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 | JefferyBigglestein i dont see a friend request from you also a bit backlogged on recs right now, so im only taking them from biggle boys atm
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 | MementoMori Once I'm done listening to (almost) every record on the 2020 chart, maybe I will.
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 | Aberf bout to ask for some readproof, but I wrote like a double amputee type of slow.
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| Aberf respond discord plx
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 | budgie dumdddydlydydylduydydum dum dumdudmdumd bumpum pufff dumdumddiddddldy
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 | ArsMoriendi You love all things Japanese right? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7uZUANXgSUo
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 | dedex im kinda jealous that 13% post rock slice is a bit ugly tbh
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| dedex twas a compliment! Love Yndi Halda, and don't u dar talk s*** about 'em
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 | Trifolium What was the secret then? I can't crack your slang-y code I'm too innocent for that huuuu!
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| Trifolium Does it involve reviews of said Groop?
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| MementoMori Never heard of them tbh. Their sound as summarised on their Wikipage sounds rather idionsyncratic though. Why mention them?
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 | AnimalsAsSummit https://medicalrecords.bandcamp.com/album/kitty-mr-048About to add it to the database
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| budgie is baguette and cheese considered strange and exotic
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| Trifolium It is! There are hills and everything. Very weird for a guy from the mud plains of the Rhine. That sounds like it could be amazing Johnny I'm curious now.
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| Trifolium Are they good? They sound weird! I'll do it when I return home from Denmark.
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 | Inoculaeted Thanks for that Slint shoutout. Really clicked for me yesterday. Wound up listening to it like 5 times and watched that Breadcrumb Trail documentary. What a wild thing to have occurred in 91.
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| AnimalsAsSummit Check out my EP I put out in April, I was listening to that a lot when I made that. And this one will but it ain't here yet! https://www.sputnikmusic.com/soundoff.php?albumid=366086#aAlso check out Planet DOB and La Lu La Roo by Date of Birth. And the album Kitty by Kitty is very much in that vein, an amazing album, idk if it's on this site but I can link you the bandcamp. I will most likely have to add it. And it's not the same Kitty artist on this site lol
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 | Bedex ever checked Panda Riot? Feel like you might dig
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 | heyadam the states are on fire and in pure chaos as per usual lmao. dude nice, ALT right? How?s that been for you? I?m still planning on making a move in February that way, but the rona made job leads a little bit more ambiguous lol
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| JefferyBigglestein https://sputnikmusic.fandom.com/wiki/Tentenko i started it will finish working on it later
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| heyadam how u hanging over in good ole nihon?
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| Bedex mmmh no I'd rather have his recs and let him have the dream pop chart title :[
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| Bedex johnny now that you're staff can you hack into the belly of the sputnik machine and tell me how much more dream pop I have to jam before it finally appears on my chart thanku
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| budgie if you dont like me that means youre an auhhh an uh i uh
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| Inoculaeted Slint is interesting on first listen (hard to believe that came out in 91), but what's clear is that you and I have a very different perception of what constitutes a creepy guitar riff.
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 | parksungjoon could do lexi's server if u dont mind a "public" place (its not a personal topic in any way)
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| parksungjoon apropos of nothing, theres a serious non music topic id like to get a uk-based perspective on. not for any writing just for my own personal edification
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| parksungjoon urban dance is a recent album so i havent heard it. i'll try to check a bit when i can and see if i know anything. im not that knowledgeable on noise tbh.
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| budgie dude i ****ing hate that album lol. vocals sound like pigs***. everything is so cheesy and offensively bad
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| budgie should bump that mum rating some more 8D
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 | Lord(e)Po)))ts It's all metallic and shiny on the actual vinyl its pretty dope. And lmao yeah that is one of the funniest moments in all of twin peaks. Right up there with breakfast with dougie
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 | someone it's been exactly 3333 days since you joined. congrats and bye
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| Lord(e)Po)))ts It's one of those albums that gets added andd every so often for not meeting some arbitrary criteria lol. I like both versions. The vinyl art for the us version is amazing
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| parksungjoon i am liking it so far but i dont really have any point of reference for why its good
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| budgie ugh i wanted a baguette too
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| Trifolium Yeah they rule so hard man, what a lovely group. It had been some time for me too. Turned out it was exactly what I needed as a soundtrack for today. They don't have many types of bread in Japan?
