So, the city next door to me has a half-assed thing going on where they want their police department to enforce immigration law. This is a terrible idea. It means more work for the cops, more risk to them from freaked-out illegals, and near total loss of any leads they might otherwise get from people with bad immigration status and good information
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Apropos the NRSK, good on you! How are you liking the new album?
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I like it. On first listen it's kind of derivative - I hear a different band in each song - but it's derivative of sounds I like.
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With New Radiant Storm King, the derivative question is tricky, because they've been around so long that it's hard to tell sometimes who was first. F'rinstance, Robert Pollard has admitted that his inspiration for "I Am A Scientist" came from repeated listens to NRSK's "The Opposing Engineer (Sleeps Alone)." They later did a split 7", covering each other's tunes...
What derivations do you hear? I'm curious.
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It's good stuff but I don't hear anything musically interesting, just well-made songs. That's rare enough to get a tip o' the hat!
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One doesn't hear much complaint anymore about people showing up with Irish flags... now. But a century ago an Irishman couldn't even get his name printed in the papers when he died.
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