Let's make this a show off thread. Show me or tell me about all the crowning achievements of your qotsa-related collection. You've got original blue Man's Ruin S/T press? Or maybe Gamma Ray 7"? Maybe you were lucky to receive your own Fun Machine signed single? Maybe you grabbed Peace Love & Death on vinyl when it came out? Or maybe you have original Sons Of Kyuss record? Show it and prove it!
Why are you still here? Still have A24 fanpages liked on social medias? Still subscribed to their channels? Still paying for their services? Be a moral and conscious consumer that boycotts incoming AI-slop era and give A24 a middle finger they deserve.
Ok so first of all the title is not so much Fall-y as one would like and/or expect but that's ok. Secondly, the >>artwork<< is a complete piece of ass that is a slander considering that even the group's weakest album covers were at least interesting or stylish. Thirdly, I guessed it right that it might be 2016 Blaney/Smith session outtakes (are they though?). Fourthly, that Cog Sinister logo on the back is cropped from some existing album cover instead of using the actual logo which is hilarious. Another interesting thing is that a limited amount of records are sold as signed but it doesn't really mention by whom they are signed; yes I know it's Ed and Ding but still selling a signed The Fall album without you know, "The" Fall, is kinda funny in an abstract way. Seems like it's a non-label effort (at least without any input from Cherry Red), since the only second logo on the back belongs to Blaney's agency, Yerrrr Productions. The first track can be heard on a dedicated player here (also a strange move in the era of youtube and streaming services: https://the-fall-band.myshopify.com) and it's quite good. I wonder if these are songs arranged and co-created with MES or done after with death, to some existing vocal tracks?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lO83JDJtt4
Great fucking song, as per usual
I know that things can get stale and repetitive while the band is on hiatus (or even completely finished and broke up), that's absolutely normal. But I can't really agree with someone saying that Ween fandom sucks and we are toxic or whatever. I've tried to get into literally hundreds of fandoms of various bands, ranging from mediocre to godlike, and I can't really remember a community that had such a high sense of self-irony, open-mindedness and supportiveness as Ween's. Literally everyone is invited to the party, and Weendom has been a safe haven for every kind of freak, queer, trans, disabled person, minority, junkie, religious nut, deranged outcast and outsider practically forever. We even have a dedicated semi-alcoholics anonymous support group for God's sake. The levels of social inclusiveness are literally on the same high level as they are in Ween when it comes to choosing a music genre - everything's allowed and everything's got it own, amazing sides to look at. I know that this kind of truly subversive and alternative crowd can be a magnet for some scummy types, and well, yeah, after 25+ years of following the band I can tell that the biggest junkies, schizos and deranged people I met in my life were mostly Ween fans, but still, I guess they'll either find a light, God or Boognish, so I can't write them off forever. I won't even start writing on how thousands of us treat Ween in a fanatically religious way, closer to a cult than to a band. That also makes every random Ween interaction so great. I can assure you that every random person I've met who knew and loved Ween ultimately became my kindred spirit and I still have contact with them to this day. I'm sorry to read that Mickey regrets coming out to the fans so openly and I know that a lot of people can be abusive and they don't have any fucking class on how to handle a social interaction with a "celebrity", but I want to believe that's the noisy, shitty minority who makes the biggest buzz and leaves the bad taste. I still think that Ween fans are the craziest fucking bunch of most lovable people who ultimately want to do good and can be insanely passionate about pretty much everything that deserves it.
I mean, just fucking imagine how shitty The Strokes or Muse fandoms must be (they are).