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The Increasingly Manic Tom Bak
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Yeah, me too.  You can see where I used to pay rent, and where I used to sell used cassettes (was it called Beaver Sounds?) to get said rent money.

Yeah, but have you ever seen it on weed?

Yeah, but have you ever seen it on weed?

New Orleans is the only recognizable place where they spend a significant amount of time, and the key acid-trip scene takes place there, but for me, the strongest association is with the Southwest.

New Orleans is the only recognizable place where they spend a significant amount of time, and the key acid-trip scene takes place there, but for me, the strongest association is with the Southwest.

Is it just me, or does the laugh track get really intrusive in Series 3?  It never bothered me in the first two series, but I had to shut off the first episode of S3 five minutes in.

Is it just me, or does the laugh track get really intrusive in Series 3?  It never bothered me in the first two series, but I had to shut off the first episode of S3 five minutes in.

She did a mean Charleston in Black Orchid.

She did a mean Charleston in Black Orchid.

The dancing was nice, but she's got nothing on Tegan Jovanka.  Nothing.

The dancing was nice, but she's got nothing on Tegan Jovanka.  Nothing.

Unless AIX white papers count, the only reading I've done for the last month is out loud to my kids, so, uh, I guess it'd be Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? and The Secret of Skeleton Island.

Unless AIX white papers count, the only reading I've done for the last month is out loud to my kids, so, uh, I guess it'd be Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? and The Secret of Skeleton Island.

"How Many More Times" is perhaps the best album-closer of all time.

"How Many More Times" is perhaps the best album-closer of all time.

Good long metal songs, off the top of my head:
Nile- Unas, Slayer of the Gods
Wolves in the Throne Room - I Will Lay Down My Bones Among the Rocks and Roots
Burzum - Burzum
Fauna - Rain, The Hunt (both clock in at over an hour)
Wyrd - Heathen
Moonsorrow - Pretty much anything off of Verisäkeet
Death Angel - The Ultra Violence

Good long metal songs, off the top of my head:
Nile- Unas, Slayer of the Gods
Wolves in the Throne Room - I Will Lay Down My Bones Among the Rocks and Roots
Burzum - Burzum
Fauna - Rain, The Hunt (both clock in at over an hour)
Wyrd - Heathen
Moonsorrow - Pretty much anything off of Verisäkeet
Death Angel - The Ultra Violence

I'm partial to 9/19/71 Allman Bros. at SUNY Stonybrook "Blue Sky".

I'm partial to 9/19/71 Allman Bros. at SUNY Stonybrook "Blue Sky".

It's "Call of Ktulu" for me, though "Orion" is a close second.