Darth Drabek

That is probably my favorite non-Pixies Frank Black album. Nothing can step to Doolittle, but I am more often in the mood for the Catholics than the Pixies these days. I've been listening to Black Love by the Afghan Whigs almost nonstop for a few days now. It's the perfect bridge between the styles of Gentlemen and 1965, a progression from angry, grungy hard rock to sleazy, funky hard rock. I also think it might be a concept album about adultery, and I'm a sucker for concept albums. The only other albums I've been listening to are Bob Dylan's Desire and the new Gorillaz. :ph34r:

Concurrence: Family Guy, ATHF and Sealab 2021 are all worthy pieces of animation and the only shows for which I "focus my optical receptors." Exclamation: Holy crap! Did you see that freaking chopper explode! I KNOW I saw that freaking chopper...

Niiiiiice, Jaguar, heh heh. One from the archives... What most people don't know is that any mobster who applied the cement shoes owes a debt to Homer, as Achilles cut down a poor Trojan named Lycaon in the Illiad - and tossed his body into the Scamander River. "There - lie there! Make your bed with the fishes now, they'll dress your wound and lick it clean of blood - so much for your last rites! Nor will your mother lay your corpse on a bier and mourn her darling son - whirling Scamander will roll you down the sea's broad bosom! And many a fish, leaping up through the waves, breaking the cold ripples shivering dark will dart and bolt Lycaon's glistening fat! Die Trojans, die! Till I butcher all the way to sacred Troy - run headlong on, I'll hack you from behind! Nothing can save you now...."

That commercial was a genius ploy by Darius Rucker to get back in the spotlight for the upcoming Hootie reunion tour!!!! WOO! Well, it's probably just to help him pay that overdue electric bill.

Under the mask is none other than...... PETER FRAMPTON! [insert talk-box smiley here]

I still get all teary-eyed when I see that music video. Playing right now: Hootie and the Blowfish - Time What? My mom used to play 'em all the time when I was growing up...and they've grown on me, damn it. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Jesus.... Your mom? Hootie and the Blowfish was my first concert. I'm gonna have a beer to remind myself that I'm still in college and I'm not old. Heh... I still defend the quality of Hootie's music on a routine basis. Anyway, right now: Todd Snider, this country-rock sorta dude who was up for a Grammy this year. He's playing tomorrow night about a half hour from my college, so I'll probably go check him out. Lately: Jurassic 5 - Power in Numbers, Afghan Whigs - Gentlemen Also: the new Queens of the Stone Age album sucks

Subjective. My opinion is Johnny Cash's album is nearly ALL singles made by other people. and i was never a fan of puffdady in the same respect. I've heard many JC cd's and im not a fan in paicular. most likely because im from a newer generation. i do like many older artist though! including the beatles, doors, pink floyd. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Without Johnny Cash, there's no Mike Ness. Without Mike Ness, punk rock would be full of whining emo-pansies. Not that I necessarily hate emo (just most of it), but Johnny Cash made people want to be James Dean with a guitar, not Bridget Jones with a diary. Joe Strummer, Lars Frederiksen, hell anyone who can be a tough guy and tell a story at the same time owes a debt to the Man in Black. If he didn't want to write many of his own songs for the American recordings, so what? He's Johnny Cash, he's earned the right to do whatever the hell he wants to do.

I believe the "thumbs-up" originally had phallic connotations, too. Symbol of virility, that sort of thing.

Yep, that pretty much sums it up. If I hadn't ramped up my expectations to totally unreasonable levels during the "superhype" period, I'm sure I would have been more satisfied with TSL. I sincerely doubt that a mere "patch" is going to blow your minds, folks, because the list of content you want restored and issues you want resolved seems more in line with an expansion pack. Maybe there is a precedent for including that sort of thing in a patch, but please, keep those expectations low - it's for your own good.

I would say Captain Riken, the laid-back military dude on Onderon. He works for The Man, but he knows that sometimes the people in charge don't know what the hell they're doing. So he just worries about doing his job the best he can. Also, he's friendly and helpful. I stopped a few days ago (in the rain) to jump a crappy Honda for two random girls. AND my girlfriend was with me, so my motives were totally chivalrous.

"This ain't no holiday... it always turns out this way." Great song - the intro guitar lick gets me every time. Your sig is sweet too... I remember playing Duke Nukem 3D and thinking about how awesome the lines were. Little did I know Duke was totally cribbing from Bruce "The King" Campbell. Right now: The New Pornographers - Letter from an Occupant I'm thinking I like Neko Case better when she rocks.

