Best thing ever!![views:6332][posts:29]_____________________________________ [Feb 4,2009 10:10pm - ouchdrummer ""] Listening to "audio book" classics, and doing rudiments on my practice pad. I just found dozens of sites with whole catalogs of classic books in audio format that i have been DLing and doing exercises with. I might just have found what i will spend my entire vacation doing. Listening to 1984 right now, and doing flam-adiddles, |
| ____________________________________ [Feb 4,2009 10:11pm - arilliusbm ""] You best be smokin' too, nilla. |
| _____________________________________ [Feb 4,2009 10:16pm - ouchdrummer ""] duh |
| ______________________________ [Feb 7,2009 9:25pm - ouchy ""] 1984- I know everyone always says that 1984 is scary because of all the similarities to how our government is run. Obviously it's VERY exaggerated, but one could argue that there are many similarities. The whole perpetually at war thing is right on. The government makes sure that they are always at war with someone because the masses will tolerate almost anything when they think their safety is threatened. besides the obvious connections that people have been making with this book for decades now, the book is just wonderful. The world that the book is set in is a very screwed up place, and you see it all from this one mans' point of view, and it's dizzying. When he meets this women, and she has a sash for the "Anti-Sex League" across her waist, his reaction is one of desire, but sickly twisted desire. Desire twisted so malevolently, that he feels the need to bash her face in with cobblestones. And the way you see it all gives you the creeps. It's a classic, and it's worth the time. Although it's not really a pick me up... |
| _________________________________ [Feb 7,2009 9:27pm - archaeon ""] WHO IS OUCHY IM SO CONFUSED. |
| ___________________________________ [Feb 7,2009 9:30pm - RichHorror ""] boarcorpseniggerlover |
| ______________________________ [Feb 7,2009 9:42pm - ouchy ""] This board gets funnier by the day. |
| _______________________________________ [Feb 7,2009 10:22pm - y_ddraig_goch ""] ouchy said:1984- I know everyone always says that 1984 is scary because of all the similarities to how our government is run. Obviously it's VERY exaggerated, but one could argue that there are many similarities. The whole perpetually at war thing is right on. The government makes sure that they are always at war with someone because the masses will tolerate almost anything when they think their safety is threatened. besides the obvious connections that people have been making with this book for decades now, the book is just wonderful. The world that the book is set in is a very screwed up place, and you see it all from this one mans' point of view, and it's dizzying. When he meets this women, and she has a sash for the "Anti-Sex League" across her waist, his reaction is one of desire, but sickly twisted desire. Desire twisted so malevolently, that he feels the need to bash her face in with cobblestones. And the way you see it all gives you the creeps. It's a classic, and it's worth the time. Although it's not really a pick me up... favorite book ever, Fahrenheit 451 is a complementary read to it. |
| ___________________________________ [Feb 8,2009 12:29am - dreadkill ""] DO A PATAFLAFLA |
| _____________________________ [Feb 8,2009 12:31am - pam ""] archaeon said:WHO IS OUCHY IM SO CONFUSED. Hahaha |
| _______________________________________ [Feb 8,2009 1:01am - DestroyYouAlot ""] PARAFLAMAPADIDDLE |
| ______________________________ [Feb 8,2009 1:11am - ouchy ""] DestroyYouAlot said:PARAFLAMAPADIDDLE The names of drum rudiments, or things that sound like drum rudiments make me smile. They're all onomonopeias. And onomonopeias=fun. |
| ________________________________ [Feb 8,2009 2:07am - sxealex ""] I downloaded the wheel of time audio books its freakin 12 + straight days of listening XD |
| ________________________________ [Feb 8,2009 2:10am - sxealex ""] 14.2 days O.O |
| ________________________________ [Feb 8,2009 8:18am - reimroc ""] flam-adiddlediddles |
| ___________________________________________________ [Feb 8,2009 9:44am - menstrual_sweatpants_disco ""] I prefer doing flamacues while listening to Animal Farm. |
| ________________________________ [Feb 8,2009 9:45am - reimroc ""] this ^ |
| ___________________________________ [Feb 8,2009 9:53am - arilliusbm ""] reading>audio books |
| ________________________________ [Feb 8,2009 9:56am - reimroc ""] i was going to play l4d with you yesterday but you went away |
| _______________________________ [Feb 8,2009 10:33am - ouchy ""] arilliusbm said:reading>audio books Well, they both are totally different. Actual reading is more completely enveloping, and i am definitely more fond of that than audio books, but i can't do drum exercises whilst I am reading. I read all my science fiction/fantasy books, I think i will stick to classic literature/mysterys/thrillers for audio books. |
| ____________________________________ [Feb 8,2009 10:49am - arilliusbm ""] ouchy>ouchdrummer |
| _________________________________________ [Feb 8,2009 10:50am - Conservationist ""] ouchy said:1984- I know everyone always says that 1984 is scary because of all the similarities to how our government is run. Obviously it's VERY exaggerated, but one could argue that there are many similarities. The whole perpetually at war thing is right on. The government makes sure that they are always at war with someone because the masses will tolerate almost anything when they think their safety is threatened. besides the obvious connections that people have been making with this book for decades now, the book is just wonderful. The world that the book is set in is a very screwed up place, and you see it all from this one mans' point of view, and it's dizzying. When he meets this women, and she has a sash for the "Anti-Sex League" across her waist, his reaction is one of desire, but sickly twisted desire. Desire twisted so malevolently, that he feels the need to bash her face in with cobblestones. And the way you see it all gives you the creeps. It's a classic, and it's worth the time. Although it's not really a pick me up... More similar to Brave New World... There's no point blaming the government. The problem is The People. |
| ___________________________________________ [Feb 8,2009 12:20pm - FuckIsMySignature ""] BIG BROTHER = THE INTERNET |
| ________________________________ [Feb 8,2009 1:10pm - sxealex ""] i think reading and audio books are 95% the same |
| _________________________________ [Feb 8,2009 1:12pm - eli_hhcb ""] slamadiddle. flim flam a diddle. My buddy just started getting really into audio books. lots of Henry rollins stuff I guess. |
| _______________________________________________ [Feb 8,2009 1:23pm - whiskey_weed_and_women ""] lol @ listening to Rollins books and not just reading them. |
| _________________________________ [Feb 8,2009 1:26pm - eli_hhcb ""] reading is for pussies. Rollins is way too techy and difficult to understand...just gotta listen and let it all.......sink in. |
| _______________________________ [Feb 9,2009 12:15am - ouchy ""] i dunno, i love reading too. But audio books allow my hands/eyes to do other things. |
| ________________________________________________ [Feb 9,2009 12:18am - whiskey_weed_and_women ""] lol wtf you lazy motherfuckers i hope unicorns and rabbits kill you all. |
| _________________________________________ [Feb 9,2009 3:31am - douchebag_patrol ""] [img] |