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Baby girl Zoe was delivered by C-section just after 10 this morning. Mom and daughter are doing well, currently resting. Bandcamp and hangovers can wait.

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Went to an award ceremony honoring all the students in our school district who scored distinguished on state testing in @ least one of three subjects Math, Reading & Science. My son James, he's

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Yeah, knee problems suck. My GF has arthritis in both knees and gets a lot of pain from it. Seems the cartilage is worn away and now it's just bone on bone. As the bones scrape against each other they wear down, the result being that she is slowly getting shorter. 

I hope you feel better soon. My problem is sciatica, but should get better as walking is good for it and I will soon be doing A LOT of walking on my upcoming Iceland/England/France/Ireland trip. 

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So, how do I learn this yoga routine?

It's the first of five routines on a DVD my wife got by Rodney Yee. I think it's called "Ultimate Power Yoga" but I can't find the case - I usually do the exercises from memory. Only 20 minutes long, but it makes a huge difference. I need to get back on that, haven't made time for it lately. 

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Best of luck Sugar Pill. I'm lucky to say the worst I've done to my knee is a severe sprain. Having a serious knee injury would suck.

 

Hmm little tightness in the hamstring again so obviously didn't stretch enough post-training last night. Need to keep on top of that last thing I need is to ping the string again.

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Only part of it. The videos needed fixing so one or more of us has to do it. Going above and beyond the call of duty is the result of having too much time on my hands having decided not to cave in. I enjoy this place too damn much to be guilted into using internet exclusively for job seeking.

 

On a related note I've been in an exceptionally foul mood for days now. There's no reason for me to be so angry and yet it's all I can do to not go postal at any given moment.

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To be fair, it's work you made for yourself. But the video links are a great idea. 

@Iceni, are you excited that Ne Obliviscaris and Persefone are coming? Brooklyn on Feb 3, Baltimore on Feb 4, according to the schedule I saw. 

I looked at Ne Obliviscaris' page, apparently that schedule is fake. :sad: Would be cool but the thing is I'm not even sure I'll be in DC in February. I'm graduating this December; I'm still applying to jobs and haven't heard back from anyone - and as such haven't been apartment-hunting either.

Now they are gunna be in Adelaide on Dec. 11th, so if Murph's interested...

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Random thought: I hate the term "prog" as it is short for "progressive" and making progress implies a goal. What is this goal? How can these bands possibly be arrogant enough to claim to know what this goal is, that they're the ones who are guiding rock or metal to where it somehow should be. How dare they tell anyone what metal should be? Like the music, hate the name.

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It doesn't necessarily imply movement towards a goal; that's only one interpretation of the term. Broadly speaking, it implies change. Initially, with prog rock, the change was the incorporation of instruments and/or writing techniques from jazz and classical, exploring new and unusual chords, scales, time signatures, and song structures. Then it became accepted as a genre name and got applied to other stuff that sounded similar.

I don't like it as a standalone term and I think it gets thrown around too much, but it's very useful as a modifier; I certainly think it's appropriate to call Atheist, Cynic, and later Death "progressive death metal", for instance, and it has a place in talking about Edge Of Sanity, Opeth, and Enslaved given the prominent inclusion of progressive rock elements in their music.

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@FatherAlabaster I don't mind it as a standalone at all. but I agree that it gets overused. F*cking Mutiny Within and Threat Signal are not prog. I think as a standalone term it works for bands that are progressive but also generally using clean vocals: Age Of Silence, Spiral Architect, Redemption, Dreamscape, Threshold, Division by Zero, Suspyre, Dissona, Disillusion, Lalu, Teramaze, Madder Mortem, the list goes on...

@Parker I have that gripe when people describe themselves as politically progressive. It also bugs me that djent bands sometimes get called prog but then again they turned out to be trendsetters in a minor sense, so maybe they're not wrong. Technically 'avant-garde' has the same meaning you're describing, but it's a weird term since it's intended to denote literally 'advance guard' or 'ahead of its time'. The thing is, Unexpect, Pan.Thy.Monium, Diapsiquir, Sigh, Aberrant Vascular, Carnival In Coal, and Quest for Blood don't have many imitators. They're just strange and and unique and they'll probably stay that way.

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Yeah, knee problems suck. My GF has arthritis in both knees and gets a lot of pain from it. Seems the cartilage is worn away and now it's just bone on bone. As the bones scrape against each other they wear down, the result being that she is slowly getting shorter. 

I hope you feel better soon. My problem is sciatica, but should get better as walking is good for it and I will soon be doing A LOT of walking on my upcoming Iceland/England/France/Ireland trip. 

My cartilage is softer than it should be and my patella is  moved aside, so it aggravates the situation.

 

Best of luck Sugar Pill. I'm lucky to say the worst I've done to my knee is a severe sprain. Having a serious knee injury would suck.

Thanks BAN.

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It doesn't necessarily imply movement towards a goal; that's only one interpretation of the term. Broadly speaking, it implies change. Initially, with prog rock, the change was the incorporation of instruments and/or writing techniques from jazz and classical, exploring new and unusual chords, scales, time signatures, and song structures. Then it became accepted as a genre name and got applied to other stuff that sounded similar.

I don't like it as a standalone term and I think it gets thrown around too much, but it's very useful as a modifier; I certainly think it's appropriate to call Atheist, Cynic, and later Death "progressive death metal", for instance, and it has a place in talking about Edge Of Sanity, Opeth, and Enslaved given the prominent inclusion of progressive rock elements in their music.

It is interesting that it has a few different applications that can make it a bit ambiguous. It can signify that the band is influenced by progressive rock, progressive jazz, etc..., or that it is a new and interesting take on x genre that is exploring new ideas in the way that progressive rock branched out from classic rock. It's not unlike how "gothic metal" could mean metallized goth rock, or it could also mean metal of another kind that uses gothic drama and musical influence as a part of their writing style. Sent from my HTC One_M8 using Tapatalk
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I looked at Ne Obliviscaris' page, apparently that schedule is fake. :sad: Would be cool but the thing is I'm not even sure I'll be in DC in February. I'm graduating this December; I'm still applying to jobs and haven't heard back from anyone - and as such haven't been apartment-hunting either.

Now they are gunna be in Adelaide on Dec. 11th, so if Murph's interested...

Haven't heard any of their music. I skipped Behemoth w/ Watain because I didn't know enough of their material so I probably won't see NO either.

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^^I'm going to see Watain next month with Mayhem, but have never listened to them consciously, anyone here seen em? 

Been absent for a bit just making the transition from my old house to my temporary flop at the moment, living with my dad like a punk because I needed the rent-free three months before I made the jump to florida in january. Its not terrible, some difficulties but eh, i can deal. 

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^^I'm going to see Watain next month with Mayhem, but have never listened to them consciously, anyone here seen em? 

As I've never been a fan of Mayhem, I can't comment on them.

I like some of Watain's albums and saw them live last year. To mehey were dissapointing on stage; a lot of people seemed to be satisfied with the gig, but I found the music severely lacking, although the energy was there.

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