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  1. QUOTE (tick @ Oct 20 2011, 04:29 PM) QUOTE (fledgehog @ Oct 20 2011, 04:22 PM) ... Well said. I obviously made a (double) post in the wrong place and seeing as how there's no delete post function had to do the second best thing. Although, I suppose if I were older I wouldn't have made such a blunder, right?
  2. QUOTE (CMWriter @ Oct 20 2011, 12:23 PM) I've never seen it be an issue with either of my parents - at least as far as I'm concerned. One of my mom's best friends is a guy, and they've known each other since they were like.. in elementary school. I more or less grew up with his and his wife's kids. My dad's really good friends with my aunt (who's really just my mom's best friend like... EVER) and, again, never noticed any issues. Besides, pretty much all of my parents' friends are happily married, many for 20+ years like my folks. I don't see why it has to be an issue. they'll understand when they are older.
  3. say what you want about my opinion or my age, I still think it's controlling and in this case quite frankly borderline-sexist to dictate so explicitly who your significant other can or can't hang out with. Obviously it depends on the scenario -- a motorcycle ride alone with someone else is a little bit sketchy, but the general idea of having an opposite-sex best friend isn't ridiculous at all. looking forward to the impending condescending response. I guess one of the parts of still being young and innocent is that I haven't developed a superiority complex yet.
  4. wow, seriously? I know I, at least, outgrew this type of jealousy in high school. A large portion of my best/closest friends are female, and that doesn't change when I'm in a relationship. You should be friends with whoever the f**k you damn well choose, regardless of their gender. Keep in mind that if anything that constitutes cheating happens, the relationship isn't really a "close friendship". It's important to differentiate between when that's the truth and when it's just the cover for an affair. And despite what anybody says, it is entirely possible for members of opposite genders to be friends with each other and not have any physical or sexual attraction.
  5. i'm getting my iPhone 4S on Saturday. About damn time -- I felt left behind by society not having a smartphone (or even mobile internet) for the last 3-4 years! maybe now it won't take forever for people to relay important messages for me any more
  6. if you watch TRF backwards, the jokes and memes actually get more current and relevant.
  7. after seeing the show live, i disagree even more with the people who oppose the drum solo. Mangini is musical and technical at a level that most drummers, even the big names, can only dream of. Unlike someone like Portnoy (who just hits a bunch of shit really loud for several minutes), Mangini plays a solo that is engaging and intriguing, and unlike someone like Peart, he changes it up every night rather than playing the same contrived and rehearsed solo night after night. Anyone who doesn't embrace the opportunity to see one of the world's finest drummers performing a solo right in front of them is just incredibly thick. Sure, they could have foregone the solo and thrown in another 4-5 minute song, but the way I see it, this tour's secondary purpose (behind promoting the new album), is to showcase Mangini. The show itself was very fine -- Periphery opened and they unfortunately disappointed. The mix was way too bass-heavy, the drummer had no sense of dynamics and the songs sounded really same-y after the first couple. I'd listened to their album a while back and I've heard good things about them, so I was expecting a little more. In the long run i guess it's still better than having to deal with Trivium, however. Bridges in the Sky was a PERFECT opener. the Inception intro tape went really well into the song's ethereal opening, and the whole band coming in was enough to completely blow you away. Other highlights included These Walls (which I didn't even know they were playing so it was a pleasant surprise for me), Ytse Jam, which sounds even BETTER with mangini at the kit, the Wait for Sleep/Far From Heaven acoustic set (James especially gave a heart-wrenching delivery of the latter), Caught in a Web (one of the most energetic displays of music I've ever seen, and LaBrie was ON FIRE for the entirety of this song), and of course the closer of the main set, Breaking All Illusions was the highlight of the show (as it is the highlight of the album). A couple incidents from the show -- Petrucci's guitar cut out about a minute into Bridges in the Sky. His techs had him up and running about a minute later, but even while he had no sound he just kept right on playing, and the rest of the band kept their shit together perfectly during what would have been a trainwreck for almost any other band. Petrucci recieved a huge cheer when his sound came back to life. during On the Backs of Angels, somebody threw a small red hat onto the stage, which LaBrie picked up and wore for about a minute, and then proceeded to hang on Mangini's drum rack. Mangini then took the hat and donned it himself, but it fell off in a matter of seconds Mangini is represented as a genie in his cartoon form. Everyone in the band seems to be at the top of their game right now. This tour is not to be missed! A+ show if you ask me
  8. leaving in a couple minutes to see the show in albany!
  9. this one works well for post-midnight summer cruising: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pp6S6yOD6qM
  10. QUOTE (ColdFireYYZ @ Oct 14 2011, 07:30 PM) QUOTE (Del_Duio @ Oct 14 2011, 11:25 AM) I was listening to Awake again in the car yesterday and it hit me: Do you think DT will play Space Dye Vest now that MP isn't in the band? I know Moore left a bad taste when he split, but maybe if it was mostly with Portnoy they'd play this awesome song finally I heard that Jordan Rudess wants to play it but the other guys don't. I'd love to see them do it sometime. Jordan performed it at a solo concert a while back (with James LaBrie guest appearing on vocals). It's floating around youtube and the like if you want to see what it sounds like.
  11. your gas station may be in the ghetto when the cashier and ALL the products being sold are behind bullet proof glass so thick that there are microphones and speakers in place for communicating with the cashier; and transaction of both items and money happens via a metal box under the counter.
  12. Listening through Mahler's entire symphony cycle for the second time in my life...this time Evgeny Svetlanov and the USSR State Symphony Orchestra's recordings. Hopefully this time I won't get hung up listening to the second symphony over and over again
  13. if f***ing Scarsick of all albums left you feeling impressed, Remedy Lane and The Perfect Element will probably leave you in a week-long shocked daze. Give those a try.
  14. last night's episode left me unimpressed, but that's probably because i was watching it in between Community and Parks and Rec, which are the two greatest things to happen to TV in a while. Although I will say that Jim's book was hilarious, and the closing sequence was brilliant.
  15. i wish Wagner had written more music for orchestra without voice. His musicality is amazing, but it's difficult for me to be able to handle an entire opera (or even an entire act of one) all at once.
  16. Downloaded the new Ryan Adams album a couple days ago and finally getting around to listening to it. Recent purchases include Scale the Summit's "Carving Desert Canyons", and a rare recording of the USSR State Symphony Orchestra playing Dvorak's 9th symphony.
  17. QUOTE (ILSnwdog @ Oct 6 2011, 11:36 AM) You're a pseudo hippie. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v664/fledgehog/outback2.jpg that explains the hair too
  18. really, people are complaining about the production on this album? honestly, it sounds better than anything they've done since Six Degrees.
  19. ok, shoot: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v664/fledgehog/outback2.jpg
  20. http://gizmodo.com/5838847/steve-jobs-is-dead
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