As far as I remember, yeah, that’s essentially what happened. At first, the government and the police saw drug addicts as criminals in the eyes of the law, and tried to go after them, which is, as far as I know, what the US and a lot of other countries do.
As a Portuguese who was alive (albeit a kid) in the 90s, I can summarize this as we didn’t have enough resources (both human and monetary) to keep enforcing the U.S. drug war model. Since it wasn’t working and we were reaching a critical situation (like half of Lisbon in particular was filled with drug addicts shooting heroin up their veins), we turned to the experts.
The article implies this was a decision made from the beginning of this epidemic, but it was pretty much a last resort because the other model was unsustainable for the government. Not sure if we would’ve adopted it if we had US’ resources.
Also, just giving context here, not trying to diminish this accomplishment.
I guess, haha. Not like we care all that much, though, if it’s good music, that’s all that matters. When I listened to the song you posted, I was reminded of YUKI, although they’re quite a bit different. YUKI has more arrangements and incorporates more instruments into her songs. Also, her voice is a bit weird, being very nasal, but I really love it, makes her have a very unique tone.
Kenji Kawai is such an amazing composer. I didn’t know about that particular composition you linked to (and thank you for sharing, it’s great!) but I know he made soundtracks for both Ghost in the Shell animated movies, which are so, so good. Here’s what I think is a medley of the Ghost in the Shell soundtrack played live. It opens with Making of a Cyborg, one of the most iconic pieces of the first movie.
I also really liked the 2nd song! I’m not sure but is her name Hako Yamasaki? Just so I can look for more of her stuff.
Aside from Mad World by Gary Jules and *Everything’s alright" by Laura Shigihara, which have already been mentioned, I have a few off the top of my head:
Not much of a country music listener but I’ve really liked Townes van Zandt, namely because of a tribute album made by various members of sludge/post-metal bands like Scott Kelly, Steve von Til and John Baizley. It’s more on the introspective and melancholic side but I think it’s also a bit different from a lot of other recommended artists/bands on this thread.
Off the top of my head, “Benny the Bouncer” on Emerson, Lake & Palmer’s Brain Salad Surgery. It should have been a B-Side of a single or something like that but it does not work on that album at all. For me, it’s just a goofy unneeded intermission before “Karn Evil 9” that I always skip.
Apparently these are actually pretty well-known covers but I only found out a few years after:
No problem, thanks. This version is great, and while no one can truly live up to Piggy, Daniel Mongrain sure is doing a great job at replacing him in the band.
FYI, there’s no link. I only see their Nothingface album cover.
These are just off the top of my head:
I use newsboat on the desktop, because is a terminal based app and terminal based apps are BASED. There are many more fancy readers on desktop.
Also Feeder on mobile is pretty good, it’s available on F-Droid.
Haha, I did the exact same thing yesterday. Terminal based apps are indeed based.
Also, you can use teddit instead if you don’t want to give traffic directly to reddit (as far as I know). It’s pretty easy: instead of adding /.rss, you add ?api&type=rss at the end. See here.
I started with Crunchbang in its final years. It was a great introduction to Linux, to be honest. It was also a very solid distro, as it was Debian-based.
But, sadly, it eventually folded. It still has a spiritual sequel in BunsenLabs but, in the meantime, I’d moved to Arch (btw).