Comments on: Self-Loathing Metal Review http://www.nonalignmentpact.com/2007/05/self-loathing-metal-review.html Music in Seven Days from Seven Writers Wed, 08 Feb 2012 04:42:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: John Cramer http://www.nonalignmentpact.com/2007/05/self-loathing-metal-review.html/comment-page-1#comment-3496 John Cramer Sat, 19 May 2007 22:31:00 +0000 http://www.preddys.com/NAP/?p=226#comment-3496 I stand by my comments. I stand by my comments.

]]> By: Kilian http://www.nonalignmentpact.com/2007/05/self-loathing-metal-review.html/comment-page-1#comment-3494 Kilian Sat, 19 May 2007 18:55:00 +0000 http://www.preddys.com/NAP/?p=226#comment-3494 Ah now John, you assume all this stuff and compel me to respond (on Justin's hijacked post no less). I feel obligated to defend myself when you say I should relax and "if you don't like me" and what not.<br/><br/>I hate explaining myself so uh uh not gonna do it no more.<br/><br/>Love you, <br/>really. <br/><br/>Don't stop believing, writing, getting defensive, etc...<br/><br/>:- )<br/><br/>p.s. write me an email or send me that promised metal cd or something Ah now John, you assume all this stuff and compel me to respond (on Justin’s hijacked post no less). I feel obligated to defend myself when you say I should relax and “if you don’t like me” and what not.

I hate explaining myself so uh uh not gonna do it no more.

Love you,
really.

Don’t stop believing, writing, getting defensive, etc…

:- )

p.s. write me an email or send me that promised metal cd or something

]]> By: Justin http://www.nonalignmentpact.com/2007/05/self-loathing-metal-review.html/comment-page-1#comment-3493 Justin Sat, 19 May 2007 18:26:00 +0000 http://www.preddys.com/NAP/?p=226#comment-3493 It looks like <i>City of Hope</i> isn't available on DVD yet. I guess I'll have to wait to see that one.<br/><br/>I lifted Kilian's line for the title of this post because I couldn't think of a good title and was too lazy to work up something better, so I went with something absurd. Absurd in the sense that the post has nothing to do with either self-loathing or metal. Absurd entertains me. I guess that makes me weird. It looks like City of Hope isn’t available on DVD yet. I guess I’ll have to wait to see that one.

I lifted Kilian’s line for the title of this post because I couldn’t think of a good title and was too lazy to work up something better, so I went with something absurd. Absurd in the sense that the post has nothing to do with either self-loathing or metal. Absurd entertains me. I guess that makes me weird.

]]> By: John Cramer http://www.nonalignmentpact.com/2007/05/self-loathing-metal-review.html/comment-page-1#comment-3492 John Cramer Sat, 19 May 2007 16:33:00 +0000 http://www.preddys.com/NAP/?p=226#comment-3492 I didn't take offense to Justin's title. I figured he was just using the phrase because it sounded so funny. <br/><br/>And you were clearly putting me down, so let's not bullshit one another. Cloaking your jab in the guise of a compliment is the height of passive aggresion. I didn’t take offense to Justin’s title. I figured he was just using the phrase because it sounded so funny.

And you were clearly putting me down, so let’s not bullshit one another. Cloaking your jab in the guise of a compliment is the height of passive aggresion.

]]> By: Kilian http://www.nonalignmentpact.com/2007/05/self-loathing-metal-review.html/comment-page-1#comment-3491 Kilian Sat, 19 May 2007 15:37:00 +0000 http://www.preddys.com/NAP/?p=226#comment-3491 John - are you really taking it that hard? I mean you can dish it out with the best of them.<br/><br/>I don't see you as a bully. Bullies can't take a hit.<br/><br/>Anyway just because I put a label on you doesn't mean I'm putting you down, like I said originally.<br/><br/>Love you brother. Don't hate you. Love you.<br/><br/>As for Justin's title, I actually took that as a hit against me not you but who knows what this weird kid is thinking.<br/><br/>I think all our posts going forward (as they say in the working world) should be titled "self-loathing metal review." John – are you really taking it that hard? I mean you can dish it out with the best of them.

I don’t see you as a bully. Bullies can’t take a hit.

Anyway just because I put a label on you doesn’t mean I’m putting you down, like I said originally.

Love you brother. Don’t hate you. Love you.

As for Justin’s title, I actually took that as a hit against me not you but who knows what this weird kid is thinking.

I think all our posts going forward (as they say in the working world) should be titled “self-loathing metal review.”

]]> By: John Cramer http://www.nonalignmentpact.com/2007/05/self-loathing-metal-review.html/comment-page-1#comment-3490 John Cramer Sat, 19 May 2007 15:25:00 +0000 http://www.preddys.com/NAP/?p=226#comment-3490 The Bonnie Prince Billie show at the Orange Show several years back was completely mind blowing, as was the Palace Brothers show at Emo's back in the dark ages. During the Orange Show performance, the band went into a revamped version of I See a Darkness that was wholly original and wrenching at the same time. I'm also a big fan of the Oldham records I have. <br/><br/>Funny, I was going to do a post about him myself at some point. A real nice metal-review with a personal ironic twist of self-loathing that would be sure to get up under the kilt of a one Mr. Snipes. Guess I'll just go back to working on my Air Supply post. The Bonnie Prince Billie show at the Orange Show several years back was completely mind blowing, as was the Palace Brothers show at Emo’s back in the dark ages. During the Orange Show performance, the band went into a revamped version of I See a Darkness that was wholly original and wrenching at the same time. I’m also a big fan of the Oldham records I have.

