1) no publicly released physical evidence
2) no independent identification of victims
3) no chain-of-custody/allied-nation reports
4) no release of underlying intelligence justifying strike decisions
5) no demonstrable imminent threat to legally justify lethal force
1) no publicly released physical evidence
2) no independent identification of victims
3) no chain-of-custody/allied-nation reports
4) no release of underlying intelligence justifying strike decisions
5) no demonstrable imminent threat to legally justify lethal force
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Verdict: IT'S OKAY
Thoughts: it's... weirdly just "fine"? strange. usually there's at least 2-3 on each of their albums that are total bangers for me. it's very gaze-y in a shockingly unremarkable way. will need to revisit another time, I guess.
Verdict: IT'S OKAY
Thoughts: it's... weirdly just "fine"? strange. usually there's at least 2-3 on each of their albums that are total bangers for me. it's very gaze-y in a shockingly unremarkable way. will need to revisit another time, I guess.
Verdict: LIKE IT
Thoughts: Devin Townsend writes a Chiropractor's Office album
Verdict: LIKE IT
Thoughts: Devin Townsend writes a Chiropractor's Office album
Verdict: IT'S OKAY
Thoughts: the early leg of this project is turning into a Devin Townsend case study... anyway, some interesting stuff here on a country-blues front but a lot of this is a little too "stomp-clap-hey"-adjacent for me.
Verdict: IT'S OKAY
Thoughts: the early leg of this project is turning into a Devin Townsend case study... anyway, some interesting stuff here on a country-blues front but a lot of this is a little too "stomp-clap-hey"-adjacent for me.
Verdict: IT'S OKAY
Thoughts: just not nearly as good as Life of Leisure
Verdict: IT'S OKAY
Thoughts: just not nearly as good as Life of Leisure
Verdict: IT'S OKAY
Thoughts: perusing unexamined corners of the 4AD catalog. there's a clothing rack in a Hot Topic in 2004 that matches the vibe of this album. if you shopped at a Hot Topic in 2004 and have heard this album, you know what I mean.
Verdict: IT'S OKAY
Thoughts: perusing unexamined corners of the 4AD catalog. there's a clothing rack in a Hot Topic in 2004 that matches the vibe of this album. if you shopped at a Hot Topic in 2004 and have heard this album, you know what I mean.
Verdict: LIKE IT
Thoughts: Hieronymus Boschcore
Verdict: LIKE IT
Thoughts: Hieronymus Boschcore
Verdict: LIKE IT
Thoughts: warm and sad
Verdict: LIKE IT
Thoughts: warm and sad
Verdict: LOVE IT
Thoughts: file under "underexplored" rather than "new to me." full of nihilistic but validating anger about our doomed planet. first LOVE IT of this exercise, though not surprising considering my love of CD.
Verdict: LOVE IT
Thoughts: file under "underexplored" rather than "new to me." full of nihilistic but validating anger about our doomed planet. first LOVE IT of this exercise, though not surprising considering my love of CD.
Verdict: LIKED IT
Thoughts: Prefer other DT projects but this is aight.
Verdict: LIKED IT
Thoughts: Prefer other DT projects but this is aight.
Verdict: LIKED IT
Notes: have honestly ignored this band, not sure why. balanced mixture of elements here. -2/10 on Info Dump for accomplishing what it sets out to do by giving me anxiety.
Verdict: LIKED IT
Notes: have honestly ignored this band, not sure why. balanced mixture of elements here. -2/10 on Info Dump for accomplishing what it sets out to do by giving me anxiety.
Verdict: LIKE IT
Highlights: I don't always love his musical efforts, but I do always love Rollins's energy. I connect with the way he thinks and perceives himself and the world. I enjoy his spoken word and love his writing. You get some of that energy here.
Verdict: LIKE IT
Highlights: I don't always love his musical efforts, but I do always love Rollins's energy. I connect with the way he thinks and perceives himself and the world. I enjoy his spoken word and love his writing. You get some of that energy here.
Verdict: IT'S OKAY
Highlight: N/A. this kind of thing is like grindcore muzak for me.
Verdict: IT'S OKAY
Highlight: N/A. this kind of thing is like grindcore muzak for me.
Verdict: LIKE IT
Highlights: "Addicted!," "Awake!!," the weird effect of combining industrial-adjacent/prog metal with ABBA-like vocals- not generally for me but respect the WTF factor
Verdict: LIKE IT
Highlights: "Addicted!," "Awake!!," the weird effect of combining industrial-adjacent/prog metal with ABBA-like vocals- not generally for me but respect the WTF factor
Verdict: LIKE IT
Highlight: "Vespertine Decay"
Verdict: LIKE IT
Highlight: "Vespertine Decay"