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Last Active 01-06-23 10:47 pm
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 | Brabiz Yeah, 100% I?d love to be involved
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| Brabiz Sorry, kept forgetting to upload this. Here you go.https://mega.nz/file/BQRCHBjL#y4FIckFRGy9UM_mAhzC1HErw6M_z_IpxBgr6JPBvKzI
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| Brabiz Yeah of course bro. I?ll have to send it when I?m home cuz my work wifi is horrendous. Where am I sending it?
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| Brabiz lol yeah sure, have at it bro
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 | Viraemias You might like these albums: https://eldamar.bandcamp.com/album/astral-journeys-pt-ii-dissolutionhttps://pillaroflight.bandcamp.com/album/caldera
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 | kildare That's the one! I'm stoked. On the singles Nero sounds more comfortable with the style on Less to Heaven, like he's really starting to explore that newer space. I've got high hopes for it. Last year was mostly an industrial drought for me. And I think it's too bad you weren't able to keep the "Black Industrial" tag on their page - it was a fitting coinage. Tag overload, though
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| kildare Looks like it's gonna be a killer week for both black-metal AND black-industrial
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 | ScuroFantasma Nah not gym, just doing body-weight training. De Rerum Natura is a poetic retelling of Epicurus lost books On Nature, so it is a good insight mostly into the atomist physics, with ethical implications peppered throughout. Dune and Messiah were both good, the former more than the latter. I?ll start CoD soon but I want to get a few shorter novels in before then. I saw that you?re reading Club Dumas, I thought it might have something to do with Alexandre, but I?ve never seen 9th gate
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| ScuroFantasma Cool man, that book is a good choice too, although the introduction is rather hostile it?s still a good read. I?ve mostly been reading up on nutrition and calisthenics lately so not so much philosophy, and also finished Dune Messiah a couple weeks ago. At the moment I?m working through some shorter novels/novellas before tackling Children of Dune.
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 | Mort. hey man have you heard the band Human Impact? genuinely think it might be up your street. Industrial noise rock with electronics. cool stuff. havent got to the newest album yet but the 2020 lp is great
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 | StrizzMatik https://mega.nz/file/aVx1haLQ#bTc5wcbtFfN86jH8LU9997yshEu5GYXVyQjZ7ftu7HE
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| kildare Hey Dr, Just FYI I mentioned you and some of your work in a message to Willie: https://www.sputnikmusic.com/user/Willie
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 | artiswar Your FIR review was a great read! Just wanted to tell you that, I don't want to post in the thread. Same goes with your MM one. Really impressed with your writing recently
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 | ConcubinaryCode Its a little unnecessarily long but still a terrific jam i think. There's definitely some changes i dont agree with but I've just been trying to keep a more open mind and let it settle in. It's just good to hear Akira make SH music again more than anything.
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 | cycosynner Appreciate the Manson review. You're getting jumped on for it unfairly.
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 | CalculatingInfinity Yo sorry I completely forgot to reply to you about the song you sent me, I did jam it. I'm not the target audience at all for this but I think it slaps pretty hard.
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| ScuroFantasma Yeahhh thats it, I have the CD somewhere around here. I feel the same way man, so many books on my to read list, so little time to get to them, and I also have a bad habit of starting too many books at the same time and progressing through them very slowly. Really enjoying your new stuff bro, you were right with the side I prefer. Hope you dont mind the comparison, but I get LB vibes.
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| ScuroFantasma Sure, if I had to recommend just one book, other than just reading what?s left from Epicurus himself which is a slim volume, I would definitely suggest Norman Wentorth DeWitt?s book Epicurus and His Philosophy. It contextualises and historically locates Epicureanism, while explaining what his revolutionary achievements actually were. And I will absolutely check out your music man, plug away haha. Btw did you have a band a while ago called something Sands, or am I misremembering?
