What's on your mind?

[deathstorm]

My brother got knocked out after the second cut. Ah well. Here's hoping his alternate events go nicely.

That suxs buddy

[BlutAusNerd]

Hey thanks' date=' I appreciate it lol I have a pair of boxers that I can wear around the house, but mostly I'm wearing jeans. I too am enjoying the a/c.[/quote'] Even though I prefer the cold, I haven't needed the AC here. It rained all day yesterday and even snowed in the mountains, and it looks like even with the sun out we'll only make it to 66 today. Sent from my HTC PH39100 using Tapatalk 2

[deathstorm]

I got in touch with the right people. Figure this all. Out I chould be employed soon

[BlutAusNerd]

I'm having an unusually slow afternoon here at work, and was thinking about doing some video posts in one of the genre sections. Anyone have any requests on which one they would like me to add more to? Sent from my HTC PH39100 using Tapatalk 2

[Midi]

I'm having an unusually slow afternoon here at work' date=' and was thinking about doing some video posts in one of the genre sections. Anyone have any requests on which one they would like me to add more to?Sent from my HTC PH39100 using Tapatalk 2[/quote']Some tasty doom/death or black metal wouldn't hurt

[deathstorm]

Yeah ban about some demilitech

[BlutAusNerd]

Yeah ban about some demilitech

I know I've recommended Demilich a few times here if that's who you mean. Does that mean death metal would be your vote? Sent from my HTC PH39100 using Tapatalk 2

[Iceni]

Anyone have any requests on which one they would like me to add more to?

PROOOOOOG In all seriousness, I'd love to get more avant-garde recommendations. I'm busy checking out some of these new polished progressive black or death bands...Ne Obliviscaris was good, I'm going to listen to Cormorant, Anciients and Be'Lakor as well.

[Midi]

I know I've recommended Demilich a few times here if that's who you mean. Does that mean death metal would be your vote? Sent from my HTC PH39100 using Tapatalk 2

If death metal would be the chosen genre, then would it be possible to introduce some bands which use a bit less deep guttural vocals? The problem I have with death metal is that the vocals are too guttural to my liking and often start to seem monotonous to me, unless there's an extra bunch of melody to make up for it.

[Iceni]

If death metal would be the chosen genre' date=' then would it be possible to introduce some bands which use a bit less deep guttural vocals? The problem I have with death metal is that the vocals are too guttural to my liking and often start to seem monotonous to me, unless there's an extra bunch of melody to make up for it.[/quote'] Oh, there are plenty of death metal bands that don't just have guttural vocals...Death, for one. Illogicist, Korum, Lethargy, Obliveon, Amoral, Arsis, Aletheian, Punish and Fallujah all have higher-pitched vocals. Unhuman in particular have a pretty wide variety of oddball death growls.

[Midi]

Oh' date=' there are plenty of death metal bands that don't just have guttural vocals...Death, for one. Illogicist, Korum, Lethargy, Obliveon, Amoral, Arsis, Aletheian, Punish and Fallujah all have higher-pitched vocals. Unhuman in particular have a pretty wide variety of oddball death growls.[/quote'] Cool, I'm a fan of high-pitched distorted vocals. I'll check some of them out after I'm done with this Anaal Nathrakh album

[BlutAusNerd]

PROOOOOOG In all seriousness, I'd love to get more avant-garde recommendations. I'm busy checking out some of these new polished progressive black or death bands...Ne Obliviscaris was good, I'm going to listen to Cormorant, Anciients and Be'Lakor as well.

Did you check out all of the ones I had posted before? I'm checking now, and it looks like the video links broke, so I'll have to go back through and update them. I can't believe how long it's been since I've added to that thread though, maybe I will post more there, especially if you're craving more extreme progressive stuff, which tends to be my favorite side of the genre. Sent from my HTC PH39100 using Tapatalk 2

[deathstorm]

I know I've recommended Demilich a few times here if that's who you mean. Does that mean death metal would be your vote? Sent from my HTC PH39100 using Tapatalk 2

. Yes. Ban it is my vote

[~Mere~]

Even though I prefer the cold, I haven't needed the AC here. It rained all day yesterday and even snowed in the mountains, and it looks like even with the sun out we'll only make it to 66 today. Sent from my HTC PH39100 using Tapatalk 2

Nice! That would be ideal right about now. I had to do the most dreaded thing one can do in this type of weather, turn the oven on. Think I need to start having a back up plan to avoid this from happening again. Is that normal temps for this time of year where you're @?

