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    Quote Originally Posted by Dusty Chalk
    Daveydot -- I'd like to second the motion that you slow those down, I can't read some of them, neither...
    Well, I did slow it down to 1 second per cover from the 1/2 second that Mark was complaining about. I didn't realize people actually cared anymore so I usually just post stuff for my own amusement - I just changed it to a little different format giving 2 seconds per cover but requiring stereo-vision. Or maybe just a simple list? Remember back in the old days when I/we/some of us used to write stuff about each one? And people actually talked back and forth about music? I guess that harkens back to the pre-vBulletin days.

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    Thanks for the word on P.J. I assume you're planning on getting it. Lemme know what you think when you do.
    I probably won't be getting it anytime soon. I've listened to some of the songs and nothing really knocked me out but even so-so PJ is better than your average bear. Think I've got enough music to last me for awhile, though

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    Post What I got:

    Spiral Architect: A Skeptic's Universe
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    Listened to the above last night back-to-back. Talk about a case of cerebral meltdown..

    Others:

    In Flames: Colony
    This one's addictive--I've spun it for about a week straight. Opening track "Embody The Invisible" gets me screaming right along (is that not the measure of a fine metal song?). Have to control myself in public or people start giving me funny looks...; P

    Portishead: Dummy
    Massive Attack: Mezzanine
    Bob Dylan: Blood On The Tracks
    Wilco: Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
    Allman Brothers: Beginnings
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    Quote Originally Posted by Davey
    Remember back in the old days when I/we/some of us used to write stuff about each one? And people actually talked back and forth about music?
    Music? I just remember talking about sex.

    NP: some dothead's Fun In The Sun comp (and not just a pity spin either really, it's just a freak coincidence!)
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    Corelli, Concerti Grossi, Op. 6, Nos. 1-6. Jaroslav Kr(e)chek, Capella Istropolitana. Naxos 8.550402.

    Haydn, Symphonies Nos. 6 (Le Matin), 7 (Le Midi), and 8 (Le Soir). Nicholas Ward, Northern Chamber Orchestra. Naxos 8.550722

    Dvorak, String Quartets, Nos. 12 (American) and 13. Vlach Qt. of Prague. Naxos 8.553371

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    One listen so far, and it's not a huge improvement (although it is some improvement) over the sometimes-great-but-inconsistent debut album. Good dance beats, but I'm not sure it delivers much more. More listens are needed to see how it holds up.

    Modest Mouse – Good News for People Who Love Bad News
    First listen for this one. Sounds pretty cool - better than I expected.

    Husking Bee – Grip

    Husker Du – Warehouse: Songs and Stories

    Arcwelder – Everest

    Deerhoof – Milk Man

    Built To Spill – Keep It Like a Secret

    Hop on Pop – As Drawn By Ethan, Age 2

    Kiss – Love Gun

    Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players – Vintage Slide Collections from Seattle, Vol. 1

    Auteurs – New Wave

    Turbonegro – Ass Cobra

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    Pixies – (Live in London) [DVD]

    The Good Life – Lovers Need Lawyers EP

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    Quote Originally Posted by Stone
    Husker Du – Warehouse: Songs and Stories

    Arcwelder – Everest

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    Sometimes I think WAREHOUSE might have made a tighter single album. And it might have been more digestible to the public. But what songs do you cut? And I Know the recording quality is endearing, but sometimes I also wonder if it would have made a bigger splash had it had a better recording.. but then again, most things recorded in the late 80's sounded like crap anyways...

    How's that Arcwelder album? I've only ever owned PULL, which I love.. just never got around to their other albums

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    Quote Originally Posted by Davey
    Well, I did slow it down to 1 second per cover from the 1/2 second that Mark was complaining about. I didn't realize people actually cared anymore so I usually just post stuff for my own amusement - I just changed it to a little different format giving 2 seconds per cover but requiring stereo-vision.
    Okay, thanks. I wouldn't whine, but there's no way to pause it...
    Or maybe just a simple list? Remember back in the old days when I/we/some of us used to write stuff about each one? And people actually talked back and forth about music? I guess that harkens back to the pre-vBulletin days.
    No...? We actually talked about music? Who, me? You still talk about music.
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    Just returned from a week out west.

