DTNorway interview with Mike Mangini

GasparXR · May 24, 2013, 01:46:54 PM

That's the Beneath the Surface art in the ADTOE booklet.

Lucien · May 24, 2013, 02:27:14 PM

Thanks.

*I feel idiotic now*

bosk1 · May 24, 2013, 03:58:26 PM

Well, in your defense, it is kinda tough to tell from that angle. Here's a better view:

wasteland · May 24, 2013, 04:01:02 PM

Great, now the better half of DTF will hunt you down and tear that shirt away from your hands. With fire and blood.

bosk1 · May 24, 2013, 04:01:46 PM

Promise?

Lucien · May 24, 2013, 08:16:19 PM

And the fans became jealous.

robwebster · May 25, 2013, 02:49:47 AM

Quote from: Kotowboy on May 24, 2013, 12:35:21 PM
Quote from: robwebster on May 24, 2013, 10:29:28 AM
He's a joy, isn't he?

Properly, fantastically bonkers. Not just "oh, he's quite effusive and sometimes does a joke," but in the sense that he's really quite explosively emotive, all the time. Like there's no off switch. So cool, though. Each answer's this huge tide of words. Thoughts crashing everywhere, all across each other, each triggering the next and washing up wherever. Cracking interviewee. Loved it.

A bit like what Russell Brand PRETENDS to do - except that with Mangini - it's NOT a completely transparent act.

Transparent act? You should see Russell Brand talk rings around Paxman!

Very clever bloke. Also a fucking idiot, as he'd admit himself. The two don't necessarily contradict each other.

Kotowboy · May 25, 2013, 03:45:39 AM

Ugh. His whole schtick seems so forced.

robwebster · May 25, 2013, 05:23:06 AM

Yeah, I absolutely understand why people don't like him. He's polarising, with clear reason. He crufts it up a lot, he'll reiterate his point in a more florid manner sooner than hesitate for a second, and he'll never use a short word when a long word suffices - but the things he says, when he does make a serious point, I think tend to be interesting and well-considered, and he generally speaks those things well. He can go from out-'n'-out wacky and purile (which, again, completely polarising, and understandably so,) to really quite literate, perceptive, and all-round marvellous on the turn of a dime. A lot of hokey nonsense, too - I don't much care for his version of spirituality, seems a little pretentious, just doesn't speak to me - but he's said some wonderful things about defining yourself by the things you love, rather than the things you hate, that I think are very perceptive and sincerely believe some people right here could stand to learn a lot from.

Not that I'm suggesting people should start turning to the hyperactive doofus from Big Brother's Big Mouth for life advice - they shouldn't, he's a shambles! - but I think he's got a little more substance to him than Heat magazine and his entry on IMDb might suggest. Hell of a mouth on him, but I'm glad he talks as much as he does.

DebraKadabra · May 26, 2013, 09:03:43 PM

Quote from: bosk1 on May 24, 2013, 08:19:49 AM
And three www.dreamtheaterforums.org shirts. Can you spot them all?

I want one....

MrBoom_shack-a-lack · May 28, 2013, 03:30:16 AM

Cool interview!

XB0BX · June 05, 2013, 12:23:10 PM

Quote from: robwebster on May 25, 2013, 05:23:06 AM
Yeah, I absolutely understand why people don't like him. He's polarising, with clear reason. He crufts it up a lot, he'll reiterate his point in a more florid manner sooner than hesitate for a second, and he'll never use a short word when a long word suffices - but the things he says, when he does make a serious point, I think tend to be interesting and well-considered, and he generally speaks those things well. He can go from out-'n'-out wacky and purile (which, again, completely polarising, and understandably so,) to really quite literate, perceptive, and all-round marvellous on the turn of a dime. A lot of hokey nonsense, too - I don't much care for his version of spirituality, seems a little pretentious, just doesn't speak to me - but he's said some wonderful things about defining yourself by the things you love, rather than the things you hate, that I think are very perceptive and sincerely believe some people right here could stand to learn a lot from.

Not that I'm suggesting people should start turning to the hyperactive doofus from Big Brother's Big Mouth for life advice - they shouldn't, he's a shambles! - but I think he's got a little more substance to him than Heat magazine and his entry on IMDb might suggest. Hell of a mouth on him, but I'm glad he talks as much as he does.

In English, please?

I don't understand how anyone can think anything bad about his personality.

robwebster · June 05, 2013, 12:28:23 PM

Er - he's a hyperactive ball of words, and his sense of humour is frequently very immature which is totally not everyone's bag, but he's basically a really cool bloke, and deceptively clever, to boot?

I don't know. I thought I was speaking English.

ETA - Oh! I'm talking Russell Brand, for the record! Not Mike Mangini. Talking with Kotow. Is that what's going on here?

XB0BX · June 05, 2013, 12:29:55 PM

Quote from: Kotowboy on May 24, 2013, 08:07:25 AM
Mangini's personality and ability more than make up for the aspects of his playing that i'm not keen on.

Just curious, what don't you like about his playing?

Kotowboy · June 05, 2013, 01:42:36 PM

Just the fact that his soloing and jamming is nothing BUT technical. I find it really boring to listen to. Even as a drummer myself.

It would be like being a Trekkie and listening to someone explain EXACTLY how the food replicators work in the minutest detail.

I prefer drum solos to be big fat grooving things with polyrhythms, sure but also a nice groove underneath the whole time.

A good example of this is Thomas Lang or Jimmy Chamberlin. They've got awesome technique but are also damn fun to listen to as well.

That's just me though. When I was growing up learning drums - I was heavily into Steve White from Paul Weller and Alan White from Oasis -

they just had a rock solid backbeat but could both pull out the flashy stuff when needed. I've always been obsessed with groove over speed or

technical ability. Gavin Harrison also fits that equation rather nicely.

jdprsaga · June 05, 2013, 01:54:33 PM

Wow, he has a lot of energy!

lyfeternl · June 05, 2013, 01:55:19 PM

Quote from: Kotowboy on June 05, 2013, 01:42:36 PM
Just the fact that his soloing and jamming is nothing BUT technical. I find it really boring to listen to. Even as a drummer myself.

It would be like being a Trekkie and listening to someone explain EXACTLY how the food replicators work in the minutest detail.

I prefer drum solos to be big fat grooving things with polyrhythms, sure but also a nice groove underneath the whole time.

A good example of this is Thomas Lang or Jimmy Chamberlin. They've got awesome technique but are also damn fun to listen to as well.

That's just me though. When I was growing up learning drums - I was heavily into Steve White from Paul Weller and Alan White from Oasis -

they just had a rock solid backbeat but could both pull out the flashy stuff when needed. I've always been obsessed with groove over speed or

technical ability. Gavin Harrison also fits that equation rather nicely.

I've actually always wanted to know exactly how the food replicators work...

Kotowboy · June 05, 2013, 01:59:19 PM

Something like re-organising matter at the atomic level. If the transporters can dis-assemble humans and re-assemble them in the correct order, then it would make sense that it can also transform and re-organise matter.

However. I do not know much about physics - but I've been told that teleporting is actually not possible due to the fact that all our atoms are constantly spinning and to copy and replicate them from existing matter could never happen.

Maybe someone can elaborate / correct me.

For example - the reason hot water feels hot is partly due to the molecules moving around much faster than cold water and it creates energy and friction or something

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