EmeritusReviews 192Approval 96%Soundoffs 32News Articles 417Band Edits 556Album Edits 566Album Ratings 108Objectivity 85%Last Active 05-17-13 12:43 pmJoined 05-14-09Forum Posts 226Review Comments 5,666
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 | Romulus kozelek taking on that kind of music sounds more than promising. i will listen and report back accordingly
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| Romulus mmmm looks promising. on a scale from among the leaves to ghosts, where do you put it?
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 | pianotuna i'm glad you're still following my reviews baby :)
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 | Ponton one day i will return, maybe lol
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| Romulus you are the man, as always. no hope for a comeback?
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 | CaptainDooRight dang with all these neck breaking jokes I'm gonna need a hero too
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| pianotuna cheers my friend. hope you are well. x
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 | theacademy i modded the lyrics to fit the kid's list :S
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 | ReturnToRock I don't need meds (don't take drugs). Alcohol loosens my tongue, but then I say stupid s***. Generally I just make a joke or w/e. I'm good at flirting online as well because you only have to write. However, with this girl, I'm past flirting I think.
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| ReturnToRock Oops did not mean to post the same thing five times :p Damn browser!
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| ReturnToRock How good am I at flirting?Really good if I'm not interested and it's just casual. Awful if there's interest. I charm the pants off retail assistants by just being myself, making a joke, being polite. But if I think a girl is hot? Forget about it. Fumbling bumbling mess.
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 | Atari yeah makes sense just saying that would be embarassing. I have a feeling I know who they'll be removing the tags for.
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| Atari Damn that would be humiliating lol.
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| Atari you mean they're removing contributors or actually just deleting users?
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| Atari I can relate to that in a way. Not the burnt out part but my taste changing. so they're looking for some contributors soon? do you know how many?
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| Atari Ok even though i love that album and you only gave it a 2. and why'd you get tired of writing?
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| Atari Guardian insurance, i'm at work right now lol. also what's emeritus even mean? i don't understand what the differene is between it and contributor/staff.
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| Atari Well I'd love to be staff or contributor just didn't think I was good enough. and yes I enjoy it i'm thinking of quitting my job and looking for something in writing.
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| Atari Hey man. you said every review should be your best review, but that's one of the luxuries of not being staff or contributor. I don't have to work my ass off on every review. If I was staff, I would feel more obligagated to put more work into my reviews. That being said, if I start working on being more descriptive, do you think I'm a good writer?
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 | klap what is this trail of dead #2 on your plays i see
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| klap the first song is probably the best thing he's ever written no joke but overall 3.5, album just kind of glides by here and there
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| klap just got my computer back from the shop i will let you know
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 | aokuneff you're a mercurial man obs. keep at it tho
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| aokuneff can't tell by your soundoff. you dig max richter's four seasons or not/
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 | Deviant. Clubroot - III-MMXII, Claro Intelecto - Reform Club and Shifted - Crossed Paths. Man, that was hard to narrow it down to three
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 | Xenophanes You don't have to know classical music well to enjoy a certain piece. What you like is what you like, I hate that we're expected to be proficient in an artist/genre before we review it. Either way, it's cool to see you around more often : ]
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 | Solisis Hello, I'm just wondering, what's up with your sum41 soundoff? Who was that from?
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 | clercqie Well then, if I may suggest another magnificent band / album from our country: http://soundcloud.com/amatorski/sets/tbc It's a very different style of music, but that album was one of my favorites of last year.
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| Romulus it's been nice so far. cool to be in a new place, new people etc. really hope things turn up for you soon, hang in there! and stop by here every once in a while, i figured i would never come back once school started but i'm unsurprisingly still checking in from time to time.
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| clercqie Yeah, sometimes I really have to force myself as well to come up with something that's readable and makes sense. Cool that you dig the song though. It's one of my most anticipated releases of the year. How did you hear about them btw? You're not from Belgium, are you?
