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Comment on what is this place anyway by brett

brett — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 21:05:04 +0000

Where is Ulf Magnet? And where is Corny Poop?

Here is clip 1 (of 5) of the 2003 Forfth show - with Corny Poop featuring (most of) Ulf Magnet…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=poOHt3-qak0

Comment on adventures in obscurity: zc-reader, a reader for ZeldaClassic quest files by L

Mon, 03 Mar 2008 03:33:52 +0000

apparently some ppl know how to crack the passwords for custom quests, how is that done? how do they do it?

Comment on bront - another band that mighta been by Nate

Nate — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 08:11:00 +0000

Nice tracks.

Comment on altoona vs the invisible immigrants by GS

GS — Tue, 15 May 2007 15:26:38 +0000

Such nonsense, before you trash Altoona and cities around this nation that have taken the same steps that Altoona has chosen to take to deal with illegal immigrants, please do a better job of examining the facts first. What Altoona is doing in reference to the illegal Alien problem is more of a preventive measure, which is very smart. They see other cities in Pennsylvania (such as Hazelton) and across the country and do not want their city to go in that direction, which it could if this issue was not addressed. Then you would have thousands of residents in the region complain about what a very dangerous place Altoona is, along with how irresponsible and greedy the Altoona city government is.
Try to put up a better argument instead of calling people names such as racist, xenophobe, isolationist and small minded fear mongers. If you were truly able to mount a rational and sensible argument you would not have to stoop to that level.

If the good Bishop Joseph V. Adamec, was truly a caring person and not someone more concerned about filling his churches coffers he would not be quick to judge Altoona for protecting itself. The Bishop needs to go back and review the Ten Commandments and scripture more closely, especially the area of love thy neighbor and the Commandment in reference to coveting. Is it truly love of your neighbor when your nation dumps up to 20 million of your own people on your neighbor and expects their neighbor to flip the bill for it and at the same time these compassionate neighbors hope that they do not get robbed, rapped or killed for the inclusiveness and tolerance that they have shown their needy neighbors. Not to mention these loving inclusive neighbors have their hospitals close, and working class jobs disappear because they were too fearful or greedy to take the necessary actions. You cannot make an excuse for overburdening your neighbor to the point of possibly destroying their local economy, neighborhoods, language and culture because you chose to covet what your neighbor has and enter their country illegally in massive numbers.

If Altoona was to follow your lead it would have no problem with multitudes of poor uneducated illegal aliens in their city that would for the most part be jobless, have large numbers of children which they could not afford to have and expect the American tax payer to pick up the tab for things such as welfare, food stamps, social security/SSI, hospital visits, a much larger police force, incarceration, and variety of other entitlements, ect. Needless to say with all the social services these new residence would need, Altoona would go broke in a very short period of time, taking into consideration the tax base and local economy. You do not need to be an economist to picture the devastating effect that a large influx of poor illegal aliens from the third world would have on a place like Altoona.

The simple fact is that local cities and towns would not be burdened with enforcing laws that Altoona and Hazelton have felt the need to pass, if our wonderful Federal government was willing to enforce our laws at the Federal level to begin with.

As hosts we have been far too gracious and we are paying dearly for it.

Comment on bront - another band that mighta been by dane

dane — Sat, 05 May 2007 01:21:29 +0000

I kind of thought the Qui songs were pretty cool.
The riff in “Freeze” is pretty rockin’. Though it would have probably been better if Albini had recorded it.

Comment on bront - another band that mighta been by Andy

Andy — Tue, 01 May 2007 13:41:47 +0000

Yeah, the Qui songs are pretty weak, I think, and they’re recorded pretty lamely, too. They need to be Albinized. See you in a few days!

Comment on bront - another band that mighta been by john

john — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 18:36:33 +0000

thanks dudes. BTW, TJ clued me into the fact that David Yow is singing with a new band: http://www,myspace.com/qui — I wish the tunes they had up there were more awesome though.

Comment on bront - another band that mighta been by Andy

Andy — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 19:49:27 +0000

Bront is definitely BRONT. Sweet jams, brah.

Comment on the latest from nassau st and thereabouts by john

john — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 17:06:44 +0000

UPDATE: see the officially unofficial wiki of all the Terrace shows a bunch of us could come up with here. There are some mindblowing events on this list!

Comment on bront - another band that mighta been by dane

dane — Sun, 22 Apr 2007 08:14:11 +0000

THIS is AWESOME

Comment on drinking while synthesizing, and hungry androids by dane

dane — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 04:17:16 +0000

HEY JOHN!!! What’s UP???

Just thought I’d say “HI”

I’ll probably try signing up for that thing, too.

Also, Someday you’ll have to post those tracks with Jim!
Ha, and maybe the jams too, though I’m still bummed out that a few of them disappeared after recording them.

