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backed hard

u r da bess

http://thefalselight...bum/self-titled

powerviolence, free download on the side. good stuff

also title fight put out a new track called "Head In The Ceiling Fan", it's really great shoegaze-y stuff. can't link the official download since it's on a banned website but if you google it you'll find it.

huh, that's odd. i've been playing around with it for a week now, it's fun

patching took a while for me though, have you tried leaving it there for a bit?

they're literally both perfect albums.

check out Sainthood Reps' album Monoculture. i didn't even know them until yesterday but they made me a fan instantly

well at least it looks like the label put some actual effort in the package, so i can't really judge you for it (not that i would've in the first place). it's really worse when they get some poopy artwork and slap 3 cds in there with nothing else. that's just cheap

that is sick dude, nice deal. would be super jealous if i liked Opeth more, just kinda jealous now

the cd thing reminds me of The Dillinger Escape Plan's last album, they had a special version where one side of the cd was the regular album and the other side was literally vinyl and has a bonus track on it. interesting stuff

amendment: i wonder if this was authorized by Opeth or if it was a play by the label to earn some extra cash out of an artist that moved on. i hope it's the former, whenever labels do that it's so lame

as it is now, CDs are basically a collector's item. i don't think they'll fade away entirely, but rather go the way of vinyl (which i prefer over cds, dat huge cover + some bands stuff vinyl only tracks on their albums). cds for the diehards, digital for everybody else.

but if we go totally digital the way it is now, i will raeg. iTunes offering only VBR files is pathetic. services need to be like bandcamp, which offers multiple files types (320kbps, v0, FLAC, AAC, OGG, and more) plus flexible choices for the artist. if they wanna give it away for free bandcamp lets them. bandcamp is the future of digital music imo, more bands need to embrace that.

at this rate the whole band is gonna start following you soon enough

if they didn't make the major change at Clayman i would probably be similar. the first four albums are masterpieces, but i'm not too big on everything they've released post 2000 though. a little too nu-metally for me, but at least they're better than most actual nu-metal bands though. to each his own though

edit - come to think of it Come Clarity was pretty good too

In Flames is your favorite band? Unexpected. That is sweet though. A couple of bands i really like follow me on an unmentionable blogging website.it feels good though

mirin the banner, man

the best part of the super bowl is the free pizza papa john's gave away

seriously dude

FREE PIZZA

it's so amazingly 80s, oh man. i file it under "guilty pleasures"

it's just too silly for me to handle. kinda reminds me of A7X if they were sillier

pretty much all of the republican candidates (at least the front runners) disgust me, esecially perry. ron paul or obama should win, really.

haha okay, that makes more sense

i actually had it on cd, i gave it to my friend who is a huge weezer fan for free and he kept trying to give it back to me

oh my good why would anyone willingly pay for make believe

tha talbum was so bad even by new weezer standards

Definitely idk you guys suggest stuff. Definitely.

Do it.

 

I'll do it!

I confess I don't look through albums much, but it seems that when I do there always seems to be one or two songs that lapse across. It's entirely possible that I'm just looking at multiple GH's without realizing it.

Alright then. I'll admit, that was a nitpicky point anyway.

As for your second point... I'm a cheap person and don't have the money to buy an artist's entire discography. So I buy the hits (since they typically contain more music) which is enough to keep me content. Of course I don't only like what's on the GH (and occasionally I don't like a song on the GH), but it keeps me satisfied.

If that's enough for you, fine. Music doesn't need to be a huge part of everyone's life.

I also probably wouldn't listen to an entire discography even if I could afford it. I rarely listen to music much so it's not that big a deal to me. That and my cheap wallet lead me to prefer the GH. I guess that's what I'm trying to say. GH's are good for casual listeners, but more dedicated music listeners probably would be better off with a fuller discography.

I agree here, I'm probably just biased because I listen to a lot of music.

There are many (legal) ways to listen to music without purchasing CD's/albums. Radio, borrowing, movies/TV shows, artist's websites to name a few.

The problem with those methods is that you're only experiencing the singles (Excluding borrowing an album, obviously. TV shows/movies also occasionally use deep cuts, but not often), which is the same material you would be exposed to if you just bought the greatest hits.

One thing I want to say is that listening to just the hits is robbing yourself of an experience. The artists spend time putting the songs in an order to make it sound just right (At least, I hope they did), but that can't be experienced with just singles. Besides that, an artist's style will often evolve over time, changing release-to-release. In this case, it can make listening to the greatest hits a little jarring, experiencing stylistic changes every few songs. Then again, these would probably bother hardcore listeners more than they would casual listeners, so take that as you will.

Unless it's your introduction to the artist, I don't see any point in them at all; why buy what you most likely already have?

 

If having their "best songs" on a separate CD is that big of a deal to you, then why not just find the track listing online, and burn the mix yourself with the copies you already have?

I disagree. For people who don't want to blow a bunch of money on numerous CD's (most of which will repeat songs), a greatest hits CD is a great way for one to have a single collection of great songs from their favorite artist.

Two things here: One, since when have albums contained repeat songs? Two, if an artist was your favorite, why would you only have the greatest hits?

Do they occasionally leave off songs you love? Yes. But I'd rather miss out on one or two songs than spend an extra $14.00 on them.

Let's break this down. A greatest hits album typically contains the singles and a new song. Most mainstream albums have two or three singles. If we assume that the greatest hits album has 13 song songs on it, then that artist needs to have released 4 albums worth of material to fill up that album. Most artists don't get that far.

Also, how are you gonna know if you love a song or not if you don't listen to the album?

Now if you already own numerous CD's from a single artist, of course there's no reason to buy a Greatest Hits because you probably have them all. But for those who like to save some money, they're ideal.

I will agree that greatest hits are great from an economical standpoint. Most people don't have enough money to go around and buy an artist's discography at a whim.

What's not to like about Best of Albums?

 

It's a band's best songs on one CD!

The thing is that it's not; it's almost always the singles and maybe a new song or two to squeeze out a purchase from the hardcore fans. I'm fine if people use them as a jumping off point, but just buying it and leaving it at that makes me sad.

All you need to know is that being an Infiltrator is essential if you want to complete Insanity or whatever the highest difficulty is.

Well, Fallout 3 is only $20 bucks if you don't get the GOTY edition. Then you could get the DLC disks later if you enjoy it enough.

I haven’t played the other Fallout(s) though. =/

You don't need to in order to enjoy it. I've never played the first two fallout games and I still enjoyed it. Fallout 3 isn't necessary either, New Vegas barely mentions it.

Or, you could get Fallout 3 which is part of the sale.

New Vegas is part of this sale, make sure you get that. It's pretty amazing.