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Emeritus
Reviews 69
Approval 97%
Soundoffs 3
Album Ratings 158
Objectivity 72%
Last Active 01-04-23 3:24 pm
Joined 07-02-22
Review Comments 2,255
| The January from Hell (literally)
Hey everbody. Sorry I've been a bit absent. | | 1 |  | Pierce the Veil
Collide with the Sky
So the year looked like it was going to start off great. Got invited to a super jazzy New Years Eve party and got all dressed up with my wife. Made some decent money and we paid off our debts. Things were looking good. | | 2 |  | In Flames
The Jester Race
And then a week later LA was burning down. | | 3 |  | Silent Planet
Iridescent
I was three when the Northridge earthquake happened. I have one memory of waking up in the middle of the night and running outside with my mom's best friend who was watching me. My mom was in the hospital because she was due to give birth to my sister. My sister was smart and said, "fuck that," and waited another five days to actually be born.
Anyway. In my life I have never seen such devastation upon my city. I have seen fires. I have seen BIG fires. I have seen fires right down the street from my god damned house, but I have never seen a neighborhood that I had visited four days earlier just burn to dust. A good portion of my friends who lived in Altadena lost everything. It was to the point of being almost surreal. The photos don't do it justice--the affected areas literally look like a fucking atomic bomb dropped on them. | | 4 |  | Hail the Sun
Divine Inner Tension
I do counseling for people. I took my vacation time and threw myself into full-time volunteer work. I gave up music because I decided that I liked what I do more and I knew that I needed to set aside any concept of monetary needs and just go help people. Helping people makes me happy, but it was hard to be happy no matter how many people I helped. Everything I could do for people was a small victory but in the context of what occurred, I felt very insignificant.
I've done a lot now and I've kind of phased back into my normal life, but the last three weeks have been absolute nightmare. If I've learned anything, it's that you can't take anything for granted. People are people no matter their ideals, political leanings, cultures, etc. No one is spared from the devastation that Mother Nature can bring. | | 5 |  | Silverstein
This Is How the Wind Shifts
I guess the one beautiful thing that has come of this is the spirit in which my fellow Angelenos have handled it. I have never seen people come together the way that people in my city have and it has been wonderful to work with other volunteers and people wanting to help others.
I don't know why I'm sharing this. I guess I just haven't listened to any music and I wanted to just let this out because it's been hard to talk about. There's a lot of work to be done but thanks for reading this and I hope your 2025 has started off better than mine. | |
Manatea
01.27.25 | Need to listen to music... | Egarran
01.27.25 | You are a star. | Hawks
01.27.25 | Awesome job brother. Praying for you and yours. | veninblazer
01.27.25 | Hey man, hoping for the best to you and everyone else in Cali | GiaNXGX
01.27.25 | amazing list
And then a week later LA was burning down.
explains a lot about society | Dedes
01.27.25 | Stoked that you're putting so much into the cause, I actually never knew quite how voracious the Cali wildfires were until v recently. That is a freaky prospect, knowing that your home is always under threat. Keep safe my guy | Manatea
01.27.25 | Thanks for the love guys I appreciate it.
Fortunately it rained today which caused a huge shit storm about potential mudslides but it seems like this whole thing might be finally over. | GiaNXGX
01.27.25 | 2 sounds outta last airbender | Egarran
01.27.25 | By the way, this was foreseen by Octavia Butler who wrote a book in '93, called Parable of the Sower, about climate change. It opens with deadly fires in LA in 2025. A fascist president called Donner has just won office with a campaign on making America great again.
This is just details, but this was clearly memories from the future. | NexCeleris
01.27.25 | Great book.
You're a treasure, Manatea. | fogza
01.28.25 | Nice to see you back, great list, glad you are ok (relatively speaking) but commiserations for you and the other residents of California. | Manatea
01.28.25 | Thanks again guys. I’m gonna have to check that book out. Any recs for upcoming albums I should review? I need to write about music lol | Cormano
01.28.25 | I applaud your work mate
review anything by the high water marks, band has zero ratings whatsoever in their 20 years existence |
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