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Chris H
Prog Reviewer
Joined: October 08 2006
Location: Charlotte, NC
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Posted: November 30 2008 at 21:29 |
Eh, just a running streak of bad luck and misfortune lately. Seems like nothing is going my way. Yeah school starts up again for me tomorrow as well, it snowed here while I was on vacation, I guess. Lots of ice and whatnot laying around the streets now.
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Beauty will save the world.
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MovingPictures07
Prog Reviewer
Joined: January 09 2008
Location: Beasty Heart
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Points: 32181
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Posted: November 30 2008 at 21:30 |
Chris H wrote:
Eh, just a running streak of bad luck and misfortune lately. Seems like nothing is going my way. Yeah school starts up again for me tomorrow as well, it snowed here while I was on vacation, I guess. Lots of ice and whatnot laying around the streets now. |
I know what you mean there. Well, good luck with it! The temperature actually wasn't too bad around here; there's no way it would have snowed. We're due for some snow tomorrow though, perhaps.
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Chris H
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Joined: October 08 2006
Location: Charlotte, NC
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Posted: November 30 2008 at 21:31 |
MovingPictures07 wrote:
That is true.
I'm not sure if that theory has any merit or not. It may have some, but nonetheless there has been a trend of discontinuing activity on many fronts on PA lately.
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Well bceause PA is just a shell of it's former self now, aside from this thread, the math rock thread, and the collab lounge, the rest of the forum isn't even worth the time of day any more.
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Beauty will save the world.
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Petrovsk Mizinski
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Joined: December 24 2007
Location: Ukraine
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Points: 25210
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Posted: November 30 2008 at 21:31 |
LinusW wrote:
HughesJB4 wrote:
Ohh I guess there's drama then. Man, half the genre teams have been pretty inactive lately:( Prog Metal has had a real kick along with the recent promotions in the last 5 weeks, so we have been hard at work lately, but wow, Krautrock hasn't moved for ages.
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A lot of astray collabs I presume  We're always kind of active in the RPI team, but the flow of new bands are understandably slower than for PM.
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Yeah, not much happening over at ZART, what with Blowie being inconsistent in how often he shows up to PA and not always having the time for genre team stuff. James seems to have taken a non announced temporary break too, so he wont be doing much collab stuff either I imagine. Olav on the other hand, is a champion. That man is truly worthy of his Special Collab position, no doubt. Despite being on Neo-Prog, he has even taken the time to help other genres, and he has added a few bands to PA for prog metal that I can't add (me being only 4 stars and having no adding powers). He needs many clappies for his awesome work, much kudos to that man
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LinusW
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Joined: September 27 2007
Location: Sweden
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Points: 10665
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Posted: November 30 2008 at 21:31 |
MovingPictures07 wrote:
That is true.
I'm not sure if that theory has any merit or not. It may have some, but nonetheless there has been a trend of discontinuing activity on many fronts on PA lately.
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I'm just sad to see the attitude of "PA's dying" kinda widespread. I think it's quite the opposite, and the surge of new promotions is a proof that it's more a shift of generations going on, which is, after all, only natural. And there are so many newbies around it sometimes baffle me, especially since I really feel kinda new myself.
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MovingPictures07
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Joined: January 09 2008
Location: Beasty Heart
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Points: 32181
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Posted: November 30 2008 at 21:32 |
Chris H wrote:
MovingPictures07 wrote:
That is true.
I'm not sure if that theory has any merit or not. It may have some, but nonetheless there has been a trend of discontinuing activity on many fronts on PA lately.
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Well bceause PA is just a shell of it's former self now, aside from this thread, the math rock thread, and the collab lounge, the rest of the forum isn't even worth the time of day any more. |
It's easy to feel that way, but I think that attitude is the reason that it is that way. If we had more people contributing everywhere in the forums, then it wouldn't be happening. I'm willing to help make things turn around.
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Petrovsk Mizinski
Prog Reviewer
Joined: December 24 2007
Location: Ukraine
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Points: 25210
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Posted: November 30 2008 at 21:32 |
MovingPictures07 wrote:
NaturalScience wrote:
Alan Gowen has a pretty high degree of awesomeness.
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So does Steven Wilson.
