Always looking for new music.
He/they pronouns.
I’ve always thought “separate the art from the artist” should be a conversation, not a hard and fast rule. I’ve never heard White Freckles so I don’t really have an opinion on this. But if the track is meaningful and brings beauty to people’s lives, that’s valid despite the artist being a piece of shit.
There are some artists where I feel the artist’s behaviour does not outweigh the impact of their work on my life, for example Eric Clapton, but there are other artists where I feel their work stands up despite the artist’s actions (Prince, David Bowie).
It’s really good to see this. As a long-time metalhead who will never tolerate fascism and bigotry in this scene or anywhere else, I’m always enthused to see others push back against that bullshit too.
“sexual deviancy” aaah okay, you’ve shown us who you are now.
Who is the “you” in your statement? Who has done what, exactly, to threaten children in your view?
You know it’s okay to dress brightly, flamboyantly, dazzlingly and even fabulously too, right?
Steve Vai recently said this album should be studied for its intensity and intricacy.
This is an incredible album.
Let’s not forget the survivorship bias at play here. I don’t want to take this somewhere morbid, but the older people you know survived to make it to be old. There were people from their generation with undiagnosed issues that did not.
I understand your point but let’s not ignore that fossil fuel corporations have made campaign donations and contributions to legislators for as long as those corporations existed. Whether or not legislators totally bought into the FUD (and I’m not sure all did, the same way not everyone in the wider public discourse bought into it) it was literally not in their interests to legislate against fossil fuel.
So, yes, we should hold them responsible.
Climate change has been in the public discourse since at least the 80’s, so legislators did know. It just hasn’t been in their interests to acknowledge it.
Oh nice! I’m having to be careful with money at the moment, otherwise I’d have bought tickets for their UK tour too. I managed to see them last year with Pijn though, and they were great.
It’d be real nice if we could celebrate the fact that this is good news on an “uplifting news” community rather than devolving into whataboutism.
Oh sorry, a hob is a stove!
First off, I’m really sorry. There are a lot of things you can do just using a hob and one or two pans. One of my recent go-to meals involves frying up some vegetables (courgette/zucchini, peppers, some sweet potato etc), flavouring with some spices (cumin, dried chili) and herbs (thyme, basil) and then stiring that into some rice that’s been cooked in a saucepan with the lid on.
Add some egg and stir the rice through the vegetables in the frying pan if you want to make it egg-fried rice.
Microwaves are very efficient at heating food. Much more so than an oven or hob. They may not win awards for making things taste great but they’re incredibly useful when trying to cook with a limited budget.
I think this absolutely belongs here. Great band, great track. I love what Skindred do.
There are a lot of reasons, but I think this article does a good job of listing the main criticisms: https://www.themarysue.com/the-autism-speaks-controversy-explained/
But in a nutshell: