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    New Tool record end of year?

    in Music Discussion

    Posted · Edited by very honest

    10,000 days aged well for me. i was disappointed when it came out because i was expecting aggressive music with psychological and spiritual themes like the previous albums had, but those aspects that me and a lot of other fans were anticipating were the things the band changed, withdrawing a lot of aggression and making the lyrics much more mundane. it's an odd album that can't be categorized, though words like tribal, punk, and experimental somewhat describe it. as usual danny carey is phenomenal, adam jones makes the guitar visual like no one else, and maynard does his most elaborate filtering/layering yet, and delivers a flooring performance on the title track(s). it's a rich tapestry. if it weren't the latest tool album, but just the first release from some unknown band, it would be considered a marvel. it has a deep brooding vibe that i can't compare to anything else musically, and the bass is outstanding, it's a top 10 bass album for sure.

    Steinvord Speculation

    in Aphex Twin

    Posted · Edited by very honest

    i wonder if they/he/she would try to maintain the anonymity during a tour. i'd bet they would. hopefully fans would respect it and not be snoopy at the shows. it would be difficult to pull it off, though, with all the people who'd be involved. even if they arrived at the venues in masks and no one knew, that alone would be a tip off. plus if someone recognize tom or richard in one of the cities, that would give it away.

    Films Recently Watched

    in General Banter

    Posted · Edited by very honest

    Killing Season

     

    John Travolta doing a thick Serbian accent/10

     

    Didn't buy Travolta as a Serbian soldier, which the movie hinged on. Still would have been a thin movie if I had.

     

    A Gang Story

     

    A lot of people being shot/10

     

     

    i feel guilty for finishing both of them

    Steinvord Speculation

    in Aphex Twin

    Posted · Edited by very honest

    in the "can't get over how amazing steinvord is" thread, a few months ago, paranerd posted "Grant is trying to get a tour happening in the States and he mentioned Steinvord on the roster. He's looking for venues, so if any if you feel like you could help him out do so. Then maybe there would be a Steinvord gig happening."

    New Tool record end of year?

    in Music Discussion

    Posted · Edited by very honest

    tool have a synth jam track. they played it from 2006 to 2011 as an intro alternately for vicarious or flood, and they played it differently every time. danny had different styles of drums he would play on it, some quite elaborate, some more simple, and sometimes he wouldn't play drums at all. justin had different bass lines he would play with it, and sometimes he wouldn't play bass at all. i recommend trying to find the flac recording of their 2-10-2007 show, that performance if it stands out, but there are a lot of different and interesting versions.

     

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xa7dvvMD-gs

    Films Recently Watched

    in General Banter

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    Flight - 10/10

     

    This is the best movie about addiction and alcoholism that I've seen. Usually movies dealing with the subject falter and look ugly as they fumble this very important issue plaguing the human condition, but this one did it right. Denzel Washington delivered a very impressive performance. John Goodman is awesome as always, the other actors were great, along with the directing and writing, I'm really impressed.

     

    Netflix instant

    Films Recently Watched

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    Burden of Dreams - 10/10

     

    Documentary about Herzog making Fitzcaraldo. For years he is in South America, responsible for a huge community of South American workers and actors, actually trying to pull a huge boat up a 40 degree hill as shown in the film. He faces and overcomes many challenges, but ends up saying no one will ever be able to convince him that it was worth it.

    Films Recently Watched

    in General Banter

    Posted · Edited by very honest

    the hunter - 9/10

     

    willem dafoe hunts tasmanian tiger in australia, gets involved with locals. good story type movie, if that makes any sense. acting, cinematography and editing are all good; solid flick, only thing keeping it from 10/10 is that it's not freaking mind blowing.

     

    netflix instant, in the us anyway

    Meditation

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    there are worse things to spend money on. tm was made big by maharishi mahesh yogi, who, as i understand it, had a gift for giving people their own personalized mantras, which would make them "break through" as soon as he told it to them. he's dead now, and tm is a huge organization. that's all i know.

    Meditation

    in General Banter

    Posted · Edited by very honest

    Thanks for everyone's thoughts - I just had my first 30 minute meditation attempt a while ago - it was nice. I just sat on the floor with the recording Skibby posted playing in the background - I think the talking helped distort my interpretation of time, as i'm someone who if I know an alarm will go off in X minutes i'm almost constantly expecting it, so it was good to fog that over

     

    one thing that was bothering me throughout the time - my sitting position, I was slightly agitated, wondering if it was the correct posture or if what I was doing was possibly harming my body etc.

     

    I'm a tall enough lad, 6'4 - i was sitting in the crossed lotus position (not the extreme one, the easier one) and once I got up after my time, my ankles we're prettty sore + my knee joints and parts of the leg. My back naturally slouches - might it be beneficial to sit against a flat wall? Or does anyone have any suggestions? (i saw someone mentioned laying on their back -but i'd prefer to try sit)

     

    yeah you could lean against a wall, or even sit in a chair. you could sit on a bunch of pillows or on a bed. having a strait back is important, but if you have back issues that make it really painful you can do it without a strait back.

     

    congrats on doing it.

     

    maybe i will later today out in the woods on this pad i have, before the weather starts getting real cold

    Meditation

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    Posted · Edited by very honest

    sometimes some kind of christian tries to sell me on their religion and i love to counter with a zen pitch. zen is so simple to teach. there are different schools, but a sizable and respected school considers zen to just be zen meditation and zen meditation to just be 1) breathing deeply 2) focusing on your breathing 3) having a strait back. that's it. as other thoughts enter your mind, don't struggle, just try to observe them, let them pass, and guide your focus back to your breathing. i've integrated it into my daily activities. i should get back into proper sessions, sitting on the edge of a cliff looking over a coastal city as the sun rises behind it, doing a good half hour or hour. i stopped real sessions a while ago, probably because of some psychic block, energy would build up and i felt like it had nowhere to go, it was unpleasant. now i think i could blow through that. probably i'll play quake with my bonus daylight savings hour today, though.

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