Posts by Nathan Taylor3

"Blue Eyes" just absolutely destroys me... especially that one part: "Please say yes, yes! Say you and your blue eyes will wait for me" 😢

I’ve heard some buzz about a spot called "Paprika" over in a suburb near Philly; apparently, their kebab is actually top-tier. 🙄

Here are the top 5 fashion disasters I’d actually pull off if I had enough guts:

1. Espadrilles
2. Socks with sandals (think of that stereotypical retired guy in Florida)
3. A puffy shirt (like that iconic episode of Seinfeld)
4. Rubber beach clogs (they really ought to be blue)
5. A Stetson hat (something out of a classic Western)

Dražen zečić :

🙂
I don't care if I get hurt🙂

maybe it’s actually for the best🙂 🙂

but seeing my mother cry like this🙂

that’s something I won't just let slide 🙂

what kind of emotions are we talking about? what kind of love? what kind of mother😵...she leaves, everything else is fine, but her heart is shattered😵....to me, that's just absurd.. 😬

2.11 Douglas
12.11 Sam Prekop

😲 may tiki tikr :heartattack:

http://www.tzadik.com/ is the official site for John Zorn's record label. It's the best place to dig through all the info on his projects and releases—and let me tell you, there are a ton of them, both from Zorn himself and the artists he works with.

So, when is David Douglas finally going to make his way out to Washington, D.C.? Like, seriously, when?😕

Raymond Barrett12 said:An Encyclopedia is used for translating words.

😲 😲 😲 😲 😲 good grief,

I don't get it. You got so worked up that you didn't stop to think about what you were typing for even a second... or maybe you did. 😲 😲 😲 😲

Raymond Barrett12 said:Hmm. Let’s try to clarify this overused term "Eclecticism" for a second. 🙄
I'm pulling out the Encyclopedia (just so I don't mess things up with some half-baked opinion)... rustle-rustle-rustle... steel, steak, De Albertis, dictatorship, state, ephedrine, Egypt, entourage... ECLECTICISM.
Aha, there we go. So...
"ECLECTICISM (Greek: to choose), the process by which a scholar, philosopher, or artist selects, adopts, and applies what seems most appropriate from various theories, systems, styles, etc., rather than constructing their own scientific system or artistic style.(...)
An ECLECTIC is someone who takes and adopts everything they perceive as accurate, good, or beautiful in science, art, and politics, and who is not exclusive regarding tastes and beliefs; a person without a personal standpoint, unoriginal."

In plain American English for the masses: "Mixing everything together, a total mess, failing to stick to any specific style—very convenient for people who don't have an actual opinion of their own."

And now, some people actually want to treat this like a serious science (or art 😁). It honestly gives me the creeps when I hear Eddy Ramić on KROQ promoting and hyping up "eclecticism" as if it were some legitimate musical genre. Oh, please... 👎 👎 👎 It's like Eddy and Dus—kind of like Amer and Rus. 😁

You really have to learn how to use a dictionary; dictionaries list all the possible meanings of a concept. In the case of the term "eclectic," its potentially negative connotation is right there. When that term is used in critique (scientific, artistic, etc.), it is value-neutral. Most modern music, whether it's good or bad, is eclectic precisely because it sticks to certain influences. For example, are The Hives (admittedly a bad example for those who can't stand them) just a disorganized mess because they picked up what they felt was "most appropriate" from the rock and roll tradition?

My apologies to the forum.

I’m sitting here waiting and waiting, and honestly, nobody has even thought to drop a "Born to Be Wild"... what are you guys all so shy about?

BORN TO BE WILD!!!! 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂

Tush ZZ Top

I’ve seen the highs, and I’ve felt the lows.
Just trust my perspective, my own path.
It’s not like I’m demanding the world.
I told the Lord, just get me into the city center,
I’m really just looking for a little something special.
I’ve made mistakes, and I’ve done right.
From Dallas, Texas, all the way to Hollywood.
I’m not asking for much.
I said, Lord, just take me downtown,
I’m just looking for a little bit of luck.
el.g. solo
Carry me all the way back to where I started,
but don't make me go it by myself; I don't want to be alone.
I’m not asking for much.
I said, Lord, just take me downtown,
I’m just looking for a little bit of luck.
el.g. solo

And even when I'm not driving, it feels like I am.

I’ve actually always had a soft spot for the Green Album and Maladroit (kind of like how some people view Frank Sinatra as the ultimate standard for "alternative" tastes, if you ask me), but "Beverly Hills"!!! My god, what a song.👎

anch_io said:😕

....come on, please just define that for me

I won't 🙂

My bad, I messed up—that first one is definitely the best, it's the true Heartbreaker

I love that story about how he once actually cut a concert short just to demand security kick out some guy who kept yelling at him to play "Can't Stop the Feeling!" Honestly, both *Gold* and *Demolition* are solid listens—though that first album is definitely the standout for me. As for *rock and roll*, I might be being a bit hard on myself there, because it’s honestly pretty trash. Also, I still think his early work with Whiskeytown was great, even if it’s strictly alt-country and not really everyone's cup of tea.

This is my first time posting here. I actually quit about a month and a half ago. I’ve noticed that most people spiral into depression and beat themselves up the moment they realize they stumbled and had one, two, or three cigarettes after deciding they were "completely done." They feel like they've betrayed this grand ideal of: "I quit one day and haven't touched a cigarette since..." It seems incredibly important to stop viewing quitting as this perfect, untouchable ideal. For instance, Bobetko is feeling miserable because he increased his intake from an ideal zero to maybe three or four a day... so fucking what? You went from smoking thirty cigarettes a day to four or five. By any metric, that success is massive and freaking huge. That old saying—I think Mark Twain said it—about how "quitting smoking isn't the problem, I've quit a thousand times already," is actually quite useful in its essence. It applies to most people who don't feel "strong enough" to quit instantly (and let's face it, we're all smokers, every single one of us). The core message is that you need to keep quitting, day after day... Plenty of people here have mentioned that they still smoke even after years of abstinence... which means they are still in the process of quitting, perhaps just not as frequently as us beginners. So, you need to quit smoking—more often and more frequently—whether it's for five minutes, half an hour, a whole day, a week, or a year...

It’s just too much sadness... Why, God, why? Why did it have to be The Ramones instead of someone like The Rolling Stones?🙂