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re: Incredible Valedictorian Speech

gonzo — Wed, 14 May 2008 12:53:00 GMT

( link to page with good player -> todaysbigthing.com/.../29 )

re: Incredible Valedictorian Speech

Anthony Michael Anthony — Wed, 07 May 2008 01:17:40 GMT

video won't work for me...

re: Spinning Into Oblivion (or Why the RIAA are Boneheads)

naxalite — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 01:41:08 GMT

couldn't part of the problem lie in a cost comparison of a hollywood movie vs an industry record? One cost 10 times the other to produce yet they both sell for $15-$20 on a disc....

re: Mock Metal Group Spinal Tap to Reunite

nick trust — Sun, 08 Jul 2007 22:56:07 GMT

...well being a native of the music scene here in the twin cities i've seen alot over the years. metal comes and goes and cover bands still exist, tribute bands still seem to do well in a city that has more metal (or had at one time) then most. i grew up in red wing, moved to st. paul back in the mid 80's. so i'm pretty familar with names like impaler, powermad and bands like the regime. i used to hang out at ryans corner and have seen almost everyone who's ever played there... locals and nationals. imitation is the best form of flatery, but in certain cases it makes those who "immitate" others look just plain simple minded and cheesy... case in form my review of a band i used to hold much respect for at one time. they are called necromis. now before anyone get's the panties in a bunch this is just my opinion and my observation from my time living and following the twin cities music scene. so before you get all mad just understand we all have a right to our opinions. now this band plays a form of what you'd call "death metal" and it's not bad, just nothing that stands out of all the "other" death metal out there... so what do they go and do? here's my gripe about "stealing" or "borrowing" ideas from others... they decide they are gonna get all scary on our asses... black eye make-up and a scary skull on a stick and flying v guitars... funny thing is they "STOLE" those ideas from other people in the scene. most notably 2 bands come to mind... both a band called beph (bernard edwards project homicide) and a band called "kronk". what pisses me off so much about this is they have the nerve to steal from the past... thinking no one has noticed where these original ideas came from and by the way the connection is clear "necromis" used to be "sub-level" and sub-level featured an ex-member of the "BEPH" and the drummer in this band used to be the drummer for "KRONK". now me being a metal-head who has a distaste for copy-cats and posers alike i find it to be "poserish" for this necromis to go a rip off ideas from bands and musicians who were either in or part of the metal scene. whether it was 10 years ago or a week ago makes them look weak that they cannot find an image and idea not stolen from their own local scene??? as if we are too dumb to know where these ideas came from. i can't say i know any of these bands or people personally but i do see the theft of anothers ideas and image. not to mention necromis is tied to these other bands through the family tree of local twin cities metal. when i looked at necromis myspace page i swore i was looking at bernard edwards project homicide for a minute... then i realized, hey wait a minute these guys play here all the time what the hell are they trying to pull? after a little research i picked up a copy of the debut beph cd... and low and behold a past member of necromis (sub-level) was in bernard edwards project homicide... mr. eric christiansen. then, i also ask around and people tell me the drummer was in a band called kronk. and so i went to get that cd, and low and behold the drummer was in kronk. so now i'm pissed that this necromis has stolen ideas, hey guys THE FLYING V shtick was already done by bernard edwards project homicide like 10 years ago... duh... and they are not even "real" flying v's they are lame b.c. rich copies or whatever. now i have a copy of an issue of jack koshics magazine from the millwaukee metalfest and in one of the ads is a album ad from bernard edwards project homicide holding a chrome skull on a steel thing... so now necromis has a skull on a stick and by the way the lead singer in kronk is the skull design... necromis are a bunch of rip off posers. if you look and have both cd's from kronk and the beph you will see where necromis has stolen all the "new image" ideas from and as a note... necromis should be more worried about the "generic" mediocre music they spew forth because it is nothing to speak of and anyone can be a "cookie monster" without ever learning to actually write quality songs and a singer who can actually sing. ohhh, let's put on eye make-up and be all scary looking and call ourselves scary names like north and south and use pentagrams and act all tough... never mind the fact the music just does not cut it. similar to another band who have a really scary image but music that sucks and is as generic as it gets called willow wisp. even they are better and they are from california. these necromis guys can't decide if they want to be a gang or monsters. whatever. some advice to necromis would be to concentrate on the music and leave the scary monsters for the movies. mediocre music at best that does not stand out from the already over-saturated market of death metal... sounds like everything else already out there except bands like cradle of filth and the like do it much better. i've lost all respect for them. it's too bad they have to resort to this. necromis have posed out.

re: Mock Metal Group Spinal Tap to Reunite

Thu, 26 Apr 2007 17:31:45 GMT

This is the show I've waited my whole life to see... and now I can't see it, I guess. WANKERS!!

re: Zombies booked for carrying fake WMDs

Gforce16 — Wed, 02 Aug 2006 05:27:15 GMT

Zombies are not people. Solent Green is people.

And Zombies just want to eat your brain. Think about that logic.

re: Zombies booked for carrying fake WMDs

Johnny Thunder — Mon, 31 Jul 2006 19:11:52 GMT

whatever. zombies are people too.

re: Zombies booked for carrying fake WMDs

Gforce16 — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 20:58:30 GMT

I don't think the cops did anything wrong. The Zombies obviously dress and act that way to elicit a response.

The cops came by once and just asked them to tone it down. They came back 1 1/2 hours later because of complaints from people.

I have no problem with people dressing or looking any way they want. However, when they start intimidating people and acting like assholes, that crosses the line.

Forcing your "uniqueness" on people is bullshit.

They wasted the cops time with their selfish indulgence while 2 people were shot in north Mpls. at the same time.

re: Iron Maiden singer saves war-stranded Brits

Dirty Sanchez — Wed, 26 Jul 2006 16:27:53 GMT

SCREAM FOR ME NORTHWEST AIRLINES!

re: Iron Maiden singer saves war-stranded Brits

NEDRO — Wed, 26 Jul 2006 14:27:54 GMT

And Sharon and Ozzy have done what? That Bruce what a selfish jerk.

re: Iron Maiden singer saves war-stranded Brits

sixstringmonk — Wed, 26 Jul 2006 03:48:52 GMT

As my coworker said: "Chuck Norris has some competition."

re: Zombies booked for carrying fake WMDs

Lex Luthor — Tue, 25 Jul 2006 22:43:50 GMT

That's lame. I know what backpack they're talking about and I've been to the zombie dance parties downtown. It's obvious to me the cops were just out to ruin the fun.
Stupid cops. I wish they could just leave people alone!
BTW the next Zombie pub Crawl Is 9-9, NE. 3pm at Logan Park.....I guess we'll be leaving the radios behind.

re: Zombies booked for carrying fake WMDs

Spoontoad — Tue, 25 Jul 2006 22:43:38 GMT

Unfortunatly, their attempt to look "Zombieish" was only half-assed done! I've seen better looking zombies on Halloween from 5th & 6th graders...

re: Madcap Laughs - RIP Syd Barrett

reverend Phil — Wed, 12 Jul 2006 12:48:44 GMT

Set the controls for the heart of the sun, RIP

re: Train bash survivor thanking metal gods

Tank — Tue, 25 Apr 2006 22:41:10 GMT

Judging by the sounds of this article, if the guy hadn't had his CD player cranked, he probably would of heard the train sooner. And why would he be that close to the tracks anyways...?