#california deluxe

[tomsmusictaste]

Biggest scene hot take ?

Okay, here it is:

'California' haters are too blinded by their Tom nostalgia goggles and went in too ready to hate Matt Skiba's part in it - I truly believe if it had been recorded note for note, word for word, beat for beat exactly the same, with the only difference being Tom's vocals where Matt's are - but otherwise, exactly the same — it would be heralded as their best album since the Untitled.

Now, to be clear, I do love Tom and I'm glad he's back; I also agree that Mark and Matt's vocals were a little too similar, where a lot of the fun of Mark & Tom is the contrast between their voices — but that doesn't stop the fact this is still a Top Five album for Blink and I think the haters are just lying to themselves.

Boom. There you go, that's my hot take.

[louisplumpyass]

BLUE LIKE THE LIGHTS SURROUNDING ME..... SEE ALL THE WAVES AND WAVES OF GREEN

🤝

STAY GREEN A LITTLE WHILE... YOU BRING BLUE LIGHTS TO DREAMS

#annoyingcouple 🫵😭

[cathuniverse]

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[tsp-narrator-ask]

does stanley california girls?

[yes :D ]

[thestarmaker]

I FINALLY got california deluxe on vinyl, fucking bless they moved brohemian rhapsody elsewhere so it ends with the acoustic bored to death

Edit: I had BR mixed up w can't get you more pregnant. Also I could've sworn until VERY recently CGYMP was last on the album on spotify too . did my memory flub that bad

[thewinnersmusic]

ANTIEROI (DIRECTOR'S CUT) 📀🔥

part 2 ✌🏻

(part 1 here 👈🏻)

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[groovetrill]

I said, "Settle down, settle down, everything is fine

Take your eyes off the floor"

She said, "No, I'm not, no, I'm not, no, I'm not alright

I lost my head on the door"

She's a-a-a-antisocial, a-a-a-antisocial

A-a-and she's an angel, yeah

I'm in deep with this girl, but she's out of her mind

She said "Babe, I'm sorry, but I'm crazy tonight"

She got a black shirt, black skirt, and Bauhaus stuck in her head

I'm in deep with this girl, but she's out of her mind, oh yeah

We all need something to live for, oh yeah

We all need something to live for

She said, "I let her down, let her down, I no longer dream

Of anything anymore"

Said I'm a know-it-all, know-it-all, "You make me want to scream"

And threw herself on the floor

She's a-a-a-antisocial, a-a-a-antisocial

A-a-a she's an angel, yeah

I'm in deep with this girl, but she's out of her mind

She said "Babe, I'm sorry, but I'm crazy tonight"

She got a black shirt, black skirt, and Bauhaus stuck in her head

I'm in deep with this girl but she's out of her mind

She's not complicated, can't be overstated at all

She's not complicated-ated-ated at all

I'm in deep with this girl, but she's out of her mind

(She's out of her mind)

She said "Babe, I'm sorry but I'm crazy tonight"

She got a black shirt, black skirt, and Bauhaus stuck in her head

I'm in deep with this girl, but she's out of her mind, oh yeah

We all need something to live for, oh yeah

We all need something to live for

[byrnt-out-music]

Review 1: Blink-182 - California (Deluxe)

I have a.... complicated relationship with California by Blink-182. I got into Blink around 2015. Just after Tom left for the second time and Matt Skiba was announced to replace him. I remember Bored To Death coming out and losing my mind. I was so excited for this album, sharing the singles on Facebook as they came out and hyping the album up to be a "masterpiece", much to my mother's chagrin. She liked them, but had called me out on a post doubtful of the "masterpiece" comment. And, as time has gone on, I realized something: She was right.

Now, don't get me wrong, this is a good record. But upon my first revisit of the album post-NINE (their followup record), the cracks started to show. I'd bought the album on CD upon release and then ordered the deluxe vinyl the moment it was announced, so that is gonna be the album I cover, as I believe the bonus tracks deserve to be included. If I posted this review as soon as I'd gotten the album at the naive age of 17, I would've given this a glowing review. However, I'm 24 now. And unfortunately for this album, my opinions have started to sour towards it. Then warmed up again. But still. Hopefully that makes sense. Let's get this goin' then, shall we? Track 1 - Cynical: A great opener, I absolutely adore screaming the outro along with Matt. I still love this song, one of my favourites on the album.

Track 2 - Bored To Death: First single. I still love this song as well, still feels the same as it did 8 years ago (fuck I'm old). The chorus on this is great, honestly for most of this album, even the stinkers have great hooks.