Funny, I was going to do a post about him myself at some point. A real nice metal-review with a personal ironic twist of self-loathing that would be sure to get up under the kilt of a one Mr. Snipes. Guess I’ll just go back to working on my Air Supply post.

]]> By: Kilian http://www.nonalignmentpact.com/2007/05/self-loathing-metal-review.html/comment-page-1#comment-3488 Kilian Sat, 19 May 2007 14:53:00 +0000 http://www.preddys.com/NAP/?p=226#comment-3488 We've got lots of hilly billy characters in Chicago. I think there is some acting going on and some re-action. It's a tough grimy brick-laden city and people do hilly billy things around here to get to something else. Some of these hilly billy types really do come from the woods that's for sure but they're citified hilly billies.<br/><br/>Some friends of mine live in a house in a tough gang banger 'hood. They have bonfires on a regular basis. Sometimes it brings the locals out and they sit around the campfire and act normal for a change. It's a pretty cool house. Used to be home to Neko Case amongst others.<br/><br/>On our way to rehearsal last night, we saw a gangbanger get shot. I've never seen that before but it somehow just seemed normal, cold and casual. <br/><br/>Time to start a fire. We’ve got lots of hilly billy characters in Chicago. I think there is some acting going on and some re-action. It’s a tough grimy brick-laden city and people do hilly billy things around here to get to something else. Some of these hilly billy types really do come from the woods that’s for sure but they’re citified hilly billies.

Some friends of mine live in a house in a tough gang banger ‘hood. They have bonfires on a regular basis. Sometimes it brings the locals out and they sit around the campfire and act normal for a change. It’s a pretty cool house. Used to be home to Neko Case amongst others.

On our way to rehearsal last night, we saw a gangbanger get shot. I’ve never seen that before but it somehow just seemed normal, cold and casual.

Time to start a fire.

]]> By: Kilian http://www.nonalignmentpact.com/2007/05/self-loathing-metal-review.html/comment-page-1#comment-3477 Kilian Sat, 19 May 2007 07:26:00 +0000 http://www.preddys.com/NAP/?p=226#comment-3477 Holy crud. I wrote my piece for next week already and then lost it due to some new fandangle thing blogger is doing these days, attempting to auto save and anyway this thing I wrote fits right into your thing.<br/><br/>The Oldham cover of "wouldn't it be nice" is pretty nice. I am not really down with Will Oldham though, I must confess. Timing's off. He's doing his thing when I couldn't give a hoot. Holy crud. I wrote my piece for next week already and then lost it due to some new fandangle thing blogger is doing these days, attempting to auto save and anyway this thing I wrote fits right into your thing.

The Oldham cover of “wouldn’t it be nice” is pretty nice. I am not really down with Will Oldham though, I must confess. Timing’s off. He’s doing his thing when I couldn’t give a hoot.

]]> By: Electramummy http://www.nonalignmentpact.com/2007/05/self-loathing-metal-review.html/comment-page-1#comment-3475 Electramummy Sat, 19 May 2007 06:04:00 +0000 http://www.preddys.com/NAP/?p=226#comment-3475 Speaking of funny, have you guys seen "The Whitest Kids You Know" on Fuse? There's about seven episodes so far. Tuesday nights are new ones. Repeats all week. Some hilarious stuff. Refreshing and beats the hell out of SNL. Speaking of funny, have you guys seen “The Whitest Kids You Know” on Fuse? There’s about seven episodes so far. Tuesday nights are new ones. Repeats all week. Some hilarious stuff. Refreshing and beats the hell out of SNL.

]]> By: Justin http://www.nonalignmentpact.com/2007/05/self-loathing-metal-review.html/comment-page-1#comment-3474 Justin Sat, 19 May 2007 05:33:00 +0000 http://www.preddys.com/NAP/?p=226#comment-3474 It's not so much that he's slipping into mediocrity as he's just repeating himself. It's like the successful characters on Saturday Night Live--they are funny once or twice, but after a while you start to get tired of them. Same with the the Oldham hillbilly character. I mean, it's impressive that he's ridden the thing as long as he has, but how long can he do that? And assuming Sayles created that character, shouldn't he get more credit? It’s not so much that he’s slipping into mediocrity as he’s just repeating himself. It’s like the successful characters on Saturday Night Live–they are funny once or twice, but after a while you start to get tired of them. Same with the the Oldham hillbilly character. I mean, it’s impressive that he’s ridden the thing as long as he has, but how long can he do that? And assuming Sayles created that character, shouldn’t he get more credit?

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