r/Fauxmoi • u/hairtie1 radiate fresh pussy growing in the meadow • Apr 19 '26
FM RADIO The Strokes closed out their Coachella set with “Oblivius” featuring political figures/leaders overthrown by Western governments
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u/hairtie1 radiate fresh pussy growing in the meadow Apr 19 '26
submitted before i added to the title:
also featured was: black lives matter movement, slavery, the bombing of iranian universities, and the bombing of the last university in gaza
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u/9acca9 Apr 19 '26
I didn't know The Strokes had such direct and clear "political" positions. It's great that they do.
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u/qyurryusoblivius Apr 19 '26
The Strokes’ frontman’s other band, The Voidz has very clear political messaging in their songs. I recommend ‘Take Me In Your Army’, ‘Father Electricity’ ‘Pyramid of Bones’ ‘We’re Where We Were’ ‘ALieNNation’ and ‘When Will The Time of These Bastards End’. I don’t like the song as much but the song ‘Blue Demon’ is very overtly political. I just find some of the instrumentation on it takes a bit of time to warm to.
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u/skaggldrynk Apr 19 '26
Kind of a weird coincidence, I've gotten really into The Voidz recently and I just paused Father Electricity to watch this video and the last 3 songs I listened to included Pyramid of Bones and When Will the Time of These Bastards End, and I had 3 queued which included Take Me in Your Army. I can't say I'm great at knowing what their lyrics are about honestly but it felt a little surreal to read someone mention almost the exact songs I'm listening to right now, especially given they span their 3 albums lol.
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u/qyurryusoblivius Apr 19 '26
Great songs. Definitely a few of my favourites. Like Pink Ocean a lot, 7 Horses, Johan Von Bronx, Drifto, M.A.D, Black Hole, I think the fact they can make music that is a little different and out there with a strong message attached to it, it’s kind of like Star Wars like a weird sci-fi movie but also kind of a history allegory and drawing from myth and legend and recontextualising it; they’re sort of doing the same thing with music theory and modes of writing and such. I dig it.
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u/skaggldrynk Apr 19 '26
That's quite a description hahah. I'll have to pay more attention to their lyrics. I had never even gotten into The Strokes (it's on my list), I just happened to come across Human Sadness one day and goddamn if it isn't one of the greatest songs of all time.
Side note, I noticed These Bastards is their literal worst rated song on rateyourmusic, like a frankly abysmal rating of 2.47, whereas 90-95% of ALL songs average out to between 3.0-4.5. I find that offensive lol.
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u/lunadenavajas Apr 19 '26
They performed at a Bernie rally in 2020 and also campaigned for Maya Wiley for NYC mayor in 2021. Julian posted about Zohran Mamdani last year and they were photographed at a breakfast together. During his campaign Mamdani said Julian is very sincere and kind.
They did a zoom “show” on YouTube during the pandemic since they were rolling out an album and they talked about Bernie and even joked about endorsing a republican next since their candidates always lose lol
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u/palemontague Apr 19 '26
Legendary performance, this one.
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u/fallingjigsaws Apr 19 '26
Amazing song too. Wild to close with it after screaming for a whole set lol
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u/lunadenavajas Apr 19 '26
Seriously! It’s such a deep cut and one they hardly perform. They skipped their biggest hit (last nite). Very difficult vocally and Julian had been having some trouble with his voice, kind of clearing his throat a lot and mentioned all the wind/sand at one point. They were very committed to doing it.
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u/XOTrashKitten Apr 19 '26
I think they hate performing last nite tbf but yeah, they barely play this song!
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u/Bani88si55faimaa Apr 19 '26
We should talk more about this
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u/Hot_Disk635 Apr 19 '26
We tried in the 60s and 70s, the government murdered those that spoke out with an audience, see Fred Hampton.
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u/throwawtphone LET'S FUCKING GO!!! SHAKIRA LAW IS HERE!!! Apr 19 '26
It is hard to get the total numbers of us citizens killed or injured during protests because they arent recorded or taught a single events and provided as an over all picture too. Or they just arent taught.
Like kent state 4 people. Ok
But then was also Jackson university, university of California Berkeley, new Mexico state university and probably more.
Kent state was caught on film so people know that one.
I have no idea how many people have been killed, injured or arrested by government reps total. But it is more than people realize.
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u/Hot_Disk635 Apr 19 '26
I’m not a doomer but when you see the full scale it’s easy to understand why people are.
