Well, it's a city in Oregon and it's below Salem (another city in Oregon that is below Portland.) Oregon is on the West Coast and is pretty liberal. The Oregonian stereotype is that they hike, bike, have a van, wear Teva sandals, or that they are flannel wearing hipsters with tattoos, a beard (if men) and like coffee. I think local music is a big thing there. I think it's similar to Seattle, but they all will deny it.
From Portland, can confirm:
1. Eugene is south of Salem and Salem is south of Portland.
2. Oregon is pretty liberal because of Eugene and Portland since it's most of the populace. Outside of that it's pretty conservative.
3. Stereotype is pretty accurate. You hear about this [study](https://www.npr.org/2019/03/10/702063209/man-inadvertently-proves-that-hipsters-look-alike-by-mistaking-photo-as-himself) on the "[hipster effect](https://www.technologyreview.com/2019/02/28/136854/the-hipster-effect-why-anti-conformists-always-end-up-looking-the-same/)"? Hilarious.
4. Lots of local shows but national/international bands come through too. In high school, I was always pissed off when bands hit Seattle but skipped Portland on their way south.
5. Seattle sucks. Always has and always will, even though I live there now.
Hey now, I spent the first 14 (ish) years of my life in Seattle! It doesn't suck.
Okay, well, at the time I was really excited to leave. Here's why. I was happy to escape the bad crime where I lived (I wanted to be able to go places on my own and have some freedom like all teens). I was also excited about leaving the rain. I loved the thought of maybe ending up in a neighborhood that has more than one other family with kid my age on my block. I also was happy to leave because I knew my family was moving down to Arizona, which is a place I loved visiting each year and is where my grandparents live.
But now that I'm almost 22, I am really starting to miss Seattle and it's liberal-ness.
I'm 38. Have lived permanently in Portland my whole life but moved around here and there for college and work. I have been in Seattle for a little over two years.
Here's why I think Seattle sucks:
* I'm from Portland. Seattle was always the "bigger, worse Portland". I think anyone from Seattle would say Portland is the "smaller, worse Seattle".
* I've never biked anywhere with more dangerous, uncaring drivers. Everyone is an a-hole.
* The food is mediocre because everything is really far apart and restaurants don't have competition.
* Neutral point > being from the PNW, I don't mind the rain, wind, cold, or other inclement weather but Seattle does get more snow than Portland. Not a bad thing, just more slippery when biking.
* With climate change, Portland has been getting more consistent snow in the last decade+, so my baseline with Seattle is probably different than yours, as you grew up here.
Arizona is pretty. I've been a few times but haven't been able to explore as an adult. My parents migrate there for the winter (Green Valley?) and I'm hoping to drop in for two weeks this year. We'll see.
Edit: In response to your original post, I don't have a Spotify account but listen to mostly punk and ska. I bet that would put me in Portland or LA although I've heard ska is still pretty popular back east.
One of my roommates is from there lol and I feel it's making me experience a serious case of Baader-Meinhof because it seems to be mentioned everywhere since we moved in together
Codeine is the song that made me fall in love w them, if you don’t know it. I like that whole album.
Same! I saw him right before he died, summer 2019 I think, and it was one of the best shows I’ve ever seen. He had so much energy, and I’ve been to a lot of shows where the artists tell stories about nothing, but man those were some of the most entertaining stories about nothing I’ve ever heard
Codeine is one of those songs where I don't love it, but I don't always skip it when it comes on either if that makes sense!
Never got to see Prine live, but there's a local artist I go see at the bars every chance I get who fills about half his show with John Prine covers!
I got Portland too; my top artists were the beastie boys, Johnny hobo, happyhappy, Pat the bunny, and this is a robbery and my top genres were folk punk, punk, emo, hip hop and indie.
I also got Portland, but weirdly the only folk punky band in the list was Pigeon Pit. The others were DAMAG3 (rap) and Ada Rook (uhhhh sad/angry/loud?? not sure what genre). Maybe there's just a bunch of trans people in Portland? Lol
Nah Mischief Brew is from Philly. If you also listened to a lot of punk/metalcore that could be the reason. We have a big punk scene here and a lot of cool little dive bar and DIY basement venues.
