How nerdy are you?This week Gary Gygax, co-creator of Dungeons and Dragons, died. A whole generation of pasty dice-obsessed nerds owes him big time. Me included.
So, in his honour, how nerdy were you? Are you still sunlight-averse? What are the sad little things you do that nobody else understands?
As an example, a B3ta regular who shall remain nameless told us, "I spent an entire school summer holiday getting my BBC Model B computer to produce filthy stories from an extensive database of names, nouns, adjectives, stock phrases and deviant sexual practices. It revolutionised the porn magazine dirty letter writing industry for ever.
Revel in your own nerdiness.
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chthonic, Thu 6 Mar 2008, 10:32)
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I'm alsoa major Pink Floyd geek. I have everything they've ever released (with the exception of The Final Cut, on reasons of principle), and a truly frightening collection of bootleg stuff.
How does that make me much of a geek, you ask?
When David Gilmour was on tour for his latest album I booked a flight to LA for the morning of his concert, returning the next morning, and at one point on the trip back from the concert found myself walking through downtown LA at about 3:00 am. And it was one of the greatest experiences of my life.
Even now, watching the Remember That Night DVD will move me to tears.
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The Resident Loon Not a demographic. Do not measure., Thu 6 Mar 2008, 21:42,
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Final CutI too am Floydy geekey and saw their last gig on the last proper tour at earls court before they split up.....but I like the Final Cut, its a great album, how come no likey?
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I never bought itbecause that was the album where Waters essentially declared himself to be Pink Floyd, with the others simply as backup to his genius. He berated Richard Wright to the point where he quit the band and didn't want to perform anymore, and completely alienated Gilmour as well. He showed himself to be an egomaniacal asshole, from everything that I've read and heard in interviews. For a fact, The Wall has far too much Waters and not enough of the rest of the band- it was basically Roger telling the world how this person screwed him up in this way and that person screwed him up in that way, and how he was just a sensitive and misunderstood soul. Waaah waaah waaah, wank wank wank. It pissed me off completely and made me really dislike Waters.
Pink Floyd was one of the greatest collaborations between four very talented and brilliant people, and no single one of them can claim credit for their success. I'm glad that Waters and Gilmour finally came to peace with each other, but I'm still not a fan of Waters and refuse to buy that album.
But that's just my take on it...
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The Resident Loon Not a demographic. Do not measure., Thu 6 Mar 2008, 22:00,
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But what about Syd Barrett?I've got a bike
You can ride it if you like
It's got a basket and bell that rings and things to make it look good...
I'd give it to you if I could,
But I borrowed it.
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Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Fri 7 Mar 2008, 1:02,
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I heard......that in an animal psychology experiment, a group of chickens were subjected to various bits of music. When played a song from The Final Cut, they apparently ruffled their feathers and clucked in a manner which suggested they were enjoying it.
So there you have it: Pink Floyd also appeals to poultry.
EDIT: @Loon - did Wright quit of his own free will? I thought Waters gave him the push because he "wasn't pulling his weight" when they were recording the wall. (Even though all he was expected to do was turn up and play the piano...)
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I liked Barrett......although he was a bit weird, even for me.
But one very interesting thing came to light when he died- it turns out that Gilmour had been supporting him for all these years, making sure that his needs were taken care of. And, typical of Gilmour, he never said anything about it.
As for Wright... somewhere along the line I read an interview with Gilmour where he said that Waters had been ragging Wright so badly for so long that he thought he was a lousy musician, and it took Gilmour a long time to help him get his confidence back. As Pink Floyd's sound has always been heavily dependent on Gilmour's guitar and Wright's piano, I found it especially galling that the bassist- whose most noteworthy and award-winning pieces of music were actually played by the guitarist, not him- would be slagging off the organist whose work set them apart even in the Barrett years. So yes, Wright was canned by Waters, but I feel that it was Waters who caused the problems in the first place...
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The Resident Loon Not a demographic. Do not measure., Fri 7 Mar 2008, 16:54,
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Final Cut is still......Ace, though
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