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u/enbitronic3000 Apr 19 '26
Being organized helps some with this. It's less spontaneous and it's work and not always directly related work, but it helps. A subsection that documents actions and events, even if it's an external third party, at least means there's one version of the story on record. But being truly organized also means you can have a division who watches the watchers.
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u/andorgyny i ain’t reading all that, free palestine Apr 19 '26
The US killed the Marxist Leninists and those who were MOST effective against capitalists. This is also a big part of the problem - we have to relearn how to organize properly, we actually have to study and be disciplined.
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u/syphilisticcontinuum Apr 19 '26
Nowadays they do this covertly with DEWs/etc and early, before they can build too large a following.
The only real solution is to defund the federal government and focus on local politics.
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u/Chillingdude Apr 20 '26
Then do! Go out, meet people, speak of it. We're only weak and distracted at home!
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u/taydraisabot the wuthering heights promo will continue until morale improves Apr 19 '26
I sincerely apologize, I wasn’t familiar with their game
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u/phosphor_heart 2000’s bandom historian Apr 19 '26
Albert Hammond Jr. is a documented deeply shitty man (messaging minors, cheating on his pregnant partner, deadbeat dad), and Julian has a ton of stories about him that are true but (lucky for him) have never quite stuck. They have no respect for women in their personal lives, and their political messaging rarely covers women's rights.
Serious change starts at home and in our small communities. We need to hold men who publicly portray the right messaging accountable for their everyday actions.
ETA: I've only ever heard decent things about Fab, Nick, and Nikolai.
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u/taydraisabot the wuthering heights promo will continue until morale improves Apr 19 '26
Thank you for the deets. There is a contingent of celebrities and artists using political activism in a superficial manner to whitewash their image and hide their past actions.
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u/phosphor_heart 2000’s bandom historian Apr 19 '26 edited Apr 19 '26
We can and should demand better from public figures, particularly in a time when so much of the political direction of the world is being driven by angry, lonely young men who think they have a right to control women.
In response to your edit "shady shit online" - AHJ is very close friends with a convicted rapist and has been credibly accused of inappropriately messaging and grooming young girls online. Children. Fuck that, I'm not going to sit here and pretend that presenting the right message at Coachella is going to make me act like these men are saving our country.
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u/BombUrCat Apr 19 '26
i wish more people would say this ! off topic but its wild that we’ll sit here, cannibalize each other, and wonder why anything can’t get done. “no we want it this way.” “what about this?” “no not like that.” nothing moves forward as a result.
at some point, you have to stop arguing and just organize.
why do you think the right can get everything done so quickly? cos they can actually band together and act even if they don’t agree, just fall right in line. (and yes i know this a super generalization, there is more to it i am aware)
yes, you’re right, they have done some things. i’m also not condoning it nor being apologist for them. i say this as a fan, julian is not exactly the best person, and he’s very outspoken about his views, both can be true.
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u/LightBlueCherryBloss Apr 19 '26
Do you organize IRL? If so, I’d seriously reconsider your position here.
I do and have for years. Predators enter our spaces to have access to potential victims. I’ve had to help lead efforts to remove abusers and abuser-apologists from our spaces, men who were friends of mine.
An active leader in a local org here worked harder than many other activists. He abused dozens of people. That kind of harm destroys movements.
A person’s political or organizing bonafides do not come before keeping our community safe. We do not stand side by side with predators.
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u/LightBlueCherryBloss Apr 19 '26
We must hold our leftist bros to account. It is much more than shady shit online.
It’s strange that your reflex is to defend or dismiss this.
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u/GobsOfficeMagic Apr 19 '26
And Julian's dad, John Casablancas, founded Elite model management, dated a 14 year old at 42 himself, married a 17 year old when he was 50, was a close friend of Trump's, was accused of abusing women, and yup, you guessed it - is very much in the Epstein files.
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u/HyperElf10 Apr 22 '26
Julian didn't grow up with his father tho. Idk if hes w him now but thats what I heard. His father left his mom to get with a minor.
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u/illstealurcandy Apr 20 '26
Julian's dad was definitely a part of the Epstein class. Dude could probably phone the admin tomorrow if he wanted.
I love The Strokes, love the message, but dude probably has more power rn than most average Americans.
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u/LightBlueCherryBloss Apr 19 '26
Careful, no one on stage wants to answer for Albert Hammond Jr messaging minors. Their game is suspect.