*continues listening to Signify*
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WILSON!
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Chris H
Prog Reviewer
Joined: October 08 2006
Location: Charlotte, NC
Status: Offline
Points: 8191
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Posted: November 30 2008 at 21:32 |
MovingPictures07 wrote:
Chris H wrote:
Eh, just a running streak of bad luck and misfortune lately. Seems like nothing is going my way. Yeah school starts up again for me tomorrow as well, it snowed here while I was on vacation, I guess. Lots of ice and whatnot laying around the streets now. |
I know what you mean there. Well, good luck with it!
The temperature actually wasn't too bad around here; there's no way it would have snowed. We're due for some snow tomorrow though, perhaps.
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Yeah I was in Florida and it was a little overcast but still around 71 when I boarded the plane and I landed in Hartford to the tune of 29 and freezing rain. nice.
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Beauty will save the world.
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MovingPictures07
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Joined: January 09 2008
Location: Beasty Heart
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Points: 32181
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Posted: November 30 2008 at 21:34 |
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Padraic
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Joined: February 16 2006
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Posted: November 30 2008 at 21:34 |
HughesJB4 wrote:
Yeah, not much happening over at ZART, what with Blowie being inconsistent in how often he shows up to PA and not always having the time for genre team stuff. James seems to have taken a non announced temporary break too, so he wont be doing much collab stuff either I imagine.
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I've considered volunteering my services on this team, but I'm not as much of an expert as either of those two are.
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MovingPictures07
Prog Reviewer
Joined: January 09 2008
Location: Beasty Heart
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Posted: November 30 2008 at 21:35 |
Chris H wrote:
MovingPictures07 wrote:
Chris H wrote:
Eh, just a running streak of bad luck and misfortune lately. Seems like nothing is going my way. Yeah school starts up again for me tomorrow as well, it snowed here while I was on vacation, I guess. Lots of ice and whatnot laying around the streets now. |
I know what you mean there. Well, good luck with it!
The temperature actually wasn't too bad around here; there's no way it would have snowed. We're due for some snow tomorrow though, perhaps.
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Yeah I was in Florida and it was a little overcast but still around 71 when I boarded the plane and I landed in Hartford to the tune of 29 and freezing rain. nice. |
Haha, nice change there. I'd rather live in Hartford than Florida though, personally. I much prefer winter to summer.
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MovingPictures07
Prog Reviewer
Joined: January 09 2008
Location: Beasty Heart
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Posted: November 30 2008 at 21:36 |
NaturalScience wrote:
HughesJB4 wrote:
Yeah, not much happening over at ZART, what with Blowie being inconsistent in how often he shows up to PA and not always having the time for genre team stuff. James seems to have taken a non announced temporary break too, so he wont be doing much collab stuff either I imagine.
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I've considered volunteering my services on this team, but I'm not as much of an expert as either of those two are.
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You certainly do know a decent amount, however.
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LinusW
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Joined: September 27 2007
Location: Sweden
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Posted: November 30 2008 at 21:36 |
HughesJB4 wrote:
Olav on the other hand, is a champion. That man is truly worthy of his Special Collab position, no doubt. Despite being on Neo-Prog, he has even taken the time to help other genres, and he has added a few bands to PA for prog metal that I can't add (me being only 4 stars and having no adding powers).
He needs many clappies for his awesome work, much kudos to that man
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Absolutely. And I think there should be even more promotions. People feel rewarded that way, and given the power to truly contribute, they do. The more people with Collab status we have here, the more possibilities the teams have to truly work as teams, acknowledging that some people prefer writing reviews, while some just love the evaluation process. Then there's some who like writing bios, handling additions, find new bands etc. etc.
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Chris H
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Joined: October 08 2006
Location: Charlotte, NC
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Posted: November 30 2008 at 21:36 |
Eh, Hartford is certainly no desirable city to live in.
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Beauty will save the world.
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Petrovsk Mizinski
Prog Reviewer
Joined: December 24 2007
Location: Ukraine
Status: Offline
Points: 25210
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Posted: November 30 2008 at 21:36 |
MovingPictures07 wrote:
That is true.
I'm not sure if that theory has any merit or not. It may have some, but nonetheless there has been a trend of discontinuing activity on many fronts on PA lately.
