didn't pass shit, as far as i'm aware

it's possible that it broke down and i just didn't feel it, but the doctors need confirmation and i don't have any

so i'm getting probed tomorrow

won't be seeing it, i protest this film's existence

it's hard to respect companies who milk franchises after ending them perfectly

what are you listening to all these albums on?

wherever i can find them tbh

usually youtube or spotify, if it's not on one it's surely on the other

sometimes i'm forced to piece together individual songs from the album since the full thing isn't always available, or no convenient playlist is made for it

Mike + The Mechanics - Beggar on a Beach of Gold
Pop rock
4th album

This was a supergroup formed by Genesis guitarist Mike Rutherford, who combined the vocal talents of Paul Carrack and Paul Young with the drumming of Peter Van Hooke. If you don't recognize any of those names, I wouldn't worry about it too much. These guys never really made a big splash, and the music they made was pretty bone-dry, in my opinion.

This particular record is a minor improvement over everything they put out before. There's a handful of neat keyboard arrangements on some songs, and the overall songwriting is noticeably better, too. But, still, for the most part, it's just very plain and unchallenging rock music that doesn't sound like it belongs anywhere near the mid-'90s.

6/10

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Grip Inc. - Power of Inner Strength
Groove metal
Debut album

This was a band formed by Slayer's ex-drummer Dave Lombardo (the first time he dropped out), so if you happen to be interested in Slayer's music, you may also find interest in this old project. Just keep in mind that the tempos are less thrash, more groove on this record, and they kinda sound more like Pantera to me more than they do Slayer.

Personally, I'm into it. Vocalist Gus Chambers doesn't hold a candle to Tom Araya, but then, few metal vocalists do. It's still as hard-hitting and as aggressive as you'd want it to be, though, and every song on the record packs a forceful punch.

It's not a shining example of excellence in the genre, or anything, but it works as a supplement to one's taste in heavy metal, assuming such taste had already been acquired.

7/10

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Warrant - Ultraphobic
Heavy metal
4th album

These are the guys that made that insipid "Cherry Pie" song, which is somewhat of a glam metal anthem, and probably one of my favorite guilty pleasure songs of all time. That said, I'm not a huge fan of these guys.

This album was okay, though. There did come a point in their career where their sound had noticeably matured and became somewhat easier to take seriously, and I believe that happened with their previous album, Dog Eat Dog. Granted, that album was slightly better than this one, but Ultraphobic is still by no means a bad record—especially if, like them, you still find yourself enjoying (ironically or otherwise) that '80s hair metal aesthetic.

I'm not gonna give it a strong recommendation, or anything, but I'm not opposed to giving it a positive rating, either.

6/10

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Adam Ant - Wonderful
Alt rock
5th album

I hate to say it, but I think I like Adam Ant more as a personality than I do as a musician—especially as a solo artist. The guy has undeniable charisma, attributed primarily to his Bowie-esque campiness, but after separating from the Ants to make poptastic radio-friendly new wave music, I was genuinely struggling to find a single album of his that did not utterly bore me, with 1990's Manners & Physique being the nadir of it.

This album, thankfully, finds Ant embarking on fresh territory—acoustic, ballad-heavy rock music. In other words, he's kinda playing it safe on this one. It's a hard album to outright dislike at face value, which doesn't sound very exciting—and it's not—but it's an objective upgrade over an album that is easy to outright dislike at face value, which could be said of all of his previous solo work.

The sad part is that I can't even really recommend this very strongly, as the best thing I can say about it is that it "doesn't suck" within the greater context of his entire discography, and if you're an Adam Ant fan, you've probably already heard it. It's just one of those weird cases, I guess.

Hey, did you know that the Nine Inch Nails song "Physical" is actually an Adam and the Ants cover???


6/10

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Zard - Forever You
Pop rock
6th album

For a Japanese band, Zard's music sounds, for the most part, relatively mundane and heavily inspired by Western rock music. Izumi Sakai is a great vocalist, but she's also a very straightforward one. I was kinda disappointed by that going into their discography, but at least this album in particular has a bit more going for it instrumentally. Some of their catchier songs turn up on this thing, and I'll share a couple examples here:



These are some of the more "Japanese-sounding" songs on the record, so if anything remotely Japanese makes you cringe (especially if it's poppy and uplifting), I'd stay far away from these. That said, I personally found them kinda refreshing, and I do tend to give extra points to albums for being refreshing and different.

Obviously, there's no way for me to gauge the quality of the lyrics, but fortunately, the way I rate music has more to do with how it sounds in general, rather than whatever the lyrics are trying to say. I normally only start reading into the lyrics once I've already decided that I love a record anyway, and I don't necessarily love Zard's music. It's just rather nice and pleasant.

7/10

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This next batch is gonna be exciting for me:

Radiohead
Mad Season
Goo Goo Dolls
Collective Soul
Elastica

just had throes of pain bad enough to leave work a couple hours early and tremble in my bed for those two hours instead

i wonder if the pain is really as bad as i think, or if i'm just a baby

whatever the case, somehow, my dogs knew to leave me the fuck alone when i got home

i love my dogs

Quote from: Genghis Khan on March 15, 2019, 05:49:30 AM

Now it's a terrorist attack when it's reversed.

Well by definition its an act of terror, so anyone of any creed or religion that does this is considered a terrorist in my book

genghis khan is not an account to be taken seriously

Quote from: Verbatim on March 14, 2019, 10:57:12 PM

how am i supposed to rally for 2A repeal now

The US Constitution does not have an abuse of rights clause so go right ahead. The country is also the sole outlier in considering gun ownership a human right as opposed to the universally accepted ones of privacy, speech, fair trial, equal treatment, assembly and such, so all the more reason to go for it.

oh i know i was speaking hypothetically

how am i supposed to rally for 2A repeal now

yeah that shit is pretty passé

will trailers ever have good music

The Avengers
300
300: Rise of an Empire
Terminator: Salvation
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Guardians of the Galaxy
Righteous Kill
Unbreakable / Man on Fire

Was bored

Quote from: Verbatim on March 14, 2019, 06:54:15 AM

there is no point

you could just, you know... not post in the thread if you're not interested in it.

you know, i've been posting in forums for well over 10 years, but thanks to you, i'm still learning new things

there is no point

Is there not like a penis plunger that can help succ the stones out?

No

there's something called laser lithotripsy which was previously alluded to, but it's only performed on patients where the stone is larger than 5mm and would thus be extremely damaging (or outright impossible) to pass

since it involves shoving a device up your urethra, i'm pretty happy it won't be necessary with me

Get some protein in ya boy

i already get more than enough

apparently protein is why you might get stones in the first place

what i need is water