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Speaking of music,

The other day, after we'd each had our jouissance, a paramour was explaining to me Ke$ha's artistry and why she's like Picasso. After a careful listen, I think I'm converted

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QR_qa...

Cody wrote: "especially in light of ur-gods of all, Sabbath, and their penchant for spreading the word of Christ, a la "After Forever:""

Here is the medieval and Latin rendering of that Classic ::
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cF-cO...

David wrote: "Speaking of music,

The other day, after we'd each had our jouissance, a paramour was explaining to me Ke$ha's artistry and why she's like Picasso. After a careful listen, I think I'm converted"

Waiting for the four paragraphs from Zizek about this phenom.

David wrote: "Speaking of music,

The other day, after we'd each had our jouissance, a paramour was explaining to me Ke$ha's artistry and why she's like Picasso. After a careful listen, I think I'm converted."

haply, yootoob pointed me to ::
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwIrX...
That's smart tech!

Nathan "N.R." wrote: "Cody wrote: "especially in light of ur-gods of all, Sabbath, and their penchant for spreading the word of Christ, a la "After Forever:""

Here is the medieval and Latin rendering of that Classic ::..."

That's absolutely brilliant!

Cody wrote: "That's absolutely brilliant! "

The whole album's great.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKmP6...

War Pigs!

David wrote: "Speaking of music,

The other day, after we'd each had our jouissance, a paramour was explaining to me Ke$ha's artistry and why she's like Picasso. After a careful listen, I think I'm converted

ht..."

I thought the universal rule was you agreed to whatever bullshit necessary BEFORE sex, not after!

Keeping it metal: as that assbag Bruce Dickinson said--"Balls to Picasso!"

Cody wrote: "David wrote: "I thought the universal rule was you agreed to whatever bullshit necessary BEFORE sex, not after!"

I, sir, am no cad.

David wrote: "Cody wrote: "David wrote: "I thought the universal rule was you agreed to whatever bullshit necessary BEFORE sex, not after!"

I, sir, am no cad."

Damn it! I need one more to fill out my softball team.

Nathan "N.R." wrote: "David wrote: "Speaking of music,

The other day, after we'd each had our jouissance, a paramour was explaining to me Ke$ha's artistry and why she's like Picasso. After a careful listen, I think I'm..."

She did collaborate with the Flaming Lips haha

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UlGPE...

David wrote: "Nathan "N.R." wrote: "David wrote: "Speaking of music,

The other day, after we'd each had our jouissance, a paramour was explaining to me Ke$ha's artistry and why she's like Picasso. After a caref..."

Another thing I'm trying to forget. That guy has lost his fucking mind. Band went to shit after The Soft Bulletin.

Thanks for the link, Nathan

Cody wrote: "Another thing I'm trying to forget. That guy has lost his fucking mind. Band went to shit after The Soft Bulletin. "

And I'm like, Who is this Flaming Lips guy? The thing about losing the mind, is that like Metallica in the '90's? That kind of thing?

Nathan "N.R." wrote: "Cody wrote: "Another thing I'm trying to forget. That guy has lost his fucking mind. Band went to shit after The Soft Bulletin. "

And I'm like, Who is this Flaming Lips guy? The thing about losing..."

Nooooooooo. Don't even mention that! How dare you!

(TATTOOED ON BRAIN: August, 1991--sitting in living room after swimming with older, cool, metalhead cousin and friend. New Metallica video set to premiere at 3pm. All eyes trained on TV. A hush falls over the small gathering. On comes the video; not a word is spoken for 4 mins. Video ends. All three look at each other and simultaneously explode, "What the fuck was that piece of shit?!? Holy God, they suck!!! NO!!!")

Thus ended my affiliation with a group I adored as a youngster. Never again.

I do have to speak up for some later Flaming Lips; this song fucking owns (even though it could probably benefit from backing vocals from Rhianna or Lady Gaga)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qevr9...

Cody wrote: ""What the fuck was that piece of shit?!? Holy God, they suck!!! NO!!!""

No matter what they do, they still can't Kill the Legacy ::
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=455-C...

