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Opening for Kurt Vile at the Joy in November. Tons of seats left. Kind of surprising.


I was looking at that Kurt Vile tour today and he has some amazing openers on it- Twisted Teens, Ryan Davis and the Roadhouse Band, and Being Dead. Those three bands may have released my three past AOTYs. No offense to Kurt, who is great, but I’d be more excited about any of those openers at this point.

re: Skubal to Dodgers

Posted by The Seaward on 8/2/26 at 10:15 am to
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Go ahead hand over Dodgers World Series rings right now.


Dodgers are +140 to win the World Series, which is absurd for a MLB team at this point in season, but still implies that they do not in fact win the WS around 60% of time.
Fangraphs still has the Mariners with a near 50% chance of making playoffs. I just can’t see them punting on the season when they have the frontline starters they do.

The Mariners just shelved Anderson for like three weeks last month, I think that was to preserve some innings for the final stretch.

re: Skubal to Dodgers

Posted by The Seaward on 8/1/26 at 11:11 pm to
Most people don’t want to admit it, but the Dodgers are an incredibly run organization. The fact that they have the resources they do on top of that, does make it feel unfair.

re: Skubal to Dodgers

Posted by The Seaward on 8/1/26 at 11:04 pm to
I was hoping he did not go to Dodgers. Definitely the most boring, predictable outcome. But don’t really get all the outrage, every team had the opportunity to offer a better trade package, but apparently did not.

The Dodgers are by far the mostly likely team to win the WS, but I’d still take the field versus them.
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Nah, they are waving the white flag for this season with the Castillo trade and putting Kirby on the market


Almost certain Kade Anderson is better than Castillo at this point, so pretty sure that trade is more about making room for Anderson.

If your goal was balls to the wall contention, then I would agree that trading Kirby is counter to that.

re: What are YOU listening to?

Posted by The Seaward on 8/1/26 at 9:04 pm to
Blame the Clown? According to Rate Your Music, that was released in 2025. Regardless, I need to give it a listen.

re: What are YOU listening to?

Posted by The Seaward on 8/1/26 at 8:48 pm to
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I was listening to this vinyl earlier today


I listened to it for the first time this week and it has been almost all I’m listening to. I think it is my current AOTY.
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Anyone know where this was filmed? I assume Louisiana? Those are some nice sandy riverbanks.


According to Claude, it was filmed in Mississippi Delta.

Apparently Twisted Teens are based out of New Orleans too.
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Wow, that was a quick downvote


Wasn’t me. Loved there last album, looking forward to this one.
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Twisted Teens - Florida Water Blues


This album is awesome. As you said very fun listen.

Favorite Albums of the 2020s

Posted by The Seaward on 7/12/26 at 10:29 pm
I think this has been a good decade of music with tons of albums I have enjoyed, but three albums standout above all as absolute stone cold classics:

Ryan Davis and the Roadhouse Band- New Threats from the Soul
Hum- Inlet
Black Country, New Road- Ants From Up There

Anyone else have some standouts?
This is probably my favorite song of the year. Singer songwriter from New Orleans. Would recommend any MJ Lenderman fans check it out. MJ Lenderman actually plays on this track.

No one album really stands out as a clear cut favorite (like Ryan Davis and the Roadhouse Band was last year), but if I had to pick one it would probably be:

Kevin Morby- Little Wide Open

A few others I liked:

Styrofoam Winos- Any River
Joyce Manor- I Used to Go to this Bar
Thomas Dollbaum- Birds of Paradise
Frog- Frog for Sale
Bill Callahan- My Days of 58
Friko- Something Worth Waiting For
Ratboys- Singin to an Empty Chair

re: Wild Pink

Posted by The Seaward on 6/22/26 at 3:36 pm to
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The Fences of Stonehenge


My favorite song of theirs

re: Wild Pink

Posted by The Seaward on 6/22/26 at 11:23 am to
I’m a fan. My two favorite albums of theirs are Dulling the Horns and Yolk in the Fur.

The band they most remind me of is The War on Drugs. Similar heartland sound.
I think this at the very least better than their last two albums. Enjoying it for the most part.
Good Morning Captain is possibly the most haunting song I have ever heard and in the running for best album closers ever.