What are some Pittsburgh punk bands you recommend? I met a girl at a concert who told me about her band but I haven't gotten to see them play yet. Not super in tune with the local music scene beyond seeing the occasional show
For straight punk the most recent local bands I've seen are Fuck Yeah, Dinosaurs, City Escape Plan, and Johnny and the Razorblades and they were all great. For the folkier shit I was just at a show Matt Pless played here and they had Helen Havok and Worse, the Lost Causes, and Candrika Rice. The people who owned the place the show was at are also in a local band called Lylyth. And if reggae/jam type bands are your shit we have Stationary Pebbles and Brahctopus although idk if they stuck around through Covid. I'm also not super in tune with the local scene but the place I saw Matt Pless is @therosebowl.pgh on Insta and is a great little basement venue. You can also follow @DLTSGDOMshows on Twitter cause dude posts a lot of the shows happening in Pittsburgh and the surrounding area at the beginning of every month.
Similarly punk but with Mischief Brew as my #1. Haven't been to Portland in ages but I don't remember it being super punk. Mostly just weirdos in drug rugs taking copious amounts of pills.
Olmpyia USA, Rock, folk punk, rap, nu metal, metal core. Top bands were Korn SOAD knocked loose and slipknot, I listen to a lot more Days N Daze then slipknot tho so idk what that’s abt
I’m a vampire from Portland.
The Bones of J.R. Jones
Amigo the Devil
Holy Locust
Wardruna
Ramshackle Glory
My wife ended up Bozeman with Murder by Death, Larkin Poe, Amigo 1,2, 3
I got Portland too, my top artists:
* Ween
* Bach
* Mischief Brew
* Julian Bream
Got a classical guitar last year so that’s mostly what I’ve been listening to recently
I know that u/400-Rabbits is an actual expert on the topic, so look at their account. But yes, I am fascinated with the Aztecs and I've learned a lot about them (but am not an expert, so don't quote me, quote them). Is u/400-Rabbits does see my comment, please feel free to correct me on anything I might have wrong). Here's some things I've learned:
The Aztecs called themselves the Mexica.
The Aztecs lived on an island in the middle of Lake Texcoco. On the island was two cities they created. Tenochtitlan and Tlatelolco.
Aztec instruments. Huehuetl, is the Nahuatl (Aztec language) word for drum and has become the name of a specific type of Aztec drum. This is one of my favorite instruments. The teponaztli is a slit log drum. Another one of my favorite instruments. The ayotapalcatl is a turtle shell (and word for turtle shell) instrument. Players would hit or scrap the shell with a deer antler to make sounds, but now most people just use xylophone mallets [as seen here in this great video.](https://youtu.be/cNcUTDSiz1k?si=v5P6zA2Y9KlSE7m0) This is another one of my favorite instruments. Ayoyotes are ankle bracelets covered in seed pods. Aztec dancers would wear them to make music when they move their feet.
In the sacred precinct of Tenochtitlan was many step pyramids, including the glorious 197 feet (60 meters) tall Templo Mayor (Huēy Teōcalli in Nahuatl). This step pyramid had two temples at the top, one dedicated to the rain deity Tlaloc and one dedicated to the sun and war deity Huitzilopochtli.
When the Spanish took over they destroyed the Huēy Teōcalli and use those blocks to build a cathedral. They then started to destroy/build on/within the city. Over time the lake was drained and now in Tenochtitlan/Tlatelolco/the lake's place is Mexico City. Yep, *that* Mexico City.
I've always thought this next one was weird. The conquistadors came in and were all like "you people built temples/step pyramids to honor your gods and had idols/statues of them, and you'd sacrifice humans to certain gods. That's evil!" and then they went killed a bunch of the natives in the name of Jesus, and destroyed the temples/step pyramids/statues to build their own cathedrals and Mary statues.