David wrote: "I do have to speak up for some later Flaming Lips; this song fucking owns (even though it could probably benefit from backing vocals from Rhianna or Lady Gaga)"

I mean, it sounds to me like what death metal sounds like to you. (probably) I dunno.

Nathan "N.R." wrote: "Cody wrote: ""What the fuck was that piece of shit?!? Holy God, they suck!!! NO!!!""

No matter what they do, they still can't Kill the Legacy ::
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=455-C..."

Of course not. I just had so much emotional investment in them when I was young. And I mean YOUNG. Kirk Hammett was like a god to me. He was the reason I started playing at age 9. They were the reason I started reading HP Lovecraft in elementary school. Wore black jeans with white high-tops! Shit, I saw them twice on just the previous ...AJFA tour alone. Even G D Re-revisited was fantastic. More Diamond Head? Yes, please! Then they turned their backs on me and they deserve whatever personalized hell the devil has designed for them.

Fuck you, Bob "Soft" Rock

David wrote: "I do have to speak up for some later Flaming Lips; this song fucking owns (even though it could probably benefit from backing vocals from Rhianna or Lady Gaga)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qevr..."

Own the album, never bought into it. That was, in fact, the last album I bought by them. Give me In A Priest Driven Ambulance, Hit To Death in the Future Head, Transmissions..., Clouds Taste Metallic, and TSB and I'm good. They had a run, undoubtedly, but devolved into a traveling circus of fucking teddy bears and Miley Cyrus. Coyne's actually become what he used to rail against.
But when they had Ronald in the band and Drozd was still behind the kit, fuck...They were a mighty impressive sonic attack live. Both of those guys are weirdo-virtuosic instrumentalists. All the shit you hear on the two Ronald albums you think are keyboards are actually him on guitar. Quite possibly the most untraditional approach I've ever seen anyone take to playing (in a good, not novelty, way) the old 6-strang.

By the way, were it no for his untimely death, Karl Marx would be turning 199 today.

He'd likely be able to settle this controversy of Flaming Lips discography.

David wrote: "By the way, were it no for his untimely death, Karl Marx would be turning 199 today.

He'd likely be able to settle this controversy of Flaming Lips discography."

I think at this point we can remove the "untimely" designation. It's hardly likely that he'd be blowing out those almost-200 candles today if pleurisy hadn't snuck up on him.

If only he'd found a cure for those carbuncles! might still be with us.

50+ Comments in six hours. Pretty good. Even for this thread. Anyone running real numbers on this thing yet?

Nathan "N.R." wrote: "50+ Comments in six hours. Pretty good. Even for this thread. Anyone running real numbers on this thing yet?"

I'm just glad that we're finally getting to the really important heart of the matter.

As for numbers: I think Geoff is going to do that as well as transcribe and bind this entire thread while he rots in a prison cell on conviction for sedition.

Cody wrote: "I think Geoff is going to do that as well as transcribe and bind this entire thread while he rots in a prison cell on conviction for sedition. "

Sales should easily cover the eternal appeals process. Rotting in a cell ; living off the royalties of.... what is it again exactly?

Nathan "N.R." wrote: "Cody wrote: "I think Geoff is going to do that as well as transcribe and bind this entire thread while he rots in a prison cell on conviction for sedition. "

Sales should easily cover the eternal ..."

The inane and unrelated vent-ramble of hundreds of disaffected people (myself included) on every topic under the sun

OR

Crimes against metal

On a lighter note, have any of y'all ever felt like going to Syria to fight ISIS with leftist rebels?

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/...

David wrote: "On a lighter note, have any of y'all ever felt like going to Syria to fight ISIS with leftist rebels?

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/..."

It's the same opportunity that the Spanish Civil War offered international Leftists of yesteryear. Put your ideology to the test

So....now we're volunteering to fight ISIS now?

Nah, just PissPig. He's got an interesting story. I met his girlfriend at a May Day event here in SF a couple weeks ago.

David wrote: "Nah, just PissPig. He's got an interesting story. I met his girlfriend at a May Day event here in SF a couple weeks ago."

