A trial run is probably best. The pilot was kind of boring and long winded. But if you stick to it, you become completely enthralled with the series and everything that's going on with these characters and the cylons. Its amazing.
I think it is, but I can see why you'd be hesitant. Maybe you could Netflix the first season to give it a trial run.
I'd love to own the Next Gen series but my cash reserves are low right now. I spent lots of money on cards and Roger Waters tickets recently (he's doing the entirety of The Wall live!).
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I heard rumors of him playing Dark Side of the Moon with the Flaming Lips at Bonnaroo. I wish I was going to confirm it.
edit - Which brings me to the next discussion: What kind of tunes do you guys and gals listen to?
Top 5 (No order)
The Clash
The Flaming Lips
John Frusciante (was the guitarist from the Chili Peppers until a few months ago. Amazing solo albums)
The The
Of Montreal
Television series: True Blood - Sex, crime and fantasy. Good story and interesting characters. Quite entertaining. Carnivàle - Um... sex, crime and fantasy. Story- and characterwise one of the best shows ever. Unusual setting. Firefly - I suppose that everyone knows about this one around here?
American animation: Futurama - Wheee! Daria - I suppose this isn't for everyone, but I really enjoyed it when I was still in school. Deadpan snarker type of humor. Clerks - Yes, there once was an animated Clercs tv series. Got canceled after only six episodes due to crude humor... If you like the Kevin Smith films, than you will like this one, too.
Anime: Fullmetal Alchemist - Best series ever! Ever!! Both of them!!! Even for those that aren't anime fans. While the second one is much closer to the manga (which I haven't read, but wikipedia says so), the studio was really creative with the first one. Baccano! - Nice little series (only 13+3 episodes). Warning: Very violent at times (though nothing near Hellsing Ultimate). Darker than Black - The original series / first season was really good. Code Geass - A rollercoaster ride. Both from an emotional and from a quality standpoint. I have seldomly watched a series that could be so awesome and so lame within a single episode.
I really do hate YouTubes "recommended for you" feature some times.
I watched a video a while pack of Bill o'reiley talking obama's new medical plan denying Pap Smears to women. So you tube interprits this to mean that I want to see detailed videos of Colonscopys. WTF?
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I could talk music forever. To paraphrase Lou Reed, rock'n'roll is like a religion. As you might guess from my sig, Tori Amos is my favorite musician (Perfect day: on the couch drinking coffee reading Sandman while listening to Tori Amos). Her lyrics really speak to me. I'm very lyrically focused; my other favorites include:
Pink Floyd
Indigo Girls
Ani DiFranco
Iron and Wine
Nine Inch Nails
Radiohead
Bob Dylan
The Pogues
I'm also a product of my '90s coming of age, as you can probably tell. I also really love Jeff Buckley and Nirvana but they don't have the extensive body of work that the others have.
I should check out The Flaming Lips. They seem like the closest thing to Pink Floyd. Also, the one Of Montreal song I know is good. The Clash is The Clash. A journalist once referred to them as "the only band that matters."
In another life, I'm a music journalist and I get to review CDs, songs, and concerts, and meet really cool musicians.
I could talk music forever. To paraphrase Lou Reed, rock'n'roll is like a religion. As you might guess from my sig, Tori Amos is my favorite musician (Perfect day: on the couch drinking coffee reading Sandman while listening to Tori Amos). Her lyrics really speak to me. I'm very lyrically focused; my other favorites include:
Pink Floyd
Indigo Girls
Ani DiFranco
Iron and Wine
Nine Inch Nails
Radiohead
Bob Dylan
The Pogues
I'm also a product of my '90s coming of age, as you can probably tell. I also really love Jeff Buckley and Nirvana but they don't have the extensive body of work that the others have.
I should check out The Flaming Lips. They seem like the closest thing to Pink Floyd. Also, the one Of Montreal song I know is good. The Clash is The Clash. A journalist once referred to them as "the only band that matters."
In another life, I'm a music journalist and I get to review CDs, songs, and concerts, and meet really cool musicians.
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Are you really a music journalist? Thats wicked cool.
Newest Flaming Lips sound like earlier Floyd but the rest of it sounds like its own crazy thing. Super poppy but heavy and funny and all that. One of the best live bands you will ever see. They put on a spectacle like no other band can.
The Clash were my bread and butter growing up since I was a baby (thanks, mom!) and they're just one of those bands that goes beyond being "punk" or anything else and are just solid no matter what you listen to. I heard a journalist say once "try not to think of the clash as one of the first punk bands but as one of the last British Invasion bands". That idea makes sense to me.
Iron & Wine are great and I really don't have to go in to what a great band Radiohead are.
Snap! I forgot Talking Heads. They are on my top 5, too. I have 6 bands in my top 5 and I don't see anything wrong with that!
