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Marty McFly
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Posted: January 20 2010 at 13:51 |
Day TWO
toroddfuglesteg 2 /Marty McFly 5-5-4 /Windhawk 4-3 /kenethlevine 3 camelspotter 1-5-5 /Rivertree 3 seventhsojourn 2 dalekvilla 2-5-3 Rune 2000 3-4-4-3-2 /snobb 3-3-4 /b_olariu 3-4 ArjanDG 4 dragonspirit 4-4-4 /Easy Money 4 kingfriso 4-5-2 /Raff 4 /Finnforest 2-3 godfrey11 5-5 /sinkadotentree 3 Drew 5 DTJesus 5 rguabiraba 4 ingmin68 4-4 /Bonnek 3-3 /UMUR 4 /Sean Trane 3-3-3-3-3 /progrules 3 lor68 3 Malve87 3
Edited by Marty McFly - January 20 2010 at 13:55
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There's a point where "avant-garde" and "experimental" becomes "terrible" and "pointless," -Andyman1125 on Lulu Even my
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Marty McFly
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Posted: January 20 2010 at 10:31 |
So, to sum it up, this is not list of BEST reviewers, as I didn't find the mean how to count these words in effective way. And after all, long review doesn't mean good review.
So I'll not go for evaluating reviewers, this is dirty job. Good review can be short. Bad review can be short. Good review can be long. Bad review can be long. Good review can be of middle size. Bad review can be of middle size.
As I see, fore-mentioned UMUR makes one very informative and long review per day. From what can I see, it's a good one. Interesting fact about this from this thread's point of view is his regularity.
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There's a point where "avant-garde" and "experimental" becomes "terrible" and "pointless," -Andyman1125 on Lulu Even my
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Marty McFly
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Posted: January 20 2010 at 09:54 |
Starting on:
January 02, 2010, 08:40 EST - January 09, 2010, 07:20 EST
Day ONE (which means Jan 02, 8:40 to about Jan 03. 8:20, it roughly makes "days")
/Marty McFly 3-3-3 camelspotter 4 cataclysta 4 /UMUR 3 /lor68 4 /Bonnek 4-3-4-2-4-4-4-3-4 toroddfuglesteg 3-3-3-4 /Raff 3-4-3-4 /progaeopteryx 5 /kenethlevine 4-4-4-2-4 /fuxi 4-3-4 /Rivertree 4 seventhsojourn 4-4 /Prog Leviathan 3-4 /ZowieZiggy 3-4 Malve87 3 M27Barney 5 /snobb 4-3 Lord Krodius 4 /Gatot 4 /sinkadotentree 3 Kazza3 3 /SouthSideoftheSky 4 dalekvilla 4 /TGM: Org 4
Hint: / = left column, so reviewer or collab 1-5 number as char means a review, number itself is how many stars certain reviewer gave I've used glitch in ASP showing of last "50" reviews (only that this time it wasn't 50, but about 500 instead), so purely accidentally, my review on Marillion was the last one (Jan 02), with the first one (Jan 08) showing Lumpy Gravy. Then, next day I waited till 8:30 and captured the rest that makes entire week. And here we are. This day (1) I'm lucky to be first. Other days I'm not. Some of you are here guys, I've just written down you, Henk (progrules). I have my periods (don't call me woman), or we can call them "bursts", as I write easily 10 reviews a day, using thoughts and ideas that accumulated in my head over time and then, easily, day or two nothing. I'm university man, so it takes its time too you know. First write these notes down here, then count it and update my first post, Oh Kay ?
Edited by Marty McFly - January 20 2010 at 13:57
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There's a point where "avant-garde" and "experimental" becomes "terrible" and "pointless," -Andyman1125 on Lulu Even my
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progrules
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Location: Netherlands
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Posted: January 20 2010 at 09:09 |
^ I thought it was you, Marty . Just kidding, man. Guess Bonnek is the right answer indeed. The guy has a pretty long holiday, doesn't he ? Or an easy, undemanding job
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A day without prog is a wasted day
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Marty McFly
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Posted: January 20 2010 at 03:50 |
I wonder if I should add category: "most words", so these with 1000+ words would win. But I don't have a good mean how to measure it, how to count them.
Actually, I created this thread and went to bed, thinking that nobody will be interested, but let's do it now: My guess is Bonnek
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There's a point where "avant-garde" and "experimental" becomes "terrible" and "pointless," -Andyman1125 on Lulu Even my
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Marty McFly
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Posted: January 20 2010 at 03:41 |
Certain people, who also reviews quite a lot and I know them well, do this: 1)inherited big stash of CD's 2)listen CD of friends 3)and simply buy the rest
I'm going to process the list (if I find the .mht files, to which I saved the main pages)
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There's a point where "avant-garde" and "experimental" becomes "terrible" and "pointless," -Andyman1125 on Lulu Even my
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progkidjoel
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Posted: January 20 2010 at 01:05 |
Eapo_q42 wrote:
It would be WAAAAAAY more than $20,000 for me.
In Australia, cds are insanely expensive compared to europe and the U.S.
Worse still, it's practically impossible to find good prog here anyway. So for most albums I buy, I end up paying for international shipping!
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I know how you're feeling.
