charlesesmith

Former podcast host with over a dozen listeners. Computer nerd, book nerd, Star Wars|Trek|Gate, Marvel, DC, etc. Motorcycle enthusiast on a budget. Very nearly amatuer guitar player. Video games when there is enough time. Professional hobby starter?


“I hate this game, I have to keep playing it." My son, talking about #EldenRing, which I think is how everyone thinks about #souls and #soulslike games.


nostr:npub1hn5k6kkqvw008ay9xvmel92hd9k2cyrt7ayccfr2qgxz3e6zf8ysa8mzl8 I think I've done this and I'll just wake up 17 hours later to a note like "what if burrito, but sandwich?"


nostr:npub16u8yjm393thhy70743aa2lmyzds53m3wsc00fu9w6vkx8r3rmzus2czwrv will absolutely bet that more regret getting a tattoo than 1%. Ban tattoos!


I could 1000% get my daughter to commit whatever war crimes you want just by playing Taylor Swift in the background.

Me: "do the dishes"
Her: "gfy old man"
Me: *waits 20 minutes*, puts Taylor Swift on
Her: *washing dishes* "did you hear about how Taylor..."


nostr:npub15mlsk26z49ynfwv9m0ncuwzpkzr0nuyvjazjv7mg0l66xwjq2z2sez2w4s Every review I've read about this seems to indicate that he doubled down on everything that sucked about the Jobs book.


nostr:npub19qm2trjs3p32nwqwry4ufxl4fk9q4utkq53ywueg0yk8cvggra5s79sn8k I'm mostly enjoying it, but haven't watched/read the source. My son (anime nerd) did make fun of me for watching it though, so idk.


nostr:npub10waclar2ccl2e7utufeg4v867kyuscwvnma2tvykdxnq62vdp9vs5s3fsk Thanks! I haven't dropped my iPad on my face yet (my phone, though...) but I am extremely lazy and may or may not have a problem of having my iPad in bed with something playing and trying to juggle my phone. Super, super serious problem.


nostr:npub10waclar2ccl2e7utufeg4v867kyuscwvnma2tvykdxnq62vdp9vs5s3fsk any chance you have a link to this?


nostr:npub1vqmh8edfflrlcf4ly39cdeqg7lqg6wrphew6mk52zp23wmyzywsslgccpx what really baked my noodle is realizing that 20-30 ago, they were just quieter about it.


nostr:npub1td4rr5fdx6zqq8ytp3dyfn83knhtwqgp4jqal744jgkvq3037n4st2q4cm How do we know we're not already in a Weekend at Bernie's situation?


Lots of people would go back in time and kill baby Hitler or buy Apple stock or something, probably just me that goes back to tell myself to throw away the Allen wrenches that come with ikea furniture.


nostr:npub19l5jzu0etw8wcnd9y43wx3fkg0euw8ca7l44tc042e969hl8n2ysqcqny5 nostr:npub1el8he466t4t89xa4kll9wk6l2e6tttde73wzh2drapnqeml9ssvspp4l26 nostr:npub15mlsk26z49ynfwv9m0ncuwzpkzr0nuyvjazjv7mg0l66xwjq2z2sez2w4s Anyway, fun topic. If we turned this into a coolest collabs thread, holy shit I'd be here all night. Pick basically any name in this thread, and they've worked with someone amazing that you didn't expect. anyway, go listen to nostr:npub19l5jzu0etw8wcnd9y43wx3fkg0euw8ca7l44tc042e969hl8n2ysqcqny5, my favorite show about buying a refrigerator and learning if we can even do a vacation (I told you I was bad at pitching this.)


nostr:npub19l5jzu0etw8wcnd9y43wx3fkg0euw8ca7l44tc042e969hl8n2ysqcqny5 nostr:npub1el8he466t4t89xa4kll9wk6l2e6tttde73wzh2drapnqeml9ssvspp4l26 nostr:npub15mlsk26z49ynfwv9m0ncuwzpkzr0nuyvjazjv7mg0l66xwjq2z2sez2w4s And we can pull that thread a little more. Tom Morello, probably one of the best/most influential guitar players in the last 3 decades, would also go on and form another supergroup with members of Cypress Hill and Public Enemy. They sound like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2220MdXVPGw


nostr:npub19l5jzu0etw8wcnd9y43wx3fkg0euw8ca7l44tc042e969hl8n2ysqcqny5 nostr:npub1el8he466t4t89xa4kll9wk6l2e6tttde73wzh2drapnqeml9ssvspp4l26 nostr:npub15mlsk26z49ynfwv9m0ncuwzpkzr0nuyvjazjv7mg0l66xwjq2z2sez2w4s Easy my children, you take all of the instrumentalists from Rage, add Chris on vocals,  and form Audioslave and become known for this song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rm1nCYOZB-s, though I'm partial to [Cochise](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDMvN45sjo4) and [Shadow on the Sun](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGYGfaM694M)


