Time for the next battle then:
Rock Opera
1. Pink Floyd - The Wall
2. Jeff Wayne - Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds
3. The Who - Quadrophenia
4. David Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
5. Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
6. Rush - 2112
7. Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell
8. Alice Cooper - Welcome to My Nightmare
9. The Pretty Things - S. F. Sorrow
10. Frank Zappa - Joe's Garage Act I
Vote 4 off by August 9.
I made the first deadline a little longer than usual since a lot of these albums are pretty long. Hope it's sufficient but if not, of course let me know and I can add some extra time.
Rock Opera
1. Pink Floyd - The Wall
2. Jeff Wayne - Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds
3. The Who - Quadrophenia
4. David Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
5. Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
6. Rush - 2112
7. Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell
8. Alice Cooper - Welcome to My Nightmare
9. The Pretty Things - S. F. Sorrow
10. Frank Zappa - Joe's Garage Act I
Vote 4 off by August 9.
I made the first deadline a little longer than usual since a lot of these albums are pretty long. Hope it's sufficient but if not, of course let me know and I can add some extra time.
23k steps so far today! Been timing how fast I can run a mile lately too. lol
7:44 for how fast I can get a mile in. goal is to see if I can get 2 miles in 13 minutes.
I saw Julia Holter this year it was fantasticcc her expression was so different each moment always glowing and full of mystery and whimsy and emotion!!
The music reminded me somewhat of the artsier 80s bands, with fretless bass, sampled mystical sound effects, well placed almost jazzy drumming... Julia played keyboard alongside someone who looked very much like Ryan Gosling lmao.
Very incredible show it felt so magical the whole time
The music reminded me somewhat of the artsier 80s bands, with fretless bass, sampled mystical sound effects, well placed almost jazzy drumming... Julia played keyboard alongside someone who looked very much like Ryan Gosling lmao.
Very incredible show it felt so magical the whole time
The results are in: The winner is Sleep's Holy Mountain!
Results
10. Fu Manchu - King of the Road
9. Melvins - Houdini
8. Corrosion of Conformity - Deliverance
7. Clutch - Blast Tyrant
6. Boris - Akuma no Uta
5. Orange Goblin - Time Travelling Blues
4. Kyuss - Welcome to Sky Valley
3. Queens of the Stone Age - Songs for the Deaf
2. Black Sabbath - Master of Reality
1. Sleep - Sleep's Holy Mountain
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Now that some battles have gone by since we last had a revival battle I feel like it might be good to temporarily open up for nominating albums for revival again. However, for now I'm gonna limit it to 1 album per person since I don't want to start filling up the fourth (and last) revival list just yet, so we'll focus on making Revival Battl3 #3 complete for now. Here are the albums nominated thus far:
To recap, any album from previously finished battles that didn't place first are eligible, except those already featured in one of the first two revival rounds. You can find them under "Finished battles" on the first page but here they are as well for your convenience:
Posting the next battle in a bit. If anyone wants to nominate something for either the wild card or revival category in the meantime, go ahead 
Results
10. Fu Manchu - King of the Road
9. Melvins - Houdini
8. Corrosion of Conformity - Deliverance
7. Clutch - Blast Tyrant
6. Boris - Akuma no Uta
5. Orange Goblin - Time Travelling Blues
4. Kyuss - Welcome to Sky Valley
3. Queens of the Stone Age - Songs for the Deaf
2. Black Sabbath - Master of Reality
1. Sleep - Sleep's Holy Mountain
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Now that some battles have gone by since we last had a revival battle I feel like it might be good to temporarily open up for nominating albums for revival again. However, for now I'm gonna limit it to 1 album per person since I don't want to start filling up the fourth (and last) revival list just yet, so we'll focus on making Revival Battl3 #3 complete for now. Here are the albums nominated thus far:
Revival Battle #3
1. Built to Spill - Perfect From Now On
2. The Beatles - Rubber Soul
3. David Bowie - Low
4. New York Dolls - New York Dolls
5. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV
6. The Doors - The Doors
7. Little Richard - Here's Little Richard
8. The Beat - I Just Can't Stop It
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2. The Beatles - Rubber Soul
3. David Bowie - Low
4. New York Dolls - New York Dolls
5. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV
6. The Doors - The Doors
7. Little Richard - Here's Little Richard
8. The Beat - I Just Can't Stop It
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Revival Battle #1
10. Nirvana - Nevermind
9. Depeche Mode - Violator
8. Glenn Branca - The Ascension
7. Minutemen - Double Nickels on the Dime
6. Ramones - Ramones
5. Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Lift Yr. Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven!
