MeFi comment:
"That would explain a lot about Metallica, actually." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by lee
12 hours ago
MeFi comment:
"Death is explaining that Death happens over and over, you have many lives, and at the end of each one (meaning life) is a woman who kills you and releases you into the next life…. Death says that this certain woman that kills you is always your next..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by miss tea, penduluum
4 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"Oh, and no American populist stuff either (Copland/Bernstein/Gershwin/etc.) or even the American serialists (Babbitt/Carter/etc.). The whole class seems to have a European slant to it now that I look at it... Ives and Cage get name-checked, but..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Seekerofsplendor
Last month
MeFi comment:
"When Eno said this recently -- "You can make major chords sound sad, but you can never make minor chords sound happy" -- I started to worry that he'd lost it. I dunno, I'm trying to give this a chance, but so far it just sounds like..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Blazecock Pileon
Last month
MeFi comment:
"The Joker is a trickster archetype, in the mold of Loki, Coyote, Prometheus... you know, the greats. It's as simple as that, really. None of the other villains get close to that archetypal tastiness.
I love how capitalist the new movie was..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by manguero, Artw
Last month
MeTa comment:
"But you need to recognize that you are too close to the situation to have any objectivity about it.
I don't get this attitude. If you are close to the situation, aren't you more qualified to speak about it, not less? How does being distant from..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by sondrialiac, jtron
2 months ago
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"Maybe it's because good sex for women feels better than good sex for men? The way some females have described their orgasmic experiences to me sounds way, way more intense than any orgasm I've ever had. Feeling it throughout your entire body? No,..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by ifjuly
2 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Wow, this thesis simultaneously exemplifies both the laziest kind of music criticism and the shoddiest kind of academic research. It just needs an ugly font to make a trifecta...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by melorama
3 months ago
MeFi comment:
"DU (unintentionally) brought up a good point, which is that a lot of people listen to music mostly in their car. Because of the ambient noise in a car (and variable crappiness of car stereos), it's vastly preferable to listen to a highly compressed..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Coaticass
4 months ago
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"Below is my list of 25, all composers and pieces from the early 20th century on. It was really hard for me to pick one piece by some of these composers, and hard not to include some that didn't make the list. When in doubt I tried to pick the..." [
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favorited 4 times, recently by djgh, Gooberoo, roger ackroyd, klangklangston
4 months ago
MeFi comment:
"50 years from now there will be Beamz Hero, a virtual reality video game that simplifies the Beamz dynamic for those who don't know how to do the doggy paddle, and Beamz Idol, a 3d holoshow for those talented dreamers with promising air swimming..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by jjwiseman, Challahtronix, lumosh
5 months ago
Ask comment:
"b) Just be upfront about it and let guys know ahead of time that making out is all you're interested in. If a guy tries to give you a hard time about it, he's an asshole who isn't worth it. As a guy, personally I appreciate the honesty.
Still..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by chicainthecity
7 months ago
MeFi comment:
"What is it with music posts that make MeFites either speak competitively or comparatively with such vehemence and meanness, especially when discussing a child's work? I don't understand. When there is a thoughtful piece of writing, people don't get..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Miko
8 months ago
MeTa comment:
"I won't be around, which sucks, because I missed the last meetup too, but I can personally attest to mandyman's attractiveness, for those concerned about that kind of thing...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by klangklangston
9 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Yeah, she's talented. No, I wasn't as talented as her at 14, though I feel like I ran into my share of similar talents while participating in various piano competitions. Yes, I was improvising and composing at 14, though I don't know how to judge..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Ira.metafilter
Last year
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"I don't really date, and I'm American. I find the whole thing sort of distasteful and contrived. I tend to just meet people through friends or at parties. If there's mutual attraction involved then hanging out generally leads to hooking up. I..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by poweredbybeard
Last year
MeTa comment:
"AN ALARMING TREND = INTERNAL GRANDMA" [
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favorited 12 times, recently by oaf, Yeomans, petsounds, nola, merelyglib, phaedon, smably, jonson, 0xFCAF, quonsar, loquacious, OmieWise
Last year
MeFi comment:
"What I don't get is this -- if we didn't notice it was viral marketing, would it still work as viral marketing? We'd chuckle and move on, probably. The people who think they're being so astute by discovering and naming the dreaded sunglasses..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by arto
Last year
MeTa comment:
"Also, I like these concurrent arguments:
1) Why doesn't he play something that we can, like, recognize?
(Never mind that the Bach Chaconne is one of the most well-known and often played violin pieces.)
2) Why doesn't he play something, like,..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Coaticass
Last year
