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Dead as a dead thing.Anybody out there?
Alt: what do you think of my hat? Rather spiffing don't you think?
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CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Sat 8 Oct 2011, 21:28,
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I'm here.That should be good enough for anyone, shirley?
Alt: Yes, it's absolutely top hole.
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b3th Not shit. Not mod., Sat 8 Oct 2011, 21:29,
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Good-o.as first responder you get to choose, a drink or a schmoke?
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CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Sat 8 Oct 2011, 21:34,
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Definitely drinkI'm not a one for teh schmoking.
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b3th Not shit. Not mod., Sat 8 Oct 2011, 21:42,
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'Tis betterer. It now has a skull scarf tied around it and a hammer and sickle badge on it.(
CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Sat 8 Oct 2011, 21:36,
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Dunno, not sure I have an outfit to match it.my tail coat seems to have shrunk.
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CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Sat 8 Oct 2011, 21:38,
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I have a black velvet jacket that might work(
CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Sat 8 Oct 2011, 21:41,
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You do realise you'll be competing with DG in the suave and stylish stakes.(
girlinthehole, Sat 8 Oct 2011, 21:42,
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I don't think there'll be much competition.(
CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Sat 8 Oct 2011, 21:43,
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fuck it, if your coming i'm staying homenot sure I can stand that much judgement.
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CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Sat 8 Oct 2011, 21:59,
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I was about to start a youtube discoon the theme of songs that are not in 4/4 timing.
That or folk
I expect your hat must be spiffing. I am making a hat right now
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Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Sat 8 Oct 2011, 21:32,
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The last time I wore a hat out a girl headbutted me and frisbee'd it across the dancefloor. (, Sat 8 Oct 2011, 21:35, Reply)
you meet the classiest birds(
Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Sat 8 Oct 2011, 21:36,
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then make bigger hats!(
Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Sat 8 Oct 2011, 21:36,
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get bigger hats.My head's pretty big.
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CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Sat 8 Oct 2011, 21:36,
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I'm not sure I'd recognise 4/4 if I heard it, otherwise sounds good.what hat're you making?
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CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Sat 8 Oct 2011, 21:37,
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4/4 is the most commonly used time signature.Think house and techno, the BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM. Four beats in the bar, and repeating phrases based on fours.
Rite?
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If you can comfortably go "1, 2, 3, 4' to the beatwith the one being slightly emphasised, it's that. To be honest, most pop and rock songs are that. That's why it's harder to find the ones that aren't
purple and woolly
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Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Sat 8 Oct 2011, 21:40,
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So, like this?www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofoX2YsSJi0
will it be a cunning hat? I wants a cunnnig hat.
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CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Sat 8 Oct 2011, 21:42,
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last link of yours I'm clickin' this evening.(
CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Sat 8 Oct 2011, 21:44,
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yesnow try finding something that isn't. The first bit of Paranoid android is an odd one - I think it's something like 5/4 alternating with something else. That's why noone can dance to it with out doing weird dancing.
My drummer friend once said something like "it's easy, just count to 11 while you're dancing"
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Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Sat 8 Oct 2011, 21:46,
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Hows about:www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_PAHbqq-o4
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CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Sat 8 Oct 2011, 21:48,
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buggerwww.youtube.com/watch?v=h9eQ8_T1ytU ???
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CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Sat 8 Oct 2011, 21:56,
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Also:www.youtube.com/watch?v=441-Vnv7cRY
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CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Sat 8 Oct 2011, 22:08,
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I love Prodigy.The perfect mix of punk and dance music.
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girlinthehole, Sat 8 Oct 2011, 21:50,
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earler stuff was a bit techno, but they had style, no denyin' it(
CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Sat 8 Oct 2011, 21:56,
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The prodigy have never done techno.They started out rave, then went breakbeat.
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meh, s'all dancy bang bang to me, no offensh like.(
CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Sat 8 Oct 2011, 21:59,
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None taken.It winds me up when anything electronic is referred to as 'techno' or 'dance music'. It's like referring to anything made by guitar, bass and drums as heavy metal.
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you could call most or it rock, is there a parallel term?(
CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Sat 8 Oct 2011, 22:11,
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not a cluebut as a general term it's cover a lot of sub genres.
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CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Sat 8 Oct 2011, 22:13,
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having googled, yes they both appear loosely to be rock bands.(
CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Sat 8 Oct 2011, 22:15,
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QOTSA are rock. Teenage Fanclub are a pop band.And the 'techno/ dance music' thing that pisses me off is that Techno is a very distinct genre, very different to House, Breaks, DnB, hip hop, trance etc. It's like referring to Black Sabbath as a punk band.
