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Mon Apr-26-04 10:47 AM
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What is the worst sound you have ever heard? |
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Mon Apr-26-04 10:48 AM
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1. F-16s crisscrossing the skies over my home on 9/12/01 |
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Mon Apr-26-04 10:49 AM
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2. Ceramic dishes scrapping across a metal dish holder |
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I had to throw the dish holder out the sound was so bad.
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Mon Apr-26-04 10:50 AM
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3. a woman screaming after being told her child was dead |
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Mon Apr-26-04 10:51 AM
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The very first time I heard Techno, on a college radio station while on vacation in Pittsburgh, I said to myself, "That is the WORST fucking SHIT I've ever heard." I also said to myself, "It's gonna be huge."
I was right on both counts. I still hate techno, electronica, whatever you call it this month. And it's bigger than ever and getting more popular.
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Mon Apr-26-04 10:53 AM
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6. This post took the words right out of my mouth |
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and stated them better than I could have. I couldn't agree with this more.
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Mon Apr-26-04 10:58 AM
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8. You can have my autograph. |
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I think I'll sign it, "good health to you."
I LOVE BOC. Especially the first side of "Tyranny and Mutation...."
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Mon Apr-26-04 11:00 AM
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9. I feel nothing for techno except when it accidently sounds like music. |
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Mon Apr-26-04 11:00 AM
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10. duplicate... deleted... |
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Edited on Mon Apr-26-04 11:01 AM by henslee
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Mon Apr-26-04 11:58 AM
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:grr:
If I may quote a very wise man from another thread today...
"We mock what we don't understand."
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Mon Apr-26-04 12:00 PM
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I've angered the technofans!
Hey, I didn't say it was worse than country music, did I? (It isn't.)
HI!!!!
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Mon Apr-26-04 12:03 PM
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You techno-disparager. ;)
And no, nothing is worse than (nu)country, with the possible exception of my reply (#60). That is assuredly going to be the music (?) in Hades.
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Mon Apr-26-04 10:53 AM
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Was living in London in 1994. It's just before 2 in the morning, laying in bed and there's an almighty *thud*, loud as hell, followed by a huge bang.
It was just down the street from where I was living. Thankfully nobody was killed, a few injured.
Was arab terrorists targetting a Jewish organisation.
That sound scared me shitless! I'll never forget it.
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Mon Apr-26-04 10:53 AM
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5. Piece of wood across this guy's head |
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You could hear his skull crack.
Two guys fighting in an empty lot.
My cousin and I were there.
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Mon Apr-26-04 10:55 AM
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7. "George W. Bush will be the 43rd President of the United States" |
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Mon Apr-26-04 11:00 AM
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11. Incoming mortar and artillery rounds. |
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Mon Apr-26-04 11:05 AM
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12. The sound of * talking (nm) |
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Mon Apr-26-04 11:09 AM
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13. During gymnastics class |
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I was about 13 or so and a 15 year old teammate of mine was doing "giants" on the high bar. Giants are a basic move, just swinging 360 degrees around the bar. Well, my teammate lost his grip at about 3 o'clock (spinning counter clockwise) and flew about 15 feet, past the safety mat, landing head first onto solid concrete. The noise of his skull cracking was bad enough, but about 3 seconds later he let out this long, moaning yell type noise that still gives me shivers today when I think about it.
He was okay BTW and only ended up with a concussion and lots of stitches. I'm sure he was inches away from a broken neck. Lucky guy.
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Mon Apr-26-04 11:10 AM
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14. A 4-year-old girl being beaten with a belt |
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"Family Values", don't you know.
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Mon Apr-26-04 11:11 AM
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Particularly when it came just a few seconds after hearing my wife's car pull out of the driveway.
She had been hit broadside by a jerk who ran the stop sign on the corner.
She was injured, but nothing serious.
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Mon Apr-26-04 11:13 AM
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16. The silence while waiting to hear the ambulance sirens bringing my |
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mother to the hospital. Then, the sound of the sirens as they exited the interstate. Then, the silence again when they turned off of the main street onto the street coming to the ER.
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Mon Apr-26-04 11:13 AM
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17. A chili dog fart that sounded wet at the end. |
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Scary, and it wasn't even me that time.