Right now: The French Inhaler by Warren Zevon The man was one sharp writer - one of the most criminally underappreciated songwriters of the last generation. Everybody knows Werewolves in London , but he wrote so many other amazing songs: Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner and Carmelita are two of my favorites. Previously: After the Gold Rush by Neil Young

The Chopin I've heard (one nocturne and one etude) is all really good. Throwing Copper... that's a classic. That song "Waitress," oh man that was some really cool stuff.

Thanks for all the classical picks, people! Right now I'm going in a slightly different listening direction - The Oncoming Storm, an album by an awesome metal band called Unearth. Those dudes have some serious chops. Dueling guitar solos, some sweet double bass to get the heart pumping, piano interludes (to give you a break from the beating the rest of the album gives you) - this album really rocks...hard.

This is interesting (I think). I'm listening to a lot of classical music, because my final exam is tomorrow in Exploring Musical Styles, something I am taking pass/fail to broaden my musical horizons a bit. There's some pretty cool stuff here. I am especially liking Chopin's Nocturne in D flat major, Mozart's piano concerto no. 24 in C minor and this Philip Glass guy's Concerto for Violin and Orchestra. I really don't know much about this stuff, but I can appreciate it as great work. Does anyone here have some classical music to recommend?

I used to champion the old Master Flurry+Master Speed combo in KOTOR, but I think Power Attack is a better choice for TSL. I ran two characters through the game, a guardian with high strength+high dex, two sabers and flurry feats and a sentinel with medium strength+very high dex, one (keen) saber and power attack. The sentinel walked through the game basically untouched and actually killed stuff faster too. With three attacks per round (Master Speed, again) and the increased critical probability from the keen saber and the crystal that doubles your crit threat range, PLUS the extra damage on critical hits with Power Attack, almost one of every three hits was for 150 damage. Also, if you max dueling, the -3 to hit is negated. Oh yeah, and Master level Power Attack is +12 damage now, not just +10, in case you needed another reason to take it.

"Whaddya mean? George Lucas always hides something in the garbage can!"

So they have their own project... good for OE! I guess that means LucasArts will be using that extra booth to sell womprat burgers.

Let me add my voice to those calling for the third installment on the same platform, with the same engine. I wouldn't mind graphical improvements, but they are definitely not as important as finishing the story. Plus, I will be totally out of luck if they release a KOTOR 3 for a next-gen system or high-end PC, because I will not be buying a new game console for a looooong time. I don't have the cash to buy a system at launch and my computer is not exactly a gaming powerhouse. Soooo, Xbox it is, I hope.

Hear, hear! California is a great album, especially the last song "Goodbye Sober Day." Pretty much anything Patton is involved with rocks - Faith No More, Lovage, Tomahawk, Fantomas, ect. I had the good fortune to see Tomahawk live last year. WOW. Patton comes out with these two computerized lectern things with microphones on top. He tweaks the sound on each one to give him either the clear, operatic voice or the creepy, alien voice. He also definitely sang through a gas mask on "God Hates a Coward." While typing that: Corrosion of Conformity - Clean My Wounds The Afghan Whigs - My Enemy

If you haven't already heard it, you should really check out The Minibosses, a rock group that plays only Nintendo songs in dueling guitar, bass and drums format. They absolutely burn through every theme from Castlevania 3 in a eight minute montage of rock. Songs are available for download on their website, here. All the Cake fans here make me happy. What makes me even happier is that they are coming to my college in April. :D This doesn't quite make up for missing both Social D AND the Pixies this winter, but it's a start.

Wasn't "Moloch" the big brawling mutant boss in one of the more recent Mortal Kombat games? I think it's one of the Commandments that there be a large, lumbering monster boss before the tricky evil final boss in all MK games.

Right now: Lars Frederiksen and the Bastards - "To Have and To Have Not" In the car: Ted Leo & the Pharmacists - Shake the Sheets, The Black Keys - Rubber Factory, Frank Black - Teenager of the Year

I thought the rant was done in a mature manner - as well as being totally justified. While I have seen quite a few "What's your Jedi name?" threads, this one actually has something different about it (the formula) that makes it actually kind of fun. It shouldn't get dragged down by people who haven't read the first post.