands of my times, very consistent too, despite the hate some of their songs get for being too mainstream and the fact that I've been listening mostly to a completely different genre, I would say they are the flagship musicians of my times and they are mainstream simply because of how musically great they are.
I think Chester was an excellent artist up there with the best that ever lived, and I've never seen anyone as good live as he was.
Just wanted to chime in. The fact this was his last performance is really poetic:
I know that the times are different and fans are different, but this is like Kurt Kobain and Nirvana two decades later.
Linkin Park has certainly been one of the best bands of my times, very consistent too, despite the hate some of their songs get for being too mainstream and the fact that I've been listening mostly to a completely different genre, I would say they are the flagship musicians of my times and they are mainstream simply because of how musically great they are.
I think Chester was an excellent artist up there with the best that ever lived, and I've never seen anyone as good live as he was.
Just wanted to chime in. The fact this was his last performance is really poetic:
i used to listen to them back in high school. he had a unique voice. did they say why he committed suicide? i read he had a rough childhood and i also recently heard their new album received very terrible reviews, i wonder if that pushed him over the edge. sucks losing talent like that.
rest in peace
rest in peace
Took the plunge. Started Game of Thrones last week. Just started season 3. I'll definitely be finished by the time the next few episodes air. I'm enjoying it but I think the binge watching effect is going to take away a good bit of suspense built up between episodes. Or seasons.
But that's OK. I know social media will ruin the ending of the series as a joke somehow and I have always been meaning to watch it since I started season one just after it aired 6 years ago.
But that's OK. I know social media will ruin the ending of the series as a joke somehow and I have always been meaning to watch it since I started season one just after it aired 6 years ago.
He didn't leave any notes or anything. He was suicidal for years and was actually reaching out to everyone, including opening up about it in his interviews, and obviously songs. His band mates called it "his demons", believing it made their music so genuine.
I'm not sure about the details, but they left him at home alone for a few days, he drank and hung himself. Apparently wasn't planned, no goodbyes, no notes, no nothing. I think he was alone and one night he just couldn't take it anymore. It's really sad.
Their last album was good, just less screaming and it had the song "Heavy" that rock fans hated for sounding mainstream and having Kiiara on it. It was a deep song nevertheless, the music was just written by the pop-star factory creators who usually make music for U2 and others I believe. It was one of the cases where they actually had the song on their own but Chester wanted Kiiara for artistic value and I think it worked well, despite the backlash. Annoying thing is, apparently Chester wanted her on the song to represented the voice of "it'll be easier after I let go (suicide)", Critics called the song fake, yet it was one of the realest ones he made, despite the catchy music notes that everyone seems to hate these days.
In general the album had some really good music though, personally I think it's great, and "One more light" is one of the best songs I've heard in a long time.
To me Linkin Park have always been amazing musically. To the surprising point that while they never had anything to do with hip-hop, and I listened mostly to rap at the time, when they actually made a b-side rap song even that was so good that I was surprised to realize that their Mike was a great rapper too. His verses were actually so much better than Pharoahe Monches good ones on it!:
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