Comment on drinking while synthesizing, and hungry androids by Andy

Andy — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 03:00:53 +0000

Comment on drinking while synthesizing, and hungry androids by john

john — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 18:26:43 +0000

Why doesn’t anybody leave comments on my blog anymore? Maybe they don’t work.

Comment on broken angel - a mystery of brooklyn by DK Holland

DK Holland — Sun, 14 Jan 2007 23:39:24 +0000

Time for an update on Broken Angel! A contract has been signed by Arthur Wood to renovate the building (as of yesterday at 4:30). Excellent news for Arthur and Cynthia Wood and their family.

Comment on hey nyc peoples by David

David — Thu, 28 Dec 2006 05:09:55 +0000

Well, I finally got around to checking it out. Unfortunately for you, all I can report is that there’s nothing vegan… Which you probably don’t care about at all :)

Comment on altoona vs the invisible immigrants by dane

dane — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 06:41:41 +0000

Maybe the spam filter just hates run-on sentences.

Comment on adventures in obscurity: zc-reader, a reader for ZeldaClassic quest files by Link

Link — Tue, 12 Dec 2006 14:54:41 +0000

They’re using MD5 for the quest password protection now…

Also, there’s a new version - 2.5 - out later this month.

Comment on altoona vs the invisible immigrants by john

john — Tue, 12 Dec 2006 01:42:29 +0000

sorry dane, your comment got caught in my spam filter for some reason! overzealous comment spam filter, damn you.

yeah, the Times mentioned in that article that Altoona passed the ordinance back in October but they must have just gotten wind of the whole business more recently. I wonder how they hear about stuff like this?

Comment on altoona vs the invisible immigrants by dane

dane — Sat, 09 Dec 2006 18:26:11 +0000

Sometimes, I just try to see the inanity of laws like these as a comedy of unavoidable stupidity.
I’ve always felt that the most insulting thing about George W. Bush’s presidency has not been idiotic policies he’s carried out, the American nepotism that he represents, or the mangling of facts that allowed him to manipulate the American people, but his clear lack of intelligence as indicated by the fact that he’s given probably thousands of speeches at this point in his life, and he still can’t get through them without making an incredibly obvious grammatical error or repeatedly using a forced catchphrase that his political advisors have invented as a spin term to be picked up by the media (think “hard work” from one of the debates with Kerry or the more recent “sectarian violence”).
And when I think about the fact that many people in this country and our region still can’t admit that Bush is the most idiotic and worthless president in American history, this nonsense about our “illegal immigrant problem” in Altoona seems completely unsurprising and in step with the times.

I thought that this law was passed a few months ago. Did the Times just not run the story until now?

Comment on scott walker continues his descent into madness by David

David — Wed, 06 Dec 2006 03:32:10 +0000

Would you believe that I went out the day after writing that comment and found The Drift used at Other Music?

Comment on scott walker continues his descent into madness by David

David — Tue, 05 Dec 2006 03:32:03 +0000

Damnit, just recently I was reading a review of someone, and they were compared to Scott Walker. I had never heard of him, so I looked him up and decided that I should probably check him out. Now you’re talking about him too! Okay, now I really have to track some down.

Comment on broken angel - a mystery of brooklyn by christopher wood

christopher wood — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 01:47:12 +0000

Update Broken Angel 10/29/06
On 10/10/06 Broken Angel suffered minimal damage from a fire at the top of the structure. The cause of the fire is unknown and still under investigation. Broken Angel has been an active project of construction by my family beginning in 1979. Major construction was finished in 2002, and all work done thereafter has been for the purpose of maintaining the building. The fire brought the attention of the Department of Buildings (DOB), previous interactions had occurred in 1986, and 2002 with no action taken against the building. During the course of building and maintaining the structure there have been no accidents or complaints. Compared with most modern construction projects, such as the Time Warner building in NYC, this is an excellent record. It raises questions as to why large developers are allowed to continue construction when they pose a risk to the community, whereas Broken Angel, which has no history of construction problems, has been singled out as a danger. My mother and father, the legal guardians and owners of Broken Angel were threatened with eviction for 6 days. On the 7th day they were vacated by the police without a court order or engineer’s report. We question the necessity and the humanity of this action. They were told that this was done for their safety; however action was taken prior to any inspection of the interior of the building by an engineer. Furthermore, we were told that the building would be demolished in 3 weeks if an architect did not submit plans to bring it to code. We have been compliant with this request. We are thankful to the firm of Jordan Parnass Digital Architecture http://www.jpda.net/news.html for all of their help and support. On Thursday (10/26/06) an engineer from the DOB toured the structure, and the next day the DOB released a different story. A DOB spokesperson recently commented to the Daily News (10/27/06) that any demolition orders, if warranted will take approximately 3 months to begin.