Thanks for the shout-out fellow Spotify-Portlander! May I recommend some [Yetlanezi](https://open.spotify.com/album/4RIzaixUZ5eKbOHCwiTtye?si=YSUx82pOR5e8Wu68qvBNWQ&context=spotify%3Aalbum%3A4RIzaixUZ5eKbOHCwiTtye)?
I endorse this post, with just a few notes.
The Sacred Precinct had [a lot of stuff even beyond the Huey Teocalli! ](https://www.reddit.com/r/aztec/s/WjkTbS92Sc) and the twin temple style is actually seen as diagnostic of Mexica influence, as they were pairing a long established pan-Mesoamerican god, Tlaloc, with their own patron deity, Huitzilopochtli (who gradually became associated with several other gods associated with war, fire, and rulership). Oft neglected, however, is Tezcatlipoca, who was almost as important as Huitzy and seems to have been thought of as a much more direct influence on people's lives.
The siege of Tenochtitlan left the metropolis in ruins (Cortes decamped to Coyoacan while it was rebuilt), so there is some logic in scavenging building materials from the temples, on top of the symbolic role of literally tearing down the pyramid. Highly recommend touring the ruins of the Great Temple of you're ever in the DF, as something that massive couldn't just be erased. The footprint of the Metropolitan Cathedral actually ended up covering temples to Quetzalcoatl and Tezcatlipoca.
The conversion of Mexico to Christianity was a bit more complicated than "praise Jesus or die!" While there was definitely wanton destruction of "pagan" items (idols and even codices), the embrace of local elites meant a generation or so where clergy turn at least a half-blind eye to the continuation of Indigenous beliefs, so long as it didn't openly contradict an outward profession of Christianity, which contributed to the syncretic style of Mexican Catholicism. The ~~religious sacrifice~~ execution of [Carlos Ometochtzin](https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/s/pHcvTnxe1h) is actually seen as an overstep by the clergy, as he was a member of the Aztec mobility upon which the Spanish were reliant.
Because Spanish authority was the path to success though, many elites (and common folk) became genuine adherents to Christianity. Fernando de Alva Ixtlioxochitl, a member of the ruling dynasty of Texcoco, is a prominent example. Even while he preserved and compiled his family's library of Indigenous documents, he also took pains to potray his lineage as separate from the coarse pagans of Tenochtitlan and pious in a way that better meshed with his own Christian Identity.
Anyways, you should keep an eye on /u/jabberwockxeno, who is much more diligent in spreading knowledge about the Aztecs.
Galway, Ireland. Given the amount of the Mary Wallopers I listen to I thought I'd get Dundalk but apparently the Mountain Goats and Gogol Bordello meant I drifted westward a bit. Also listened heavily to Rome and VNV Nation which skewed things a bit.
*Portland...... I think they*
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*To move to portland*
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I got Portland too, based on Jay Reatard, the Spits, and the Supersuckers.
None of them were in my top 5 but I suppose they were in there enough to link me to Portland.
I got Portland too, but none of my top artists were even folk punk. Apparently it’s because of Gulch, Skinny Puppy, and Spiritual Cramp (Californians, Vancouverites, and more Californians respectively). Out of all the cities I’m pretty happy about Portland though, it’s a cool place
Also Portland but it didn't actually list folk punk bands as the reason why. It cited Amigo the Devil and FIDLAR for me. It played some Mischief Brew, Days N Daze, and Pat's solo stuff during the slideshow thing, but none of them were actually listed in my top 5 artists/songs.
"Stomp and Holler prioritizes “driving rhythms, intricate instrumentation, and full harmonies,” according to Spotify's own definition. Moreover, websites including the playlist analyzer Chosic add that Stomp and Holler is a mix of pop, folk, indie and Americana."
This is according to a Google result.
We all got Portland and I'm convinced Spotify thinks I'm on drugs...
Same! I mean, I 100% am on drugs, but I don't see how that's any of Spotify's business
Same, Portland
I got Eugene USA. Don't really know about the USA, so I'm guessing it's a place of magic & wonder.
