I’m not big into matching band music, but I went to a MarchFourth concert on a whim and had a fun time. Lots of juggling, hula hooping, dancing. They even had a guy doing yo-yo tricks to a saxophone solo.

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Inevitable, as in already in development. https://mcdm-rpg.backerkit.com/hosted_preorders

Because I came here for school and didn’t want to go back to the Midwest. Though, 110+ is a ridiculous temperature to endure.

I loved the first two, but I had a hard time getting through the third. It has interesting concepts but it takes a long time to make its point. Plot structure spoilers:

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The Children of Time books by Adrian Tchaikovsky have a lot of those themes. Half of the first book is about an ark ship sent out to find a habitable planet because earth is dying. It spans hundreds of years as key crew members go in and out of hyper sleep. Relationships and political factions form and dissolve as the ageing ship continues its mission to find a new home.

The second book focuses on a terraforming crew that was sent to another star system to prepare a planet for humans. However, the planet’s ecology is so alien it proves very difficult to gain a foothold.

Depends on the day. I grew up on 90s and 2000s country. There was some bluegrass in there but I moved on to alt/indie pop rock in highschool. Now I enjoy folk music, mostly the punk variety. AJJ is one of my favorite bands. I’ve never been into bluegrass to know the bands, except maybe Trampled by Turtles.

As others have said, genres are fluid and bands rarely stay in one category. Country music has had huge style shifts in the past 50 years. The same could be said of the various folk, anti-folk, and protest song movements.

I’ve discovered I enjoy the stripped down production of folk and acoustic country music. It makes the song seem more authentic to me. I also like the desperation and anti-establishment themes of punk music. So for me, folk punk hits the sweet spot of rebellion, sorrow, and simplicity.

I’ve got a playlist, “Everything sucks but that’s ok”. This Year by The Mountain Goats is usually a solid pick. It’s wistful and defiant without being too sweet.

Misanthropic Drunken Loner by Days N Daze is bleak with a wry smile.

Nausea by Jeff Rosenstock.

I got so tired of discussing my future I started avoiding the people I love Evenings of silence and mornings of nausea Shake and sweat and I can’t throw up

And if things are starting to get a little better Good As It Gets by Little Hurt is great. It is incredibly catchy.

Shitshow by Peter McPoland.