Everything posted by majestic
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Music: Sharing and Listening - The music is not in the notes, but in the silence between
I guess it is too late to back out now: I have all Manowar albums up to and including Warriors of the World, and I listened to them a lot when I was a good deal younger, and I know most of their lyrics by heart. They also have 'fantastic' cover art, and in various metal magazines the cover of Into Glory Ride was ranked rather highly in 'worst cover art of all time' lists. For me, Manowar's biggest draw is Eric Adams, and insfoar they share something with Evanescence - neither group would be all that remarkable without their charismatic and talented vocalists. I do not know how it is nowadays after their split (rather nicely put, considering he was fired after being accused of posessing child pornography, for which he was convicted and currently serves prison time), but in the days of yore a good Manowar concert was one where Karl Logan only hit a couple of wrong notes. Anyway, while All Men Play On Ten is inherently silly, there are Manowar songs with worse lyrics. Kill with Power from Hail to England comes to mind, or the infamous Pleasure Slave from Kings of Metal. My favorite performance is the live version of Master of the Wind from Hell On Stage. Song in spoilers because the cover art is slightly not safe for work. Not very surprising, it puts Eric Adams front and center, and puts the band where it belongs, in the background, playing along. Joey de Maio likes to take credit for that, after all, amplifiers that go up to eleven appeared after the album was released, but it is much more likely they came out in response to This Is Spinal Tap than Manowar, both the album and the mockumentary were released in 1984 after all. Sigh. Another post like that and I might lose my street credibility as poster of utter drivel, although Manowar could easily be argued as drivel when one does not like heavier rock or metal. Hm, how to offset that? I time coded the video to the song part, feel free to watch everything: Although the lullabye is catchy as hell and the lyrics are hilarious. Cascada's cover of How Do You Do should suffice: Fantastic 'live' performance.
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Full Steam Ahead!
Can't beat that price.
- The All Things Political Topic - Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn't mean politics won't take an interest in you
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Qatar 2022 - The Thread!
Yes, that's just perfect. Come on Japan, just a couple more seconds!
- The All Things Political Topic - Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn't mean politics won't take an interest in you
- The All Things Political Topic - Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn't mean politics won't take an interest in you
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Music: Sharing and Listening - The music is not in the notes, but in the silence between
Can't beat Yannis Papadopoulos (can a name get any more Greek than that? He might as well be called Greek McGreekface) when it comes to sounding masculine. The lyrics are fantastic too.
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What You've Done Today - Keep Dreaming...
It looks like I misunderstood the common statuses in Teams and other collaboration platforms. I thought "away" means the person is currently not at the keyboard and "busy" means the person is currently, well, busy with something important. Clearly that cannot be right, otherwise I would not have three missed (internal) calls after being away from the keyboard for five minutes. I suspect continuous use of coke might cause color blindness. Semi in-joke here, but the department in question is always on major overdrive to the point where we started calling them the coke smurfs, and they always want red lines drawn with green ink and ideally now. Going to make myself a coffee now and go have lunch before changing my status back to online, then we can talk about inflating a baloon in the form of a kitten. Maybe.
- The All Things Political Topic - Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn't mean politics won't take an interest in you
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Anime and Manga - I won’t allow your bones to stay on this planet. I will banish your evil soul.
It sure looks like the showrunner(s) expected to adapt the entire manga. The series is pretty condensed but otherwise fairly faithful. Seems strange that it never got finished, but on the other hand, it allegedly gets worse in the later manga chapters. It's probably unfit for adaptation as a series.
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The All Things Political Topic - Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn't mean politics won't take an interest in you
They're the Shadow Play Girls from Revolutionary Girl Utena. They appear once per episode and provide a very vague allegory for the plot of the episode. What they are or represent is a matter of personal preference, they're either literal aliens, self-aware shadows or Bodhisattvas - or whatever other explanation works for the viewer.