[Iceni]

I think I checked out pretty much all of them at this point.

[sleastak]

There's this Tentacl beta out. The site's ok, I guess.

[BlutAusNerd]

Nice! That would be ideal right about now. I had to do the most dreaded thing one can do in this type of weather, turn the oven on. Think I need to start having a back up plan to avoid this from happening again. Is that normal temps for this time of year where you're @?

Nope, pretty abnormal, but Utah weather tends to be fickle. Sent from my HTC PH39100 using Tapatalk 2

[Ghouly]

I got the travel bug again... I'm off to NYC this September. I miss you guys. I read the forums all the time in my phone but can't seem to make the time to reply, guilt ensues. Trying to make that effort today! I got my marijuana drivers license renewed for another year. That's basically just a medical cannabis card. I was thinking about the whole medical cannabis thing and how people make pot out to be so scandalous and horrible. I just don't get it. Society will come around in time I guess.

[BlutAusNerd]

I think I checked out pretty much all of them at this point.

Well, I made it most of the way through a prog list and then ran out of time. Hopefully I'll be able to get it done tomorrow. If it keeps up though, I'll make sure to populate more of those threads. Sent from my HTC PH39100 using Tapatalk 2

[deathstorm]

I got the travel bug again... I'm off to NYC this September. I miss you guys. I read the forums all the time in my phone but can't seem to make the time to reply, guilt ensues. Trying to make that effort today! I got my marijuana drivers license renewed for another year. That's basically just a medical cannabis card. I was thinking about the whole medical cannabis thing and how people make pot out to be so scandalous and horrible. I just don't get it. Society will come around in time I guess.

We miss you to. Brie.

[GorboGorboze]

I loaded up my bass and road out to play with a new friend for the first time. He forgot(strike one) and was not there, but some dust got knocked off gear that has not left the back of the closet for years, so not all was lost.

[FatherAlabaster]

I loaded up my bass and road out to play with a new friend for the first time. He forgot(strike one) and was not there' date=' but some dust got knocked off gear that has not left the back of the closet for years, so not all was lost.[/quote'] I hate it when that happens. For your very first jam, it doesn't bode well. Are you trying to put together a group, or just play a bit for fun?

[deathstorm]

Making a. Pork roll egg and cheese breakfest wrap

[Iceni]

I was thinking about the whole medical cannabis thing and how people make pot out to be so scandalous and horrible. I just don't get it. Society will come around in time I guess.

That might have something to do with the fact that it's against the law in the vast majority of states. I would theorize that not many people really give a rat's ass about the effects, what they don't like about people smoking weed is that they're breaking the law purely to enjoy themselves. Maybe people assume that legalizing it would encourage that kind of behavior, rather than finally kill the credibility of the notion that smoking weed somehow automatically makes you a more enlightened and circumspect individual.

[FatherAlabaster]

That might have something to do with the fact that it's against the law in the vast majority of states. I would theorize that not meany people really give a rat's ass about the effects' date=' what they don't like about people smoking weed is that they're breaking the law purely to enjoy themselves. Every stoner I've met on campus, UNM or here, has been an insufferably self-righteous, arrogant moron. Maybe people assume that legalizing it would encourage that kind of behavior.[/quote'] Not really. The law is based on misinformation and propaganda, it's unevenly applied, punishments can be draconian, and the classification of pot as a Schedule I drug is ludicrous. It's been shown to have benefits, especially in pain mitigation during certain illnesses and end-of-life care, and the claims of its various dangers have been largely debunked. I don't think people in general care so much about the legality of it, as they do the social stigma left over from the scare tactics used to criminalize marijuana in the first place. Deriving a moral argument from a demonstrably faulty law in an attempt to justify regulation of people's personal pleasure seems unnecessarily puritanical, as well as conflicting with your sometimes-professed libertarian leanings. Pot smokers aren't typically known for being insufferably arrogant; the stereotype of a lazy, unambitious and intellectually uninvolved person is far more prevalent. Both descriptions are overly generalized and inaccurate. I could apply the accusation of being an "insufferably self-righteous, arrogant moron" to members of various groups that I run into from time to time: proselytizing religious people, raw vegans, open-carry firearms advocates. Oh, and even some fellow atheists. There are enough counterexamples to give me pause before I dismiss every member of a group, or whatever argument they're making, on the basis of my personal feelings and the small sample set of my own experience. First it's smartphone owners, then it's potheads... who's next, samba dancers? Breeders of small dogs? Emoticon users?