Ah, the only track off The Wall I ever liked. It's always bothered me that early Floyd is killer and all of those junior high / high school The Wall worshippers (who did not listen to early Floyd) really put me off on the Floyd until I got into bands that I consider even better than Floyd - like Faust and CAN, and once my head was straight for real psychedelic music of the late 60's & early 70's - went back into the Floyd catalog and found out how great they were before The (fucking) Wall. Check out Live at Pompeii if you're a Floyd fan and never seen it.

Lol, it's okay Faust, there's lots of people like you who struggle to pay attention to things if they're not shiny or exciting enough for you. You get bonus points though for proving you were just pretending to have a normal 'ugh, man that guy's monotone voice' conversation when actually you were interested in attacking his character for political reasons. Well done.

The "Friendship is Magic" series is really well done. It's the brainchild of Lauren Faust, who was a writer and co-developer (with her husband) of the popular "Powerpuff Girls" series. The show manages to provide lots of moral lessons (like how to constructively deal with major disappointments, self-esteem issues, conflict with friends, etc.) that are directly relevant to young girls without ever becoming preachy. It's one of those shows that occasionally contains pop-culture references that may fly over the head of your child but will make you as a parent chuckle. My 4-year old daughter loves it--she specifically requested a Rainbow Dash plush for Christmas and we were happy to give it to her because we really appreciate the care that goes into the cartoon to help young girls develop positive self-images.

Frankly, there's lots of good quality animations for kids these days that are enjoyable for adults to watch as well. We love to watch Peppa Pig, Octonauts, Paw Patrol, Doc McStuffins--even Barbie: Life in the Dreamhouse (which contains a surprising number of Star Wars references).

I thought it was the stupid, American 'utopia' series...and about that, who cares?
This is FAUST! I'm so sorry I missed it when you posted now that I know.

Man makes deal with devil for knowledge....OMG that's FAUST!

I love King Crimson but out of all the prog rock bands my favorite was Henry Cow. They were an experimental prog band from the mid seventies, highly anti capitalist and took me a long time to get into. Like most awesome shit, My favorite prog song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=374qf7xCFkY , Beautiful as the Moon - Terrible as an Army with Banners . A couple of members were in Slapp Happy that Faust played in, in the early seventies. Fred Frith in the late seventies left Henry Cow and put out a really amazing experimental prog album called Gravity.

Bet Block and Faust wish they thought of the little knob on the wheel to steer with.

Upvote for Faust

Cheers!

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And you know, I think this might be breakout - black hipsterdom meets pop success. I mean I'm only a white guy but I feel like I can chart artistic white man's black man's underground hip hop in pretty inaccurate accurate way. I feel like a lot started with Kool Keith aka Jupiter, aka Automator 5, aka Dr Octogon... underground and innovative enough to have been on a "power-violence" record by the legendary and far more underground band Spazz, or a group like dalek that had a record with 70's innovative german band Faust which eventually ended up influencing pretty innovative labels like the now defunct Definitive Jux. A lot of this stuff is and was influenced by punk. And I'm not talking Ramones, etc.

These guys are like a white hipster savvy Onyx; but I really do like it and just like the now popular Das Racist you hear references to noise punk / hardcore classics. That is the new hip hop.

And you know, I think this might be breakout - black hipsterdom meets pop success. I mean I'm only a white guy but I feel like I can chart artistic white man's black man's underground hip hop in pretty inaccurate accurate way. I feel like a lot started with Kool Keith aka Jupiter, aka Automator 5, aka Dr Octogon... underground and innovative enough to have been on a "power-violence" record by the legendary and far more underground band Spazz, or a group like dalek that had a record with 70's innovative german band Faust which eventually ended up influencing pretty innovative labels like the now defunct Definitive Jux. A lot of this stuff is and was influenced by punk. And I'm not talking Ramones, etc.

These guys are like a white hipster savvy Onyx; but I really do like it and just like the now popular Das Racist you hear references to noise punk / hardcore classics. That is the new hip hop.

yeah seriously. I'm now almost 30, still a huge music nerd. One of the only bands I have ever really disliked is Phish. To this day I think Phish are one of the worst bands ever. Nuff said, hippies (and this coming from someone that listens to Syd Barrett, Parson Sound, Faust, Can and all sorts of weird... "hippy" stuff, but still dislike Grateful Dead as well.)

A huge influence to many ; but in rock music he is fairly popular for influencing the krautrock movement of Germany in the early 70's such as Can, Amon Duul II and possibly most important of all, Faust.

for a fiction list slaughterhouse 5 and catch 22 are also in my top-10 as are Goethe's Die Leiden des jungen Werthers and Faust. The Good Soldier Švejk by Jaroslav Hašek also comes to mind. Saul Bellow's Seize the Day, some books by Gabriel Garcia Marquez (can't choose) and ofcourse Bambi, A Life in the Woods by Felix Salten.

1.What do you, do most of the day when you are not lounging, but not on the computer?
N/A
1a.If you had a time machine,which era would you go to, past or future, and trade that which you now understand as your reality?
wouldn't it still be "my reality" only in a different time? is this in fact a tiem machine or a dimensional transport? Is only my understanding of reality that is "traded", so this is some drug experiment?
2.Who are you more fond of?
"Most" fond of would be correct otherwise you have to list all but one person
3.how many pairs of shoes as opposed to matching undergarments....
own or wear regularly?
3b.boxers or briefs
boxer briefs (no, seriously)
4.mac or pic
PIC or other embedded, prefer MSP430
5. wouldyou prefer death by firing squad or salmonella
salmonella seems more survivable, thanks
5a.who would you wish lime disease upon???
a lemon
6.Faust, Asimov, Gore Vidal?
I'll take the salon styled hair
7.sprinkles, gravy, or cherry on top?
cheese and gravy fries
8.tits, ass, or leg man
and/or makes this a better question
9.chair stand or prostrate
i don't jump off the high dive
10.cat dog or reptile
cat dog or at least the glow-in-the-dark cat
11.fish bird or taco with both and fresh salsa
salmon turkey or spicy chicken soft
12.time, newsweek or USNews and World Report?
the only capitalization involves USNews?! I believe they use an ampersand FFS
13.beer preference?
yes please
14.can you open it for me?
are you hot and female?
15.Ever arrested?
I only have to list felonies
16.cheetos: crunchy or poofs?
Cheetos flavored Doritos (seriously, the best shortlived product ever)
17.dog or cat person?
reptile?
18.bangs, balding or rug?
wood floors
19.five most cherished possessions
why don't you just say coveted? and then smote me. it's a trap.
20.clean shaven, beard, goatee or mustacthe
yes, yes, yes, no... also must he act? is this Inside the Actor's Studio?
21.religion, raised as
questionmark, missing is

For the record, I did this out of boredom, and not for any roast, in fact, I doubt I would attend such event, but you are welcome to send choggie to accept my award in absentia.