"punk-rocker turned florist turned boxing-gym manager." That old chestnut.

Sounds to me like he read Afghanistan Picture Show and got inspired.

Catherine wrote: "So....now we're volunteering to fight ISIS now?"

Ummmm...pretty sure we already have been fighting ISIS on a less-voluntary basis

Cody wrote: "Sounds to me like he read Afghanistan Picture Show and got inspired.."

Indeed.

David wrote: "Cody wrote: "Sounds to me like he read Afghanistan Picture Show and got inspired.."

Indeed."

But his name is PissPig so, y'know, s'all good.

A reference to gay porn... I know well that street fair which inspired him : - )

David wrote: "A reference to gay porn... I know well that street fair which inspired him : - )"

You mean there's hetero porn now? Ewww...

You know what Geoff/Goodreads Trump thread? You brought a lot of people together and did a lot of good today. Why don't take off Monday, give yourself a three-day weekend? Take the kids to the lake for some fishin'. Catch a couple-a ball games. You deserve it, Geoff/Goodreads Trump thread. I got the shop covered.

Think I read somewhere that the YPG don't actually let westerners near the frontlines, not even those with previous combat experience, and are just basically using them as propaganda pieces. Not sure how true that is though. Has "PissPig" actually seen any combat against ISIS?

I think so, yeah, that's what the article says.

I haven't actually met him, but I may yet get the privilege.

I believe twitter just banned him for some reason. Here's an interview with the man

https://soundcloud.com/chapo-trap-hou...

And here's this rather arresting music review he wrote not long before going to Syria.

http://www.wweek.com/music/2015/12/15...

'A child dies in the ruins in Syria and no one is alive to cry for them because they're all gone. On the other side of the planet, a teenager peruses Tumblr, sighing. He or she is filled with that peculiar brand of American ennui and searches for something to fill that terrible void. The teen is 24. '

David wrote: "And here's this rather arresting music review he wrote not long before going to Syria.

http://www.wweek.com/music/2015/12/15...

'A child dies in the ruins in Sy..."

That wasn't a music review, it was a tractus of his agenda. Had fuckall to do with music. 2-3 sentences total about music? That was op/ed with him playing judge. Fine writing, sure, but I feel bad for Coleen Green. He really kind of rendered her as a one-dimensional millennial stereotype, and used the opportunity to promote himself more than anything.

But you know what they say in regards to writing about music...

Oh hey guys.

Another update on Mercer, for people who missed it.

Cody wrote: "David wrote: "And here's this rather arresting music review he wrote not long before going to Syria.

http://www.wweek.com/music/2015/12/15...

'A child dies in t..."

I see what you're saying. I guess I took it that he was lamenting their common condition as millennials adrift in a meaningless void, more than making fun of another person.

David wrote: "Cody wrote: "David wrote: "And here's this rather arresting music review he wrote not long before going to Syria.

http://www.wweek.com/music/2015/12/15...

'A ch..."

Your point is more than valid. I just felt he exploited the opportunity afforded him at her expense. The writing is good; I just feel bad that she was used as a stepping stone to his end. The piece really is about him.

I'd be pissed if I were her, that's for sure. But hey, PissPig gotta do PissPig. You millennials disgust me ;)

We're just so... abject, aren't we?

I wouldn't say that. 'Objects.' That I'm good with.

By the way, that thread on your H Clinton review was comedy gold. What was that woman even attempting to get across? She was all over the place.

You Baby Boomers disgust me.

Oh Christ, I don't even know. It was some kind of word salad of Fox News talking points. You don't like Clinton? well then you must agree snowflakes coastal bubble liberals victims babies dead bad true hard working America guns muslims dead good...

All I know is, I did my part for the revolution today by beating up on an old lady.

That's really all one can reasonably hope for in a day's work.

Niklas wrote: "Swedish Xian metal > Norwegian black metal"

[getting stuff back on metal=topic]

I've gotta say, Sweden had a much bigger impact on the '80s Xian Metal scene than did Norway. That should surely count a feather in the cap ::
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rtrC...
&
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYmL_...

I am not "Metal" head! There are other types of music guys!! haha