It’s still one of my favourite albums.
Always looking for new music.
He/they pronouns.
It’s still one of my favourite albums.
I want to be 2 or 3, but really I’m 7 or 12.
That looks amazing! He should be proud.
I’ve been using Ardour for quite a long time now.
👍🏻
There are a lot of reasons, but I think this article does a good job of listing the main criticisms: https://www.themarysue.com/the-autism-speaks-controversy-explained/
But in a nutshell:
I’ve always thought “separate the art from the artist” should be a conversation, not a hard and fast rule. I’ve never heard White Freckles so I don’t really have an opinion on this. But if the track is meaningful and brings beauty to people’s lives, that’s valid despite the artist being a piece of shit.
There are some artists where I feel the artist’s behaviour does not outweigh the impact of their work on my life, for example Eric Clapton, but there are other artists where I feel their work stands up despite the artist’s actions (Prince, David Bowie).
It’s really good to see this. As a long-time metalhead who will never tolerate fascism and bigotry in this scene or anywhere else, I’m always enthused to see others push back against that bullshit too.
“sexual deviancy” aaah okay, you’ve shown us who you are now.
Who is the “you” in your statement? Who has done what, exactly, to threaten children in your view?
You know it’s okay to dress brightly, flamboyantly, dazzlingly and even fabulously too, right?
Steve Vai recently said this album should be studied for its intensity and intricacy.
This is an incredible album.
Yeah there’s an honesty in his voice that really resonates with me.
Anathema are one of my favourite ever bands. This entire album is immensely important to me.
Savage
I understand your point but let’s not ignore that fossil fuel corporations have made campaign donations and contributions to legislators for as long as those corporations existed. Whether or not legislators totally bought into the FUD (and I’m not sure all did, the same way not everyone in the wider public discourse bought into it) it was literally not in their interests to legislate against fossil fuel.
So, yes, we should hold them responsible.
It’s all metric until the final part 😭