When the senior doctor passed, some of my former co-workers shared memories of him and a theme started to emerge. He didn’t push vaccines when parents were opposed to them. And his son doesn’t either.
The issue is not just parents. But the doctors who enable them.
We had a family pediatrician who retired when my son (who is now an adult) was seeing him and handed the practice off to his son, who was also a pediatrician. We had always followed vaccine schedules and recommendations, but there were some odd moments around care that made us find another doctor.
Paraphrased slightly: ‘We’ve investigated the investigators who were investigating us and found that we would do a better job of investigating ourselves. Also, please do not look under the rug, behind the curtain, or in the shallow grave in the backyard.’
There are lots of non-kinetic methods of modern combat (electronic warfare, lasers, biologic, etc).
But to your point, I’m not sure that these people are using this in that context, it sounds like they are just repeating someone else.
Indeed. It doesn’t help when you look and go “oh, that’s a BRAND” and then your brain says, “ok, *which* model though?”
Was a bit worried.
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As I should have done when talking about Last Rights.
They use pop music as a tool, and then wield that tool like a weapon. And I love them for it.
Rabies is very colored by Al Jorgensen. However you want to view that statement, it’s rather true. There are definitely pop elements to the singles. But calling it pop reduces it to something it’s not.
And genres? Genres do not apply. As soon as you think you can safely apply a genre, they laugh and change direction entirely.
The Process is *manic AF* (appropriately so), greater wrong is a return to greatness, with impeccable production work. Mythmaker and Handover are delights, but sometimes a bit too multifaceted, and Weapon takes a couple of listens, but rewards the listener.
And the rest of the ephemera fills gaps.
What I mean by that is that Bites and Remission are raw. Cleanse;fold and Mind TPI are solid evolutions of their sound, VIVIsect VI is angry, Rabies is… a live goddamn wire, TDP is balanced, Last Rights is nearly pop influenced, but NOT, and in a nightmarish kind of way. Like a dark mirror to pop.
Too Dark Park was at once the kind of center of the whole Skinny Puppy universe, but also unlike most of the rest of their work. It’s a very *balanced* album when you take their entire discography in. But… it might not be the most representative album.
But also, skinny puppy isn’t for everyone.
The video is one of the most fun song deconstruction videos I’ve ever watched. I’ve shared it many times, with many people. Nearly every time I share it I rewatch it again. He has *so much fun* talking about the song. It’s hard not to get sucked in.
Eventually I’ll get her hooked on the rest, but for now, I’m happy that it’s an ingress point for her.
Also her favorite places on the planet are car museums. So we’re kind of succeeding here.
Formula one has enough drama and social media diaspora to keep my 14 year old daughter perpetually engaged in an area of motorsport.
I keep showing her endurance racing, and rally, and trying to get her to respect other areas of motorsport too. But again, I’ll take any angle I can to get her in.
When you spend 35 years listening to a band, and *all* of their offshoots, you invariably develop strong opinions.
I’ve been listening to skinny puppy and related bands since ~’91. They form kind of a centroid for an entire era and flavor of music of my life. The spokes go everywhere.
They are also one of a few absolute constants of musical tastes. I never go too long without intentionally listening to them.
This feels like as good a place as *any* to talk about how amazing a song Chickasaw (also featuring Lesley Rankine on vocals) is. Like just… ooof. Chills. Every. Damn. Time.
Oh my gods. It is SOOOOOO entertaining.
“It’s not as awful as Mezzanine” is one of those sentences that… makes *zero* sense to my brain. It’s like complaining about oxygen. Or water.
Everyone is allowed to have their opinions. And admittedly my tastes in music are *not* for everyone. But… that sentence stopped me cold.
Given that my favorite song from the album is the mini-magnum opus, I’m *probably* the wrong person to take a side here.
Actually *every* Corgan song that I *love* is longer than 7 minutes. So I am 100% the wrong person in this conversation.
Favorite Skinny Puppy related project is a *loaded* question to ask me.
Actual answer: Download (and it’s not even close).
Sentimental answer: Doubting Thomas.
I’m drunk, fuck you answer: Pigface
I’m drunk *and* in Texas answer: RevCo
I’m high answer: yes (hilt, it’s hilt).
Of note, this was a response to myself listening to The Tear Garden’s Tired Eyes Slowly Burning on vinyl…
I’m still impressed that You and Me and Rainbows fits on one side of an LP *with another song*.
Y’all have seen this, right?
What didn’t you like about it? Specific songs? Artistic direction? Cleaner sound? Too much of one element? Not enough of the elements you previously enjoyed from SP?
Genuinely curious. I loved about 2/3rds of the album. 1/3 I could never hear again and be fine.
And no one in attendance asked her about it or mentioned it. The speech just ended and she walked off like everything was normal.
And it’s *such* a weird car. *nothing* about its design or body says “Toyota” in any way, shape, form, or era.
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Dude, he should exercise his right to remain silent.
The officers are likely covered by immunity. The senator? Not necessarily.
Republicans are now *literally* attacking veterans.
