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late etc SLTindqhIpQ Liking this and 'Perfume Of The Timeless' decently, I hope this can be better than HUMAN :||: NATURE, which had some really good moments (Pan, Ad Astra), but a lot of getting overblown even for them. Gone back through their whole discography again to get me hyped for this (god Imaginaerum is just an all killer no filler #1 of all time album and Dark Passion Play and Once are nearly as good, probably both in my top 10), less than a month to go now.

? This is exactly what Labour said they would do. It's dumb and it's stupid (particularly the ruling out of increases to taxes in so many areas) and it's treating everything like a household, obsessing over the sources of money rather than its positive effects on society. Like I said before, they won't call it austerity but it'll serve the same purpose. That said, given the state of the public finances and the insistence on staying within this economic framing* they weren't left with many options once they'd straitjacketed themselves into what was left. The worst thing is the tone of this speech. It's self-defeating, to announce that pain will be felt and there's nothing to look forward to. Sure, the other extreme is worse, as we saw with the Sunak insistence that nothing is wrong, but what political strategist decided that misery and hardship was a good backdrop for Starmer to reintroduce himself as PM? and then with their decimation of the left and the centre-right the only other game in town will be Reform once this all goes to shit but I get ahead of myself *I have a solution, it's in a little book called Das Kapital The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money

Possibly a contender for album of the year? Not often you get such hit after hit of pure good synthpop. very much enjoying all of this.

let's go semi 2 I'd not normally vibe with a semi draw like that but I am very much doing so this time

IRyS - Carbonated Love DjNNpw2x2dU idk why it's called carbonated either anyway this is a Eurobeat song, or otherwise, eurodance + pop that includes Italo-disco and racing cars in an anime style. So like as much as she's a cool girl I haven't watched IRyS in years; her songs have always been semi-decent pop, but this is a bit of a swerve from her, and a whole lot of fun I've been enjoying lately.

+30 TheFatRat (feat. Laura Brehm) - Monody +29 Everything Everything - Spring / Sun / Winter / Dread +28 Sufjan Stevens - Fourth of July +27 CHVRCHES - Clearest Blue +26 Galantis - Runaway (U & I) +25 Grimes - Flesh Without Blood +24 Kygo (feat. Conrad Sewell) - Firestone +23 Walk The Moon - Shut Up And Dance +22 Danny L Harle - Broken Flowers +21 CHVRCHES - Leave a Trace +20 Grimes - Kill V. Maim +19 Kendrick Lamar - King Kunta +18 Disturbed - Sound of Silence +17 Hozier - Take Me To Church +16 Carly Rae Jepsen - Run Away With Me +15 Lost Frequencies - Are You With Me +14 Everything Everything - Distant Past +13 Ariana Grande - One Last Time +12 Sigala (feat. Bryn Christopher) - Sweet Lovin +11 Wolf Alice - Silk +10 Everything Everything - No Reptiles +9 Courtney Barnett - Pedestrian At Best +8 Major Lazer (feat. DJ Snake & MØ) - Lean On +7 Avicii (feat. Simon Aldred) - Waiting For Love +6 Coldplay - Adventure of a Lifetime +5 Kendrick Lamar - The Blacker The Berry +4 Lana Del Rey - High By The Beach +3 Declan McKenna - Brazil +2 Marina and the Diamonds - I'm A Ruin +1 Years & Years - King

All, probably not, I think the realistic split is something like 60R-40D (plus non-voters and peel offs to the useless campaigns the Libertarians and Greens are running at higher rates than the average voter). Which keeps the truism that it was hurting Republicans more than helping them, while sticking with the characterisation of them being mostly registered independent voters who like to see themselves as 'up for grabs' and if he does go, doesn't shift the needle anywhere near as much as the main campaign season will.

I have seen rumours of RFK pulling up his campaign but nothing concrete beyond his running mate's comments that are being run right now. I mean it's entirely possible, particularly as his whole campaign was only ever a ruse to draw votes away from Democrats that's now backfiring as Kennedy's anti-vax nonsense is only appealing to Republicans, but I don't think I had the Kennedy votes as mattering in any of the crucial swing states. Possibly Pennsylvania and Arizona taking a look now, but hey, fun thing about him doing this now and not a month ago like Biden did is that he's certified with ballot access in over half the states and removing him from those is, I believe, not now as simple as his campaign saying 'We quit', particularly as a bunch of fringe parties have 'chosen' him as their nominee (e.g. Natural Law Party in Michigan). I'd put a solid bet on him still being on at least one ballot in November. Also I think polls this early only have him high due to name recognition, he's been getting 5% in PA and 7% in AZ and I don't see that being anywhere near the case in November even if he's still in - his profile is nothing on past third-party candidates, and most of them had an actual 'party' to rally behind.

