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Frankly, the only media frenzy over this band that I know of is occurring in England. Other than that, I don't even pay attention to what the media says about anything entertainment-related.

Running For Home Double Life

Radioshack does still exist. Some other company bought the name rights, apparently.

No. Girls look good on the dancefloor. I look like an idiot.

Spot on. Another reason why people are naturally afraid of spiders (especially big ones) is because their body type is so foreign to us. I mean, 8 legs, 8 eyes, a round abdomen, covered in fur, those little fang things... it's hard to find an insect with a body shape so different to what we're accustomed to.

It's really difficult to get over that fear of the dark. I'm otherwise an extremely rational person. But then you always hear of people who believe so strongly in ghosts and have had demonic experiences and you think, "Are these guys lying?". To be fair, those demonic experiences are basically people who have near-death experiences, but envision hell rather than heaven. I guess that's rather weird, though, because the reason people so often envision heaven is because the brain starts to release a chemical that also happens to be a powerful street hallucinogen when it is starved of oxygen. It seems hard to explain. Perhaps some sort of repressed subconscious fear that they only maintain religious beliefs because they're afraid of hell?

So do I. It makes me want to dance.

Slate.com said the new Arctic Monkeys CD was perfect. Not that I really trust their taste in music, but eh. It's the only reason I really got that interested in the CD in the first place. It's definitely far from perfect, and it lacks the sort of structure that you see in really good albums (i.e. a definite beginning, middle and end, etc...). Nonetheless, it's pretty good for a debut album. It'll be interesting to see how the band goes from here. Hopefully their next album will be better.

I'm more fond of the phrase "sex cells". It's more of a play on words, you see. P.S. Yes, it's adage.

You guys should really check out the Arctic Monkeys. Their first CD, "Whatever People Say, That's What I'm Not" was released in North America a few weeks ago and it's definitely rocking. Their official website (which you can Google at your leisure) has a few videos up and you can listen to the songs.

The dark. Don't forget about the dark. Everytime I'm wandering in the dark, searching for a lightswitch, I constantly wonder, "Is this when the demons pop out of nowhere to transport me off to hell?" and then I turn on the lights and realize I was being ridiculous.

I would genuinely like to know why 90% of the population thinks I'm anal retentive for continuously pointing out how and why they are wrong about everything, and then beating that point to a bloody pulp.

I'm sending you a bill for the cleanup.

I'm afraid that I will end up alone.

My irony detector just exploded.

Pssh... I've had about 4 BSOD's in the last month. When I get my computer upon graduation, it's going to be a Mac.

when will you ever learn to shut the fuck up? When everyone else here learns basic geometry.

I would have liked to go but the odds of that actually happening? Slim.

No, it's not close enough. They are two distinct shapes. Just because the points of a pentagram line up with the points of a pengaton doesn't mean anything. Does the fact that the point on the Star of David line up with a hexagon make it close enough? No. Otherwise the flag of the state of Israel would have a fucking hexagon on it, and not a hexagram.

Let me just say, I used to be a nickelback fan. Enough said. EDIT: I also used to listen to the radio, if that's any indication. Never again. My first memories of music started out from my mom, listening to the radio in the car. But not just any radio station... country music! That was awful. She still listens to the stuff. I think part of the reason I started listening to shit music on the radio was as a form of rebellion against her and her ultra-shit music. It was downright embarassing whenever anyone else had to take a ride in the car with us. Fact: I picked up Matthew Good from Big Shiny Tunes 4, which I bought 'cause I wanted to get a Blink 182 song. Fate was on my site that day. After several years of not touching the CD, I saw it one day and decided to give it a listen. I noticed one song by "Matthew Good Band" and the name sounded vaguely familiar, so I gave it a listen. That was a few weeks before Avalanche came out. I bought Avalanche as soon as I could, and was absolutely blown away. It's been all downhill from there.

