Jamie DeSalu
@jamiedesalu.bsky.social
International development stuff, travel stuff, 90s music stuff, RADwood-era car stuff. Seldom post but diligently read everything you post, swearsies
Wait do you seriously not like "Mayonnaise"? "Hummer"?
November 9, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Wait do you seriously not like "Mayonnaise"? "Hummer"?
💯. This and "Big Bang Baby" (which is just good pop) are probably their best songs
I appreciate the swing they took with "Pretty Penny" but I don't think they quite stuck the landing
I appreciate the swing they took with "Pretty Penny" but I don't think they quite stuck the landing
November 9, 2025 at 6:08 PM
💯. This and "Big Bang Baby" (which is just good pop) are probably their best songs
I appreciate the swing they took with "Pretty Penny" but I don't think they quite stuck the landing
I appreciate the swing they took with "Pretty Penny" but I don't think they quite stuck the landing
Personal preference here and not trying to take anyone's joy, but man, Thayil is my least favorite guitar player of that era
And I'm even including later bands that didn't strictly know how to play
And I'm even including later bands that didn't strictly know how to play
November 9, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Personal preference here and not trying to take anyone's joy, but man, Thayil is my least favorite guitar player of that era
And I'm even including later bands that didn't strictly know how to play
And I'm even including later bands that didn't strictly know how to play
You sort of had an idea of what Cobain was capable of when he died. But with Hoon, man, who can say what would've been
November 9, 2025 at 5:56 PM
You sort of had an idea of what Cobain was capable of when he died. But with Hoon, man, who can say what would've been
I feel like yes, but without the cabaret aesthetics and Bowie inflections does it just become tunes for dirtbags?
November 9, 2025 at 5:54 PM
I feel like yes, but without the cabaret aesthetics and Bowie inflections does it just become tunes for dirtbags?
"Tones of Home" always really did it for me
November 9, 2025 at 5:49 PM
"Tones of Home" always really did it for me
Hmm...maybe. If nothing else I can definitely say I prefer the later bands that took their influence from the latter
November 9, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Hmm...maybe. If nothing else I can definitely say I prefer the later bands that took their influence from the latter
Like, I remember seeing AIC and Soundgarden on Headbangers Ball. Nirvana was the first album where I went "wait what is this" (Nevermind, but Bleach would have worked just as well)
November 9, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Like, I remember seeing AIC and Soundgarden on Headbangers Ball. Nirvana was the first album where I went "wait what is this" (Nevermind, but Bleach would have worked just as well)
There's also an interesting break point in the timeline between bands heavily influenced by various flavors of metal on one side—including Candlebox—and then the others
November 9, 2025 at 5:39 PM
There's also an interesting break point in the timeline between bands heavily influenced by various flavors of metal on one side—including Candlebox—and then the others
Ahh okay now I get it you're doing a bit
November 9, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Ahh okay now I get it you're doing a bit
Might be a midwestern thing but I feel like 'had' should be a fourth option
November 9, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Might be a midwestern thing but I feel like 'had' should be a fourth option
Genuinely chuffed about this! Love that they kept the outline of the original headlights
November 6, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Genuinely chuffed about this! Love that they kept the outline of the original headlights
this is literally the first headline I've seen that fits the parameters of Betteridge's law of headlines while being axiomatically in violation of it
October 31, 2025 at 4:01 PM
this is literally the first headline I've seen that fits the parameters of Betteridge's law of headlines while being axiomatically in violation of it
I don’t personally need skeuomorphic light reflections on my fake buttons but then I'm not here to tell you how to live your life
October 29, 2025 at 8:16 PM
I don’t personally need skeuomorphic light reflections on my fake buttons but then I'm not here to tell you how to live your life
Ah, okay. Continuation of colonial attitudes towards Sub-Saharan Africa isn't exactly surprising in this context, but did this commonly extend to Commonwealth countries like Australia and New Zealand?
October 3, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Ah, okay. Continuation of colonial attitudes towards Sub-Saharan Africa isn't exactly surprising in this context, but did this commonly extend to Commonwealth countries like Australia and New Zealand?
Is it your sense that that this criticism has any merit (not necessarily in this particular instance, but just in terms of historical basis)?
October 3, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Is it your sense that that this criticism has any merit (not necessarily in this particular instance, but just in terms of historical basis)?
Thanks for this! I would never have known it had a more specific definition in another context
October 3, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Thanks for this! I would never have known it had a more specific definition in another context
The laughable idea here is this "Sydney Anglo-Catholic" dude conveniently pretending 'global South' is a geographic term rather than a socioeconomic one so he can immediately revert to playing victim (AUS would very much be part of the global North, in so far as people still use those terms)
October 3, 2025 at 7:29 PM
The laughable idea here is this "Sydney Anglo-Catholic" dude conveniently pretending 'global South' is a geographic term rather than a socioeconomic one so he can immediately revert to playing victim (AUS would very much be part of the global North, in so far as people still use those terms)
'Global South' was a term constantly used in the literature and lectures of the globalization & development grad program that I—an American—undertook in London in the late aughts
Not really sure where you're getting this idea
Not really sure where you're getting this idea
October 3, 2025 at 7:21 PM
'Global South' was a term constantly used in the literature and lectures of the globalization & development grad program that I—an American—undertook in London in the late aughts
Not really sure where you're getting this idea
Not really sure where you're getting this idea
What the actual f*ck are you talking about please be normal
October 2, 2025 at 2:51 AM
What the actual f*ck are you talking about please be normal
Major Winchesterfield with a thousand yard stare, scrubs stained through with lingonberry jam
September 25, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Major Winchesterfield with a thousand yard stare, scrubs stained through with lingonberry jam
...an internal refrain in my own head
See, this is exactly what I'm talking about
See, this is exactly what I'm talking about
September 22, 2025 at 7:13 PM
...an internal refrain in my own head
See, this is exactly what I'm talking about
See, this is exactly what I'm talking about
haha the two halves of this exchange are literally an internal refrain
September 22, 2025 at 7:12 PM
haha the two halves of this exchange are literally an internal refrain
Not going to do any better than this today; I'm off to bed
September 13, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Not going to do any better than this today; I'm off to bed