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Music / Re: What are you listening to

« on: May 24, 2019, 07:41:05 PM »

There's The Jesus Lizard's Goat that I forgot about. And if you count Slint's Spiderland, which might be my favorite of all of these, but I'm not sure you'd like that one.

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Music / Re: 2019 In Music

« on: May 24, 2019, 07:15:47 PM »

You really like this one more? Go figure. But you where no fan of "I Really Like You" and "Boy Problems". But what is worse to you them or "Want You In My Room"? lol

"Want You In My Room," but I'm less into some of the slow tracks on Emotion these days, like "All That."

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Music / Re: What are you listening to

« on: May 24, 2019, 07:13:56 PM »

Relationship of Command is a classic. I've never been into that Refused album. To me, it's the historical point at which I lose interest in Post-Hardcore. I recommend trying out other Post-Hardcore classics like most Fugazi albums but especially In on the Kill Taker, Drive Like Jehu's Yank Crime, Unwound's Repetition, Gospel's The Moon is a Dead World, both Chavez albums, Rites of Spring. I mean there are those 90s rock aesthetics that I know you're tired of, but the genre has way more elaborate and interesting songwriting and instrumental work than Nirvana. If you want stuff that matches the intensity of At the Drive-in go straight for Yank Crime and The Moon is a Dead World.

I was really surprised when Rick Beato released that Failure video, but then I remembered that Ken Andrews is an audio engineer. They've probably crossed paths a few times.

who can't relate to those lyrics?

Well, uh, considering they're about heroin... lol

The lyrics on Fantastic Planet are really great, though. Many of them are about addiction in some way, but the way they approach the topic is really interesting and emotionally effective.

"Heliotropic" is a fave for me personally, but it definitely wasn't my favorite on first listen.

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Music / Re: 2019 In Music

« on: May 24, 2019, 01:36:37 PM »

I like this one more than Emotion, honestly, although I am also not a fan of "Want You in My Room," and "Too Much" and "Everything He Needs" are only decent to me. I love "Real Love" (ending and all) (by the way "For Sure" and "Party for One" are bonus tracks; "Real Love" is the real closer) and "The Sound" (chorus and all) and "I'll be Your Girl," and I like the rest of the tracks too. It's a fun record that's a nice break from all of the weird stuff I listen to. 

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MR Pub / Re: Chit Chat 2019

« on: March 17, 2019, 09:09:05 PM »

Finally, a way for Manimal to bond with his TTRPG-playing friends: https://boyproblems.myportfolio.com

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Music / Re: What are you listening to

« on: March 04, 2019, 06:51:30 PM »

Seventeen Seconds/Faith/Pornography-era Cure is a bit bleak for some. I very much like Faith and Pornography, though. What you probably want from the Cure is their phase from Head on the Door up through Wish (which includes Disintegration), when they had better production and Boris Williams (who's a good bit better than Lol Tolhurst) played drums. Most of those albums aren't as bleak as Disintegration or their early albums, either, although they're still goth-y.

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MR Pub / Re: Chit Chat 2019

« on: February 08, 2019, 07:08:22 PM »

Canada is a bit conflicted about metric tho. Might reverse Benedict.

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Anime Talk / Re: Which Anime series you are watching ?

« on: January 05, 2019, 12:18:47 AM »

admins/mods thought that was a legit e-mail address lol

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Anime Talk / Re: Which Anime series you are watching ?

« on: December 29, 2018, 01:26:22 PM »

We'll let you off with a warning and a fine (can be paid through PayPal, Venmo, or CashApp paipisPLZ READ RULES NO EMAIL ADDRESSES.com).

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General Manga writer discussions / Re: How do you write characters that are smarter than yourself?

« on: December 09, 2018, 04:04:37 PM »

As far as intellectual ability, I'll refer to Jackie Chan when speaking of his own physical prowess displayed in his films: "You [say] 'Wow, Jackie's good.' It's not good. You can do it. Except, do you have the patience or not?" It's obvious to us that it's very good. But he also makes a good point. Given less ability, one could accomplish the same things he accomplishes in a certain amount of takes given more takes. In the realm of actual logical ability, you can theoretically come to the same conclusions your smarter-than-yourself characters come to by just spending more time thinking about it. Sometimes that length of time exceeds what is actually practically possible, so just know your limits.

As far as education level, that's much tougher. You should learn as much as you can about the field in which they're educated, but prioritize the essentials plus a few obscure concepts or facts that only someone educated in the field would know. Most importantly, you should ask someone in that field to review it to make sure your info is accurate and its delivery is natural.

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Music / Re: What are you listening to

« on: December 08, 2018, 09:00:40 PM »

Lol my top artist was Asian Kung Fu Generation who I don't even like that much. Only listened to them for 4 hours (in one sitting; I was in a weird mood). Also listened to David Garland for 4 hours because of that one album, but it didn't count, I guess because it was only one album.

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Music / Re: What are you listening to

« on: December 08, 2018, 08:28:59 PM »

Mine was 7 hours long lol.

Have you done the Spotify Wrapped thing? https://spotifywrapped.com

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General Manga writer discussions / Re: Writer Discussion Table

« on: December 05, 2018, 01:39:30 PM »

You can check out any time you like
But you can never leave

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Welcome Center / Re: Returning and Forgetful

« on: December 03, 2018, 06:09:37 PM »

Nah, nothing to be sorry about. I told Tony in the first place that I was sort of just trying it out. It was fun for a moment, but I started to feel like I was spending too much time on writing and that chat and it was eating up my time for music and other things I was and am more interested in, which was starting to depress me. I sort of learned my lesson about priorities then. Tony and I butted heads a lot as far as opinions on writing, too. Doubt that would have really worked out, though I imagine me being one of only three writers leaving may have only set the group further back. Sorry about that. My memory is fuzzy when it comes to some of the members, but I enjoyed talking music with Mike and calling Tony "Pink Wang."

Also, didn't JackMelancholy join and leave the group sporadically? Or is that someone else I'm thinking of?

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Welcome Center / Re: Returning and Forgetful

« on: December 03, 2018, 05:42:55 PM »

Oh hey there, cookie. I was in SaltyMango and was pretty active in the chat for a short-ish period. It was a huge time waster for me and I wasn't %100 on joining in the first place as fiction-writing is more of a hobby for me, so I quit relatively early, but I remember you. I did stay long enough to get to know most of the people who would end up staying.