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Last Active 03-22-22 5:51 pm Joined 01-27-07
Review Comments 4,595
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 | Pheromone Ah that's so frustrating, i understand that thinking. I think i saw the thread etc but I tend to stay away from the drama because **** that. Ah well man, was one of my favourite reviews on here but glad to hear it was for the cause m/
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 | Pheromone why did you do it bro? as in the entire purge really
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 | Pheromone bro please say you have your weakerthans review somewhere
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 | Winesburgohio have u come around on """new""" angelo de??? best listened to between midnight and 4am take as needed
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 | tom79 It's nice to see someone else appreciates that Rolling Blackouts album as much as me!
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 | plane we'll meet in the smallest great unknown
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 | neekafat Hopefully it grows on me. That opener is amazing
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 | neekafat But the pieces don't click for meeee :c
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 | neekafat What do you like so much about Light?
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 | klap wow now i'm going to have to scour this website all day thank u bb
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 | klap Def anticipated a lower rating from you but a 2! Harsh. Seeing Sheff at the end of this month I will let him know how disappointed you are
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 | Jots don?t think so, will peep.
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 | Jots did you check the last equiknoxx thing btw? got v little love on here but I thought it was gr8
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 | Jots his trilogy thing is good and so is empty city. there?s a ton of pre-2012 stuff I don?t have rated because I don?t like rating retrospectively - I need to re-listen.
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 | theBoneyKing Jamming now. Super consistent band so I have high hopes.
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 | granitenotebook carles is the guy who did hipsterrunoff, you both care about music/don't care what other people think/have a bird avatar so I figured I'd give a try
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 | brainmelter if you can, pls do us the honor of doing a write up for da new fleet foxes
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 | Jots he's done better.. : [
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 | Jots yea new Gas isn't too good imo
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 | verdant damn, well feel free to just keep posting scraps/drafts here, they're most likely a lot better than most (me included) could write with all the time in the world. ahaha take care dude (:
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 | verdant Thanks!!! and i know, i've been ghosting this site for ages (in fact now that i think about it it's probably longer than months), which is why it's always a very welcome surprise to see you've written something new. do you write anything for any other sites???
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 | verdant signed up after months of passive interaction with this site to maybe write some reviews but mainly to tell you that you are gosh darn inspiration and that i love reading everything you write even if i know nothing about the artist :~)
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 | sportsboy hahaha you good that's a weird question to ask but you just seem like an acute person who interacted with people in an introspective way which is very tumblr (speaking as a tumblr kid) so i was just wondering
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 | RadicalEd You wrote about Okkervil River better than anyone on the planet [2]
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 | Slex You write about Okkervil River better than anyone on the planet and I saw that you said Silver Gymnasium is their best album. It's the only album of theirs that I can't get into, but it's been a year or so since I tried, can u please tell me what makes it their best album so I can convince myself to give it another try
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 | Jots thx, how's things on your end?
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 | Jots just finalized a purchase on a new house, so I'm excited. and back at ya
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 | Jots Norman records is a dope resource indeed but I don't recall ordering anything off their site, at least not lately. Unless Norman also has a bandcamp page but still, I don't recall getting anything physical from them
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 | Slex http://pitchfork.com/news/62890-wolf-parade-are-back/
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 | Jots I'm sure 80 reviews later I'll be in a similar boat : [
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 | Jots about sums it up
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 | Jots the new one? if so what did u like
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 | Jots new Stara Rzeka. you liked his last, iirc
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 | Phlegm infinite sadness 5.0 xxxx
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 | wtferrothorn Why do you hate "I Love You, Honeybear"? I thought it was really great, but you seem to be the only one that's not a fan.
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 | AmericanFlagAsh I like your reviews and their respective ratings. I feel like I should check out a lot of those albums.
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 | Yotimi Hell yeah Siavash Amini
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 | Jots v - scratch that last bit, looks like you're back in full swing. nvm
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 | Jots haha. thanks man. been digging your writing style too tbh, even if you don't write as much
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 | Jots a 1/5 for the new ariel pink, eh? what'd you hate about it? just curious
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 | Slex have u done the lyrics for Throw Me in The River?
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 | deathschool Review it, dude. It'll get it some attention. I started to and couldn't get anything down I liked.
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 | deathschool Your Throw Me in the River rating has got me excited.
