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Close to the Edge by Yes was one of the most amazing things I'd ever heard at the time (still is), but it completely changed my perspective on a lot of aspects of music. It's very important to me. The Firebird Suite by Stravinsky is what turned me (back) on to classical music in 10th grade. Rachmaninoff's third piano concerto inspired me to actually take classical piano seriously. I still have a particular love for Russian classical repertoire. Mahler's 2nd and 6th symphonies also blew me away the first time I heard each of them. I would most certainly consider them to be life-changing. I would be amiss if I didn't also list The Beatles' Here Comes the Sun -- the song that turned me on to the band. For a while it was the only one I could stand, then I started listening to Abbey Road more in-depth, and pretty soon I understood why the band's entire output was so renowned and important.

Subaru is probably somewhat out of your price range, but if you can find a pre-2010 Legacy or Impreza, you'll get the Subaru build quality and AWD system without the godawful looks of the post-2010 models, at a cheaper price. Maybe you could even find a decent WRX, if your wife can handle the stick shift If you're looking at brand new cars, however, I'd actually suggest checking out Hyundai. They've come a long way in the last few years -- they went from making boring, ugly, cheap beaters to a fairly decent lineup of reliable and tolerable-looking cars. The 2012 Accent starts at around $12,500 and gets over 30mpg. As for American cars, I'd still be wary of GM products, but the new Ford Fiesta and Focus look really interesting.

QUOTE (Chicken hawk @ May 4 2012, 02:23 PM) QUOTE (fledgehog @ May 3 2012, 03:00 PM) QUOTE (Chicken hawk @ May 3 2012, 02:44 PM) Roger waters ???? isn't he currently touring? my list? Lennon and Harrison Jeff Buckley (though you could argue either way whether his death was self-inflicted) Ludwig Van Beethoven (If for no other reason than to be able to hear a performance of his own 9th symphony) Leonard Bernstein Freddie Mercury OOOps i didnt mean to put him I meant Keith Moon . Moon overdosed on pills. Certainly self-inflicted if you ask me.

QUOTE (Chicken hawk @ May 3 2012, 02:44 PM) Roger waters ???? isn't he currently touring? my list? Lennon and Harrison Jeff Buckley (though you could argue either way whether his death was self-inflicted) Ludwig Van Beethoven (If for no other reason than to be able to hear a performance of his own 9th symphony) Leonard Bernstein Freddie Mercury

-- the 911 call at the end is real, it's a recording of lead singer Julie Christmas calling 911 while being abused by her boyfriend at the time.

Unless you're specifically emulating the style of a Bach chorale, there's absolutely no reason to honor the rules you learned in harmony class. Even Bach himself broke the rules on occasion. The purpose of learning those rules is to give you a better all-around understanding of tonality and a background of its development. Did Schoenberg or Webern or Debussy, or even Liszt or Chopin, concern themselves with making sure that they resolved every leading tone, and fitting every chord into the proper progression? Absolutely not, but you can bet your ass and a half that they learned and understood all their harmony rules.

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i don't drive less, i just drive more conservatively. I've been known to employ just about every (safe) hypermiling technique short of driving a hybrid. For every tank of gas though, it seems that I have at least one day when I'm late or in a rush and have to get somewhere FAST, and that shoots my mileage all to hell.

in middle school my dad used to give me allowance raises if I made honor roll. In high school, my parents promised not to yell at me if I passed all of my classes (and that still didn't always work). In college, my scholarship is dependent largely on my academic performance, so there's my monetary incentive right there.

Figured I'd put the pictures in this thread...2003 Outback. I don't care what kind of image it puts across, it's an amazing car. I don't have any GREAT pictures of it, though I'll probably take some next time I'm home (amazing scenery there) http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v664/fledgehog/outback2.jpg and here it is in its natural habitat: http://i.imgur.com/pw1jTl.jpg

2003 Subaru Outback with about 104,000 miles, original almost-everything (just did the timing belt and water pump replacement and I'll probably be getting a new battery soon), runs just as smooth as she did 10 years ago. She's been in my family for her entire lifetime and we make sure to take amazing care of her. The variety and sheer amount of stuff that can be hauled in that thing is amazing, plus I can go almost anywhere without even having to check the weather beforehand. Reliability and versatility are the two greatest things about a Subaru wagon It most certainly is as far from a DRIVER'S car as you can get...but despite the fact that it's underpowered, slow, handles like a swimming pool and gets the jitters over 70mph, there's still one thing that keeps it FUN to drive: http://i.imgur.com/v6Elql.jpg I'd take my outback even over an automatic WRX. People say the 5-speeds and 6-speeds are dying, but I've been noticing a bit of a revival among my generation, at least around my campus. Mine certainly isn't going anywhere any time soon.

I swear by Levi's 514 Slim Straight jeans. Beyond that, whatever is cheap and comfortable. Most of what i wear day to day is plain and boring, i have a handful of band t-shirts and occasionally I'll wear a button-down shirt. My shoes are some off-brand sneakers that I bought a few years ago that are falling apart. For most of the year I wear flip-flops anyway (except when I'm driving).

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no coffee for me. no caffeine anymore, actually (again...i quit caffeine about once a year). the worst i've ever gotten was when I would average 3 red bulls before lunch.

Krzystof Penderecki's Threnody "To the Victims of Hiroshima"

right handed, left-hand drive, manual transmission, i generally steer with my left hand. most of the other things i do while driving (shifting, radio, heat/air conditioning, girls hands, etc) are to my right. usually i rest my left elbow on the window sill too. If i have the window open I sometimes steer righty with my hand resting on the top of the window or out the window, but it feels unnatural (as does steering with 2 hands in normal driving situations). Steering and shifting with the same hand is rarely a problem in those cases.

very sloppy, poor phrasing and shows little to no regard for the keys and scales. It's interesting to hear as a novelty, but the final orchestration was ultimately more musical, and I suspect that's why it was chosen.

Their reputation is largely based on their hits like Come Sail Away- although I enjoy some of their material from that era simply as a matter of nostalgia (harkening back to the days when I listened to classic rock radio all the time), the era that I enjoy the most is the earliest-- especially the wooden nickel recordings. They quite literally sound like a different band.

QUOTE (Hatchetaxe&saw @ Jan 21 2012, 07:51 AM) Coldplay's new album is really good. Marvellous, in fact. Never thought I'd type that. Haven't heard the new one yet, but i thought Viva La Vida was pretty good.

Charles Ives- Three Quarter Tone Piano Pieces Lou Reed- Metal Machine Music

QUOTE (Union 5-3992 @ Jan 14 2012, 06:38 PM) That doesn't care about Van Halen? It seems this sections has been rather cluttered with Van Halen topics. I never really cared much for their music. i haven't bothered looking through the threads, but my guess is that somebody went back and bumped every van halen thread they could find. that kind of shit has happened before, wouldn't surprise me if it happened again.

QUOTE (rushgoober @ Jan 3 2012, 08:22 PM) I feel that if you didn't get a chance to see a band in their heyday, you kind of missed the boat. I really have no interest in seeing ancient bands reunite and croak out old classics, unless of course they haven't lost any of their ability or talent - that's rarely the case. +1. I'd rather see a younger, up-and-coming band that still has energy and ambition, rather than a bunch of old guys trying to relive their teen years with significantly less hair.

QUOTE (KenJennings @ Jan 2 2012, 05:50 PM) From my experience, TRF works great on blackberrys! so they ARE useful for something after all?

at work til 1:30am.