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| clercqie Hey man. I know you stopped reviewing, but if you're interested in doing the new Balthazar (out in October), that would be sweet. I loved your write-up for their debut and the band deserves more attention.
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| Romulus years late on checking this out, but i finally got around to that twilight singers album (honestly, solely due to the fact that i now live on decatur street). fantastic record, thanks again for the rec. hope all is well
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 | esther Hey man I noticed you like some of the same bands I do. I wrote and recorded an EP and I was wondering if you could review, rate, or even just listen to it. Here's a link: facebook.com/esther801music
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| Xenophanes That's great, man, I'm happy to hear things worked out for the best! Being a manager is pretty fun if you have a good crew and good fellow managers. It's a bit more work if you're doing things right, but in the end its much better. As for me, I am currently jobless unfortunately. Looking for work that pays while I do some of my undergraduate research on the side. Other than that...errrr ...my tarantula molted esterday....what an exciting life I lead haha.It's good to hear you're well though!
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 | foxxxy a websites taste is only as good as its staffs so good riddance jpndrds 4 lyf
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 | Electric City u can take ur japandroids soundoff and just stay emeritus mr ponton
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| Ponton everyone needs to **** off :(
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 | thebhoy didn't think an Andrew Bird sound-off could be so explative ridden
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| thebhoy just finished the first run through, I think it's brilliant, but I also like the more mellow, atmospheric and classically bent Bird myself
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 | FenixZero Fair enough. Sound reasoning, I can see that conclusion.
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| pianotuna woah no you did not 2.5 an old favourite album of mine
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| FenixZero Deconstructed only a 2? I feel like this is right up your alley, seeing as how outside of flaming bad melo-death albums you review a lot very unique sounding/interesting metal albums. Don't get me wrong it's not a 5 by any means. Just curious about your opinion, from what I've heard of it, it's a decent album.
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 | Steoandnoodles If you used the character for and; it cuts off the message for some reason. =PI'll check it out this weekend, thanks for the heads up.
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| Steoandnoodles Haven't heard of him but he has a mighty huge discography. Gonna check him out. =)
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 | Gyromania Have I ever told you that you have excellent taste in music? =]
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 | Kris. when did you become staff. did i already congratulate you. i cant remember s***
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 | Hyperion1001 Oh man, that's a wall of things to wade through. Thanks a ton brother. :-)
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| Hyperion1001 Hey jared, i've been really really digging Biosphere's Substrata lately and was wondering if you could recommend me any other albums in the same vein as that one.
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| pianotuna gbv 4.5s and 5s are the only thing i know
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| pianotuna do you see me do do do do doo do like i see you? do do do do do oddo do y ou see me? do do do dododo like i see you? do do do do do do
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| Deviant. To me it's like a more refined Foley Room, like he's just tightened and refined everything. He's kinda kept that sprawling wall of noise, but sort of anchored it instead of just letting it fly out in all directions
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| pianotuna nah, i think i'm going to try and fall in love with the album =) you do it!
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 | TheLetter4 Hey I just wanted to let you know that you're right, I shouldn't have. If I could go back I probably would've left that out, it was unprofessional on my part. I wasn't personally attacking you, but seeing your review is what sparked me to write one of my own focusing on the positives of the album, rather than the negatives. But I am genuinely sorry and I hope you accept my apology.
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 | SeaAnemone hey I'm in need of a favor-- I know you're probably busy and don't have much time for this kind of thing, but would you have a chance anytime to proofread a review for me? It's for the new Deafheaven EP, Roads to Judah... a genre which I have very little knowledge about, obviously. So I was hoping to run it by you maybe, just to make sure I didn't say anything too embarrassingly wrong in it haha, would that be ok?
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 | Knott- JUST WONDERING if youve heard Guillemots - Through The Windowpane. Reminds me in some ways (pretty abstract ones but slight sonic ones too) of Meadowlands... yeah. Check it out. Check out 'Trains To Brazil' on YouTube.