    A friend and I spent a week checking out southern California, Arizona and Nevada. The soundtrack to the trip was as follows:

    1) Fish/A Wilderness Of Mirrors
    2) Zappa/One Size Fits All & concert from late 70's
    3) America/Greatest Hits
    4) Yes/Yessongs & Tormato
    5) Jethro Tull/Live Bursting Out
    6) Gentle Giant/Final concert from 1980
    7) Porcupine Tree/In Absentia & Signify
    8) Inside Out sampler
    9) White Willow/Sacrement
    10) Eden's Plot/Eyfuctah
    11) Aquarium Rescue Unit/Mirrors Of Embarrassment
    12) Anekdoten/Gravity
    13) Proto-Kaw/Before Became After
    14) Spock's Beard/V

    Today I spun Grand Funk Railroad/Grand Funk, Mr. Bungle/California, Todd Rundgren/Liars, and Opeth/Deliverance.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mr MidFi
    So now I don't know whether to burn him an Alladin Sane disc, or a Wilco sampler. I guess I better do both.
    Would you like me to send you a copy of my Imaginary Bowie Collection comp for him? Two disks of pre-Let's Dance Bowie. The most recent stuff on it is from Scary Monsters. Well, with one exception...I couldn't resist including Putting Out Fire. I think you may have this, but I'm happy to send another copy if you would like.

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    Quote Originally Posted by -Jar-
    Sometimes I think WAREHOUSE might have made a tighter single album. And it might have been more digestible to the public. But what songs do you cut? And I Know the recording quality is endearing, but sometimes I also wonder if it would have made a bigger splash had it had a better recording.. but then again, most things recorded in the late 80's sounded like crap anyways...

    How's that Arcwelder album? I've only ever owned PULL, which I love.. just never got around to their other albums

    -jar
    I like Warehouse a lot. It has a few songs, especially on the second album/side/half that aren't on par with the rest for me, but overall I think it's a great album, and probably ranks as #3 on my favorite Husker Du albums list.

    The Arcwelder album is really good. It's the only one I have, so I have no point of reference for their stuff, but I really like it. I bought it a couple years ago after hearing an Arcwelder song on a comp (I think by cc), which I believe was from an earlier album. I should go back and find that comp to compare the song with the stuff on Everest.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Slosh
    NP: Chisel - Set You Free (because Ex-Lion Tamer's comp reminded me I haven't listened to this in ages --- good stuff and better than the Ted Leo solo/Pharmacists albums IMO)
    I agree, it is better than the Tyranny of Distance , the best (IMO) of Ted Leo's/Pharmacists albums. more rockin', better songs. Do you have your copy on vinyl? Mine suffers from a little too much surface noise, especially at the beginning of either side, otherwise very good sounding records.
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    OK, so it's Wednesday

    All the mentions of Pink Floyd's Animals in that "Best of '77" thread (great thread by the way) served to remind me that I hadn't really listend to this album all the way through in, like, 10 years. I never owned it, but friends and roommates did in my carefree years. So I picked it up and have been spinning it a lot lately. I guess it's my fave PF album of the moment (although Meddle has been my favorite for a while previous to this, and WYWH before that). Its quality is unimpeachable; it's weird and intense. And it's the last PF album I can fully buy on to before Waters' takeover was complete and the band completely lost the balance that made it successful (not that there's not some great stuff on The Wall and Final Cut, and better those albums than the ones after Waters' departure).

    Continuing with Pink Floyd, I've also been listening to the Final Cut lately, spurred on by a recent retro write-up in Pitchfork. I'm sorry, but Waters' ironic whisper singing becomes just unlistenable; and the whole thing just isn't musical enough. The album, with its thematic focus and lyrical and vocal intensity, has a lot to recommend it. But it fails for me in the likeability department -- which is key, right? You have to actually like the album, not just be impressed by it.

    Speaking of liking the album, Modest Mouse's Good News for People Who Love Bad News has been playing a lot. And it's effortlessly likeable. The sound of a band in complete control of its sound and at the top of its game. This album puts Modest Mouse in the major leagues. I never thought The Moon & Antarctica quite did that, although I know some here did.