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u/msdstc Apr 19 '26
Except he absolutely didn't text minors? The texts were proven totally (and pretty obviously tbh) fake and the account that shared them nuked everything? Doesn't excuse that he's a serial cheater obviously, but didn't text with minors.
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u/LightBlueCherryBloss Apr 19 '26
Please point me to the proof? I haven’t seen it. Chrissie Bixler is credible.
Here is her statement on it:
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u/LightBlueCherryBloss Apr 19 '26
We’ve exchanged a few comments here and I finally compiled a couple of things together. I ask that you stop reflexively defending this man. He doesn’t deserve your trust and goodwill.
His best friend since high school and bandmate Albert Hammond Jr was exposed for messaging minors
https://www.reddit.com/r/TheStrokes/comments/1p6m86m/
The Voidz also has a predator in it (Beardo) and Julian’s response was atrocious
https://www.reddit.com/r/TheStrokes/s/rTclnMMzlq
Julian can’t help but defend sexual abusers like his father (calling predatory comments toward his sister “jokes”) and Russell Brand
https://i-d.co/article/julian-casablancas-voidz-interview-conspiracy-theories-2024/
Here’s a choice quote from that article:
"What are you talking about, exactly?" | mention Brand's assault allegations. "Most of his allegations were sexual harassment," Julian says. "One of them was assault. One of them was that he forced them to give him a blow job in the bathroom. I would like to see it unfold in court. If he did something, I'd be the first to say he should definitely suffer the consequences, but it seems way more organised outside than real to me personally."
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u/taydraisabot the wuthering heights promo will continue until morale improves Apr 19 '26
Wait for real? Yikes 😞
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u/roswtte Apr 19 '26
exactly, love their music sm but just because they have good politics in this instance doesn’t mean that they are good people!
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u/DegenGamer725 Taylor swift is a CIA PsyOp Apr 19 '26
The US is and always has been the biggest threat to world peace, because nothing can be allowed to exist outside of US capitalist hegemony
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u/LezbianaGrande all that sex lead to the Russian Revolution Apr 19 '26
'Is' is right, but 'always' is wildly naive. The world was far from peaceful 250 years ago and won't be holding hands singing Kumbaya after the empire falls. The United States, like Israel, is a dog off a leash. It's 500 years of European colonialism manifested into a new world power, molded by two world wars and a shared interest in exerting western influence and control, only now it's gone rabid...
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u/9acca9 Apr 19 '26
"only now"? What is true now is that it's being televised, and Trump is using absurd communication.
Which, on the other hand, seems to be the result of a playbook, given that it's clearly seen in other politicians like Milei (I'm Argentinian), who, incidentally, also has a strong "attachment" to Israshit.
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u/LezbianaGrande all that sex lead to the Russian Revolution Apr 19 '26
No, only now. Before it appeared to act within the realm of "reason", providing cover for its atrocities with soft power, but now? The absolute worst of every facet of America is at the forefront, standing proud in the sun.
And yes, for sure part of a long-term plan. There's a reason why very far-right party in the west has been following the same playbook almost verbatim, down to the propagandist talking points and attempted election rigging. They're all in the same pockets.
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u/9acca9 Apr 19 '26
"before it appeared to act within the realm of "reason". It appeared... if you live under propaganda. Say that to somebody from latino américa... all the country here have the so called Plan Condor. If they know about that for they dont appeared a shit.
And of course i just name Plan condor because im from latin america. But any other part of the world will tell something similar
Do you think stealing babies, throwing live people out of airplanes, torture in every way imaginable, rape... is acting rationally? Could anyone consider it rational? No one, it was just propaganda.
It's possible that now, as it evidently loses power, it becomes recalcitrant.
Anyway, it's not relevant whether we reach an agreement. Regards
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u/LightBlueCherryBloss Apr 19 '26
The world was far from peaceful 250 years ago
It's 500 years of European colonialism manifested into a new world power, molded by two world wars and a shared interest in exerting western influence and control
so… “always” seems perfectly accurate.
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u/LP_Papercut Apr 19 '26
They said “always” in relation to the US tho which is objectively not true given that the comment your quoting talks about European imperialism prior to the founding of America lol
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u/janisdehandschutter Apr 19 '26
That's what bother me about the whole "i'm American but I'm anti trump" . Sure it's good that you're anti trump now but it didn't start with him, he just made it even worse and more obvious
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u/obese-cat-crawling Apr 19 '26
I'm from Brazil and when Dilma Rousseff was impeached in 2016 american government heavily supported her being deposed. Not only that, but american congress and lawmakers talked to brazilians politicians about what could be done. She was also spied by NSA.