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 | DiceMan Songs of Green Pheasant rule thanks man
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 | maidenpmcc Hey just curious, why did you or another staff member reject my news article on the new Rise Against video? Again, just wondering.
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| Knott- my face when the rip i had of When You're Through was bad so i upgraded it and omg the record is even more awesome when it's not in 128kbps
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 | Crysis Whew I was getting nervous and confused for a second hahaha. If you want to review it man go for it, you're the staffer you got priority ;)
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| Crysis There is absolutely no reasonable way it can be seen as a 1. Rate it a 1.5 or a 2 if you will, but saying that the album is completely and utterly devoid of any redeeming qualities whatsoever is absurd in my opinion.
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 | YUJOS I really can't understand why you already posted a review about an album ( The Passion )that will not come out until two months from now.And by giving it a low rating ( for an album again that will be out in 2 months!!) can't you understand that you are harming the band beforehand????
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| Crysis You've been doing just fine up until this review I think. All of us have times when we write a subpar review and don't realize it until after it's posted, so don't pressure yourself about it otherwise you're going to get hit with writer's block.
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| Crysis Looking forward to the re-post of the Nathrakh review. Anxious for it to leak so I can see for myself how bad they ****ed up.
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 | Willie Id it. I feel like I'm in the same rut. Before each one of my reviews I've been reading a few recent reviews from Davey Boy (I appreciate his style more than other staff members) as well as a few recent contrib reviews to kind of get a groove going. It's working better than nothing.
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 | plane hey bud, i've been trying to get that album you spoke of, but i cannot seem to find the right working link. mind helping a brother out?
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 | HSThomas Oh yes I do. When the Detail Lost its Freedom is absolutely beautiful.
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| HSThomas Hey Jared, have you ever listened to any of Brian McBride's solo work?
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| Knott- delete your 1 rating for beggars, it makes me want to never speak to you again :(
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 | CelestialDust I dig the simon and garfunkel-like sound of that green pheasant band
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| DiceMan Thanks man, I'll check it out and let you know what I think... When I get somewhere where I can download files, on a stupid university connection all the time these days :s
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 | Slum 8 Crazy Nights brings a singly manly tear to my eye
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| Romulus it's been pretty sweet jared. thanks for the rec, especially since i tend to like 99% of the things you suggest. also my first impressions of that olivia tremor control album have been really solid so far
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| Crysis Ah cool, thanks for the tip, was wondering if you could get rid of that.
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| Crysis Listen to "Roads To Judah" by Deafheavens, I think you may really enjoy it.
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| CelestialDust Cool, if you want to just stream it they have that one on their myspace too.
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| CelestialDust It's not nearly as compelling overall as early morning hymns, but I thought it was definitely worth a listen because it has some very cool songs. My fav's are trust, flower faces, and southern radio.
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| CelestialDust hey, have you given the other old canes album 'feral harmonic' a listen?
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 | DaveyBoy True, although this one is only just passable.
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| DaveyBoy Ok, Im doing Rev Theory. I still think you took one listen and decided to pass. LOL.
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| Xenophanes That's a very thoughtful idea, actually. We (the users)generally like any sort of attention and feedback haha, and thank you for the compliment.
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| Xenophanes I saw your recommendation in the Meds Thread and would like to thank you, Jared. It was very kind of you, and I really, greatly appreciate it!
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 | AggravatedYeti 2 for James Blake? Killin me here Jared ; ) Was bumping some Max Richter last night driving home wanted to thank you for rec'ing me The Blue Notebooks ages ago. Finally got around to it.
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 | keyserfunk Thanks for posting the Mercenary album stream.
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 | ZippaThaRippa Is there anywhere I can listen to Dornenreich's new album without DLing?
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| DaveyBoy I need to listen more. I hate streams. But its not as if they have reinvented the wheel. You have just reminded me to do a sound off for their debut as I have always loved it. Typical me. LOL
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| HSThomas You didn't have to put in a word but seriously thanks for both the critique and putting a word in for me. I owe you for that.
