SR VIII: Vander Got Run Over By A Reindeer!

Epignosis wrote: Ricochet wrote: Epignosis wrote: James wrote: To quote myself: Cheer up, Rob. Working on it, buddy.  I have pinot grigio and the house to myself.  What a strange item!

"Beer" cannot be found in your sentence.

Epignosis wrote: SaltyJon wrote:   I love Crac! and want more.  YOU ARE NOT ALONE.

I gotta get more of that good stuff.

Oh good Jon, Synphonic still has it, all is not lost.

Epignosis wrote: Ricochet wrote: Epignosis wrote: Ricochet wrote: Epignosis wrote: James wrote: To quote myself: Cheer up, Rob. Working on it, buddy.  I have pinot grigio and the house to myself.  What a strange item! "Beer" cannot be found in your sentence. Oh well...that... I've got a stash in the fridge.  It will come out later.  I just got a good deal a nice bottle today, and incidentally I cooked the best pork chops I've ever had.  No shame, no regrets, no money.

Then I'd stop by for some chops and that pinot.

Although: pork with white wine. Hmm.

Ricochet wrote: Epignosis wrote: Ricochet wrote: Epignosis wrote: Ricochet wrote: Epignosis wrote: James wrote: To quote myself: Cheer up, Rob. Working on it, buddy.  I have pinot grigio and the house to myself.  What a strange item! "Beer" cannot be found in your sentence. Oh well...that... I've got a stash in the fridge.  It will come out later.  I just got a good deal a nice bottle today, and incidentally I cooked the best pork chops I've ever had.  No shame, no regrets, no money. Then I'd stop by for some chops and that pinot. Although: pork with white wine. Hmm.

You'd prefer a Merlot then?  

Ricochet wrote: Epignosis wrote: Ricochet wrote: Epignosis wrote: Ricochet wrote: Epignosis wrote: Ricochet wrote: Epignosis wrote: James wrote: To quote myself: Cheer up, Rob. Working on it, buddy.  I have pinot grigio and the house to myself.  What a strange item! "Beer" cannot be found in your sentence. Oh well...that... I've got a stash in the fridge.  It will come out later.  I just got a good deal a nice bottle today, and incidentally I cooked the best pork chops I've ever had.  No shame, no regrets, no money. Then I'd stop by for some chops and that pinot. Although: pork with white wine. Hmm. You'd prefer a Merlot then?   I'm gonna get back in touch with wines during the holidays, but last time I remember, Syrahs were close to my favorite.

I see...incidentally, Shiraz (as it's said here) is probably my least favorite wine. 

Doesn't mean I won't drink it!  

Epignosis wrote: SaltyJon wrote: I gotta get more of that good stuff. That music is boatloads of fun though.  By the way, do you like Vic Wooten?  Bela Fleck and the Flecktones?

I used to think Vic was the best thing to hit a bass since sliced bread, but then I realized that a lot of the time his playing just gets on my nerves, he seems too much about showing off most of the time and not enough about playing a good bass line.  As for the Flecktones, yeah, I like them.  Vic's playing is often a bit more low key on what I've heard of theirs, which is IMO a good thing.

Henry Plainview wrote: Oh good Jon, Synphonic still has it, all is not lost.

You're now temporarily my hero for pointing that out to me. 

Henry Plainview wrote: Epignosis wrote: Henry Plainview wrote: All albums must be 3 stars, except for CTTE, WYWH, TAAB, and ITCOTCK.   And incidentally, I also found myself being able to mentally complete much of the music on Hazards this time around, even though I only heard it once before and that was a week or two ago. But, unlike you, I find that, and getting songs stuck in my head, extremely annoying. You've mentioned a few times how if you find yourself humming a song later you'll bump up its rating, and I cannot see the inherent value in that. I actually can appreciate that.  For me, music should be memorable (I try to refrain from saying "catchy," since I don't think most prog would be memorable to the typical music lover), but I certainly understand where you are coming from (and perhaps you can see why I try but cannot seem to enjoy most avant artists). I don't begrudge anyone not understanding avant-garde music, I realize it's not something that everybody can get because it's rejecting everything that most people find good. It only upsets me when people assume that since it sounds like crap to them, there's nothing there and we're a bunch of pretentious w**kers. And when people listen to Nickelback. ;-)

Well, I think avant / RIO and so forth is harder music to make.  Well...to make well.

I find it strange how high the ratings are on nearly everything any Zeuhl, RIO or Avant band puts out.  Come on...if everything in the goddamn genre is good, then you need to lower your standards.

And yes, Nickelback blows.  Unoriginal turds.