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 | lauriej your pie chart indicates that we have nothing in common. but we can still be internet friends
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 | SadAndHolyGlow I guess I kinda see it the same way. I wish there was at least some poetic flair to them. The music was all the same, too. I read in an interview that Latinen took inspiration from authors like John Steinbeck and the like for the lyrics on the album - I guess that shows. And yeah, I haven't decided if I will review it or not, but keep an eye out.
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 | SadAndHolyGlow Hey there, robin. I was curious to hear your thoughts on the new Empire! Empire! record, seeing as we gave it the same ratings. I'm thinking of writing a review, because I have lots to say about my opinion on it. But I was curious what YOU thought.
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 | YakNips bruh fuk the haters that Demonbrother album rules
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 | demigod! thank you so much for bringing that dropdead split to my / sput's attention, you rock
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 | MisterTornado are you writing anywhere else these days? seems like an interesting album to write about, it might just happen ~
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 | klap do you not have a last fm?
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 | klap thanks bebe. loving pearly gates still
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 | luci are you sure you have the app installed? it's telling me to inv u
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 | Hyperion1001 thanks man, thats the kind of writing i really want to focus on as staff even though i like to take stylistic breaks sometimes. looking forward to working with you guys.
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 | SgtPepper Yeah, man, I'm so glad I've grown to appreciate them because I've pretty much fallen in love with this band. Veckatimest is quickly becoming one of my all time favourites. thank you for bringing them to my attention. And thank you for your compliment as well, it means a lot coming from a great writer like yourself.
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 | SgtPepper Hey, Robin. Just wanted to say I loved your Shields review. You're work is such fun to read, by the way as well as insightful. although I've known the band for some time, it wasn't until recently that I finally "saw the light". I've become obsessed with the band now and it was because of that review that I even discovered them. "Fine for Now", "Sleeping Ute", "Marla" and "Two Weeks" especially are beyond brilliant. Anyway, that's it. I'll see you around the site hopefully.
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 | joshuatree Nice, followed. Also I didn't know you wrote for popmatters now, that's pretty sick
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 | joshuatree Definitely. I'm not sure you could even say I'm "on" sputnik anymore tbh, I have a really bad twitter @wilso322 that I check every like ten minutes
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 | Inveigh any idea where i can get a link for that new church of misery record?
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 | Irving "Objectivity 57%". Lawl.
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 | klap there's that robin 4.5 i know and love
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 | MisterTornado thanks, i'm glad you feel as strongly against boba as i
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 | klap hey where'd all your ratings go
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 | PuddlesPuddles My most favorite musical mackerel. How is the course of life?
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 | silentpotato indeed mon frere. i like your folk taste tho ;]
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 | silentpotato haha word that happened... well i mean im sure weve spoken on multiple occasions considering uve been here even longer than me but i think our tastes keep us from crossing paths too regularly
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 | silentpotato lol well i guess i retract that statement as i am officially speaking to you. nice blue hawaii review/rating btw
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 | greg84 Thanks. Hah. I thought you guys get paid over there at popmatters. Anyway, the site looks really professional. They're in the habit of publishing plenty of year-end lists, which is a neat idea, especially for someone who wants to catch up with new stuff.
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 | greg84 Hey. I've come across your reviews at popmatters.com Mad props. It's a really cool site. I especially like reading their movie write-ups.
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 | Voivod Yeah you are probably right I guess, thanks a lot man, really appreciate it.
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 | Aids what is with every person who has ratings that I actually care about wiping theirs lately? bro, what do I 4.5?
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 | robertsona not a promise or a threat or an ultimatum?