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| Trifolium I'm having the best day ever. Making lamb stew and baguettes for my parents and my bf while jamming the whole Supercar discog on shuffle. Yeeeesssssssss. So many great tunes, and so diverse!
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| budgie HUMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM ????
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| Aberf listen to LLLL - Impure
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 | dimsim3478 Rodeo Tandem Beat Specter or Gear Blues are the best starting points imo. but live clips on youtube are essential cuz they were much better live vs. in the studio. despite their abrasive sound they were one of the biggest rock bands of the 90s in japan, so you gotta hear em
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| dimsim3478 yo! have you heard Thee Michelle Gun Elephant?
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 | SowingSeason Bold insinuating that Coldplay aren't perfect already. I'm good...adapting to life without review writing. Resisting the urge to 5 everything. The usual.
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| someone A list of 100 emo whatevers you have not heard
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 | BenThatsMyJamin Haha maybe that was a bit harsh, I completely lost that thread amongst the three Punisher ones I commented on lol but it seems to have blown up
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| budgie butts, butts, butts, butts, butts, butts butts butts tststsststs
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 | Gyromania first thoughts listening to it were "goodbye nick cave" haha. i'm a total sucker for this kind of melancholic stuff
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| Gyromania stay cruel is just gorgeous. definitely a soty contender rn
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| Lord(e)Po)))ts Bruh first u want me to write a list now it's a whole ****in book!!!?
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| Lord(e)Po)))ts In 2015 or so when I got 55000 comments the first time XD
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| Trifolium Hmmmmmmmmm. I guess I'll stick with my first instinct then and keep Ping Pong. Diagonals is so lovely though Johnny! Or does 'least fave' in this case not necessarily mean 'dislike'?
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| Trifolium Oh no Johnny help me. I'm in doubt now about my Stereolab pick for Ars. Should I stay with Ping Pong or go for Diagonals? What would convert Ars do you think? Ping Pong is goofier and he loves that, but Diagonals is so good and eclectic and he'd love that too. He needs Stereolab in his life and we need him on our side. It's better for everyone.
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| someone that's alright, but i will the email shout now, if you don't mind
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 | FR33L0RD Hi, yep Erik Satie - Gymnopédies melodies are profoundly beautiful, imo.Your passion for music is very palpable on a pretty broad palette of genre. It is admirable, i think, we dont recognize that fact enoughly. A lot of users dig LP, bands, genre that some knowledgeable users like you share with us. So, i can say thank you kindly m8. Cheers
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 | Pheromone Hello Johnny the dude - what's the staff policy on putting notable bootlegs up now-adays? Is it still a big thumbs down
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 | Lucman Johnny, why do I see no The Pillows albums in your ratings? You should get that fixed.
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| Trifolium Eehm Johnny, did they release any bad material at all? Stereolab? Six albums in so far and I'm looking at a sea of 4.0s and so much potential for 4.5s and even 5.0s. Haven't heard the debut yet, and am just about to finish with Sound-Dust. What a lovely group.
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 | Observer Ive heard of it yeah, but cant remember what it sounds like. Will look into it after my prog rock binge
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 | butt. Sorry mate, started a new job recently and been hella busy. Think someone else might be able to take the helm?
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| Trifolium True. Always so weird to think that something I find so appealing, so immediately directly making me want to move around weirdly, I can barely resist this urge AAAH; that something like that can be dull or ineffective to others. But it happens. And for sure, I'm going to check their other stuff too! So far I've disliked absolutely nothing of the four albums I've checked.
