ariich’s inclusive roulette (v6) – EPic final results!

[wolfking]

I don't get the hype behind LODDOD. It's.. definitely a thing but holy fuck does it overstay its welcome. Crimson by Edge of Sanity is way better imo and 20 minutes shorter 

crimson has such awful production i can barely listen to it :shrug:

Crimson in my top 50 also.

[Sacul]

I haven't listened to Light of Day, Day of Darkness in ages, but I used to dig it a lot, so it might be worth revisiting soon.

Dopesmoker I've listened to a few times and I don't get the hype for it.

I think it's best appreciated under very hot weather while you're doing mostly mind numbing stuff like cleaning. Or being high as fuck. It just sort of needs a loose focus to be appreciated imo, gets kind of boring when you're paying attention for a while.

[wolfking]

I love long songs, Winter's Gate another fav, but Dopesmoker is a hard one to get into.  I don't listen to it all that much but it's a fun ride once in a while.

[Elite]

LODDOD is in my top 50 albums of all time.  Quite simply one of the most amazing pieces of art I've ever heard.

Okay, maybe I should try it out sometime again

[jingle.boy]

I believe you would love this, Rich.

[Elite]

Yeah, I actually have it on CD, but only listened to it once. There's something daunting about turning on a piece of music that takes an hour - which is kind of bullshit, since I do listen to albums in full as well.

[ariich]

I believe you would love this, Rich.

I might be missing some context, but what would I love?

[Buddyhunter1]

Okay I'm #3 then

I hope "my cheeks" is referring to you smiling and not "this shit spanks"

Comparisons soon?

[Stadler]

Understandable, after all you're the guy who doesn't like concept prog metal albums

I like a COUPLE but yeah they're almost always pretentious trash  at least power metal is up front about it all being dumb magic shit

I mean you're not wrong there but I'd strongly disagree that 'everything like, sounds good' with The Apologist 

That's like listening to a guy with dysentery shit his brains out and saying, "Well, sounds like the plumbing's working!"

I don't speak for TAC, King or the others in our age bracket, but you're turning into an old man right in front of our eyes, and frankly, it brings a tear to my eye.  I couldn't be prouder, or more welcoming into the club. 

[ariich]

Okay I'm #3 then

Indeed. Updated first impressions: https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?topic=55161.msg2658876#msg2658876

Comparisons soon?

Ah yes, good point. I'll do that once I'm feeling reasonably confident about scores. Depending on how much listening I manage to do over the rest of this week, my tentative plan is to reveal all impressions later today, comparisons tomorrow and then results Friday.

[ariich]

In the meantime, hangman guessing has stalled so here's the finished thing:

LordCost: Arcane
    1: Womb (In Memoriam)
    2: Unturning
    3: Hunter, Heart & Home

Tomi: Tom Waits
    1: Ol' 55
    2: I Hope That I Don't Fall in Love With You
    3: Martha
    4: Grapefruit Moon

Stadler: Widespread Panic
    1: Glory
    2: You'll be Fine
    3: You Got Yours
    4: Can't Get High
    5: Sometimes

Lethean: Arcturus
    1: The Arcturian Sign
    2: Crashland
    3: The Chaos Path
    4: The Journey

Puppies: Whispered
    1: Strike!
    2: Hold the Sword
    3: Sakura Omen

Indi: Yoko Kanno & The Seatblets
    1: Tank!
    2: Want it All Back
    3: Blue
    4: What Planet Is This?

romdrums: Valis Ablaze
    1: Neon Dreaming
    2: Hollow Heart
    3: States of Decay
    4: Elevation

Shadow: Tom Waits
    1: Black Wings
    2: Hell Broke Luce
    3: Downtown Train

Elite: Scarlet Stories
    1: The Tell-Tale Heart
    2: In Blood and Limbs and Gore and Clay
    3: Nostalgia in a Closed Mind

Sacul: Fishmans
    1: Long Season

Cyril: Glass Beach
    1: Bedroom Community
    2: Cold Weather
    3: Glass Beach
    4: Orchids

Jingle: Daydream XI
    1: Ticket 000011
    2: Open the Curtains
    3: The Circus of the Tattered and Torn

Buddy: Anamanaguchi
    1: Endless Fantasy
    2: Sunset By Plane
    3: We Die

wolfking: Pyramaze
    1: What Lies Beyond
    2: Ghost Light
    3: Back for More
    4: Nemesis

king: The Fringe
    1: You
    2: A Second or Two
    3: Flare

Nekov: Hearts of Black Science
    1: Protector
    2: Timeless
    3: Gold & Dust

Luoto: In the Silence
    1: Ever Closer
    2: 17 Shades
    3: Beneath These Falling Leaves