@1826049166096871821 pretty emblematic of how this DNC so far feels so much more triumphant than both the RNC and past DNCs. Joy, positivity and fun. Certainly not things I'd have accused the Democratic campaigns of 2016 or 2020 of having. AOC's speech (and union leader Shawn Fain tbh, not discounting him, actual real proper leftism at the DNC) yesterday was incredible. @1825712658164887945

@1825628906499776939 all the way from the DNC

confirmed with something a bit more dance and pop than most of my entries, eurodance, you could even say

I love this perky musical chameleon. 'Cult Following', the track that WARGASM produced, sounds like a mix of one of their tracks and a Bring Me The Horizon one and it's awesome, definitely my favourite of the new tracks, meanwhile I've realised 'Go-Getters' just sounds like a very good Ado track, and we take those. 'Tide' is a good midtempo opener (and not to put the point too hard, a bit more Japanese-style RnB if you could call it that), I never liked 'Sneaking' too much when it was originally released, but the remake she's put on this album is at least a little better, with a bit more energy to the rap. Still loving the wavey atmosphere that 'Midnight Mayoi' is bringing, and it's followed by a pop ballad plus talking rap (love when she does that), 'skeletons'. Actually, the entire back half of the album is very contemplative and relaxed, which makes the whole thing feel remarkably cohesive at the end despite the number of genres, which is one criticism I might have levelled at Sinderella and the EPs that they weren't that cohesive (still think UnAlive was cohesive by being mostly pop and bookended by the 'epic-style' tracks of UnAlive and Ouroboros). The one style she actually hasn't done this time is the 'quirky' electro-swing stuff, which as much as I enjoy the fun style of those, probably good for people taking her seriously. Good album to get a measure of her. (#1 iTunes Albums on Japan and USA Alternative, #16 on USA proper, even showing up as #122 United Kingdom woo x)

bring it, so hyped to see them now

That's great to see both Rontvia and myself finishing in the top 10 - I'd have given Casanova 12 if I could too, beautiful discovery. Thanks especially to Trifoski for the 12 and all the other votes, ly xx Called it for Jade, that was a great little song - very much enjoyed a lot of this spinoff really, the others in the top 3 were also highlights. Good concept NocheLuna, thanks for hosting.

The gall of that statement from the EBU. Utter cowardice and complete double standards. Hope AVROTROS takes them to task.

That'll be a change. I'm more naturally interested in athletics as the big ticket Olympics show, but it's always in the second week when fatigue has started to set in a little and I'm not catching as much. Interesting to see how it works the other way around. Timezones for it will probably be awful though.

Eh, I did not expect too much for this but I hope there's a bit of pick-up in the second half, was drawn to its beautiful vaporwave backing alongside the rap x 'The Domeno Effect' was a tune, good one Cow

Ridiculous, dreamed up by Republicans getting ready for their next unsubstantiated claims the election was stolen. She never trailed Trump by 10 points, certainly not when actually in the race. Nearly every poll done since Harris entered the race has her, on average, a point or two ahead of Trump nationwide. Which still could easily lead to a loss in the EC of course.

Don't worry about it. Just a big long screed that that poster posted a couple of times, knew it was dodgy so would keep editing it out a couple minutes after posting it, largely to the tune of why the far right rioters might be justified. I removed it from the thread so we don't have that kind of rhetoric left standing on the main forum now they've been banned. There's little that has made me more indignant and angry then that overly-divorced manchild billionaire deciding to wade into British politics followed by his mouth-breathing sycophants trying to stoke up the fascist idea that society is one step away from 'civil war' if only people were ready to rise up. He's definitely a fascist now, in that he is signal boosting every single far-right deplorable figure that has gained popularity in the last decade. Starmer hasn't been as present as I'd have liked him to be, but it's difficult for any leader to look good through disorder.

Likewise, was very inspired upon hearing 'Casanova', hope it can do well - 'Happiness Of Marionette' is a track I've played many many times so I very much love what we've come up with.

Apropos of nothing @1820806535724904649 Reform voters all weirdos who want to hide their power level then.

True, though I have yet to see any evidence of any rioters that are anything other than far-right thugs. We do not have any tradition of "antifa rioters" and any people with that sort of disposition aren't getting involved in this. Hope you and everyone you know can stay safe like this. We got another emergency COBRA meeting tonight, and that people are getting charged should hopefully move it towards an end. Seeing it in even in left-wing cities like Bristol, Brighton and Liverpool is worrying - though the greatest pushback also seems to be there.

Quoting this before you coward edit it away again. 'Legitimate concerns', good lord. The peaceful protests are by-and-large the anti-racists, and non-white people are being attacked for their skin colour, nearly exclusively done by white people. You xenophobe.

Looks like Kamala has picked Tim Walz, governor of Minnesota, as her running mate. Great choice, really, out of all the available options he very quickly underwent a rise as the best one of the lot as people started looking into his record, has very personable, everyman qualities that should help balance the ticket, has been relentlessly fiery in calling Republicans out (he was definitely one of the ones who popularised 'weird'), seems like a friendly Midwestern dad, should keep the momentum going. He's not quite as progressive, more pragmatic but he does seem like reasonably close to Bernie-Sanders-but-a-couple-of-decades-younger. (it's not officially announced as of this post but CNN is running with it according to sources)

Every video I've seen of the riots is a small collection of far right thugs clashing with police and a lot more anti-racists condemning it. Even the media (who shouldn't escape notice for their role in normalising this) have been pretty condemning. Which is hopeful IMO, it brings these idiots into the light.