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  1. I traveled to Korcula island this summer from the US to meet some family from the UK.   I had never thought to visit Croatia before but now I can't stop thinking about going back, I really enjoyed it.  And you're right about the rakija, I was only able to bring back a small bottle as a gift but now I'm scouring the internet to find a fifth of Travarica (with no luck so far).  Unfortunately I couldnt make it to any trance parties or festivals but I basically had the time of my life.

  2. glad you got it!

    always nice to spice the general forum up with goa and no drama topics

    you guys have no idea how lucky you are over there

    we pay 3 times plus, what you do for much less

     

    have decided to play bagpipe tunes on the street to the tunes of zna artist

    and row a waka with a few brothers over to portugal

    I play the bagpipes too, maybe I'll give this a shot as well...

  3. Having never really listened to him much, I figured I'd give For the People a listen today at work. I play traditional Irish music as a hobby, so imagine my surprise at recognizing a Chieftans (semi-popular Irish folk band from the 70s) sample at the beginning of Angel Jonathan (a real banger of a track too).

  4. i got some problems with this movie. as a very young fella, i used to sniff around the couch silently when my father watched movies at night, and it was one night that i wish i couldve avoid, it was this god damn movie. everytime i see it i get the same freaky dreams and i wake up with a pulse of 200 bpm.

     

    i've watched Freddy Krueger and Michael halloween stuff and was always amazed how people got scared from that cause i was bored to death with them. and ill tell u, the last thing you want to see in your dreams is this monster, if you see it, just wake up, dont bother.

     

    i never saw it until i was around 15; i was always nervous about it b/c my dad said when he saw it in the theater back in 79 it gave him nightmares for weeks. although it turns out he saw it right after smoking several joints (the first time he ever got stoned apparently); he hasnt smoked pot since and that might be why.

     

    for me though, the scariest moment of the alien movies was in the second one, where the family of prospectors stumbles on the wrecked egg-ship and the dude staggers out with a facehugger attached. that scene just haunts me for some reason.

     

    i agree that if ridley scott and hr giger are involved they probably wont let it suck, and im interested to see what they can do with modern computer technology and filmmaking techniques.

  5. I liked it. Interesting ending. Definitely "Alien" influence.

     

    yeah, the ending was sweet. along the lines of what i was expecting, but still surprising

  6. ive always thought some irish traditional songs are extremely moving, particularly with a female vocalist. my favorite is triona ni domhniall of the bothy band.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0Qc4Cg5glY

     

    The Bothy Band: Out of the Wind and Into the Sun -- The Streets of Derry

    the youtube footage of city traffic might detract from the emotional impact, but thats the only vid i could find

     

    i also think this song is very melancholy, despite being towards the cheesy "new-age" end of the irish music spectrum

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1YxHZPcMaQ

     

    VA: Michael Collins OST -- Sinead O'Connor: She Moved Through the Fair

     

    Theres a psy remix of this one out there that i heard years ago. ive been trying to get an artist/track title ever since so if anyone knows, let me know!

  7. just watched 'pandorum' on netflix last night. it drags in places, and some of the acting doesnt work too well, but overall its quite enjoyable. it owes a lot to alien and the set design reminds me a lot of 'event horizon'. definitely worth watching for any fan of dark/disturbing, horror-influenced sci-fi (which doesnt seem to get made much anymore).

     

    trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PItZ-qr9jG8

     

    anyone else seen it?

  8. this is probably my favorite thread on psynews...

     

    the infected mushroom cover has the distinction of being one of the few bad covers in here that is both a.) an apparent attempt to design a cover that will appeal to a more 'mainstream' audience and b.) sloppily put together and totally half-assed! most of the covers in here seem to be one or the other of those...

  9. obviously this is completely off topic, but before the thread gets locked id like to say i remember when it went up in 1990 (i was 7) and was amazed then and still am amazed by this telescope. props to NASA for not allowing to reenter when it needed repairs (which im sure were, forgive the pun, astronomically expensive). i think ill make my desktop wallpaper a hubble image now!

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