nostr:npub19l5jzu0etw8wcnd9y43wx3fkg0euw8ca7l44tc042e969hl8n2ysqcqny5 nostr:npub1el8he466t4t89xa4kll9wk6l2e6tttde73wzh2drapnqeml9ssvspp4l26 nostr:npub15mlsk26z49ynfwv9m0ncuwzpkzr0nuyvjazjv7mg0l66xwjq2z2sez2w4s But folks, we're not here for Chris's solo work (I'm always here for it, actually) we're here for Supergroups. So what happens when political protest rap-rock group like Rage Against the Machine have a falling out with the lead singer? A band that made [Killing in the Name](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8de2W3rtZsA), [Calm Like a Bomb](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKm6GkXOHCc) and [Guerilla Radio](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rm1nCYOZB-s)?


nostr:npub19l5jzu0etw8wcnd9y43wx3fkg0euw8ca7l44tc042e969hl8n2ysqcqny5 nostr:npub1el8he466t4t89xa4kll9wk6l2e6tttde73wzh2drapnqeml9ssvspp4l26 nostr:npub15mlsk26z49ynfwv9m0ncuwzpkzr0nuyvjazjv7mg0l66xwjq2z2sez2w4s Alright, lets cd ../../.. a few times back in this thread to Chris Cornell. Post Soundgarden, Chris releasesd a bunch of bangers solo like [Can't Change Me](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecoWjR3fDT0), [Seasons](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uwT1Q6JeB4), and [Nothing Compares 2 U](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IuUDRU9-HRk)


nostr:npub19l5jzu0etw8wcnd9y43wx3fkg0euw8ca7l44tc042e969hl8n2ysqcqny5 nostr:npub1el8he466t4t89xa4kll9wk6l2e6tttde73wzh2drapnqeml9ssvspp4l26 nostr:npub15mlsk26z49ynfwv9m0ncuwzpkzr0nuyvjazjv7mg0l66xwjq2z2sez2w4s Them Crooked Vultures self-titled, aka the album that carried me through 2010 had personal faves like [No one loves me and neither do I](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMLHqAUyhEk), [Scumbag Blues](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8MlvHJPveY), and [Elephants](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkUMp7oWXvc)


nostr:npub19l5jzu0etw8wcnd9y43wx3fkg0euw8ca7l44tc042e969hl8n2ysqcqny5 nostr:npub1el8he466t4t89xa4kll9wk6l2e6tttde73wzh2drapnqeml9ssvspp4l26 nostr:npub15mlsk26z49ynfwv9m0ncuwzpkzr0nuyvjazjv7mg0l66xwjq2z2sez2w4s But anyway, back to our topic at hand. Dave Grohl is in Josh Homme's band. Did they collaborate further? Oh, that's right, the literal answer I thought of when this topic came up. Josh played guitar and did vocals in a band with Dave on drums. Completing the three-piece - John Paul Jones from a little band no one's ever heard of called Led Zeppelin. They form Them Crooked Vultures, and release one album.


nostr:npub19l5jzu0etw8wcnd9y43wx3fkg0euw8ca7l44tc042e969hl8n2ysqcqny5 nostr:npub1el8he466t4t89xa4kll9wk6l2e6tttde73wzh2drapnqeml9ssvspp4l26 nostr:npub15mlsk26z49ynfwv9m0ncuwzpkzr0nuyvjazjv7mg0l66xwjq2z2sez2w4s Eagle-eyed watchers may notice that in Song for the Dead, there is a familiar drummer Dave Grohl, from tiny bands like Nirvana or the Foo Fighters. That's it's own thread which we're going to come back to in a second, but you might also want to check out The Desert Sessions, which is just Josh Homme from Queens asking everyone cool if they want to jam, and everyone cool being like "yeah." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Desert_Sessions


nostr:npub19l5jzu0etw8wcnd9y43wx3fkg0euw8ca7l44tc042e969hl8n2ysqcqny5 nostr:npub1el8he466t4t89xa4kll9wk6l2e6tttde73wzh2drapnqeml9ssvspp4l26 nostr:npub15mlsk26z49ynfwv9m0ncuwzpkzr0nuyvjazjv7mg0l66xwjq2z2sez2w4s Queens frequently featured Mark and is arguably a supergroup of it's own. Formed by former members of Kyuss Josh Homme and Nick Oliveri (check out Space Cadet by them: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcU-IfF-CWY) they frequently had Mark as a contributor. Absolutely kills it on tracks like [In the Fade](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P92tZ5ae720), [Hanging Tree](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=473wEdL_GzU) or [Song for the Dead](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOsmG-sufNc)


nostr:npub19l5jzu0etw8wcnd9y43wx3fkg0euw8ca7l44tc042e969hl8n2ysqcqny5 nostr:npub1el8he466t4t89xa4kll9wk6l2e6tttde73wzh2drapnqeml9ssvspp4l26 nostr:npub15mlsk26z49ynfwv9m0ncuwzpkzr0nuyvjazjv7mg0l66xwjq2z2sez2w4s Did someone say Screaming Trees? Well, buckaroo, that's fronted by the late, great Mark Lanegan, who was also in Mad Season. You could probably create your own game of 6 degrees of Mark Lanegan, but in this case it's going to take us a little afield of grunge and to Queens of the Stone Age.


