I don't know if it's as much "still going on" as just he's doing them again. I, um, don't share your opinion about that album, but PF is probably one of my favorite bands, and I somehow managed to miss every single live show they did anywhere near me my whole life. At this point, I'll take what I can get.
Roger puts on a good show. I saw him during the DSOTM tour and that was excellent. Awesomely clear sound.
It's a well written, well animated show, with a wide variety of jokes and injokes which at its best easily rival Firefly or Arrested Development. Yes at its core it's still a show for little girls to sell toys. That doesn't prevent it from being good and enjoyable for people outside that target audience. Your Oh No towards a voice actor enjoying his part in it and his interaction with the odd fandom is insulting and close minded. Pistols at dawn!
I dunno, I watched a few episodes of MLP to see what the fuss was about and I'm not seeing the appeal. It's probably better than your average children's show, but compared to something like Phineas & Ferb I can't understand why adults would become attached to it. In Phineas & Ferb there's bit of clever dialogue or plot every 15 seconds or so, in MLP this is infrequent. Perhaps it's because in MLP all the characters seem very uninhibited about their feelings. They express themselves no matter the appropriateness of doing so, and while this gets them into trouble, it always works out in the end. I guess this could be quite a positive message, an ideal even: don't let society suppress your true self, true friends accept you for who you are. However I can't help but think, rather unkindly, that the social ineptitude some "bronies" are known for is only reinforced by this aspect of the show. Each to their own, of course.
On this bitter cold Michigan day, it's apropos to link to the video that has become an accidental slogan for so many on chilly days: "IT'S SO COLD IN THE D!" No, the song has nothing to do with temperatures. Like we give a fuckkkkkk
The Wall was my introduction to Floyd and I was blown away (as a teenager). It's no longer my favourite album, but I still think it holds up . the story/message might be quite banale, but the imagery and the music is second to none. I saw it live on Potsdammer Platz in 1992 and while The Scorpions and Cindy Lauper doing Floyd will never stand out as amazing musically, being there at that time sure did - I saw Roger Waters perform the wall live in the O2 Arena in Berlin last summer, and the tour is really impressive. Great muscians, interesting use of surround and cool visuals - and Waters while still not the subtlest of guys is trying to do something more with the message of the thing. I also saw his DSOTM-tour and while that was probably better musically this was a great experience. I am thinking of going again when he returns (I'll stick to Copenhagen this time around, the symbolic gesture of seeing him in Berlin again added a few hundred bucks to the ticket price).
You have lost your damned mind. I'm constantly amused by the way the MLP merchandising has been handled. My son was into the show and related merch for a little while, and it's hilarious that they completely revamped the look of the cartoon but did basically NOTHING for the toys. Maybe it's changed recently, but their solution was basically to take the old chunky-looking stuff from the 80's and slap a "FRIENDSHIP IS MAGIC!" sticker on the packaging. It's pretty insulting, to be honest. Especially since the boys get eight new versions of The Avengers every year to match whatever look they have going on in the TV shows or movies. The show is fine. The fandom surrounding it, however, is massively overwrought.
Now you've sent me down the rathole of watching awesome drum performances. Two of my favorites (from songs, not solos): Thomas Pridgen on "Wax Simulacra" by The Mars Volta Dave Turncrantz on "Harper Lewis" by Russian Circles I'll also throw in a Pridgen solo because GOD DAMN
Some bored kids at Ace Hardware take fantasizing about the zombie apocalypse to another level. I'm not buying that bronies are changing the definition of masculinity. That's a bit much.
Blackhawk helicopters flying very low through Miami at night firing blanks. Doesn't seem wise. In Houston too.
It's Florida and Texas, they're each one big gun show. (Seriously, I think there is a gunshow every two weeks just in the DFW area).
That guy must land like Rob Liefeld draws feet, 'cause he doesn't show a single fucking landing until the very end.
