The Syndicate

Metalmarsh89 wrote:And that particular BOC song is where the Four Winds Bar comes from. See if you can guess which one?

Is it the nexus of the crisis and the origin of storms?

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Epignosis wrote:

Spacedaisy wrote:Lol, I just heard this yelled in sorrow from the other room, "Why SVS, why?!?"

It's her birthday and she can if she wants to?

What'd I do??

S~V~S wrote:]

Epignosis wrote:

Spacedaisy wrote:Lol, I just heard this yelled in sorrow from the other room, "Why SVS, why?!?"

It's her birthday and she can if she wants to?

What'd I do??

You can make MP cry if you want to.
You can leave your friends behind.
Cause your friends don't make MP cry, and if they don't make MP cry then they're
no friends of mine.

It’s shameful to tell how often I fell
In love with delusions again

So maybe I've been reading too many books about occultism lately, but I was looking at the five Rush albums I just ordered and noticed that there is occult symbolism featured on each of their packaging.
The Counterparts liner notes have Earth, Air, Fire and Water, the four classical elements, as well as a hexagram, which is used in a variety of rituals.
Test For Echo's notes appear to depict a lost continent, the belief in which is central to Madame Blatvatsky's theosophic works.
The notes for Vapor Trails feature Tarot cards.
The Snakes and Arrows disk has an Ouroboros on it, the snake eating its own tail that signifies eternity or the Great Work in alchemy.
Clockwork Angels has numerous alchemical and astrological symbols on the cover.

Then of course, there's the 2112 pentagram. I wonder if Rush are secret occultists.

thellama73 wrote:So maybe I've been reading too many books about occultism lately, but I was looking at the five Rush albums I just ordered and noticed that there is occult symbolism featured on each of their packaging.
The Counterparts liner notes have Earth, Air, Fire and Water, the four classical elements, as well as a hexagram, which is used in a variety of rituals.
Test For Echo's notes appear to depict a lost continent, the belief in which is central to Madame Blatvatsky's theosophic works.
The notes for Vapor Trails feature Tarot cards.
The Snakes and Arrows disk has an Ouroboros on it, the snake eating its own tail that signifies eternity or the Great Work in alchemy.
Clockwork Angels has numerous alchemical and astrological symbols on the cover.

Then of course, there's the 2112 pentagram. I wonder if Rush are secret occultists.

You forgot that Signals has a dog and a fire hydrant.

Epignosis wrote:

thellama73 wrote:So maybe I've been reading too many books about occultism lately, but I was looking at the five Rush albums I just ordered and noticed that there is occult symbolism featured on each of their packaging.
The Counterparts liner notes have Earth, Air, Fire and Water, the four classical elements, as well as a hexagram, which is used in a variety of rituals.
Test For Echo's notes appear to depict a lost continent, the belief in which is central to Madame Blatvatsky's theosophic works.
The notes for Vapor Trails feature Tarot cards.
The Snakes and Arrows disk has an Ouroboros on it, the snake eating its own tail that signifies eternity or the Great Work in alchemy.
Clockwork Angels has numerous alchemical and astrological symbols on the cover.

Then of course, there's the 2112 pentagram. I wonder if Rush are secret occultists.

You forgot that Signals has a dog and a fire hydrant.

I couldn't find anything on Power Windows through Roll the Bones.

I'm dead. Who wants to join me in the zombie bar?

I died again and no one else posted here in the interval.

Hello, Logan! How's it going? I'm not dead, but I'll keep you company.

MovingPictures07 wrote:Hello, Logan! How's it going? I'm not dead, but I'll keep you company.

It's going pretty good. Ready for a nice relaxing weekend of.. apparently no mafia.

Incidentally, I voted for Rush in the poll, but it was a hard call. In the Court of the Crimson King, Lizard, Islands, and Red are all among my favorite albums ever. But I don't care for KC's later stuff, and Rush is just so awesome.

thellama73 wrote:

MovingPictures07 wrote:Hello, Logan! How's it going? I'm not dead, but I'll keep you company.