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| Trifolium III KNOOOOWWWW!!! It's soo good man, incredible. Why aren't they more well-known and revered by all?! Those grooves!! And everything that's nice about the 90s is there! Hmmmmmmm!!!!
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| Trifolium Omg Johnny thanks so much for making me check Stereolab! At Random Noises now, and Jenny Ondioline is ssoooooooooo goooooood. My goodness... Lovely band.
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 | GhandhiLion Why haven't you rated Buffalo Daughter yet?
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| dedex The way Ichiko murmurs "arigato" in 0% is a mystic experience in and of itself
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 | JustJoe. feel free to let me know if you need help badgering folks i can certainly be of assistance
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| JustJoe. all joking aside take your time and i look forward to the finished product
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| JustJoe. i only said those things with love in my heart :)
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| JustJoe. release the album of the decade list now even though i don?t care that much
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 | onionbubs heres the blue sky noise blurb https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ym6-BA3ZYivLd5Z2ePh-wy6Vjxhrp5ApRyGKZPK2dIA/edit?usp=sharing
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| onionbubs yea ill try to get it to you today or tomorrow
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 | OmairSh Yao my man. How's it going? Any tentative date on when the AOTD list will be released?
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 | GhostB1rd https://matadornetwork.com/read/japan-tourism-post-covid-19/
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| onionbubs aight ill get on that when do you need it?
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| onionbubs oh s*** hadnt gone on in a bit you still need someone to write it?
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| OmairSh Haha I'm sure any Anathema soundoff by Johnny wouldn't be boring :-D.
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| Lord(e)Po)))ts Lol. I dunno did you play/like the game? It's a great more modern game soundtrack but it's still a soundtrack so that comes with a lot of limitations and structural differences. In that regard its not on the same level as any of his proper lps imo. But I rarely care much about soundtracks out of context.
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| OmairSh Let me know if the link doesn't work, it should though!
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| OmairSh Here ya go man, really sorry again for the delay :-/ https://docs.google.com/document/d/18MgjVzq1faEFdY6w91GwAq5Ar53KiZUR6BRnhNmBfwc/edit?usp=sharing
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 | Demon of the Fall Ah right thanks. Yeah I could just choose one and I?m sure they will tell me if it?s taken. Softening up my image slightly, username/av combo was too metal-centric.
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| Demon of the Fall Hey Johnny. Quick question: how do I ascertain whether a username is taken or not? Thinking of changing mine. I didn't think this was important enough for the meds thread.
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 | Mongi123 Ayy man where?s that top 20 list at haha
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 | DoofDoof Jess Williamson same score as Hats hurts
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| Gyromania How do I live in a bubble? Genuinely curious.
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 | BaselineOOO I'm so surprised (in an awkward way) you didn't 4d he(r)art...
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| Trifolium ...ok, perhaps Ionized is his best track. No I don't know. I still think Mass Transit Railway is the best ambient track. The more techno-y ones are even harder to rank. The dude is too good.
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| Trifolium Yes the B E S T . I would bold/underline/italics if possible but you know the deal. Good, Momentum is amazing. I love this dude so much, haha! This one was from his debut, an early career highlight.
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| Trifolium Dear Johnny, please accept this link, it is probably the Best Ambient Electronic Piece Ever: https://youtu.be/tfpZpBgA3ys Sincerely yours, Trifolium.
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 | benkim Hi man, sorry not been around for a while. I'm a pretty bad writer too! Don't know whether I can be of much help
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| BaselineOOO yea, it smashes NYC to pieces! and definitely I will give it a spin!
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| BaselineOOO Will you review For Tracy Hyde - he(r)art and mention below that I've recommended it to you?