4. Mr. Bungle - Mr. Bungle
3. Iggy Pop - The Idiot
2. Motorhead - Ace of Spades
1. Devo - Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!
Revival Battle #2
10. The Sonics - Here Are the Sonics!!!
9. Prince - 1999
8. Pixies - Doolittle
7. Frank Zappa - Freak Out!
6. Allman Brothers - Eat a Peach
5. Neil Young - After the Gold Rush
4. Can - Tago Mago
3. David Bowie - Aladdin Sane
2. The Cure - Disintegration
1. Yes - Close to the Edge
10. Nirvana - Nevermind
9. Depeche Mode - Violator
8. Glenn Branca - The Ascension
7. Minutemen - Double Nickels on the Dime
6. Ramones - Ramones
5. Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Lift Yr. Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven!
4. Mr. Bungle - Mr. Bungle
3. Iggy Pop - The Idiot
2. Motorhead - Ace of Spades
1. Devo - Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!
Revival Battle #2
10. The Sonics - Here Are the Sonics!!!
9. Prince - 1999
8. Pixies - Doolittle
7. Frank Zappa - Freak Out!
6. Allman Brothers - Eat a Peach
5. Neil Young - After the Gold Rush
4. Can - Tago Mago
3. David Bowie - Aladdin Sane
2. The Cure - Disintegration
1. Yes - Close to the Edge
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Recent shows watched:
Reginald the Vampire season 2: excellent, clever and on-point series in the Buffy vein (sorry), based on the Fat Vampire novels. Thoroughly enjoyed, looking forward to the next season.
Hrry Wild season 2: Quirky, light-hearted detective show set in Ireland and starring Jane Seymour. Good stuff. Recommended.
The Turkish Detective: Started this but it really didn't grip me, plus the mixture of subtitles and English sections makes it a little off-putting. Not to mention that episode 3 was signed* so that turned me off. It really wasn't good enough to go searching for to download. Meh.
The Twelve: Courtroom/murder drama based on the Belgian original (see below). Looks good so far, this one is Australian-based and stars Sam Neill.
Poldark Season 3: Already mentioned, still watching, still great.
The Brothers: Still watching this. Oh, the fashion and the music of the 1970s!
The Outlaws season 3: It all comes together finally in what is, I assume, the last season of Stephen Merchant's clever comedy drama series based around community service offenders. Watch out for a guest slot from season 2 regular Christopher Walken!
Telemarketer$: compelling documentary detailing the takedown of the scams behind call centres for supposed charities. Slow to get going but well worth sticking with.
Sherlock: What need I say? I watched this before and ripped the piss out of it, went back and gave it another try and now love it. Have watched it all. Superb.
The Twelve: Cinderella Murders: The original Belgian series, as mentioned above, but I think this may be a second season? Not sure, but excellent with a damn fine twist that I nevertheless saw coming.
* Signed? Yeah I don't know if they do it over in the US, but here they have special versions of programmes for people who are deaf or hard of hearing, where they have a "signer" - person doing sign language - who usually occupies the bottom right-hand corner of the screen, forcing the main picture to be squeezed up smaller. I recognise the need for such a service, but signers just distract me, especially when there are subtitles to read. If I see SL (Sign Language) on a programme I just don't bother.
Waiting to be watched:
House of the Dragon season 2: Just waiting till I have them all (one to go I think)
DI Ray season 2: Gripping cop drama. Enjoyed season 1, the new season only begins tonight.
A Good Girl's Guide to Murder: No idea, but it looks good. Collecting it as I write
The Cleaning Lady season 2: Loved season one, just doing the usual, getting it all together before I begin watching it.
Under the Banner of Heaven: I think this is an Australian murder thingy. Same as above.
The Dropout: Watched some of it, then caught up so now waiting for the rest to be shown before I complete it.
Belgravia: The Next Chapter: No idea, but I think a Downtown Abbey/Bridgerton thing? Just started.
Big Little Lies: Suburban drama comedy? I'll give it a go. One episode so far.
Bergen: Power and Glory: Season four I think of the Norwegian political thriller.
Interview with the Vampire: Well duh! As if I would miss this. Only two episodes shown so far though.
The Jetty: Another murder drama. Ongoing.
End of Summer: Murder drama in which it seems the victim may not be dead after all.
The Serial Killer's Wife: Needs no explanation. Ongoing.
Sommerdahl Murders: Another of my scandi-drama/Nordic noir deals.
Klangor: May be about a prison, not sure. Might be a psychlogist involved too.
Granite Harbour: Scottish murder drama thingy.
Heat: Family become trapped by a brush fire, secrets come out, yadda yadda.
Reginald the Vampire season 2: excellent, clever and on-point series in the Buffy vein (sorry), based on the Fat Vampire novels. Thoroughly enjoyed, looking forward to the next season.
Hrry Wild season 2: Quirky, light-hearted detective show set in Ireland and starring Jane Seymour. Good stuff. Recommended.
The Turkish Detective: Started this but it really didn't grip me, plus the mixture of subtitles and English sections makes it a little off-putting. Not to mention that episode 3 was signed* so that turned me off. It really wasn't good enough to go searching for to download. Meh.
