The Chat Thread

[PaulR]

Today was about 94 F and I worked outside for 5 hours... yay... 
It's only going to get hotter this summer, too...

heat is no problem.  it's the damn humidity.   

[greg]

heat is no problem.  it's the damn humidity.   

Yeah, man, I felt like a walking pile of dirty water all day today. The temperature up to, maybe 100 F, wouldn't really bother me much if it weren't for the humidity.

[WI Dan]

It's a great day for floaters!   


Little Wolf River - WI

[PaulR]

It's a great day for floaters!   


Little Wolf River - WI

that's great and all, but what about the sinkers? 

[greg]

that's great and all, but what about the sinkers? 

The sinkers died.

[PaulR]

The sinkers died.

on behalf of the surviving sinkers, I must, nay I shall, get revenge! 

[greg]

Revenge on who? The alligators? 

I was a surviving sinker once. I had actually drank some immortality water, but annoyed this guy in the mob, so he took his henchman and they chained me underwater with the intent to drown me for eternity. But then, a talking shark came up to me and started to make conversation with me- realizing I couldn't talk, it swam away, mumbling to itself in an English accent, "How rude, land dwellers these days..."

Actually, I don't know how I survived and got back onto land. I'm not even sure I'm still alive, or if my "reality" is just a hallucination from still being underwater, caused by the human brain not being able to take so much torture without dying, and creating an alternate universe for me to live in.

Oh well... who knows. 

[WI Dan]

that's great and all, but what about the sinkers? 

[MN Dave]

I should listen to some classical music one of these days.

[Elgarian]

I should listen to some classical music one of these days.

But if you did, you'd probably like it, and then you'd buy some more CDs, and you'd like them too, and you'd buy more CDs, and before you know it there's nothing left to eat in the house and no money to buy food because it's all gone on CDs. That's not a road any sensible fellow wants to go down.

I mean, it's up to you, Dave, but I know what I'd do in your position.

[Elgarian]

Today, I bought a bicycle.

[knight66]

Very Elgar.

Mike

[drogulus]

heat is no problem.  it's the damn humidity.   

      I think we have the winning entry.

[Elgarian]

Very Elgar.

Mike

I bet mine is a lot more comfy than his old Sunbeam. Mine has 18 gears, a gel saddle and punctureproof tyres, so I should be able to compose a lot better, now.

[Renfield]

I bet mine is a lot more comfy than his old Sunbeam. Mine has a 18 gears, a gel saddle and punctureproof tyres, so I should be able to compose a lot better, now.

Suddenly, the mental (audio) image of an Elgar symphony with industrial metal orchestration became hard to resist.

Sort of like a steampunk conversion; which is apt, given how steampunk is conceived as a variation on the theme of Victorian England.


We might be on to something here - quick, secure publishing rights!

[greg]

I'm sure they already have something like that out... kinda like that samurai metal that you thought was an original idea.
(it was samurai metal, right?)

[Renfield]

I'm sure they already have something like that out... kinda like that samurai metal that you thought was an original idea.
(it was samurai metal, right?)

Indeed. But there can only be so many off the wall musical concepts that have actually been realised, so I'm keeping my hopes up.

Also, I googled Steampunk Elgar before posting, just to be on the safe side.


Edit: On the topic of 'I'm sure they already have something like that', your comment reminds me of a friend, who basically harbours this expectation for everything you care to propose. For him, the concept of chance in the adoption of ideas doesn't seem to come into play.

If it's there to be thought of and useful and/or potentially marketable, someone must have thought of it!

[greg]

True...

maybe I should invent a style called Penderecki metal?

An ensemble consisting of 52 downtuned, heavily distorted 8-string guitars which Penderecki himself writes for.

[Renfield]

True...

maybe I should invent a style called Penderecki metal?

An ensemble consisting of 52 downtuned, heavily distorted 8-string guitars which Penderecki himself writes for.

Maybe Penderecki Tribute Metal would get you further, so you can incorporate varied songwriting into the mix.

Hiroshima Metal. There we go.


Blast (pun unintended) - there's already a band by that name. No big surprise there...

Edit: No, three four of them. Renfield, learn to Google.

[greg]

Songwriting?...

I'd just have a group of screamers. It would be the most intense thing ever.