    Also, Electrelane's Power Out. Quite digging this on early listens. Love the decadent feel.

    Secret Machine's Now Here is Nowhere is still being dug by me; I may be seeing them in NYC in a couple weeks.

    Hey, one question for folks on Animals. So, the album is excellent and all. But, you know, it really only has four songs on it. And yes the songs go on for a long time and have a lot of atmosphere, but they don't really have more ideas in them than many other shorter songs of similar quality. It seems to me that with an album like Wish You Were Here or Animals, Pink Floyd is really creating full length albums that substance-wise, are EPs. Good for them, but what do you think about the difference between an excellent album like Animals or WYWH with four real songs, compared to an album with 10 great songs of the same length? Are you getting less. I have no grand conclusion here, but I wonder what you think. I guess for me, I really like it, but it is like listening to half an album for me, even with its respectable 40 minute length.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ex Lion Tamer
    I agree, it is better than the Tyranny of Distance , the best (IMO) of Ted Leo's/Pharmacists albums. more rockin', better songs. Do you have your copy on vinyl? Mine suffers from a little too much surface noise, especially at the beginning of either side, otherwise very good sounding records.
    Man, maybe I should give in and buy this. I never considered buying any Chisel after seeing them live in '94 or '95 and thinking they were mediocre, at best. I also have "Theme for a Pharmacist" on a CMJ sampler, and that didn't cause me to consider buying their stuff either. I do really like a lot of the stuff he's done with the Pharmacists, though.
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    Quote Originally Posted by DariusNYC
    Hey, one question for folks on Animals. So, the album is excellent and all. But, you know, it really only has four songs on it. And yes the songs go on for a long time and have a lot of atmosphere, but they don't really have more ideas in them than many other shorter songs of similar quality. It seems to me that with an album like Wish You Were Here or Animals, Pink Floyd is really creating full length albums that substance-wise, are EPs. Good for them, but what do you think about the difference between an excellent album like Animals or WYWH with four real songs, compared to an album with 10 great songs of the same length? Are you getting less. I have no grand conclusion here, but I wonder what you think. I guess for me, I really like it, but it is like listening to half an album for me, even with its respectable 40 minute length.
    OTOH (on the one hand), I think you're over-analysing. It's still 40(ish) minutes of music, isn't that all one should care about? Sure, it's played a little more patiently, but to say it's not an album is to say that there are some rules that are being broken. First of all, fog the rules -- in music, even a freakin' mathematician over-analist such as Schoenberg knew when to adhere to his own rules, and when not to. Secondly, unorthodoxy rules! Even if there is some "rule" being broken, isn't it great that they're breaking it?

    OTOH, I think this comes from living in the CD age -- we have gotten used to, nee spoiled by, 60+ minute albums, using up a significant factor of the available technology. And I think this is where the feeling of being "short-changed" is really coming from. I mean, let's take this to the logical extreme -- Yes' Tales from Topographic Oceans is only four songs, yet somehow I doubt you feel that it comes across as a "glorified EP". Why? Because the length is more along the lines of today's compact disc albums.
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    Quote Originally Posted by DariusNYC
    Hey, one question for folks on Animals. So, the album is excellent and all. But, you know, it really only has four songs on it. And yes the songs go on for a long time and have a lot of atmosphere, but they don't really have more ideas in them than many other shorter songs of similar quality. It seems to me that with an album like Wish You Were Here or Animals, Pink Floyd is really creating full length albums that substance-wise, are EPs. Good for them, but what do you think about the difference between an excellent album like Animals or WYWH with four real songs, compared to an album with 10 great songs of the same length? Are you getting less. I have no grand conclusion here, but I wonder what you think. I guess for me, I really like it, but it is like listening to half an album for me, even with its respectable 40 minute length.
    Hey Darius, I'm not sure if you're familiar with the Decemberists, but if you get a chance, check out the song "The Tain" from their TAIN EP. Here's a near-20 minute song that's just bursting with new ideas at almost every turn. Definately not just one or two ideas stretched out to 20 minutes. If this were an album side, you'd definately not be left feeling short-changed, like maybe you seem to feel about "Dogs"

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dusty Chalk
    OTOH (on the one hand), I think you're over-analysing. It's still 40(ish) minutes of music, isn't that all one should care about? Sure, it's played a little more patiently, but to say it's not an album is to say that there are some rules that are being broken. First of all, fog the rules -- in music, even a freakin' mathematician over-analist such as Schoenberg knew when to adhere to his own rules, and when not to. Secondly, unorthodoxy rules! Even if there is some "rule" being broken, isn't it great that they're breaking it?

