That's the "Jacob Collier Thing" though. Consider that he's doing 'complicated' reharms, but with significantly more emphasis on microtonality.
For the average listener, it's not so much that he's "putting the harm in reharmonization", but that he's tastefully (to the western ear) being _specifically_ sharp or flat (depending on the original key - hence 'microtonality') in a way that he is gambling is more appealing to the western ear trained/developed in western music.
As a semi-professional jazz nerd, he's absolutely "got it" in the majority of tracks he records. "Right now", his appeal is to folks who understand all of the tricks in modern contemporary harmony, and his payoff is that he subverts it in "the Jacob Collier style". His burden is how/when is he going to figure out how to invoke that frisson in the average (non jazz-nerd) listener. See: Steely Dan, Frank Zappa, Herbie Hancock, and others.
I am reasonably confident people are going to be dissecting Jacob Collier harmonic choices in the 2100s and beyond, similar to how we dissect John Williams, Charlie Parker, Jaco Pastorius, and other modern composers today.
You're making a (large, most likely incorrect) assumption that 25% of a given town is made up of ra(p|c)ists. I suspect if you got down to it, you'd find it's most like 1% or less in the 'bad' areas, and the major difference of the makeup between 'rural' and 'coastal-urban' is that 1% in the rural area is incredibly vocal. See 'the three Cooters theory of Internet Discourse' https://monsterhunternation.com/2019/07/16/the-three-cooters...
I suspect it's a flaw in how humans (of certain political persuasions) rationalize "how we got here". They think "Well, the old place was OK except for this very small bit that pushed me over the edge into 'move elsewhere' territory. Now this new place is OK, but if we just enacted this little bit of legislation to be more like the place I just came from...." That in and of itself would be fine if it was extremely limited. However, when it's tens of thousands of people, and they all have different ideas of what "this little bit" that needs to change is, it's a recipe for the behavior we see now.
Incidentally, this pattern is where a lot of conservative commentators are coming from when they say "liberalism is a disease". Non-liberals don't tend to exhibit this behavior - they move to an area, hunker down, shut up, and try to integrate.
Nope, California has been the poster-child for Big Government for _decades_. Each year the State regularly spawns off several tens of thousands of folks who have 'had enough', who migrate to Small(er)-Government states, and then promptly start advocating for the exact kinds of policies that made them leave CA in the first place. It's a stereotype at this point, especially in places like Washington, Oregon, Texas, Montana, etc.
Got a link? Depending on price, I wouldn't mind having a full-body scan of me when I'm healthy, to compare for when I'm older/infirmer/less-healthy later in life.
Thank you for the clarification/education. As an American, I was not aware of the points you brought up (handgun ownership being legal, being allowed to defend one's self with a preemptive strike, etc). If you have time, could I impose on you even further to save me a bit of Googling and share some general links illustrating the above so I can educate myself on the specifics?
The criminal doesn't fear the policeman, nor does he fear the courts or the jails. The only effective method has been to make the criminal fear his intended victim, and the UK does just about everything in it's power to disarm the victim, making them weak, meek, and powerless.
Late 30s, father, just not "urban". The best layout I've seen was in Amsterdam - every neighborhood had it's own local pub, local coffeehouse, and small grocery, all eminently walkable/bikeable. Neighbors knew each other and socialized regularly. The "small town feel" was nailed pretty well, IMHO, while still being in a bustling urban center.
It's literally not zoned for it. Change the zoning laws to at least allow for a local pub or coffee shop in the middle of a residential area, that would be a positive step in the right direction IMHO.
Depending on where you're located, it might be worth checking out Langlitz Leather in Portland, OR. I have two of their jackets, my girlfriend has one, and I have friends who have them as well. They are absolutely "buy once, cry once" garments, I suspect my family will be fighting over mine when I am (eventually) dead.
Interesting. I suppose I'm one of the few holdouts who still love leather clothing (motorcycle jackets, you weirdos ;-)) and accessories (I have multiple Saddleback Leather bags, wallets, etc). I don't see those items getting cheaper any time soon, I guess that indicates their profit margins have gone through the roof in the interim.
I could never get into her work, personally. I was forced to read 'Beloved' in high school, and found it dense, poorly written, and just unpleasant to read. I know she's won a ton of awards, so it's probably just me. Sorry to hear she passed though.
Gitlab, IMHO, is the gold-standard for self-hosted Git data, CI/CD, Issue-tracking, etc (IMHO, at least). You can use their (US-based, IIRC) hosted solution, or download their Omnibus package and get a self-hosted instance running in less than an afternoon.