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I felt you would have stopped caring that much about them at either Conspiracy of One or Splinter. Personally, I still dig Splinter even though I didn't think it added anything to their "legacy". I really like Da Hui and the Noose, and as for the Worst Hangover Ever, while it's definitely the kind of song that started driving their older fans away back when they released Americana, it always gets me smiling and I'm ok with that. It's probably the song I've played the most in that album tbf. The last 2 albums had some songs I liked, but there's so much more music I'd rather be listening to nowadays that I basically listened to those when I got them and probably never again. I'll probably keep getting their albums because it may have been the first band I really liked when I was about 12 when Smash came out, so even if I've found so much great music since, they'll still have that special spot.

The thing is this breakaway league has been suggested since the 90s. You are right, of course, but what you say isn't really the sad result of these changes but rather the whole purpose. At the time it was suggested it was outrageous and it would never be done. However, every few years there are more changes that get us closer and closer to that. When it inevitably happens, nobody will say it's outrageous anymore because the champions league will look almost the same as the 90s euroleague suggestion by the time the last european league winner outside of the top 4 - now 5 - leagues is kicked out of the competition.

Anyone read the Thank You/Goodbye note from Norman Powell to the Raptors? Heads up, kinda long. https://www.theplayerstribune.com/posts/the-north-norman-powell-toronto-raptors-basketball-nba?fbclid=IwAR3QQXOVRhe9T9f6p1haBiU3a2yB8xnfw2FVVnSZyCVBkZbummedIHIV5jI Anyway, Seems like a nice guy who really liked it there. A guy who wouldn't have asked to be traded in a million years.

They've had a few similar to this in the last couple albums. I'm guessing the Offspring sound you're a huge fan of isn't this one, and hasn't been seen since the early 00s?

Magic have traded Vucevic, Aaron Gordon and Evan Fournier. Still time to trade Terrence Ross I guess?

I tried listening to Human Impact a few months ago. I suppose I should have liked them because all of them have been in bands I like, but I just didn't care much for their music. I'll still listen to their new material but I just feel this won't be for me.

They're releasing a new album this month.

How do you manage to keep 3 saves? I can hardly keep 1!

Last summer I read an article claiming Low would be replaced by Hans-Dieter Flick after the euros. It's weird considering he had just signed a deal at Bayern a couple months before, but that article said Bayern were going to try a big name foreign manager.

I'm less surprised you like digital leather than human after all. Have you tried shitdisco?

I've actually heard a couple songs a few years ago. I haven't heard the full album but I may enjoy it. Just added it into my pending albums playlist n spotify. Thanks for the reminder.

While I'm way more of a ATDI guy myself De-Loused is wonderful indeed.

It's definitely on the rock side of things. I wouldn't call it punk (not in the same way I'd do it with prodigy, the bloody beetroots or atari teenage riot and others) but regardless that's not what I was referring to. Most bands he mentioned are techno/breakbeat/big beat and you can hear the influence of those genres in homework, even if it's mostly house as most of Daft punk's early work and that's why I said he probably should stay there. Nevertheless I'll retract that statement because he really should give it a go and maybe he'll like it and I'm really not the person who should be telling him not to try listening to something that he may enjoy. I take it back.

South American leagues are best for that. Sweden is just home and away games like most european leagues.

To be fair, you probably should stay there. You won't find much similar to what you described above in their other albums.

I've been thinking about this lately as well. Mine was March 6th. We're almost there. Going from a gig or 2 a week and a couple summer festivals to nothing is really awful. I have a couple tickets for shows that may not happen (originally 2020 gigs) and I don't even check who's playing anymore to avoid further disappointment.

That bit about Daft Punk is true. I only got into electronic music in my late 20s so I wouldn't have known back then but my girlfriend was a huge fan of Daft Punk from the beginning and she tells me she did get disappointed with this album after how much she loved their first and their recent albums sound like something else entirely. They alienated their original fanbase while getting a massive new one. It's undeniable. It did change a lot. In fact every single album they've released since then is quite different from their previous work. Not saying that's good or bad, just an observation. Personally, I'm not a huge fan of Daft Punk. I don't care much for house music and their more recent poppier sound is really boring to me. I do like Da Funk, though. That one's cool.

Fair enough. It wasn't the first time I'd seen it though.

I understand where they're coming from, but imagine you're a real good player who just happens to be a San Marino national because your granddad was born there but you and your parents were born in Switzerland. You have no connection to any country besides your own, and you're good enough to play a world cup. You'd never be able to cause that rule would force you to lose to Moldova for the rest of your life.