The Twelve: Courtroom/murder drama based on the Belgian original (see below). Looks good so far, this one is Australian-based and stars Sam Neill.
Poldark Season 3: Already mentioned, still watching, still great.
The Brothers: Still watching this. Oh, the fashion and the music of the 1970s!
The Outlaws season 3: It all comes together finally in what is, I assume, the last season of Stephen Merchant's clever comedy drama series based around community service offenders. Watch out for a guest slot from season 2 regular Christopher Walken!
Telemarketer$: compelling documentary detailing the takedown of the scams behind call centres for supposed charities. Slow to get going but well worth sticking with.
Sherlock: What need I say? I watched this before and ripped the piss out of it, went back and gave it another try and now love it. Have watched it all. Superb.
The Twelve: Cinderella Murders: The original Belgian series, as mentioned above, but I think this may be a second season? Not sure, but excellent with a damn fine twist that I nevertheless saw coming.
* Signed? Yeah I don't know if they do it over in the US, but here they have special versions of programmes for people who are deaf or hard of hearing, where they have a "signer" - person doing sign language - who usually occupies the bottom right-hand corner of the screen, forcing the main picture to be squeezed up smaller. I recognise the need for such a service, but signers just distract me, especially when there are subtitles to read. If I see SL (Sign Language) on a programme I just don't bother.
Waiting to be watched:
House of the Dragon season 2: Just waiting till I have them all (one to go I think)
DI Ray season 2: Gripping cop drama. Enjoyed season 1, the new season only begins tonight.
A Good Girl's Guide to Murder: No idea, but it looks good. Collecting it as I write
The Cleaning Lady season 2: Loved season one, just doing the usual, getting it all together before I begin watching it.
Under the Banner of Heaven: I think this is an Australian murder thingy. Same as above.
The Dropout: Watched some of it, then caught up so now waiting for the rest to be shown before I complete it.
Belgravia: The Next Chapter: No idea, but I think a Downtown Abbey/Bridgerton thing? Just started.
Big Little Lies: Suburban drama comedy? I'll give it a go. One episode so far.
Bergen: Power and Glory: Season four I think of the Norwegian political thriller.
Interview with the Vampire: Well duh! As if I would miss this. Only two episodes shown so far though.
The Jetty: Another murder drama. Ongoing.
End of Summer: Murder drama in which it seems the victim may not be dead after all.
The Serial Killer's Wife: Needs no explanation. Ongoing.
Sommerdahl Murders: Another of my scandi-drama/Nordic noir deals.
Klangor: May be about a prison, not sure. Might be a psychlogist involved too.
Granite Harbour: Scottish murder drama thingy.
Heat: Family become trapped by a brush fire, secrets come out, yadda yadda.
I see. Okay then, confirming that Rock Opera is up next, with the following list of albums:
Also, since nominations are still open for the wild card list I figure I might might as well nominate a couple more albums I've been thinking about, bringing the next list (#2) to 9 filled up slots out of 10:
If we have at least one more nomination before the end of the next battle, we can do this wild card round directly after Rock Opera if you like, but since nominations have been moving sort of slowly lately I think I'll reduce the number of total Wild Card battles from 4 to 3, since I doubt the fourth one will be necessary in any case and we already have enough to get through as it is.
Announcing the results of Stoner Rock a bit later today, stay tuned!
Quote1. Pink Floyd - The Wall
2. Jeff Wayne - Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds
3. The Who - Quadrophenia
4. David Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
5. Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
6. Rush - 2112
7. Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell
8. Alice Cooper - Welcome to My Nightmare
9. The Pretty Things - S. F. Sorrow
10. Frank Zappa - Joe's Garage Act I
Also, since nominations are still open for the wild card list I figure I might might as well nominate a couple more albums I've been thinking about, bringing the next list (#2) to 9 filled up slots out of 10:
Wild Card #2 (current list)
1. The Beatles - Revolver
2. George Harrison - All Things Must Pass
3. The Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers
4. The Chameleons - Script of the Bridge
5. David Bowie - Station to Station
6. Rush - Moving Pictures
7. Depeche Mode - Music for the Masses
8. Radiohead - In Rainbows
9. Popol Vuh - Letzte Tage - Letzte Nächte
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2. George Harrison - All Things Must Pass
3. The Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers
4. The Chameleons - Script of the Bridge
5. David Bowie - Station to Station
6. Rush - Moving Pictures
7. Depeche Mode - Music for the Masses
8. Radiohead - In Rainbows
9. Popol Vuh - Letzte Tage - Letzte Nächte
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Announcing the results of Stoner Rock a bit later today, stay tuned!
Quote from: Marie Monday on Jul 26, 2024, 02:53 PMI saw Han Bennink and the ICP orchestra yesterday and it was delightful. An odd but moving moment was Han singing a song by Misha Mengelberg at the end
Insane Clown Posse orchestra?