My Lease Is Nearly Up On The Complaint Thread

LeatherGryphon

kyoto kid said:

LeatherGryphon said:

Richard Haseltine said:

LeatherGryphon said:

Jan19 said:

kyoto kid said:

Jan19 said:

MistyMist said:

Tjohn said:

 

monkey back guarantee

the early days of photoshopped?  ;o;

Now that is just too much hair right there.  Like hair to infinity squared. 

Can anyone say "hot wax?"

I meant to quote tjohn's post.  I quoted the wrong post.  Quote does not like me tonight.

 

...I remember spinning hot wax as a DJ bck when radio still had a human element.

I'll bet that was fun. :-)  Almost everything nowadays on the radio sounds the same.  Makes me want to go hunt down the golden oldies.  Like heavy metal and the runaways. 

 I call it "homogenization".  It's a fine tuned attribute of modern commerciallism.

But it isn't "old" unless it was written by guys in powdered wigs and stinky wool suits.   But the very fact that some of their music is still played means it has survived a half dozen generations (more or less). The cream rose to the top.  Each generation found something about some of it that endured. Something about some of it made it "classic". 

But if you dig deep enough into the archives of that old music and dig up the crusty ashes you find that a lot of it was boringly homogenous, unoriginal and clumsily constructed too.  But like all arts, some of the devotees deeply involved can't bring themselves to admit that in some cases the Emperor has no clothes and happily throw the ashes around just because they're there.

It isn't really true that the stuff in the central repertory today has lasted - Vivaldi dropped out of sight for centuries, both Sibelius and Mahler were pretty much neglected in much of the world for several decades.

I admit, some of the ashes prematurely buried are still glowing and if they land on tinder they can rekindle.  Some of it was ahead of its time. others though had its day and blew away.   Just like 99 and 44/100ths % of todays music.  Oh, and except for a couple pieces, I feel that most of the revived Vivaldi and Rossini should have stayed buried."   And even some of Beethoven should be reburied.  But that's sacrilege.

And of course this is just me being opinionated.  But being without an opinion scares the hell out of me..  Mustn't become an unthinking sheep.  And don't for a minute think this is a serious conversation.  This is, after all, a complaint thread.

 

...the later works of Liszt actually fit better with the Impressionistic period.  I consider even Chopin to have been ahead of his time.

As to Beethoven, I especially like his later quartets.  Interestingly I am not a huge fan of Mozart and some of his contemporaries (though I do like Haydn) which for some may be considered "heresy".  I felt both the Baroque and Romantic periods which bookended the "classical" era to have more expression and feeling.

Yeah, not a huge fan of Mozart but a few do catch me.  Hayden however, seems terribly overrated, but that's OK,  Beethoven teased out Hayden's good parts and made them bloom.

Youtube exposes me to several musicians that I never heard of before and some of it grabs me for the first or second hearing but then the newness wears off and they mostly just don't drop into my list of favorites.  Interesting but not memorable.  Most of my favorite classical music, as opposed to music of the "Classic" period (pre/post 1800) comes from the "Romantic" period (pre/post 1900)  Rachmaninoff being my hands down favorite.  The complexity, the melodies, the energy, the power, the emotion.  Makes me shiver.  Every time.  Never gets boring for me.

 

TJohn

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Jan19

MistyMist said:

i'm too depressed to shop the daz store now

dont think thats ever happened to me before, that encrypted hair may actually break the ""addiction""

I am about whipped out with the world, too.  ​  I swear, there is nothing like the real world to give a woman an eye-opening reality check.

Jan19

kyoto kid said:

Jan19 said:

For popular songs I go back ot the 50s, 60s and early 70s as well".  The 60s in particular were enjoyable as that was the era of the "one hit wonder" bands and the Mersey Beat. (yes there were other British Invasion groups I listened to than just the Beatles, Stones, and the Who).

I take a passing interest in Jim and The Doors.  :-)

...saw them live. 

You are lucky.  They were a bit before my music-lovin' time, but a slightly older friend introduced us -- post mortem JM, of course.

 

Jan19

LeatherGryphon said:

Ah, "The Doors" and Jim Morrison.  I lived in Melbourne, Florida for a while and I know the house where he lived for a while.

