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LunaSea

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1. The phrase..

Reply to Progressive Jones (Original post)

Sat Aug 15, 2020, 08:11 AM

Aug 2020

"shut up and play your guitar" is always applicable.
Artist do tend to be fucked up in (hopefully) interesting ways, but why tolerate willful ignorance
or serious character flaws when you don't have to?
Perhaps it's a side effect of the genre you're into?

Maybe you're playing in the wrong universe. I suspect the smarter and more empathetic ones are laying low for the time being, but they're out there.

Good time to pick up a new instrument and see what gifts it offers.

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Right wingers/Trump chumps in music. [View all] Progressive Jones Aug 2020 OP

The phrase.. LunaSea Aug 2020 #1

Not working/out and about as I used to be, but in my area... concretebluetwo Aug 2020 #2

USSR/Russia has successfully been doing propaganda for like 100 years mr_lebowski Aug 2020 #3

I felt the very same way about most musicians before Covid hit. Jim_Pridx Sep 2020 #4

Nothing But "Nugents"? ProfessorGAC Sep 2020 #5