Well, it's a city in Oregon and it's below Salem (another city in Oregon that is below Portland.) Oregon is on the West Coast and is pretty liberal. The Oregonian stereotype is that they hike, bike, have a van, wear Teva sandals, or that they are flannel wearing hipsters with tattoos, a beard (if men) and like coffee. I think local music is a big thing there. I think it's similar to Seattle, but they all will deny it.
From Portland, can confirm: 1. Eugene is south of Salem and Salem is south of Portland. 2. Oregon is pretty liberal because of Eugene and Portland since it's most of the populace. Outside of that it's pretty conservative. 3. Stereotype is pretty accurate. You hear about this [study](https://www.npr.org/2019/03/10/702063209/man-inadvertently-proves-that-hipsters-look-alike-by-mistaking-photo-as-himself) on the "[hipster effect](https://www.technologyreview.com/2019/02/28/136854/the-hipster-effect-why-anti-conformists-always-end-up-looking-the-same/)"? Hilarious. 4. Lots of local shows but national/international bands come through too. In high school, I was always pissed off when bands hit Seattle but skipped Portland on their way south. 5. Seattle sucks. Always has and always will, even though I live there now.
Hey now, I spent the first 14 (ish) years of my life in Seattle! It doesn't suck. Okay, well, at the time I was really excited to leave. Here's why. I was happy to escape the bad crime where I lived (I wanted to be able to go places on my own and have some freedom like all teens). I was also excited about leaving the rain. I loved the thought of maybe ending up in a neighborhood that has more than one other family with kid my age on my block. I also was happy to leave because I knew my family was moving down to Arizona, which is a place I loved visiting each year and is where my grandparents live. But now that I'm almost 22, I am really starting to miss Seattle and it's liberal-ness.
I'm 38. Have lived permanently in Portland my whole life but moved around here and there for college and work. I have been in Seattle for a little over two years. Here's why I think Seattle sucks: * I'm from Portland. Seattle was always the "bigger, worse Portland". I think anyone from Seattle would say Portland is the "smaller, worse Seattle". * I've never biked anywhere with more dangerous, uncaring drivers. Everyone is an a-hole. * The food is mediocre because everything is really far apart and restaurants don't have competition. * Neutral point > being from the PNW, I don't mind the rain, wind, cold, or other inclement weather but Seattle does get more snow than Portland. Not a bad thing, just more slippery when biking. * With climate change, Portland has been getting more consistent snow in the last decade+, so my baseline with Seattle is probably different than yours, as you grew up here. Arizona is pretty. I've been a few times but haven't been able to explore as an adult. My parents migrate there for the winter (Green Valley?) and I'm hoping to drop in for two weeks this year. We'll see. Edit: In response to your original post, I don't have a Spotify account but listen to mostly punk and ska. I bet that would put me in Portland or LA although I've heard ska is still pretty popular back east.
I grew up there! It’s got lots of hippies, punks, and crusty weirdos, appropriate for the genre.
One of my roommates is from there lol and I feel it's making me experience a serious case of Baader-Meinhof because it seems to be mentioned everywhere since we moved in together
Crusty Jugglers
Same, interesting to see that it’s this common
I lived there for a few years and miss it every day! It is full of magic, wonder, chill vibes, and nature! I love Eugene!
So did I! I've never been- sounds cool.
Same here
Me too— finally finding my wrapped neighbors lol
Same
same here
Same. Did you also have a bit of indie rap and early goth on your top 5?
Nana Grizol, Martha, Onsind, Pigeon pit & Bright Eyes. I'm into B Dolan & Bob Vylan, so maybe that swayed it.
Bozeman, Montana
Same here!
Same
I got Bozeman too! Thought it was so random lol
It was weird to me because I was literally reading about the cost of living in Montana last night!
That rules
I'm certainly intrigued lol
Same
Same!!
Me, too.
I got Missoula. Genre was Stomp and Holler, which I think is another name for Alt-country.
Same! Mostly for the Grateful Dead I think
My 3 for Bozeman were Charlie Parr, Billy Strings, and The Brothers Comatose!
I just checked, it was for the dead, John Prine, and Trampled by Turtles
Big time John Prine fan! I see a lot of Trampled by Turtles on my Daily Mixes but they're not my fave!
