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I know this weekend theres some folkish? Festival in sisters. Thinking about going but im not a fan of giant crowds and don’t have any people to go with.

I just stumpled onto what I guess is “dark Americana/Altfolk” is what I see it called online but its bands like Amigo the Devil, murder by death, Gogol Bordello, Days n days, Decemberist. Theyre all kinda different but have a similar like upbeat folky sound you can dance to but kinda dark depressing lyrics. I just really wanna go be around that and people who also dig it but maybe in like a dive bar setting to start?

Idk I moved out here last year and been to Duffys a few times which was fun but just not quite the same vibe. I’ve never really had the urge to go to a show or concert, i was always good with chilling and listening and drinking at a hangout but this new stuff I just really wanna be around the sound live.

Appreciate any suggestions.

Its hard for me to place them but got the vocal like beratones and strings of folk but the “chaotic” sound of punk and the songs are pretty punk themed. This is a pretty new world coming from mainly grunge background, though ive always thought Banjo had the best string sound so Ive always had some folk in rotation. Though wasn’t the biggest fan of like hipster folk I appreciated seeing the banjo “grow” in mainstream. Dead South probably favorite modern folk but not really punk.

I had a radio station started from majestic by wax fang (not counting that in this umbrella its just what got the ball rolling) regardless of genre any song or band that captures that like “beauty of the world through a broken flawed pov” grips me, that shit you just feel the lived experience through the vocals and strings. Anyway, after that song is where I stumble into what I feel is FolkPunk.

First is springbreak 1899 by Murder by Death. Damnnnn that voice just cuts and I fucking love it. Listened to it like 20 times already. “The kindness of a stranger or the trick of the trade? God knows im not the first mistake shes made.” BAM been awhile since a song hit me like that.

Next is Amigo the Devil, first song is Murder at Bingo Hall. He’s probably the most confident I am about these artist and folkpunk. Really interesting artist, I don’t even really have specific words for it but I can’t stop listening and he’s the one I’ve listened to the most variety of songs vs one big hitter on repeat. Im gonna be digging through this guys catalog and talking about him anytime someone talks about banjo.

Now the last one is kinda more Ska or like eurofolk but god damn I actually cried for the first time with a song which probably sounds ridiculous but Wonderland King by Gogol Bordello…. Im listening again and tearing up feeling silly but fuck Ive never had a song just like be it all for me. You can dance, its got the vocals, song of substance and just know it’s something real from the artist. It hits me so hard because when I was 16 my first dream was just to be a nomad just traveling the world experiencing and seeing shit. Always told myself I would grow out of it, eventually would want a wife and kids. Im 36 now never wanted the wife, kid and like stable home life, but that wonderlust is always pulling and honestly kinda fucking me up because I keep trying all this different shit to just be that person and it doesn’t work. I’ve even kinda tried fulfilling that feeling by just constantly moving around America. Haven’t lived in the same apartment or place longer than one lease cycle, never owned more than I could haul away in one truckload but I’ve been fucked trying to live this like two path life for awhile and when Gogol opens
“Has he not camped beyond the hills? Has he not crossed the seven seas?” He just kinda fucking shattered this fake nomad persona id convinced myself of. But by the end everything in my body just wanted to run out the door of work, hop in my truck and drive.

Sorry for the rant and bad formatting at the end there. This just feels like the only place all this could fit.

TL;DR Amigo the Devil, Gogol Bordello and Death by Murder are pretty cool bands I just stumbled on.

So I like Interview with a vampire, fantastic show. Haven’t watched the new Lestat series yet but the ad they show makes look like a CW show. Im rewatching season 1 and they force lil behind the scenes bit in the middle of episodes like a ad. I don’t care about behind the scenes, to me its like peeking behind the curtain on a magic trick and id just rather have fun believing in “the magic” i have no idea how forcing it in the middle of episodes multiple times and even during big moments was a good idea to anyone. How does it help the show and series?

Just needed to rant a lil bit.

So started new playthrough for DLC, really trying to do things in different ways just to see what happens like alot people do.

Usually with Pasqual hes the homie and I just roll with whatever he’s talking about because I got no idea. This time though im playing Commissar for first time and with using alot of coercion im learning into the, no bs no excuse do the job or fail kinda leader. So when I get Pasqual to the ship and get his story going, im calling him out, saying hes just constantly making excuses and that he’s basically a pos for betraying his mentor.

