Quote: Originally Posted by kwitel Would you say that Mahavishnu is similar to the Mars Volta? No, they are not similar. The Mahvishnu Orchestra is absolutely incredible, get both The Inner Mounting Flame and Birds of Fire. The Mars Volta is overrated.

My best recommendation would be Shostakovich 8. That is a really dark and violent piece of music. I have the version on Decca with Haitink conducting the Concertgebouw orchestra; great performance and sound quality.

Heh, I just came across this review of King Crimson's Thrak: Reviewer:Christopher Schneider "scibookguy" (New Jersey) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME) Your wife just left you for another species. Your greyhound has contracted STD's from your neighbor's poodle. The state government has...

Quote: Originally Posted by kwitel What kind of music is LTE? Ive never heard anything by them...any cheesy riffs? Lots of cheesy riffs. LTE is not terrible, but there is much better music out there. Symphony X is alright, I've met them and they're pretty cool. They have some...

Quote: Originally Posted by Oistrakh I enjoy a good Papa Ginos and Chinese Buffet Why do you keep reviving 3 year old threads?

I've taken a large number of vacations in DC (used to go every Memorial Day weekend) and I've hit almost all of the important tourist locations (and plenty of less important ones). I've never been to the Pentagon though. I'll add one coherent point - the National Cathedral was pretty cool IIRC -...

How about my avatar?

Thanks everyone Hmm, what's that hoppy smell coming from my amp? Ah whatever I didn't prove the Riemann Hypothesis because it's too easy. I was too busy proving that I'm of age to bartenders. That being said, I had a nice night out drinking with my friends at midnight right when I...

I will be available on the 18th, and if the right person goes, I can bum a ride with him and go.

Why does it matter?

Quote: Originally Posted by mjg Brute force algorithms... That's a good one. Hey fante7, how much does this remind you of that strange generated e-mail i showed u not too long ago? Ohh yeah, I just remembered that. Definitely generated by a computer.

You might like Todd Rundgren. Check out A Wizard, A True Star and Todd.

I really, really, really hope your original post was not completely serious.

Frank Zappa is fantastic. I want to hear his whole catalogue but I'm having a lot of trouble finding good prices for Zappa CDs, even used. Any suggestions? In particular I want to hear what all the fuss about Civilization Phaze III is about.

Quote: Originally Posted by Oistrakh wow, getting into MIT must not be that difficult if they allow people with GPA of 3.5 I thought you had to have GPA of 3.9 or 4 ro get in... Wow, you really are an idiot.

While I don't know either of the albums you refer to, guitarists have been using distortion since the '60s.

This is perhaps the greatest thing ever. http://www.palindromelist.com/longest.htm

Quote: Originally Posted by MexicanDragon Thanks for the suggestions, but those aren't really what I'm looking for this time around. I have a similar seiko in Ti, (blue dial, gold accents on face, however), and I'm just wanting something a little... more. Hmm, would that look...

On a more serious note, I did run into a member of this forum on campus - he was listening to some MS-2i's, and I bothered him and said "nice headphones."

Quote: Originally Posted by Oistrakh I have a question. Were you the type of high school student who spent every minute of your life thinking about school and don't do anything about school? Since if you got a 4 GPA and 1560 SAT, you could have gotten in if you had outstanding...

I can't believe that nobody has mentioned Rush - Vapor Trails yet. Horrible, horrible, horrible.

Quote: Originally Posted by ls20 while most of what you say is true, the point is this: how do all of the factors you enumerated compare from one school another for you--or anybody else--to say that school X is superior to school Y. Perhaps my intentions were not clear. I do not...

Quote: Originally Posted by Oistrakh But isn't Penn a state school, and aren't most state schools not that great compared to like elite private schools (Harvard for example....) Thats expecially true if you're talking about UMASS Wonderful attitude

Quote: Originally Posted by Jahn Congrats! Tubular Bells rock! Two slightly distorted guitars.

Cornflake-fi. Don't forget to upgrade your bowl and spoon!