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Well, a lot of the older members in the last year have been dropping off a bit I suppose. We lost MikeEnregalia (as a collab anyway) recently, which sucked, because he really does knows his sh*t and he's a great guy, but I think he's happier being a normal member of PA now I suppose. If James doesn't come back, I wont be surprised either, he doesn't seem that greatly interested in PA anymore.
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LinusW
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Joined: September 27 2007
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Posted: November 30 2008 at 21:37 |
LinusW wrote:
MovingPictures07 wrote:
That is true.
I'm not sure if that theory has any merit or not. It may have some, but nonetheless there has been a trend of discontinuing activity on many fronts on PA lately.
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I'm just sad to see the attitude of "PA's dying" kinda widespread. I think it's quite the opposite, and the surge of new promotions is a proof that it's more a shift of generations going on, which is, after all, only natural.
And there are so many newbies around it sometimes baffle me, especially since I really feel kinda new myself.
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POSTED AGAIN TO STRENGTHEN MORAL
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MovingPictures07
Prog Reviewer
Joined: January 09 2008
Location: Beasty Heart
Status: Offline
Points: 32181
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Posted: November 30 2008 at 21:38 |
LinusW wrote:
HughesJB4 wrote:
Olav on the other hand, is a champion. That man is truly worthy of his Special Collab position, no doubt. Despite being on Neo-Prog, he has even taken the time to help other genres, and he has added a few bands to PA for prog metal that I can't add (me being only 4 stars and having no adding powers).
He needs many clappies for his awesome work, much kudos to that man
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Absolutely. And I think there should be even more promotions. People feel rewarded that way, and given the power to truly contribute, they do. The more people with Collab status we have here, the more possibilities the teams have to truly work as teams, acknowledging that some people prefer writing reviews, while some just love the evaluation process. Then there's some who like writing bios, handling additions, find new bands etc. etc.
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I agree entirely.
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MovingPictures07
Prog Reviewer
Joined: January 09 2008
Location: Beasty Heart
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Posted: November 30 2008 at 21:39 |
Chris H wrote:
Eh, Hartford is certainly no desirable city to live in. |
Meh, neither is my city.  I actually enjoy my location for the time being, nonetheless.
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Petrovsk Mizinski
Prog Reviewer
Joined: December 24 2007
Location: Ukraine
Status: Offline
Points: 25210
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Posted: November 30 2008 at 21:41 |
NaturalScience wrote:
HughesJB4 wrote:
Yeah, not much happening over at ZART, what with Blowie being inconsistent in how often he shows up to PA and not always having the time for genre team stuff. James seems to have taken a non announced temporary break too, so he wont be doing much collab stuff either I imagine.
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I've considered volunteering my services on this team, but I'm not as much of an expert as either of those two are.
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Yeah, that's understandable. Well, I feel right at home on the PMT anyway. I honestly don't listen to much of what constitutes "classic prog" anymore, and still love regular metal bands, and having an understanding and listening to regular metal as well as what constitutes prog metal is essentially for understanding the genre IMO. I'm more of a metal fan that knows what prog metal is and is a fan, rather than a guy that knows his prog perhaps  That said, I did genuinely enjoy some of the stuff James and Blowie told me about, like Univers Zero and Present.
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MovingPictures07
Prog Reviewer
Joined: January 09 2008
Location: Beasty Heart
Status: Offline
Points: 32181
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Posted: November 30 2008 at 21:41 |
HughesJB4 wrote:
MovingPictures07 wrote:
That is true.
I'm not sure if that theory has any merit or not. It may have some, but nonetheless there has been a trend of discontinuing activity on many fronts on PA lately.
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Well, a lot of the older members in the last year have been dropping off a bit I suppose. We lost MikeEnregalia (as a collab anyway) recently, which sucked, because he really does knows his sh*t and he's a great guy, but I think he's happier being a normal member of PA now I suppose. If James doesn't come back, I wont be surprised either, he doesn't seem that greatly interested in PA anymore.
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I'm disappointed at Mike's abdication (for the same reasons as you) and I wouldn't be surprised if James didn't come back either. And those definitely aren't the only two cases. I wonder why.
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