Killraven was awesome once Don McGregor and P Craig Russel were doing it. And if you ever malign that series again, I will.....
...I probably won't do anything, but you still shouldn't do it.
Marvel ALMOST maligned the series, by commisioning Rob Liefeld to do a new mini-series. Thankfully they decided not to publish it, but now Rob has gotten his panties in a twist over it...
"Used bookstore" is an odd term. It looks like the store is used, rather than the books.
With a lot of the used bookstores I’ve been in, it’s felt like the store was more used than the books.
I have a love hate relationship with Used Book Stores. You can't go into one looking for a specific book and having to step over piles of crap bugs me. However, if your just browsing, you'll always find something to buy. I also love the smell. Glade should have a spray scent "Used Book Store".
The classic little junky/smelly ones are starting to disappear around here. There's a nice regional chain of big, clean, very well-organized stores. (Mr. K's)
The only bookstore in the county I live in is this almost 30 year old used bookstore. But the owner keeps it nice and clean. Only bad part is 80% of the books are some form of romance novels. But she is nice enough to keep a list of books I am looking for and calling me it any of them come in. I got a stack of 40 Star Trek novels,given to me from my uncle, that I am not going to read that I need to go trade in.
Killraven was awesome once Don McGregor and P Craig Russel were doing it. And if you ever malign that series again, I will.....
...I probably won't do anything, but you still shouldn't do it.
Marvel ALMOST maligned the series, by commisioning Rob Liefeld to do a new mini-series. Thankfully they decided not to publish it, but now Rob has gotten his panties in a twist over it...
When I met my US homestay family the first time I was all tired and sweaty from traveling over the pond. When asked what I'd like to do first thing I meant to say "take a shower" but mixed up my languages and said "take a douche" instead.
That was the ice breaker (and talk of the town for quite a while)
Boooooooo!! I get that Zeppelin ripped off a lot of their songs at least in the beginning from Blues. They did revolutionize the recording and touring industry. They did create some of the most inventive and exciting original music ever put on vinyl. It's a tired trope to shit on Zeppelin because of the rip off of blues when everybody anywhere near the creation of rock and roll did the same. Dismissing Zep as a cover band is laughable.
Boooooooo!! I get that Zeppelin ripped off a lot of their songs at least in the beginning from Blues. They did revolutionize the recording and touring industry. They did create some of the most inventive and exciting original music ever put on vinyl. It's a tired trope to shit on Zeppelin because of the rip off of blues when everybody anywhere near the creation of rock and roll did the same. Dismissing Zep as a cover band is laughable.
Really? It's not that they used some of the same riffs, THEY STOLE ENTIRE SONGS INCLUDING TITLES.
Inventive? Please explain, because when I listen to them, I really don't hear anything new in what they do. It's blues based rock. They are VERY talented musically, and were insanely popular, but they didn't experiment with their sound AT ALL, and their last album sounds pretty much like their first. And to say they put the most original music on vinyl simply means you never listened to Jimi Hendrix, Frank Zappa, David Bowie, The Clash, Velvet Underground, Todd Rundgren, Genesis, The Who....
The Beatles went from "Please Please Me' to Sgt Pepper's in 4 years. Led Zeppelin went from "Whole Lotta Love" to "I'm Gonna Crawl" in 10.
I get that you like them, but come on, they are a big time blues metal band that sold a lot of records. The Eagles sold a lot of records too, but that doesn't mean they are any good.
Boooooooo!! I get that Zeppelin ripped off a lot of their songs at least in the beginning from Blues. They did revolutionize the recording and touring industry. They did create some of the most inventive and exciting original music ever put on vinyl. It's a tired trope to shit on Zeppelin because of the rip off of blues when everybody anywhere near the creation of rock and roll did the same. Dismissing Zep as a cover band is laughable.
Really? It's not that they used some of the same riffs, THEY STOLE ENTIRE SONGS INCLUDING TITLES.
