Vespair
@Vespair@lemmy.zip
Formerly @Vespair@lemm.ee
- Comment on Aspergers officinalis 1 day ago:
I’ve never understood this meme. Like what did you expect them to look like, and why is this apparently alarming?
- Comment on Damn it 4 days ago:
I love squab
- Comment on See their point 6 days ago:
Glad to help! I wasn’t kidding when I said I basically always enjoy getting to talk about music 😅
- Comment on See their point 1 week ago:
I’m about to go on a trip so I only have a brief moment to answer this, I’m sorry, but here are some quick picks without having more context to go on:
fairly obvious: 1979 by Smashing Pumpkins Ain’t It Fun by Paramore Raspberry Beret by Prince Meant to Live by Switchfoot Born to Run by Bruce Springsteen Thinkin Bout You by Frank Ocean Stop by the Spice Girls Super Bass by Nicki Minaj I Believe In a Thing Called Love by The Darkness Here It Goes Again by OK Go Electric Feel by MGMT
less obvious: Lost in the Supermarket by The Clash All My Life by K-Ci & JoJo Ever Fallen in Love by the Buzzcocks Maniac by Conan Gray Closer by Tegan and Sara I Need a Dollar by Aloe Blacc Disco Man by Remi Wolf Them Changes by Thundercat Cocoa Butter Kisses by Chance the Rapper Swing Life Away by Rise Against.
I tried to not give you anything too obscure, but if these are too obvious or if you have a theme or direction to narrow the field I can think on it more and get back to you in a few days, probably.
- Comment on So glad I suck dick 1 week ago:
I actually teach the kids in my life that intent is more important than “magic naughty words,” so they can say bitch all they want so long as they aren’t being hateful. So maybe starting from the assumption that the status quo is reasonable and has merit isn’t the smartest idea?
- Comment on What game sequel ruined a beloved franchise or character for you? 1 week ago:
Borderlands 2 and Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel are two of my favorite games which I’m almost always down to replay.
Borderlands 3 has solid enough gameplay, but absolutely shit all over the storyline and characters.
- Comment on She's a keeper 2 weeks ago:
Very valid points. And frankly if I’m being honest with myself, I think I know this is ultimately a losing battle, as this is a field where perception is king, and I guess I’m really just venting my frustration with the situation. I think we’re mostly all frustrated with it honestly, but it’s a bell we can’t really un-ring, so here we are. Cheers.
- Comment on She's a keeper 2 weeks ago:
Yeah I’m not defending AI output here, it absolutely follows awful and easily recognizable tropes. I’m just trying to fight against the current “em dash = AI” bullshit because, again, real people use real grammar. And people have been using non-LLM spelling & grammar checks which push syntax like em dashes forever; are we to assume that people suddenly stopped using these non-“smart” tools?
Rally against AI slop all you want, I support you, it’s just the promotion of the dumbed down reductive takes like em dashes or semicolons are indicative of AI.
- Comment on She's a keeper 2 weeks ago:
Real people use em dashes — the models were trained on real human output after all — so this new crusade against em dashes as the Mark of Beast for AI has always been and continues to be silly.
- Comment on She's a keeper 2 weeks ago:
I mean as a guy I think the dude looks easily 100x better in the “before” pic. I don’t know who this dude is at all, but that before pic is already a perfectly comfortable, healthy-looking body. Before looks approachable and friendly, while still healthy. After looks high-effort and very motivated; that’s a lot for some people. A lot of people want somebody they can relax on the couch with popcorn with, not somebody who is gonna wake up every 6am to go running.
- Comment on So, not? 3 weeks ago:
- Comment on Can you believe it? 3 weeks ago:
Not if you tell the officer that you’re a cop too and you were screaming “Wee-ooo-wee-ooo” so you’re allowed to speed too, then they have to let you go.
- Comment on He'll realize one day 3 weeks ago:
Yep, exactly what confirmed it for me
- Comment on He'll realize one day 3 weeks ago:
Imo it looks like the back wall of a Spencer’s-type novelty shop rather than a sex shop
- Comment on Everybody gets one [choose wisely] 3 weeks ago:
This is a small one, but can you please make it so that all menu descriptions actually list all the major dish components so I’m never surprised by secret onions or mustard again?
- Comment on See their point 3 weeks ago:
I’m so glad you dig the picks! Happy to help, feel free to ask me about music anytime ✌
- Comment on See their point 3 weeks ago:
To add another real quick, they don’t have any recent output, and they’re frequently instrumental, but FM-84 might be up your alley too:
- Comment on See their point 3 weeks ago:
My pleasure! I love talking music so I’m happy for any excuse.
And okay, now that I understand we’re talking like retro vocal synthwave, I have some better recommendations!
My first recommendation immediately came to mind, but I’m gonna be honest and say that the best part of this recommendation does extend past the 5yr guideline I alluded to in my original comment, so you’ll have to excuse that. She’s still an active artist, but her recent work has been as features or a 2020 album collab with a more aggressive synth artist that probably isn’t what you’re looking for. But anyway, I definitely recommend Dana Jean Phoenix if you haven’t heard her yet!
