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 | Willie Nope. I've been out for about a week. Will look tonight.
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 | Brostep Sweet, let me know how it was in a comment or something and I'll try to see if there's anything that could have somehow been improved from the Bibio review.
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| Brostep Would you mind giving me some brief feedback on my latest Anamanaguchi review? I really admire your writing and I hear you're pretty cool with helping other people so that would be awesome. If you'd like, I'll do the same on your latest review, though I'm not sure how much material I'll have to criticize since it's one of the finest reviews of the past few weeks in general.
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 | Aids *this is my embarrassed face* I'll get to it, sorry babes.
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| Aids yeah I saw that on fb but I don't know that band so I didn't comment. she's a keeper!! any specific occasion?
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| Aids James Blake is dating one of the guitarists. Good work by both of them imo.
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| Aids really surprising rating for Warpaint's The Fool, even if you are generally more conservative with ratings than I am. I would have thought you'd be into that one quite a bit.
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 | kingsoby1 lol. it's not bad by any means, i just cant get through it without wanting to switch to something else after a track or two
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 | Polyethylene Did you end up checking out Akron/Family's new one? Definitely worth your time
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 | Pawpnbawtlez totally agree.. although the closer is kind of dull.
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| Pawpnbawtlez i kno im bein harsh, im more so just praisin modern vampires.. u dig it? DAMN its a fun listen
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| Aids just links to reviews and sht pffff you gotta go all Darnielle on us if you're gonna be on twitter!!
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| Aids that rules, do you post witty retorts on twitter??
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 | StreetlightRock Dude, I could listen to it over and over again. Loving it right now.
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 | robertsona but bro i have ~~ap tests~~ no jk i can bang it out
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 | Omaha dude, new Besnard Lakes rubs me the wrong way. Felt like all atmosphere, no substance.
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| Aids they are the perfect indie-rock band, I'm so mad I didn't know about them in my formative musical years. How are you feeling about the new one? I'm still stuck on the first LP (and I know I'll like the next one more, or I assume I will).
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| Aids the veilsssssssssssssssssssss
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 | Gyromania just the best. impossible and hard rain are perfect songs. and normandie and you are dreaming and parents livingroom and tonight i have to leave it. why do all my favourite albums go without much notice on sputnik =[
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 | donovan909 Klap, thanks for the quick response. The name of the band is Turn Key. I found one of our listener's posted something for us. However, I would like to get a hardcopy of our album to one of the staff to post for review. I never received an email back on where my label could actually send a hardcopy. It is on I-Tunes and Amazon but without purchasing it, I doubt they would have heard it. I would be more than happy to arrange for a free copy to be mailed out with artwork and all.
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 | alachlahol ive even seen them live how about that ha
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| Aids nice. see I thought that this would draw people in that weren't blown away by Sit Resist, I'll be interested to hear your full formed opinion. But please do not relate Laura to Sputnik, that is an insult to the former. I know we whored her out hard but this place sucks so much cock that I don't want any of my favourites associated with this place anymore. "f*ck you Adrian!" will suffice!!
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| Aids I'll let you have a do-over on that one, the post got glitched out cause you used a weird symbol I'm guessing. I am desperately interested to hear the end of that thought though.
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| donovan909 I have been on here reviewing for some time! My label has released my first album and I would like it to get reviewed. I emailed the general email and got no response. I wanted to find out where they can send a copy.
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 | wabbit So my sister is home from university and unfortunately she is much more downer than klapper now.
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 | aok ey rudy ey rudy come to electric zoo 2013 ey rudy ey rudy
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 | BigSimo awesome man, it deserves one! looking forward to it.
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| Omaha Your last name is gone now!? Ah, the mystery...
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 | Winsomniac Lame. What if I review f y f e? (which you should also consider checking out by the way)
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 | clercqie It's very close here as well. If we're talking non-electronic stuff, it's right behind the new Black Heart Rebellion. I can see it trumping that one pretty soon, though. Dunno if I'll post my little blurb. It's not gonna sound good in English.
