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Did you read all umpteen pages? We usually wind up talking about all kinds of shit in every thread... I guess it's more of a framework than anything else.
no! XD 35 pages... I definitely didn't. I read 3 or 4 pages worth.
Um' date=' but, genre snobs, well, they're everywhere...[/quote'] especially in the metal community :P sometimes I find the urge to go and correct someone and them I'm like... dont do it ghouly, bite your tongue!
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There's a lot of "this is this kind of metal, that's not, the other thing isn't metal at all" discussion here. I like seeing people's different viewpoints to an extent but I get tired of it pretty quickly, especially when a lot of the bands are using the same sonic palette (an ever-worsening crime IMO). But it's a discussion that a lot of people seem to care deeply about. If I was worried about what subgenre people would lump my music into based on certain parts of certain songs, I'd never get anything written. So I usually keep the blinders on and go about my business and just try to listen to good stuff instead of shit.

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The only pickup I have in my Steinberger baritone (my main guitar) is the Gibson 498-T that came stock in the bridge position on my Explorer. My explorer used to be the main guitar and it has the Bareknuckle. The one in my steinberger is wired straight to the jack, no volume or tone knob. All just bridge position crunch. Meaty goodness. I'm all for it. IMAG0558.jpg
Nice, how much did that set you back? I thought about getting one of those even though not having a head is way weird; but I hate rosewood.
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The guitar was a little under a grand on a one day sale. This was back when I had a job and money! I hated the EMGs so much... it sounds fucking amazing with the Gibson pickup. The Bareknuckle that I put in the Gibson was about two hundred. These days I'm lucky if I can afford $10 for strings and picks. BTW, no rosewood; phenolic fretboard, maple neck with a graphite channel. It's the "demon" model, which looked dumb as shit before I cut the horns off. It's "modified". :D

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The rant today is about lyric videos. Fuck those miserable excuses for music videos. Most videos are bad enough as it is without having your moronic high-school poetry foisted on me. I got over the "follow-the-bouncing-ball" singalong bullshit the first time I ever saw it in grade school. The only good thing about lyric video presentation is that it highlights just how infantile most of your lyrics are. I'm talking to you, Azalea - using the words "Romeo" and "Juliet" in your song doesn't make it literary or deep. I like Shakespeare and I wish he was around to turn over in his grave in shame at what you've done with his legacy. I'm also talking to you, NEWSTED - having a lyric video isn't just an easy way to cover up the fact that you don't have the plot, imagination, or budget for a real video. And it won't make you look cool just cause it's what all the kids are doing. The least you fucking people could do is put some time and effort into your actual lyrics, so that when you plaster them all over your crappy videos I can find myself engaged. But no. That's not what happens. So fuck your horrible lyric videos. The music doesn't speak for itself? Is that what you're really saying? Well, hey, maybe that's the real problem here...

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Fecking energy companies. Changed supplier sometime back but the old supplier is still taking cash, twats. The owe me £400.00 + but it's going to take them 28 days to get it to me. Doubt they would have been so long if I owed them.
Of course they'll take forever. That's how those organizations operate. And yes they'd demand you pull that money out of your ass if the tables were turned. It's complete nonsense that they can get away with that kind of thing. On the plus side you're getting something back. That's more than a lot of people get.
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So... you tap dance, like musicals, and think lyric videos are cool? And you play doom? I'm confused. :)
You're confused because you've been dealing with Josh and Jayke for too longl and you're from New York. :D But no, lyric videos are soooooooooooooooooooooooooo profoundly dumb. You were just extra upset about them and the time seemed right for that statement. ;)
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Had to tow my car in to the shop this morning. Cam shaft seal burst and oil sprayed onto the timing belt, which in turn flung buckets of oil EVERYWHERE, ruined my timing belt. And to add insult to injury my coolant expansion tank cracked, so that needs replaced, and I get to spend tomorrow scrubbing grease off my landlord's driveway. yay.

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