By my estimation, if you're paying over $150, you're getting ripped off. I got my initial guitar starter pack (guitar + amp + accessories) for 300 bucks, so 150 should be in the absolute upper range of what an amp you're looking for should cost. The amp I recommended to you has a list price of 140 bucks US. I'd almost certainly expect it to cost less in store. That's the difficulty with buying stuff like this... you never quite know what it's going to cost in store, as music stores aren't in the habit of posting prices on their websites, and online music stores post list prices and then their prices, and you have no clue what to expect. Anyways, these practise amps are simple little devices, you could easily pick one up used. Sometimes stores will sell off their old rental equipment or what have you, so go in and ask if they have any used practise amps they're trying to sell. The minimum features I'd suggest for you are a 3-band EQ, seperate volume controls for each channel (clean and distortion), a gain knob (to control the distortion), a headphone jack, and possibly a line-in function to let you hook up a CD player or MP3 player to your amp to play along with something (although this can easily be substituted by putting your amp in the same room as your stereo... the sound will be a lot better coming from the stereo as well). 15 watts should be plenty of power for what you'll need, and it won't be overpowering. You really won't need any more power unless you start jamming with other people. I should mention that the tone quality on these amps is definitely lacking. You can compensate for it by buying pedals, but amps with good audio quality usually have larger speaker units and are meant for playing in a band. It's just one of those things we're all stuck with. We want to buy a nice amp, but we'd have no user for it.

No. It's not close enough. One is a five-point star, the other is not. You may as well say that a fork and a spoon are close enough.

A simple 15 watt solid state amp will do you good. You can always upgrade later. If you think you want better distortion, you can easily find a Boss overdrive pedal for 50 bucks on ebay.

It's a pentagram, you fucking idiot. No wonder self-proclaimed wiccans and pagans are full of shit, they can't even get their own stories straight. AHAH! I rememberd why I said pentagon, not pentagram. Because the star, it's outline makes a pentagon, and she said shape, so I automaticaly though of a geometrical shape. I knew there was a reason! (I just forgot it) It does not outline a pentagon. Do you need to review your shapes?

Could you be a bit more specific? A few important questions: 1) what's your budget? 2) what are you going to be using this for? 3) what are your current/projected future living conditions? Any respectable store salesman will have you start out on a beginner amp, usually no more than 15-20 watts, and it'll be solid state. This will do you well for at-home practising and sometimes jamming with other guitarrists with amps of similar power, but it won't get you anywhere if drums are involved. For that, you'll want to move up to about 50 watts solid state, or a 20 watt tube amp. Generally speaking, a practise amp will have a 6-8" speaker, while a proper amp for jamming in a band with drums and that will have one 12" speaker. Gigging amps go even bigger, to 2x12's, or even 4x12's, in some cases (the latter are called stacks). Some simple amps to consider... hm... I have a tiny Fender practise amp that came with my first guitar in a package. Called a Fender Frontman 15, if my memory serves. It'll give you what you want, and can actually get quite loud. It's got a 3-band EQ and two channels, one distorted and one clean, with seperate volume levels for each, a gain control for the dirty channel, and a button to switch between them. IMO, that's the basic consideration you want for an amp. A lot of amps they might try to sell you will go right down to 10 watts, and although they do have their uses, I'd stay away from them. The tone will be fairly shit, and you won't have an EQ of sorts to fool around with. Starting out and playing on an amp is a very important experience for the electric guitar player. After a little while, you'll want to consider buying a distortion pedal. This is basically distortion contained in a little box you hook up to your guitar from one end, and hook into your amp from the other. I have a Boss DS-1 Distortion and it sounds considerably better than the distortion from my amp, plus you can switch it with your foot, which is a lot easier than walking up to the amp and pushing the button. Given that you have a blues guitar, you might want to look into an Overdrive. It's similar to distortion, but lacks the hard edge. More of a buttery sound, if you follow. Chances are you can find these pedals used off eBay or second hand stores, or even from stores selling off old rental stock. Boss pedals are built like friggin tanks, and unless they're seriously abused, last decades, so you can probably pick one up on the cheap. Etc etc. Ask if you want to know anything more. I used to spend a serious amount of time on the subject.