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Chasm / The "Busy" Trap
« on: April 03, 2013, 05:07:21 AM »
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/06/30/the-busy-trap/
Interesting that most of the user comments to this New York Times article are defensive and negative.
Cue D.R.I.'s "Money Stinks"
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Busyness serves as a kind of existential reassurance, a hedge against emptiness; obviously your life cannot possibly be silly or trivial or meaningless if you are so busy, completely booked, in demand every hour of the day. I can’t help but wonder whether all this histrionic exhaustion isn’t a way of covering up the fact that most of what we do doesn’t matter.
Interesting that most of the user comments to this New York Times article are defensive and negative.
Cue D.R.I.'s "Money Stinks"
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Chasm / Re: Suggestions
« on: April 01, 2013, 06:59:10 PM »
In the 4x7 "Metal Reviews" side column there is a blank space after "0."
Perhaps that blank space could be filled with an "All" hyperlink that lists all the reviews on one page for easier navigation of the review archive.
Perhaps that blank space could be filled with an "All" hyperlink that lists all the reviews on one page for easier navigation of the review archive.
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Metal / Re: WTF happened to Amorphis?
« on: August 27, 2012, 11:11:40 PM »
Privilege of Evil was pretty much their peak. That's the album I always go to when I want to hear something from Amorphis.
They started to get real fruity after the first couple of songs on Tales From The Thousand Lake. The second half of that album is like Iron Maiden trying to play death metal. Just dumb circus music.
They started to get real fruity after the first couple of songs on Tales From The Thousand Lake. The second half of that album is like Iron Maiden trying to play death metal. Just dumb circus music.
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Metal / Re: What seperates good metal from the rest?
« on: August 10, 2012, 03:19:30 AM »Or, if it is to refer to "problems of the day", approaching the subject from a metaphorical standpoint definitely makes things more interesting.
Dead Kennedys are one of the best punk bands because they have the ability to criticize society via satire and metaphor. Most punks are just jocks with piercing and tattoos.
It doesn't surprise me that Slayer was into Dead Kennedys.
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Metal / Master - "The New Elite"
« on: August 08, 2012, 11:27:50 PM »
This is out to buy in Europe and available to steal on the Internet, but it's not out for sale in America yet.
Anyway, it's pretty ****ing punishing musically. The vocals are the only real let down. I'm not digging the new "Macho Man Randy Savage" vocal style. Master continues to release excellent old style death metal records.
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Metal / Re: Interview with Euronymous, Beat Magazine, 1993
« on: July 26, 2012, 03:09:23 AM »
Good times, great oldies.
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Metal / Re: Ceremonium "Dreams We Have Written" coming in May 2012
« on: June 17, 2012, 03:35:20 AM »
Man, Into The Autumn Shade has been hard as hell to find for years now.
May have to get this just for that.
May have to get this just for that.
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Commerce / Re: Morbid Saint re-releasing first two albums + live DVD
« on: May 19, 2012, 03:49:35 AM »
I heard that the discs are actually CD-Rs instead of being factory pressed CDs.
I wonder how well these CDs will hold up physically over time since CD-Rs decay at a fast rate.
I wonder how well these CDs will hold up physically over time since CD-Rs decay at a fast rate.
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Metal / Re: Post-1995 metal doesn't suck anymore
« on: April 15, 2012, 06:17:13 PM »
Good list. Though I would take Spastic Ink's "Ink Complete" over anything else Ron Jarzombek's done.
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Metal / Re: On Symphonic Black Metal and what really jerks my chain...
« on: April 15, 2012, 06:15:21 PM »
Summoning would probably be the best at it.
I'm also fond of Limbonic Art's "The Moon In The Scorpio."
I'm also fond of Limbonic Art's "The Moon In The Scorpio."
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Metal / Re: Goreaphobia
« on: April 07, 2012, 11:39:01 PM »
I saw these guys live with Master a few years back.
They were energetic and their songs were fairly straightforward.
I wouldn't mind seeing them live again, but I wouldn't go out of my way for it.
They were energetic and their songs were fairly straightforward.
I wouldn't mind seeing them live again, but I wouldn't go out of my way for it.
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Metal / Re: Burzum - Umskiptar
« on: April 01, 2012, 05:32:57 PM »I'm not familiar, is FYE one of those Hot Topic type stores or something?
Pretty much. It's an overpriced shopping mall CD/DVD chain you see everywhere in America.
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Metal / Re: Introductions: User Relationships to Classical Music
« on: April 01, 2012, 02:04:51 AM »
The Scarlatti sonatas are a must for anyone who enjoys the harpsichord. They just don't sound right on a piano.
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Metal / Re: Burzum - Umskiptar
« on: April 01, 2012, 02:02:34 AM »
They sell Burzum albums in FYE now so he can't be doing too bad.
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Metal / Re: Burzum - Umskiptar
« on: March 31, 2012, 06:14:47 PM »
Burzum has become the George Lucas of black metal.