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The All Things Political Topic - Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn't mean politics won't take an interest in you
- The All Things Political Topic - Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn't mean politics won't take an interest in you
- Food Thread - Obsidian Gormand's Edition
Blood sausage is best when it is fresh from the cooker while it is still hot and creamy. Put on a plate, cut it open, enjoy with some sauerkraut and/or potatoes. If you don't make your own blood sausages (well, who does, it's predictably a rather bloody business ) and have no access to someone offering freshly cooked ones (difficult unless you live close to someone who still hosts a Schlachtfest - or as we call it, a Sautanz), this can be reproduced in some easy steps. Offer one blood sausage to the sausage gods. Cut it up, boil in water for a while, then reduce heat, add the blood sausages and wait until they're hot. Serve with sauerkraut and potatoes, add a mustard of your choice or freshly grated horseradish if you want. Result should look like this: Offering that initial sausage to the gods is an important step though, don't do this with regular water. You'll lose taste. Pretty sure I posted that already.- Music: Sharing and Listening - The music is not in the notes, but in the silence between
I'd love to argue against that statement, but it is impossible, as that is simply the current state of the anime industry at large, and worse, dubs everywhere are trying to emulate that. But anyway, here, have the best chipmunk experience ever:- The All Things Political Topic - Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn't mean politics won't take an interest in you
- Anime and Manga - I won’t allow your bones to stay on this planet. I will banish your evil soul.
That was a lot of episode runtime spent on something that ended up being mostly pointless. Crissy was killed off almost instantly and the only point was Max and Robin recalling something that happened with Crissy, which ultimately makes no difference.- Anime and Manga - I won’t allow your bones to stay on this planet. I will banish your evil soul.
I've read the plot blurb for the Pancreas movie. Now, bear with me for a bit, how about this setup: Girl is shown to be a normal schoolgirl, doing normal schoolgirl stuff. She is popular, has friends, is part of various school activities. Meanwhile Mr. Incel is just a random, not very popular guy in class. Schoolgirl gets the diagnosis and does not decide to hide it, but her friends suddenly start treating her like a delicate flower, she's no longer allowed to participate at some of the activities she likes for fear of hurting her (or whatever). Everyone is having pity parties with her. Some might distance themselves. Take your pick. Through <whatever> she starts to interact with random, not very popular guy and they bond over him treating her like a regular person. Done. The rest can play out in a similar fashion, but all of a sudden there's a reason for her conncetion to random guy, there's a decent emotional stake and the ending could be suitably tragic and poignant. In theory that would even be doable in feature film length. Sign of the times, I guess. Just skip the slow, boring introduction parts and jump right into the tragedy stuff. Plink, plink, plink plink... <funeral march> That's the car chase episode, right? That sure was something, especially with that abduction. But no, that was not Akira, just some other naked girl. Spoilerish for Akira, but that already came up:- Food Thread - Obsidian Gormand's Edition
The consistency is similar to softer sausages, e.g. like baloney.- Music: Sharing and Listening - The music is not in the notes, but in the silence between
Hyo?- Food Thread - Obsidian Gormand's Edition
I like my oats refined. It takes a while, but ultimately, they turn into this: Very tasty.- Music: Sharing and Listening - The music is not in the notes, but in the silence between
I did. Listen to the entire thing. I get too, sometimes, where I listen to terrible music on repeat because I can't stop, but that is very much not the case with the Husband Calling. Reminded me of the end of the skype laughter chain video. Does get a little fake at the end there. Wait, on topic? What? Right. HYOSTLE REMIX!- Nvidia RTX Series
"Random system", as if that is not a shot of your rig.- The All Things Political Topic - Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn't mean politics won't take an interest in you
- Music: Sharing and Listening - The music is not in the notes, but in the silence between
It's a pity that Bandai Namco had the great live version of Dancing Stars On Me removed from YouTube, that was my go-to µ's song whenever I wanted to show off how bad music could get. Still, I'd rather listen to START DASH than that Husband Calling Rock edition thing. That made my eardrums bleed, although I suspect that was the original intention of the contest.