And surely dance music means stuff that gets played in clubs to dance to, which would therefore exclude Aphex, BoC, Plaid etc. I have seen these acts referred to as 'dance music'.
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we're all a little too fond of those pigeon holes(
Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Sat 8 Oct 2011, 22:24,
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To some extent we need preconseptins and categories.it's how the human mind works, helps us tell a chair from a table, danger is in over doing it. this'll be 4/4 but i loves the vidjo:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2up7su7CeMU
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CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Sat 8 Oct 2011, 22:30,
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haha, the advert is in 6/8, though!(
Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Sat 8 Oct 2011, 22:33,
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definitely 4/4anothe rclassic vid:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=imR_Sbkjq84
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CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Sat 8 Oct 2011, 22:35,
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but clinging to pigeon holesand insisting that things live in them restricts creativity
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Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Sat 8 Oct 2011, 22:38,
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tis a fine ballanceand I don't dis agree with you. just saying you cannot hope to totally avoid it, as it's fundamental to how the mind workd IMNSHO
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CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Sat 8 Oct 2011, 22:40,
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Nah. Not at all.A guy that I used to DJ with had very strange views on music.
He had a thepry that house and techno are the same, just that techno is faster.
So I pointed out that if house and techno were indistinguishable, there would be no such thing as tech-house. He made a biscuit-arsed face and never mentioned that 'theory' ever again.
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Why do you have to over analyze everything.Just enjoy what you enjoy and be done with it.
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girlinthehole, Sat 8 Oct 2011, 22:46,
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it's more like saying both sabbath and ramones are, lossely rock.in the same was prodigy and (some other band) are both lossely dance, but Prodigy are not techno although the other one might be. anyway, thas my point, not going to argue it further, learned my lesson.
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CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Sat 8 Oct 2011, 22:28,
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Actually, breakbeat tunes tend to be 4/4. Just that the emphasis is on the snares rather than the kicks.You can do a quick & easy remix from house to breaks by removing the third kickdrum.
DnB though, a very different matter. See?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=el1y1Ik9y1I
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still 4/4just slower
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Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Sat 8 Oct 2011, 21:54,
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rly?This too then I take it.
Until the middle bit.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=32X-ieCav-M
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the start, yescan't get to the middle, it keeps crashing firefox.
the time signature is the bit the beat is built around.
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Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Sat 8 Oct 2011, 22:07,
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Yes. Indeed. The looped beat does indeed follow a four section pattern.
Try this one www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhWyKysFJck
Have you tried Chrome instead of Firefox?
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still 4/4, could be 2/4 at a push, but I'm no expertnot had a problem until now
I'm trying to locate the lord of the rings bit that's 5/4, it just feels uncomfortable and is a bit of a bitch to play, even though the notes are easy
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Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Sat 8 Oct 2011, 22:17,
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i gives up theneverything i like is more or less rock based (or a rock precursor) it'll all be 4/4
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CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Sat 8 Oct 2011, 22:22,
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there are somethat aren't - radiohead fuck about with time sigs a lot, as do a few other bands, folk tends to quite often.
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Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Sat 8 Oct 2011, 22:24,
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not big on folk (except folk-rock)or Radio head, although my mum's a fan.
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CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Sat 8 Oct 2011, 22:36,
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you'd find some in folk rockand whatever we're calling this current wave of folkish, indish stuff that's all over 6music (and at green man this year)
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Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Sat 8 Oct 2011, 22:42,
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I was thinking more levelers or Gogol Bordelloor Flogging molly. and yes, I know one could argue those are in three totally separate genres, but thatb all have folky elements.
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CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Sat 8 Oct 2011, 22:48,
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pretty sure one of the gogol bordellotracks is some other time sig, but who cares about that anymore, turns out I'm just some music geek (even though I'm not a particularly good one)
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Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Sat 8 Oct 2011, 22:56,
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*tries to collect the set*(
Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Sat 8 Oct 2011, 23:01,
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fuck it, can't remember which bit it isanyway, this is in 6/8
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGt-pnvK53Y
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Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Sat 8 Oct 2011, 22:19,
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wellI suppose that was the worst youtube disco idea yet, although I think it would have been worse if I demanded tracks in F# Minor or something (no, I can't spot those...in fact I don't even know which keys are called which most of the time)
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Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Sat 8 Oct 2011, 22:29,
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I wear a lot of hats.A man's worth can be judged on his hats, his cufflinks and his knowledge of golden era hip hop.