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| Winsomniac Make them feature my s***ty Lemaitre review
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 | atrink Lol i have it at a 3.5ish. The only thing is i posted it on another website, so i think it's kind of frowned upon to post it here too. I dunno
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| atrink Are you reviewing the new Cold War Kids record?
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 | AggravatedYeti not nearly as mad as I'd be if it were Andy or Tyler beating me at this point.
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 | Ire nah jk ur a cool guy im not 21 yet tho so we aint buds yea damn
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| Ire haha u lost
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 | Minai99 Just wanted to say that's an awesome avatar you have
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| Aids I counted last night and had you up by a few. Either there was a late rush or Eric miss-counted (which he's already done a few times lol).
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| Aids my sincerest congratulations for besting me in this contest of internet popularity. we're gonna need to have a grudge match next year I guess. Now that you beat me, you're my #1 seed or something. I hope you win babeh.
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 | Iluvatar listen i dont even remember who it was you were against and i think i literally just randomly chose between everyone so dont hate me =(
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| Iluvatar pretty sure you voted against me EVERY ROUND the weddings off
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 | SgtPepper Yeah, I felt that way too. They're trying really hard to make the 80s sound work, and it's really hit-or-miss with me in a couple of songs. Anyway, I'm looking forward to the review, cheers.
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| SgtPepper That's okay, you're doing it, so there's no reason for me to upload here as well, plus you're review will surely make mine look weak in comparison haha. Mine is kind of positive. I gave it a 3, and my review basically says 'it's a good album, with a few good songs, interesting direction in sound but overall disappointing as a whole'. I love The Strokes, but I thought this was worse than Angles. "Tap Out", "Chances" and "Japan" were pretty cool though. What were your thoughts?
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| SgtPepper Oh, cool. The reason I asked is because I finished a write-up for it last night, and I remember you saying that you were bit turned off by the album and didn't look forward to writing about it, so I was going to offer to take it off your hands but since you're still doing it, forget I said anything. Anyway, cheers, man.
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| SgtPepper Hey Rudy, are you still doing your review for The Strokes' new album by any chance?
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 | Irving Rudy, can you tell/show me how you did that video embedding magic for Youtube on my Disney blogpost? It seems like a skill that might come in handy pretty soon-ish haha. Thanks mate!
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 | omnipanzer Never heard of either, just found them on a blog I frequent. ;-)
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| omnipanzer "haven't given this a proper listen yet" If you get the time it's worth it imho. The new Steve mason too.
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 | flukemmviii how is it that you can rate albums with any numbers in between .0 and .5 and .6 and .9, we don't get that priviledge
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 | Winesburgohio I think they've switched labels - there's no rough trade stuff on the physical copy, but one called 'Pitch Beast'? If you don't have any luck flick me an email and i will hook u up ;)
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| Winesburgohio Haha i thought you might be! I don't feel comfortable leaking it or anything obvs, but i suppose i could find a way to get it to just you (provided you keep it under your hat and give it a staff review)? WAIT is that even ethical idk help
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| AggravatedYeti I'm super jealous actually, really would love to see them. I assume you've heard the new record then? How'd you feel? Liking that new Men I see as well, jyeah.
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 | ShadowRemains you'll probably want to hear this: http://www.sputnikmusic.com/soundoff.php?albumid=123201
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| Gyromania yea, i'll definitely check it out, was disappointing to see that score though. was just spinning our ill wills last night and i swear that album just never gets old
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 | silentpotato yo for review game this is your album: DM Stith-Heavy Ghost
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 | YoYoMancuso http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_ZpXF0O3I8 be amazed yo
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| Iluvatar mmm not the worst next step, although i havent irl so it would be false advertising...
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| Willie Check the review requests area in Olympus. Let me know if you're going to do it or not.
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| Willie It's really good. I wanted to review, but might not have time. Can you do it?