Comment on adventures in obscurity: zc-reader, a reader for ZeldaClassic quest files by mr skin

mr skin — Sat, 28 Oct 2006 17:41:21 +0000

I used to play the first Zelda on Super Nintendo a long long time ago. I didn’t know they were still making new versions of the game?

Comment on some thoughts about inspiration and the nurturing of ideas by tj

tj — Sat, 28 Oct 2006 00:23:10 +0000

you should write a book. not because i read what you wrote and decided that you have a knack. because it would be something, and it would probably be good. and you drink enough to be a good writer. and you have a knack.

Comment on some thoughts about inspiration and the nurturing of ideas by Android

Android — Thu, 26 Oct 2006 15:12:20 +0000

You should check out a book of interviews called “Songwriters on Songwriting,” wherein the author/editor interviews just about every songwriter you’ve ever admired and asks big questions like the ones you’re asking. It’s interesting stuff. I wonder if you’ve read it already, or maybe I’ve recommended it to you before?

As far as artistic endeavors go, I think it’s probably a mistake to stick exclusively to one or the other. A lot of great songs and paintings and films start from a very small, specific place, and find worlds to explore within them. But then again you could point to an equal number of more abstract works that would seem to emerge out of much broader contemplation. I like to think that the two approaches complement each other. Without any sense of connection to broader themes, a “bottom-up” work risks losing some sort of purpose that allows people to come to it from a variety of angles. And conversely a work that is all big-picture may have nothing for the audience to latch onto, nothing to ground it.

In the rock/pop world, pretty much every lyricist I have ever respected and meditated on at a deeper level has been able to master both simultaneously. If I were to think about it I’d bet that many of my favorite films and paintings would follow a similar approach. In jazz it’s maybe not surprising that many of my favorite albums were born in that in-between time when bop was expanding beyond the restrictions of the 40’s and early 50’s, but when it still adhered somewhat to at least vague conceptions of form and melody.

But that’s all just a matter of taste.

From a practical perspective, it can be paralyzing to try to know where to start when thinking about the kind of large-scale philosophical inspiration that you’re talking about. Things feel unmanageable; art and words feel like they never convey the world that you are trying to convey. Which may also again be why artists sometimes return to the mechanics, the specifics, as a way to get going.

-Andy

Comment on hey nyc peoples by David

David — Tue, 17 Oct 2006 14:55:08 +0000

Holy crap, that looks awesome. I’ll have to check it out.

And hey, how have you two been out there?

Comment on a ride to the pacific and back by Leigh Ann

Leigh Ann — Mon, 16 Oct 2006 17:41:00 +0000

Gorgeous! I am so impressed with your effort. And the Bianchi is a damned nice bike. That doesn’t make the hills seem any easier, though.

Comment on a ride to the pacific and back by Android

Android — Sun, 15 Oct 2006 16:59:02 +0000

Awesome. Hope you’ve got a nice padded bikeseat, or at least some padded testicles?

Comment on broken angel - a mystery of brooklyn by christopher wood

christopher wood — Sun, 15 Oct 2006 07:27:39 +0000

My parents, Arthur and Cynthia Wood have been living in fear of the building department after a threat this week to throw them out on to the street without even their family possessions or artwork, and destroy their home of 30 years “Broken Angel”. Last night someone placed a broken angel statue in front of my parent’s door at 4 Downing Street. http://www.flickr.com/photos/onebadapple Thank you to the anyonomus donor, it meant the world to me and my parents as it gave us a spark of hope.
Many of you wonder what the hell my parents are doing with that building. They always were building an outline of a dream, a building that was different from the usual architecture of today. They did this while never having enough money to complete their dream. But that didn’t stop them for using found or discarded objects that we throw away ever day like the glass bottles that they used to create a stained glass windows. http://www.flickr.com/photos/onebadapple/sets This is the interior and exterior of Broken Angel. My name is Christopher Wood, I have worked for B&H Art in Architecture (web site here http://www.bandhartinarch.com/) for the past 4 years. I am a stone carver and have restored such landmarks such as the Cloisters Museum , Metropolitan Museum of Art , and Grace Church in Manhattan.
My parents and I would love to give back to the community of Brooklyn and turn Broken Angel into a nonprofit foundation for music and the arts which would include a school and museum. There are also complete building plans drawn up by my father in which the first page can viewed at http://www.flickr.com/photos/onebadapple/168044712/in/set-127493 But we need help from you, the residents of New York City.
All of your comments and ideas are welcome

Donations can be sent to Arthur Wood at
4 Downing street Brooklyn, New York 11238
I am at work on a web site with friends of Broken Angel to accept paypal donations

Comment on hey nyc peoples by Android

Android — Fri, 13 Oct 2006 18:55:19 +0000

wow. nope. it’s even open 25 hours!