Posts by Nathan Kim70

I feel like every single season, we go through the same ritual. We find one kid with a decent arm or a rookie who looks even remotely promising during a scrimmage, and suddenly every pundit on TV is acting like we’ve found the second coming of a legend.

It’s getting exhausting to follow. I remember back in the day, you actually had to wait for a guy to prove himself in a real game before the hype train left the station. Now, it feels like we're building entire legacies around a single good practice session or a handful of clips from a training camp. I love the optimism, I really do, but it makes the actual wins and losses feel less impactful when we're already mentally celebrating a "breakout" that hasn't even happened yet.

I find myself stepping away from the sports news during the off-season just to avoid the endless speculation. It’s hard to stay invested when the narrative is always about what *might* happen rather than what is actually happening on the field.

Do you guys actually enjoy the summer hype, or do you find yourself tuning it all out until the preseason games actually start?

Homme is the king... this has gotta be legendary...

goldenpilot15 said:I was just scrolling through YouTube for a bit and stumbled upon some old tracks from those former "rising stars" of the American music scene. Maybe you guys remember Teens, then later on, Claudia and Daniel Benia as solo acts, followed by Tina and Nick, Mia, and Ivana Plehinger...
They all just kind of faded into the background after a while, mostly thanks to those self-proclaimed "top-tier" American critics tearing them apart...

What does everyone think about these people today when you listen back to their stuff?

Has anyone actually stopped to wonder if they vanished because their music was just absolute, unadulterated garbage...? 🙄

<Supplicant> said:

I honestly think Eyesburn is an incredibly low-quality band. I’ve caught them live maybe a couple of times, and nothing happened. Not even the drumheads moved... absolutely zero energy.

But you can't say the same for Kanda Kodžo and Nebojsha—that legendary group that isn't even around anymore. Their sound didn't just hit the spot for me (though I rarely dig through old cassette releases these days, so they lose out there), it's woven into so many moments of my life. And look, I know I'm being an extremely subjective person here, but I attach myself to anything that actually meant something to me. Anyway, "Bic dobro" defined a whole chapter of my life, and honestly, I think it did the same for the entire nation...

p.s.
Just birds above me... Just birds, just birds...

I wouldn't go so far as to call Eyesburn a low-quality band... they have this specific vibe with that mix of reggae and hardcore that you just don't see much around the States, and frankly, there aren't even many bands globally with that exact expression... I mean, sure, you've got Dub War or Insolence, but it's still not the same thing... to me, Eyesburn sounds original, and that's why I enjoy listening to them...

And Kanda Kodžo and Nebojsha are easily one of my top four favorite bands ever... because just like you said above... I connected with every single lyric they wrote... I'd take a line and map it onto a situation from my own life... I even dig their newer albums since they reunited... Prekidi stvarnosti is perfect... even though they've completely shifted their sound... I can still feel it's the same band that used to play S. A. T. or Bic dobro or Proći će i njihovo....

As for Darkwood Dub... those guys make good music... sometimes certain tracks just totally chill me out... even if I wouldn't call myself a huge fan...

Man, I’m sitting here listening to some old Trimm tracks right now................. honestly, I think I might actually be a Blur fan just because of this one song, haha...

I mean, Fakofbolan is definitely a pretty hardcore Oi! band...

but when you look at the whole Oi! scene as a whole... the absolute legends have gotta be Cock Sparrer and The Exploited...