Track 3 - She's Out Of Her Mind: Overall decent song. Hated the music video from the start. Not so much from a "this is problematic" perspective, moreso the fact that it showed something that I've realised more and more in the years since: These guys are desperately trying to remind you that they are, in fact, Blink-182. It feels very tryhard, as if they're holding a sign the entire video that says "Hey! Remember how much you liked What's My Age Again? Remember?? Yeah that was us!!". It just feels... fake, I guess. Sorry I have more to say about the things I dislike.

Track 4 - Sober: Honestly, this used to be my least favorite song on the album. As a young elitist idiot, I hated the "going pop" aspect of it, it reminded me of 5SOS, and I did NOT like them. It's grown on me though. I like it a whole lot more, mostly for the fact that it sounds different. That's rare for the album in my opinion.

Track 5 - Los Angeles: Remember how I said I didn't like Sober cause of how different it sounded compared to normal Blink? Remember how I then said that I now love the "different" sounding tracks? Yeah, this is an exception. So experimental it sounds more tryhard than natural to me. It sounds interesting but nothing to really grab me.

Track 6 - Built This Pool: The first joke track of the album, and unfortunately the only good one. The joke isn't exactly funny to me (haha get it it's funny cuz gay), but it's short, catchy, and Travis' little remark at the end of it? Makes it worth it.

Track 7 - No Future: My biggest regret in my initial assessment of this album. This song is what made me think "masterpiece". In case you can't tell, I don't think that anymore. It's a largely forgettable song to me now, the only thing I remember is the hook. And even that is just "meh" to me. It's repetitive and not in a way that works for me. It just gets annoying and falls flat.

Track 8 - Home Is Such A Lonely Place: A nice little slow ballad. It's a very sweet song, and I love playing it on guitar and singing it. Blink has always done great ballads in my opinion, and this song is further proof that even at their worst (to me), they can still hit.

Track 9 - Kings Of The Weekend: Now here's the worst part of the album for me. Not this song, it's a nice little fun song but from this point till maybe track 13, just feels too "Blink-By-The-Numbers". Like I said earlier, this album feels less like a "Hey, we're still around and even without Tom, we can still make good shit", and more like a "Hey, Tom's gone but don't worry here's more of the same". For the songs in this stretch, it just feels like each song was done better in an earlier Blink song, or even worse, just generic. Not that I expect every Blink song to reinvent the wheel, but it at least shouldn't sound like the most average song imaginable. The next few tracks will probably be much shorter as I share these same opinions.

Track 10 - Teenage Satellites: Ugh. Do not like this song. The most "Hello, fellow kids" thing they'd done (up until Darkside's video, shudder). It's just... so tryhard. I can't. Even when I loved this album, this was one of the worst songs for me.

Track 11 - Left Alone: Good chorus. That's about all I can think of.

Track 12 - Rabbit Hole: Used to love this song so much. Probably the only one in this "stinker" stretch but still kinda mid honestly.

Track 13 - San Diego: Another good chorus. The best one of this stretch, probably the most memorable thing about it. It just sounds really good. The way Matt just slides into it ("I can't sleep/Cause what if I dream of/Going back to San Diego"). Honestly this is probably my favorite chorus on the standard edition.

Track 14 - The Only Thing That Matters: A more punky sounding track. I like to imagine this originated from the same sessions with Fat Mike that birthed Punk Rock Cliche (which Blink scrapped and NOFX later recorded), as it sounds vaguely NOFX-ish. I really enjoy this song.

Track 15 - California: Another "different" track, but I loved this one from the first time I heard it. Something about it just makes me feel good. A nice little closing track (shh) that feels like a neat credits sequence for the album.

Track 16 - Brohemian Rhapsody: Yeah. Another "joke" song. Musically it sounds good, but the joke of it? I still don't get what's funny about it. I get the joke. Haha it sounds like I'm talking about sex but I actually meant coffee haha get it haha sex funny. Yeah. It's not.

Track 17 - Parking Lot: And now the album is saved! The bonus tracks arrived and honestly, if you replaced tracks 8-12 with these, I would love the album so much more. It's a classic sounding Blink track, but without sounding too tryhard. Feels like they made these after they got Matt more settled in and it helps SO much.

Track 18 - Misery: Another absolute banger! Not much to say and I wanna try to keep the rest of these short I am so sorry. I love it so much though.

Track 19 - Good Old Days: Yet another banger, yet another chorus I love to belt at the top of my lungs.

