The Official Random Thought Thread

[Zer0.MediA]

Or you could just drop the couple of bucks and dl the shit on XBL.

 

[twicked]

Yo, download Disc Juggler and stalk for a copy of PS and PS2, buddy. I actually might have one lying around, I just pulled my DC out on monday. That's fucken sick.

 

[twicked]

Asmo has been gone since may. Anyone know whats up?

 

[L.D.S.]

He's focusing on his street team.

 

[Raul lVl. XIV]

my gamertag on XBL... P50 Siinister

 

[Zer0.MediA]

"Focusing on his street team"...

Seriously, how hard is it to pop on a message board and moderate a post every other day?

 

[L.D.S.]

Pretty difficult when all you have is a phone with a bad data plan.

EDIT: The last time we talked about the Sicc he was only able to access the net through his phone.

IDK about recently.

 

[KCVILLIAN]

library son library lol

 

[L.D.S.]

"Why does music 'speak' to our emotions?"

Music is an interesting concept if you break down its parts. You take sounds, form them in a specifically timed rhythm, pair them with other sounds, and hopefully you've made something that will affect its listeners. Music "speaks" to such a broad range of people because there's so much to choose from. Where you have hip-hop fans listening to the likes of Tech N9ne, you've got music specifically chosen by that artist that sound techno and trance influenced. The intermingling of genre's makes for an interesting listen as far as being a consumer is concerned.

Though a specific sound may be popular, it's individualism that gives that particular sound a stand-alone complex. For example, you have an artist who is suffering great personal tragedy in his life outside of music and the music he creates is full of both depression and hope simultaneously. Whereas you give another artist on the come-up in his career, high-sailing from doing big numbers with his records and his music is self-assured and maybe even a little arrogant.

All music is created with a subconscious emotion already attached at its inception, though an artist may not be aware. Writing music, be it lyrics coupled to a beat or the beat itself, can be so uplifting and at the very same time heart-breaking because that song is reflecting everything going on outside of the music.

All in all, music is a great therapeutic tool and a gateway to memories. Music made passionately and with an exact focus is a treat not only to the creator of the piece, but to the fans; the people who demand energy from an artist and continue to make music one of the few universal forms of communication.

 

[Zer0.MediA]

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STONER SNACK OF THE WEEK
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Herrs motherfuckin' Jelapeno Popper Cheesy Poofs
http://www.herrsstore.com/hejapoflchcu.html

They only come in small bags so you have to buy like three of 'em, but it's worth it. These come in two varieties, "Lots of flavor" and "Tons of flavor". Whether you like Jelapeno poppers or not, these things are coated in salty goodness.

You can buy a box of 42 bags for 15 bucks from the link provided above.

You're welcome.

 

[ant_johnson_16]

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STONER SNACK OF THE WEEK
***********************

Herrs motherfuckin' Jelapeno Popper Cheesy Poofs
http://www.herrsstore.com/hejapoflchcu.html

They only come in small bags so you have to buy like three of 'em, but it's worth it. These come in two varieties, "Lots of flavor" and "Tons of flavor". Whether you like Jelapeno poppers or not, these things are coated in salty goodness.

You can buy a box of 42 bags for 15 bucks from the link provided above.

You're welcome.

Are all of your Stoner Snacks jalapeno related?

 

[ant_johnson_16]

Ant's Stoner Snack Of The Week

I prefer the White Out.

 

[Zer0.MediA]

Are all of your Stoner Snacks jalapeno related?

A lot, yes.

But last week was garlic & cheese croutons.

 

[ant_johnson_16]

A lot, yes.

But last week was garlic & cheese croutons.

Those are the ones I got. Thanks for the recommendation! They're grrrrrrrrrreat!

 

[BEAR]

"Why does music 'speak' to our emotions?"

Music is an interesting concept if you break down its parts. You take sounds, form them in a specifically timed rhythm, pair them with other sounds, and hopefully you've made something that will affect its listeners. Music "speaks" to such a broad range of people because there's so much to choose from. Where you have hip-hop fans listening to the likes of Tech N9ne, you've got music specifically chosen by that artist that sound techno and trance influenced. The intermingling of genre's makes for an interesting listen as far as being a consumer is concerned.

Though a specific sound may be popular, it's individualism that gives that particular sound a stand-alone complex. For example, you have an artist who is suffering great personal tragedy in his life outside of music and the music he creates is full of both depression and hope simultaneously. Whereas you give another artist on the come-up in his career, high-sailing from doing big numbers with his records and his music is self-assured and maybe even a little arrogant.

All music is created with a subconscious emotion already attached at its inception, though an artist may not be aware. Writing music, be it lyrics coupled to a beat or the beat itself, can be so uplifting and at the very same time heart-breaking because that song is reflecting everything going on outside of the music.

All in all, music is a great therapeutic tool and a gateway to memories. Music made passionately and with an exact focus is a treat not only to the creator of the piece, but to the fans; the people who demand energy from an artist and continue to make music one of the few universal forms of communication.

On music and speech:

Music and speech share a code for communicating sadness in the minor third
In the study, Meagan Curtis of Tufts University's Music Cognition Lab recorded undergraduate actors reading two-syllable lines—like "let's go" and "come here"—with different emotional intonations: anger, happiness, pleasantness and sadness (listen to the recordings here). She then used a computer program to analyze the recorded speech and determine how the pitch changed between syllables. Since the minor third is defined as a specific measurable distance between pitches (a ratio of frequencies), Curtis was able to identify when the actors' speech relied on the minor third. What she found is that the actors consistently used the minor third to express sadness.

"Historically, people haven't thought of pitch patterns as conveying emotion in human speech like they do in music," Curtis said. "Yet for sad speech there is a consistent pitch pattern. The aspects of music that allow us to identify whether that music is sad are also present in speech."

Curtis also synthesized musical intervals from the recorded phrases spoken by actors, stripping away the words, but preserving the change in pitch. So a sad "let's go" would become a sequence of two tones. She then asked participants to rate the degree of perceived anger, happiness, pleasantness and sadness in the intervals. Again, the minor third consistently was judged to convey sadness.

http://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/post.cfm?id=music-and-speech-share-a-code-for-c-2010-06-17

 

[4SidedLie]

Whats with people wanting walt n tech to do a track so damn much?

 

[L.D.S.]

Props to thee, sir BEAR.

 

[L.D.S.]

And IRISH/BELFAST CARBOMBS, FTW!

 

[L.D.S.]

Guinness Extra Stout, Usher's Green Stripe, and E&J Cask & Cream may be the most bootleg version of a carbomb i've ever had, but it sure as hell is tasty!

 

[BigRuiz]

im in dodge city kansas for a wedding. i got to a gas station for some dew to mix wit and dude workin sees im wearing a tech shirt, so he gives me 15 cents off, and kinda whispers whoop whoop (or whatever juggalos say) to me. lmao