harrys_balzac
@harrys_balzac@lemmy.dbzer0.com
- Comment on As someone who is aging. Late thirties. How can I keep my finger on the pulse of current trends, particularly in music? 4 days ago:
Yeah, it’s been years since I went to a show. Went to see Grouplove a couple of months ago and nobody I knew was familiar with them (very sad) so I decided to fly solo. Going to see Bleachers soon. Again, by myself.
Imgur will help your meme game, though not your sex appeal.
On here, I just started searching for things like “indie,” “alternative”, etc. I haven’t really come across too many communities dedicated to individual bands…well, none that I am interested in. YMMV.
SoundCloud has been worth the subscription fee, imo.
- Comment on As someone who is aging. Late thirties. How can I keep my finger on the pulse of current trends, particularly in music? 4 days ago:
It depends on which algo/service. Pandora and I have never meshed so I just avoid that one. YouTube occasionally tosses a good one in my feed. Spotify does well enough that I pay. SoundCloud is probably my favorite.
Aside from that, I’m subscribed to a few music communities here. That has widened my net. Same with imgur - 99% of the time I’m there for the memes but occasionally someone will post something that helps me find a new band.
I’ve gotten back into going to concerts. I go by myself and end up meeting bunches of new people and we all end up talking about music, sharing the names of our favorite tracks and bands.
You’re going to have to blaze your own trail. There’s so much new music being made every day that it’s very much a “needle in a haystack” thing.
Plus, don’t automatically rule out a band because they’re not new. That is, Alien Ant Farm was never on my radar until last year. Their cover of “Smooth Criminal” hit my SoundCloud recommendations. It’s from before MJ died…anyway, I’ve listened to some of their stuff and added some to my playlists.
Keep your ears and mind open.
- Comment on ‘Furiosa’ First Reactions Say It’s a Stunning Powerhouse (But No ‘Fury Road’) 1 week ago:
Someone call the Romanians. Andrew Tate has gotten his hands on a contraband cell phone.
- Comment on What is the Anti Commercial-Al license and why do people keep adding it to their comments? 2 weeks ago:
That was my thought as well.
Now that I understand it, I’ll be able to block the bloc of boneheads.
I know that a broken clock is right twice a day but using a broken clock is just dumb. Out of the 1440 minutes in a day, it gets 1438 of them wrong? Broken clocks get binned.
- Comment on Just don't 3 weeks ago:
Don’t tell me how to live my life! You’re not even my real dad!
- Comment on I bought frozen BBQ eel and the best before date says LJ349. What does this mean? 4 weeks ago:
Where I work, we use a date like that. The only difference is the letters are at the end.
- Comment on I bought frozen BBQ eel and the best before date says LJ349. What does this mean? 4 weeks ago:
Would LJ be the year code and 349 the Julian date?
- Comment on Hypersensitive tankie mod 5 weeks ago:
Something similar happened to me with a community on hexbear. Never posted but I already had a ban. The mods must have seen a comment or something on a different community on the instance. Some of the mods there are just as think skinned as on ml.
- Comment on Next on the hydraulic press channel! 5 weeks ago:
You got paid? We used to have to pay for the privilege of being crushed to death at work.
- Comment on I just want to view the recipe 5 weeks ago:
Just like television - the ads are the content; the shows are the filler.
- Comment on Larian publishing director on mass layoffs: 'None of these companies are at risk of going bankrupt. They were just at risk of pissing off the shareholders' 5 weeks ago:
Is this Todd Howards or Bobby Koticks burner account?
- Comment on 3 days 🤯 1 month ago:
This is the kind of person who thinks you can grow and sell a million tomatoes in one year. It’s all about “the hustle” - physics and reality be damned.
- Comment on Windows users don't want copilot on their taskbar 1 month ago:
Exactly. It’s Microsoft ffs. They don’t care what consumers want. The only time they do anything truly beneficial is when the EU makes them.
- Comment on Derps of Tiktok 1 month ago:
It sure beats raising cattle
- Comment on No Man's Sky Orbital Update brings full ship customisation and a complete space station overhaul 1 month ago:
I got it off GamePass back in November 2020 for my One S and played it a lot. Work has kept me busy so I’ve had less time but I have bought it twice since then - once for PS5 and then when I bought my Series X.
It’s been worth it. I don’t play multiplayer much and I’ve missed most of the Expeditions but I enjoy it a lot every time I play.
You can follow the quests or not. I honestly enjoy exploring the different planets. The graphics are good. On my PS5 save, my home base is on a planet where the grass glows when the wind sweeps across it at night.
I’ll sit and just watch it throughout the game night.
- Comment on Okay, but Mötley is a pretty awesome name. 1 month ago:
Exactly. Karlach definitely goes on the “best baby names” list.
I work with a woman whose name is very close to Jaheira. It’s kinda kick-ass actually.
- Comment on Okay, but Mötley is a pretty awesome name. 1 month ago:
Definitely a stripper name.