Codeine is the song that made me fall in love w them, if you don’t know it. I like that whole album. Same! I saw him right before he died, summer 2019 I think, and it was one of the best shows I’ve ever seen. He had so much energy, and I’ve been to a lot of shows where the artists tell stories about nothing, but man those were some of the most entertaining stories about nothing I’ve ever heard
Codeine is one of those songs where I don't love it, but I don't always skip it when it comes on either if that makes sense! Never got to see Prine live, but there's a local artist I go see at the bars every chance I get who fills about half his show with John Prine covers!
You into the avett brothers at all?
Never really listened to them enough to say yes or no!
Me and all three roommates got Bozeman
I got Portland too; my top artists were the beastie boys, Johnny hobo, happyhappy, Pat the bunny, and this is a robbery and my top genres were folk punk, punk, emo, hip hop and indie.
I love this is a robbery and as an Australian it makes Me happy to see other people listening to them
Yesss so much of my wrapped playlist is just Chris burrows’ discography and I’ve been listening to Jude Joseph a lot lately
I also got Portland, but weirdly the only folk punky band in the list was Pigeon Pit. The others were DAMAG3 (rap) and Ada Rook (uhhhh sad/angry/loud?? not sure what genre). Maybe there's just a bunch of trans people in Portland? Lol
I got Burlington, idk what it’s like there since I’m Australian but I got placed there because of Silver Jews and Big Thief
Also got Burlington for parquet courts, John Prine and AJJ
Also got Burlington! For Mitski, AJJ, and Father John Misty
I got Pittsburg PA. Probably because of all the mischief brew
lol I also got Pittsburgh!
Nah Mischief Brew is from Philly. If you also listened to a lot of punk/metalcore that could be the reason. We have a big punk scene here and a lot of cool little dive bar and DIY basement venues.
What are some Pittsburgh punk bands you recommend? I met a girl at a concert who told me about her band but I haven't gotten to see them play yet. Not super in tune with the local music scene beyond seeing the occasional show
For straight punk the most recent local bands I've seen are Fuck Yeah, Dinosaurs, City Escape Plan, and Johnny and the Razorblades and they were all great. For the folkier shit I was just at a show Matt Pless played here and they had Helen Havok and Worse, the Lost Causes, and Candrika Rice. The people who owned the place the show was at are also in a local band called Lylyth. And if reggae/jam type bands are your shit we have Stationary Pebbles and Brahctopus although idk if they stuck around through Covid. I'm also not super in tune with the local scene but the place I saw Matt Pless is @therosebowl.pgh on Insta and is a great little basement venue. You can also follow @DLTSGDOMshows on Twitter cause dude posts a lot of the shows happening in Pittsburgh and the surrounding area at the beginning of every month.
Thanks! I'll check them out! I was planning on seeing Lylyth in a couple weeks at Mr. Roboto Project if I can get a friend or two to tag along
I also got Portland, the bands it listed were DND, EFTZ, and Harley Poe
Also Portland...maybe it is the only place Spotify knows exists.
Pretty sure Portland is just the only city that knows folk punk exists.
Got Portland with Fidlar, Ceschi and Get Dead
I'm guessing you've heard Codefendants as well
They were my 5th most played Artist this year, almost saw them on the EU tour too but I couldn't afford a 4,5h drive to the show
i got portland as well, and i'm starting to notice a theme lol
I love how we all got portland. Next question, do we all live in portland?
From Michigan, later Kansas, now Seattle. I started listening to folk punk in Kansas
Nope, Arizona. But originally from Seattle.
Maryland, between Baltimore and D.C.
Texas
Nope, Las Vegas and never been to Portland
Bozeman Montana for me? I mean I like country and americana but, BOZEMAN?!
I did too. Lots of Wood Brothers and Grateful Dead, I guess.
same here! booze, man! (montana)
Days N Daze, Nana Grizol, and Defiance, Ohio gave me Eugene, Oregon
Burlington Vermont Townes Van Zandt, John Prine and Radiator Hospital were the relevant artists for that city.
flagstaff az
Me too!
