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Indifferent is a good way of putting it. It's hard to root for any one; maybe the bedouins of Dune but the story goes out of its way to hold them in a pitiable contempt- everyone is contemptable when not filled with dread. The dangers of fanaticism and hero-worship or messianic fervor (or however on...

A few of us went out and saw Dune Part 2; think it elevates the 1st part which, going by memory, was somewhat uneven. This was consistently good throughout and breezes by despite it's 2 hour and 45 minute runtime. As a whole, it's a very beautifully shot movie with good performances and perhaps the ...

Oh! A new jeremaid with all the facts marshalled to justify abuse of a segment of people because they will not follow diktats.

Even as a kid any 100+ hour tradeoff just to cross something off a checklist would've been preposterous. 10 hours would've been too much. The time commitment and resource-gating suggest to me that there is no expectation for a normal person to, say, "upgrade every bit of armor," and it is ...

I 100% Tears of the Kingdom and It Destroyed Me This is the type of player I have in mind. The value-fan is a different sort of thing in my head. But it is an important aspect too because x amount of content is expected for high price point games. ---------- Nowadays the guy in the video above is a...

The Cask of Amontillado - Stewart Copeland | American Modern Ensemble

51 Minutes About Harmony With Julian Anderson

How to compose like Arvo Pärt, tintinnabuli style

The Four Piano Styles of Paul McCartney

Yes, and I underestimate the number of players who approach games like that, finishing the narrative start to finish and then returning to reach 100% completion status. The Zelda series famously doesn't save anything past the end boss since the SNES days, so obviously a number of players have always...

We are still grinding through Tears of the Kingdom. It's way too much. We have taken several breaks from it and as I argued, I'm at the point where if we put it down again, I'm out- I don't want to string it along for years just to get some fake sense of completion. I checked out reddit to see what ...

It's not the 19th century anymore and the orientalism fervor has broken on subsequent recoveries and sobrieties. Avestan literature, outside some poetry, is not old enough and compiled selectively in late antiquity (though there are those who disagree). The Sassinids made it the state religion; its ...

Yes, let's get around to the indigenous: the Samaritians. :) The great irony is that there is an avenue of argument for those into all speculative manner of higher criticism, that the obsession with matching a land & people was the cardinal influence Persia had on the Jewish religion. That and/o...

Nonc Hilaire wrote: ↑Sat Feb 24, 2024 4:13 pm

NapLajoieonSteroids wrote: ↑Sat Feb 24, 2024 10:05 am

Professor Rosen is ignoring the interest rate.

I hear about people who had music classes and teachers who'd drill them on stuff and I wonder how I got stuck with several variations of "Everyone's okay, I don't believe in grades" teachers several times over. We were one of the last classes to have mandatory public school music classes, ...

Yep, the Clash conundrum. The minute some experience is gained, the move is away from just making noise. ------------------ I can read sheet music; sight-reading may be too much for me. My musical training was a few months, if that, of violin and flute lessons. At this point I can't say why it was t...

Tabs have always made me anxious. The information, especially with guitar, I always want to see as a skeleton is the rhythm. There is plenty of guitar junk out there where the recordings are super soupy and if I am singing and playing, I want to know how the melody pockets exactly. Obviously not a t...

This is the shared monologuing, I don't think we're talking about the same thing or people here.

And I don't have formal guitar training in mind.

Though I do think working out a "When the Saints Go Marching In" or "Greensleeves" by ear is not a bad way to start.

So basically the status quo. "Will they/won't they if Russia attacks" is not a news story when it's been the standard anxiety for 70 years now.

I think he is spot on that tabs don't really familiarize someone to the instrument. This gets into the weeds of a million different experiences, so when it works for someone, it works and it's not a big deal. It is a big deal when it becomes a crutch or get people in guitar hero mode: "the guit...

My problem is orchestral.

Interesting watching Rudness explain how much work goes into matching his keyboard to the timbre&texture of guitars.

Nonc Hilaire wrote: ↑Thu Feb 22, 2024 6:33 pm

the bearded lady comes out and plays a digression on harpsichord

Is this a Spengler reference?