@avclub-c7b2dd37955735b005d5f5d6221ff657:disqus - It is entirely possible to be a fan of BOTH xkcd and Dresden Codak.

God, the editing on that thing was atrocious.  The band's show was plenty interesting enough on its own, editing-people, going all Gaspar Noë on us doesn't make it any more so.

Yeah, indeed, I don't actually mean to be hard on Spotify; we've all got our avenues-of-music-discovery which don't tend to pay out "directly" to artists.  I do sort of get annoyed by the folks who ONLY have Spotify-or-whatever and don't use it as an avenue to encourage more music.  In the context of an article about…

Heh, yeah, AE for the past decade has been something of an acquired taste.  The new one is still reasonably abstract, but I've personally found it to be much more immediately engaging than Quaristice or Oversteps.  There's a few tracks which are among my favorite AE tracks now, in fact, the frontrunner being "1 1…

It's been awhile since I've looked at any data about it, but assuming little has changed, it's important to note that income artists receive from Spotify is often paltry at best.  I'm not saying it's wrong to use a legal and licensed music streaming service like Spotify as your sole source of music, but if you want to…

Physical CDs actually make up >50% of my music purchases still, mostly 'cause I like the physical permanence of it.  I've noticed I tend to get less emotionally-attached to albums that I only have digital copies of.  There's something about holding the physical object which strengthens the connection in my mind.  It…

Interestingly, it seems the one date still on is in Madison, WI (where I live, no less!)  Madison's generally seen as an extremely LGBT-friendly town, it'll be interesting to see how it turns out.

Eh, the bit that I had found ridiculous was the "Bauhaus-centric" nature of the shows, actually, not the number of people willing to see it.  Bauhaus was touring off-and-on ever since their 1998 Resurrection tour (I was ecstatic at the time that I'd actually get a chance to see 'em live), and their last tour wasn't…

Now that's just sad.

@avclub-f121d09285898f1c66d66f1e6f0455a6:disqus - Yeah, I agree that was their original intent, and certainly they'll be publically claiming to do that, but their TOS does state that "Project Creators are required to fulfill all rewards of their successful
fundraising campaigns or refund any Backer whose reward they…

@avclub-78bdfa83009fb79fce8a73303b724ee2:disqus - Sure, but my point is that the stuff you get out of it is clearly listed on the Kickstarter page.  No, you're not getting a cut of any eventual profits from the thing, but you are getting exactly what you signed up to get.  The cost/reward ratio is reasonably…

@avclub-525f76574b3a2a5bcb4da793c92a16fb:disqus - Well, they're paying to get the movie made, but they're also getting things for their money (including copies of the movie).  It's all pretty clear right on the site.

In case you're not just intentionally playing uninformed-about-Kickstarter: it's not a "donation" in any traditional sense.  You select what "rewards" you want when you pledge your money, and you get those things if the project's successful.  Project creators are technically required to fulfill their obligations,…

The track "Darlings of Lumberland" is (IMO) one of the best songs they've ever produced.  It's totally glorious: https://soundcloud.com/they…

For whatever reason, it took me years to get into John Henry when it was released.  Something about the sound just didn't jive well with me, and it wasn't until much later that I realized how great it was.

The icicle death was always my favorite bit of DH2…

Yeah, I have to admit to having a hard time getting into a lot of Flaming Lips stuff, but I liked Embryonic quite a bit, primarily because of the darker/harder edge to it.  Their favorite of mine is still the Christmas on Mars soundtrack.  Bring on the bleak and disturbing!

Ah, guess my Youtube-recognition skills are not what they used to be.  Still: high-quality!

Oh, excellent - I had no idea there were finally decent-quality versions of this online.  For the longest time there was pretty much only the shitty 320x240 ones from channel101.com, though I see they're now using youtube too.

Yeah, catching it on its opening-night midnight show in a college town at a theater where you can buy beer made it into a pretty great spectacle.  I've rarely had so much fun at a movie theater.