Inventive? Please explain, because when I listen to them, I really don't hear anything new in what they do. It's blues based rock. They are VERY talented musically, and were insanely popular, but they didn't experiment with their sound AT ALL, and their last album sounds pretty much like their first. And to say they put the most original music on vinyl simply means you never listened to Jimi Hendrix, Frank Zappa, David Bowie, The Clash, Velvet Underground, Todd Rundgren, Genesis, The Who....
The Beatles went from "Please Please Me' to Sgt Pepper's in 4 years. Led Zeppelin went from "Whole Lotta Love" to "I'm Gonna Crawl" in 10.
I get that you like them, but come on, they are a big time blues metal band that sold a lot of records. The Eagles sold a lot of records too, but that doesn't mean they are any good.
Zeppelin was far from the only band to swipe old blues songs. The Stones did it, Eric Clapton and all the bands he was in (The Yardbirds, Cream, et al.) did it, Hendrix did it, even The Beatles did it. I would agree that Zeppelin wasn’t the most original band ever as far as songwriting, but they did experiment on occasion. “Kashmir,” “The Rain Song,” and much of Physical Graffiti may not have been radical shifts in their style, but they weren’t completely static as you suggest either. They played with time changes, alternate guitar tunings, adding different instruments, etc., to provide different textures to their songs.
I would say that while most of their songwriting wasn’t really original, their sound was (thanks largely to John Bonham). I believe it was their sound that made them stand out and made them popular more so than the songs they played.
Boooooooo!! I get that Zeppelin ripped off a lot of their songs at least in the beginning from Blues. They did revolutionize the recording and touring industry. They did create some of the most inventive and exciting original music ever put on vinyl. It's a tired trope to shit on Zeppelin because of the rip off of blues when everybody anywhere near the creation of rock and roll did the same. Dismissing Zep as a cover band is laughable.
Really? It's not that they used some of the same riffs, THEY STOLE ENTIRE SONGS INCLUDING TITLES.
Inventive? Please explain, because when I listen to them, I really don't hear anything new in what they do. It's blues based rock. They are VERY talented musically, and were insanely popular, but they didn't experiment with their sound AT ALL, and their last album sounds pretty much like their first. And to say they put the most original music on vinyl simply means you never listened to Jimi Hendrix, Frank Zappa, David Bowie, The Clash, Velvet Underground, Todd Rundgren, Genesis, The Who....
The Beatles went from "Please Please Me' to Sgt Pepper's in 4 years. Led Zeppelin went from "Whole Lotta Love" to "I'm Gonna Crawl" in 10.
I get that you like them, but come on, they are a big time blues metal band that sold a lot of records. The Eagles sold a lot of records too, but that doesn't mean they are any good.
First off I didn't say they were the most original band, I used the word inventive and exciting not just original. Tell me Page and Jones were not inventive AT ALL if you listen to Physical Graffiti. And don't toss out David Bowie as a plank in your argument when Mr Jones was a whore to whatever fad was cresting at the time. The Clash? Do we need detail the bands and styles they ripped off? You make my point when you trudge out the same tired BS. Zeppelin stole, yes. They are not a cover band.
P.S. I have listened to your list of artists. I am not some classic rock slave waving the flag of Stairway to Heaven. You listing some other innovators does not invalidate my opinion.
Y'know, the religious fervor that some folk have for music and for their favorite bands was one of the reasons that I gradually stopped listening to and stopped caring about it all years ago. I like what I like, I listen to what I like to listen to, and I don't care what opinions others may have about my tastes, the standing of the musicians I listen to, or anything else. And that's all I'll have to say on the topic.
Y'know, the religious fervor that some folk have for music and for their favorite bands was one of the reasons that I gradually stopped listening to and stopped caring about it all years ago. I like what I like, I listen to what I like to listen to, and I don't care what opinions others may have about my tastes, the standing of the musicians I listen to, or anything else. And that's all I'll have to say on the topic.
