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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 24 2006 at 21:48
I've yet to hear DMB actually, so I cannot make comments.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 24 2006 at 21:49
you want to be noticed play
Zappa or Magma
at full blast
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 24 2006 at 21:50
Originally posted by Geck0 Geck0 wrote:

I've yet to hear DMB actually, so I cannot make comments.

Most everyone in my high school listened to them, and on top of that, my parents are fansPinch.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 24 2006 at 21:50
Originally posted by king of Siam king of Siam wrote:

you want to be noticed play
Zappa or Magma
at full blast

and Samla Mammas Manna
or Fantomas DeadWink
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 24 2006 at 21:52
Is this the new Velvet Room?

I play Opeth in the car too, that probably works quite well.

King Crimson too.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 24 2006 at 21:53
You Censored get Back to the Velvetroom
this is for f**king rants you vile pieces of sh*t!!!!!
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 24 2006 at 21:54
Haha, didn't you realise, Jacques?

We're all going to get villified in the morning.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 24 2006 at 22:35
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yeah, that's really stupid.  just wait til they start in with the "double" popped collar.  that's how you know they're a real douchebag.  these are the same people who think Dave Matthews is the most original and talented artist of all time. Dead


yeah, they got popular when i was a sophomore in college, but i could never see what the big deal was, even though their drummer is talented.  some of my friends were addicted to them, and looked at me like I was crazy that I didn't even LIKE them.  Instead, I was into "messed-up" music (read: Yes, KC, et. al.)
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 25 2006 at 05:19
My rant du jour:
 
People who plug up my email with various warnings and online petitions that are simply urban legends. As you can see, it's my email, so I'm actually on a first name basis with these people. All I can do is send them the URL to snopes.com hoping they'll take the hint and check there first before sending their latest warning. One day I hope to get through to people.
 
By the way, not only do I not like Dave Mathews Band music, I hate the university crowd that think they're cooler than everyone else because they've been fans before he became cool. Uh, that's nice but the music still strikes me as bland.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 25 2006 at 07:44
Originally posted by Bluesaga Bluesaga wrote:

People who listen to sh*tty music in their cars really loud. Thumbs Down

It's bad enough for the poor souls trapped inside, but must the rest of the world be forced to listen to that rubbish?  Honestly, how can you even enjoy the music if it's turned up so loud that people can hear it a mile away.  Every time I hear somebody blasting some sh*tty rap obnoxiously loud, I feel like I must listen to some real music in order to redeem myself.

And I also hate when people wear popped collars.  They look so incredibly stupid!
 
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Since I'm going home to Birmingham soon, I've remembered what its like to go through Spark Hill on the buss, an absolute bloody nightmare, why do people think they have to stop there cars side-by-side to have a chat blocking up the busiest road in BrumAngry. It gets worse, mp3 playing phones are all the rage at the mo so people will come onto the bus blasting out hip-hop sh*te for all to hear, and those that use headphones still sound like there useing speakersAngryNuke
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 25 2006 at 07:49
    my RANT of the day........

I want to "nip" to Paris next week......go Wednesday, come back Thursday........ quite simple, there is a freaking train track.........
CHEAPEST EUROSTAR TICKET £224.50 (plus a £5.50 surcharge for late booking)
FREAKING RIDICULOUS AMMOUNT OF MONEY!
I checked these dates prices about 3 weeks ago, and it would have been possible had I booked it then to do it for £59.00.......... so how the heck can they justify charging £165.50 EXTRA just because I am a LATE booker?
How the heck do they NOT get riots on those trains? If I had paid £224 and was sat next to some smug git who had paid £59 for 3 hours ............well, no wonder no one talks to each other on trains these days!!!
So I looked up some flights.............unbelievable......it's crazy!

The woman on the Eurostar "help" line (don't get me started on "help" lines..........they rarely "help" at all ) well, she said because I was booking late I become a business class passenger.

Now I have never understood this. I run a business with my partner, and you know, we are not cheap or anything,but we watch the expenses!.... why is "business class" a more expensive option than "standard" class? Why is it accepted that businesses will pay MORE for their people to travel..........is it the "funny hand-shake" do they have their trouser legs rolled up? Why would my business pay more than Joe Bloggs to travel??? Would the Eurostar bosses pay more for my product??? No they flippin wouldn't.........

I just want to get to Paris, that's all...........

But unless I plan a trip months in advance I am not going to make it.................I certainly wont be making the trip next week...............





Phew.......................time to fill my coffee cup!

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 25 2006 at 07:51
ps...........I thorooughly agree about music in cars or on buses/trains...........but I need that coffe or I might explode!

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 25 2006 at 09:18
Originally posted by prog-chick prog-chick wrote:

    my RANT of the day........

I want to "nip" to Paris next week......go Wednesday, come back Thursday........ quite simple, there is a freaking train track.........
CHEAPEST EUROSTAR TICKET £224.50 (plus a £5.50 surcharge for late booking)
FREAKING RIDICULOUS AMMOUNT OF MONEY!
I checked these dates prices about 3 weeks ago, and it would have been possible had I booked it then to do it for £59.00.......... so how the heck can they justify charging £165.50 EXTRA just because I am a LATE booker?

Hey p-c, at least Amtrak in the northeast corridor here doesn't pull stuff like that...they're freaking expensive ALL THE TIME!  Over $50 for a train from Philadelphia to New York?  It's only 90 miles!! Angry

Phew.......................time to fill my coffee cup!

Amen to that, sister.  Wink

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 25 2006 at 09:54
Originally posted by Geck0 Geck0 wrote:

The bass player from DMB has guested with Gov't Mule, my second favourite band.  Stefan Lessard his name is.
Ever heard of a bass player who hasn't guested with Gov't Mule ? Wink
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 25 2006 at 13:34
Good point!  I'm struggling to come up with one!

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They haven't!


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 25 2006 at 13:36
Originally posted by Zac M Zac M wrote:

I play Pat Metheny loud.

    
A remarkably sensible activity...........





So do I!
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 25 2006 at 13:41
I have a Pat Metheny album too, I must play in the car!

Pat Metheny and Ornette Coleman - Song X: Twentieth Anniversary

Great CD!

Oh, a quick rant, related to the ones above:

Chavvy girls with their funky phones, that happen to have an MP3 player incorporated into them.  They don't bother with headphones, they just blast out the crappy tune through tinny speakers and then start singing along, whilst at the bus stop and then on the bus.  It's irritating!

I don't start playing air guitar whilst listening to my prog (although sometimes I really want to, especially when I was on the 'plane to Barcelona)!

So don't sing!  Please!


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 25 2006 at 13:47
Originally posted by Geck0 Geck0 wrote:

I have a Pat Metheny album too, I must play in the car!

Pat Metheny and Ornette Coleman - Song X: Twentieth Anniversary

Great CD!



Indeed, almost more of a Coleman album, and very, very different from the rest of Metheny's career, great album still.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 25 2006 at 13:48
It's the only Metheny album I have, so what's the rest of his output like?

Oh and would you class it as jazz/fusion?
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 25 2006 at 13:49
    Oh, I think Air-Guitar is legal.........even mandatory.....

it's the NOISE we don't like........... I play air guitar, air drums, air keys........I have even been known to sit-dance on a plane.......... as long as it is a silent activity then it's ok.......

i like watching air-guitarists with head phones, to try to work out what they are playing! ...........you know it passes the time on a long haul flight!

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