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Might I break this shallow and materialistic train of thought from you two and suggest the quality of his morals and character?(
CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Sat 8 Oct 2011, 21:41,
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Is it?Fuck. That's where I've been going wrong.
In other news, I appear to be doing a passable impression of Rudolph at the moment. Right on the tip of my nose, where I can't hide a fucking enormous spot.
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b3th Not shit. Not mod., Sat 8 Oct 2011, 21:45,
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I'm thinking a yashmak might be a good look for tomorrow.(
b3th Not shit. Not mod., Sat 8 Oct 2011, 21:49,
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Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Sat 8 Oct 2011, 22:15,
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Nah.Because if a man cannot successfully accessorise his socks with his cufflinks, he is of deficient character.
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A gentleman should always wear cufflinks with a double cuff shirt. Never a single cuff. (
Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Sat 8 Oct 2011, 22:01,
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right at nthe momentleft when I'm on me bike like.
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CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Sat 8 Oct 2011, 22:04,
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Hello gorgeous. Always to the left.
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Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Sat 8 Oct 2011, 22:05,
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This is good to know.Especially when sticking my hand down someone's pants.
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girlinthehole, Sat 8 Oct 2011, 22:09,
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Do more of this. The practice will not only cheer you up (possibly make you laugh if it's a small one) but it's a skill all women about town should have(
Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Sat 8 Oct 2011, 22:14,
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I used to assume that I dressed to the left, most men do.But then I had to check and it turns out I dress to the right.
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Of course.I find it hilarious when men do that. It's like they automatically equate cufflinks with dressing proper. It's also like when people misuse reflexive pronouns, they think it sounds good but just makes them sound thick.
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I am too tired and have had too much rioja to know what a misused reflexive pronoun is. Not that I know when I am awake and sober either.
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Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Sat 8 Oct 2011, 22:16,
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Sending an email which ends with something along the lines of'If you have any problems, please speak to myself'.
Or asking someone to send a document to 'ourselves'.
It's just thickness in action.
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Ah!I have hated this habit for years. It appears to be a growing problem too.
Now I can say to people "please do not use a misused reflexive pronoun when addressing me". Ta for that.
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Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Sat 8 Oct 2011, 22:21,
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I would like to thank you for sending myself this message.Next up- twats that spell 'lose' with two os.
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There is a difference between dyslexia and being a bad speller.One is a diagnosable condition affecting learning, the other is down to thickness and bad schooling/ parenting.
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it's even possible to be both.like me.
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CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Sat 8 Oct 2011, 22:49,
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this is goodalthough so does bobster.
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CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Sat 8 Oct 2011, 23:01,
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you still would internet wierdo(
SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Sat 8 Oct 2011, 23:04,
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If I ever meet you at a bash I shall titty fuck you to within an inch of your life.(
CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Sat 8 Oct 2011, 23:06,
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shall i shave or do you prefer au naturale?(
SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Sat 8 Oct 2011, 23:07,
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I'll bring a cut-throat and shave you my self.don't want you stubbly.
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CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Sat 8 Oct 2011, 23:08,
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u lucky devil(
SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Sat 8 Oct 2011, 23:04,
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we should frame them(
SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Sat 8 Oct 2011, 23:08,
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Are these dance music tunes 4/4?www.youtube.com/watch?v=6iiK4MgIPtI
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhHkUg-QCwk
www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5dcEXpViiI
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBFXJw7n-fU
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yes
yes
yes (probably, I think they're just playing semibreves, so the other 3 beats are there but unheard)
yes
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Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Sat 8 Oct 2011, 22:52,
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Those last two aren't played on a piano.They are played on a disklavier, with a sequencer rather than keys responsible for controlling the movement. The inside was also miked up so that the hammers can be heard.
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*looks up disklavier*interesting
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Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Sat 8 Oct 2011, 23:09,
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Indeed.A modern version of those pianos controlled with a roll of paper. You know the ones I mean.
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Suh-weet but currently having an emily haines love in.(
SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Sat 8 Oct 2011, 22:51,
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Alright bobster?You know Bark Psychosis?
Give this a listen
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JU51D61FzGI
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I am rocking out to metric smoking doobies.(
SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Sat 8 Oct 2011, 23:22,
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It's pretty ace, I love my one.How did you get yours again? I think you said you won it, but I can't remember teh details.
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G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩€, Sat 8 Oct 2011, 23:17,
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nope voadfone gave me one as I have been with them forever and am an awesome customerIt is so much fun, unnecessary but fun
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SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Sat 8 Oct 2011, 23:21,
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i have finished making my hatit is not as cool as I thought it would be :(
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Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Sun 9 Oct 2011, 0:16,
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