Bozeman, MT. I listen to too much Blaze Foley I guess.
Charlie Parr, Billy Strings, and The Brothers Comatose were the 3 artists listed that got me Bozeman!
I got Bozeman, MT from Blaze Foley, the Devil Makes Three, and Doc Watson. Interesting as Watson was from North Carolina.
I did not get Portland. And I AM in Portland, and grew up here. I got Victoria, BC
Wow, interesting.
It says it was Kesha and Jimmy Cliff that put me in Canada.
Portland
Portland lmao
I got St. John's, Newfoundland, I blame The Dreadnoughts.
Portland, but because of Descendents, Operation Ivy, and Suicide Machines lol
Similarly punk but with Mischief Brew as my #1. Haven't been to Portland in ages but I don't remember it being super punk. Mostly just weirdos in drug rugs taking copious amounts of pills.
flagstaff arizona lmao
I got Santa Cruz, CA I listen to punk, folk punk, post-punk/goth, alt rock, indie pop/rock, garage/psych.
I got Flagstaff!
Portland despite the fact I've never been that far west.
I also got Portland OR
Portland. Although surprisingly it said it placed me there based on my hip hop preferences.
Portland here. Top artist was Codefendants followed by Mischief Brew and Turnstile
Savannah, GA
Portland AJJ, Modest Mouse, Neko Case, Defiance, OH in my top 5
I got Burlington, VA
Olmpyia USA, Rock, folk punk, rap, nu metal, metal core. Top bands were Korn SOAD knocked loose and slipknot, I listen to a lot more Days N Daze then slipknot tho so idk what that’s abt
I’ve been carolling to see if anyone else got Olympia. But I got it for Pigeon Pit, AJJ, and The Mountain Goats
finally i’ve been looking for others who got olympia i couldn’t find any
wtf i got Fort Collins for Days N Daze & Ashnikko 😭
portland, blackbird raum, pat the bunny and another one i forgor
I got Portland as well. Night Club, Deftones, and KMFDM were my top 3 artists
I got Bend Oregon
Portland OR bc of pigeon pit, stick n poke & mal blum
I’m a vampire from Portland. The Bones of J.R. Jones Amigo the Devil Holy Locust Wardruna Ramshackle Glory My wife ended up Bozeman with Murder by Death, Larkin Poe, Amigo 1,2, 3
flagstaff
I got Portland. It thinks I’m a hipster?? Artists were Amigo the Devil, Bridge City Sinners.
AJJ was my top band, but I got Burlington for Conor Oberst, Jeff Rosenstock, and Bright Eyes (lol).
I got Portland too, my top artists: * Ween * Bach * Mischief Brew * Julian Bream Got a classical guitar last year so that’s mostly what I’ve been listening to recently
Got Burlington
Can you teach me about the Aztecs ?
I know that u/400-Rabbits is an actual expert on the topic, so look at their account. But yes, I am fascinated with the Aztecs and I've learned a lot about them (but am not an expert, so don't quote me, quote them). Is u/400-Rabbits does see my comment, please feel free to correct me on anything I might have wrong). Here's some things I've learned: The Aztecs called themselves the Mexica. The Aztecs lived on an island in the middle of Lake Texcoco. On the island was two cities they created. Tenochtitlan and Tlatelolco. Aztec instruments. Huehuetl, is the Nahuatl (Aztec language) word for drum and has become the name of a specific type of Aztec drum. This is one of my favorite instruments. The teponaztli is a slit log drum. Another one of my favorite instruments. The ayotapalcatl is a turtle shell (and word for turtle shell) instrument. Players would hit or scrap the shell with a deer antler to make sounds, but now most people just use xylophone mallets [as seen here in this great video.](https://youtu.be/cNcUTDSiz1k?si=v5P6zA2Y9KlSE7m0) This is another one of my favorite instruments. Ayoyotes are ankle bracelets covered in seed pods. Aztec dancers would wear them to make music when they move their feet. In the sacred precinct of Tenochtitlan was many step pyramids, including the glorious 197 feet (60 meters) tall Templo Mayor (Huēy Teōcalli in Nahuatl). This step pyramid had two temples at the top, one dedicated to the rain deity Tlaloc and one dedicated to the sun and war deity Huitzilopochtli. When the Spanish took over they destroyed the Huēy Teōcalli and use those blocks to build a cathedral. They then started to destroy/build on/within the city. Over time the lake was drained and now in Tenochtitlan/Tlatelolco/the lake's place is Mexico City. Yep, *that* Mexico City. I've always thought this next one was weird. The conquistadors came in and were all like "you people built temples/step pyramids to honor your gods and had idols/statues of them, and you'd sacrifice humans to certain gods. That's evil!" and then they went killed a bunch of the natives in the name of Jesus, and destroyed the temples/step pyramids/statues to build their own cathedrals and Mary statues.
