It's wild and it feels like such a nitpick in a world where people just ask chatgpt to summarize a book for them or whatever instead of reading it, but ugh.

I still remember that feeling of reading a really cool line somewhere and having to jot it down in a notebook to steal it later.

Altered dominant for the win, absolutely.

I remember I almost had a heart attack when my band was in the studio and my bass player finally, after like a year, asked me what I was playing in a song. I said 'just the natural minor' and he stared blankly at me.

I dunno what it is about how we're socialized with each other or whatever, but talk about the actual art and craft of writing always feels like a lost thing.

Just like in music if you mention theory around some people it's like dousing them in holy water, but they'll talk guitar pedals endlessly.

Like, you know, not in a condescending way, but sorta in a nudge of 'hey, stay grounded' way.

I swear I see writers talking more about world building, sprayed edges, marketing, and all of these other things, but very rarely "I saw an incredible sentence today!"

... and he's dedicated to hi-fi audio and making sure his recordings are all available in the best possible audio quality, and man, you can tell.

Shit, like he bought into the struggling Lionel Trains because his son with cerebral palsy loved trains and he wanted to help make them accessible.

I mean this. There aren't a ton of musicians that I just love, but he's way up there.

My dad got me into him and his music served as a rare bonding thing for us. He's also just a good, decent person who makes really interesting music. Guy got US citizenship to vote for Bernie Sanders!

The stuff with Crazy Horse is always my favorite.

I'm not huge on live albums, but Weld is something I've been listening to for over 30 years with no sign of ever stopping.

I love that he just used to play out of an amp from Sears with the gain dimed out to get that really dreamy overdrive.

PAPA CODY.

"Kaili."

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I'm a big SELF HOST EVERYTHING guy, and self-hosting email is such a fucking nightmare.

I've just got web hosting and I use the email through there mostly.

I hate that I have a gmail account from a million years ago that still gets a ton of shit that I have to check it daily.

I try to use my own email way more.