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#121 Re: Dust N' Bones & Cyborg Slunks » SLASH To Present At 'MTV Video Music Awards' » 876 weeks ago
The best rock video went to Linkin Park.
wtf?
Hard to tell in this video, but did Slash laugh at the result? 
#122 Re: The Garden » The swing state polls are in..... » 876 weeks ago
I still don't like the whole "war is a mission from god" talk. Are we gonna let god dictate our policies? That's just scary talk if you ask me.
Being on the other side of the globe, I haven't been following this as much as I should. She actually said that? And the Pipeline thing too?!
Makes me glad I'm not following the election very much.
We condemn terrorists for being religious fanatics, and then we're gonna consider electing someone that spouts crap like this? 
Yeah, I'm on a mission from god, too. Time to get the band back together.
#123 Re: Management » New Design...... » 876 weeks ago
All fixed. Thanks Dreamline. The copy editor in me was going nuts!
I assume that it was downliner that took care of that, but anyway I'm glad we could put your little editor voice at ease. 
#124 Re: Guns N' Roses » Will you still buy CD? » 877 weeks ago
To say that you know for a fact that GNR and Axl had anything to do with this arrest is wrong. Just like I don't know they didn't.
Sounds to me like a justification for not buying it.
This I agree with 100%. Not buying it out of protest? Sure, if you want. People do that all the time.
But a justification for stealing it? That's something different.
#125 Re: Guns N' Roses » Will you still buy CD? » 877 weeks ago
Whatever Dreamline. That's your opinion and that's great. You actually seem more bitter towards my stance than I am/would be towards Axl. It doesnt' bother me.
Your post was the trigger, but that wasn't necessarily directed at you. I've always enjoyed reading your posts and have no personal beef with you. 
But you even said in your original post, "I respect people's opinion if they feel I'm going to steal the album," so you obviously expected this kind of reaction from some of us here.
I highly doubt there's one person on this forum who could sit there and with a straight face say they've never downloaded an album, never downloaded a song. To not understand my position and in fact condem it is a tad hypocritical.
Dammit. If only this conversation had come up a few months ago. 
But then I got into torrents, so yeah, I'm probably being hypocritical. Though I'm still torn by that whole issue, and so far I've only torrented stuff that I already own or stuff that is near impossible to to find. Funny coincidence though, because I just got done downloading a torrent of U2s discography. But, you know what? I only took the discs I already own because my copies are scratched and I can't get good rips. I was tempted to grab the whole torrent, but just didn't feel right taking stuff that I'd never paid for.
I have my reasons and if people really can't understand those reasons they simply haven't been paying close enough attention to this entire saga. It is personal. It's a relationship between artist and fan. If the artist respects the fan then that respect is returned in full. If the artist has little to no respect for the fan, no appreciation and no regard whatsoever then what? If you look at it from my perspective I've given my support dollar wise already. More than the average fan will ever. The way it is now the album doesn't get my financial support. This is my stance on it. I don't need for anyone to understand it or agree with it. I have friends who will likley buy this album. I'll listen to there's and someday if it's good I'll burn it. Big deal. One less album sale. It's all I can do.
If you have some personal issue/reason, than honestly, I must've missed that. It's your prerogative to fight back in any way you chose and I could most likely accept your reasons. My post was aimed more at the people who are pissed about the FBI thing and now saying they're gonna steal the album. That's what I don't get. How does the FBI enforcing the law turn into "Axl's a dick and I'm gonna steal his hard work"?
Even more so, I'm confused by the "Axl hates us fans" thing. Where does that come from? I personally don't believe he hates us at all. But hey, we all have our opinions, right?
#126 Re: Guns N' Roses » Will you still buy CD? » 877 weeks ago
Damn. I sorta get the anger and totally understand the frustration. I've been a huge fan of this band for as long as I can remember, so I want new music as much as everyone else.
But, I don't get first of all why everyone takes all this stuff so personally. As much as I hate to echo this phrase, Axl does not owe you anything. But, because he's less vocal than others, perceived to be an asshole ("perceived" being the key word here. How many of us know Axl as a human being and not as a media image?)...because of some bizarre feeling of betrayal, we're now going to steal his stuff?
I just don't get the logic. My family never got along with our one next door neighbor - even had some direct, personal fueding type shit go down with them. I guess I should've stolen their car or maybe robbed their house then.
I mean, what the fuck? You want the music, buy it.* If you don't want it, nobody is forcing you to listen to it or to be a fan of the band.
(*Obviously, this applies to a time when the music is finally available for purchase.)
#127 Re: Guns N' Roses » Can Guns learn from Metallica? » 877 weeks ago
I'd love for a CD version to be available, but I gotta guess that the only way that would happen is if the album were to surface.
The CD single has long been dead in the US but I'm not sure about the rest of the world. Are there still CD singles elsewhere?
They still sell CD singles over here in Japan. I'd also really love for a CD version to be made available.
If you download on itunes you can burn it on a cd very easily.
Yeah. But, some of us like to have CD quality music and not lossy files burned to disc. Never used itunes though. I've heard they now have Apple lossless available as well, but is that for everything or just for some stuff? And does it cost the same?
#128 Re: The Garden » What's your day job? » 877 weeks ago
I work for a video game company in Tokyo as kind of a middleware technical consultant. It's been fun, but I've been gradually planning to get out of here and move my ass back home to the States.
#129 Re: Guns N' Roses » Will you still buy CD? » 877 weeks ago
I think the arrest at gunpoint was incredibly over the top and bizarre, especially considering how the guy went in when called before and claims that he told the agent in charge that he'd go in again if summoned.
Putting on a show, I guess. 
But, I feel exactly the same as James:
Of course I'm buying it. I may bitch from the highest mountain sometimes, but there's very few artists that I will support 100% when it comes to releasing new music. GNR is one of them.
#130 Re: Guns N' Roses » Bob Lefsetz: Best Buy Deal confirmed/Azoff response to leaks » 877 weeks ago
Obviously AFD is a classic, a monster record, and one of my all-time favorites. But, I'd even go as far as to say that I like the Illusions better because of the variety of styles those songs have. So, I definitely have never understood any bashing of those albums. Are there a few songs on there that I'm not totally wild about? Sure. But that goes for just about any other album I've ever heard too.