    OTOH, I think this comes from living in the CD age -- we have gotten used to, nee spoiled by, 60+ minute albums, using up a significant factor of the available technology. And I think this is where the feeling of being "short-changed" is really coming from. I mean, let's take this to the logical extreme -- Yes' Tales from Topographic Oceans is only four songs, yet somehow I doubt you feel that it comes across as a "glorified EP". Why? Because the length is more along the lines of today's compact disc albums.
    Not every album with a few long songs has the same effect for me as these Pink Floyd albums. Yes stuffs more "movements" and ideas into their long songs than Floyd does. So there's more there, in a sense. But, that being said, I generally like the 70s Pink Floyd albums a lot better; what's there is usually higher quality. But compare Wish You Were Here with an album of similar quality with 10 songs and I think the latter will just have more to it -- for example, I can listen to it more times without wanting to move on to something else, because there are more different things to latch on to. This is not strictly a criticism, though; nor is it saying that the PF albums shouldn't be this way. These Floyd albums are excellent on their own terms. And they're the right length too. But idea-wise, they are a bit like extra long EPs.

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    It's a pity this Animals/WYWH/EP discussion is buried in this threaed. I bet there are a lot of opinions on this subject. It's a really interesting question to ponder.

    Darius, can you name an "album of similar quality with 10 songs" that we can compare to these Floyd releases?

    I like WYWH more than Animals because it feels more artful to me. It feels like a whole album and Animals feels like a collection of 4 disparate songs. The structure of 3 of those songs is very similar, so it's a bit repetitive in that regard. What saves Animals for me is that it rawks more than WYWH. WYWH feels like a sprawling 3 act epic film. I think there are more musical ideas and themes in WYWH. Plenty, considering it's length.

    It COULD be argued that there are not enough ideas and musical themes contained on these albums for their length, but it's that atmosphere that you mentioned that always carried the day for the band. And pacing. That's why these are both great albums. They strike a balance between only a few ideas pushed to their conclusion by using the right amount of atmosphere and production.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ForeverAutumn
    Would you like me to send you a copy of my Imaginary Bowie Collection comp for him? Two disks of pre-Let's Dance Bowie. The most recent stuff on it is from Scary Monsters. Well, with one exception...I couldn't resist including Putting Out Fire. I think you may have this, but I'm happy to send another copy if you would like.

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    Yes, I already have that fine comp, as well as a couple other good Bowie retrospectives. I appreciate the offer, but it's not needed. Thanks anyway.

    Speaking of Bowie...I was playing Alladin Sane in the car today. Damn. What a great disc. And "Watch That Man" might just be my #1 favoriate Bowie song of all time. Am I the only one?
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    Quote Originally Posted by DariusNYC
    Hey, one question for folks on Animals. So, the album is excellent and all. But, you know, it really only has four songs on it. And yes the songs go on for a long time and have a lot of atmosphere, but they don't really have more ideas in them than many other shorter songs of similar quality. It seems to me that with an album like Wish You Were Here or Animals, Pink Floyd is really creating full length albums that substance-wise, are EPs. Good for them, but what do you think about the difference between an excellent album like Animals or WYWH with four real songs, compared to an album with 10 great songs of the same length? Are you getting less. I have no grand conclusion here, but I wonder what you think. I guess for me, I really like it, but it is like listening to half an album for me, even with its respectable 40 minute length.
    Good question. I would ask what's the difference between WYWH/Animals and DSOTM which is packed with ideas. Then again, you could fit the ideas from Animals on an EP but it would have to lose something, wouldn't it? Maybe the sparseness is intentional. Those hounds howling in the distance on Dogs is haunting. I don't think it would be as effective if they were stuck somewhere in a tight break surrounded by verse/chorus/verse/chorus. Gilmour's chord slashes at the climax of Sheep are transcendent. Would it be as effective without the long climb to get there? I don't know. And what about the quality of ideas rather than quantitiy? I prefer Animals far more than WYWH because I think the musical ideas are better, even though neither is packed like, say, The Wall.