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| OmairSh If it's urgent and you have someone else that can churn it quicker so that you're not held back, then I have no issue with that. But I know it's short notice for someone, that's why I'm aiming to send it myself. Just thought I'd suggest an alternate option if it's urgent
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| OmairSh Hey Johnny I'm very sorry man, been bed ridden for a few days, throwing up, not fun. I feel really bad for holding you up man, I'm going to try and send you the Anathema soundoff within the next couple of days if that's alright. Sorry again man, don't know how it got this bad
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 | SandwichBubble I'm listening to that one right now and it's really solid. Average on RYM is ass, average on sput is a bit generous.
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| SandwichBubble Sput being sput with that "??????," I'm assuming you're talking about one of the albums with japanese characters in the title?
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| SandwichBubble Yes! At least to me it was (your results may vary). Bit more lo-fi, but it's got some punk energy. | Will be working through the second half of their discography today. So far, band is quality. Good pick!
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 | theBoneyKing Sent in my blurb on the Discord. Let me know if there are any issues (it's 995 characters, counting spaces and my username but I can trim it more if you need).
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| butt. haha yeah for The Monitor, but like what is the writing for? Are you putting something big together?
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 | Sunnyvale Here's the edited version: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1DhNRwxeib57-TLzFcV7XtST-m-jb0-lM29T2qQnDIK4/edit?usp=sharing
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| butt. I could potentially find time to do it later tonight, what?s the blurb for??
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| Sunnyvale Sure. What's the limit? I was thinking 1800 characters
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| Sunnyvale Hey there! Here's my Titanic Rising blurb: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1DhNRwxeib57-TLzFcV7XtST-m-jb0-lM29T2qQnDIK4/edit?usp=sharing
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| theBoneyKing Consider me interested! I wont call myself much of a writer but if its an album I know and love well enough Id be happy to put some words down! When would you need it?
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| Sunnyvale Actually, sure, I could do that. Love that album! Just narrowly listed my 20 selections for the decade. When do you need it by?
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| Sunnyvale Absolutely, thanks man! Let me know if you need anything else
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| Sunnyvale Great, here's the link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1q52W8dO2_wpUlsJG_ZsldXlSGnj-sqSqYJowu5Q10O8/edit?usp=sharing
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| OmairSh Hey Johnny, really sorry man, been feeling like absolute s*** the past few days, stomach bug. Can I send the Anathema review by end of day? When are you uploading the list? Sorry man I feel bad
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| Sunnyvale Hey man! Review for Lost In The Dream is all set. Do you just want the Google Doc link in your shoutbox?
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| Pheromone Hello bro - In regards to the AE review, I'll hopefully have it done pretty soon, but maybe not for tomorrow depending. I found out two days ago that I'd been accepted for a research programme so I'm working on trying to get a Proposal for that in by the 12th, so pretty hectic few days. Sunday / Monday latest if that's okay xo
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 | Storm In A Teacup I see. If I had the ability I would probably never rate anything a 3.4 or 3.5. Nothing is replayable to me if it?s not at least a 3.6 and nothing that is boring but sometimes good is ever good enough to get a whole 3.5 from me it would be a 3.3 at best.
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| Aberf I tried to make an audio version of your review, and it only took me 30 minutes to finish.
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| parksungjoon youd have a field day with the lyrics on 2000s onward megadeth... not to mention https://grantland.com/hollywood-prospectus/dave-mustaine-tk/
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 | CharacterMusings If it's not too late to do the Swans writeup for AOTD, I would love to!
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| JustJoe. love in that interview how it?s like ?were the strong themes of this or that an intentional choice? then she?s like ?nah it just got that way somehow or whatever?
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| SandwichBubble BBcode doesn't work (I think), but all the unicode characters (like emojis and stuff) do work. There's a couple of english language sets that use unicode characters, here's a text generator you can use: https://qaz.wtf/u/convert.cgi | Like that interview, curt responses. I'll be going through her stuff starting tomorrow (or today depending on if I have time).