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| HSThomas Observer, I was wondering if you could look at Misery Signals review I've got posted in the proofreading thread? I need feedback as I want this to be one of my best reviews and hopefully get it featured.
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| DaveyBoy Well, its not a vital release anyway. If the review of whoever covers it after the 15th is not up to scratch, lets talk again and see where we are both at. Youve killed it so far this year. Six reviews more than me anyway. haha.
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| DaveyBoy Arghh, could be tricky timing wise as I have 2 streams and reviews on the go already. If I do take it on, it wont be on time. Whats up with it. Your personal time or just not feeling inspired after listening to it.
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| HSThomas Observer, I've got some good news, I've seen that Novembre have started work on a new album.
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 | TheSpirit First time we've agreed on a black metal album in months haha
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| Willie There's nothing wrong with your review. Fanboys are bitches.
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| Crysis Unless they totally **** something up.
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| Crysis I was thinking about doing Amon Amarth and was definitely going to write something about Insomnium considering I didn't review Across The Dark and bit my tongue as Trey gave it a 3. Don't let the fact that I want to review an album stop you from writing, staff does have priority ;P
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| Crysis So I hear you'll be reviewing the new Insomnium, Be'Lakor and Amon Amarth when they come out? Can't wait for the new Insomnium album, gonna be so good.
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| DaveyBoy Never heard of Evans Blue, but your word is good enough. Theyre on the list. Lets take over Sputnik with nothing but radio rock.
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| thebhoy all links seem to be down, could you e-mail me it?
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| thebhoy I've never actually heard of it, but I will def check it out.
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| DaveyBoy You know the crazy thing. I may actually prefer their debut because of the lower production. At least, that way, the vocals are just muffled and not out of tune.
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| DaveyBoy Hehe. Ur probably right. Next time Im angry, I might give it a try. Although it will probably just make me more angry.
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| HSThomas I just have this nagging feeling though that it will just be derivitive and unoriginal, especially after the track with Mikael Stanne. I really hope it isn't but only time will tell.
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| DaveyBoy Jared, now that you have been promoted, Im glad Im not the only who cant get into Titus
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| HSThomas New Be'lakor has me excited. I hope they follow up with the same darker, more serious tone they displayed on Stone's Reach. The rest of that list is pretty meh to me though Omnium Gatherium sounds alright. The newest track had some good moments in it but it was really repetitive and the vocals were surprisingly bad in that song as well. You may also have to fight Crysis for the feature on the review of Insomnium as he said he would write something for it this time around, if it came out.
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| HSThomas This is certainly turning out to be a good year despite the upsets. I've heard Insomnium are working on new material for an album this year (don't quote me on the release). There's also the new Woods of Desolation coming out next month. What are your big releases for 2011?
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| HSThomas I think he was one of the main songwriters. They said that he would continue writing songs for the band and would play in studio but not tour with them. I think he may have been shoved out of the songwriting process altogether though, especialy with the promo photos of the band. It's a shame, I wouldn't have minded waiting an extra year if all the songs had been the quality of "Buried Beneath." That is one of Red's all time best that one.
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 | Dave de Sylvia Just a couple of things on news articles: try and post in the active voice "X have posted a new video/song/whatever" rather than "has been posted," and if it's an embedded Youtube video try and link directly to the video rather than the website.
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| HSThomas Observer, I read your review of Red's Until We Have Faces and I was wondering, do you think the loss of Jason Rauch hurt the songwriting of the album?
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| Willie Ok, join the staff group: http://www.last.fm/group/SputnikMusic.com Staff
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| Willie Hey, you need a last.fm account so we can include your plays.
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 | FilthyBorgir I just realized how s***ty Universum is. Could you give me some electronica group names for me to look into. Cuz it looks like you listen to enough. If you want that is.
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 | toxin. dude you're an awesome reviewerglad you made it to staff!
