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1 hour ago, EXTRASUPER81 said:
Reading this while listening to Brian Eno's Nerve Net (a much better album than I had previously thought as it happens), there's a track where it sounds like he's saying "Sean" over and over. At least that's what it sounds like to my addled and hungover brain.
One of the main Morricone themes in Leone's '71 film Duck, U Sucker lyrically goes "Sean, Sean, Sean..." (one of the characters is an Irish Sean)
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My nearest regional city has already lost $600 mill in tourism from it. The Australian economy is also one of the most vulnerable to the crisis, recent bushfires aside.
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On 2/25/2020 at 12:10 PM, Nebraska said:
So 20% of the states where treating a trans youth with something basic like puberty blockers (or similar) might get you a life sentence (or similar). Far out.
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The septuagenarian age of most of the serious candidates is a turn off from an external observer. I like to feel that I can vote for someone without worrying whether they'll live out their 4 or 8 year stint. 45-65 on gaining office feels ideal, and more likely to be in touch with the issues affecting the majority of the population.
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Eric B & Rakim remind me of the boys a fair bit. Can imagine them bonding over an artist like this at the time. You can kind of hear ae on Follow the Leader.
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Yeah mostly seems to be killing the frail right now.
China would be fairly used to treating these health crises by now. Even with the relative political dominance of their Communist Party, the domestic issues that government regularly has to deal with would probably send a lot of western leaders insane.
It is certainly not in the realm of Ebola, the mismanaged Sars or the recent Asian influenzas just yet.
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21 minutes ago, thumbass said:
Can somebody please tell me what the fuck "sixly sweet year old" in the title is supposed to mean
Just an anniversary edit of the thread title to "six-", given that the album is less than 7 years old. And also a relevant pun on "cichli suite".
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2 hours ago, ignatius said:
i still have all the business sized cards of the artwork that came w/the vinyl. i think that's where they came from.. might've just been a thing warp threw in the order?
i haven't listened to it on vinyl i a while. time for a vinyl session i think.
would love to hear various outtakes from this era. or whatever material. Draft 4.17 or whatever.
The Metroid Prime soundtrack could be seen as distantly related to their 2001-03 era.
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The strong emotion predictably stirred up by the Soleimani killing and some suspect drumming up of military support in the Australian bushfires has me dreading an election year Trump war. No allies should get involved in any US-Iran nonsense.
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My first association tends to be the Library of Congress Classification (LCC). Seems too well known to be an intentional acronym, but hey, "the trees". Plus the following 2 tracks (section, radii) maintain that spatial theme of navigable, all-knowing, machine-readable sequenced movement.
But then fermium, disport, sublimit, the above, etc. can easily be linked more specifically to some sort of missile's explosive reaction.
Subtle concept album in there.
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Lol u morons. Surripere aside refers to it obviously being the album's best track. It is a fairly understood thing round these parts. My favourite ae track of the 2000s actually.
to think anyone could consider surripere the worst track there, get a grip you noobs.
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Surripere aside (for obvious reasons), this is their most consistent album. The other 9 tracks could be ranked in any order, and that order could flip around every day.
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On 4/13/2013 at 7:20 PM, Mindphaser said:
I could listen to the last part of Bladelores for another 5 or 10 minutes, it`s almost Gas or Roach territory, a nice bit of head breathing space from the alien onslaught.
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My most special Exai tracks are definitely irlite (get 0), 1 1 is, nodezsh & spl9.
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I would have been one of those recommenders of the Rob Lowe book back in 2011-12. Was racing through The West Wing at the time and decided to check it out. The childhood super-8 stuff with the Sheens & Penns, the Outsiders section, and the date with Cary Grant's daughter, is still pretty memorable to me.
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After an awful start to the day (some neighborhood cat managed to get onto the second floor balcony and target my shoes for a pee spray, which I realised after putting them on
), nice recovery thanks to ae!
My initials are R.S., so all the "thanks R+S' type stuff typically fills me with added joy.
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Only came into it halfway through, so catching up from the start now.
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You'd think it would stop at 12 hours. Been a great listen.
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Still feels too soon for yet another Alien BTS/analysis documentary. We've already had a few thoroughly satisfying ones, and this will probably include a lot of rehash. I'm sure there are some other classics out there crying out for a decent BTS/analysis treatment.
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Just spent the last few days blasting this while driving around North Queensland (picture a tropical American Midwest or something).
North Spiral opened up even more for me.
icari was barely audible above road hum
I was crawling over roadworks gravel when the gonk go-kart horn gravel drift section played
swapping out the CD set whilst driving is dicey
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Haven't been able to read much in the last 6 months, so relishing small opportunities.
Recently reread Under the Volcano. Was only 22 when I first read it so connected with a lot more this time around. Reminded me a little of Nostromo at times, and touches upon so much. I'm still not completely on board with the final chapter, felt the earlier chapters had such genius momentum and then it sort of peters out. Might be among the 25 finest novels I've read.
currently on Desolation Island (Aubrey-Maturin #5). As an Australian, the convict transport plot line to Bligh on New Holland is something Ive had my eye on since the first volume. As ever, deeply humorous and somewhat idyllic historical fiction.
Films Recently Watched
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Best first viewings so far this year:
1. The Dead (John Huston, 1987)
2. Abigail's Party (Mike Leigh, 1977)
3. Hard to Handle: Bob Dylan in Concert (Gillian Armstrong, 1987)
4. The Nightingale (Jennifer Kent, 2019)
5. Bangkok Hilton (Kennedy Miller Productions miniseries, 1989)
6. Penda's Fen (Alan Clarke, 1974)
Best rewatch: Manhunter (saw it many years ago quickly following Red Dragon and back then I was less enthused about Michael Mann, but blew me away this time around, definitely a top-tier work from him)