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Comment on Standin' at the bottom and the top by Draigdamh

Draigdamh — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 09:49:12 +0000

Amen

Comment on Standin' at the bottom and the top by the artist formerly known as some asshole in france

the artist formerly known as some asshole in france — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 09:55:51 +0000

yeah, it was ma tent, ya sumbitch.

Comment on A visual feast by Kweef

Kweef — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 01:56:09 +0000

Agreed, the IMAX and 3D combined was incredible. Great review, Chris.

Comment on Fall Backwards by Kweef

Kweef — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 01:11:53 +0000

Love this: “Home is in a memory. And I can live with that, because I still see it.”

Comment on One metal evening by Kweef

Kweef — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 01:08:20 +0000

Word, Amigo.. I love concerts; unfortunately, as I am writing this, I am realizing that I won’t be going to Flogging Molly and wish I could be. My friend bailed, my truck got broken into, and I’m just not in the mood for that. But, I will say this- your blog has made me smile and reminded me of the RHCP & Mars Volta concert we met at. I miss that, and you. Once again, another great post.

Thank you.

Comment on Ire: Activetards/Socialtards by some asshole in france

some asshole in france — Wed, 06 May 2009 09:31:11 +0000

that cunt doesn’t know shit. i’ve been to clubs over here, and you know what? i absolutely fucking can’t stand them. there is nothing to do but dance to the worst music on the planet (eurodance). it doesn’t matter who you go with, the music is too loud to talk, the percentage of guidos and other fashionable wastesofspace is too high, and the price of booze is too high to drink. useless! it’s much more enjoyable to sit around with three or four other people at their house than to go “out,” unless it’s to a badass bar, which is usually small, not crowded, and plays music that ranges from björk to magma to primus to the soundtrack of a clockwork orange.

Comment on Ire: Activetards/Socialtards by Greg J

Greg J — Sun, 03 May 2009 02:19:01 +0000

Hey Beebins… christ, were you always this inwardly bitter? A joke of course but damn… “raped over a toilet?” How have you been good sir, I shall trust the name field shall be enough to understand the source of stupidity.

Comment on Roads by some asshole in france

some asshole in france — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 11:05:39 +0000

yes.

Comment on 2009: Aural heaven by some asshole in france

some asshole in france — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 23:20:29 +0000

i’m not going to lie: the reason i like shutDOWN isn’t steve wilson’s vocals. it’s sean malone’s bassline during the latter half of the song. and in addition to portnoy’s departure, daniel gildenlöw was originally supposed to partake in the album, but apparently the subject matter and issues addressed drifted from what he was hoping to do and left before recording began.

and i agree, sort of, on isis: celestial is definitely my least favorite of their releases, but at the same time their first EP, which has almost none of the hallmarks of their post-celestial albums, might be my favorite. that EP is the reason there’s a debate at all about whether or not post-metal is a real genre or not, or if it’s just a continuation of “sludge” (frankly a retarded debate.)

and about your shameless thievery: it certainly wasn’t an original idea of mine. i’m sure i jacked it from some other blog i once read. we’re all a bunch of damned pirates anyway.

Comment on 2009: Aural heaven by Beebins

Beebins — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 16:11:58 +0000

Yeah, specificially, it was that one clusterfuck of a day where the truck didn’t show and we ended up there until 6:00 pm. Was actually more fun of a day than any of the freight shifts I did last summer (prolly ’cause that was back when EVERYONE did their jobs), but yeah. That’d be why I ‘member it.

I’ve only briefly listened to Chroma Key and Fates Warning (didn’t care for the latter much at all), but to me, a lot of the songs on OSI’s debut follow the same prog-metal/acoustic/soft-vocal structure that Porcupine Tree did with IA. New Math, OSI, and shutDOWN come to mind immediately (shutDOWN for obvious reasons, of course). But yeah, I’m sure you could describe OSI just as well comparing them to their old bands, it’s just that I think more people are familiar with Porcupine Tree.