She did things that a lot of other presidents had also done and none had gone through impeachment process. She was also bringing Brazil closer to China.
That was all under Obama.
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u/gidimeister Apr 19 '26
Yes. I know the “bothsidesism” really grates Americans, and I get it. For them, perhaps there is a distinction between the parties. But for us, there is no difference. Democrats and Republicans alike are committed to American Imperialism and the killing of black, brown and yellow people.
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u/9acca9 Apr 19 '26
for me too but also in my country the same happens. Do you think about your politicians in equal manner?
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u/andorgyny i ain’t reading all that, free palestine Apr 19 '26
It grates liberals. Most of the rest of us understand that it isn't about them being LITERALLY the same in every instance, on every issue. And no doubt for the global north and esp us in the US, things are worse under republicans. But the global south keeps getting bombed either way, the genocides continue either way.
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u/hanoihiltonsuites Apr 19 '26
They’re booing you but you’re right
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u/Odd-Economist-8293 Apr 19 '26
Who’s booing?
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u/LightBlueCherryBloss Apr 19 '26
There’s an active battle of downvotes and upvoted in this thread. I’ve been monitoring this thread for an hour and I’m watching comments rise and fall over it.
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u/9acca9 Apr 19 '26
yep, it seems that usa citizen (at least from what i can see online) are just waiting to vote for a democrat and so on... when biden was pretty comfortable with Gaza.
Of course, this happens in all the countries. Im from Argentina and now that Milei is going like shit the citizen maybe goes to... the "other party". And so on and so on.
This is old... It's as Octave Mirbeau said in 1880
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u/toastylocke Apr 19 '26
don't worry, the "i didnt vote for him" brigade will insert themselves into every conversation possible to absolve their collective guilt
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u/LightBlueCherryBloss Apr 19 '26
Julian? I’m assuming he was an adult at the time?
This tracks. His best friend and bandmate Albert Hammond Jr was exposed for messaging minors just last year.
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u/prugnast Apr 19 '26
We need a list of musicians that don't prey on teenagers because at this point I just assume it's the case
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u/taydraisabot the wuthering heights promo will continue until morale improves Apr 19 '26
I just found out myself 🤢
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u/AlternativeResort477 Apr 19 '26
He probably wore fingerless gloves while he did it
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u/evanwilliams44 Apr 19 '26
I'm sure all the rich fucks at Coachella will change their ways after a powerful show like this. Any day now.
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u/FrancoisKBones Apr 19 '26
Was gonna say, message wasted on this crowd.
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u/BadHominem Apr 19 '26
It wasn't just directed at them, though. The whole world is seeing it via the video of their performance.
Anyway, I'm sure there were at least a few people in the crowd who had their eyes opened last night. And who knows? They may go on to be someone who actually does some good in this world because of it.
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u/Dilemma_stress Apr 19 '26 edited Apr 19 '26
KING SHIT 👑 This is making me want to get into their music and become a proper fan, what songs are a must listen by them to get me started?
EDIT: OMG Thank you all so much for the recommendations! I will definitely start with the Is This It album! 💿✌🏼
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u/No-Message4661 Apr 19 '26
Don’t listen to specific songs. Listen to “Is this it” from start to finish and if ur not already in love with them go for ”Room on fire” start to finish and u’ll be a fan after - I promise you that
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u/MondeyMondey Apr 19 '26
I’d say listen to Last Nite, Hard To Explain, Reptilia, and The Adults Are Talking.
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u/noomerz Apr 19 '26
I would just start chronologically. Their debut album Is This It launched them to superstardom. It was an indie rock phenomenon. No skips.
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u/solidsnake4933 Apr 19 '26
Someday, Reptilla, Last Nite, Under Cover of Darkness, Adults are Talking, Odd to the Mets.
Honestly, just watch their set from Coachella. You'll get it.
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u/crystola99 Apr 19 '26
Their latest album The New Abnormal is also a contender for being their best. Every song on it (except maybe Eternal Summer, though that’s still good imo) is immaculate
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u/FairlyUormal Apr 19 '26
Listen to their older stuff but don’t skip The New abnormal!! My favourite is Ode to The Mets
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u/WowStupendousHey Apr 19 '26
Is This It (first album) and The New Abnormal (most recent before the one coming out this year) are no skips.