Why does my beliefs effect you? This is tantamount to bar talk, conversation had over a few beers. Why would you stop listening to music because I'm devoted to Zep and others are not? I did not say Solitare Rose's opinion was invalid, I defended my band's repuatation. I would never stop doing something I enjoy because other people were passionate about it. My likes are my likes, yours are yours. Why let me influence you negatively. That's......................difficult to understand to say the least.
Y'know, the religious fervor that some folk have for music and for their favorite bands was one of the reasons that I gradually stopped listening to and stopped caring about it all years ago. I like what I like, I listen to what I like to listen to, and I don't care what opinions others may have about my tastes, the standing of the musicians I listen to, or anything else. And that's all I'll have to say on the topic.
Why does my beliefs effect you? This is tantamount to bar talk, conversation had over a few beers. Why would you stop listening to music because I'm devoted to Zep and others are not? I did not say Solitare Rose's opinion was invalid, I defended my band's repuatation. I would never stop doing something I enjoy because other people were passionate about it. My likes are my likes, yours are yours. Why let me influence you negatively. That's......................difficult to understand to say the least.
It isn't the likes that bother me, but the fervor, the almost religious intensity that permeates any such discussion. And it's not you guys in particular, but a lot of such discussions I've been exposed to over the decades. I've reached the point that I just don't care anymore one way or the other, in favor of or against the merits or reputation of any bands you favor, or even of those I favor. I've seen these back-and-forths in person and they can tend to go off the rails, and, yeah, they do put a damper on my own enjoyment of the music; it leaves me with a sour taste in my mouth. I don't even discuss music with friends anymore, except in passing.
You guys want to go on, fine. I'm not trying to pull any stops on this discussion -- not that I could if I'd wanted to. I'm simply making my own observation, and, having done so, will be moving on to a different thread.
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Uncool.
Just what comics needs.
More deconstruction.
Criminy.
You now live in the state of Connecticut!
Killraven Mini-Series Killed?
As Killraven has been a secret shame of mine for years, I have to agree with the poster that responded
Favorite Rolling Stones song: Sympathy for the Devil
Oh, and I like chocolate milk. And cereal. I could live off of cereal.
I used to have a co-worker that could not pronounce serious, so he would say serial.
He also insisted on pronouncing the w in "sword".
That was the ice breaker (and talk of the town for quite a while)
Favorite Rolling Stones song: Satisfaction
Favorite Rush song: Subdivisions. So there.
You may notice "Ramble On" is not on that list.
Greatest cover band ever is Me First and the Gimme Gimmes.
One of the greatest covers ever is Brave Combo's version of People are Strange.
Inventive? Please explain, because when I listen to them, I really don't hear anything new in what they do. It's blues based rock. They are VERY talented musically, and were insanely popular, but they didn't experiment with their sound AT ALL, and their last album sounds pretty much like their first. And to say they put the most original music on vinyl simply means you never listened to Jimi Hendrix, Frank Zappa, David Bowie, The Clash, Velvet Underground, Todd Rundgren, Genesis, The Who....
The Beatles went from "Please Please Me' to Sgt Pepper's in 4 years. Led Zeppelin went from "Whole Lotta Love" to "I'm Gonna Crawl" in 10.
I get that you like them, but come on, they are a big time blues metal band that sold a lot of records. The Eagles sold a lot of records too, but that doesn't mean they are any good.
I would say that while most of their songwriting wasn’t really original, their sound was (thanks largely to John Bonham). I believe it was their sound that made them stand out and made them popular more so than the songs they played.
P.S. I have listened to your list of artists. I am not some classic rock slave waving the flag of Stairway to Heaven. You listing some other innovators does not invalidate my opinion.
You guys want to go on, fine. I'm not trying to pull any stops on this discussion -- not that I could if I'd wanted to. I'm simply making my own observation, and, having done so, will be moving on to a different thread.
And most of it seems to have ended up in my carport.
I had to improvise a dike to keep it from coming in my kitchen door.