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1989 9-Piece Pearl Export Series. That thing is a huge pain to haul around to shows, but when I see the looks on people's faces when I play it, it's totally worth it.

Warren Zevon. 'Nuff said.

I'm bored, so I guess I can show myself to people I don't know. [hide=][/hide] [hide=][/hide] Drumming is in my blood. My World Class Drum Line has a show coming up, should get some sick pictures of our visuals from this year. Our beats are insane.

Jaerkd00d, yet another reason to hate me: Municipal Waste, As I Lay Dying, God Forbid, Children of Bodom, and Lamb of God all in one show for $44 April 30th in St. Paul. Guess who is going? Listening: "Lost" by Gorilla Zoe. Possibly the best hip-hop song I have heard.

Traditional doesn't look ridiculous. You must not know much about drumming if you think that it does. Every single one of the great drummers in this world knows traditional grip. You're trying to tell me this looks ridiculous?: Or this?: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5iEu4IMtxQ&feature=related Obviously you have not been immersed into the Drum Corps world. I march on a World Class Winter Line out of the Twin Cities and I can tell you that not one snare player out there would say match grip looks better or plays better than traditional.

You're an idiot. She's Pro-CHOICE, not pro-ABORTION. Jesus, I didn't even read more than 2 posts and I understood what she said. Her point is completely viable and isn't debating semantics.

I've been drumming since about 3 and I play a 9 piece double bass kit. The only way I would recommend you using double bass is if you feel you have mastered the single pedal. If you really have, go out and buy The Encyclopedia of Double Bass Drumming and get yourself a DW double pedal or another bass drum. If you have any questions about drumming at all, feel free to PM me.

Andrew Bird is the best, I really liked his last album.

1) My point, which you obviously ignored, was that cultural relativism is what goes on in this world. Other cultures do things differently than we do, but that doesn't make them WRONG. You cannot say someone is morally wrong just because they are from another culture. These people are not so far off from where we were. In fact, if it wasn't for the Ancient Greeks, we probably would not be where we were today for government or literature. The same society that practices infanticide gives us our governmental structure. I do NOT advocate infanticide nor do I advocate third or second trimester abortion, but I do advocate abortion during the first trimester. 2) Plants are alive, trillions of things are alive. What's your point? The rationality is that if there is no human development and it doesn't look like or have any qualities different to any other zygote that any other mammal would develop, why is there such harm in removing it? The parents decided to bring it into the world. They can and will bring it out if they choose to. What really bugs me about this topic is one single question. How does it affect you, personally, in your life? Can you honestly say that someone getting an abortion is going to affect your daily life in such a way to make it illegal? It's other people's business, not yours. Stay the hell out of it.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/musi ... ed-56.html Hold your lighters high today and blast Freebird just one more time. Two great keyboardists are killed in the last year. Richard Wright then Billy Powell. It's a sad day.

I know, I know, but there's a little part of me that's still hoping :D

You're comparing violent acts to a question of morality. Big no-no. Why aren't the ancient Greeks or Inuits ever mentioned in these arguments? Both of those cultures practiced infanticide and there was no questioning it because of cultural relativism. But we're not even talking living, out of the womb babies here, we're talking about zygotes. Tiny cells that if the average pro-life person looked at under the microscope, probably couldn't even tell you it was a human being in formation. You can't compare killing an embryo to killing a person because an embryo has no value for life. Hell, a 1 year old has no value in life. They don't know how precious life is or how great it is going to be. But again, we're not killing infants here. We're killing zygotes that have no meaning in this world. This is a choice, not a choice like choosing which food you want to eat or "going off on a repercussion-less killing spree", but a choice left up to the people that decided to start the matter.

I know it's way out in left field, but I still have a hunch he isn't dead.

You just posted an article on abortion from a website that has "ministries" in its name. That's like an Atheist claiming god doesn't exist and citing Richard Dawkins as his or her only source.

One of the best episodes I've seen in some time. Had a lot of moments where I just sat back and said "Hell yes."

This is great news. I'm glad Obama is changing this country for the better. My Mother was forced by her Catholic parents to have an unplanned child when she was 16, they made her put it up for adoption and now the person wants NOTHING to do with her. That alone is reason enough to let a person choose whether or not they want to have a child. This is a great step in the right direction.

It gets different in high school. She's preparing you for college and I say good for her. Teachers don't care about you unless you care enough to do things on your own and work extra hard.

Hah. Welcome to advanced classes and or college courses. You don't get everything spoon-fed to you. Get used to it.

Culver's is easily the best food chain out there. A better brand of beef makes a butter burger better!

Ah, I see haha. I just assumed Buds was a song by Sublime. It seemed to fit.

I've been following this on IMDb for about a year now. I haven't gotten a chance to see it yet, but it's been Aronofsky's only work since "The Fountain". Although I'm not too happy with the direction his movies are going in. RoboCop (2010), The Fighter (2009), and The Wrestler don't seem to be where he does his best work...

I'm pretty sure that Tool does not have a song called "Acid".

Why on Earth would you say that? There's nothing wrong with traditional grip. In fact, in most cases, it makes your left hand FASTER because there is a natural fulcrum where the stick lies opposed to having to use all wrist and fingers on your right hand. Most, if not all, of the best drummers in the world know traditional grip and use it. Buddy Rich, much? To Abelmisi: That Pearl pad will do just fine. If you want to crack your left hand into shape, put on the metronome to a comfortable speed, and do eighth notes for 10 minutes straight. Watch TV while you're doing it. Practicing on a pillow is also a great way to get your chops in shape because it makes your wrists do all of the work since there is no rebound. Muscle memory is the key. All drumming is is muscle memory. Play something excruciatingly slow until you get it, then gradually speed it up. Repetition makes perfect because once your muscles know what to do, you won't have to consciously think about playing it.

Once again you prove your immaturity and lack of logical reasoning when it comes to presenting an argument. First off, don't try to compare stand-up comedy from the early 1990s to the likes of a piece written during the Middle Ages, that's just way too much of a stretch. Sure I understand that you don't like cynicism, but when Hicks was in his prime, the comedy world was swamped with idiots like Andrew Dice Clay that told nothing but mind numbing, vulgar half punch-line jokes that were solely for shock value. Now put someone on the scene that has actually thought about their comedy more than using vulgarity, and you have someone that becomes a great comedian. Aside from George Carlin and maybe a couple others, no one was saying those types of things even 20 years before his time. You only see them as being regurgitated because in our day and age, they are, but 20 years ago, those weren't too common on the air waves like they are now. Bill Hicks isn't the whiny little baby that constantly cries about how messed up the world was like you portray him. Hicks was simply criticizing the fallacies that are present in our society. Whether you want to interpret that as being "whiny baby" is up to you, but I severely feel bad for you if that's all you can pull out of his stand-up.