There were a few lines where you could like really feel the brewing anger in his response. Really took me back from the pretty chill kinda smartass Pasqual im use to. Got the same reaction with Hendrix saying I expected a more dramatic story when he tells me he killed his aunt and that’s how he found his powers.

I love playing Dogmatic but it’s usually the noble kind calling everyone peasants and getting alot of eye rolls. Gonna be interesting going as a no leeway, always cold and professional dogmatic asshole.

So idk if this post needs a later book spoiler tag but using MoI to talk about Great Ravens for now.

Just saw another new reader post about DG and the crows of Coltaine soul. Got me wondering about crows in other parts of the world and if they had any special functions, which led to thinking about great ravens.

Is there any relation/conflict between great ravens and crows? Might sound like a silly question but crows and ravens always seem to be used as some way for authors to build a scene and give tone or other stuff to convey like “hey pay attention reader” I know they’re big in occult and gothic type literature but don’t know much about how they are compared there. Basically im trying to say that in stories crows abd ravens are never just birds flying around and with Erikson using tropes in his own unique ways im just curious if there’s any interesting subtext for them in Malazan.

I mean there’s obviously something special going with great ravens, their very origin tells that. Crows are important to Wickans, is there anything else? Any gods associated with either besides how great ravens were created? Currently on BH if there’s something between MoI and BH that talks about.

Maybe im overthinking it after wake and bake this morning but they just seem like that classic literature principle that Erikson seems to enjoy breaking and rebuilding in his own way in his world.

Simple pneumatic setup, air supply in, 1 hose up, 1 hose down. Wired with a foot pedal and a push button to actuate valve. Solenoid controls coil, which controls shaft of pneumatic valve. Theres other wiring going on for displays and other stuff but not effecting pneumatic valve.

So basically push button and foot pedal dont actuate, valve has button on valve to manually actuate/engage. Valve is fine. Solenoid wired to Terminal block. No voltage drop or open connections across whole TB. But when you press pedal or push button solenoid LED looks like its not getting full connection is lightly comes on but vanishes, tried solenoid and coil on different machines works fine, tried other solenoid and coils from other lines on down machine and same issue with LED looking like lil to no connection.

Now here’s where things get weird. I can pull coil and solenoid off of shaft, hit button or pedal get a full illumination, physically slide coil on shaft while solenoid is energized and it actuates with the shaft but if depress button leave solenoid and coil on shaft and press again its back to the light to no connection LED and not actuating.

I’ve tested pretty much every electric connection on the system and they all read fine, tried like 5 different solenoids with any coils that fit and 3 different valves. Same issue no matter what. Im stumped and feeling like im missing something obvious.

Edit: im a dummy, the box I thought was just for monitoring and inputs is a control box with relays. Relay got stuck. Still confused but when I beat in the box it seems to work more frequently

I forget the name, hollow fist? Way of the fist? There abunch of fist stuff. But it’s a pretty big skill node pretty early in monk tree.

It does quite a few things with its ability to do quarterstaff skills without quarterstaff equipment confuses me a little bit. Im doing a build from YT P4wnyhof and I get what it mainly does and how you don’t technically need a quarterstaff, but wouldn’t still having one equipped be beneficial for stats boost? Or if you have a staff equipped you don’t get the skill node boost?

If it’s something I just didn’t read good enough then fair, plan looking at it more tonight. The build is working great though im only act 2. It just seems weird to not have a weapon in slot. I have a talisman in secondary, should that be my equipped weapon and something else for attributes bonus in my secondary?

I made it to Act 4 last season but started really late and still have alot to learn. Any tips or key info to remember would be appreciated.

Theres definitely alot to tweak and add for the game but it’s got that feel to it. Been wanting a modern nba street game for years and the demo shows solid gameplay and great connection and network so far.

I was hesitant when I first saw a trailer but after two hours im definitely buying and trying to get my buddy to do the same. I like the online tournament mode as a quick play thing. Nice base loop to keep playing for something.

