Guest posts by johannhowitzer

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Music / Re: Rate the song above you

« on: December 11, 2011, 01:32:21 am »

Brother Down gets 7/10, it's a good sound but after hearing four minutes of the same chord progression, I really wish they'd at least done a bridge.  Submediant - dominant - subdominant - submediant - dominant - subdominant - etc... studio fade.  Sigh.

Where Have gets 9/10, some great variety and interesting sounds there!  It's like it's not even the same band.  Now if only they could stretch out of the ionian pitch inventory a little; but very few popular artists do that.  Point off is mostly for a forgettable melody.

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Books & Comics / Re: Favourite Books of All Time

« on: December 09, 2011, 09:48:22 am »

Am currently reading Pride and Prejudice, and it is not only an easy read, it has me hooked.  The characters are already very believable and richly developed about 50 pages in.

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Movies & TV / Re: My little pony, FiM (bronies yay!

« on: December 07, 2011, 06:02:30 pm »

Yeah, by that point they'd built up the characters enough that they had enough humor to draw on.

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Movies & TV / Re: My little pony, FiM (bronies yay!

« on: December 07, 2011, 03:02:12 am »

nerd1, necro thread is necro.

Jocko, if you watched the first episode, you should know that the third one is where the really good stuff starts.  First two-parter is a bit cheesier, since it's trying to tell some kind of epic "save the world" story.  At least the similar episode they did in season two had John DeLancie.

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Movies & TV / Re: My little pony, FiM (bronies yay!

« on: December 06, 2011, 10:56:20 pm »

I am saddened, as there seem to be only two planned episodes left in season two.  Any word on whether the show's been picked up for a third season?

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Music / Re: Rate the song above you

« on: December 05, 2011, 02:15:52 am »

8/10... not the best song from Dr. Horrible, but it's good and fits where they put it well.

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False Gods / Re: False Gods as Cards

« on: December 02, 2011, 07:34:45 am »

Hey Xeno, you should make a poll so we can tell you what to do with your thing some more!

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False Gods / Re: False Gods as Cards

« on: December 02, 2011, 03:08:53 am »

i think arctic octopus is better for neptune

I'm leaning toward Shockwave for him.

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Rainbow Decks / Re: MrSexington's "Rage Quit Deck"

« on: December 02, 2011, 02:58:04 am »

Hm, it would have helped if he had mindgated your Eternity.  That would have produced a stalemate.

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Music / Re: Rate the song above you

« on: November 30, 2011, 02:01:28 am »

9/10 - the point off is because the song is, sadly, ambiguous.  It can be a poignant picture of how depression traps people, or a personal damnation of the songwriter's own life and spouse.  Or it could just be someone throwing a tantrum for attention via hyperbole ("I wish I were dead").  That ambiguity hurts the song no matter what its purpose is - it would be better if there were something clearly defining the song as one of the above three (or a fourth I haven't considered).  As it is, different people will understand the song in completely different ways.  Maybe that's how they intended it, but if they're trying to make a point at all, that goal will often fail.

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Music / Re: Rate the song above you

« on: November 29, 2011, 11:25:48 pm »

I guess I need to see the show, because for the song by itself, I give a 7/10.  It's charming enough, but the lyrics could be a lot better and the melody and harmony don't go anywhere.

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Music / Re: Rate the song above you

« on: November 29, 2011, 08:28:26 am »

9/10 - not one of my favorites, but as usual with Pink Floyd, very well written and executed.  An undeniable classic, with a strong meaning underneath - whether you agree with it or not.

(I would like to take a moment to thank Uppercut for starting what has become one of my favorite topics from any forum ever.  I've encountered some new things I like here, too!)