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The Question Is...

Do we respond in a way that feels best…that lets us revel in our righteousness and let our anger scream out of us, or do we respond in the way that will make the world a better place the fastest?

I know what I want to do. I want to yell, I want to tear them a knew one and cap it off with a big “eat a dick” GIF. But if that’s just about me…or about us feeling good about how right we are, and we know there’s a better way to have a conversation that doesn’t escalate to hatred at every opportunity, then are we making a conscious choice to slow positive change?

paulsounds

I think we all know deep down that yelling and tearing people new ones is not really what feels best. We think it feels best, and then we do it, and then we feel even worse. What REALLY feels best is responding in a way that will make the world better.

thebrainscoop

The breast feathers of many birds are arranged in rather organized lines. I get my thumbs wet and spread them apart to expose the sternum before making the first incision - an early step in preparing a skin for the collection. This brown-headed cowbird (Molothrus ater) was a window kill, and now is a valuable research specimen at The Field Museum!

paulsounds

that looks like a piece of digital photoshop art and it’s beautiful

I’ve made an album. I’ve been working on this for over a year and it’s finally out!

#new music #new album

pinavoladas

Really? Name like one. Or two.

isnerdy-deactivated20190101

Sorry if the link didn’t work, but here’s their chart history: http://www.billboard.com/artist/383540/beatles/chart?sort=position&f=379

According to Billboard, all of the following were #1 (doesn’t seem to be sorted in any particular order):

•Let It Be •Hey Jude •Hello Goodbye •Penny Lane •Paperback Writer •We Can Work It Out •Yesterday •Help! •Ticket To Ride •Eight Days A Week •I Feel Fine •A Hard Day’s Night •Love Me Do •Can’t Buy Me Love •I Want To Hold Your Hand •She Loves You •All You Need Is Love •Come Together/Something •The Long And Winding Road/For You Blue

stevetomjohn

wait on a serious note this is actually really interesting to me

almost all of these hit songs were in their early days and modern (white male) rock fans generally act like their fame/influence came from their later albums

but if you judge success by number one songs they actually peaked early

paulsounds

Ya! They got really really famous in their early years by writing formulaic pop songs, and then they got tired of playing live concerts because the crowds were too loud. They decided to spend all of their time in the studio and that’s when their more creative and influential stuff came out. There were other bands around that time that had number one hits, but nobody really cares about those bands anymore. The Beatles are still famous because of their later, less radio-friendly stuff: the stuff that pushed the boundaries of recorded pop music. If all they had was their earlier hits, we probably wouldn’t be talking about them as much, or at all.

The amazing thing was that a sizeable audience followed them into their weirdness (although apparently not enough for number one hits). Whether that’s possible today, I don’t know.

I’m sure there are similar examples of this in the western classical world?

#music history

stevetomjohn

One of the things I started doing IDK how long ago when I’m just twiddling my proverbial thumbs is to sing a song and beat a steady pulse in a completely different meter

Like I just saw someone post about “Simple Gifts” and of course I got it in my head, but it’s in 4/4 and I beat 6/8 on my desk

Stuff starts sounding really cool when you do that, but also sometimes it feels like Ives’s dueling marching bands where two irreconcilably different things are happening at once.

paulsounds

I do the same thing! I like to do it while walking too. My steps will in one meter and my humming will be in a different one.

This is for The Art Assignment's newest assignment, artistic alchemy. My day job is doing renovations, so I took a piece of wood that we would have thrown out and I brought it home and painted it. If I did stuff like this at work, I would get fired.

#the art assignment

beccastevensband

"Thinkin Bout You" Official Video!

dragonsflowerx-deactivated20190

hueythequeer-deactivated2019060

This is really interesting. Which city?

paulsounds

That's Toronto

I made this today because I wanted to

#music #new music

#dan brown #race

olanrogers

NEW VIDEO! The Soda Parlor Documentary. :) Hope you enjoy it and thank you to everyone who continued to believe this thing could happen! Thank You! Thank You! Thank You!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6jHnqBqNuQ

johnsonguitarstudio

in case you were wondering how that ‘fluid piano’ sounds… Pam Chowhan plays “Post Mode-ernity” and holy crap how she do

I haven't posted on here in a while because I just like to listen to you all

marinashutup

Finding it really hypocritical that you claim to be 'against oppression' but not the exploitation of animals; sad to know your beliefs against oppression are only to a certain extent.

Restating a warning from earlier: don’t tell tumblr that you’re not vegan.

paulsounds

I think one thing non-vegans should understand is that, on some level, eating meat literally doesn't make sense to us vegans. I mean, I remember eating meat, and I remember being reluctant to give up meat, and I remember how annoying it was to have a vegan tell me to give up meat, but now that I'm vegan I feel so much better. It feels like I'm giving to charity while exercising. The feeling you get when you know you're making the world better, plus feeling very healthy. Would you expect someone to stay silent about that?

Imagine an MRA responding to an anon by saying "don't tell tumblr that you're not a feminist." It trivializes the issue. It's saying that it's better to hide your problematic views than risk being called out on them by little tumblr activists and ugh isn't that so annoying.

Being vegan isn't as clear as being a feminist, because some people really do have to eat meat for health reasons, but I think the analogy still stands. I'm fairly certain that being vegan is the right thing to do, just as I'm certain that being a feminist is the right thing to do. But even as I write this I'm worried that I'm being annoying. Isn't that horrible? That I'm worried that my sincere activism is just going to be brushed off as trivial and annoying?

(end rant)

(P.S. If you eat meat, it has no effect on how much I like you as a person. You're still my friend.)

#sorry #why do I feel the need to apologize for this

Making an album (almost) by myself is a lot of work. Everything from "is this the write lyric?" to "what instrument should I add?" to "maybe the violin should be louder" to "is that out of tune, should I do another take?" to "maybe I should add three more hits on the bass drum there" to "oh I think I'll boost 2k, and cut 5k" to "is there too much reverb?" you get the picture. Multiply that by number of songs on the album and there goes all my free time.

#all of it

edwardspoonhands

I honestly believe that other entertainment communities have these problems but don’t talk about them. I’m proud that when we find out someone is being completely disgusting, we don’t try to sweep it under the rug. We don’t let them back in to perform at the Grammies next year. We don’t pretend they’re too big to be packed up in a box and removed.

I’m not saying we couldn’t do a better job. But I’m proud of how the community has handled this. Particularly Laci, who is amazing.