TAC: Ereb Altor
    1: A Fine Day to Die
    2: With Fire in My Heart

lonestar : IQ
    1: Stay Down
    2: Alampandria
    3: Shallow Bay

Katt: Randy Newman
    1: Short People
    2: Sail Away
    3: Dixie Flyer
    4: Louisiana 1927
    5: Political Science
    6: I Love LA

Train: Algiers
    1: Dispossession
    2: Hour of the Furnaces
    3: Mme Rieux
    4: The Cycle/The Spiral: Time to Go Down Slowly

Evermind: The Mayan Factor
    1: Aim for the Sky
    2: Beauty and the Beast
    3: Warflower

[jingle.boy]

I believe you would love this, Rich.

I might be missing some context, but what would I love?

This was for the 'other' Rich ... regarding LODDOD

[The Walrus]

Understandable, after all you're the guy who doesn't like concept prog metal albums

I like a COUPLE but yeah they're almost always pretentious trash  at least power metal is up front about it all being dumb magic shit

I mean you're not wrong there but I'd strongly disagree that 'everything like, sounds good' with The Apologist 

That's like listening to a guy with dysentery shit his brains out and saying, "Well, sounds like the plumbing's working!"

I don't speak for TAC, King or the others in our age bracket, but you're turning into an old man right in front of our eyes, and frankly, it brings a tear to my eye.  I couldn't be prouder, or more welcoming into the club. 

Do I get discounts or benefits with this membership? 

[King Postwhore]

When they give you the senior discount at Dunkin Donuts, you'll know.  You'll know.

[Stadler]

I can't speak for anyone else, but I'll remember the first discount as long as I live.  Dunkin Donuts, Raffia Road, Enfield. I bought a coffee, a donut, and a couple muffins for my stepson's breakfast, and the kid - not eligible to vote yet, I'm certain of that - rang it up and handed me the receipt with a slightly proud, slightly "look ma, I done good!" grin on his face, like he did me a favor.   And there it was, in that faded gray typeface:  "Snr. Discount".  There's no going back. 

[ariich]

I believe you would love this, Rich.

I might be missing some context, but what would I love?

This was for the 'other' Rich ... regarding LODDOD

How dare someone else have the same name as me, far too confusing.

[King Postwhore]

I believe you would love this, Rich.

I might be missing some context, but what would I love?

This was for the 'other' Rich ... regarding LODDOD

How dare someone else have the same name as me, far too confusing.

Use your Mod powers and change the name for this roulette to "The Other Rich."

[King Postwhore]

I believe you would love this, Rich.

I might be missing some context, but what would I love?

This was for the 'other' Rich ... regarding LODDOD

How dare someone else have the same name as me, far too confusing.

Use your Mod powers and change the name for this roulette to "The Other Rich."

Edit, or "The Other White Meat."

[Nekov]

I believe you would love this, Rich.

I might be missing some context, but what would I love?

This was for the 'other' Rich ... regarding LODDOD

How dare someone else have the same name as me, far too confusing.

Use your Mod powers and change the name for this roulette to "The Other Rich."

If you look closely, you'll see that under Elite's name it says "The other Rich". I proudly admit I came with that in one of my roulettes 

[King Postwhore]

 

I didn't see that!

[ariich]

I believe you would love this, Rich.

I might be missing some context, but what would I love?

This was for the 'other' Rich ... regarding LODDOD

How dare someone else have the same name as me, far too confusing.

Use your Mod powers and change the name for this roulette to "The Other Rich."

If you look closely, you'll see that under Elite's name it says "The other Rich". I proudly admit I came with that in one of my roulettes 

Yeah exactly, I blame Chad for addressing Other Rich incorrectly.

[jingle.boy]

And I believe I was the one that gave him that moniker.

Yeah exactly, I blame Chad for addressing Other Rich incorrectly.

Yeah, I mean... all I did was post DIRECTLY AFTER HIM.

Less posting; more listening.

[Elite]

I mean, I even posted a response. How obvious do you want it?

[ariich]

I mean, I even posted a response. How obvious do you want it?

Pfffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffft.

(I didn't see your response at the time)

[ariich]

First impressions now all revealed. Should be good to do comparisons tomorrow hopefully but Friday if not, and then results Friday or Saturday. I'm going to try and keep to a cycle of results every Friday/Saturday.