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Mon Apr-26-04 11:35 AM
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Mon Apr-26-04 11:14 AM
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18. Military chopper crashin 200 yds from my house |
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Edited on Mon Apr-26-04 11:14 AM by Jim4Wes
I was probably 11 or 12, riding my bike when one of those transport choppers with two rotors crashed into high power lines in the Santa Ana River bed, Anahiem CA. Pieces of the chopper were shot up in the sky. There were no survivors as I recall.
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Mon Apr-26-04 11:15 AM
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Mon Apr-26-04 11:16 AM
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20. Guided By Voices and The Cure back to back all night. |
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:evilgrin:
(just thought I'd unite Random Koolzip and Loonman against a common enemy)
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Mon Apr-26-04 11:19 AM
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The only possible common enemy is the Eagles. (Loonman, how 'bout it?)
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Mon Apr-26-04 11:21 AM
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25. The Eagles? Yup. Well, that and Phish. |
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Mon Apr-26-04 11:22 AM
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Phish playing Eagles songs.
Forever.
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Mon Apr-26-04 11:23 AM
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27. While fronted by Ani DiFranco. |
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I can't help it, I just can't stand her!
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Mon Apr-26-04 11:24 AM
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28. You have felled the Sacred Cow! |
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Mon Apr-26-04 11:25 AM
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30. She's really, really awful. |
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No, really. She sucks. Bad.
Okay, so, Phish, fronted by Ani DiFranco, singing Eagles songs. Imagine the ticket sales for THAT one, though.....
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Mon Apr-26-04 11:28 AM
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32. Perfect, we can fence the fuckers in! Instant muso-prison camp! |
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Mon Apr-26-04 11:24 AM
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29. Wow. I'm vomiting as I type this. |
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Mon Apr-26-04 11:26 AM
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31. Wait 'til we get round to Phil Collins covering Minutemen songs. |
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Mon Apr-26-04 11:30 AM
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33. I was about to mention Phil. |
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Don't get Koolzip started on inappropriate covers of Minutemen songs.
Although they do have one I'd like to hear Michael Jackson do. ;)
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Mon Apr-26-04 11:31 AM
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34. As for me, I'm waiting for that LaToya / MC5 match-up. |
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Mon Apr-26-04 11:32 AM
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Well, they do need a new singer... |
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...and she has Tyner's hairdo.
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Mon Apr-26-04 11:33 AM
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37. I must look like a dork. |
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Sheena Easton fronting Killing Joke: whaddya say?
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Mon Apr-26-04 11:35 AM
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40. Hmm. Bjork fronting Kraftwerk. |
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That's my decades-long dream.
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Mon Apr-26-04 11:40 AM
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43. Josh Groban and the Boredoms. |
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Mon Apr-26-04 11:42 AM
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46. Not as much as Barbra Streisand / Aphex Twin's Iggy Pop tribute disc. |
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Mon Apr-26-04 11:46 AM
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51. I love the way she segued right from "Evergreen" to "The Passenger" |
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Mon Apr-26-04 11:49 AM
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55. Then Bob Weir came out from stage right.... |
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and launched them all into "Dark Star," seguewaying into "I Got a Right." Then "Enough is Enough" was the encore!
I got a third gen board of that show, dude, it's some kind nugs.
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Mon Apr-26-04 11:50 AM
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56. And the way Aphex took apart a bank of old Commodore 64's |
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to make that truly bowel-wretching sound.
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Mon Apr-26-04 11:47 AM
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Isn't it great how you me and Whitacre (and Dolo Amber !) can just hop into a thread, hotwire it, and take it for a punk rock joyride like this, no matter WHAT the thread is about?
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Mon Apr-26-04 11:49 AM
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Mon Apr-26-04 11:51 AM
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58. We should do this in the I/P forum sometime. |
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No, hang on, I like having fingers.
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Mon Apr-26-04 11:52 AM
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59. Wooh! It's like we all had the group mind, there! |
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Mon Apr-26-04 11:56 AM
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64. I've got an interesting 7" EP of Israeli hardcore... |
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Featuring the classic "(I Fucked) Bat-Sheva." Sung in HEBREW!
Some things you see in the record store, and you simply cannot pass up.