Track 20 - Don't Mean Anything: This is probably the weakest chorus of the bonus tracks but the middle part saves it for me. I love the whole "It's a long way back from the middle of the road" part just feels so satisfying and makes it work so much better.

Track 21 - Hey I'm Sorry: This was from the Japanese version of the original album but I'm so glad they included it here. I love it so much, that chorus is up there with San Diego for one of my favorites on the album.

Track 22 - Last Train Home: A neat little more emotional track. That main guitar riff in the verses is so smooth-sounding, and the second part of the hook ("The only time I feel alive is when I find something I would die for") is my favorite lyric on the album.

Track 23 - Wildfire: Probably the most forgettable track of the bonuses. Still much better than any of the "stinker stretch" tracks by a MILE though.

Track 24 - 6/8: The heaviest Blink song??? Matt's screams on this are amazing, and I love the A Day To Remember energy they channel on this but I guarantee I am the only person who thinks that.

Track 25 - Long Lost Feeling: The ballad of the deluxe tracks, I love this one so so much. Another one I love singing and playing on guitar.

Track 26 - Bottom Of The Ocean: Whoa, it's like they finished Los Angeles and went "What if it was good?". Seriously though, this song is like a hint of the direction NINE would take, and what kickstarted my reevaluation of the album as a "masterpiece", as after I grew to like this, the album suddenly just felt so... bland.

Track 27 - Can't Get You More Pregnant: Of course it had to end with another "joke" track. The joke is masturbation, in case you couldn't tell. I wanna say I have no problem with jokes like the ones they make on this album, but these aren't funny to me. There's no "joke" to it, they're just going "haha gay, haha sexual innuendo, haha jacking off". The music is still good tho.

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Overall, this is probably one of my least favorite Blink albums. Thankfully they followed this up with NINE, one of my favorite ones. I would give this album a 6.5/10, but only because of the bonus tracks. Standard edition would be a 4.5/10 honestly. Funny, considering this was a 10/10 at one point for me. Mom, I'm sorry. You were right.

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Next album in my vinyl collection is The Devil And God Are Raging Inside Me by Brand New, so get ready for a much more positive review when that comes.

[periciles]

Happy birthday to the cum album

[savage-kult-of-gorthaur]

MAKE IT A DELUXE – AMERICAN STYLE.

PIC INFO: Spotlight on Deluxe Burger, burger bar, the home of "5 for $5.99 -- East San Jose, CA. 📸: Sarah Pannell.

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[stayallnite]

[louisplumpyass]

baby you're so clever, saying this under a song about getting high, come here let me kiss your lips

[edwardslvrr]

༯ 405, TREVOR ZEGRAS

trevor zegras x singer!reader

the one where rumour has it YN has a new boyfriend and Trevor has a new girlfriend

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warning this is all fake and just for fun, no hate to any of the people mentioned. Just a reminder that this is pure for entertainment xoxo

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[trendfilmsetter]

Apple Music’s ‘100 Best Albums of All Time’ list:

#1. Lauryn Hill — The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill

#2. Michael Jackson — Thriller

#3. The Beatles — Abbey Road

#4. Prince & The Revolution — Purple Rain

#5. Frank Ocean — Blonde

#6. Stevie Wonder — Songs in the Key of Life

#7. Kendrick Lamar — good kid, m.A.A.d city

#8. Amy Winehouse — Back to Black

#9. Nirvana — Nevermind

#10. Beyoncé — Lemonade

#11. Fleetwood Mac — Rumours

#12. Radiohead — OK Computer

#13. Jay-Z — The Blueprint

#14. Bob Dylan — Highway 61 Revisited

#15. Adele — 21

#16. Joni Mitchell — Blue

#17. Marvin Gaye — What’s Going On

#18. Taylor Swift — 1989 (Taylor’s Version)

#19. Dr. Dre — The Chronic

#20. The Beach Boys — Pet Sounds

#21. The Beatles — Revolver

#22. Bruce Springsteen — Born to Run

#23. Daft Punk — Discovery

#24. David Bowie — The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars

#25. Miles Davis — Kind of Blue

#26. Kanye West — My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

#27. Led Zeppelin — Led Zeppelin II

#28. Pink Floyd — The Dark Side of the Moon

#29. A Tribe Called Quest — The Low End Theory

#30. Billie Eilish — WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO?

