What do you want to play? Basic rock electric guitar is very different from, say, folk acoustic guitar, not to mention classical. Try to get as directly as possible to what you actually want to be able to play, that'll save a lot of time and frustration. (Of course, there aren't shortcuts to all pla...

Never heard anything by them. Anyone want to recommend a couple of songs? The Ramones were the original punk band, and unlike most others they kept going for some 25 years. They created the sound that became the standard definition of punk - loud, fast, stripped-down power-chord rock with catchy tu...

The name of the other thread is: "Should Lucas embelish Episodes IV,V & VI any further?" There were some great posts and one really interesting report on a rumor about the changes. Hi, guys... been a while. I guess you're referring to the list I quoted. I'll stick it in here again, bu...

The Leper Fairy wrote:So which one is it? I always thought Merry was the best followed closely by Pippin. I don't know how a date with them would go though... 5'11" me next to one of them! hahaha

Just make sure he brings his stepladder.

Yeah. Maus is a terrific - and terrifying - comic, one of my favourites ever. I reread it just the other year and it's still just as good. Anyone who hasn't read it, do yourself a favor and read it now. You can probably find it at your local public library (at least you can here in Sweden ;) ). Btw,...

Matrixman,

give the third movie a chance. It's pretty different from the first two and far superior IMO - it actually feels like a movie.

Sorry if I'm being flippant, but I can't really work up any righteous indignation about this - it's too hilarious. The fire department thwarting a book burning, for safety reasons... priceless.

Now I can't wait for when this happens with someone trying to burn a witch...

What's the name of the "Cardigans" singer? She can sound really creepy. Nina Persson. I've you think she's creepy on her own try watching the, frankly terrifying, video to Burning Down the House , her duet with Tom Jones. Haven't seen that, buth the idea of having both Nina Persson and To...

A pretty obscure honorary mention: Bob Dylan isn't usually thought of as a terrific guitarist, but I'll nominate his solo performance of "It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)" at his 30th anniversary concert in 1992 (I think that's on a CD - I saw it on TV back at the time). It ends with a...

You mean they actually did more than that one song?

Lord Mhoram wrote:[I have a great live version of My Generation by the Who called My Generation Blues with an AWESOME solo by Pete Towshend.

Otherwise, the bass solo in the original version is pretty cool - but maybe that doesn't count.

But isn't Neville a pureblood? Seems like an unlikely candidate. If the pattern of previous titles are anything to go by, the Half-blood Prince should be someone we haven't seen or even heard of previously. (The Chamber of Secrets, the prisoner of Azkaban, the Goblet of Fire and the Order of the Pho...

Comparisons between SRD & JRRT are as inevitable as they are odious. They're both massively important writers, and their use of roughly the same set of myths provides enough common ground to form a solid foundation for comparison and argument. Sort of like Mr. Miyagi from the Karate Kid and Yod...

I'll join Tranquil in his faux-pasing. This subject is always good for a giggle. :P Here's what I noticed, some of them so obvious I'm only including them for completeness: White gold ring => the One Ring Lord Foul => Sauron Ravers => Nazgul Quest for the Staff of Law => the Fellowship Mount Thunder...

Ok. I am Sorry. But you mentioned about how the election is made clouded to the public by the Media. I just thought I'd comment on it. But newspapers aren't the only section on media that surround us dANdeLION. There are others as well. And they all influence us in one way or another. Yeah. Like th...

[ Not me Theo. I am doing everything in my power to see that he is never elected. Too late. He's already been elected as both the Governor of Texas and the president. Looks like you and your time machine failed again. I believe Gunslinger meant to write "reelected". What amazes me is that...

How come Thomas Covenant himself isn't an alternative? He'd qualify, for a lot of the first trilogy...

dANdeLION wrote:Ugh. I will never vote for John Kerry, no matter how confusing the Florida ballot gets.....

You'd seriously rather have four more years of Bush?

Amusing sight but filled with opinion disgiused as facts and also contains several misinterpretations. In short it doesn't contain any evidence that would sway my vote. Funny. The way I read the site, it's all opinion and clearly presented as such. Of course it's one guy's opinion - the domain name...

Fawlty Towers, Blackadder and Red Dwarf are all good, but I can't believe no one has mentioned The Young Ones. That seriously ruled.

Of course, I believe some honorary mention should go to Monty Python's Flying Circus.