Here's the impressions post:

Round 2 first impressions

1. My feet! [Indi – Yoko Kanno & The Seatblets]
2. My neck! [romdrums – Valis Ablaze]
3. My cheeks! [Buddy – Anamanaguchi]
4. I don’t get it. [Shadow – Tom Waits]
5. Ok now I get it. [Tomi – Tom Waits]
6. Full of great hooks. [wolfking – Pyramaze]
7. Has a big cinematic vibe I’m enjoying. [Elite – Scarlet Stories]
8. Exactly as charming as I was expecting. [Katt – Randy Newman]
9. Very cool combination of groovy and moody. [Train – Algiers]
10. Enjoyably proggy and wonderfully theatrical. [Jingle – Daydream XI]
11. Some great stuff but also a lot of meandering. [Sacul – Fishmans]
12. Gets more emotional and impactful with each song. [Evermind – The Mayan Factor]
13. I hoped for something excellent, and I think I got it. [LordCost - Arcane]
14. Not sure I'm sold on the music, but I'm digging the sound. [Nekov – Hearts of Black Science]
15. Not sure about the production but very intrigued by the music. [Lethean – Arcturus]
16. I can’t work out if this happy or angry but I quite like the result. [Cyril – Glass Beach]
17. Dark and heavy, it sounds pretty good but will take more listens. [TAC – Ereb Altor]
18. Sufficiently over-the-top to be highly enjoyable but not so much as to be silly. [Puppies – Whispered]
19. I don’t see this becoming a favourite or anything, but it’s got a great vibe to it. [Stadler – Widespread Panic]
20. Dramatic, nicely done – all the elements are there but it’s not hooked me in yet. [lonestar – IQ]
21. One of these tracks has a fantastic groove to it, the others I’m not sure about yet. [king – The Fringe]
22. Not sure this is as strong as some stuff you’ve sent me in this genre, but it has some really nice moments. [Luoto – In the Silence]

[King Postwhore]

A Second Or Two is the groove you love.

[ariich]

Totally.

[Shadow Ninja 2.0]

First impressions now all revealed. Should be good to do comparisons tomorrow hopefully but Friday if not, and then results Friday or Saturday. I'm going to try and keep to a cycle of results every Friday/Saturday.

Here's the impressions post:

Round 2 first impressions

1. My feet! [Indi – Yoko Kanno & The Seatblets]
2. My neck! [romdrums – Valis Ablaze]
3. My cheeks! [Buddy – Anamanaguchi]
4. I don’t get it. How can music be this amazing?! [Shadow – Tom Waits]
5. Ok now I get it. [Tomi – Tom Waits]
6. Full of great hooks. [wolfking – Pyramaze]
7. Has a big cinematic vibe I’m enjoying. [Elite – Scarlet Stories]
8. Exactly as charming as I was expecting. [Katt – Randy Newman]
9. Very cool combination of groovy and moody. [Train – Algiers]
10. Enjoyably proggy and wonderfully theatrical. [Jingle – Daydream XI]
11. Some great stuff but also a lot of meandering. [Sacul – Fishmans]
12. Gets more emotional and impactful with each song. [Evermind – The Mayan Factor]
13. I hoped for something excellent, and I think I got it. [LordCost - Arcane]
14. Not sure I'm sold on the music, but I'm digging the sound. [Nekov – Hearts of Black Science]
15. Not sure about the production but very intrigued by the music. [Lethean – Arcturus]
16. I can’t work out if this happy or angry but I quite like the result. [Cyril – Glass Beach]
17. Dark and heavy, it sounds pretty good but will take more listens. [TAC – Ereb Altor]
18. Sufficiently over-the-top to be highly enjoyable but not so much as to be silly. [Puppies – Whispered]
19. I don’t see this becoming a favourite or anything, but it’s got a great vibe to it. [Stadler – Widespread Panic]
20. Dramatic, nicely done – all the elements are there but it’s not hooked me in yet. [lonestar – IQ]
21. One of these tracks has a fantastic groove to it, the others I’m not sure about yet. [king – The Fringe]
22. Not sure this is as strong as some stuff you’ve sent me in this genre, but it has some really nice moments. [Luoto – In the Silence]

You made an error in there, so I corrected it for you.

[wolfking]

I'll take that impression.

[The Walrus]

Whatever I get, you've still got a friend in me

[TAC]

Whatever I get, you've still got a friend in me

Didn't you just tell me that mother f'r better give you a 10 or you were done with him??

[The Walrus]

Whatever I get, you've still got a friend in me

Didn't you just tell me that mother f'r better give you a 10 or you were done with him??

You shit stirrer!! 

[King Postwhore]

He can't talk like that at home so you're his bitch hear Katt. 

[Lethean]

I suppose it's fitting that mine is the production one since production isn't something I pay attention to.  Glad the music is intriguing at least.

[Elite]

production isn't something I pay attention to.

So very shitty production can't ruin music for you? Even subconsciously, maybe?