Wow, I am so disappointed by Duff's lack of insight on this topic. At one point in his rant he says something about the need for the government to be able to shut down sites that profit from online piracy. That's there already, plain and simple. It's called a fair trial with a due process. What SOPA and PIPA are trying to achieve is put the burden and responsibility of deciding when something is illegal in the hands of private companies. The Googles and the Facebooks of the world would be judge, jury and executioner in the world of intellectual property. And when they don't do a good enough job of it, they face draconian consequences in the form of being shut down completely, loosing all their funding, etc... even for those parts of their user generated content that are perfectly legit. No wonder they oppose this.

Why do the record and movie industries feel they deserve special treatment? Why do they feel that all this business with being innocent until proven guilty and burden of proof being theirs and all is fine for most things but not for fuckin' entertainment?

Most people opposing SOPA/PIPA aren't against it because of WHAT it tries to solve, they are against it because of HOW they are trying to solve it. I am personally also against what they are trying to solve, but that's another debate altogether.

A friend of mine has the board game, which is kinda fun to play if you're into the whole "big box" strategy board game thing. Didn't know there was a card game as well, gotta look into that.

Which is probably in no small part due to his early death at the height of his career...

This. He's an enigmatic frontman to see in action live. I've seen him both with Slipknot and Stone Sour and have been blown away by him on both occasions (not a Slipknot fan although they have some good songs, really like Stone Sour's first and second album). The rant at the beginning of this thread is exactly what you need to be able to expect from a rock n' roll frontman: they need to be opinionated assholes.

I might not agree with his point of view everytime, but I absolutely love the conviction in his delivery. It's great to listen to for his intonation and passion only.

It doesn't matter what you bring as much as how you bring it. But hey, I also think lyrics are of secondary importance to the melody and aggressiveness in a voice. A mnemonic to remember the melody by, not much more than that.

It certainly could, and it definitely would allow you more dynamic range for the rest of the frequency spectrum. What frequency is the low-cut at? Anything below 60Hz: feel free to discard (in almost all circumstances, except when recording bass or drums separately).

Your recordings being bass-heavy though, I'm not sure if the low-cut will do much. I think you probably need to make a cut in the 120 - 240hz region from the sounds of it. So, take any DAW program (audacity is decent and free), and cut about 2-3db around 180hz and that should help a lot. If it doesn't, move the center frequency about between the 120 and 240hz to hear what you like most.