HBO series are gold. Band of Brothers, Deadwood and Rome are all incredible shows. Those are probably the three best things ever put on television in my opinion.
HBO is definitely awesome. I think you forgot to put Six Feet Under on that list though.
It's been strange for me since I started watching Dexter, which stars one of the main characters from SFU, and the characters he plays have very different personalities.
Although The Clash is awesome, I'm more into the heavier side of things. My current obsession is the newest Bullet For My Valentine CD. I'm also quite fond of All That Remains and Killswitch Engage. And of course the metal of yore like Slayer, Metallica, and the great Black Sabbath. And then there's my punk rock side that likes Rise Against and the like. My musical tastes are really all over the place. I might go from Slayer to Johnny Cash to Ludacris to Thrice and back to White Zombie all on one mix CD.
Although The Clash is awesome, I'm more into the heavier side of things. My current obsession is the newest Bullet For My Valentine CD. I'm also quite fond of All That Remains and Killswitch Engage. And of course the metal of yore like Slayer, Metallica, and the great Black Sabbath. And then there's my punk rock side that likes Rise Against and the like. My musical tastes are really all over the place. I might go from Slayer to Johnny Cash to Ludacris to Thrice and back to White Zombie all on one mix CD.
I listen to hard rock and heavy metal too... but Rise Against isn't punk.
I do listen to a lot of punk, and The Clash, The Ramones, Rancid, Tiger Army and Anti-Flag are all good too.
Rise Against may not technically be punk but they're more punk than metal. And they have some very government centric lyrics. What we label then doesn't matter though. All that matters in the end is that they are awesome.
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No. That's my fantasy life. I'm really an editor of pet care books and I teach at a massage school. You do make make me think I need to check out The Flaming Lips.
Thanks for reminding me of Zep and the Beatles, wtwlf. Can't believe I forgot them. Also, I had a serious adolescent fixation with Stevie Nicks/Fleetwood Mac. I love Tool, too. The Doors were my college band of choice.
And how can I forget Jimi Hendrix?! That's a crime.
The greatness of Firefly almost goes withou saying.
The greatness of Firefly almost goes withou saying.
I thought so. Just included it for the sake of completeness.
And I have to admit that I am more the movies and series type and less the music type. While I know most of the musicians / bands you talk about, I cannot say much about them that goes beyond "I like it" or "I don't like it".
If you're going to check out the Flaming Lips, start with Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots and if you like that go to The Soft Bulletin and At War with the Mystics.
As for getting to live out musical fantasies, one of my buddies got me a gig as a cameraman at this festival. http://www.mountainjam.com/
I'm not a huge fan of a lot of jam bands, but there are some cool acts playing. If I get to shoot for Toots & The Maytals, I'll wet myself. Also, it would be amazing if I did a good enough job that they hire me on again for any other festivals they're filming this summer.
Rise Against may not technically be punk but they're more punk than metal. And they have some very government centric lyrics. What we label then doesn't matter though. All that matters in the end is that they are awesome.
Ya, I like Rise Against. They're one of the few bands that originated in the last decade I can listen to. I don't care for their Vegetarian ways, but I like the rest of their politics.
Ya, I like Rise Against. They're one of the few bands that originated in the last decade I can listen to. I don't care for their Vegetarian ways, but I like the rest of their politics.
That'd be the one. There's a scene where two of the main characters are having a conversation about one of them (Jules aka Sam Jackson) deciding to stop eating pork because a pig is a "filthy animal". The other one (Vincent aka John Travolta) tries to talk him out of it by reassuring him that "Bacon tastes good. Pork chops taste good." Jules then retorts with "Sewer rat may taste like punkin' pie, but I'll never know cuz I'm not eatin' the filthy MF'er". Good stuff, really. Probably one of the best movies ever to come out of American cinema.
That'd be the one. There's a scene where two of the main characters are having a conversation about one of them (Jules aka Sam Jackson) deciding to stop eating pork because a pig is a "filthy animal". The other one (Vincent aka John Travolta) tries to talk him out of it by reassuring him that "Bacon tastes good. Pork chops taste good." Jules then retorts with "Sewer rat may taste like punkin' pie, but I'll never know cuz I'm not eatin' the filthy MF'er". Good stuff, really. Probably one of the best movies ever to come out of American cinema.
One of the hundreds upon hundreds of great films to come out of American cinema. Its hard to remember all the classics when we have stuff like Transformers out there mucking it up.
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I heard rumors of him playing Dark Side of the Moon with the Flaming Lips at Bonnaroo. I wish I was going to confirm it.
edit - Which brings me to the next discussion: What kind of tunes do you guys and gals listen to?
Top 5 (No order)
The Clash
The Flaming Lips
John Frusciante (was the guitarist from the Chili Peppers until a few months ago. Amazing solo albums)
The The
Of Montreal
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Television series:
True Blood - Sex, crime and fantasy. Good story and interesting characters. Quite entertaining.
