• Frank [he/him, he/him]@hexbear.net
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    2 months ago

    Yeah. Folks who are young enough to really remember what it was like, and old enough to have built the skills to talk about it and explore it and share that.

  • Dickey_Butts [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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    2 months ago

    It definitely was for me. I was singing St. Ides Heaven by Elliott Smith before I knew what malt liquor was.

    Cause everyone is a fucking pro - and they all got answers for trouble y’know

  • Poogona [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    2 months ago

    “Veteran of the Psychic Wars” seems like it’s about a Vietnam vet at first, and then it seems like it’s about more general trauma/PTSD, and then it seems like it’s about addiction

    Then you find out the whole album is inspired by a damn fantasy series about a radical centrist