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Ok, I just got two albums that leaked early. They'll be out later this month. I'll also be seeing both bands in Feb/March for cheep cheep cheep.

First is the new Appleseed Cast album, Sagarmatha. It's very post-rock (if that term has any meaning) and a amalgamation of their best albums. In other words, it's fucking awesome so far.

Second, I got the new Trail of Dead (...And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead) album called The Century of Self and it's explosive. I really like this band though, some might find them irritating. Last time I saw them at Metro they employed two drummers with full kits which made for a loud, bad ass show. I'm pretty excited about this upcoming gig at the Empty Bottle.

If you search those two band names on google with the term "leak" you should be taken right to a link to download them. Highly recommended.

Quote from: TDubbs on February 12, 2009, 10:23:30 PM

Quote from: Eli on February 12, 2009, 10:21:01 PM
They've had a pretty good run of episodes lately, but tonight's kind of stunk.  The less Pam, the better.

Shut your facehole, fag.

kd lang

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Quote from: Slaky+ on April 15, 2008, 12:00:12 PM
OK, just a few quick ones to throw at you.

Plants and Animals - Parc Avenue

I really, really like this band. Thanks.

I was bummed to find out the minute I decided they were awesome was a week to the day after they had been at Schuba's. Probably for eight bucks and in front of 43 people. Fuck.

They're coming back March 27th.

Yes, this time I am going. Very excited.

I'll be there as well.  Know anything about the opener?

Check 'em out - http://www.myspace.com/netherfriends

Doesn't sound too promising. But it sounds like it will be a good night to get wasted and hear some music. I'll give 'em a shot.

Quote from: Oleg on February 12, 2009, 04:49:44 PM
How similar are they to Cut Copy?  BH's description made me think of them.

Not at all. I dig Cut Copy though.

Quote from: MidgetSellingWater on February 12, 2009, 04:20:34 PM

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Quote from: bocaj on May 15, 2008, 05:56:25 PM

Quote from: Slaky+ on April 15, 2008, 12:00:12 PM
OK, just a few quick ones to throw at you.

Plants and Animals - Parc Avenue

I really, really like this band. Thanks.

I was bummed to find out the minute I decided they were awesome was a week to the day after they had been at Schuba's. Probably for eight bucks and in front of 43 people. Fuck.

They're coming back March 27th.

Yes, this time I am going. Very excited.

Quote from: TDubbs on February 12, 2009, 03:50:54 PM

Quote from: Kermit, B. on February 12, 2009, 03:43:26 PM
O.S. just put up a shitload of screens.  All the create-a-player options will make it pretty easy to add guys who aren't officially in the game, like that SCAB Kevin Millar.

Teeth:  CAPPED

My favorite pictures of a tv screen of a video game that hasn't come out yet are the 42 of them of the menu for the presentation settings.  WIND SPEED: 790 GOOGILION MPH!

I completely agree though. Those pictures are wicked awful gay.

Quote from: BH on February 12, 2009, 03:55:58 PM
Can't decide if liking this album makes me ghey or not. It's really quite good. I normally hate synthesizer and 80's type music, but this has a good hook to it. "Kids" is a killer song. Gets stuck in your head.

I haven't been able to get into them at all. People seem to love it. I've heard very mixed reviews of their live show. I had the chance to see them at Lollapalooza but saw someone else instead. I'm not regretting it. I really like Electric Feel as a song but not enough to make me sit down with this album. I probably should, but it might be a little too poppy for me.

Kids bugs me - it's on the FIFA 09 soundtrack and when I hear it I just get bored.

Quote from: PenFoe on February 12, 2009, 01:54:14 PM
Simmons' annual Trade Value Column.
I won't spoil it by listing where he puts Rose, but this was too good not to include.

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I caught the Bulls in person recently and it's astonishing that they aren't good or even half-decent. Of all the lousy coaching hirings recently (Terry Porter, P.J. Carlesimo, Michael Curry, Sam Vincent, Reggie Theus, Marc Iavaroni), what's funny is Vinny Del Negro was by far the worst. It's even scarier in person when you're sitting behind the Bulls' bench; I know a reader once compared Vinny's coaching to Shooter's taking over Hickory High that first time, but actually, it's more like watching an old person getting ready to go through a metal detector at an airport. Just complete confusion and panic and a lot of stopping and starting and glancing around. I feel bad even making fun of it. Let's just move on.

No, by all means - please ruin it.

Quote from: Kermit, B. on February 11, 2009, 02:13:26 PM
I'm guessing you can turn the colored pitches off, you fucking racists.

