Nathan Laband

Singer-songwriter. Military veteran. Escaped son of the high desert. Indie rock o’clock // NJ shores 🧡🌊

[Nathan Laband @nathanlaband]

@jmrphy Please send me a link I’m very interested in testing it thanks!

[Nathan Laband @nathanlaband]

@jmrphy I’m definitely interested in trying it out!

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@MistCorvid @NamiKitsunami @waitbutwhy following and muting people based on their answer to the red/blue button Q

[How I Write Clips @PerellClips]

The Beatles used all kinds of rhetorical tricks in their songwriting, which is one reason why their music is so memorable.

Two examples:

1) Anadiplosis, which is where the last word of one verse starts the next one, such as with "You say goodbye and I say hello. Hello, hello!"

2) Epanalepsis, where each verse begins and ends with the same word, like in the song 'Yesterday' which goes: "Yesterday / All my troubles seemed so far away / Now it looks as though they're here to stay / Oh, I believe in yesterday."

These are fancy words for very simple rhetorical tricks that you'll see in all kinds of popular music.

— Mark Forsyth

[Grigory Sapunov @che_shr_cat]

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Current video world models are solipsistic. If you chop down a tree, a second player looking at you won't see it fall. A new paper finally fixes this perspective drift, building a shared reality for multiple agents simultaneously. 🧵

[Tyler is finishing a book, slow to reply @TylerAlterman]

I had a super revelatory moment in college when I decided to listen to Beethoven’s 5th Symphony as if I were hearing it for the first time. I think previous to that I’d only ever heard it through commercials and movies. It blew my mind that something so seemingly familiar could still contain so much

You can do this with anything. In fact, unless you do it with people in particular, relationships often become stale. I wrote a poem on this once called "To Unknow You" which portrayed unknowing someone as one of the greatest acts of love

[☠️Daddy Bones☠️ @UpBeatSkeletor]

I’ll post this video pretty much every time I see it. I love it so much 🤣🤣🔥

[Nathan Laband @nathanlaband]

@BonesawMD @Daniel15912420 First thing I thought of as I was reading his comment, great call out. People love to see the other side lose as much as they want validation for their own worldview.

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@MagnesNitratr @corsaren I went with A at first too because I saw the stem as a necessary-> sufficient reversal, but reading slowly I’m not sure that’s true. I think the flaw is more about the scope of the conclusion not the logic itself. Wicked hard. I think it might be D due to similar scope error.

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frfr 😔

[Michael J. 🌲☕ @naturallymike]

@bronzeagemantis

[Nathan Laband @nathanlaband]

I’ve been thinking recently about how to make better live music. How to put more life into a performance. More blood.

This is the answer.

[BONESAW 🕊️ @BonesawMD]

Oof..

[shen the bird @Shen_the_Bird]

[on the phone] yeah we were gonna rage against the dying of the light later if you’re down [switches phone to other ear] you’re what? hold on [covers phone] this dipshit’s going gentle into that good night

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@keep_wolin I like your style Dr Boucher

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Making music is like stringing a tapestry across a window in time

[Nathan Laband @nathanlaband]

“Getting the thing you want often involves extreme and prolonged discomfort”
I’ve never really thought about it that way, but it’s totally true.
“How uncomfortable am I willing to be?” should be the first you question you ask yourself when considering a change in your life.

[Ava @noampomsky]

“The most competent people I know are pretty good at basically anything they put their minds to, because they just design a process and run it.”

[Nathan Laband @nathanlaband]

Give yourself some grace. Realize not one of us is perfect and you will never be as consistent in your identity as you hope. Don’t let that plague you. When you stumble (and you will!) acknowledge the *choice* you made, smile, and move on. You’ll get it next time. You will.

[Nathan Laband @nathanlaband]

I love her thoughts around identity here. I’d take it one step further: even if you don’t do the “thing” for a time, you’re still that person. I may not work out every day, but I’m still a person who works out. I may not write music every day, but I’m still a musician.

[BONESAW 🕊️ @BonesawMD]

BONESAW AMA: "How do I improve my Self Esteem?"

The secret behind improving your self esteem is that you don't even have to reach your goal for it to increase monumentally.

All you have to do is know that you're actually the person on the path. You need an internal system, that you know is aligned with what you are doing.

It is an Identity that must be maintained every single day. Deviate from this and you'll be punished.

The cognitive dissonance is what tears your psyche to shreds. Debilitating.

Example:

A morbidly obese person gains their confidence well before the scale can tell them their worth once they've start adhering to a fitness plan.

If they eat the right foods, and find enjoyment in exercise then they'll immediately have an improved self-confidence and esteem. More than the bodybuilder who is drastically falling off.

It is always identity maintenance.

You are not "becoming" something.
You are not someone who is "trying to lose weight"

You simply just ARE a person who likes to eat healthy and exercise. So you do those things.

There is no tension on the idea.

Reality eventually surrenders to you.

It is so simple when you break it down.

[Nathan Laband @nathanlaband]

@Sanilac_J has an incredible way of articulating ideas around art and music that challenge me and illuminate new ways of thinking. Spend a few minutes on this article - it’s worth the read. Her thoughts on music, in particular, are especially insightful. https://t.co/5z0raCehze

[Nathan Laband @nathanlaband]

@Sanilac_J has an incredible way of articulating ideas around art and music that challenge me and illuminate new ways of thinking. Spend a few minutes on this article - it’s worth the read. Her thoughts on music, in particular, are especially insightful. https://t.co/5z0raCehze

[Nathan Laband @nathanlaband]

@iamaheron_ It’s because you’re judged by your hobbies, and everyone wants to fit in to the group. These hobbies are safe corporate filler that makes you appear normal even if you’re not. Most peoples are probably more interesting than that, but they’re too afraid to show it.