JonCrow

i5 520 M laptop Radeon 5650 GFX card 8 gig RAM 640GB HD with a 1TB external

I'm not listening to them right now but I'm seeing these guys play live tonight backed up by another favourite band of mine:

The film wasn't really climactical(it was almost a documentary) in approach. As partial testament to this fact is that I'd probably have enjoyed it just as much watching the sequence of events in reverse. It also could have been chopped up and gone backwards and forwards in time without losing too much. Sure it had a sense of natural progression but imo this took a back seat to the film's atmospheres, characters, themes, scenes and it's moods that were present in every single moment. These for me were mesmerising and "climaxing" from the very start to the finish. The vast open spaces always as a back-drop to contrast with the focused claustrophobia of the main character portraying the neurotic, aggressive, greedy, destructive and vampiristic cut-throat ego white-man with religion in and out of his pocket capitalist business paradigm that has made the planet what it is today. That's also why Agent Smith from the Matrix and the main character from there Will Be Blood remind me of one another(despite the fact they both talk the same way) because they are both representative of the "System". The system has been successfully used...... But to agree to a small degree with what you said, I'd maybe have considered ending it differently. ***********Minor Spoiler Warning********** *************************************** *************************************** *************************************** From the point where he is in his grand mansion onwards, the film got a little bit weaker for me. It was still good. But ending this movie would have been a little bit tricky or awkward because we are still living this present situation in modern life. That's another reason why the movie had no seeming resolution. We are still in this movie. I'd be curious to know if the director had any other considerations that perhaps bucked linearity and tradition. This may have made it too abstract for some. In some regard what he achieved is a credit to the producer as he still made it accessible to the mainstream allowing it to receive awards and acclaim. He still got his message and artistic vision across without having it sink into obscurity or be received with disdain. Anyhow, I haven't seen it for awhile now and my opinion of movies often changes so my above views are by no means set in stone. Jon =)

Just get them all, you may not be able to eat for awhile but you can curl up and hug your collection in the foetal position to drown out the pain.

Sorry to hear of your troubles. =) I tend to lean towards Psyshop when I can, only because orders from there arrive a week earlier(Standard Surface-Mail) to my address than those from Saiko. I have no hesitation using Saiko if I "need" to. I've never had a problem with probably about 30-50 low-volume orders with Psyshop to date nor ever had any problems with Saikosounds either.

Transwave, for me, for now. Helium is just awesome, it makes me wonder sometimes what the hell is wrong with some of the modern producers/productions. I wish more people would have the guts, skill and opportunity within the "scene" to push for and create their own sound. Anyone want to donate me some hardware and a few years of spare time, I'll give it a freakin' go! ha

Hey Healium, I recommend you give this album a listen if you haven't already. With your taste for individual sound/effects placement, originality and the liking of the Hedonix album it might be to your liking. I've only listened to it once so far but it left a good impression. It's also from the land of Oz. Jon =)