[QUOTE=Lord Abortion]yeah it was HMV, there is a lack of second hand shops in my area, I only get to go to gateshead metro centre, carlisle and very occasionally, newcastle for shopping[/QUOTE]
Edinburgh is great for shopping because it has Head Music- Second Hand Store, two Avalanches - Good quality with second hand sections and an amzing sale on right now, Two Fopps - Have Brilliant £5.00 Deals, Two HMVs, and a Virgin all centred around the centre :)

[quote='Tender]Surprisingly little, seeing as how you had something like £500 to go in with. Some good stuff there, though.[/quote]
Yeah, well...I'm trying to save some money for Uni :(

Also, I'm in the process of uploading Clutch - [i]Robot Hive/Exodus[/i] and The Blues Brothers - [i]Briefcase Full Of Blues[/i] for anyone who wants them.

[url=http://s48.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1A0B784LN6M6S2SPDIKIUICN65]Clutch - [i]Robot Hive/Exodus[/i][/url] Great Stoner rock, very much worth a download.

[QUOTE=zeppelinfan2k3]You guys don't have one around campus? [/QUOTE]

Oh, there used to be a guy who set up a stall right inside the Student union every other day (at least once a week, anyway). It was a novelty to me, and he almost always had some good stuff, so I bought a lot of CDs (basically spent whatever money I had available whenever I checked the stall) from him in my first few months at university. He even started giving me discounts, which was very cool.

But then he stopped setting up so often. Stopped being a few times a week, and became just once a week (every Wednesday, I think). I kept buying stuff from him whenever my schedule led me into Uni on a Wednesday, but eventually he just stopped coming. Didn't see him at all for the last few months I was there.

[QUOTE=Bartender]. I've gotten some good deals there though. "smoking paraphernelia".
.[/QUOTE]
:) ah I see...

recording vocals is more difficult than it seems, I am taking alot of takes to try and get this right, it might however be due to the suckiness of my mic, my voice seems not to be coming through properly and seems to be inaudible sometimes

[QUOTE=Lord Abortion]
recording vocals is more difficult than it seems, I am taking alot of takes to try and get this right, it might however be due to the suckiness of my mic, my voice seems not to be coming through properly and seems to be inaudible sometimes[/QUOTE]
If you're having problems ask about it in The Jam Session.

[url=http://s54.yousendit.com/d.php?id=1ZG4F82GN57O0Y84KTOAX8Q8S]The Blues Brothers - [i]Briefcase Full Of Blues[/i][/url]

Ollie, what are you recording? Maiden stuff?

nah, I have it, I'm substituting the laiho rasp for more traditional DM stylings and it seems alot better

EDIT for jakey-boy's benefit

COB- taste of my scythe

and I'm off to work...

[QUOTE=Lord Abortion]nah, I have it, I'm substituting the laiho rasp for more traditional DM stylings and it seems alot better

EDIT for jakey-boy's benefit

COB- taste of my scythe

and I'm off to work...[/QUOTE]

I can see doing that. I've figured out the rasp part, but it's just too difficult to keep the phlegmy tone out of my throat. I thought my tone was okay, but lately it's just been really bad. I've switched to trying more Jon Oliva and Dio-esque vocals and that's going much better.

I heard my first CoB song last night, thanks to whoever uploaded it in Alex's FG. The insturmentals are flatout amazing, but I really couldn't do anything about the vocals but laugh. :upset:

Alex, you must check out Arcturus!

[QUOTE=Dr. Jake Destructo]I heard my first CoB song last night, thanks to whoever uploaded it in Alex's FG. The insturmentals are flatout amazing, but I really couldn't do anything about the vocals but laugh. :upset:

Alex, you must check out Arcturus![/QUOTE]

I will when I get around to it.

The vocals do take some getting used to, true. Of course the same can be said of any extreme metal vocalist. I remember when I frist heard Celtic Frost. I thought Tom Warrior was ridiculous.

What's everyone recording for, that comp. still? I haven't done anything with that yet :upset:

5,000 posts :chug:

[QUOTE=zeppelinfan2k3]Haha, well good, maybe I can stop being resident cliche emo fag for a bit :p[/QUOTE]

I'll be more than happy to usurp that role from you. Not like I hadn't already, thanks in part to your absences from here.

And congratulations, by the way.

Well, I don't know if "congratulations" is the right word. I mean, I'm glad for you, but "congratulations" kind of looks like "It's about time, emo faggot" or something, in this situation :-\

But no matter.

[quote=munky_magik]I also didn't manage to find the final parts for my friend's brithday present. So this'll take some careful explaining along the lines of "I haven't finished your present yet so you'll have to wait".[/quote]

I remember you touching on this earlier, but did you actually explain what it is that you're doing? Or are you keeping it silent until you actually deliver the present?

[quote=magicbus]5,000 posts :chug:[/quote]

:chug:

[QUOTE=Dr. Jake Destructo]
Alex*, you must check out Arcturus![/QUOTE]
*The whole world

My computer is gonna get here today :D
Jul 25, 2005 7:22 AM On FedEx vehicle for delivery GULFPORT, MS

Bumping this to combat the spam.

I'm working on my min-FA of Dredg now :D

If any one is so inclined to venture into pop-punk, check out my FA on Sum 41 too :thumb:

I hope this guy drowns in a toilet bowl, he sucks that much.