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| ScuroFantasma Alright, thanks for the recommendation, I will make sure to check that out. I also enjoy Ancient Greek and Roman history, particularly through the lens of philosophy, but I am partial to Epicureanism and the pre-Socratics more than I am stoicism. It never hurts to learn more about it though, and the book you suggested sounds intriguing.
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| ScuroFantasma That makes sense, he seems especially lost when he wanders outside of psychology and psychotherapy, perhaps now more than ever, but I guess it was still a problem back then too. One day I will have to read Aurelius? Meditations in full, although I am somewhat hostile to Stoicism, but there are some good bits.
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| ScuroFantasma Ah that is weird, well hey thanks for letting me know, I will probably avoid it then. I did see he has a new book coming but he seems to be at his worst and most vague on that topic, so I have a feeling I could read the entire thing and not come any closer to understanding what he really thinks about religion.
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| ScuroFantasma Hey man, nice track that actually rocks, I knew I was in for something different as soon as the intro kicked in, and it was right up my alley. Well done to you guys, I will have to check out more of your music soon!
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 | Uzumaki sounded solid, my dude. Vox were good and complimented the instrumentals well. Not bad, not bad at all...
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 | bloc Brother this is hype, it's already better than anything on the last LB album. You're doing the vocals and all instruments?
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| kildare no prob on the "late" reply, I'm cool with whenever, if ever. It's all good. And anyway, keeping a close watch on shoutboxes is probably not great for mental health!
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 | SteakByrnes Oh hell yea I'll give it a jam later homie!
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 | Vercetti Listened to the new song. Sounds good! I also looked at the upcoming album and saw that there's a song called Intergalactic. Is that a cover version or a new song that just happens to have the same title as that other one from the Beastie Boys? However, I'm looking forward to it.
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| kildare Just in case you're interested I finally gave the new Shellac record another go and it paid off better this around. I raised it to a 4.0, more in line with yours. I think it was harder for me to hear Albini the first time because I was in the middle of a Big Black binge, and Shellac is mellower. But Albini's fingerprints are all over it, if a little more diluted from the bass and drum contributions. Great rec
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| Uzumaki Thanks for the heads up, man! You did an excellent job. :)
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 | EvoHavok So cool that you did one of those for them too. I'll read it for sure.
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| CalculatingInfinity The London show sold out in a week or two. If you want tickets you'd have to sign up to the DICE waiting list and look at DEG reddit to find resellers.
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| CalculatingInfinity Yeah you're right; the days of UK tours are over for them. But man this s*** trend of just do London I've seen for so many bands. It's so lame, Glasgow/Manchester/London should be the minimum.
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| CalculatingInfinity Oh btw Evo is coming to the Mode shows in London with me, so that'll be wild.
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| CalculatingInfinity You ****ing madlad, congrats. Shall read now (I read the Primus and Faith No More ones too)
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| Mort. the band Shiner, theyre very good and you should listen to them cos loads of the other staff and contribs have in the last couple of years, a resurgence is being spearheaded, check the ratings for lula divinia if you dont believe me and have a nice day!!!!
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| Mort. check shiner pls, dont be a holdout on the great crusade
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| kildare Just a heads-up I mentioned you in a list I just posted. Let me know if you want me to modify it in some way
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 | xxm You?re welcome.
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| xxm Nice Roger Waters rant.
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 | Happy Holidays! Hope things are going pleasantly
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 | Willie The GnR voting thing just counted my vote 3 times, ha ha. I'll see what I can fix.
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| CalculatingInfinity Dir are performing all of Uroboros in London in March, I am probably going. Would you?
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 | sanji999 I genuinenly love your 5 ratings, you could be a long lost sibling haha :')
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 | Atari oooh! I don't know why I haven't heard his solo stuff, will check here shortly.. cheers man ;)
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| cycosynner Yo thank you for the pos and the comment on my Butcher Babies review!
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 | Toondude10 I appreciate it, I'm hoping to get back on the reviewing train this year, assuming irl doesn't make me super ****ing stressed lmao
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 | Sowing I emailed you. Let me know if that works.
