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Malignant Narcissist

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  1. Have a few 'on the go' as I like to dip in and out of them due to other commitments:- Dark Corners of the Earth (Love a bit of Lovecraft!) Realms of the Haunting Secret Files: Tunguska Discworld Noir (amusing stuff from Pratchett) None are modern games per se but fun nevertheless. The last 2 point and clicks are also easy to play over a prolonged period of time dipping in and out as the time allows.
  2. My 5 year old is getting into characters like Pac man, Sonic, Mario and Qbert via various youtube videos that have created all sorts of fun and silly scenarios based on the games. So we've been having a go at these games together via my old megadrive, old dos games, online games and the judicious use of a emulator or 2. I'm always amazed at how he struggles with the controls to start with - I must have come a long way over the years with how to control computer games, or, have played far too many!
  3. Opeth - Pale Communion Mary My Hope - Museum Super Furry Animals - Rings around the world Mastodon - Leviathon Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
  4. Loved the whole thing. Loved Wolfgang VH who did a great job of emulating his Dad and loved Geddy and Alex and their set. All in all their playing was fantastic, warts and all. There may have been flaws but I didn't really notice them. The 'overall' result was great. Sometimes when music is played, there are a flaws but if you play through them then it's the overall result that matters. And that's what I got out of it. In fact, I thought the lineup of acts was a nice contrast of styles. Britpop, pop, rock, prog rock, punk - a nice bit of everything. And it looked like the songs played by all where a balance of what Taylor would have wanted played and songs that had a bit of meaning. I'm guessing 2112, Working Man and YYZ were what Taylor would have wanted for the most part. Loved James Gang having never heard them. Only heard a bit of Joe Walsh. Loved the Jeff Buckley covers because his album Grace is a fave of mine. Nice to hear Supergrass again. Those Crooked Vultures were fun and I thought Josh Homme sang well in contrast to some comments on the 'Net. In fact, there were a lot of references to artists that had passed away that was nice. Bowie, Jeff Buckley, Freddy Mercury, Amy Winehouse, Eddie VH, Neil P and maybe others I can't remember.
  5. Yeah - I saw this and thought it was a bit negative. I think this Mark Savage seemed to be preferring songs or Brit music. Or rather, seemed to be ignorant of anything out of the US that he wasn't familiar with.
  6. Have a group of favourites and Rush is among that group. If there is a fave at the time then it's down to what I'm in the mood for and haven't listened to for a while. Rush is one of the bands that I love where I've had to have all their albums. I sometimes get fixated on 1 band or artist and have to get everything by them. As others have said, the band rotates in and out.
  7. American Interior - Documentary where Gruff Rhys from the band Super Furry Animals goes to America from his native Wales to retrace the route that John Evans (his English name rather than his original Welsh name) took in the 1700s in order to find Welsh speaking Native American Indians. Gruff does this by doing a tour on the way which is a combination of a talk with powerpoint charts interspersed with songs, some of which he's working on as he's going along. Amusing and interesting. Especially if you're a fan of his music.
  8. I'm enjoying the 1001album club podcast. Some youngish (in their 30s to 40s I'm guessing) musicians go through each album listed in the book by Richard Dimery - one album per podcast. The group of people on the podcast are musician friends from the US and the panel changes occasionally. So you generally get the same group of people discussing what they like and dislike about each album. There is a bit of banter between them and for me, it has a nice balance between analysis and light hearted joking.
  9. Wasn't the idea that it was for Matt Stone primarily - a surprise for him? So I know there were paying customers but as a South Park thing, CTTH was fine. It wouldn't be my top choice through over playing/hearing over the years. The love from Les Claypool and Matt Stone and the fun had by all was nice to see from my perspective.
  10. Porcupine Tree - Fear of a blank planet (live) Can't stop listening to it. Fookin' brilliant. Having heard the live version 1st, I find the studio one a bit sterile. Anyone else find that that happens to them? The version you hear, whether live or studio, is usually you one you gravitate to.
  11. Toss up between Something for nothing and the title track. Depending on what I've grown out of at the time. Soft spot for Bangkok and Lessons too. (They never play Bangkok...) To be honest, I love the whole album, even Tears!
  12. I echo the general feeling everyone else. I love em but feel like they lost, or morphed, that magical je ne sais quoi from the 1st 2 or 3 albums. Then the songs got a little bit more straightahead with the melodies and harmonies still there on occasions. Personally love mid-era Dogman and Tapehead too. Ty said in interview a few years ago that he feels he has a great musical partnership with Doug that he's never had in any other band/musical event but whether time and distance and solo projects is, as others have said, diluted that. Or maybe it was just inevitable. People grow and bands changes. Still love em though and will still get the latest album even if it turns out 'meh'. It's like the old saying - their 'meh' is another bands good/maybe great.
  13. Genesis - Selling England by the pound Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick Camel - Mirage Yes - Close to the Edge Mike Oldfield - Crises Rush - Hemispheres Dream Theater-Scenes from a Memory The Grand Wazoo, by Frank Zappa Opeth - Heritage Porcupine Tree - Deadwing
  14. Black Midi The Cardiacs Mr Bungle Oh my God! Got drawn into Black Midi via a Mojo mag review of their latest album Hellfire. I read that their possible antecedents were The Cardiacs and Primus or bands of their ilk. So I checked them and The Cardiacs out on the 'tube. Wow - completely manic - both of them. Very indie/punk-type genre with huge prog/jazz/rock/madness influences thrown in. Highly accomplished and crazy music, for the most part. I remembered Mike Patton referencing The Cardiacs too at some point so that lead me to see the latest incarnation of Mr Bungle. Seems to have morphed into a thrash-version now with Lombardo and Scott Ian on board. Their cover of Van Halen's Loss of Control was very entertaining and spot on. Phew - I need to calm down musically and now break out The Mars Volta and Zappa records....
  15. Bit more straight ahead Heavy Metal especially to early Priest. Love Saxon. Probably sacrilege to many but I've never really got into Priest in a big way. I like the odd song here or there but there never found their output completely satisfying. Sorry
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