u/enthusiasm_gap

Looking for ideas, especially in a theatre context. New boss is trying to get us to adopt Streamdecks into our workflow. I'm not opposed, I just don't get it, and I'd like to find a way to be stoked about this instead of causing conflict. We already have and use Go-Boxes for triggering QLab playback, and I'm pretty happy with using User-Defined Keys for most console control functions. People seem pretty jazzed on these things, but all I've seen them used for so far is just... a more complicated way to do what I already do just fine with the aforementioned control solutions. If it matters, all house consoles are Yamaha but we frequently rent in other brands. Help me out, i know y'all probably have some solutions to problems I didn't even think about.

It's not "new album bias," this is just a great fucking album.

We love a good Wet Hole In The Ceiling™️. Beau Is Afraid, A Different Man, If I Had Legs I'd Kick You- they all have a Wet Hole In The Ceiling. Which is the best Wet Hole and why? Are there more Wet Holes in other films that I haven't seen?

I just really like his bass playing. I think But Here We Are has some of the most interesting bass lines in modern rock music. He also stands out on Concrete and Gold. His playing was a big part of what originally got me interested in Sunny Day, and I'll be completely honest in saying that I was kinda disappointed for a while, thinking maybe he had toned it down too much to make space when FF started adding members left and right. I didn't really notice, but at some point he started bringing that more melodic/lyrical style back, and it was on full display for BHWA. I'm stoked that the bass is more up front in the mix for YFT than for previous albums, it makes me wonder if maybe I missed some things about his playing in the time from One By One through Sonic Highways.

In Ep 198, Matt claimed that the word "picnic" has racist origins. I just wanted to point out that this is an oft-repeated folk etymology, but it is absolutely not true. The word "picnic" comes from mid-1600's French "piquenique", which was a large meal where attendees all brought a dish (similar to what we now call a potluck). I'm sure Matt meant no harm, it's a fairly common misconception.