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 | BitterJalapenoJr I could take a look at making the monthly nomination lists from January if you like?
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| BitterJalapenoJr I haven't forgotten about the Sep AOTM blub, life just got in the way of writing these past few months. It'll be with you soon. Were there any voting done for the past three months?
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| BitterJalapenoJr I'm well thanks, hope you are too. I'll gladly pull something together if you think it's not too late to publish it.
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| BitterJalapenoJr Hi mate, have you got anyone covering the blurb for the Sep AOTM?
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| Toondude10 I got a super busy week ahead of me so I'm not sure if I have the time to do it unfortunately. Would love to if I could.
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| BitterJalapenoJr Good morning, I just recalled that Sunnyvale needed me to give access to the last Google Doc link i sent last week, let me know if you are having trouble accessing it.
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| BitterJalapenoJr DrGonzo, apoloiges for the delay. Just hope it's not too similar to my review.....https://docs.google.com/document/d/19zh00S5SgKN6J4VovuFOqmKX9fD9VqYSeSCuzATuC4g/edit
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| BitterJalapenoJr Might be a couple of days delay on that blurb due to unforeseen circumstances. Hope that's okay!
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| BitterJalapenoJr Thanks very much for sorting! No problem at all - happy to contribute at any time.
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| BitterJalapenoJr Hi DrGonzo, wondering if you could do me a favour and make two minor amendments to my piece on Chat Pile AOTM (apologies as I obviously failed to carry out sufficient proofreading). Could you kindly add a full stop at the end of the second paragraph and also add the word "than" between "rather" and "giving" near the end of the same paragraph. I apologise for the inconvenience!
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 | Squiggly Hey DrGonzo any idea of when the July AotM thread will be up or is someone else taking care of it?
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 | TheNotrap Cheers, you need to fixe the band and album's title in the album of the month post: "Artificial Bart ? Artificial Bart"
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 | DavidYowi I'm about halfway done so I'll try to get it done before Monday
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| DavidYowi Is there any deadline for the Art Brain write up?
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 | Zig https://www.reddit.com/r/Rammstein/comments/vcrts6/to_everyone_in_doubt/
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 | hangth3dj (apologies for the delay, only just saw your message)
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| hangth3dj That's probably come across very disjointed, never realised the shoutbox feature was character limited, but yes - a few lines on Rammstein Zeit.
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| hangth3dj It?s a Rammstein album. If you like Rammstein then chances are you will like this album?probably quite a lot. Yet, despite this, it still manages to craft itself an atmosphere that sets itself slightly apart from their previous work. No doubt helped by the front-loading of Zeit
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 | dedex Heyo bro, sent the blurb via Facebook
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 | GLOOMLIGHT Simon, I'd love to send you my upcoming release. Please let me know the best way to submit music for review.
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 | DDDeftoneDDD Hey hey. Hi. Not much time rn but tks for the trust. Anyway I'm thinking and don t quite know how ro approach it in a blurb.
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 | porcupinetheater Hey Mate, really sorry, had to hop out of town on emergency, didn?t bring my laptop with. Can have it for you in 2 days, if that?s a timeline alright with you
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| porcupinetheater Woah seeing the full \m/ on Sput is a trip. And in the shoutbox too! although I guess cave walls didnt have too many formatting glitches either
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| porcupinetheater Hell yeah, would love to. What would submitting that look like?
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 | JohnnyoftheWell ok! short and sweet is the vibe, but add detail if you're feeling it. if the order of my qs cross wires with your answers dw, we can move it around or whatever mmm https://docs.google.com/document/d/1PN4xj6bkmcFc7lkh3ED5QSSPnmdHrQERX3fdKeE0EKA/edit?usp=sharing
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 | Pikazilla Sorry, was away camping for 10 days!
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 | Frost15 Pick whatever you find proper
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| Frost15 Since it was too long I had to divide it in two posts haha
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| Frost15 Alright pal. Going to post it right now
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| Frost15 Sure pal. How should I proceed?