nostr:npub19l5jzu0etw8wcnd9y43wx3fkg0euw8ca7l44tc042e969hl8n2ysqcqny5 nostr:npub1el8he466t4t89xa4kll9wk6l2e6tttde73wzh2drapnqeml9ssvspp4l26 nostr:npub15mlsk26z49ynfwv9m0ncuwzpkzr0nuyvjazjv7mg0l66xwjq2z2sez2w4s **side note, how in the year 2023 is markdown not supported literally everywhere? oh well, those links will still click and those that know, know.


nostr:npub19l5jzu0etw8wcnd9y43wx3fkg0euw8ca7l44tc042e969hl8n2ysqcqny5 nostr:npub1el8he466t4t89xa4kll9wk6l2e6tttde73wzh2drapnqeml9ssvspp4l26 nostr:npub15mlsk26z49ynfwv9m0ncuwzpkzr0nuyvjazjv7mg0l66xwjq2z2sez2w4s Then another grunge almalgamation: Mad Season. Layne Staley (Alice in Chains), Mike McCready (Pearl Jam, boy he gets around) and Barrett Martin (Screaming Trees.) The big song by them was [River of Deceit](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fm72DPJCX58)


nostr:npub19l5jzu0etw8wcnd9y43wx3fkg0euw8ca7l44tc042e969hl8n2ysqcqny5 nostr:npub1el8he466t4t89xa4kll9wk6l2e6tttde73wzh2drapnqeml9ssvspp4l26 nostr:npub15mlsk26z49ynfwv9m0ncuwzpkzr0nuyvjazjv7mg0l66xwjq2z2sez2w4s Temple of the Dog had Chris Cornell (Soundgarden), Andrew Wood (Mother Love Bone),  and Eddie Vedder, Mike McCready, and Matt Cameron (Pearl Jam.) You've probably heard [Hunger Strike](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUb450Alpps) or [Say Hello 2 Heaven](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-8s_S0s3sA)


nostr:npub19l5jzu0etw8wcnd9y43wx3fkg0euw8ca7l44tc042e969hl8n2ysqcqny5 nostr:npub1el8he466t4t89xa4kll9wk6l2e6tttde73wzh2drapnqeml9ssvspp4l26 nostr:npub15mlsk26z49ynfwv9m0ncuwzpkzr0nuyvjazjv7mg0l66xwjq2z2sez2w4s So my first thought when this topic came up was grunge in the 90's. There are like 6 grunge bands that everyone knows, and I'm reasonably confident they all lived in the same building and would just walk into any apartment randomly, madlib out a band name, and then produce a cultural touchstone of a record for us born in the early 80's. Starting off with Temple of the Dog.


alright, inspired by this week's nostr:npub19l5jzu0etw8wcnd9y43wx3fkg0euw8ca7l44tc042e969hl8n2ysqcqny5 (no idea how to pitch this show, but you should listen) featuring hosts nostr:npub1el8he466t4t89xa4kll9wk6l2e6tttde73wzh2drapnqeml9ssvspp4l26 and nostr:npub15mlsk26z49ynfwv9m0ncuwzpkzr0nuyvjazjv7mg0l66xwjq2z2sez2w4s a list of supergroups that sprung to mind. And, because I am a person on the internet that might just be a simulation just for you dear reader, I'm even going to throw in some links to songs you might know by them. and though I'm loath to say it, feel free to boost and add your own. 🧵


nostr:npub1td4rr5fdx6zqq8ytp3dyfn83knhtwqgp4jqal744jgkvq3037n4st2q4cm something something United States…


Please, just give Filoni and Favs Star Wars already (this is a really good ep of #Ahsoka)


nostr:npub17pe89yh43h7n7rxg8a0aamy5teqzvqtemjc6tp4n48p5f4fx4wss6uvcm6 this is a good one (really hope you like pearl jam): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKzG6LiFUHA


How Dollar General (and the like) are really screwing us. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQpUV--2Jao


nostr:npub12ufutv66l3x8kjky7uxnyzeaw39mwcd0fjmemy5yeus8kxkyv5cq4j6hdv His dad would be proud. (he hates his dad.)


nostr:npub1y8cxmyrycwykgswx54jxl333zyu5jk5wmh9carpm6tv5uh48fxrq80ycms Although text is usually better for me, I don't mind video. The problem is the video is usually intro -> rambling description of problem -> 7000 things you might have already tried -> ad break -> now to fix the problem (painstakingly slow in the middle third of the video) -> more nonsense...