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I think that both of your examples only worked because there was a contemporary, more militant version of the same movement, and the peaceful protestors were seen as a more palatable alternative.

As police and military units cracked down on militant revolutionaries/protestors, the people remaining in those movements moved toward more non-violent methods just as mainstream perception grew to see non-violent protest as more reasonable.

So the non-violent movement was pivotal in both cases, but I didn't think non-violent protest accomplishes either goal on its own.

Every Time I Die - Ebolarama ( youtu.be )

I saw Alkaline Trio at the 2002 Warped Tour, which was fantastic (edit: in retrospect, I'd say 2000-2003 was truly the Golden Age of Warped Tour) Out of all the amazing bands I saw/discovered, the one I still listen to to this day is ETiD, so I connected my favorite song from the 2002 era, "Ebolarama"

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🎵To Be Fay-aaah🎵

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That's kinda their schtick. It's not really my thing, but some metalheads rally get into the tone/noise worship. Personally, any music that is hard to tell apart from a diesel generator is not really my thing, but to each their own.

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Socrates was undoubtedly a great thinker and hugely impactful, but the Greeks did not invent science. The scientific method was not explicitly formulated until Ibn al-Haytham published The Book of Optics in 1027 CE, and I'd argue that in the absence of the scientific method, most of the Greek philosophers were basically just arguing in an attempt to sway the audience as opposed to experimenting to find "truth.". The Greeks were one of the first groups to emphasize empiricism, but that a very different thing.

Saying that all of Western thought is based on a single Greek philosopher minimizes the contributions of anyone outside that tradition and I think we can do better than that.

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That's a tenuous connection for a band I haven't thought about in a decade (let alone listened to), but I like it.

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Oddly enough I usually see/write it fen/bog marsh.

I was going to ask about the order of adjectives, actually, since I find esoteric grammar rules oddly interesting and have been on a bit of a "adjectives hierarchy" kick lately.

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As someone who lives in this same town, black bears are more like overweight raccoons.

Fun fact, our "city hall" is at the tiny community airport, which also had a restaurant with the best chicken wings in town (salt and vinegar wings FTW). The restaurant was still going when this happened in 2019, so my guess is the bear smelled the food and went looking for the kitchen, only to get sidetracked by the city council meeting.

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I don't know acoustics as well as electrics, but Neil Young is known for being very, very loyal to the guitars he uses on stage, so the random forums and interviews all seem to agree:

His main acoustics are a Martin D-45 that he got in '67, a pre-war D-18, and a D-28.

The source is a forum post that seems to be quoting a guitar tech that worked with him and Crazy Horse in the 80's.

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Even if the connection between songs seems obvious to you, you're supposed to write a quick description of what the connection is...

NielsBohron ,
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Weird, it didn't show up for me on Voyager or on the desktop site until this morning. Huh.

Oh, well. Cheers

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Fantastic connection and an even better album. Reconstruction Site is easily in my desert island top 5 albums of all time.

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I think John actually did drive a bus for a while? Not sure if I read or dreamed that

I remember reading something like that too, but have no source.

it’s cannon canon now.

A cannon fires projectiles, a canon is an accepted body of related works. NBD, but I have this weird compulsion to correct misused homonyms, so...sorry? You're welcome? Either way, have a great day, fellow John K. Samson fan!

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You don't play by the rules, but I like your style...

NielsBohron OP ,
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In "Connect a Song," we're trying to post music that has some connection to the most recently posted song. The user before me posted a song by the band Ween, who is an experimental rock group where the two main members use the pseudonyms "Dean Ween" and "Gene Ween," so I made the connection to The White Stripes.

If you want more examples of how the game works, check out the community sidebar and sort by "New" to see the most recent connections.

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That would have been a great post, I love that song! Sorry I've been camping on this group today because work is slow and I just found it last night.

As a thank you/apology, here's a link to Calexico covering "Highway to the Danger Zone" for the AV Club series Undercover.

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Their first three albums are all pretty solid (I haven't really listened to any after that)

They're mostly a sort of heavy, lofi blues minimalism with some electronic influence. The lead singer got noticed by Jack White and they put out a few records together as The Dead Weather (those albums are all pretty fucking great, too)

Glad you liked it!

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Easy mistake to make; this community is one where sorting by new is really critical if you don't want to miss things!

Still a great song to post, though

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We were listening to the whole thing, and at the very end the record is designed to skip back and keep playing the creepy laugh over and over.

So that's where that trick came from! I have Soma by Windhand on vinyl, and the CD/digital recording has ~10min of ambient wind noise at the end, but on the record they did the same trick after ~1min of wind noise. The first time I listened to it I was doing some housework home alone in the dead of winter, so it took me a long time to even realize the record was still playing and that it wasn't just the real wind outside.

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I've heard a bit of Lo-Pan; sounds like a killer show. I live out west, so Windhand doesn't make it out here too often (but we do get YOB and Acid King on a semi-regular basis, so it evens out)

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making gang bucks

I think you mean "like gangbusters," but it's totally possible "making gang bucks" is a term I just haven't heard before.

Cheers!

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I get that! I'm partial to "getting two birds stoned at once" and "people in glass houses sink ships" myself.

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If you don't mind losing your voice for a few days, this song absolutely slays at hipster karaoke.

NielsBohron OP , (edited )
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Thanks! Nah, leave yours up; Godsmack to Canned Heat is a weird leap, but I'm here for it. edit: I missed a few songs in the middle, but "Mr. and Mrs. Smack" still works

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