Absolute style over substance, laughably bad lyricist as well.
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Christian rock contains no deep cuts!
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Yeah I’m on that page with Nick Cave as well. It’s too studied…in a Black Dahlia / American Gothic sort of sense.
I don’t think he lacks talent, I just don’t buy into his schtick.
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I’ve always felt this about Nick Cave. Melbourne private school junkie ethos cosplaying Johnny Cash, Southern Gothic and the Devil. Publishes terrible books. Heralded by fawning fans. Finally humbled by personal tragedy and admits what I’d suspected all along - that he was consumed with self importance. Having said all of that, “The Mercy Seat” is one of the greatest songs ever written.
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A fan (not fawning) writes: And yet there is a body of interesting varied creative work going back 40+ years that (and yes art is not a competition) stands up against anyone of the time. His late period reflections on what it is to be human are IMO quite profound and the connection with a huge base of people through it is at times quite moving. Its certainly checked his ego, which we all get at one time or another moving through life.
Its fine to just not like his music tho, its all subjective after all.
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Screws that are so small and tight-in; you forget which way to turn them and curse the idea of ever doing DIY
The screw in question. Finally got it. Three rounds of WD40. Convinced I was turning it the wrong way.
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Oh I’m not disputing his humanity, especially his connection to fans through grief. I’ve seen the interviews on YouTube. He’s a man who’s been through an awful lot.
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Can’t stand him myself, but what I really dont get is the fawning adoration he inspires. All he has to do is fart and he’s on the front page of the Guardian
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These type of hi fi bannana plug soon fell apart after one use on my mobile system which is using 1960’s speakers.
Better to loose the screw and solder in the wire. Try and source Radio Spares (RS) brass with a decent nickel plate if you do this again, they are cheaper and better the ones shown.
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This bullshit from people who likely haven’t been to a club in decades…
I love the idea that young “ravers” have a desire to drink “designer cocktail”, and would even be able to afford that in the current economic climate.
The bashing of youth culture clubbing by people who really should know better is something i definitely don’t get. It smacks of out of touch people inventing things to annoy themselves.
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Oh God yeah. Such Facebook group BS. I really hate the way Gen X seems to think it’s the gatekeeper for everything ‘authentic’ 
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‘Tis kinda true though. I’m not bashing, but clubbing experiences seem very different these days. Image is everything. Back then, the music was.
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Spend a week in Ibiza. He’s not actually that far off…
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But what are you comparing to what?
If you are comparing some large scale edm festival to some basement with a red light and feeling from your own past, well… that is hardly the same thing is it?
In terms of this boomer post from facebook, they are specifically talking about their own past as ravers from the early to mid 90s.
So this would be comparable to, in my neck of the woods, Sully playing at the Bongo Club here in Edinburgh on Friday. Which to my eyes looked exactly the same as any jungle/rave/D&B type night i can remember.
I can’t even think of any example of “Image is everything” from the night at all.
And again, what are you conflating? Why are we comparing commercial megaclubbing to, presumably, underground clubbing?
Are you both saying that commercial clubbing used to be all about the music, and not about image?
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If there are kids as passionate as we were that’s brilliant, but feels to me like deep house music and the club culture that went with it is the preserve of older people, and possibly heading for extinction in these festie driven times
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This phrase does a lot of heavy lifting in this forum, you obviously want very much for it to be true.
Young people gather to dance to music still, even if it is in less numbers than before.
600+ went to see a DJ called Minna play here on Saturday night, and she played a set of disco and deep house classics, to a crowd of 18-25 year olds.
I am slightly cursed in that i work in a field that means i am constantly speaking to promoters and djs of all ages about specifically who is playing where, what numbers they did and exactly what they were playing.
Obviously you’re probably not going to be rocking up to a party filled with 18-25 year olds to check up on what is going on, but assuming that everyone is just posing for photos to post on instagram everywhere is a bit of a reach.
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I have a few gen z raver friends here in Seattle and they are amazing…there is a great underground scene going on right now and what I love is the openness - we send each other music all day and they are just as open to old school business as new stuff. I haven’t been to some of the outdoor mini festivals but have seen pics and reports and they look incredible–art installations, communal food, only friends of friends < 150 people etc. My good friend came back from one describing the sun coming up while someone was playing a song about “driving away from home”. Good kids…
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It’s comparing the 1990s to the 2000s. I don’t disagree with what it says. Things and people are different now. Not to say one is better than the other because you can’t experience both equally unless you have a time machine as a huge factor is how old you were when you experienced it.
Are you now, to misquote your own very memorable phrase, indulging in performative anti-boomerism?!
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Well spotted, I am!
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