Leonard Smalls

I was being nice! (ish) But I fail to understand all the love they get. Though to be fair, there's thousands of other bands that loads of folks like that are immho somewhere behind the line going from trite to sh1te! That's the beauty of taste...

I've changed my mind! I no longer find them to be like a beige painting in a beige frame on a beige wall in a room with a beige carpet with a beige turd in the middle of it... They're vibrant and pushing the boundaries of music!

Is this the right place to say I really can't be doing with Khruangbin? I find their music to be incredibly tedious, mediocre and wet?

Another climber - excellent! Roaches? Here's me doing a bit of hi-ball bouldering at Nesscliffe, though I won't usually go more than 5 feet off the ground without some bomber pro!

I never realised they were an actual band! Despite having 2 of their albums I always thought they were some sort of producer-led studio project...

As soon as I saw the photo I thought, it could be tragic! Hence, we have a jazzy musing on Chopin's piano cover of Barry Manilow's "Could It Be Magic"... Bass is the trusty Wal.... Drums programmed through EZ and Addictive with some brush sounds off Loopcloud - horns cut up from there as well. Guitar is a Strat through Bias FX and keys are electric grand by Addictive keys. I hadn't played the Chopin bit for probably 40 years when I was learning it for grade 7!

Kim Baker of Defunkt is up with the very best!

I did like the Bizkit's version of "Faith" though!

What you need is an EBS... And (blatant shill mode) I've got one for sale, probably on p15 of the FX for sale thread!

Spose these sort of count as nu-metal... I liked 'em!

Me too! I bought an album!!!

I played at the Morecombe punk'n'ska fest this year sitting down! Though I suspect I could get away with it due to having a broken leg! Perhaps the answer is to put on a snap-on cast on the way to the gig?

'Snot just gigs! I went skiing in France last year and you had to show a qr code on your phone to get on the lifts in the morning... That was covid stuff, mind.

I think the point is that manufacturers will assume that folks have already got a suitable charging lead. So when you buy a new gizmo, or at least if it's by a relatively environmentally friendly manufacturer, it won't come with yet another lead. Because all leads are the same! Imagine if you bought a new washing machine and it came with a different design of plug on it that wouldn't fit in your wall sockets? At the moment, if you buy, say, a Fairphone or a Suri toothbrush (I've got one of those, it's excellent - 30 day battery that's replaceable, every part of it including heads recycleable - they even provide a post bag to send heads back to them) it doesn't come with a lead - you have to pay extra but they try to discourage you from buying another as it'll probably end up in landfill.

Please make it stop!!!!

Here's a Belfast postie who covers songs by dead artists in the style of Elvis - The King:

Your wish is my command 😁 Proper!!!

Great, isn't it? 😀 I daren't post his cover of Enter Sandman ... And don't forget there's innumerable breathy versions of classics specially made for use in perfume ads 🤮

Actually, this may be better than the original 😁

I'm currently running my helix into a stereo 2x750w Crown power amp, one channel is bass (4x10) and one octaved up with guitar Sims (2x10). There's sufficient to drown out guitar and drums should I turn up to above 11o clock. Recommended to all bass players!

Funky and shouty!

Mine too... Perhaps the yungman has sigs turned off in his display profile?

Though I'd like to distance myself from the above apostrophe... Spellcheck can be deeply shitstainical!

Having just made a start, I suspect Finland might be the only takers... I've got a weird bit nicked from Chopin, and some jazz. Maybe a lovely blonde wig and some "oo eeoo da doodoos" might broaden it's appeal!