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 | barcafan21 your avatar wahhhhhhhhhhhh i love it so much
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 | Irving Therein lies the problem. I had forgotten. In the midst of my excitement. The album's not out yet. I don't think it has leaked either. And you can only hear three of the songs here http://airreview.bandcamp.com/ Do you still heart me? =(
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 | porch it's good! also, farewell :(
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 | Ire staff keeps getting more poopy damn rip robin
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 | RosaParks i was having a bad night. don't mind me
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 | Observer I read popmatters sporadically and enjoy the variety of things they cover. I hope it goes well
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 | Observer our graduating class didnt last long :(
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 | Iluvatar i'm on a mission to never agree
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 | Irving BAD ROBIN :3 But seriously album's pretty good. Not AOTY material, but definitely worth a gander :)
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 | porch i haven't listened yet actually,gonna wait till i get a physical copy. been hearing positive things about it though
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 | Spare http://www.mediafire.com/?vos57x6rbgr65kf
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 | Spare dood have you listened to hop along
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 | klap source tags and codes man
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 | porch can't complain, had a good summer but looking forward to getting back to college now
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 | Deviant. Try Jon Hopkins - Opalescent, Desolate, The Invisible Insurrection, Lawrence - The Absence Of Blight, Zomby - Dedication (bit of an oddball, but by the end of the album you'll know why I chose it), Martin Schulte - Close You Eyes And Listen and BvDub - Tribes At The Temple Of Silence. Give those a try and see what you think
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 | Electric City i submit that lovelock record which is the least abrasive thing ever and is a 4/5 and you should check it out
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 | joshuatree yeah it's a good balance in a way. it feels like my life is a japandroids song, with all that implies, right now. honestly the only times i actively use this site is while really ****ing drunk after i get home from a party. but yeah that ghost mice record is amazing. it got me to dl all these punk-folk records, by ajj and defiance ohio, but the seer has dominated my listening the past few days, it's so good
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 | joshuatree hey man, not too much. basically working all the time and drinking all the time, not really having a whole lot of time to do much else. ready for college to start again. yourself? also i finally dl'd that ghost mice record, so good
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 | Deviant. I always make a concession for Robin!
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 | Irving Thanks a huge huge bunch Robin - I'll try my damned hardest not to let any of you guys down =) Shouldn't be hard though, really - two 5.0 St. Vincent reviews for you, a shameless 3.5 write-up for the new Boys Like Girls album, plus a few gratuitous mentions of teenage sex for the Adam Downer in all of us and I should be home free.
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 | Irving CELEBRATORY ACTOR REVIEW!!!!!
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 | silentpotato thanks dude! yeah, i take a picture, upload it onto my computer, plug in my pen tablet (google that if u dont know what it is, you'll see a picture and be like ah i see), then basically edit the photos on photoshop (colors, manipulation, removing/blending, taking animal skulls and pasting them on top of peoples faces etc) and then put them through a corel program i have where i literally draw and paint on the rest.
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 | klap oh mah gawd i can't believe you remembered. i don't know what national british day is but....i'll be thinking of you
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 | PuddlesPuddles Actually that's better than forcing, y'know? Let the songs... find youu
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 | silentpotato haha yeah i definitely go for the eerie feel. glad you enjoy man thanks for takin a look. im starting a visual arts program on van island in september so hopefully ill have some even better stuff up in a while
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 | silentpotato word dude, well you can see the full sized version of it along with some of my other stuff on here; http://sudatsuga.deviantart.com/ i do it all on a computer using photos as a base
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 | AliW1993 I probably won't be doing a review, but I was pleasantly surprised, especially after LGETF. Maybe it was low expectations...
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 | PuddlesPuddles That's what I look forward to with each of his albums, each a different medium channeled through.. Seriously one day soon sit down and listen to To Record Only Water for Ten Days. It's a beautifully lonely album. Really makes a home in your head.
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 | PuddlesPuddles Chore - The Hitchhiker (early 00's alt rock) Seafood - This is Not An Exit (possibly a simpler Dismemberment Plan, a sound you will fancy) Illogic - Celestial Clockword (Hiphop)...
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 | PuddlesPuddles Ohhh, the pressure. I'll be natural! So here are songs I obsess. Perchance you may not have heard them and this will spark interest into full albums: Chris Smither - Train Home (Folk) Benjy Ferree - Leaving Nest (Folk Rock) Deftones - Sex Tape (very beautiful) Liars - No. 1 Against the Rush (smooth) Treepeople - Something Vicious for Tomorrow/ Liquid Boy (grunge punk) John Frusciante - Wind Up Space. The Mercury Program - Tequesta (soothing post-rock)
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 | aok i think (hope?) you'd enjoy the Anais Mitchell track, 'coming down' , but i've been wrong about you before
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 | AggravatedYeti grouper, yes? beach house, no? Sometimes I get confused it seems.
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 | PuddlesPuddles I like to think myself a classy user, until I start typing ;)
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 | Spare wait there's a new ghost mouse record?
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 | wabbit ya he's quickly becoming my favourite person in music. And his discography has this really cool arc in it which you almost never see.