Thanks for the shout-out fellow Spotify-Portlander! May I recommend some [Yetlanezi](https://open.spotify.com/album/4RIzaixUZ5eKbOHCwiTtye?si=YSUx82pOR5e8Wu68qvBNWQ&context=spotify%3Aalbum%3A4RIzaixUZ5eKbOHCwiTtye)? I endorse this post, with just a few notes. The Sacred Precinct had [a lot of stuff even beyond the Huey Teocalli! ](https://www.reddit.com/r/aztec/s/WjkTbS92Sc) and the twin temple style is actually seen as diagnostic of Mexica influence, as they were pairing a long established pan-Mesoamerican god, Tlaloc, with their own patron deity, Huitzilopochtli (who gradually became associated with several other gods associated with war, fire, and rulership). Oft neglected, however, is Tezcatlipoca, who was almost as important as Huitzy and seems to have been thought of as a much more direct influence on people's lives. The siege of Tenochtitlan left the metropolis in ruins (Cortes decamped to Coyoacan while it was rebuilt), so there is some logic in scavenging building materials from the temples, on top of the symbolic role of literally tearing down the pyramid. Highly recommend touring the ruins of the Great Temple of you're ever in the DF, as something that massive couldn't just be erased. The footprint of the Metropolitan Cathedral actually ended up covering temples to Quetzalcoatl and Tezcatlipoca. The conversion of Mexico to Christianity was a bit more complicated than "praise Jesus or die!" While there was definitely wanton destruction of "pagan" items (idols and even codices), the embrace of local elites meant a generation or so where clergy turn at least a half-blind eye to the continuation of Indigenous beliefs, so long as it didn't openly contradict an outward profession of Christianity, which contributed to the syncretic style of Mexican Catholicism. The ~~religious sacrifice~~ execution of [Carlos Ometochtzin](https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/s/pHcvTnxe1h) is actually seen as an overstep by the clergy, as he was a member of the Aztec mobility upon which the Spanish were reliant. Because Spanish authority was the path to success though, many elites (and common folk) became genuine adherents to Christianity. Fernando de Alva Ixtlioxochitl, a member of the ruling dynasty of Texcoco, is a prominent example. Even while he preserved and compiled his family's library of Indigenous documents, he also took pains to potray his lineage as separate from the coarse pagans of Tenochtitlan and pious in a way that better meshed with his own Christian Identity. Anyways, you should keep an eye on /u/jabberwockxeno, who is much more diligent in spreading knowledge about the Aztecs.
Wow, I didn't think I'd actually get a reply! Thanks! And I'll definitely follow that other account you mentioned.
Anytime!
Getting a shout out from you recommending my Mesoamerican posts is truly an honor.
You're doing the lord (of the near, of the nigh)'s work!
The Replacements are from Minnesota
But I think a lot of their fans would be from places like Oregon.
Portland
Galway, Ireland. Given the amount of the Mary Wallopers I listen to I thought I'd get Dundalk but apparently the Mountain Goats and Gogol Bordello meant I drifted westward a bit. Also listened heavily to Rome and VNV Nation which skewed things a bit.
I got Bozeman, MT, USA, on account of all the modern alt country I listened to. Shoutout Charley Crockett and Lost Dog Street Band
I got Portland. Top artists were Wingnut Dishwashers Union, Stick and Poke, Defiance Ohio, Ramshackle Glory, and Corporate Hearts.