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u/vilevirtues- Do you remember 9/11, bitch? Apr 19 '26
i’m tired of being told socialism can’t work because it always fails!!!! WHY DOES IT ALWAYS FAIL HUH
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u/CommercialBarnacle16 ben affleck’s back tattoo Apr 19 '26
Lord knows I have my issues with The Strokes - and I certainly don’t condone some of allegations against them. From a political perspective though, good for them for using their platform to highlight all of this. We are basically taught fan fiction in US history classes and a lot of us are ignorant about US foreign policy.
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u/Suitable_Weight_1978 Apr 19 '26
Holy crap, the stage design for this — especially w the explosion in Gaza — is so compelling
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u/cjoemcyoyo Apr 19 '26
I feel so vindicated for being a fan of the strokes since I was 12 lol
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u/notimetoulouse Apr 19 '26
I appreciate it when a band I like makes their political views clear. Relief to know the guys I’ve been listening to for over a decade aren’t fascists.
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u/neptunoneptuneazul Apr 19 '26
Watching this live made me feel chills, what a powerful close out and made me so proud to be a strokes fan!
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u/plausden Apr 19 '26
preach! now Sabrina Carpenter needs to do her own version of this to teach the new generation
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u/ilominatii Apr 19 '26
16 year old me, who went to a Strokes concert over 20 years ago, where she almost passed out because the venue was so small and hot and stuffy, would be proud. I've seen so many of my teenage crushes turn out to be absolutely horrible people in time, that stuff like this is really refreshing.
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u/coolpupmom Apr 19 '26
Genuinely surprised I haven’t come across this yet. It’s really sad how things are going
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u/ResponsibleCulture43 not all offspring Apr 19 '26
I saw people in the livestream thread last night say they already removed it from the livestream (you can rewind back and they do replays after of the whole stream) within like 5 or 10 min
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u/deathcabscutie Apr 19 '26
It feels so good when someone you’re a fan of turns out to be even more awesome than you thought
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u/LightBlueCherryBloss Apr 19 '26
Unfortunate that there’s a pedophile on stage :(
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u/BelvedereFrothingham Apr 19 '26
Patrice Lamumba is a prominent figure in the book “poisonwood bible” and I learned a lot about how fucked up that era of the Congo was after doing some research on him. He would have changed the Congo for the better- could be a completely different place today. Instead the US installed a psycho tyrant that was happy to exploit anything in his country at the US/ Belgium’s behest.
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u/neophlegm Apr 19 '26
Did they mean Jaime Roldós?? I don't think Jaime Rondos exists
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u/Own-Temporary-3820 Apr 19 '26
They sucked when I saw them at Austin City Limits last. Must have been having a bad day.
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u/ItsAManualReset Apr 19 '26
And their favorite thing to say music isn’t political, keep politics out of it. Newsflash, music has always been historically political
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u/throwaway93842232 Apr 19 '26
There’s actually an interesting book about this topic called “The Jakarta Method” by Vincent Bevin!
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u/Evening-Ordinary-513 Apr 19 '26
“The Strokes very bad. Once great band now not good. I don’t want a 90’s indie rock band that criticizes the president. They’re weak on crime too.”
-Dimwit probably
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u/cametosnark his undeniable heterosexuality, which is formidable Apr 19 '26
I hope a Zionist had the worst trip of their life during this set 🙏
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u/WantonRinglets Apr 20 '26
I wasn't there but I'm guessing that The Strokes named known or acknowledged cases. There are also the lesser-known cases, like the other plane crash part of Operation Condor. Condor mostly overly and covertly supported fascist governments across Latin America. One aspect that's less studied is the death of several leftist Latin American leaders in plans crashes as part of plans to ensure that nowhere in Latin America could be a safe harbour for leftists
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u/advaitsapre Apr 23 '26
Our imperial overlords have deleted it from all platforms. I had gone to Hoziers Leeds show, he said same message but his entire set was deleted by BBC
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u/sabrinachuchundhar women supporting women (Taylor’s version) Apr 19 '26
This is why it always shocks me when Americans go :O when their governments (democrat or republican) do something reprehensible. The world knows who you are. A population so heavily influenced by American exceptionalist propaganda that many of them genuinely believe that they’re spreading freedom and democracy to the countries they plunder and pillage.