I'll say one thing about 2K8's hitting.  If you cranked up "Step Influence," it was REALLY hard to hit, even after you got used to the game.  It's also still really hard to hit in MVP NCAA 2006.  There's definitely a way to make hitting difficult without it just being ridiculous (like the stupid-fast pitch speed in the late ASB games), but I feel like a lot of baseball game developers try to cater to the more casual crowd.

I don't want it to be really hard to hit. I want it to be fun to hit. I don't want to hit home runs with Ryan Theriot. I want him to hit .275 with 155 singles. Because that's what he does.

Figure it out game world.

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Quote from: Weebs on February 11, 2009, 12:49:54 PM

Quote from: *In a Nutsack on February 11, 2009, 11:13:33 AM
Isn't it like cheating?  I guess if the stitching showed up better on the pitches they wouldn't have to do something like this.  I never played MVP 2005, so I don't know how great it was.  To me, it takes away from the challenge of recognizing the pitch.  You can argue that recognizing the stitching and noticing color are similar, but the former seems like the bigger challenge.

Nitpicking, I know.

Well I'd be very impressed if someone could recognizing the stitching on a video game baseball and decide the pitch type.  Maybe it would be possible on a slow pitch speed on a very large high-def TV.  It's hard enough to tell if the damn thing is going to be in the strike zone, let alone which way it's rotating.

MVP's system worked really well, but ultimately was a bit too easy.  I believe each pitcher had one specific rating that determined how well they hid their pitches.  Hitting against most pitchers on the Pirates was simple because you'd know the type halfway through their windup and it was just a matter of judging location once you knew what the pitch looked like.  I really liked the system, but it was too easy.  I prefer it over something like The Show, because knowing exactly where the pitch will be through some on-screen target is pretty lame.  It's fine from time-to-time when the pitcher just fucks up, but it's a lot more fun and rewarding to actually be able to read the pitches.  I liked MVP so much because I actually got good enough that I felt like I was really in control when I played.  I could recognize the type of pitch and location, and then pull it, slap it the other way, or do whatever I needed to in that situation.  With the 2k games, no matter how much I played, I never really felt like I was controlling the outcome of the AB.  It was just a matter of timing the swing and then waiting to see what happened, which more often than not was 500 foot bomb.  In MVP, I knew when my swing would result in a single up the middle, a double down the line or whatever.  They really need to update that game...

Did anyone read this?

I did, but only because I'm stunned that I agreed with pretty much everything Weebs said in it.

How did you know you agreed with it before you read it?

ROASTED

Quote from: Weebs on February 11, 2009, 12:49:54 PM

Quote from: *In a Nutsack on February 11, 2009, 11:13:33 AM
Isn't it like cheating?  I guess if the stitching showed up better on the pitches they wouldn't have to do something like this.  I never played MVP 2005, so I don't know how great it was.  To me, it takes away from the challenge of recognizing the pitch.  You can argue that recognizing the stitching and noticing color are similar, but the former seems like the bigger challenge.

Nitpicking, I know.

Well I'd be very impressed if someone could recognizing the stitching on a video game baseball and decide the pitch type.  Maybe it would be possible on a slow pitch speed on a very large high-def TV.  It's hard enough to tell if the damn thing is going to be in the strike zone, let alone which way it's rotating.

MVP's system worked really well, but ultimately was a bit too easy.  I believe each pitcher had one specific rating that determined how well they hid their pitches.  Hitting against most pitchers on the Pirates was simple because you'd know the type halfway through their windup and it was just a matter of judging location once you knew what the pitch looked like.  I really liked the system, but it was too easy.  I prefer it over something like The Show, because knowing exactly where the pitch will be through some on-screen target is pretty lame.  It's fine from time-to-time when the pitcher just fucks up, but it's a lot more fun and rewarding to actually be able to read the pitches.  I liked MVP so much because I actually got good enough that I felt like I was really in control when I played.  I could recognize the type of pitch and location, and then pull it, slap it the other way, or do whatever I needed to in that situation.  With the 2k games, no matter how much I played, I never really felt like I was controlling the outcome of the AB.  It was just a matter of timing the swing and then waiting to see what happened, which more often than not was 500 foot bomb.  In MVP, I knew when my swing would result in a single up the middle, a double down the line or whatever.  They really need to update that game...

Did anyone read this?

Jesus - if you have a PS3 it shouldn't even be a question of The Show or 2k9. I don't think anyone expects 2K9 to be anywhere near as good as the The Show - we just don't want to shell out out the price of a round trip ticket to somewhere warm for a new PS3.