Apart from having to pay for international postage, I usually end up waiting 10 days + and Australia post has lost 3 of mine over the past month
Also, the occasional prog CD's I do find in Australia are usually massively overpriced
Marty, whenever I go to the front page I usually see some of yours. I think Snobb may have this one though; I nearly always see (and read) his reviews on the front page. Good quality and quantity
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harmonium.ro
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Posted: January 20 2010 at 00:54 |
Our most prolific reviewer, Sean Trane, borrows albums from his public library.
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Eapo_q42
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Posted: January 20 2010 at 00:20 |
Oh, wow, you had me confused there for a second!
There's actually an area here in Melbourne called Flagstaff as well, and I thought I was going to have somewhere new to visit, hehe.
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topofsm
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Posted: January 19 2010 at 21:11 |
Eapo_q42 wrote:
Even if I manage to find a SECOND-HAND prog album in a discount bin, which is incredibly rare, I am still likely to pay around AU$10.00.
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I know. There's a Hastings in Albuquerque as well as a Bookman's in Flagstaff that I always visit when I go to those places, but in the former used CDs are still around $10 and in the latter around $7. I think the cheapest CD I got was Steve Vai's Ultra Zone for $3.99. I'll probably never find another one I'm interested in for under five. Maybe I just need to find a new city.
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Gamemako
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Posted: January 19 2010 at 18:54 |
Eapo_q42 wrote:
Yeah, sadly that location is no more!
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I blame K-Rudd. It was still there before he got his hands on that country!
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Hail Eris!
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Eapo_q42
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Posted: January 19 2010 at 18:50 |
Yeah, sadly that location is no more!
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Gamemako
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Posted: January 19 2010 at 18:47 |
Eapo_q42 wrote:
Yeah, I'm in Melbourne. I know Metal Mayhem....when I'm not proggin', I'm thrashin', hehe.
The situation for metal is nowhere near as bad as the situation for prog. Though Metal Mayhem was apparently not doing to well, because they had to move from the city out to northcote, an outer suburb.
But yeah, at least it's not Adelaide, hehe.
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Aw, but they were in such a good location. I suppose being under the rail had its costs, though. (Why do I have a picture of the place? I don't recall. But I do anyway, so hey.)
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Hail Eris!
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Slartibartfast
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Posted: January 19 2010 at 18:44 |
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Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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Eapo_q42
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Posted: January 19 2010 at 18:34 |
Yeah, I'm in Melbourne. I know Metal Mayhem....when I'm not proggin', I'm thrashin', hehe.
The situation for metal is nowhere near as bad as the situation for prog. Though Metal Mayhem was apparently not doing to well, because they had to move from the city out to northcote, an outer suburb.
But yeah, at least it's not Adelaide, hehe.
Edited by Eapo_q42 - January 19 2010 at 18:36
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Gamemako
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Posted: January 19 2010 at 18:28 |
Eapo_q42 wrote:
J-Man wrote:
I only have 126 reviews, but I bet many of the people with over a thousand reviews find stuff in the bargain bin in their record store. I can find stuff in my record store for $3 or $4
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For many reasons, I am proud to be an Australian.
The availabilty of such prog is not one of them!
Even if I manage to find a SECOND-HAND prog album in a discount bin, which is incredibly rare, I am still likely to pay around AU$10.00.
That's the situation here. It sucks so bad. There's one underground cd shop I go to where they actually got a lot of good 70s prog. But they struggle to survive selling such music, so I would pay AU$30 there for an album.
It's terrible!
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Yeah, that's not terribly surprising. I remember finding my material in Oz from other places that didn't specialize in prog -- I picked up an album from a place called Metal Mayhem in Melbourne for about 20 AUD, IIRC. Where are you in Oz, anyway? I mean, if you're in Adelaide or Brisbane, you're pretty much hosed anyway. ;)
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Hail Eris!
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Eapo_q42
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Posted: January 19 2010 at 18:19 |
J-Man wrote:
I only have 126 reviews, but I bet many of the people with over a thousand reviews find stuff in the bargain bin in their record store. I can find stuff in my record store for $3 or $4
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For many reasons, I am proud to be an Australian. The availabilty of such prog is not one of them! Even if I manage to find a SECOND-HAND prog album in a discount bin, which is incredibly rare, I am still likely to pay around AU$10.00. That's the situation here. It sucks so bad. There's one underground cd shop I go to where they actually got a lot of good 70s prog. But they struggle to survive selling such music, so I would pay AU$30 there for an album. It's terrible!
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Gamemako
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Posted: January 19 2010 at 18:17 |
Slartibartfast wrote:
I have so dropped the ball on reviewing. I am so ashamed. I'll get back it though.
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Speaking of which, is your collection all old or do you have a decent place to find discs in ATL?
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Hail Eris!
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Slartibartfast
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Posted: January 19 2010 at 18:16 |
I have so dropped the ball on reviewing. I am so ashamed. I'll get back it though.
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Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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Gamemako
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Posted: January 19 2010 at 18:16 |
Eapo_q42 wrote:
It would be WAAAAAAY more than $20,000 for me.
In Australia, cds are insanely expensive compared to europe and the U.S.
Worse still, it's practically impossible to find good prog here anyway. So for most albums I buy, I end up paying for international shipping!
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Well, that's USD in the first place. I believe it's only about $20 AUD for an album -- been a while since I've been in Oz, though. So yeah, it's still not likely to be more than $30,000, even in AUD.
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Hail Eris!
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