This stood out to me: "The Hives were also – easily – one of the best bands I saw live." They were - easily - the most annoying band I ever saw live (I'm aware many people are into the very same things I disliked about their shows, so possibly my shows weren't even that different from yours. It's just that they're really not for me). I like them on record though.

I turned 17 in 99 but I was 29 the last time I was ID'd in a pub so it's safe to say I didn't look like I had a kid and a mortgage at 18.

Yes. Sorry. I meant mostly England. I did forget about the Celtic-Rangers situation and in any case I don't know enough apart from the obvious to comment on it. I didn't include Portugal in the examples above because it really isn't remotely similar. There's a big Porto-Lisbon divide (or North-South depending on who you talk to) mostly among less educated people but definitely very much alive in any social "class". I didn't bring up Madrid-Barcelona in my previous post because i feel it goes more along these lines. This reflects on a Porto-Benfica rivalry that can get pretty heated but still I didn't mention because it would feel like a slovenian telling someone from Tokyo, Ljubljana is big and messy - it really isn't. Any sort of political commentary comes from the fact Benfica (and the Lisbon teams in general) dominated football in Portugal for the most part during the regime and Porto after it so that's something Porto supporters tend to mention. That's most of it. Also, apart from the big 3, most people support their local clubs. Clubs don't have fans who support them based on their ideology because, quite frankly, there's none. You don't have a Lazio, a Livorno, a Rayo Vallecano or a Real Madrid there. That's also uncommon in northern european countries. As an example, Rayo Vallecano had a Betis player on loan for about 2 days until the fans found fascist posts on social media and he was sent back. It was that simple. They were one of the only clubs to have a woman president and they had a rainbow flag on their alternate kits. It's a statement regarding their beliefs. I know it's not a whole lot but it's still a lot more than most clubs are willing to do. The same thing happens in Italy, Greece and Turkey. I'm talking percentages here. I never said everyone is one way or another. There's still a lot of people following their parents footsteps like you said (I also mentioned it before so it's not like I ever said that doesn't happen. I'm just saying you just notice it's different when you're around these clubs. At Lazio one does feel this is not a neutral ground and for a lot of people (such as moi) it's very, very uncomfortable. The transition from fascist regimes in Spain and Italy was handled poorly to put it kindly. Again, I wouldn't include Portugal in this group either. Far right parties won their first seat in their parliament n the last election. They never left Spain or Italy and were pretty much in control of most media outlets in both countries. And sure, football isn't to blame for the rise of fascism but I believe clubs could do a tiny bit. It's the only social gathering for many people. It wouldn't hurt to act a bit. At least don't act like fascism is acceptable. There's always a little bit you can do. Some clubs do. Some do the opposite.

Obviously not all Lazio supporters are fascists and obviously you can find plenty of them all over the country. However, it's undeniable those with strong political convictions flock to team A or team B based on the general political ideology of the town's clubs and their supporters and ultras. That "your home is an oven in Auschwitz" banner was awful. If I was a "nice Lazio fan" and watched as my club half-accepted it would have been more than enough for me to stop supporting them until something of significance was done about it. (They tried to say the club didn't share the ultras views after it became a media scandal, but they're still there. No punishment) The Roma - Lazio rivalry was originally purely based on the fact Lazio considered they represented the city of Rome because they were there first while Roma supporters would tell them they're not even from the city. But that's long gone. It was always a working-class vs rich suburbs thing but with time it became much more than that. This is also true in Spain where plenty of people who hate Real Madrid do so because of their far-right tendencies. And this happens even if there are fascist groups at Atlético and to a much much lesser extent at Rayo Vallecano. There will always be those who support their clubs because their parents did so or whatever reasons lead us to support A or B but those are the general tendencies. Just like in Rome the rich north and suburbs support Madrid, and vote right wing. Those in the working class south support Atletico and vote socialist. Those in the poor east/south east support Rayo and vote left. Plenty of antifas all over the country support them based on the club's open anti-fascist stance. Is it 100% like this? No. But more than enough for it to be a thing. And it's also a thing in Greece and Turkey. Politics and football really go hand in hand in the south of Europe. It's not like the UK or the north in general.

It's scheduled. April 4th.

I like 90s music more than I like any other decade. Unpopular opinion (here, at least) but it is what it is. There are definitely things I love in other decades but the 90s had so much stuff I like, it will always be my number 1.