An Open Letter To RWHN

[Nephew Twiddleton]

Whether or not you were deliberately trolling, you totally posted the same thing over and over and over. I didn't jump into that thread until just now because I didn't want to be in the middle of the argument.

No.  Actually not accurate.


And I was discussing, and not arguing with anyone.  TGRR is the one who decided to blow a gasket and go nutty.  Eh, I agreed to the treaty but that doesn't mean I'm not going to offer dissenting opinions when I have them.


But I'll say in this thread what I specifically avoided saying in the other thread to really blow it up.


Which is, I think Miley Cyrus is a talentless tool.  I say this as a father of a daughter who followed her career.  I've seen the Hannah Montanna movie more times than I care to say.  Saw pretty much every Hannah Montanna episode and have heard way too many of her songs.  She is an awful awkward actress.  Her "acting" in that video is just as awful as what she did for Disney. 


I think the VMA thing looked awkward and unsexy because I think she just plain sucks.  She definitely did leave an important element out.  It's called talent.  Looks like she inherited her "talent" from her dad.

I used to hate Mindless Self Indulgence, Morbid Angel, Rammstein, Marilyn Manson, Cradle of Filth, Johnny Cash, and hell, even Ke$ha. You gotta catch them at the right moment. Once you get that right moment, it all makes sense and you get to enjoy the stuff that you stubbornly rejected for some reason. The first MSI song I heard was Shut Me Up when I was going through my Black Metal is awesome thing. It grated on me for stupid reasons. He likes his coffee black, just like his metal, but it was not a Metal song, let alone a Black Metal one. Then one of Villager's housemates played Never Wanted to Dance in the Car a month ago and now because of one riff in that song, I can't get enough of them. Morbid Angel was an impulse buy. Then I got stoned, and now I listen to it stone sober at work. I didn't like Du Hast, but Engel sold me on Rammstein, and they put on one fuck of a show. Manson I didn't get at all until I saw him at Ozzfest. Cradle of Filth required an assist from Emperor (let's face it, Dani's vocal style is not terribly approachable, and combine that with the fact the first I heard was the poor sound quality Cruelty and the Beast, I was like, fuck these guys. Johnny Cash? Country. Didn't want to hear it. Folsom Prison Blues. Done. And Ke$ha? Still hate listening to her shit but she writes really solid, serious songs for other people. She just knows what pays well. So good on her. She's smarter than you or I. She's getting paid to troll the masses. Miley Cyrus? Don't know. Not particularly interested. So I say nothing about it and only skimmed the first page to confirm that she's also trolling the masses. Good on her too. Still not going to listen to her music or tune into TMZ ever. So why mention it? I'm sure she is actually talented. Just because you don't like it doesn't  mean she doesn't know what she's doing.

Do you like Anarchangel? Do you think we're talented? Remember Holist?

[Junkenstein]

Totally aside, Emperor and Ihsahn are the be all and end all of black metal. I understand what you're saying about cradle of filth, but god I hate that annoying midget. If you missed them, be sure to check out the Ihsahn solo stuff. Prometheus is still the masterpiece, but he's come damn close a few more times.

[Nephew Twiddleton]

Totally aside, Emperor and Ihsahn are the be all and end all of black metal. I understand what you're saying about cradle of filth, but god I hate that annoying midget. I've you missed them, be sure to check out the Ihsahn solo stuff. Prometheus is still the masterpiece, but he's come damn close a few more times.

I haven't caught much of Ihsahn's solo stuff. Prometheus was an excellent album, though. It had to grow on me though. I'd still say my favorite Emperor album was IX Equilibrium. And parts of that had to grow on me too. Used to be that Decrystallizing Reason was my favorite song off of that, but now it's Nonus Aequilibrium. I just had to get past the first minute.

[Nephew Twiddleton]

Also, I agree. Emperor IS Black Metal. End of story. They weren't the first Black Metal band, but they are THE Black Metal band.

[Nephew Twiddleton]

Also, Waffles knows Ihsahn. Not shitting you.

[Nephew Twiddleton]

(to those that don't follow Emperor, Prometheus was their final studio album, IX Equilibrium was their final tour, other than a sort of reunion. IX marks a shift in their music towards a.... still heavy as fuck but something different to the standard fare)

[Nephew Twiddleton]

Going to this would have made my day in 2006-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akP_iJT2RH8

[Junkenstein]

Also, Waffles knows Ihsahn. Not shitting you.

WHAT

[Faust]

Fucking thing ate my post.

Was PD giving you issues yesterday? I was getting timeouts around midnight last night...

[Nephew Twiddleton]

Also, Waffles knows Ihsahn. Not shitting you.

WHAT

He's a shy guy, apparently.

No, really, I made a womp of him as the new guy in Emperor on the grounds of Norway when he first signed on here and that's how I found out.

Another totally true not shitting you fact about Waffles- he tried out to be Mortiis' bassist.

ETA: and made jokes about his nose to his face.

Twid,
Seriously, not shitting you.

[Junkenstein]

Also, Waffles knows Ihsahn. Not shitting you.

WHAT

He's a shy guy, apparently.

No, really, I made a womp of him as the new guy in Emperor on the grounds of Norway when he first signed on here and that's how I found out.

Another totally true not shitting you fact about Waffles- he tried out to be Mortiis' bassist.

ETA: and made jokes about his nose to his face.

Twid,
Seriously, not shitting you.

I need to talk to waffles NOW. Holy. Shit.

[Nephew Twiddleton]

Also, Waffles knows Ihsahn. Not shitting you.

WHAT

He's a shy guy, apparently.

No, really, I made a womp of him as the new guy in Emperor on the grounds of Norway when he first signed on here and that's how I found out.

Another totally true not shitting you fact about Waffles- he tried out to be Mortiis' bassist.

ETA: and made jokes about his nose to his face.

Twid,
Seriously, not shitting you.

I need to talk to waffles NOW. Holy. Shit.

There was this thing going on for a bit where we were joking around that Waffles knows everyone. But, he described it as such: Ain't much going on in Norway, but when there is, Waffles makes sure he's there, so he meets a lot of interesting, and to us, totally inaccessible people. Fucking, he has photographic evidence that he hangs out with Amanda Palmer and Neil Gaiman. For fucking barbecues.

[Junkenstein]

Fuck moving back down south, I need to get a job in Norway.

[Nephew Twiddleton]

Fuck moving back down south, I need to get a job in Norway.

Seriously. I'll learn Nynorsk.

Well, actually I won't move outside of GBA. Love that dirty water and all of that.

Twid,
will likely die in or around Boston

[Nephew Twiddleton]

Look at it this way-

I once had a conversation with a famous person. Rob Dickinson, from Catherine Wheel. Now, I never really listened to Catherine Wheel, and he was doing this solo thing for his album Fresh Wine for the Horses or something at TT the Bear's in Cambridge, where I have also seen LMNO's band. My girlfriend at the time LOVED Catherine Wheel, so of course we went.

You might notice that his last name is Dickinson. So I showed up wearing an Iron Maiden t-shirt, knowing that he was Bruce Dickinson's cousin. At some point he asked for requests, so I shouted out "Number of the Beast" and he said, "interesting..." and started playing the intro. After the show was over he said he'd be hanging around to talk to people. So I walk up to him with my Maiden tee and a big shit eating grin, and he's like, "it was you!" and I said, "you're way taller than Bruce." And, you know, he was just some other guy to me. Everyone else was too spazzed to talk to him, ex included.

Now, picture that, except I'm a ukelele playing Viking and I got your phone number because I do that sort of shit all of the time, except I'm actually there to see you specifically, like all of the people spazzing out.