Recent content by boxedjoy

the problem with hearing garage outside of a club/mix ie on compilations/playlists/normal radio, is that it's not pitched up to how it should sound, and in circumstances like a workplace Spotify playlist I bet you can't hear the bass the way it should be heard/felt

I liked dance music when I was a child and a teenager before I went clubbing, and while I do think context can change how you think about a piece of music, I don't think the intended functionality of any art can be the only way it produces value and meaning. It's not like the only way to enjoy...

I actually did that night! It was really good

would just like to say that, if trans athletes were to have some kind of "advantage" in sports due to biology, I wouldn't actually have any issue with that, given the hurdles that trans people face for simply existing. If they can find a safe space to develop their sport, people to work with...

height and weight categories make more sense to me: I'm 5ft6 and pre-pandemic was 64kg, I would be annihilated in any sport against my 6ft muscular amazonian female friends

If someone is determined to commit a sexual assault a sign on the bathroom door isn't going to stop them. If I was to play Serena in a game of tennis I very much doubt I would win even though I'm a man. We ask teenagers to make major decisions that will affect their lives forever - what they...

I can't stand the Gallaghers but Kulkarni isn't exactly taking any risks here is he

my karaoke song

when I was burgled a few years ago, I was certain the items were being listed on Ebay - a local seller, cash and collect only, a picture that looked suspiciously like my stuff was in it. When I went to the police station to ask what could be the next move, the officer asked me, "what's Ebay...

my favourite part so far was when the lad with the foot fetish said he wanted to paint the nails of one of the MILFs and then suck the acrylic off her toes

none of these people walked away from the show when they discovered the real reason they were there, they deserve everything that happens to them, for better and for worse

not necessarily, but a key element of "service industry" work is that the peak time for trade is often weekends, nights, etc. Like, you could train as a bricklayer and reasonably expect to work Mon-Fri if possible, but you wouldn't work in a shop or a salon etc and expect every Saturday off.

oh I've done my share of turning up for shifts after heavy nights, but it's not sustainable long-term at all, even if you can manage to "survive" it your colleagues and your managers know fine well what's going on. I reigned it in before it became a problem but I know plenty of folk who became...

class shapes consumption - or at least, money and privilege does. I can guarantee you that the people who go out clubbing on a Friday night and stay out til Monday morning every week are not people who work in industries like catering or retail because logistically it would just be impossible...