#31. Alanis Morissette — Jagged Little Pill

#32. The Notorious B.I.G. — Ready to Die

#33. Radiohead — Kid A

#34. Public Enemy — It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back

#35. The Clash — London Calling

#36. Beyoncé — BEYONCÉ

#37. Wu-Tang Clan — Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)

#38. Carole King — Tapestry

#39. Nas — Illmatic

#40. Aretha Franklin — I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You

#41. OutKast — Aquemini

#42. Janet Jackson — Control

#43. Talking Heads — Remain in Light

#44. Stevie Wonder — Innervisions

#45. Björk — Homogenic

#46. Bob Marley & The Wailers — Exodus

#47. Drake — Take Care

#48. Beastie Boys — Paul’s Boutique

#49. U2 — The Joshua Tree

#50. Kate Bush — Hounds of Love

#51. Prince — Sign O’ the Times

#52. Guns N' Roses — Appetite for Destruction

#53. The Rolling Stones — Exile on Main St.

#54. John Coltrane — A Love Supreme

#55. Rihanna — ANTI

#56. The Cure — Disintegration

#57. D’Angelo — Voodoo

#58. Oasis — (What’s the Story) Morning Glory?

#59. Arctic Monkeys — AM

#60. The Velvet Underground & Nico — The Velvet Underground and Nico

#61. Sade — Love Deluxe

#62. 2Pac — All Eyez on Me

#63. The Jimi Hendrix Experience — Are You Experienced?

#64. Erykah Badu — Baduizm

#65. De La Soul — 3 Feet High and Rising

#66. The Smiths — The Queen Is Dead

#67. Portishead — Dummy

#68. The Strokes — Is This It

#69. Metallica — Master of Puppets

#70. N.W.A — Straight Outta Compton

#71. Kraftwerk — Trans-Europe Express

#72. SZA — SOS

#73. Steely Dan — Aja

#74. Nine Inch Nails — The Downward Spiral

#75. Missy Elliott — Supa Dupa Fly

#76. Bad Bunny — Un Verano Sin Ti

#77. Madonna — Like a Prayer

#78. Elton John — Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

#79. Lana Del Rey — Norman F*****g Rockwell!

#80. Eminem — The Marshall Mathers LP

#81. Neil Young — After the Gold Rush

#82. 50 Cent — Get Rich or Die Tryin'

#83. Patti Smith — Horses

#84. Snoop Dogg — Doggystyle

#85. Kacey Musgraves — Golden Hour

#86. Mary J. Blige — My Life

#87. Massive Attack — Blue Lines

#88. Nina Simone — I Put a Spell on You

#89. Lady Gaga — The Fame Monster

#90. AC/DC — Back in Black

#91. George Michael — Listen Without Prejudice, Vol. 1

#92. Tyler, The Creator — Flower Boy

#93. Solange — A Seat at the Table

#94. Burial — Untrue

#95. Usher — Confessions

#96. Lorde — Pure Heroine

#97. Rage Against the Machine — Rage Against the Machine

#98. Travis Scott — ASTROWORLD

#99. Eagles — Hotel California

#100. Robyn — Body Talk

[thewinnersmusic]

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Wood Engraving Wednesday

RICHARD WAGENER

Today we present three wood engravings by Northern California engraver and fine press publisher Richard Wagener (b. 1944). Wagener has an undergraduate degree from the University of San Diego and a graduate degree from ArtCenter College of Design. He has been engraving wood for over forty years and his work has been in a number of fine press editions, most notably with Peter Koch in Berkeley and the Book Club of California. In 2006 Wagener established his imprint Mixolydian Editions, to publish fine press editions of his own work, and Magnolia Editions, a fine art print studio in Oakland, California, providing artists with technical expertise and access to advanced printmaking tools. His collaboration with David Pascoe of Nawakum Press earned them the 2016 Carl Hertzog Award for Excellence in Book Design, and Wagener was also awarded the 2016 Oscar Lewis Award for contributions to the book arts.

The prints shown here are from broadsides included in portfolios of the deluxe editions of Parenthesis. Journal of the Fine Press Book Association. The first, a 2000 engraving entitled Euphorbia halipedicola, was printed at Wagener's Mixolydian Editions in 2015 with Bruce Whiteman's 2002 text Succulent for the portfolio of Parenthesis 29, Autumn 2015. The next two were printed for the portfolio of Parenthesis 24, Autumn 2013: the first, Outlook Juniper (2009) was printed with a text by John Muir at the Havilah Press in Emeryville, California; the next, Koch Peak, with a text by Peter Koch, was printed by Wagener in an edition of 175 copies.

Our run of Parenthesis is another donation from the estate of our dear friend Dennis Bayuzick.  

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