Remember me guys? I'm back. :wave:

If you don't remember me, I used to be on the forums way back when it was MXTabs (went by the name RavEMasteR or something like that).

That was probably 5~6 years ago, can't remember. Used to be the target of roasting by Josiah and a bunch of other people for being a total newb. I was young and stupid, first by being a total Travis Barker fanboy, and then a Mike Portnoy fanboy.

Well, I'm back again. I'm not here for roasting or trolling though. I'm starting drums again, this time from the bottom up. I've been out of practice, and the only thing that has remotely kept my drumming alive is Rock Band (funny how all my friend's jaws dropped when they saw me play RB for the first time. Was doing decently on Hard within 2~3 songs. :) ).

I don't think Rock Band is any decent practice for a real drum kit, and over the years I've gained a much better understanding of the beauty of music. I have found such great passion within the simplest pieces.

Ah, enough rambling. I'm back to learn about drums, not tell you my life's story.

I'll be waiting 24hrs before I start a thread for a question I have in mind...

Welcome back then. How'd you get all the negative rep after just one post?

[quote=billdrum;15943206]Unfortunately, that's the society we live in. If something happens at school, it's the schools' fault, even if it's something stupid done by a rogue idiot. So the schools have to cover their asses by being extra cautious. Blame the lawyers and the idiots who file (and often win) frivolous lawsuits. Everybody always wants to blame someone else, especially if there's cash involved.[/quote]
Yeah I realize that, I just find it to be quite a ridiculous situation for everyone involved.

[QUOTE=TTTSNB;15943326]Yeah I realize that, I just find it to be quite a ridiculous situation for everyone involved.[/QUOTE]

I totally agree!

[QUOTE=billdrum;15943325]Welcome back then. How'd you get all the negative rep after just one post?[/QUOTE]

You gave em to me? :)

holy crap I remember you Ravemaster! You were here at least in 2004. Which is.....4 years ago. I've been here too long.

I remember your avatar was of you, and you were asian. And yes a ton of people always pounded on your idiocy.

i remember you too :)

Ahhh, that was before my time. No, I didn't give you your bad rep.

Edit...there, I knocked one of your red bars off!

[quote=billdrum;15943331]I totally agree![/quote]
Yeah. The judicial system is for legitimate disputes...not to serve as a source of cash.

[QUOTE=Seafroggys;15943356]holy crap I remember you Ravemaster! You were here at least in 2004. Which is.....4 years ago. I've been here too long.

I remember your avatar was of you, and you were asian. And yes a ton of people always pounded on your idiocy.[/QUOTE]

Young and stupid I say. Well, no matter. That chapter of my life has closed.

Since then, I've been into fencing, martial arts, and now I'm racing cars too. None of them seems to provide the rush I get from music though.

hey bill, what are the "referrals" on the user profiles?

I believe that's for if you've referred someone to the site who became a registered user. I'm not sure how it works really.

oh! cool. i've got 4.


when you register there's usually a little box for "did someone refer you to this site?"
and then you put in their name
and voila! referral.

Who's frikin idea was it to run the power grid at 50hz in Europe?

That's gotta be it then.

[QUOTE=Obelisk;15943452]Who's frikin idea was it to run the power grid at 50hz in Europe?[/QUOTE]

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I think "Who's frikin idea was it to run the power grid at 60Hz in north america?" would be a more apt question

:p

[QUOTE=raz0r;15943524][img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/db/WorldMap_Voltage%26Frequency.png/800px-WorldMap_Voltage%26Frequency.png[/img]
I think "Who's frikin idea was it to run the power grid at 60Hz in north america?" would be a more apt question

:p[/QUOTE]

Either way, my job would be easier if it were all the same. 50/60 I don't care - just pick one.

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*They're


As in "they are banning smoking"

They banned it here in Illinois (smoking, not fags) and I gotta say, its nice coming home from a gig not smelling like an ashtray.

I know that chipple. I didnt draw it.

I want to take my monster lense out for a walk but i cant be arsed with photo labs.

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Yeah, I'm loving the smoking ban.


Dunno why cos I never go in pubs anyway!

To be honest i hate it.

I dont go in clubs anymore because they just smell or stale beer, body odour and old piss.

Oregon now has it as of the new year.

Should be nice playing gigs!

[quote]To be honest i hate it.

I dont go in clubs anymore because they just smell or stale beer, body odour and old piss.[/quote]

Everyone keeps saying that but I swear to god its only because you're going in the wrong kind of clubs!

Nope. All the clubs smell like that.

Either you get the dance clubs that smell like lambrini and poundshop aftershave and piss, or the rock clubs that smell like stale beer, BO and piss.

I don't like the smoking ban. I don't smoke but it has completely killed the idea of an intimate smokey jazz club.

Exactly.

Unless they're on a reservation...

People still listen to jazz?

Maybe not jazz, but the smokey club atmosphere was awesome.

Several clubs have actually shut down since the ban here.

Solely on the basis of a smoking ban?


There was a big stink about bars shutting down when they banned it here. They seemed to ignore the fact that it's $2.50 for a bottle of sh[B]i[/B]tty beer and $3 a shot of watered down liquor and nobody is going to bay those prices when you can buy a liter of JD for $25.

Up in Washington the ban's been in place for awhile, and the bar industry has hardly suffered.

Merely myths purpetrated by the tobacco industry.

Right. Because my mate who ran one of them is right in the loop with the tabacco companies.

One of the cities longest running alternative night had record drops in attendance in the weeks after the ban was put in place. Nor did it ever recover.

Well, perhaps it made people realize how silly it is to shell out asinine amounts of money to get smashed and listen to music nobody really likes while people have epileptic fits all around you.

smoking bans really only affect bars when there are other unbanned bars nearby. last year, hennepin county ran a smoking ban. the bars in the center of the county were pretty well fine. the bars around the outskirts of the county line suffered, because people could just go over to the next county and smoke while they drink.

now that all of minneapolis is under the smoking ban, bar businesses are doing equally fine.



want a smoky atmosphere? buy a ****ing hazer.

[QUOTE=enemytopublic2;15942431]yeah he's fcking awesome...but singer looks retarded lol.[/QUOTE]

new guy is better than jon theodore, imho

There was a smoking ban in bars here, and bar owners just switched it over to "casinos" because they had some vlt machines in the bar.

[QUOTE=billdrum;15943603]They banned it here in Illinois (smoking, not fags) and I gotta say, its nice coming home from a gig not smelling like an ashtray.[/QUOTE]

It's been a couple years here, even as a smoker, I quite enjoy the policy. Now I only feel like I smoked half a pack the next morning, not 5.

My local went out of business shortly after the ban, though. Teh Sux.

Wtwtfwtfwtfwtf?!

I just had this wicked pain in my right ear. It was right in the really thick part of the cartilage in the back that connects to the skull. It was f[I]u[/I]cking horrible.