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Early Impressions

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theplatypus wrote:
Birds in Hell wrote:
bodysnatcher wrote:remember the backup singers for WMA?
I wish I didn’t.

It’s not just me that found that a little awkward and tokenistic, right?
I think every time they do something that involves a black person you call it tokenistic

what happened to that guy who accused several people of being racists bc they made fun of that shitty Basmati Blues trailer?
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bodysnatcher wrote:what happened to that guy who accused several people of being racists bc they made fun of that shitty Basmati Blues trailer?
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theplatypus wrote:
bodysnatcher wrote:what happened to that guy who accused several people of being racists bc they made fun of that shitty Basmati Blues trailer?
Tuolumne's still around
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theplatypus wrote:
Birds in Hell wrote:
bodysnatcher wrote:remember the backup singers for WMA?
I wish I didn’t.

It’s not just me that found that a little awkward and tokenistic, right?
I think every time they do something that involves a black person you call it tokenistic
Well, yeah.

This still makes me so uncomfortable I wish the Earth would retrospectively open up and swallow everyone involved:

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Relax about it you weirdo
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Birds in Hell wrote:
theplatypus wrote:
Birds in Hell wrote:
bodysnatcher wrote:remember the backup singers for WMA?
I wish I didn’t.

It’s not just me that found that a little awkward and tokenistic, right?
I think every time they do something that involves a black person you call it tokenistic
Well, yeah.

This still makes me so uncomfortable I wish the Earth would retrospectively open up and swallow everyone involved:

They have done so many strange things over the years, so nothing is surprising anymore.
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The Jay-Z thing was awesome. The WMA thing was failed virtue signalling. Entirely different.
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Oh yeah, they’re both terrible in their own distinct way.
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Got Some wrote:https://www.alternativenation.net/did-pearl-jam-member-just-offer-first-look-at-new-album/
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Future sonics
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E.H. Ruddock wrote:Future sonics
That's a company that makes terribly inconsistent metronomes.
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How is a picture of Matt's drum kit a "first look"? I'd imagine he has it set up pretty much all the time, and plays it pretty regularly.
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Bi_3 wrote:
E.H. Ruddock wrote:Future sonics
That's a company that makes terribly inconsistent metronomes.
*insert Matt Cameron joke here*
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darth_vedder wrote:How is a picture of Matt's drum kit a "first look"?
It's AlternativeNation.net, that's how.

That guy is painful.
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darth_vedder wrote:How is a picture of Matt's drum kit a "first look"? I'd imagine he has it set up pretty much all the time, and plays it pretty regularly.
They have basically given up the whole album for free with that picture.
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we only care about the merch and vinyl reissues anyways
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E.H. Ruddock wrote:
Bi_3 wrote:
E.H. Ruddock wrote:Future sonics
That's a company that makes terribly inconsistent metronomes.
*insert Matt Cameron joke here*
*see above*
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Alternative Nation is the Breitbart or Infowars of music blogs.
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Could we instigate a site-wide ban on linking to Alternative Nation? I'm serious, the clickbait they produced in the wake of Chris Cornell's death was despicable.
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