Darth Drabek

...Not that there's anything wrong with a little hair metal once in a while, right? Right? Bon Jovi - Wild is the Wind I suppose my street cred just went out the window. Then again, I've already ditched any elitist aspirations when I said I listen to Hootie and the Blowfish. Edit: That Luna song is really cool, Kor.

Sorry I missed the discussion guys, I needed some sleep. Anyway, "Corporate Rock Still Sucks," eh? My opinion on Nirvana varies weekly it seems, but I always think "About a Girl" was a damn fine Beatles song that Lennon/McCartney never wrote. Toots and the Maytals - Pressure Drop

Not a bad introduction. They were great, great band that had a minor MTV hit or two but never hit big. [biased opinion]Too bad, because they were 500 times better than Pearl Jam or Nirvana. [/biased opinion] I'd always heard they enjoyed covering the Motown tunes, but I never realized they'd be . And hell, while we're at it, here's one of the funkiest songs in the Whigs' repetoire: Blame Etc. i reply that i don't believe i'm ever gonna die i don't do you?

Ladies and genitals, after more than a year of surreptitiously posting at work or at a local library, I now have the internet at my apartment. I plan to go on a two-week YouTube binge. Starting with The Afghan Whigs - Come See About Me A fantastic Diana Ross and the Supremes cover, and Going to Town, an AW original.

Those are some awesome hobbies. If you know what I mean. And I think you do.

Oh man, I just laughed kinda loud at work. :ph34r: Seriously, that game ruled. Even if the gameplay wasn't awesome, the soundtrack of cheesy midi's of classic rock hits gives Rock N Roll Racing an A+ in my book. You guys are hitting on all the points that make Blizzard's games so successful. If you DIDN'T come from D&D, the BG/IWD games take a serious commitment to learn enough to not get yourself killed immediately. Blizzard gives people the fantasy they're jonesing for without the number crunching and the feeling of utter uselessness with a low level character. I agree with making low level spells unlimited after your mage reaches a certain level. Hell, most of the enemies you face on the high levels are going to shrug off magic missile anyway. But then what would we do with all those Identify scrolls?

That one is a classic. Did you know somebody picked "This is Shangri-La" for the soundtrack of NCAA Football 2006? The Lemonheads - Down About It

Yeah, I know some labels tend to have their sound they stick to. There's a pretty cool metal show I listen to on Thursdays on the way home from work. You can check out some of the playlists here. I think they play some of the reputable (?)metal bands out there. I know they interviewed Dragonforce a few weeks ago. The station has another metal show that seems to be more popular (i.e. get more requests), but I'm still at work when it's on so I haven't listened. The Afghan Whigs - Fountain and Fairfax

I picked up MVP Baseball '05 for $10 yesterday. Haven't played a baseball game a lot since the Front Page Sports sims on PC back in the mid-90s. And before that probably Triple Play 4 for the Genesis. So far I'm pretty out of my league (haw haw) with this next-gen baseball game. Ah well, I managed to learn the NCAA football system, I'm sure I'll get better at this too.

It's probably "All Right Now" by Free. It was the band Paul Rodgers was in before he was in Bad Company. Recently, Paul Rodgers toured with Queen as the new Freddie Mercury. Iron Maiden - The Evil That Men Do Livin' on the razor's edge, balancing on the ledge .... I've never seen someone critique an album for being too Finnish...

Did he enjoy LEGOs as a youth?

TV on the Radio - Playhouses The local college radio station played it, it's from their new CD "Return to Cookie Mountain." What a great name! I guess it's out in Europe, but won't be out in the states until September. I'm kinda mad because the guy's playlist said he was going to play a song off the new nomeansno CD, but he showed up late and only played half his set. The station archives all of its shows in mp3 format for one week, and I was going to link that bad boy for the nomeansno fans across the pond. Ah well maybe next week.

Hobbies are things you spend time doing. A lot of my time is spent on maintaining relationships (mostly one, although I spend time keeping my parents in the loop as well), so I listed it - with the disclaimer that relationships are "more than just a hobby." I can see your point though. Maybe we shouldn't list relationships because they are common to everyone. Hobbies are generally more person-specific. (I just said something was generally more specific. Does that even make sense?)

I'm guessing we're not talking about American football here. Funny, I still always think of football as soccer. Blame my filthy capitalist upbringing, I guess. I watch (American) college football a lot when it's in-season. Used to play high school ball, let myself get quite out of shape in my college years though.

The acquisition of new music, and the subsequent listening to that music. Also: My woman (more than just a hobby, but she does occupy quite a bit of my time ), videogames, guitar, the occasional Stephen King novel and browsing the Way Off-Topic forum here.

Seriously man, where do you find these bands? Was there ever a more indie band name than The Archers of Loaf? Probably, but I can't think of one. And yeah, they sound a bit like Pavement, but more accessible I think. I love the bit at the end when he's singing over the repeated bit. Oh, and Blessed Union of Souls.... Ohhhhhh, Virginia!

The Archers of Loaf - Web in Front

Rock N Roll Racing was SWEEEEEEEEET!

Damn... seems like they run the two previous episodes before each new one on Thursday nights. I don't think I'll have any trouble catching up, then.

The Byrds - It's All Over Now, Baby Blue

I saw one episode of that show, the one where the superhero wannabes were running around on their mission and all but three or four of them ran right by the crying little girl. WITHOUT A SECOND GLANCE! What kind of superhero does that? Anyway, I thought it was pretty cool but I don't have a TV guide and I'm new to this "cable" business. So when exactly is the show on?

The great thing about that song is just when you think he's done rocking out... he rocks out some more. Weezer - Falling for You off Pinkerton, the greatest emo album out there.

Everybody point at the EMO! Don't worry, I'm not going to judge you. I'll leave that to St. Peter, and I hear he doesn't let EMOS in. Just kidding, I've only heard one or two of their songs. Didn't like 'em that much but, hey, whatever floats your boat. Pop music can be great, as long as it's not popular. IRONY!

Dexy's Midnight Runners - Burn it Down What an interesting sound those guys had.

Are you using any interesting mods? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Not for this game, it's vanilla, with bethesda only items. (Firemoth, and a few others).. not even graphics enhancers. After I'm done with this, I'll either move to Oblivion.. or replay morrowind but with the Vampire Embrace mod. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> When I play Morrowind I use a pretty cool mod. It changes the desktop shortcut so my computer boots up a different game - one that doesn't suck. Morrowind was awful.