It's going pretty good. Ready for a nice relaxing weekend of.. apparently no mafia.

Sorry, man, I know how much it sucks to be NKed N1 or lynched D1.

Good to hear life is good though. I'm just relaxing myself, since my weekend will surely be busy. Can't complain though! I'm getting close to winding up some major projects I'm working on, at least well enough before I leave, so last week or two before the wedding I should be able to breathe a bit. I do need to continue prepping for the Principles of Accounting I class I'm teaching in the Fall though... still feel like I have a while to go before I'm ready to teach it, despite the really large amount of work I feel I've put into it already.

thellama73 wrote:Incidentally, I voted for Rush in the poll, but it was a hard call. In the Court of the Crimson King, Lizard, Islands, and Red are all among my favorite albums ever. But I don't care for KC's later stuff, and Rush is just so awesome.

I love King Crimson and Talking Heads, but this is an easy ranking for me:

Rush > King Crimson > Talking Heads

So glad I don't have to worry about school anymore. I do have to talk to a group of French students (the Tocqueville Fellows) on Monday though, and I have no idea what I'm going to say to them.

thellama73 wrote:So glad I don't have to worry about school anymore. I do have to talk to a group of French students (the Tocqueville Fellows) on Monday though, and I have no idea what I'm going to say to them.

I'm jealous. I love the PhD program, but it's definitely a love/hate relationship.

What can I say though? I am becoming a college professor because I can't just stay away from school, so I'm a masochist.

Okay, so here's an exercise:

Rank King Crimson albums. You want to? Let's do it.

MovingPictures07 wrote:Okay, so here's an exercise:

Rank King Crimson albums. You want to? Let's do it.

I can only do the ones I have, but here goes.

1. ItCotCK
2. Lizard
3. Red
4. Islands
5. Larks' Tongues in Aspic
6. Starless and Bible Black
7. Thrak
8. Discipline
9. In the Wake of Poseidon

Alright, my list is:

1. Discipline
2. Larks' Tongues in Aspic
3. Red
4. Three of a Perfect Pair
5. Starless and Bible Black
6. The Power to Believe
7. Beat
8. Islands
9. In the Court of the Crimson King
10. Lizard
11. Thrak
12. In the Wake of Poseidon
13. The ConstruKction of Light

MovingPictures07 wrote:Okay, so here's an exercise:

Rank King Crimson albums. You want to? Let's do it.

I'm alive in everything but okay sounds fun drink beer.

Without naming all the albums, here are my top 7:

Red
In the Court of the Crimson King
Lizard
In the Wake of Poseidon
A Scarcity of Miracles
The Power to Believe
Discipline

MovingPictures07 wrote:Alright, my list is:

1. Discipline
2. Larks' Tongues in Aspic
3. Red
4. Three of a Perfect Pair
5. Starless and Bible Black
6. The Power to Believe
7. Beat
8. Islands
9. In the Court of the Crimson King
10. Lizard
11. Thrak
12. In the Wake of Poseidon
13. The ConstruKction of Light

Our wildly divergent opinions on Discipline explain a lot about why you love Talking Heads and I don't really like them.

I don't know what our wildly divergent opinions about Lizard explain, though.

Lizard may actually be my favorite. I waffle among my top three always.

Epignosis wrote:Lizard may actually be my favorite. I waffle among my top three always.

Yes, those three are all pretty close to perfect.

thellama73 wrote:

Epignosis wrote:Lizard may actually be my favorite. I waffle among my top three always.

Yes, those three are all pretty close to perfect.

None of them are perfect. That's my problem with King Crimson: Each album has something I don't like, but as KC goes, those my top three.

Wonder why A Scarcity of Miracles is on no one's list. Amazing stuff.

thellama73 wrote:

MovingPictures07 wrote:Alright, my list is:

1. Discipline
2. Larks' Tongues in Aspic
3. Red
4. Three of a Perfect Pair
5. Starless and Bible Black
6. The Power to Believe
7. Beat
8. Islands
9. In the Court of the Crimson King
10. Lizard
11. Thrak
12. In the Wake of Poseidon
13. The ConstruKction of Light

Our wildly divergent opinions on Discipline explain a lot about why you love Talking Heads and I don't really like them.

