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imperialscum

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#757008
Topic
The USC film school revolution
Time

TV's Frink said:

imperialscum said:

No offence intended, but that statement is kinda dumb.

 I love when people say something and then immediately invalidate it before they can finish the sentence.

I was just stating the truth. Some people may be offended by the truth. Therefore I clarified that my sole intention was to rely the truth. I did not intend to offend anyone.

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#756907
Topic
The USC film school revolution
Time

No offence intended, but that statement is kinda dumb. They didn't make money for big corporations. They made their own studios/corporations and made money for themselves.

And their success had little to do with them being white and coming from middle-class families. It can mostly be attributed to their talent. I find it a bit funny that such moralisation comes from a person who studies, what I consider, privileged ("useless") studies.

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#756900
Topic
Random Thoughts
Time

DrCrowTStarwars said:

Well there goes my life long dream of visiting the country, I really don't want to be thrown in prison or lose my job if I say something that isn't 100% purely PC.

I guess in the UK I would be found guilty of racism and the cops would have put a bullet in the back of my head for my crime.

You miss the point. You are free to say whatever you want. The boss is free to fire you whenever he wants and for whatever reason. The cop is free to "put a bullet in the back of my head". The state is free to throw in your jail. That is a true freedom.

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#756592
Topic
Ask the godless heathen - AKA Ask An Atheist
Time

TV's Frink said:

imperialscum said:

TV's Frink said:

imperialscum said:

Leonardo said:

If this forum didn't have trolls and/or noobs, Frink would have no one to ridicule. ;P

Isn't he one of the trolls? But if I think about it, your statement is actually correct as he many times ridicule himself. :p

 It would be nice if you could post something that made sense for a change.

I apologise. I will consider your special needs in my future posts.

First of all, I've been waiting for you to say something along these lines since I last posted.  And secondly, I have a daughter with special needs.  Fuck off, asshole.

It is out of scope of this debate but now that you mention it, I am sorry to hear about your daughter.

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#756586
Topic
Ask the godless heathen - AKA Ask An Atheist
Time

TV's Frink said:

imperialscum said:

Leonardo said:

If this forum didn't have trolls and/or noobs, Frink would have no one to ridicule. ;P

Isn't he one of the trolls? But if I think about it, your statement is actually correct as he many times ridicule himself. :p

 It would be nice if you could post something that made sense for a change.

I apologise. I will consider your special needs in my future posts.

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#755810
Topic
Musical Obsessions
Time

Possessed said:

Plus there's the fact that Stevie could sing and play guitar at the same time better than hendrix could sing without playing or play without singing...

Hendrix is a good player, and he's definitely innovative, but also he was sloppy and stevie never was.

Well playing guitar well does not equal to making great music. And SRV is a prime example of that, in my opinion of course. Admittedly, His technique is amazing and he may play 10 notes per second, but I just don't feel anything special about his music. I will take Hendrix any day.

You can invest countless hour in playing guitar and your technique will become flawless. But if you don't have that something special, you will never make great music.

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#755657
Topic
Musical Obsessions
Time

Possessed said:

I mean if you can play better, then by all means I'm all ears.

Well well, how are we supposed to measure that? Notes per second*? Music is not like voltage or force where you can say 2 volts is more than 1 volt or 2 newtons is more than 1 newton. It is an art.

* This a bonus mockery referencing SRV

Possessed said:

I'm sure there are things you are better than me at.  Being condescending for one, I can never get it to be quite as transparent and stuck up as you can, so bravo to you for that.

Thank you.

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#755616
Topic
Musical Obsessions
Time

Possessed said:

EyeShotFirst said:

Because my music tastes are so broad, I have developed an odd style that doesn't belong to a single genre, and I think it would be a crime to waste that in a cover band.

 The same could be said about me.  I primarily play metal, but with the attitude and fury of Stevie Ray Vaughan (he may have been blues, but he plays with more fury than metal.  Metal's fury comes from primarily the thick instrumentation and the momentum of the songwriting, but I would say alot of metal bands actually play their instruments pretty tamely.  Fast, but soft.  I play metal riffs like SRV played blues riffs... played hard and floored. )  Also I solo quite alot like Stevie Ray Vaughan mixed with some more melodic classical shredding and occasionally the random-ish outbursts of furious notes of Slayer's Kerry King, all infused in to one.  Suffice it to say I'm all over the place.  I can actually carry a song too, which is a trait most local guitarists here seem to lack.  Most of them only learn "tricks" or gimmicks, but when they play riffs or songs they just sound horrible.

Uuuh high and mighty, are we? And I was led to believe I was being the only one around here.