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Re: Dark Matter: Official Album Thread
Posted: Tue April 09, 2024 8:07 pm
by Monkey_Driven
tragabigzanda wrote:Monkey_Driven wrote:I'm still hopeful there will be 4-5 good to great songs and enough live performances to elevate some of the lesser and/or poorly produced tracks.
is there a "hang in there" cat poster in your home? please be honest.
No, cats are dumb.
Re: Dark Matter: Official Album Thread
Posted: Tue April 09, 2024 8:07 pm
by Ms Harmless
I thought Ruddo was talking about fish batter for a sec, I couldn't work it out
Re: Dark Matter: Official Album Thread
Posted: Tue April 09, 2024 8:08 pm
by tragabigzanda
Re: Dark Matter: Official Album Thread
Posted: Tue April 09, 2024 8:09 pm
by tragabigzanda
Re: Dark Matter: Official Album Thread
Posted: Tue April 09, 2024 8:10 pm
by Ms Harmless
tragabigzanda wrote:RockPusher wrote:E.H. Ruddock wrote:RockPusher wrote:E.H. Ruddock wrote:Anders wrote:Think the best is yet to come.
We're running out of songs
Lol we've heard barely more than 10% of the album
When a batter is 0 for 3, there isn't much faith he'll have many hits later in the game!
While many here would argue that the batter has had at least 1 hit in those three at-bats, what you've described is not really how baseball works. Even Barry Bonds would have 0-3 moments. This is a small sample size problem. What I would say is, look at the career numbers, and look at recent seasons. Did you think that Gigaton (their last season) was good? Do you think that their overall career numbers are good? Finally, are you unwilling to look past their hideous uniforms (the production) to see what they are actually doing on the field?
(apologies for stretching this metaphor past its breaking point)
uniforms ≠ production. To go back to your Mona Lisa analogy, the production is the paint; the compositions are the woman.
eh, not really
Re: Dark Matter: Official Album Thread
Posted: Tue April 09, 2024 8:12 pm
by tragabigzanda
Re: Dark Matter: Official Album Thread
Posted: Tue April 09, 2024 8:13 pm
by Ms Harmless
tragabigzanda wrote:Ms Harmless wrote:tragabigzanda wrote:RockPusher wrote:E.H. Ruddock wrote:RockPusher wrote:E.H. Ruddock wrote:Anders wrote:Think the best is yet to come.
We're running out of songs
Lol we've heard barely more than 10% of the album
When a batter is 0 for 3, there isn't much faith he'll have many hits later in the game!
While many here would argue that the batter has had at least 1 hit in those three at-bats, what you've described is not really how baseball works. Even Barry Bonds would have 0-3 moments. This is a small sample size problem. What I would say is, look at the career numbers, and look at recent seasons. Did you think that Gigaton (their last season) was good? Do you think that their overall career numbers are good? Finally, are you unwilling to look past their hideous uniforms (the production) to see what they are actually doing on the field?
(apologies for stretching this metaphor past its breaking point)
uniforms ≠ production. To go back to your Mona Lisa analogy, the production is the paint; the compositions are the woman.
eh, not really
yes, really
the production is the varnish / gloss / fixative
the paint and the woman are one
Re: Dark Matter: Official Album Thread
Posted: Tue April 09, 2024 8:14 pm
by E.H. Ruddock
tragabigzanda wrote:Monkey_Driven wrote:tragabigzanda wrote:Monkey_Driven wrote:I'm still hopeful there will be 4-5 good to great songs and enough live performances to elevate some of the lesser and/or poorly produced tracks.
is there a "hang in there" cat poster in your home? please be honest.
No, cats are dumb.
ok shots fired

Re: Dark Matter: Official Album Thread
Posted: Tue April 09, 2024 8:15 pm
by Ms Harmless
I love artful production, it's a gift, but it's not a dealbreaker for me if production is purely functional
Re: Dark Matter: Official Album Thread
Posted: Tue April 09, 2024 8:15 pm
by tragabigzanda
Re: Dark Matter: Official Album Thread
Posted: Tue April 09, 2024 8:16 pm
by Ms Harmless
tragabigzanda wrote:Ms Harmless wrote:tragabigzanda wrote:Ms Harmless wrote:tragabigzanda wrote:RockPusher wrote:E.H. Ruddock wrote:RockPusher wrote:E.H. Ruddock wrote:Anders wrote:Think the best is yet to come.