My only recommendation is to utilize the right stick in defense outside of just push. Like if you hold L2 for guard and right stick up hands go straight up to add pressure to a shot without committing to a block, you could also use R2 and right stick to cut off drives and potentially force a pick up of the dribble. Good defenders could punish good handles but also be punishing for wrong timing or getting baited by a dribble move.

But either way im having a blast so far and definitely playing day 1.

So im not necessarily looking to jump careers, I have a good one that works well for me. I would just like to do something in entertainment. It’s a strong hobby and passion, im 36 and my whole life ive always looked to make people smile and have a good time. I just don’t really know what is out there besides like movies, acting or event coordinator.

I just saw a video of one of those “princess parties” for 1 person and the “princess” was going all out in the role, I was thinking I could do that, not a princess probably cuz im a close to middle aged bald dude but honestly if someone said “but you can’t” id still give it all in character.

Im just curious about any possible avenues that most might not know or heard or of, I know entertainment is something alot of people do hoping and looking to get famous or rich, but honestly I just wanna be on a stage or preform something.

I do karaoke as hobby and always telling stories at bars that people like so I know it’s something I can do, just don’t really know how or where to look. Im no musician and doing stand up is something I’ve thought about kinda looking for something with direction if that makes sense.

I know it’s a long shot but appreciate any tips or info anyone has.

I’ve had the game since it launched in EA. Usually not a big ARPG fan but just really like the aesthetic and animations in POE2. Im not good at keeping track of what stat is boosted and by how much on each item equipped, im bad at building incremental stat increases with characters and if you give me abunch of skill gems and support stuff I feel compelled to use it and thought it was just natural progression of the game.

So basically most of the time ive had this game ive been equipped with just the highest item level that had stats I thought wrere good and a busted skill bar were im trying to juggle 8 skills every encounter. I would watch “new player guides” but most them just overload you on concepts and mechanics, telling you to complete campaign and then what to do for end game. Most build guides would just throw a slill tree at you then focus on getting uniques and crafting stuff. All kinda presuming you may be new to POE2 but I guess with a general understanding if ARPG loops, even if they spend 8 min intro constantly saying “no knowledge needed”.

Anyway, after getting into a loop grind game Arc Raiders and understanding the progression there and with .5 coming out I gave POE2 another shot and just kinda get it now. You just kinda focus on one thing you wanna do and build around it. Im a frost nova sorceress because exploding things with Ice is really cool. Saw frost bomb gave the things to make frost nova stronger. Just focused on that till it got weak in act 2, then I looked at guides and builds to tweek and find better synergies. Like just dropping most of my other fire and elctro skills for more frost stuff. Now getting new items I know what is better because I know what stats are important for what skills I use.

Im sure im gonna be completely lost again here soon and I don’t even think about trading or how to best craft what on what but im just glad to finally be close to seeing my hideout lol. Game really isn’t as complex as it seems just to get going. All the things are kinda just to help give variety im seeing now.

It’s all been said before, just another slow stubborn player who finally figured it out for myself. The boss fights are alot more fun when you know you can win, it’s just your own timing and positioning that’s losing.

So idk how long most people stay at a place to figure if its worth staying or bouncing, pay and salary aside. But I’ve always been quick on that trigger. See some dumb process or power tripper, make a comment or push against it, get told to stfu basically and then my resume is out there. Started this field after the Navy at 24, in my 20s that breaking point was around 6-7 months. 36 now and I’ve worked on it so it’s usually 1 year to 1.5, i know there’s people out there that will say “it’s just a job, let them be dumb and just do what you’re responsible for.” How do yall do that? It’s probably a flaw that i need to keep working on but if something is done wrong or someone is saying to do shit that’s just gonna be fucked down the road or if there’s someone that knows if they just be enough of a problem people will cave to their will, I just can’t let it slide. I’ll pretty much make my problem till someone just says “i hear ya but we are gonna keep doing it X” but not give any reason other than its what I say.

I keep telling myself “surely, in business there’s 1 out there where shit actually makes sense.” Im almost 40 now, I’ve worked probably 30 different maintenance jobs (pretty much all distribution centers and manufacturing) and im just starting to realize this is just life.

So for people who more well adjusted and know how to bite your tongue and not waste the energy when you know its gonna stay dumb. What’s your process? How do you judge a job overall? Safety aside because if they asking you to do unsafe shit then fuck that place automatically.