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 | chambered89 i just cannot get used to north carolina at all
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 | PinkBlackberry You're a grand reviewer. I like it, and your taste in music is fancy too.that's right I complimented the s*** out of you just now.
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 | mallen- In case you were wondering, I'm hanging around for another round on this new account.
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| Romulus i'm as late as always but congratulations on staff, it's been awesome watching your progress here
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 | qwe3 grats on staff man twas well deserved
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 | Crisis For sure. I wrote a review for it last night and im very very happy with how it came out. Will post on the 24th when im unbanned.
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 | EVedder27 Yeah I'm disappointed and may or may not even review anymore. I worked hard for it especially in the past year and right now I'm in the same exact position I was in before. Anyway there's more important things I need to dedicate my energy too (grad school and finding a job) so I think it's the right decision for now.
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 | Grignard Liked the review. Look forward to seeing you around more.
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 | Masochist Good stuff, man! You're well qualified for staff...congrats! ;-)
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| EVedder27 congrats man, really glad to see you get staff
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 | Hawks Congrats on making staff bro.
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| Crisis Thanks for having my back there, just Charles and his continued hatred of me. I'm going to re-write that thing once I'm unbanned haha
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 | AtavanHalen Thanks a lot. Congrats to your good self as well.
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 | Irving Hearing about all these Sput legends makes me feel like I've achieved absolutely nothing in life. Haha!
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 | mutatedfreek No problem man, you've always had the talent. I'm annoyed on Sea/Crysis/Adam's behalf for the unexpectedness of some of the other promotions but yours was competely deserved.
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| Irving Wait wait wait. Lemme get this straight (I've only been around four months or so): you were a user until last May, and now in January you're a Staff? Holy crap - definition of "meteoric rise in ranks".
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| SeaAnemone haha no worries man, please don't let the very questionable "other" promotions put a damper on your well-deserved promotion that I know was based in a ton of hard work and skill :) I second what Crisis says :)
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| Crisis Haha no worries, I've been here for over four years and I'm still here, so I'm not going anywhere. I've been writing a few reviews in my banned state so once I'm back on my usual account I will be just as active (if not more so) than ever before. Despite what may be questionable in the promotions, don't downplay the fact that you most definitely deserved this promotion, imo more than anyone else here, so well done man.
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| Kris. gratz bby do me proud
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| SeaAnemone Congrats Jared, I'm glad easily one of the best reviewers on the site finally got the recognition he deserves :)
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| mutatedfreek Haha yes, awesome stuff Jared! Congratulations.
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| Slum I think we all knew this was coming, huge congrats dude
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| Irving Don't forget me now that you're Staff =)
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| Xenophanes Loving that new tag on your profile man, really ****ing awesome! Congrats!
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| Crisis Couldn't think of a better candidate for staff. ****ing congratz man.
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| DaveyBoy So fn happy 4 u since you have been on a rollercoaster ride since u have been here. Sooooo well deserved. Congrats and welcome to the brotherhood.
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| Gyromania Lol, I actually just purchased the first three parts to the dragon boxset. Oh sweet, sweet nostalgia.
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| EVedder27 Old canes is absolutely fantastic. Had been hoping to check out something that would blow me away and that album definitely came through for me.
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| Gyromania I think the biggest problem is that I can't find a lot of information on the artist. I don't know about you, but I find it's a lot easier to write reviews if I have an extensive knowledge of the artist. Could always make it short, but yeah, that album needs more love.
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| Gyromania I was actually thinking about reviewing it sometime soon, but my only fear is that I'll put a lot of time into writing it only to have it shunned. Leraine is PERFECT
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| Xenophanes Well thank you sir, and yes, Mitochondrion has been the predominant thing I have been listenin to these past 2 days.
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 | BallsToTheWall Have you heard A Canourous Quartet's The Only Pure Hate? More solid old melo-death that needs to be awakened.
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| Crysis But if Berkay applies for the position he'll definitely be the one to get it.
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| Crysis Might do the same then.
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