The Life and Opinions of Nathan Atlasforum, Gentleman (AMA)

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

During what historical time period of both the Democrats and Republicans would you consider each party to be at their most Virgin part of their history and also their most Chad?

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

How would you have felt if you were present at HolyName's Furnace Fest set? (Previously touched on here.)

(note especially the beginning and 16:49.)

And for the record, the frontman of this band is the guy who wrote "I don't worship a concept, I follow a King."

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Who's the last band/musical artist you've seen live and when?

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Who's the last band/musical artist you've seen live and when?

Der Rosenkavalier at the Metropolitan Opera for my thirtieth birthday, slightly after this time last year. There's been stuff since then that I would have liked to have made it to, but I haven't been able to. If that doesn't count, Regina Spektor, a few weeks earlier than that.

ETA: I forgot I actually have been to community opera/musical productions a couple of times since then. John Frederick Lampe's The Dragon of Wantley "opera" (it's taking the piss; think Gilbert and Sullvian but a hundred and fifty years earlier) was the most recent, in December 2023.

Do you think you'd prefer the stuff my mom regularly goes to to what I go to? https://bismarckmandansymphony.org

Like she went to this last weekend, while I went to a punk show: https://bismarckmandansymphony.org/events/CelticCadences

She gets free tickets through her work, but I bet she'll keep going even after she retires.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Who's the last band/musical artist you've seen live and when?

Der Rosenkavalier at the Metropolitan Opera for my thirtieth birthday, slightly after this time last year. There's been stuff since then that I would have liked to have made it to, but I haven't been able to. If that doesn't count, Regina Spektor, a few weeks earlier than that.

ETA: I forgot I actually have been to community opera/musical productions a couple of times since then. John Frederick Lampe's The Dragon of Wantley "opera" (it's taking the piss; think Gilbert and Sullvian but a hundred and fifty years earlier) was the most recent, in December 2023.

Do you think you'd prefer the stuff my mom regularly goes to to what I go to? https://bismarckmandansymphony.org

Like she went to this last weekend, while I went to a punk show: https://bismarckmandansymphony.org/events/CelticCadences

She gets free tickets through her work, but I bet she'll keep going even after she retires.

There's probably a lot more overlap between her taste and mine than between yours and mine, yes, although the overlap between yours and mine isn't zero, and Celtic Cadences in particular looks a bit too kitschy for me.

On that note, opinion of this band that I saw Tuesday? (This was filmed less than a mile from me.)

Or for that matter, my favorite Furnace Fest song of last year?

(see 2:20 for the part that had a lot of people in tears, and some people doing that Pentecostal/charismatic hand raising thing.)

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Actually legitimately curious...would you refuse to listen to a band that tweeted something like this?

https://twitter.com/mannequinpussy/status/1382381828410118146?t=exiomPMVHFlZ50XG...

This band is known for leftist politics often expressed in an edgelordy manner (if that wasn't obvious from the name) but the vocalist has said that despite completely abandoning Catholicism after being raised in it she does believe in God but has no trust at all in organized religion and institutions. But this is pretty blatant and I wonder how many would be really offended (not many in their fan base of course considering how few Catholics actually listen to them.)

Kind of random to bring it up but was reminded of such by comparing her to Bryan from Knocked Loose who is basically the same and clarified that some of their lyrics mistaken as anti-Christian are not....but are unquestionably anti-Catholicism.