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La-di-da.

Ahh, you bung them on a hot plate and bob's your uncle. Thank me later.

Pointless argument No 321. Heads and walls. Yawn. But you can't hate something you don't believe in.

And is another stupid journalistic cliché that really makes no sense at all. But we are supposed to nod thoughtfully when we hear it. Fuck that. This is true, and is fair enough. Most conversation is essentially meaningless and is just interaction, and so should be kept nice. Or let's say appropriate to the milieu. Hmm. Of those only footie enters into my purview. I can talk about heaps of other things though and make some sort of sense with a drink or two in me. Too many drinks spoils things of course Beyond history, philosophy, politics etc, I have a sad history of becoming fixated on something and boring people with it. I can do that about music with no effort at all, but I became fixated on weasels after I saw an elegant lady taking one for a walk on a lead in a town in the south of France some years ago. My current thing is toucans. I like looking at pictures of them. There seem to be many, many sub-types but I am restraining myself and not researching this because I know that will do me no good. I'll just marvel at their lovely colours and adorable beaks.

Where does he find them?

Probably 'Given To The Rising' for me.

I know you were joking, but... There is no purpose. We all tend to inappropriately personify nature and evolution and it is easy to fall into teleological reasoning.

This is pretty good. With the organ and rhythmic trickery it started off sounding like Van der Graaf Generator without the woodwinds. The guitarist and the chord changes later remind me of Dave Gilmour. The vocals fit I guess, but they are the weakest link for me. You are correct. Not my thing but I get what you see in them - beyond the album covers!

It is never too late to pick up an instrument. The desire to play and learn and 'open ears' are all you need. Playing music at any level is one of life's great pleasures and surely is therapeutic. I wish you every joy.

I genuinely don't get what you are hearing. There is a drone of looped guitar and electronics underlying bass heavy slow riffing. Then vocals. I hear no static! And the one from the other day had even more discernible music, with, as I said, gentle strumming guitar then bass heavy riffing. Yep, there is a ton of distortion and a deliberately compressed sound, but I hear no static. By the way, I don't really care for this particular track. I haven't heard it before.They are better without vocals.

There is also a green orca hereabouts.

I know I'm a dick, but you are overestimating the extent of my dickitude. I was actually warning you off it! Spot on. And that is what I was doing with it. But here's the thing. You said you couldn't hear any music in the Nadja track on the other thread, but compared to this you really could, couldn't you?

LIMINAL SHROUD - All Virtues Ablaze. Noice. NP - LOCRIAN - Ghost Frontiers. Some of you won't like it.

HOOFLESS - Ad Nauseum. Nicely played. interesting orchestration. Folkish prog. It's OK. LUXFERRE - Faces. Kind of post-rock with vocals. Worth revisiting. PRIMITIVE MAN - Immersion. This is ugly in good way. Best thing so far this week. BA'AL - Ellipsism. But this is good too. NP - ANTON WEBERN - Anton Webern Complete Works: Op.1 - Op. 31. The least prolific of the power trio.

The only fun to be had in Monopoly is if you cheat. My brother was the Monopoly cheating master of the universe when we were kids.

Had they evolved into a thrash metal band by then? Nope.

Nice rant, GG. Well considered, and, well, wrong. Groove, like most things, enters into the realm of the subjective and I feel groove here. Dissonance is the spice of life. Yesterday was a day for old favourites. Today I'll go somewhere else that also won't appeal to you. All good.

CASTAVET - Obsian. This one brought home the bacon. FEN - Dustwalker. 'Walking the Crowpath' will be played at my funeral. No time soon I hope. NP - STEVE ROACH - What Remains. Ambient chill that is perfect for a grey wet afternoon.

It never occurred to me what KKs avatar was until you pointed it out. And I agree, it's definitely an orca.

Yep. Good enough. And, of course, we all love what we love. I enjoy a good few of the albums you put up, and acquire the odd one. I honestly think this particular album is not a good example of anything and it bathes in unappealing murk. But that's just me.

Really, dude? It's all echo and synth and no trousers. Plodding is what it is.

Yawn. I'll trash it now before hearing it, just because I can.

Yeah...but it's even more of a scam than actual money. And I know I will wish I had never poked this can of worms (to deliberately mix metaphors because why not?).

Which is why I don't own a chainsaw.

ULCERATE - Stare Into Death And Be Still LIGHT DWELLER - Lucid Offering HUNDRED YEAR OLD MAN - A New Terror INDUKTI - S.U.S.A.R. I put this on by accident and remembered why I used to enjoy it, and why I haven't been back to it for an age. Rather too mannered and clean for my current taste. Still, I have continued... NP - INDUKTI - Idmen