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 | joshuatree hahaha idk. i think this shouldn't be approached like another album you know. this is a major thing. this is something we never thought would ever appear. and then also it's really good. also ive been drinking everyday with bros since tuesday so what do i know
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 | DaveyBoy That was really really nice. You were spot on with your thoughts that I would like it. Listened to their newest song via pitchfork no less. Didnt like it quite as much, but still pretty solid. Gee, you could have at least added your friend to our database.
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 | DarthMann ah well im fine with whatever quality as long as i can torrent it but sweet thanks man
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| DarthMann ur the best rudy whats waffles like? will it have a lot of the more obscure stuff im looking for?
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| DarthMann hey man if you could invite me to waffles.fm i would be forever thankful thank you
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 | CK Hey there. Do you think it wouldn't be too much trouble if you took a quick look at my review for Polyenso's new album and give me a little feedback? I thought I'd ask you because I see you mostly stick to the alt/indie scene and it looks like the review may not be doing so hot so far. If it's not a lot to ask, that would be awesome :)
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 | Anthracks if you like kristian matsson's voicehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pA_RnHdEpKU
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| Irving Yessir! That's from the article on Strawberry Swing hahahahah. I also found out recently that they quoted me on their Beauty and the Beast article. And, well...lmao...you know...the Disney reviews that I used to do were basically treatises on the movies' hidden sexual innuendos hahaha.
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| Irving "Sputnikmusic's Rudy K. commented that Ocean's song "nearly s***s all over anything Coldplay has done.""
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| YoYoMancuso same. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAfPfcwgUM8 This is a stellar performance of Stupidity Tries that he did on Letterman, enjoy
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| YoYoMancuso Yeah I wasn't really thinking about checking out his other baroque-ish stuff because XO is imo his weakest from when he was alive. But it's really just one stunning tune after another, especially on the second half even though Son Of Sam is my personal favorite.
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| YoYoMancuso Your review introduced me to Figure 8. One of my 10 favorite albums probably. Just wanted to say thanks.
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 | CrownOfMagnets Yo Rudy. i know you dont really know me but since we are both fans of Trail of Dead and you live in the LA area, you should come see my band at the Viper Room next Tuesday. if you like Trail you will like us.
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 | Trebor17 well they're pictures of artists, hipsters are people who don't do s*** but still dress like artists
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 | Kiran and yeah, specifically about that teen mom album, i still have no idea what's even going on there, i refuse to go out of my way to read anything else on the subject
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| Kiran i come for the insight into the human soul and let me tell you, rudy, it is damning
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| Kiran unless its something of some controversy that is
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| Kiran doesnt really happen, no one's interested around here
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| Kiran pseudo intellectual wankery is more interesting than alts making inside jokes and quoting song lyrics over and over
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 | Xenophanes How's the new Woods? Their last two were pretty solid.
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 | theacademy lol lightning fast feature/unfeature... new personal best
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 | Jom THOSE DAMN MERCURY LEVELS WILL GET YOU EVERY TIME
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| Aids 4/5 for Provincial youre the man klap
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| Aids Broken Social Scene are defs up there. I never really got into TNP that much, though I liked what I heard. pretty blasphemous, aren't they from BC as well? what's their best album? and The Weakerthans are better than both combined, let's just nip that one in the bud now.
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 | andcas I already saw it and I'm working on a article now. love those guys.
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| Aids only if you give me something to shut it on bb
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| Aids haha, I'm sure he's won plenty of other awards, but yeah I was talking about the Grammys. obviously they don't matter, but they are still "critical awards"
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| Aids from your Scary Monster and Nice Sprites soundoff: "Skrillex will never win any critical awards"
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| DaveyBoy Noticed your lowish rating for the Grizzly Bear LP. Any chance I might like it. Any other last minute 2012 recos for me?