I bet that house has some unique memories. :-)

 

Mistara

thinkin maken meatloaf for dindins, but outta shrooms.  cant make gravy without shrooms

Jan19

MistyMist said:

thinkin maken meatloaf for dindins, but outta shrooms.  cant make gravy without shrooms

MM, you cracked a door that I'd love to open, but -- no, better not do that.

 

LeatherGryphon

Jan19 said:

MistyMist said:

i'm too depressed to shop the daz store now

dont think thats ever happened to me before, that encrypted hair may actually break the ""addiction""

I am about whipped out with the world, too.  ​  I swear, there is nothing like the real world to give a woman an eye-opening reality check.

Or, there is nothing like a real woman to give the world a reality check.

 

ps1borg

Morning. Gentle rain falling from an almost rooftop-scraping slate grey overcast and warmish outside for the first time in weeks. Only thirty or so more sleeps until Spring :)

TJohn

What's blue and smells like red paint?

TSasha Smith

Tjohn said:

What's blue and smells like red paint?

blue paint????

Mistara

very plain meatloaf.  masher taters.

Mistara

Kulay Wolf said:

Tjohn said:

What's blue and smells like red paint?

blue paint????

 

a newspaper?

newspaper - papery blog with yesterday's news

Jan19

LeatherGryphon said:

Jan19 said:

MistyMist said:

i'm too depressed to shop the daz store now

dont think thats ever happened to me before, that encrypted hair may actually break the ""addiction""

I am about whipped out with the world, too.  ​  I swear, there is nothing like the real world to give a woman an eye-opening reality check.

Or, there is nothing like a real woman to give the world a reality check.

​  Good shot.

 

TJohn

Kulay Wolf said:

Tjohn said:

What's blue and smells like red paint?

blue paint????

Yep! 

Mistara

 

kyoto kid

Tjohn said:

Press to Play.

 

....priceless.

kyoto kid

MistyMist said:

i'm too depressed to shop the daz store now

dont think thats ever happened to me before, that encrypted hair may actually break the ""addiction""

 

...I've been out of the PC+  since the end of February  I think I

Since then, I think I've DLd one or two feebies from the freebie page in the store that I didn't have.

Jan19

Happy Monday morning, everyone.  It is a lovely day, is it not?

LeatherGryphon

Jan19 said:

Happy Monday morning, everyone.  It is a lovely day, is it not?

Dunno..., can't see through my grump yet.

 

Jan19

LeatherGryphon said:

Jan19 said:

Happy Monday morning, everyone.  It is a lovely day, is it not?

Dunno..., can't see through my grump yet.

My point, exactly.  Monday, Monday.  Nothing to do but liven it up someway.  I think I will call my mama and pick a fight. 

 

TangoAlpha

Gas man came round this morning. Fortunately it was just to service the boiler, but he still tried to sell me a new one!

 

(click to play)

Mistara

just noticing vicki wears her lingerie in strange places, like the ball room.  ball room floor not lookin comfy

DanaTA

MistyMist said:

just noticing vicki wears her lingerie in strange places, like the ball room.  ball room floor not lookin comfy

You're just noticing that now???    I've noticed it since 2007!  That's when I started visiting here.

Dana

Mistara

DanaTA said:

MistyMist said:

just noticing vicki wears her lingerie in strange places, like the ball room.  ball room floor not lookin comfy

You're just noticing that now???    I've noticed it since 2007!  That's when I started visiting here.

Dana

 

lol, it only caught my eye cuz she looks ridiculous uncomfy doing her lingerie pose on cold hard ballroom floor

Mistara

guessing the phases of making a movie.

like, does set decorating fall under production?  is production a phase?
costuming, make up

1. Directing 

2. Production

3. Sound 

4. Motion 

5. Special Effects  FX 

Mistara

trying to remember which g2f outfits i bought cuz thought would be sexeh on gianni

Mistara

Aiko3 thee princess of my rutime.  

​haz the a3 shape for genesis, should be able to conform this outfit

Mistara

my first (and mebbe last) iray renders

Jan19

MistyMist said:

my first (and mebbe last) iray renders

Oh, no, no.  That is just no way to think, at all.  IRay is da bomb.  If you used IRay for your lingerie on the ballroom floor renders, they would work.  Vicky in her lingerie would look great on that shiny floor.

Totally serious about that, too.