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 | Gnocchi Review is incoming. I need to mull some thoughts over a glass of pino noir.
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 | jimthefish check out the new Self Insert EP, you'd prob like reviewing it bc its this weird fusion of hip-hop, electronic, experimental and rock. my fav off it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbIlkN-iFb0
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 | Voivod The Lemmy element is prominent in the song "Hatred". Also this album is the closest thing to Red Harvest that I've been aware of for quite a while.
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| Voivod Personally, vocals remind me of Tiamat's Johan Edlund in Wildhoney which is a befitting feature... As for the album what drew me to it, its that this Kazakh knows his ambience and how to pound his pistons, the noisy sound work, and the minimal tone that surrounds the album. A low 3.4 for me at least.
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| Voivod You really need to listen to this Kazakh industrial outfit - https://globaldespair.bandcamp.com/album/technodictature-lp
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| Sowing Sorry for the delay, but I fixed the YouTube embed.
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 | Dewinged No worries Gonz, I'll cook a shorty for the FoH boys. m/
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| Dewinged So Doc, are you doing up FoH in the end? It wasn't in my plans, but I can shoot something quick if you're too busy, just let me know friend.
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 | Aerisavion Thanks man, appreciate it - I?ll give it a think for sure, I always end up back here haha
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| Aerisavion Hey bud - it?s crossed my mind, trying to be a lot more active here again
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| Sowing all done - nice work with that btw
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 | Rowan5215 I am, pretty confident it's good because we've heard like 65 percent of it already lmao. had Losing My Mind on repeat though, that's one of their best singles ever
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| JohnnyoftheWell heart-emoji GECS!!! https://www.sputnikmusic.com/list.php?listid=197382
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 | Inoculaeted OMG don't make me make a facebook account for this. It's a shorty. I can drop it on the forum comments if that's alright...
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| Inoculaeted Oh wait can't be, it's character capped. hmmm
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| Inoculaeted Is this what you're referring to as sputbook? Sorry im nub.
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| Inoculaeted I've got a Colors II blurb ready to go for album of the month if it closes things out. It's pure hyperbole but **** it, what else is prog good for besides ridiculous excess?
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 | CaliggyJack AH! God dammit how shameful of me... I shoula known the beard wasn't pointy enough to be Lucius. Marcus' busts always seemed more fluffy... Oof that's gonna haunt me...
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| CaliggyJack Shot in the dark, but is that avatar a Lucius Verus bust?
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 | Xenophanes Latest blog post is remarkable. You are too good for this site lol
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| TheNotrap Are you asking for the banner? I sent you the upload link yesterday.
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| TheNotrap I'll send it to you around lunchtime [gmt] ;)
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 | DANcore Oh haha didn?t know that was a thing. Got it done tho
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| DANcore Sorry to be such an ignoramus here, but wtf is a sputbook?
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| DANcore It?s all done, let me know how I can send it. And I appreciate your appreciation of the Biggy Duets, btw. You have great taste in posthumous albums
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| DANcore Yeah bro, I actually got a lil high, decided to type something up. I can?t provide you any quality assurance guarantees or anything, but if it?s not good enough then you can go with mr. byrnes below me lol
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 | Purpl3Spartan Sorry, I?ve been gone for like a week. I can get you something in a day or two of you still need me to
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 | zakalwe Yes mate thank your for the consideration, I will stick a few words on the list it?s a great little album
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| dedex Oi, sent the blurb on Facebook :]
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| dedex Hey Gonz, truly sorry mate I'm in vacay with no computer access. I can have it done by Tuesday methinks
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| Sowing I added a summary to your review just so it would look decent featured, feel free to remove it when it's done rotating through!
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| Toondude10 I sent the blurb on Sput's Facebook in case if you're wondering
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| DavidYowi Hey sorry for the confusion in the April Album of the Month comment section
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 | Pheromone yo I have it done, where can I send it?
