not to be a fence sitter but they’re all good! i guess they do all have their own quirks though, so these are the major ones that ive heard (by the way, nugs is having an archive sale rn)
born to run: the definitive meaning of the classic e street sound. enough said
darkness: one of the most common answers to this question. absolutely explosive energy. more heavily guitar driven. to this day people beg for the ‘78 style of prove it all night, backstreets and others
the river: another extremely common answer to this question. the album was designed like a bruce show anyway so all those speedy pop rock bops translate perfectly. and the harmonies (especially with clarence and stevie) are just delightful
bitusa: where all the big hits are! bruce is mastering the art of delivering insane monologues to incomprehensible numbers of people. also i think this is the point where everyone will agree his singing is starting to git gud
tol: god the theatrics of this one. the horn section. every possible kind of tension going on in the band here. the setlists were unusually static but that meant some of the tightest performances of bruce’s career
other band: not e street, but i actually preferred this sound when i was first getting into bruce’s music. stronger on the soul/gospel influences especially thanks to the choir. this is how human touch/lucky town’s songs are meant to be heard
tom joad: criminally underrated. it’s moody, it’s purposeful, and it has some of bruce’s best displays of his arrangement and guitar playing abilities. these shows will haunt you.
reunion: the joyous next evolution of e street. bruce fully embraces his older songs, a quadruple-guitar band, the preacher persona, falsetto, twang and ridiculous vocal power
the rising: similar to reunion but with setlists based on the iconic eponymous album. bruce is truly a man on a worldwide healing mission in this one
d&d: the most inventive tour. improbable, rarity filled setlists. every instrument from pump organ to autoharp. and most importantly, bruce laughs at himself every time he gets through a piano piece (or not)
sessions: i don’t say this kind of thing often but i think if you don’t like this tour at all you probably hate fun. bangers from start to finish in every genre that led up to rock and roll, including great reworkings of bruce classics
magic: the last tour of "original" e street before and after danny's passing. a lot of the time bruce's vocals sound more like mid-80s bruce than mid-2000s bruce which i personally get a huge kick out of
woad: clarence's last. admittedly the album songs didn't last long, but there are loads of rare covers, and bruce is extremely good at covers. there are also some truly incredible full old album shows from this one as well
wrecking ball: e street beefed up with horns, choir and even sometimes strings (not to mention the congas) leading to some wild, intricate and spirited jams. THIS is a true community event
high hopes: like a mix of the previous two - not much high hopes material, but that’s made up with covers and more full album performances, plus the gigantic band. tom morello is there too and adds an extra edge
the river ‘16/17: if you really want to hear the river in its entirety, there are countless choices here. if you really love new york city serenade, take your pick of performances with strings (the best way). if you love everything else, take your pick of high-variety shows stretching up to 4 hours.
Me seeing you progress through harrow the ninth like 👀🍿
anonymous asked: love your htn read through bc this is the first time i’ve been able to enjoy your thoughts while knowing what happens in full context. anyway that just to say that i’ve been very :3c every time you share a new thought conspiracy of theory about what’s up
another anonymous asked: watching you read harrow is bringing back all my thoughts from reading it, so thanks!
I should have responded to these when they were still relevant but anyway, thank you all for supporting me absolutely losing my mind over this book, it was lots of fun!
im processing huge emotional intimacy issues and my old illness-related trauma disorder by stanning kaz brekker at a speed unknown to man. how do you think it’s going
Your parents had six kids... bards and lindal had six kids... what's the barda bunch experience like
not a SINGLE quiet moment in the house EVER also everyone steals each others clothes (but not mine i’ll cut you) and it’s 24/7 roast hours and 24/7 eating hours and nonstop memery and we smack each other for no reason (especially on thursdays) and there’s literally always extra people at our house who are they where did they all come from
Hey man can I get a quick rec please? My 7yo cousin loves dinosaurs and said he wants to be a paleontologist youtuber when he grows up (he gave a group of 6 of us cousins a strong hour long lecture on dinosaurs and could answer every question we threw at him). And I think it would be real cool to get him something like, I dunno, a toy or book? Puzzle? What kind of stuff do paleontologists like? Please help?
Oh man yeah of course! It’s been a while since I was a Kid Palaeo Enthusiast, but some ideas:
-DK Eyewitness Dinosaur book. I always LOVED Dorling Kindersley stuff as a kid - games, books, videos, you name it. Pretty up to date if I remember right, lovely big book. (I believe they have other books available too - Dinosaurs And Prehistoric Life looks like a great one, with a wider reach than just dinosaurs!! DK are generally a great publisher to buy from.)
-Depending on how good his reading is and how much he likes books, Dinosaurs: How They Lived And Evolved is a nice one. I’d have a look at it first though, because it might be suited to older ages than him. But, as a kid, I tore through every book I could get!
-On the subject of books, So You Think You Know About.... Tyrannosaurus Rex? looks like a good one! Full of fun facts he’ll either be proud he already knows, or will have fun showing off to people.
- The Colouring Book Of (Scientifically Accurate) Dinosaurs - dunno if this is still around or available, but a fun book with up to date and accurate dinosaurs to colour!!
-Consider a boxset of Walking With Dinosaurs if he doesn’t have it already. He’d probably love it. You can also look up other dinosaur docuseries - another that comes to mind is Dinosaur Planet.
-Excavation games. I used to LOVE these as a kid - you get a block of ....something?.... which you have to dig out to find bones (or full dinosaur toys) hidden inside it. When you find the bones, you can piece them together! This is one that looks almost exactly like the one I had as a kid.
-On that note, a build-your-own kit might also work; again, something with bones or pieces to put together. This one looks hella cool, but probably anything of this kind of nature will work. Palaeontologists love piecing things together!!
-A fossil! The Ultimate Gift for a palaeontologist is their very own fossil. If you can find a fossil shop (or fossil website) you can get some common fossils - such as ammonites, teeth, etc - for relatively cheap. Spinosaurus teeth are generally fairly cheap for smaller specimens; Megalodon teeth again are fairly affordable; sometimes you can get mismatched bones for reasonable prices, generally smaller ones. A museum gift shop might also have some things.
I hope this helps!! At the least, it will hopefully give you a starting point :) And of course, good luck to your cousin on his palaeontology dreams!
4. Did you discover any new authors that you love this year?
I really liked the two books I read by Saeed Jones this year (his book of poetry, Prelude to Bruise, and his Memoir, How We Fight For Our Lives), so I’ll definitely keep an eye out for more stuff by him. The debut novels by Julia Drake and Casey McQuiston also have me excited to read more book by them.
17. Did any books surprise you with how good they were?
Definitely The Queen of Attolia by Megan Whalen Turner. The first book in the Queen’s Thief series was a pretty fun but fairly basic Mediterranean-inspired fantasy, but DAMN the sequel cranked the tension, character development, and political intrigue up to 100 and totally surprised me in the best way.
22. What’s the longest book you read?
According to Goodreads, it’s The Priory of the Orange Tree, which makes since because that book is 848 pages! (Worth it in my opinion, though.)
good morning your endon post has reminded me that the palace guards thought that jarred died when he threw himself off some cliffs so sending that message with their old game seven years later was really That Much of a desperate action and im just realising maybe part of the reason endon didnt reach out beforehand
yeah :(
going off my head, so i could be wrong, i think i remember prandine saying not to tell endon that jarred was dead. but i’m sure he figured as much after months and then years of no contact