Indeed!

And don't worry, I still really like Lizard, I just don't like it as much as the 9 above it. Depends on my mood as well, but I think that list is pretty solid.

Thank God Llama put a stinker like Islands on 4th place, I was getting really unsettled after our first 3 were pretty much the same.

I put off buying Islands for years because everyone hates it so much. When I finally heard it, I was amazed at how good it was and confused about why no one else likes it. I'm still confused about that, actually.

thellama73 wrote:I put off buying Islands for years because everyone hates it so much. When I finally heard it, I was amazed at how good it was and confused about why no one else likes it. I'm still confused about that, actually.

I haven't bought any islands, but I hear if you are uber-rich it's the thing to do.

MovingPictures07 wrote:Okay, so here's an exercise:

Rank King Crimson albums. You want to? Let's do it.

Without looking at the other lists (and without being dead). Here's mine.

Larks' Tongues in Aspic
Red
Discipline
Islands
Starless and Bible Black
The Power to Believe
Lizard
In the Court of the Crimson King
THRAK
Beat
Three of a Perfect Pair
In the Wake of Poseidon
The ConstruKction of Light

But I am drinking beer, so cheers.

Oh, and I forgot Scarcity of Miracles. I would put that one just after Lizard.

thellama73 wrote:I put off buying Islands for years because everyone hates it so much. When I finally heard it, I was amazed at how good it was and confused about why no one else likes it. I'm still confused about that, actually.

It is a beautiful album, the likes of which I have never heard before, nor do I expect to hear anything like it again.

Metalmarsh89 wrote:

MovingPictures07 wrote:Okay, so here's an exercise:

Rank King Crimson albums. You want to? Let's do it.

Without looking at the other lists (and without being dead). Here's mine.

Larks' Tongues in Aspic
Red
Discipline
Islands
Starless and Bible Black
The Power to Believe
Lizard
In the Court of the Crimson King
THRAK
Beat
Three of a Perfect Pair
In the Wake of Poseidon
The ConstruKction of Light

We have the same Top 3.

Just you have them in the wrong order.

Metalmarsh89 wrote:

thellama73 wrote:I put off buying Islands for years because everyone hates it so much. When I finally heard it, I was amazed at how good it was and confused about why no one else likes it. I'm still confused about that, actually.

It is a beautiful album, the likes of which I have never heard before, nor do I expect to hear anything like it again.

Islands is solid. I don't understand the hate either.

What I don't understand more is the hate for 80s Crimson, particularly Beat.

80s Crimson forever!

But I don't hate them. The best live King Crimson videos I have seen are those from the 80's.

But I will definitely say that Discipline is heads and shoulders above the other 80's albums.

Metalmarsh89 wrote:But I don't hate them. The best live King Crimson videos I have seen are those from the 80's.

But I will definitely say that Discipline is heads and shoulders above the other 80's albums.

I know you don't.

I will agree with you there. Discipline is one of my desert island albums.

I've finally gone and died in a game, so time for an imperial IPA.

Sockface IPA!

How come I don't have any of that?

I don't know! I didn't have any before a couple hours ago.

I'm dead too.

Anyone around to chat?

Unfortunately.

Epignosis wrote:Unfortunately.

What's up?

Got somewhere you'd rather be?

Playing Mechwarrior. Good games never go bad.

Epignosis wrote:Playing Mechwarrior. Good games never go bad.

Never played it. Worth a recommendation?

MovingPictures07 wrote:

Epignosis wrote:Playing Mechwarrior. Good games never go bad.

Never played it. Worth a recommendation?

The Mechwarrior 4 series is timeless.

Epignosis wrote:

MovingPictures07 wrote:

Epignosis wrote:Playing Mechwarrior. Good games never go bad.

Never played it. Worth a recommendation?

The Mechwarrior 4 series is timeless.

Duly noted.

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