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| Pheromone will do my dude, i will have it by tomorrow when i have time to write
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| Sowing sowingsputnik@gmail.com
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| Pheromone yes of course. its been a sort of busy day thus far but ill be able to do so - when do you want it by?
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| TheNotrap https://www.sputnikmusic.com/forums/showthread.php?t=645192
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| JohnnyoftheWell hi hi hope all's grand, is there any chance i could have access to the sput fb account?
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| Gnocchi I've sent it through - let me know if it's missing et al.
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| Gnocchi I?ll take that blurb if that?s okay Simon : )
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 | garas Thank you so much!! This made me very happy! :]
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| Sowing sputnikreviews@gmail.com... I'm hanging in there, thanks. Hope you're well.
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| EvoHavok You're welcome. Not sure if they still have that small feature, but a few years ago Remambo would give you 500 yen back if you sent them a message with an unboxing video. I know you like those, haha.
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| CalculatingInfinity If it pops up on Mercari.jp, it will likely go very fast (it's a click and buy, no auction). Treasure Japan will buy items from Mercari quickly, so I recommend using that if it appears on Mercari.
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| CalculatingInfinity Hey. Regarding that seller Evo linked, they have refused all bids from any proxy services. You can try using Remambo to bid on that auction, however, I can not promise it will work. If it does not work, you can wait to see if the item pops up on either Zenmarket or Mercari.jp.
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| EvoHavok Ahh, Zen does that sometimes, not sure why. I actually bought stuff from that seller in the past, no issues. They have almost 7000 positives anyway. You can try Remambo. Same principle, they just take a comission of 500 yen instead of 300. I used both sites, never had issues.https://www.remambo.jp/auction/item/b483900775
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| EvoHavok Regarding shipping, you have to pay the cost to the proxy deposit (inland shipping), then the shipping from the warehouse to your place (you have multiple options). If you have any questions, please ask.
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| EvoHavok When you see the option "Buyout" you can buy the item directly and end the auction without having to place a bid and wait for the auction's end. For items without that option, you will have to pay attention when the auction ends and check if other people also try to bid on your item and if that's the case, you will have to compete with them by paying more until the timer runs out (it gets prolonged if people bid within the last few minutes of the listing) or someone gives up.
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| EvoHavok Here's one: https://zenmarket.jp/en/auction.aspx?itemCode=b483900775
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| EvoHavok Hello, Gonzo! What's up? Your best bet would be getting it from Yahoo Auctions through a proxy service, such as ZenMarket. That's how I got mine. Make sure that the seller has pictures, a good description of the item (the proxy site will auto-translate the comments in English) and proper ratings.
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| Gnocchi shi, we thinking about Devild at the same time?
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| xxm I love your Melanie C review. Hope you?re still taking care.
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| Sowing I mistakenly thought your comment about uploading was geared towards the blog. I didn't mean to impose so if you want it removed I can take it out, but I agree that it adds something.
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| Sowing I embedded the audio feature for you. Let me know if you want it placed somewhere else in the article.
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 | JesperL hey! dewi poked me to write a blurb for the two people record and i'm def down to do it, should i write it in a doc and shoutbox you the link? i think i can have it done by tonight!
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| Dewinged Haha I reviewed it so don't have much more to say about. Will poke some folks, see if anyone is interested.
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| Dewinged No takers for the 2P blurb yet?
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| xxm Yep, it?s really damn solid stuff for sure.
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| xxm I?m just easy to annoy in general these days and despite it?s problems I still love this site but **** do I really ****ing hate people. Anyways, hope you?re doing well enough in this ongoing apocalypse of our hellworld.
