ErikG wrote: Fri Apr 19, 2024 5:08 am

Being explicit

As in clarity, not as in Tipper Gore

Was surprised to open this and see nary a Goo Goo Doll.

Lightning Crashes definitely the most memorable for me, thus worst.

Irony

llllllllllllllllllll wrote: Thu Apr 04, 2024 5:51 pm sometimes cool things can happen when you kind of go the other direction and then come back the other way again.

Completely agree! Trying to play drum n bass beats on an actual kit (e.g.) can result in interesting challenges.

I’ve found if I think of how the energy of the drummer would be affected by the feel of the song, then any manipulation of velocity/timing sounds far more real if I keep that in mind. I will keep all my kick and snare that land on the 1 and maybe 3 right on the grid and will select everything else ...

As an example of the Metal Cool Word Salad variety: Razor sharp. Slithering. Dual chasms yawn. A Janus-faced entity blinks, looking back and forward through the uncanny gloom. Dual tongues chase each other, slithering past cavities in the broken teeth. Licking against the neck, pulling more offal to...

In contrast with the above, I thought this was a good read. I think about the “depiction as dehumanization” thing quite a bit: https://lwlies.com/articles/zone-of-int ... -genocide/

MoreSpaceEcho wrote: Wed Mar 20, 2024 8:50 am fart-sniffing Geoff Tate EPK video

Hilarious, thanks for posting. New to me.

Thinking about Paul Schrader's explanation of Taxi Driver - "the automobile is fundamentally lonely and solipsistic". This weekend, I drove on US-26 between Portland and the Oregon coast several times. Most of that road is a single lane in each direction, but there are passing sections wit...