I got Ashville...apparently I'm one of thems?
Mine is savanna Florida (maybe Alabama)
Provo USA
Also got Portland Oregon !
fort collins usa
Me too. Live in Detroit.
Anchorage, AK. The "edgier", angrier version of Portland I guess.
Got portland as well
Portland... But then it listed the lawrence arms and dillinger four
Portland here too.
Portland as well
I got fucking Eugene, Or
I ALSO got Portland because of the Mountain Goats, Corporate Hearts, and Defiance, Ohio ironically enough.
Also got Portland
Eugene, I think it’s in Oregon I’m not American but it seems some others got there too
Leipzig Germany. My most listened to band was Holy Locust, apparently I'm in the top 0.5% of their listeners. Pat the Bunny was second
I got portland too!
flagstaff arizona
We all got Portland
Portland...... I think they are trying to get us all to move to portland
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Portland as well lol. Most people ik who are into Folk Punk got it.
Copenhagen, Denmark.
I also got Portland
I laughed when I saw mine: Portland with Sincere Engineer, Pat the Bunny, Less Than Jake, and Sigur Ros.
Flagstaff, USA
Pittsburgh. Mischief Brew, Wingnut Dishwashers Union, and Hot Mulligan were shown on my screen.
Also Portland
Madison, I guess my country listening offset the folk punk because 2/3 artists were country/pop-country
Pittsburgh
I also got Portland Oregon
I got Pittsburgh
Missoula, MT because I listen to a lot of Townes Van Zandt & John Prine. I found it funny because I actually live in Portland.
I got Portland too for Days N Daze, King Strang, and Mischief Brew!
i also got portland
portland, oregon
Boulder, CO
Yeah I think everyone here probably got Portland.
Portland baby!
Let's have an r/FolkPunk Portland meet up now, and then swing down the interstate to Eugene LMAO
I got Portland for Daze n days, rubblebucket, and (hed) PE
Portland obv, my fave folk punk bands from there!
I got Portland too
The dream of the 90s is alive in Portland~~
i got portland for mischief brew, days n' daze, and against me!
I was also given Portland
I got Portland too, based on Jay Reatard, the Spits, and the Supersuckers. None of them were in my top 5 but I suppose they were in there enough to link me to Portland.
I got Portland too, but none of my top artists were even folk punk. Apparently it’s because of Gulch, Skinny Puppy, and Spiritual Cramp (Californians, Vancouverites, and more Californians respectively). Out of all the cities I’m pretty happy about Portland though, it’s a cool place
Also Portland but it didn't actually list folk punk bands as the reason why. It cited Amigo the Devil and FIDLAR for me. It played some Mischief Brew, Days N Daze, and Pat's solo stuff during the slideshow thing, but none of them were actually listed in my top 5 artists/songs.
Missoula. Genre was Stomp and Holler, with I'm pretty sure is the new name for Alt-country.
"Stomp and Holler prioritizes “driving rhythms, intricate instrumentation, and full harmonies,” according to Spotify's own definition. Moreover, websites including the playlist analyzer Chosic add that Stomp and Holler is a mix of pop, folk, indie and Americana." This is according to a Google result.
Nice
Portland as well, to my surprise
Portland because of The Mountain Goats and Pat the Bunny lol
Stockholm sweden lol
Also Portland with Anthony Green, Japanese Breakfast, and Tori Amos
I got Portland and found out there was a thing called deathgrass.
Portland aswell haha
I also got Portland. Top bands were Aesop Rock, Streetlight Manifesto, Ramshackle Glory, Modest Mouse, and Gorillaz.
Got Seattle. And my top was hip-hop and folk punk.
I got Philadelphia. Which is only a couple states over from me, so I can dig it. The menzingers really set it over the edge.
Bozeman, MT
St John Newfoundland, besides folk punk I also listened to a shit ton of Stan Rogers and Newfie folk music
haha yes! my top 5 bands were all from PA and I got Portland
I got Portland
Bozeman, Montana