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 | wabbit http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8YHVQGfFLs check 'em out. It's like AJJ with better lyrics
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 | AggravatedYeti would you punch someone if they said: "will sheff sucks?"
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 | klap hahaha i figured it out. i think i'm offended but i'm not sure
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 | klap testy this morning sir. what pre-black sheep boy okkervil river should i absolutely get
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 | plane you're the one doing it wrong
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 | klap got a copy boom
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 | klap hey brit do you have a link to that cate le bon album
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 | Timmons i really like the opening paragraph to your review of merriweather post pavillion :)
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 | robertsona shut up you fatface i'm doing well you know just pushin on by listening to some bad music glad to see you like vashti bunyan and the avalanches
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 | kitsch hey man long time no chat. hows things?
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 | AliW1993 I'm giving it a second spin and I'm enjoying it slightly more, but it's still not exactly great :(
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 | AliW1993 Will you be reviewing Guided By Voices by any chance?
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 | PuddlesPuddles Nvm, read your 2011 list and no doubt will be drowned with the albums I haven't heard from there, thank ye
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 | PuddlesPuddles Tuna :'-) I haven't been able to trace new music in a couple of months now, what did I miss?
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 | Gyromania can't get enough of bee thousand lately =]
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 | Enotron dig that you dig the world is a beautiful place!
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 | klap hey new G-Side what's the verdict
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 | klap song of the year or what
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 | robertsona http://www.mediafire.com/?ikwgutjyrum so completely essential/youll loveit/you dont even KNOW man
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 | aok a dubstep remix of the bees? if zeds dead can do pyramid song you may be onto something
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 | DaveyBoy If u r a soccer nut. 369566-239495 - fantasy.premierleague.com
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 | wabbit Mr. Smith you should review that Tim New Viking album because it's really friggin' and the kids need to know.
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 | Minus The Flair that entire scene where gus stays silent right up until he walks out the lab is one of the most badass/tense scenes ever.
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 | Minus The Flair i don't think i'll be able to see til tomorrow night either as it's the premiere tonight so probably won't be up til tomorrow and i'm working the day. i've just remembered the ending to season 3, now i really am distraught at having to wait. it's been too long since pinkman's pretty face has graced my screen.
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 | AggravatedYeti oh no s***? I was unaware. thanks for making my day even better robin.
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 | Baumer Glad to see another Beirut lover. The new album is incredible. You digging it?
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 | Kiran i looooooooove beirut, they're all i've been listening to lately
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 | Kiran you're digging beirut!
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 | klap BAHAHA foiled again
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 | AggravatedYeti both really, it is funny but also purty good. blackalicious is a great find too. Blazing Arrow is such a wonderful record. You should check out De La Soul and A Tribe Called Quest eventually. If you like Backalicious you'd probably eat those up too.
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 | Deviant. I'm still a little in shock that I can now associate Robin with electronic music
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 | Electric City not yet, but over half the album is out in one way or another. you should definitely listen, probably to "L Y F" (with the video). There's a good chance they'll be huge.
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 | joshuatree if you haven't heard the unicorns - who will cut our hair when we're gone? then you need to get on that, i'm like positive you'll love it
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 | BluRain that rating saddens me greatly...
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 | porch yeah i've been intending to give that okkervil river album a listen, only heard black sheep boy by them but i remember it being pretty cool. and i need some new stuff to listen to. congrats on finishing school, i've got exams coming up soon as well but trying not to think about them right now because ****
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 | porch hey robin, pretty good, just chilling and visiting family this weekend. probably gonna spend a while setting up a new turntable i just got as well. how are you?
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 | Superbus really digging GBv's Bee a Thousand, what should i get next by them?
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 | Deviant. Its not even "proper" dubstep so you're safe on that front http://depositfiles.com/en/files/5k2u3nttu
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 | Deviant. Cheers Robin. You should check it out, and then we can be dubstep buddies and get messy together and all that
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 | Aids yeah thanks, I had already downloaded Bee Thousand but I'll check out that other one for sure if I end up liking Bee Thousand
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 | DaveyBoy Pie charts only take into account love. You know that. 3.5 and above I think.
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 | Observer you have isolation drills at 3.5 :(
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 | Observer cannnnnttttttttttttt Under the stars and isolation drills (GBV 4s)
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