Carnivàle - Um... sex, crime and fantasy. Story- and characterwise one of the best shows ever. Unusual setting.
Firefly - I suppose that everyone knows about this one around here?
American animation:
Futurama - Wheee!
Daria - I suppose this isn't for everyone, but I really enjoyed it when I was still in school. Deadpan snarker type of humor.
Clerks - Yes, there once was an animated Clercs tv series. Got canceled after only six episodes due to crude humor... If you like the Kevin Smith films, than you will like this one, too.
Anime:
Fullmetal Alchemist - Best series ever! Ever!! Both of them!!! Even for those that aren't anime fans. While the second one is much closer to the manga (which I haven't read, but wikipedia says so), the studio was really creative with the first one.
Baccano! - Nice little series (only 13+3 episodes). Warning: Very violent at times (though nothing near Hellsing Ultimate).
Darker than Black - The original series / first season was really good.
Code Geass - A rollercoaster ride. Both from an emotional and from a quality standpoint. I have seldomly watched a series that could be so awesome and so lame within a single episode.
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Pink Floyd
Indigo Girls
Ani DiFranco
Iron and Wine
Nine Inch Nails
Radiohead
Bob Dylan
The Pogues
I'm also a product of my '90s coming of age, as you can probably tell. I also really love Jeff Buckley and Nirvana but they don't have the extensive body of work that the others have.
I should check out The Flaming Lips. They seem like the closest thing to Pink Floyd. Also, the one Of Montreal song I know is good. The Clash is The Clash. A journalist once referred to them as "the only band that matters."
In another life, I'm a music journalist and I get to review CDs, songs, and concerts, and meet really cool musicians.
Cheers,
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Are you really a music journalist? Thats wicked cool.
Newest Flaming Lips sound like earlier Floyd but the rest of it sounds like its own crazy thing. Super poppy but heavy and funny and all that. One of the best live bands you will ever see. They put on a spectacle like no other band can.
The Clash were my bread and butter growing up since I was a baby (thanks, mom!) and they're just one of those bands that goes beyond being "punk" or anything else and are just solid no matter what you listen to. I heard a journalist say once "try not to think of the clash as one of the first punk bands but as one of the last British Invasion bands". That idea makes sense to me.
Iron & Wine are great and I really don't have to go in to what a great band Radiohead are.
Snap! I forgot Talking Heads. They are on my top 5, too. I have 6 bands in my top 5 and I don't see anything wrong with that!
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HBO is definitely awesome. I think you forgot to put Six Feet Under on that list though.
It's been strange for me since I started watching Dexter, which stars one of the main characters from SFU, and the characters he plays have very different personalities.
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I listen to hard rock and heavy metal too... but Rise Against isn't punk.
I do listen to a lot of punk, and The Clash, The Ramones, Rancid, Tiger Army and Anti-Flag are all good too.
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Thanks for reminding me of Zep and the Beatles, wtwlf. Can't believe I forgot them. Also, I had a serious adolescent fixation with Stevie Nicks/Fleetwood Mac. I love Tool, too. The Doors were my college band of choice.
And how can I forget Jimi Hendrix?! That's a crime.
The greatness of Firefly almost goes withou saying.
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I thought so. Just included it for the sake of completeness.
And I have to admit that I am more the movies and series type and less the music type. While I know most of the musicians / bands you talk about, I cannot say much about them that goes beyond "I like it" or "I don't like it".
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As for getting to live out musical fantasies, one of my buddies got me a gig as a cameraman at this festival.
http://www.mountainjam.com/
I'm not a huge fan of a lot of jam bands, but there are some cool acts playing. If I get to shoot for Toots & The Maytals, I'll wet myself. Also, it would be amazing if I did a good enough job that they hire me on again for any other festivals they're filming this summer.
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With the correct seasoning it probably taste ok like most.
What about rat wrapped in bacon...
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Such a great flick!
Covered in cornbread like a corn dog??
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No. Just with ketchup. Lots and lots of ketchup. The more, the better, since it hides the taste of the rat. (Sneaky Discworld reference.)
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That'd be the one. There's a scene where two of the main characters are having a conversation about one of them (Jules aka Sam Jackson) deciding to stop eating pork because a pig is a "filthy animal". The other one (Vincent aka John Travolta) tries to talk him out of it by reassuring him that "Bacon tastes good. Pork chops taste good." Jules then retorts with "Sewer rat may taste like punkin' pie, but I'll never know cuz I'm not eatin' the filthy MF'er". Good stuff, really. Probably one of the best movies ever to come out of American cinema.
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One of the hundreds upon hundreds of great films to come out of American cinema. Its hard to remember all the classics when we have stuff like Transformers out there mucking it up.
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