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Mon Apr-26-04 11:36 AM
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41. How about Tom Scholz with Burning Spear? |
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Mon Apr-26-04 11:39 AM
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42. Little Richard and Tangerine Dream? |
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Mon Apr-26-04 11:41 AM
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44. I want that Christina Aguilera / Husker Du match up, and I want it now! |
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but I'll settle for a Mariah Carey / Neu! collaboration.
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Mon Apr-26-04 11:45 AM
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50. Mandy Moore and Cluster would be nice, too. |
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Or howzabout Don Johnson singing for Guru Guru? Or Don Johnson singing at all?
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Mon Apr-26-04 11:53 AM
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61. That supergroup formed by the remaining members of INXS and Napalm Death |
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sounds pretty interesting. Mmmm! Cod-funk speed-thrash!
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Mon Apr-26-04 11:55 AM
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62. No, you're thinking of the fabled Icehouse/Dream Theater matchup. |
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Mon Apr-26-04 11:57 AM
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Don't even mention Dream Theater.
Really. :puke:
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Mon Apr-26-04 11:59 AM
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67. Well, that Rush / Ministry / Pet Shop Boys three-way worked pretty well |
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Mon Apr-26-04 12:02 PM
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70. No, that was Liza Minelli and Suicide. |
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And that fucking ruled, mamajama.
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Mon Apr-26-04 11:59 AM
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Has anyone seen my Ann Murray/Motorhead cd?
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Mon Apr-26-04 12:03 PM
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I snuck in while you were away and stole it.
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Mon Apr-26-04 12:07 PM
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There's no need to resort to thievery...I know it's irresistible and all, but I'd gladly have burned you a copy...
Although in fairness, the duet between Ann and Lemmy on "You Needed Me" is enough to make anyone take leave of their better judgement for a moment, so it's all good. ;)
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Mon Apr-26-04 12:13 PM
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75. Give me back my Rammstein / Ace of Base Live disc, D! |
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You've had it for months. I'm aching to hear their rendition of Jet featuring long forgotten Jamaican homophobe Shabba Ranks.
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Mon Apr-26-04 12:19 PM
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78. Do you still have my "Rap Fever with Deepak Chopra" record? |
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Mon Apr-26-04 12:22 PM
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79. Sure, it's beside the 2 Live Crew's Christian Family Favourites box set. |
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Mon Apr-26-04 12:22 PM
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81. They do a most righteous "A Mighty Fortress Is My God." |
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Mon Apr-26-04 12:22 PM
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I think I may have traded that for a Squarepusher/Enya bootleg. :(
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Mon Apr-26-04 12:27 PM
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82. Dammit! Now the Circle isn't Unbroken! |
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Edited on Mon Apr-26-04 12:32 PM by Screaming Lord Byron
By and By Lord. By and By. Enya and Squarepusher? Psshaw! Everyone knows it's Shane McGowan and Outkast as has the goods these days.
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Mon Apr-26-04 12:04 PM
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73. Yeah, it's next to my Phil Ochs/Cannibal Corpse 7"..... |
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On the "totally sucky" shelf.
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Mon Apr-26-04 11:31 AM
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35. Now THAT I'd like to see. |
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Right after we get Loudon Wainright III to cover the entire first album by the Swans.
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Mon Apr-26-04 12:17 PM
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77. Phish playing Eagles on a bus |
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with no air conditioning driving down Western Avenue all day long. Stopping at every stop.
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Mon Apr-26-04 12:32 PM
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84. AAAARRRRGGGGGHHHHH!!!!! |
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Mon Apr-26-04 11:16 AM
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21. The sound of the drywall in my parents' attic giving way... |
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I was sitting on a support beam handing boxes down to my mom. I reached way back for something, slid off the beam, and went through the drywall. Fell 10 feet to the concrete floor of the driveway. I'm sure the sound when I hit the floor was worse but I thankfully do not remember it. But I'll never forget the sound of that drywall giving way...everything happened in slow motion and I knew I was gonna fall and couldn't do a damn thing about it.
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Mon Apr-26-04 11:18 AM
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22. During WW2 hearing planes |
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overhead at night. I was very young but I thought they were German planes coming to bomb us. My mother had to explain they were planes being ferried overseas. I will never forget that feeling. Today when I hear a propeller plane tinges of that feeling come back.