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 | BroFro https://docs.google.com/document/d/1S7PYBfJZEDE-YA6MtX3xv1_yz0CyMFfvnyJvV_XpDmI/edit?usp=sharing check it, here's my blurb. wasn't sure what to do about italics/quotes for song titles and what not, let me know if it needs some editing
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| dedex hello please listen to Monobody k thx bye bye
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 | SlothcoreSam You need to check this Japanese instrumental album. It's awesome. About Tess- Song of the Bird. Might be my first instrumental 5!
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| Storm In A Teacup Moonlit Sailor is A post-rock so you would 3.8 it I'm sure. Fav song by them: Colors In Stereo
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| SandwichBubble Yep! I'll also be going through Tujiko Noriko's stuff after (if I can find it, I haven't checked yet).
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| Trifolium Hahaha yeah, the amount of 5.0s it has already collected is quite something. The hype is real. Sitting at a comfortable 3.0 at the moment for me. Love the melodic lines, drumming is cool, don't actively dislike the vox. That's already a lot of praise from me for this genre!
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| Trifolium Exactly! They've been around for a while. I'll go for the latest one then, and see where that takes me. First sitting through my second listen of the new Ulcerate, Sputcore to the max, and I'm unexpectedly enjoying it, although it is one big, huge, monotonous slog too.
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| Trifolium Oh man that sounds good. Did you know them already? Haven't ever heard of them before.
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| Trifolium Thankssssss, on the list it goes! Looks very promising!
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| Sunnyvale Sounds good, thanks man. I'll get on that!
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| Sunnyvale Unfortunately don't have a Discord, here would probably be better
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| Sunnyvale Definitely can write a Lost In The Dream blurb, any specific requirements I should be aware of?
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 | Egarran https://imgur.com/a/Ju9yTLz
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| OmairSh Consider it done amigo. Thanks for asking me to do it fellow Anathema loving brethren :-)
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| OmairSh Google doc works for me! When do you need it by? I'm going to add the album to my current playlist now. Been a minute
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 | bludngorevidal Thanks, just found the instructions! My full username is incorpxand#7846 if you need to add me to a submissions channel btw
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| BroFro Sounds good, I will shoot you the doc link later this week
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| BroFro Hey, I'm down to write blurb
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| OmairSh Cool, sounds good to me man! What's discord?
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| bludngorevidal Shamefully, I've just made a discord. My username is incorpxand
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| bludngorevidal Absolutely, would love to contribute! Let me know of the logistical details and I can get to work.
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| Mongi123 Gotcha I?ll start putting it together today
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| OmairSh Oooh but of course haha. Is this a list that you're working on for yourself, or is it on behalf of sput?
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| OmairSh Yoo, cool cool man! Which album have you shortlisted? And when do you need it by?
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| Trifolium It must have been these guys and gal: https://www.sputnikmusic.com/soundoff.php?albumid=4331 Very 90s, very Swedish, I love them.
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 | Pikazilla Hello, fren! I'd love to, but alas, I'll be inundated with work starting from tomorrow. I'll be extremely busy for two weeks or so - won't even have time to sput properly. Sorry :(
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| Mongi123 I?ll hop on later after I wrote it. Just woke up and everyone?s asleep in my house ahaha
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| Mongi123 Awesome I?m glad that made the list! And no problem but how do I submit it?
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| Bedex Johnny you are staff now you don't have to vote by 0.5s any more
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| DoofDoof Sorry, just not feeling it - I already write one blurb a week on my Band of the Week list on RYM, I have become quite lazy with longer write ups.
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| Mongi123 Hey buddy! Which one is it?lord knows I have the time lol I could do it tomorrow
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| Lord(e)Po)))ts Next year I really think you should subvert everything and get the votes in but then give the blurbs to people who hate each album so they can explain why its s***
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| Lord(e)Po)))ts On a similar vibe check the best one hit wonder track ever Subcoincent Lamentation by Payfone and Tigerlight.
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| Lord(e)Po)))ts Retractions in the plastic pulse is probably the best 20 minute song ever
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