We're running out of songs
Lol we've heard barely more than 10% of the album
When a batter is 0 for 3, there isn't much faith he'll have many hits later in the game!
While many here would argue that the batter has had at least 1 hit in those three at-bats, what you've described is not really how baseball works. Even Barry Bonds would have 0-3 moments. This is a small sample size problem. What I would say is, look at the career numbers, and look at recent seasons. Did you think that Gigaton (their last season) was good? Do you think that their overall career numbers are good? Finally, are you unwilling to look past their hideous uniforms (the production) to see what they are actually doing on the field?
(apologies for stretching this metaphor past its breaking point)
uniforms ≠ production. To go back to your Mona Lisa analogy, the production is the paint; the compositions are the woman.
eh, not really
yes, really
the production is the varnish / gloss / fixative
the paint and the woman are one
No ma'am. The woman and the composition are the idea. Everything else is a tool used for committing the idea to a medium.
composition and "idea" are two completely different things!!
Re: Dark Matter: Official Album Thread
Posted: Tue April 09, 2024 8:17 pm
by Ms Harmless
it really sounds to me like you prize production over and above what the band actually did
Re: Dark Matter: Official Album Thread
Posted: Tue April 09, 2024 8:18 pm
by tragabigzanda
Re: Dark Matter: Official Album Thread
Posted: Tue April 09, 2024 8:20 pm
by Ms Harmless
what the band played was the craft, the painting
making that painting presentable, preservable, and another third p... that's a different craft
craft 2. might be shit, but if I can still see craft 1. through it, I'm happy
Re: Dark Matter: Official Album Thread
Posted: Tue April 09, 2024 8:21 pm
by Ms Harmless
tragabigzanda wrote:Ms Harmless wrote:it really sounds to me like you prize production over and above what the band actually did
part-and-parcel with, not over and above
fair, thank you for your honesty
I feel differently, but I now understand your POV better
Re: Dark Matter: Official Album Thread
Posted: Tue April 09, 2024 8:24 pm
by E.H. Ruddock
wait, where does the easel fall in all of this?
Re: Dark Matter: Official Album Thread
Posted: Tue April 09, 2024 8:25 pm
by Ms Harmless
for me, performance is like 80% of the product; that means I can tolerate a lot of different production approaches, even if I prefer some over others
Re: Dark Matter: Official Album Thread
Posted: Tue April 09, 2024 8:25 pm
by Ms Harmless
E.H. Ruddock wrote:wait, where does the easel fall in all of this?
it doesn't, as long as it's made by Winsor & Newton
Re: Dark Matter: Official Album Thread
Posted: Tue April 09, 2024 8:25 pm
by E.H. Ruddock
RockPusher wrote:E.H. Ruddock wrote:RockPusher wrote:E.H. Ruddock wrote:Anders wrote:Think the best is yet to come.
We're running out of songs
Lol we've heard barely more than 10% of the album
When a batter is 0 for 3, there isn't much faith he'll have many hits later in the game!
While many here would argue that the batter has had at least 1 hit in those three at-bats, what you've described is not really how baseball works. Even Barry Bonds would have 0-3 moments. This is a small sample size problem. What I would say is, look at the career numbers, and look at recent seasons. Did you think that Gigaton (their last season) was good? Do you think that their overall career numbers are good? Finally, are you unwilling to look past their hideous uniforms (the production) to see what they are actually doing on the field?
(apologies for stretching this metaphor past its breaking point)
My dad is going to be really angry when he finds out I don't understand how baseball works.
Re: Dark Matter: Official Album Thread
Posted: Tue April 09, 2024 8:26 pm
by tragabigzanda