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Mon Apr-26-04 11:32 AM
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36. The Air Raid Sirens during WWII |
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They were just drills,but for me they were terrifying with the house darkened and the shades all down.
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Mon Apr-26-04 11:47 AM
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Air Raid wardens coming around.
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Mon Apr-26-04 11:19 AM
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23. A Tornado Coming Toward My House... |
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Fortunately, it missed my house; but it tore the hell out of my town.
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Mon Apr-26-04 11:34 AM
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38. the sound of children screamin'/cryin' is the worst sound..... |
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.....animals in pain as well. :(
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Mon Apr-26-04 11:44 AM
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48. Children crying @ movies, restaurant, church, etc... |
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Mon Apr-26-04 11:41 AM
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45. Worst sounds I've ever heard: |
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Musical: William Hung. Beyond his music and singing being merely bad, I find it absolutely sickening to listen to or see him, especially as a fellow Asian-American.
Non-musical: A few years ago I had a co-worker drop dead of a heart condition at the age of 27 and we all went to her wake. The loud uncontrollable sobbing of that co-worker's younger sister is a sound that I will never forget. To make things even worse, I'd developed somewhat of a crush on the woman who died.
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Mon Apr-26-04 11:43 AM
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Her voice makes me cringe. Awful.
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Mon Apr-26-04 11:45 AM
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49. Having been a fireman |
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Being in a building, and hearing the sound of fire weakened wood collapse, and realizing that your last safe exit just vanished.
That, and the sound of either a tornado or hurricane coming your way.
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Mon Apr-26-04 11:56 AM
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63. Plane hitting the second WTC Tower |
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When i was 14, a local developer was the target of a hit. I was outside playing basketball when his car, wired with 8 (Yes, 8!) sticks of dynamite went off. We were a bit more than 2 block away. The basketball hoop (on a 4 inch steel poll) shook back and forth and wobbled for about a full minute.
I could actually feel the change in the air pressure, even from that far away. (Probably only a mm of mercury, but you could literally feel it!) Then, sirens and sirens and sirens.
The guy survived! He had a habit of getting in the car, starting it, then putting his belt on, then closing the door. The blast blew him about 120 feet from the car. He lost his leg, hearing in one ear and sight in one eye, but he lived. NOTHING left of the car that looked like it belonged to a car. Just shrapnel.
His estranged wife contracted the hit. She went to the big house, as did the guy who set the device.
Since then, i've always been in high respect for the power of explosives. I can only imagine what a one ton bomb would be like going off. The Professor
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Mon Apr-26-04 12:29 PM
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Oops, must have been channeling a puke there.
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Mon Apr-26-04 12:48 PM
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85. the sound of the towers collapsing |
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while in the ICU waiting while my mother-in-law was dying. The sound is horrible and unmistakable.
A close second is the sound of screeching brakes followed by breaking glass and crunching metal with kids screaming in the back seat.
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When racking is up for long enough with a big enough load on it, the holes that keep the shelves up can give way.
One day I was filling a bay with pallets of concrete. I decided to fill the shelves, then the floor. I put the first pallet on the salesfloor shelf, then turned the reach truck to pick up the second pallet, when the front beam tore out the holes in the upright...and about 3500 lbs of concrete hit the floor. Tore up every bag.
You can hear this all over the store when it happens, so the first thing I know there's about twenty associates, including three managers, in the aisle. "What happened? Are you okay? Did you get injured?" No, I just put some concrete on the shelf and it decided it didn't want to be on that shelf any more.
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89. A Jet Airliner Crashing Into The Pentagon |
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I was walking from my office (18th Street, NW) to Bertha's office (25th Street, NW) when the aircraft crashed into the Pentagon. The blast was so loud I thought it had hit the State Department building (23rd Street, NW). I know people who worked in the Pentagon and were in the building that day, and I was very frightened and worried about their safety.
My office building was evacuated almost immediately after the second tower was hit. We had heard there was a fire in the Old Executive Office Building (now called the Eisenhower Executive Office Building), which, of course, was incorrect. We also heard a rumor that there had been a car bombing at the State Department, and that there were more aircraft heading toward Washington, DC.
I called my mom from Bertha's office to let her know I was okay, and she was crying hysterically. That day was awful; I'll remember it just like I remember the day John F. Kennedy was killed.
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