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| xxm Hello again. This is going to come across as more than a little venture but damn am I annoyed with several of the front page reviews and the vast majority of the comment threads recently. I mean Sputnik?s always had a troll problem and I do enjoy a couple of the dank reviews on here (even some of the recent ones) but ?reviewers? like JeffreyBigglestein
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 | undertakerpt You?re the man to do it! None of their albums have any reviews apart from the EP they released in 2013. Love the band though, the are one of the few nu metal acts where the vocals and lyrics actually sounded sincere
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| undertakerpt Hello! Enjoyed your static-x review! Please review some One Minute Silence, i know you dig them xD
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| Sowing And I hear you about "the way things are" - we dipped in covid cases for a while and thing began to feel semi-normal again, but now cases are spiking again and my state just had 1,000 new cases yesterday. Seems like we're teetering on collapsing into full pandemic mode again, which I just can't deal with considering I finally got some fun summer plans lined up with the family. Hope you stay safe in the UK; last I heard things were improving there too - is that no longer the case?
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| Sowing The intent is to never review again (or only if Brand New/Yellowcard resurfaces) and hang it up at 500, but even I know myself better than to think I'll be able to stay away forever. Hell, I was tempted to do a write-up for the new MMJ (which rules btw), but I resisted. Just trying to alter my daily routine to spend less time at the computer and more time soaking up life. Probably won't work, lol.
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| Sowing I hear that. I technically never left work, which is both a blessing (still have a job!) and a curse (constant exposure!). I'm glad to hear you are at least still working, adjustments aside. Stay safe. Parenthood is going great - the kid is starting to get to a fun age where he actually knows what I'm saying and enjoys playing and running around, so I'm trying to soak it up while I can. The temptation to return to reviewing has been strong, but I wanna force myself to take a break for now.
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| Sowing Things are good, I certainly cannot complain! How are you holding up these days?
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 | SlothcoreSam Hey man, I'm not sure I'll have time this weekend. Maybe post a call out on the albums thread.
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 | xAshtrayux Thank you for the HEALTH shoutout! I appreciate you remembering about me. Love to read it!
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 | Waior how did you come across that icelandia record?
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 | Jots nope, didn?t know we had one. maybe academy?
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| Sowing Would be better off asking in the forums, my only guess would be academy or JOTS
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| Sowing Honestly? I had no idea we had an Instagram haha.
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| Pikazilla Hi, sorry for replying so late. I have been swamped with work lately and haven't had time for anything else at all. Apologies.
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 | Muppelope Alright, short and sweet and all done. Sent to the sput fb messenger.
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| Muppelope Sure thing, I'll write it up tomorrow. Where should I post it?
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| Muppelope Don't know if you're still looking for someone to do the ulcerate blurb, but I'd be willing. If I'd be the only one writing, I'm not sure I'd be the best choice, as I'm not all that familiar with their other records or them as a band, but if you're just looking for additional material I'm happy to help.
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| garas Thank you for the kind words! I feel motivated, so certainly I'll write more and more reviews. :]
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| JohnnyoftheWell will (maybe) make you happy https://www.sputnikmusic.com/list.php?listid=191429
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 | Kompys2000 I saw the article had been posted, that's awesome man! I haven't read it yet but I'll be sure to check it out ASAP!
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 | MarsKid Just did. Didn't format into messenger, so I can clarify if need be.
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| MarsKid I've got a write-up ready, where should I send it?
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| Sowing So I asked our highest of authorities and we do not have a high res image. Depending on what you are using it for, would the weekly releases header/banner work? https://www.sputnikmusic.com/blog/2020/03/30/weekly-releases-4-3-2020/
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| Sowing also I'll see about the hi-res pic. might have to ask around .
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| Sowing I hadn't considered that but I like how you did it (out of view so you have to "expand for spoilers".) I think it'll be worth it considering how many artists will see their names!
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| Sowing Love your timely and reliable posts btw. Definitely the best FB manager we've had.
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| Sowing Thoughts on tagging artists on the decade posts? There might be a tag limit but I'm certain any artist would be honored to be included as long as they're aware of it.
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| MarsKid Certainly. Should be enough time.
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| MarsKid I'd be worried in the sense that I'm not very well-versed in the genre, but I could probably write something for it if someone more experienced is unavailable. When would you need it by?
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 | DoofDoof thanks for the offer, not sure I can do that one justice because as much as I love the album its really out of my rotation right now
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