Also there is no "I will when I get around to it" when it comes to Arcturus, you must go out of your way to check them out! :p

If you want, I can upload some samples.


NP - Kayo Dot - Marathon

I like Arcturus, but i think you guys over hype them a bit. Very good and talented, but not something that absolutely blows me away :-\

EDIT: I do have 2 of their albums though :)

Uploads won't help until my modem stops acting up. But go ahead and post them for everyone else's benefit.

This is more like it:

[b]Weekly Artist Chart[/b]
Week prior to Jul 24, 2005, 08:00
1 The Beatles 274
2 Pink Floyd 130
3 Jeff Beck 24
4 David Bowie 21
5 Funkadelic 18
6 Primus 7
6 Robert Johnson 7
8 John Mayer & Buddy Guy 4
9 Red Hot Chili Peppers 3
10 Frank Zappa 2

I just saw what happened. What was this guy's problem with Steerpike? Was it the user himself who made this or was his account hacked? :confused:

[QUOTE=Stoic]I just saw what happened. What was this guy's problem with Steerpike? Was it the user himself who made this or was his account hacked? :confused:[/QUOTE]

I checked some of his earlier posts. He was kind of a dick back then, so chances are he was just looking for a cheap thrill.

It's kinda like what happened with that other user (highlighted in your interview on MNM a few weeks ago). These fools don't take well to your sarcasm do they now :p

Bumping for spam purposes of keeping those idiots' threads off the top of the page

[QUOTE=Mekkalayakay]bumping for spam purposes[/QUOTE]
You're bumping this to hide the spam? or you're bumping this to spam? :p

I keep reposting the same comment over and over again, but deleting it, and reposting it.
:p

Pshh, like I'm trying to keep the spammer's threads down, I just want to spam this page up. :-*

[QUOTE=being.crazy.is.not.a.bad.thing]It's kinda like what happened with that other user (highlighted in your interview on MNM a few weeks ago). These fools don't take well to your sarcasm do they now :p[/QUOTE]

It's odd that they pick out me. The only more futile gesture would be picking a fight with a mod.

So I've got 10 cd's coming on Wednesday. I can't wait that long. :(

/Bumpage.

I think it's cool we're all working together to get this guy off the first page.

[QUOTE=Mekkalayakay]So I've got 10 cd's coming on Wednesday. I can't wait that long. :([/QUOTE]
10 eh? Details please.

Bal Sagoth – Atlantis Ascendent
Bal Sagoth – A really really long title that I don't really want to type out :p
Death – Human
Nevermore – This Godless Endeavor
Sodom – Tapping the Vein
Mithras - Forever Advancing...Legions
Death Machine – Death Machine
Rhapsody – Symphany of Enchanted Lands Pt 2. The Dark Secret
Porcupine Tree – Deadwing
Ephel Duath – The Painter’s Palette

I finally learnt Dream Theater - Wait For Sleep on piano, well in bits.
I recorded it, and it's up on [url]http://www.purevolume.com/salvationpromise[/url]

[QUOTE=Mekkalayakay]Bal Sagoth – Atlantis Ascendent
Bal Sagoth – A really really long title that I don't really want to type out :p
Death – Human
Nevermore – This Godless Endeavor
Sodom – Tapping the Vein
Mithras - Forever Advancing...Legions
Death Machine – Death Machine
Rhapsody – Symphany of Enchanted Lands Pt 2. The Dark Secret
Porcupine Tree – Deadwing
Ephel Duath – The Painter’s Palette[/QUOTE]
That's a pretty nice haul. Expensive?

[QUOTE=munky_magik]That's a pretty nice haul. Expensive?[/QUOTE]

It was around $110. Century Media [i]owns[/i]. The average cost was about $12 per cd.

Weekly Artist Chart
Week prior to Jul 24, 2005, 08:00
1 Esbjörn Svensson Trio 41
2 The Dandy Warhols 37
3 Decoder Ring 35
4 The Blue Van 32
5 Air 31
6 Blind Guardian 30
7 Blind Melon 19
8 Eisley 18
9 Radiohead 16
9 Say Hi To Your Mom 16

[QUOTE=Mekkalayakay]It was around $110. Century Media [i]owns[/i]. The average cost was about $12 per cd.[/QUOTE]
I refuse to pay over $10 for a CD, new or used. Exceptions being dual discs, and when I bought Thrice's TAITA for 12, but I got it autographed so it was a well spent 2 dollars extra.

Holy shizzy, good stuff.

edit: to Slug

I'm glad Blind Guardian were in your playlist! Has Alex's feature anything to do with it?

Here's mine:

1 Solefald
1 Windham Hell
3 Origin
4 Slough Feg
4 Jason Becker
6 Wuthering Heights
6 Burzum
6 Complex
6 Evergrey
6 Amon Amarth

/huge BG fanboy

I buy most of my CD's for about 5 bucks.

[QUOTE=Slug]I buy most of my CD's for about 5 bucks.[/QUOTE]
I do too...you buy used then, I take it?

I'm not getting CD's until September, then I'll get the new Opeth, Taproot, Korn, and In Flames CD's.

[QUOTE=zeppelinfan2k3]I do too...you buy used then, I take it?[/QUOTE]

Of course. I go to this place called CD Exchange, where everything is so cheap.