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#1311 Re: Guns N' Roses » Reunited GUNS N' ROSES To Play New T-Mobile Arena In Las Vegas » 563 weeks ago
Fly pirates.
MIA 4eva.
I loved the that period from say 05-11.. Kinda dropped off on maya ( tho anyway who samples Suicide will always win my affection).
Just felt her priorities shifted, away from the music (ever since the debut really I got that vibe). Was glad she broke from diplo but the last album never clicked. I'm still interested in her game just don't think she's the force she once was, but that's the way of the world.. No??
#1312 Re: Guns N' Roses » Steven Tyler says that he has been working on the return of GN'R » 563 weeks ago
johndivney wrote:Now it's created by businessmen, corporations & teams & sold to you buy the next white girl who sucked the most dick. Quality is different nowadays.
It really is sad. Today's stars(not just music but TV, movies,etc.) aren't even interesting.
I still say the rise of "reality" TV played a role in the decline of all pop culture. We entered the era where anyone can be a celebrity and it requires no talent whatsoever. It spilled in to all areas.
Kardashians.....and the sign of the apocalypse might have been that Honey Boo Boo craze. I remember flipping through channels for crime shows(this was a few years ago), saw a commercial for that shit, looked it up, and I was shocked that the media thinks we're all stupid enough to believe that an ugly fat kid from a trailer park is actually winning beauty pageants. Millions watched that drivel. I have always boycotted these trash shows. Closest thing I got to so called reality TV was some of those Pawn shows that I watched for awhile before I couldn't stand it anymore. They pretend Chumlee is poor yet people filmed him driving a brand new Maserati.
I watch the First 48 but that's more a crime doc than reality TV. Its actually real.
Current music is noise pollution. I'm sure there are exceptions if you can find it in the ocean of shit on youtube and wherever else people go but I'm not digging for a nugget of gold. I'll just stick to the stuff I've listened to for years. Someone can alert me when the next big thing releases the modern day AFD, Superunknown, or Rumors and hits the world over the head with a sledgehammer.
I was in the barbers today. All they talked about was the latest series of celebrity big brother. To be polite I tried to talk to them b asking who such & such a celebrity was - whoever they were talking about became a celebrity off of reality tv! I was just completely out of my element, didn't have a clue.
Yea it's true today's stars aren't as interesting - or talented. In fact, I'd say most are actually really fucking stupid. A lot of them are simply seduced by tv & the images it feeds them, they believe it as reality.
Before tho, our stars were made from talent & because they had no other options (see James brown/billie holliday/jacko/Axl). Talented people each but other avenues to leading a normal life were closed off from these people due to their personal circumstances. Today's 'star's' see celebrity as a career choice as opposed to their only route.
Things have changed, as the great man said (Dylan).
I do keep up with music & stuff I love, but it's hard to shift thru the noise of what people are trying to sell you. It has gotten worse. Maybe I'm just realising it more as I get older but I think it has gotten worse. Not that there weren't generic cardboard cut-out replaceable stars from before, there just weren't as many and there was more room for other people to connect. & even the generic pop stars were making amazing songs from time to time, these days.. Well, just less so again..
My method is just to join the dots from artist to artist - record label to record label - trustworthy blog/message board review & so on.
#1313 Re: The Sunset Strip » The Video Game Console Thread » 563 weeks ago
I even got my guy all made up to look like the cop from ymca with a close cut mohawk ...
Dedication.
Or, you need to step away from the controller.. I admire it either way!
#1314 Re: The Sunset Strip » The Video Game Console Thread » 563 weeks ago
I missed out on the romance totally. I tried to score Cassandra or that annoying bint sara(?) but by the time I got round to it i was too late.
My character some weird looking woman..
Dorian was alright. I'll tell you, the writing in this game is so far & beyond anything (bar gta) it kinda makes me pissed off at the games industry - if bioware can do it then so can others. Definitely I found the writing & maturity the most impressive things about dragon age.
Edit: I wasn't going to replay it just to score with some pixels. Also missed out on the sex in my recent mass effect 2 replay.. Life imitating art I guess 
Like gta, there's always hookers 
#1315 Re: The Garden » GTA V Online - GnREvo » 563 weeks ago
I put in some serious/questionable hours on this this past week.
Spent all of Friday evening/night in freeroam. Didn't level up once in about a 9hour session. Was great. Call back to the running street battles of old. Took me a while to shake of ring rust. Am a killing machine now tho, again!
Played some heists then on sunday/rest of the week levelled up twice p quickly like that. Was great but not quite as fun as doing nothing but fucking about.
I'd do it all over again tomorrow night but I've got to go out. Saturday tho am planning another marathon session. Can't wait.. Best game. Even now I'm just chilling online watching other people play while I munch, it's better than anything on tv. Everyone's living out their own little action films..
#1316 Re: Guns N' Roses » Steven Tyler says that he has been working on the return of GN'R » 563 weeks ago
Well popular music is different now. Then it was created by disenfranchised angry white kids, or kids who'd been abused by their parents, then sold to you by businessmen. Now it's created by businessmen, corporations & teams & sold to you buy the next white girl who sucked the most dick. Quality is different nowadays. But it's not being made for us so it's really not our business..
#1317 Re: Guns N' Roses » GN'R Twitter Updates » 563 weeks ago
Axlin16 wrote:AtariLegend wrote:They posted a video hyping the Vegas shows. Only Axl, Slash/Duff are anywhere in sight.
Not even gonna lie.... I was FULL-HARD after watching that video.
Damn this is all so surreal.
Lol.... Yes. Full boner mode. Slash and Axl look so much cooler together.
Had the opposite effect for me..
That vid is what it's going to be like live, footage/people cut & pasted. One guy on the side of the stage, 5 feet away from him is his bandmate but the guy hates him & is only there for the money & wants nothing to do with him. Worried there'll be no atmosphere - or worse a really bad one - coming from the band.. Can't see them being too friendly. Hope I'm wrong tho. Stage needs to be small keep them all closely together, can't see that happening either.
#1318 Re: Guns N' Roses » Looks like rehearsals have started! » 563 weeks ago
If anything the SCoM solo is too short!
#1319 Re: Guns N' Roses » Steven Tyler says that he has been working on the return of GN'R » 563 weeks ago
I'd love to see the alternate universe where that UYI lineup releases an album in that mid late 90s climate when godawful shit like Matchbox 20, Hootie, Savage Garden, etc. was dominating the airwaves.
Strange time for huge bands. Fucking goddamn U2 with More Shite and fuckin Metallica with Some More Shite.
Fixed that a little for you.
Pitied the yanks and the rock music they produced from '94 onwards. Were some bad & dodgy times.
#1320 Re: Guns N' Roses » Reunited GUNS N' ROSES To Play New T-Mobile Arena In Las Vegas » 564 weeks ago
Wish I was going.
I should go. Just going to regret it not going. Dunno..
