Noble Dust

No.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtZ6DoeimP4

Fill me in! I feel like I need to be intentionally slow with my Tarkovsky consumption.

Skip James is the shit. :fire:

I see you're at exactly 10k right now. Don't jinx it...

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Thanks. :cheer: I did listen to this piece around the start of everything. It's a work that needs no words said about it.

Taking a deep dive into some really deep 90's obscure shit. Can I get an amen? No? Anybody at all? All good https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtT5Jki24V...

For anyone else musically inclined (or otherwise): https://wamu.org/story/20/04/24/the-library-of-congress-wants-djs-and-you-to-make-beats-using-its-a...

I mostly agree, but...when pizza is truly bad...

Recently got through a re-watch of Twin Peaks (seasons 1 and 2), and just now re-watched Fire Walk With Me. Jesus Christ that is a fucked up film. Loo...

Another fun thread thrown into the dustbin. "Thou shalt not have fun!!"

Gotta say I've had the calzone and wasn't a huge fan; too much ricotta. OPS in Bushwick has my favorite calzone.

It just smells like what it is; some of the best pizza on the planet, haha. Super light crust, slightly sweet, tangy sauce, fresh mozz and I think gra...

They're only doing regular margarita and pepperoni, but they were out of pepperoni.

@"Maw" Finally ordered Lucali take out today. Had to call about 10 times but finally got through and was quoted a 5 minute wait time lol. Strange time...

I affect by un-feeling in this thread?

I feel unaffected by this thread.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2vRbNehGB0

Same, I had mild symptoms (including total loss of smell) about two and a half weeks ago, was quarantined from work for two weeks, and just finished m...

Yes. I think maybe I feel pressure to put something beautiful out in a dark time, as contrast, rather than just reflecting reality...my work is usuall...

That's still a good reminder, though. I'm probably overthinking it here; if other people are "feeling a bit dark", maybe they'd relate to it, and appr...

Ah yes, I have a beginners eye, but I can see that now, looking back. Dare I ask for an...artist's statement? (now that I've first digested the work, ...

The TP fixation is interesting. Btw, are these all actual paintings? Pretty impressive if so. I have a dark ambient record in the cooker (darkest ambi...

I say turn the whole place into a lounge. Cigarettes, beers, a jukebox, live music on the weekends; casual philosophical conversations that sometimes ...

@"Baden" I overreacted, sorry. Disagree, but apologies for getting carried away there.

Word, I'm just waiting here in the lounge, where no one else will hear what you have to say. :ok:

No, fuck the mods, in this instance. i.e. @"Baden" @"jamalrob" @"StreetlightX" @"Hanover", etc. Fuck them for moving a thread that deals with universa...

Not at all; as the mods well know, the lounge is where threads go to die. Hell, everyone knows that.

Lol, a cogent argument is assumed. But that's totally fine, I'd be happy to hear a "non-cogent" argument if you have one to give. I'd probably respond...

Give me a fucking break, who moved this to the lounge? @"Baden" @"StreetlightX" @"jamalrob" @"Michael" @"Hanover"@"fdrake" What a fucking disgrace to ...

Yeah, that was not a cogent explanation, so I would need one, in order to respond.

I've had acrimonious exchanges about lots of things here, which doesn't detract me from posting, but maybe it should? Or maybe not. I'd rather cut my ...

Word, I'm cautiously with eternal return in the sense of reincarnation, maybe..?? Not sure what you mean otherwise. At least from what you quoted.

Anyone else actually get the 'rona? :party:

Just finished: Roadside Picnic - Arkady and Boris Strugatsky -- Good, need to re-read, but Tarkovksy's film adaptation as "Stalker" was far better. Ju...

I'm on board with the vagueness, but also, why not thrash it out here? What better place to play devil's advocate and challenge the boring, typical no...

I'm just re-reading this, and is the suggestion here that religious feeling is a coping mechanism for "extreme pain" (whatever that is)? Or am I mis-r...

I don't think that's enough. Moral behavior obtains emotionally, ultimately. But emotions are fleeting. Experience is tied to emotion. I've had experi...

Ah, here we are. I...don't, I think. Yes, I definitely don't reject that. How does "it not being possible to verify that moral claims objectively obta...

I made mustard, but it was too chalky. It still smelled and tasted good, but the texture was off-putting. Be careful.

No, but you've started talking a lot more flippantly than you used to. Hop all's good in your hood... You're summarizing an interpretation of my ideas...

:meh: Damn, I remember the days when we used to have some discussions.

I want to embrace the sentiment of "life is a good in itself", but this is exactly what I'm talking about when I say "religious posturing". Life is he...

I admittedly think about the possibility of an afterlife a lot (religious upbringing detritus), but if anything, I think what keeps me thinking of it,...

When are you headed back?

Hang in there, Shawn.

Roadside Picnic - Arcady and Boris Strugatsky

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Yeah, I used to be way into all his projects; I first got into it in high school, but nowadays the only stuff that's aged well for me is Bass Communio...