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| Gyromania okay so, that fox confessor album was considerably better than middle cyclone (which i still think is great). as far as new pornos go: twin cinema is an obvious classic, electric version is really friggin good, mass romantic is great but not amazing, together is the same - some great tracks but nothing too special, and challengers is a blunder as far as i'm concerned.
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 | Deviant. Silly America, try this: http://uploaded.net/file/oikf9h03
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| Deviant. http://turbobit.net/a365kn0mosbo.html
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| Aids woah someone's username and review title just got much more direct and to the mother****ing POINT
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| robertsona cool cool. them boys love their Revolver dont they
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 | FourthReich wow the shoutbox keeps botching my comments this is the html i was previously employing, less than sign b greater than sign, less than sign slash b greater than sign. for whatever reason the marks won't show in the shoutbox so i hope you can decode that confusing mess.
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| FourthReich random question but, how do you bold text? thanks!
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| Gyromania cheers rudy. adam thomas recommended middle cyclone earlier today to me and i just finished listening to it. tis great stuff. i'll look into the album you rec'd though and get back to you
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 | Hep Kat yeah it did i suck at console fps's. actually i suck at all fps's but with my trusty spray tactics you'd never know!
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| Hep Kat people play counter strike other ways???!!?
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| Hep Kat a little bit. i never really got into most HL mods
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| Hep Kat it's rad as **** buy it. i'd say the gameplay is more akin to source than 1.6, but it's really polished. game looks pretty good too. totally worth the 15 bucks or w/e it costs now. zombie mod is the s***
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| Omaha Sweet, man. Thanks a ton! I've only heard great things about the group, so I'm sure to find something I enjoy.
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 | mvdu Thanks for the reply, Rudy - I have been checking the reviews here, but haven't been posting as much. Hope you can get around to reviewing it sometime. Take care.
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| mvdu Hi Rudy - you going to do a review of AFF Pines? I think you would do a great job. Glad you also enjoyed it. My only minor complaint is the contrast in tempo between the first half and last half. Guess the narrative is happier at the end, but it is a bit jarring in an otherwise beautiful album.
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| Omaha Thanks for letting me enlighten myself on Spoon, Rudy. My self-sufficiency has only you to thank. ;]That's a really interesting article, though. I now have more motivation to check out Spoon's discography!
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 | Ponton you need balthazar. closest band to spoon, promise
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 | SowingSeason Copy pasted your submission so I didn't notice when the links didn't carry over...my bad. Just added them.
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| aok ID# 66321 PW: Mezzanine
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| aok sputnik fantasy basketball league?
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| Ponton and they still say ponton doesnt indie rock =(
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 | mryrtmrnfoxxxy yes and thank you. should this take precedence over the new papa roach album or....?
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| mryrtmrnfoxxxy nvm u included it but how is pinkerton not one of your top. honestly, are you a robot? u can tell me
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| theacademy yea too late to join now i suppose :S... my bad dude
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| SowingSeason *just found the soundcloud stream and I plan on listening to it nonstop until I feel like reviewing it. Sounds very very different from Infinite Arms, but in a good way.
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| SowingSeason I was w/ my gf the past 4 days so I haven't seen any links or streams yet, but I'll let you know once I listen! I have high hopes.
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| Deviant. http://newalbumreleases.net/48701/wolfgang-gartner-back-story-2012/#more-48701 - don't know how much of his old stuff you have, but look... now it's in one convenient location!
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| theacademy dang nvm league is full, no worries dude make sure u draft all the lions and jets tho thats this years superbowl
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| theacademy dude yea bro sorry i been traveling (i tend to take augusts off from full time sputni_KING but admittedly never like this)... im gonna join up if its not too late... sorry for not renewing the old one maybe they will let you link them?.. i wont make the draft but ill manage the s*** out of my team... new trail of dead news love u xoxo academy
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| SowingSeason I joined, but I don't know if I'll make the draft. I'm supposed to hang out with my girlfriend on sunday
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| SowingSeason Will definitely join, just have to get to a computer...thanks for inviting me
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| FourthReich alright i'm in! not a big fan of ppr really, and the current draft time looks great. i'm mitch btw nice to meet you.
