You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
st. patrick's day mainly exists as an excuse for 6th graders to punch you and for vast numbers of men in green plastic bowler hats to get plastered en masse
i always find it kind of weird how everyone around here celebrates St Patrick's, but you rarely see anyone celebrating St David's or St George's
or like how in The Nightmare Before Christmas there's no 4th of July door but there is a St Patrick's door
nobody who isn't Scottish celebrates Burns Night, but give people an excuse to get drunk and they'll celebrate it no matter what their nationality, i guess
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
I think I've become the only American who regularly says "crikey"
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
It seems to have stemmed from my temptation to say "Christ!" all the time, paired with the realization that not everyone I know IRL would appreciate that
also i'm pretty sure Modest Mouse is not "the epitome of a band you would never, ever hear on the radio"
this dude really has a super-limited scope, doesn't he?
He's talking about Top 40 pop radio. They are exactly the kind of band that you hear played endlessly on your average college broadcast or independent music station. But at that point in time, in that context, they were definitely a bit of a curiosity, especially considering that some of their work is just odd by any reasonable standard. I mean, even "Float On" still has Isaac Brock singing, which is... well, he's generally either yelping or barking roughly in tune.
Mind you, I certainly don't find them that weird. Caroliner are weird. Sun Ra is weird. But by hit turn-of-the-millennium pop/rock standards, Modest Mouse aren't normal either--which I think was precisely the appeal.
But yeah, One Hit Wonderland is a fun little thingum. I really liked the one on "Tubthumping", even if I have one or two bones to pick with it.
They do now, but in 2004, they didn't. That was Sredni's point.
Yeah, this. They were a bit of a fluke in the same way that Nirvana were a fluke. The difference is that the latter fluke became a trend, whereas the former... didn't really? In the sense of having flocks of would-be imitators saturating the airwaves.
They do now, but in 2004, they didn't. That was Sredni's point.
Yeah, this. They were a bit of a fluke in the same way that Nirvana were a fluke. The difference is that the latter fluke became a trend, whereas the former... didn't really? In the sense of having flocks of would-be imitators saturating the airwaves.
It didn't help that Modest Mouse got lumped in with the post-punk revival trend that happened around the same time, to the point where they got Johnny Marr to help them capture that sort of sound on their next album.
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or like how in The Nightmare Before Christmas there's no 4th of July door but there is a St Patrick's door
nobody who isn't Scottish celebrates Burns Night, but give people an excuse to get drunk and they'll celebrate it no matter what their nationality, i guess
YNTKT
me (orange) kicking the collective asses of the rest of the Indian subcontinent.
y u disappear
it's been 2 years since the hiatus started I need closure ;_;
and i hate it
apparently not even Australians say it very often
Ri-dee-uh
Tea-fuh.
Assassin poems, Poems that shoot
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