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I’ve got tickets to see Fontaines D.C. in November, with Chalk supporting.

So far, the releases from Dopamine Chamber haven’t really been hitting the spot for me. This has made me increasingly excited about seeing Chalk. Their live sessions for New Music Fix and KEXP were amazing. They seem to have that freshness and independence that once attracted me to Fontaines…

Anyway, have you ever gone to a gig where the support act ended up outperforming the main band? How did that feel? Did it change how you experienced the rest of the gig, or did you just enjoy the unexpected bonus?

Tell us a story 😅

Absolutely brilliant. Don Letts delivered an amazing show tonight! Eclectic mix of reggae, dub, drum'n'bass, soundsystem music, old, new, classic, alternative...excellent work!

I have 3 Eras 100 and 1 Era 300 in my apartment and absolutely love these speakers, when they work...
Are they usually this temperamental or could it be that I often have Wi-fi issues that are supposedly only surfacing now that the speakers need seamless/consistent connection to properly play music?
I don't even know if I'm doing anything wrong to be honest...issues come and go...music plays then stops, then starts again, breaks up, comes back again and runs for hours with no issues. Then the next day, same saga...
Am I the only one? 🙏

Single gay guy here in my mid-30s, emotionally available and genuinely interested in building something meaningful with another man. Not because of social pressure or timelines, but because I really enjoy where I am in life and would love to share that with someone in a committed and monogamous relationship.

I haven’t used dating apps in almost six years. Every now and then I meet people organically through friends or mutual connections, and last year I ended up dating someone for nine months who turned out to be emotionally unavailable. I fell for the potential and, in hindsight, had never encountered an avoidant attachment style before.
It was painful, but I learned a lot from the experience. Most importantly, I learned that I’m capable of intimacy, vulnerability and emotional openness, and that these are things I genuinely want for myself.

So I’m curious: are there still people looking for the same thing these days? And if so, where are they hiding?

I often see posts here, and hear from friends, about people mistaking chemistry for intimacy or trying to convince someone to choose them when that person was never really available in the first place. Looking back, I think I fell into that trap myself, and in some ways I’m grateful for the lesson.

Am I naive for still believing that the best might still be ahead? That it’s possible to meet someone organically, outside of apps, who is both attractive and emotionally available?

For those of you who are looking for the same things, do you still have hope? Does finding love in 2026 still feel possible? And if you’ve found it recently, especially outside of apps, I’d genuinely love to hear your story. Sometimes hearing that it happened for someone else makes the whole thing feel a little less like searching for a rare bird that may or may not exist.