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| DaveyBoy fantasy and soccer. Must be something to do with those infamous soccer mOms you have over there.
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| DaveyBoy **** off. Hehe. Nah, I may have to pass. Getting busier at work, blah blah blah. And already struggling to keep up with fantasy in AFL
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 | PayneTiger777 Cool man. Thanks for the invite. Everything looks good.
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 | breakingthefragile That Blur 21 review I promised is finally up if you want to check it out, sorry for the setbacks.
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| Kiran kiransoderqvist@gmail.com. love you.
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| Kiran invite me back to waffles now that i actually use torrents! plz!
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| Deviant. "And I know they were the most luxurious because I've been to them all"
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| Deviant. One kind of has to question just how he was able to open a brothel when he was in so much debt. He says it was a pretty high class joint, my guess is he ran it out of his garage
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| Deviant. Someone told him we had unobtanium there
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 | pianotuna since it's 4th of july i'd just like you to know you're my favourite american
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| AggravatedYeti hahaha, sounds like a helluva ride Rudy. Its minimalistic and grimy as ****--I love it.
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| kingsoby1 lawyers make mad bank; wish i did something besides engineering. i'll let you know if i'm out there - haven't gotten any interviews or even callbacks yet on like 40 apps throughout the US
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| kingsoby1 how's law school? hopefully i end up in socal and we can put back a few brews some day!
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| AggravatedYeti to reply to your hot chip question buddy: haven't heard it. Should I?
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| Anthracks I can't. Fuhrer Cocaine banned me forever like three years ago. I'm assuming KILL or someone negged me on an alt. because I rated the new Rush low. It wouldn't be the first time.
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| Anthracks Don't know who is in charge of stuff like this, but someone negged all of my reviews today or yesterday (went from 99% -
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| Anthracks That seems to be the trend this year; great stuff flying under the radar. of Montreal's latest, Kishi Bashi's debut (wasn't even reviewed at P4K despite a lot of websites putting it at their #1 for the year so far), Lights Out Asia's newest, Hot Chip, Xiu Xiu's newest (which is one of their best), Miniature Tigers' newest (also their best imo). Oh well, it won't stop me from enjoying them.
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| Anthracks *hi-5* i should warn you i just recently wanked :$
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| aok i was pretty disappointed by fatboy slim and chase
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| aok gotta work on sunday but i'm off aroud 4 or 5 . think it's worth it to go to edc for the day? http://electronicdancemusic.com/festivals/edc-ny-line-up/
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 | TMobotron Alright thanks that'll work. I saw it was streaming, only listened to the first track though so i haven't formed an opinion yet but I'm sure I'll enjoy it too.
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| TMobotron klap attack you got any plans to review the new Simian album by any chance?
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| Hep Kat i like you because you get things
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| omnipanzer I have a demonoid account. Your welcome to an invite if you want. I'd love a waffles invite if you get one and happen to think about me.
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| omnipanzer So same a demonoid but less well known?
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 | redskyformiles hahahaha oh man. that sounds... i don't even know how to describe how that sounds. i wonder how the season turned out.
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| Deviant. Dude, there's a lot of stuff I haven't rated haha. And yeah, I'm really digging it, which is kind of surprising because I honestly didn't expect it to be this good
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| omnipanzer You rated them the same so s/t edges Fenix?
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| omnipanzer Rize of the Fenix as good as s/t... for realz?
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 | PuddlesPuddles WhatHowLucky! I could have caught him at the Bowery on the 5th but I'm playing my own show :( You seeing him in Cali, then right?
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| PuddlesPuddles Stop making awesome soundoffs that I giggle and agree with! You have been warned!
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| theacademy my pathetic finals-triggered-ocd-enhanced itunes library
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| Kiran hook me up with that holy esque ep cuz
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