Start here, the opener title track of ‘Le Mirage’ is an absolute banger than I think is totally gonna work for you:
open.spotify.com/album/3NuANBUmoNZH5x2BZzXSQV
rateyourmusic.com/release/album/…/le_mirage/
2018 album ‘PixelDust’ is probably overall the better album but it doesn’t have a mega-banger like the track ‘Le Mirage’:
open.spotify.com/album/1vJClfLqAeNTyAHbv5sqWN
rateyourmusic.com/release/album/…/pixeldust/
If you’re open to slightly darker/heavier synth stuff, ‘Megawave’ is the collab album I mentioned above with artist Powernerd, and I think it’s pretty groovy:
open.spotify.com/album/3ft0lmyttvgoCrja0jAI0Q
rateyourmusic.com/release/album/…/megawave/
Beyond Dana Jean Phoenix, here are some other artists I’d recommend but with less specific recommendations (probably just listen to their popular songs to get a feel):
NINA - very similar space to Dana Jean Phoenix:
open.spotify.com/artist/31KAV0Dg1UNmnfSmvLT2XG
rateyourmusic.com/artist/nina_f11
Summerdrive is not this sound exactly, but they’re kind of synthwave meets clean pop so you might dig them (The Midnight who I previously recommended also sit in this space, but they’re a little jazzier):
open.spotify.com/artist/5RASv130lmR8GyP0EcQLjJ
And finally Gunship are also not this sound exactly, but rather sort of what you’d get if you mixed that synthwave sound with 80s hard rock, and it’s goddamn glorious (I love Gunship):
- Comment on See their point 3 weeks ago:
Love to hear it. No plans to slow down on my side either 🤘✌
- Comment on See their point 3 weeks ago:
Sure, if you don’t mind some random top of mind recommendations.
For 90s alt/grunge fans, I definitely recommend the latest album by Scowl, ‘Are We All Angels’:
open.spotify.com/album/0zDdwRsOg2sVvOFpjEOtHs
rateyourmusic.com/release/…/are-we-all-angels/
80s synth is pretty broad, so let me give you two fairly different recommendations and see where you land with them. First off, I’m gonna reach back a little bit to 2020 to recommend ‘Monsters’ by The Midnight, a great album by a great band:
open.spotify.com/album/1WKMbxcldmwnXaCIGgEpUW
rateyourmusic.com/release/album/…/monsters/
But if you’re talking the more kind of pop-influenced, singer/songwriter side of 80s synth, I’m actually gonna recommend a really small release to you, ‘It Ain’t Too Late For One More Ride’ by indie musician Calvero:
open.spotify.com/album/6i5MYveOM35x8twOhfpYim
rateyourmusic.com/…/it-aint-too-late-for-one-more…
I do consider myself a bit of a music buff and I listen to an incredibly broad range of genres and styles, but I will confess that rave music isn’t one of my specialties. But a couple quick recommendations that might fall in the same rough proximity:
First off I dig the chillout beach party vibes of some of the tracks by artist “elsaaa” on Spotify, mostly the songs on the top of her popular section:
open.spotify.com/artist/0l9ymNLUakebec39MWLAuE
I also like a bit of ARMNHMR, but they’re not super new so if you’re into EDM/rave music you may already know them:
open.spotify.com/artist/0P2bZXPyjHYRW4guHVAFl1
If you just want some fun dance music that’s very modern, and you have any openness to metal, may I recommend a few tracks by the very excellent and very fun Electric Callboy, with the caveat that this is not rave music and may potential be a stretch for you:
Electric Callboy - Everytime We Touch (TEKKNO Version):
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuBXeF5acqE
Electric Callboy - PUMP IT
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnzkhQsmSag
Electric Callboy - WE GOT THE MOVES:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1NdGBldg3w
Again, these are just quick top of mind recommendations, so if they don’t hit for you or you want more recommendations, let me know and I can think on it a bit longer. But if you do check any of it out, feel free to let me know what you think!
- Comment on See their point 3 weeks ago:
I’ll never understand this. I’m 40 and I’m still actively seeking out new music and listen to vastly most new releases than anything 5+ years old.
Of course I understand everyone has “their thing” and music happens to be my thing, so I understand the additional interest in my case, but the alternative just seems so damn boring to me…
- Comment on I really want to like the new ff7....but it's just so buggy. 3 weeks ago:
It also has the most boring combat. I’ve still struggling to finish the first FF7R because I keep falling asleep during combat
- Comment on Perspective 5 weeks ago:
If you are so pedantic so as to not consider the support for the banister as part of the banister, then frankly I have no interest in the necessary effort required to discuss this or any matter further with you.
- Comment on Perspective 5 weeks ago:
If our view was from the top looking down at the bottom then the banister would be rotated 90 degrees towards us.
- Comment on Perspective 5 weeks ago:
- Comment on Perspective 5 weeks ago:
I guess I should address the “wear” on the carpet as well: it doesn’t look worn to me, it looks disturbed. Like before this person tried shoving their mattress up the stairs and got it stuck, they carried a heavy dresser or or something up the stairs and dragged it up each stair, sliding it along the carpet. I suspect this is a person moving into a cheap efficiency apartment, since the one my father moved into last when he was still alive looked extremely similar.
- Comment on Perspective 5 weeks ago:
My stairs don’t have a visible ledge. I don’t know why people are acting like that’s standard. I think only one of the homes I’ve lived in has had a stairwell with ledges.
- Comment on Perspective 5 weeks ago:
My guy, the banister.
- Comment on Perspective 5 weeks ago:
Carpet is softer and more enjoyable to walk on than hard floors. I will never understand this weird anti-carpet trend we’ve gotten into in the past decade, except that it’s the same thing as grass lawn emulating the wide expanse of the wealthy.
- Comment on Perspective 5 weeks ago:
How are y’all arguing this? The banister makes it unquestionably obvious that it’s at the top. There’s no debate to be had here unless the banister was intentionally installed wrong just for the purpose of this meme, which would be crazy.
The mattress is at the top, y’all.
