The Syndicate

Epignosis wrote:Don't underestimate the sweeping power of ignorance.

This week, a student was talking to another teacher in the hall. As I passed by, I heard the teacher mention "satire." I looked at the student and said, "Ah yes, satire! That's when a cat is sitting on your tire!"

I kid you not, the girl said, "Oh I wouldn't like that then. I don't like cats." I had kept moving and the girl asked the other teacher, "Is that what it really means?"

Roxy wrote:17 is a great age and my favorite age so far.
I'm a fan. 15 was a disaster and 16 was a step in the right direction, but 17 finally seems to be rewarding.
Cool you like to dress to impress and make friends, but lets say you cannot afford nice clothes or to even go shopping. What would you wear that you already own that is not very nice?
That isn't very nice? I have lots of nice clothes, but if I had to hold back, I'd wear a long sleeve unbuttoned flannel shirt with the sleeves rolled up (to the elbows) and a short sleeve single color shirt underneath. For pants I'd wear jeans, probably a very dark shade as to not look like exploding colors. For shoes I'd wear these simple Vans flat tops which is what I normally do.
Do you know who the Beatles are? If yes who is your favorite? What is your favorite song by them?
What does it mean "to know"? Can we ever really "know" something? Paul for songwriting Ringo for singing (haters gonna hate). Torn between Yesterday and Helter Skelter.
Your mom is playing music that hurts your ears and gives you a headache - what kind of music is it?
Country. It's always country.
What was the last junk food you ate?
A pop tart.
What is the silliest thing you have ever done?
I went to a theater festival this January when I had no involvement with theater whatsoever. During the time I went up to everyone and took selfies with them. We also filled up an elevator full of 20+ people. That's also how I met my first girlfriend.

bea wrote:Who would you consider your musical influences?
Not to sound pretentious, but I have but 1. Techno Animal. The collaboration of Kevin Martin and JK Broadrick is nothing short of magical and the two have explored and created so many musical genres. Over 20 years and neither has run out of steam.
Do you think people can hear your influences in your music?
I sometimes make it really obvious that I'm trying to sound like Techno Animal, but many of the parts are just me mixing stuff together that sounds good.
What song do you most wish you wrote?

What instruments do you play? Do you sing too?
Definitely saxophone, kinda guitar, maybe the piano kinda-ish? I use the computer for a lot of my stuff. I do sing in one song that I'm writing but that by no means means that I CAN
What is your favorite thing to do musicly and why?
Write a really really CRAZY measure or loop.
I can haz mour linkz to your musikz?
First (maybe second) link in my sig
What is the best advice you have ever gotten?
Something about how you can have the fastest car but you might as well not have it if you always keep it in the garage. Lots of people are born with talents and everyone is born with the potential for talent, but if you never hone in on it, it might as well not be there (I'm still working on defying that)
Do you cook?
Nope.
What is your favorite beverage?
90% of the time I drink water, but I really really love the taste of cream soda.
What is your guilty pleasure?
Procrastinating.
What music are you embarrassed to admit you like?
I'm usually okay with saying that I like what I like and that's that, though I might be hesitant to mention that I like Rise Against.
I saw you are starting to get into Lenard Cohan. Have you listened to Tom Waits and Nic Cave too? Is it weird that I always think of those three in their own little music genre?
Tom Waits yes, Nick Cave no. I've heard his name mentioned a lot so I'll have to check him out. I do understand what you mean by grouping them together, though. They're the only artists that sound quite like each other.

thellama73 wrote:

BoatsBoatsBoats wrote:Have you heard of a band called The Magmas?

They are just called Magma.

A Person wrote:De-Loused is best Mars Volta.

Have you came across any new artists lately that are particularly interesting? (i'm not just fishing for new music i promise)
What is your favorite kind of tea?

Epignosis wrote:Best album and song from TMV?

thellama73 wrote:If you like the Mars Volta, you are not transsexual (female). Girls hate prog. Fact.

Turnip Head wrote:What styles of music do you like? And which styles do you hate? Who are some of your favorite artists?

Epignosis wrote:If you don't exist, does that mean we're all crazy?

Mongoose wrote:What is something about you that we think you should know that we've not been astute enough to ask you over the years?

A Person wrote:Sup?