    Then there's the whole issue of listening to PF in an (ahem) altered state. Obviously, more research is in order...

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    Quote Originally Posted by DariusNYC
    Also, Electrelane's Power Out. Quite digging this on early listens. Love the decadent feel.
    Just curious, I know that you often resist buying albums that don't have the potential to reach a certain level of popularity, and I kind of understand your reasoning in that a person only has so much time for listening and talking about music, and you'd like to be able to share some of that time with friends, so what makes you occasionally pick a relatively obscure one like Electrelane to buy? Nice album, btw
    Last edited by Davey; 06-09-2004 at 05:11 PM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Davey
    Just curious, I know that you often resist buying albums that don't have the potential to reach a certain level of popularity, and I kind of understand your reasoning in that a person only has so much time for listening and talking about music, and you'd like to be able to share some of that time with friends, so what makes you occasionally pick a relatively obscure one like Electrelane to buy?
    Easier to answer this question than some of the interesting thoughts and questions that Troy and BradH have raised, so I'll start with this. You would understand why I bought Electrelane if you met my hottie, indie-music-loving, excellent-taste-possessing, 25-year-old hairdresser Allison. I've always had good luck with her suggestions, and she doesn't overload me with them. And I've turned her on to some good tunes as well, most recently Kanye West. Also have a couple of the cooler paralegals at my law firm that filter me some good recs; if it's something I've also heard favorable mention of here, it's a double incentive to pick it up. Gots to stay in tune with the young folks.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ex Lion Tamer
    I agree, it is better than the Tyranny of Distance , the best (IMO) of Ted Leo's/Pharmacists albums. more rockin', better songs. Do you have your copy on vinyl? Mine suffers from a little too much surface noise, especially at the beginning of either side, otherwise very good sounding records.
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    which prompted my to buy 8 AM All Day on CD. If you haven't heard it, it's not on the same level as Set You Free but still pretty good. It does, however, have the best Ted Leo composition I have heard so far: "Red Haired Mary". In fact, I think I'll spin it right this very minute
    Originally Posted by Troy: She has that same kind of cleft-pallet, slightly retarded way of singing that so many other people find endearing.


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    Quote Originally Posted by -Jar-
    Hey Darius, I'm not sure if you're familiar with the Decemberists, but if you get a chance, check out the song "The Tain" from their TAIN EP. Here's a near-20 minute song that's just bursting with new ideas at almost every turn. Definately not just one or two ideas stretched out to 20 minutes. If this were an album side, you'd definately not be left feeling short-changed, like maybe you seem to feel about "Dogs"

    -jar
    Actually, "The Tain" is the entire EP but at seven or so dollars I feel I got my money's worth. The band says it's composed of five distinct parts. I say four as the last part is really just a variation of the first. Maybe they're just talking about the lyrics? I really like the second part the most. It sounds very "Imigrant Song"-ish to me, but not in a rip-off kind of way -- it still has enough of their own sound to walk that fine line.

    "Dogs" is my favorite Floyd tune and has been for about as long as I can remember. Hell, it very well may be my favorite prog song ever. I think what made Waters-era Pink Floyd so unique was here was a prog band, but with a blues-based guitarist and somehow they made it work. When Waters left they lost that balance and kinda turned into a Gilmore backing band with a much more bluesy feel overall. I'm not the only one around here that thinks this either. I remember someone else mentioned the same thing a few years back.
    Originally Posted by Troy: She has that same kind of cleft-pallet, slightly retarded way of singing that so many other people find endearing.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Slosh
    "Dogs" is my favorite Floyd tune and has been for about as long as I can remember. Hell, it very well may be my favorite prog song ever. I think what made Waters-era Pink Floyd so unique was here was a prog band, but with a blues-based guitarist and somehow they made it work. When Waters left they lost that balance and kinda turned into a Gilmore backing band with a much more bluesy feel overall. I'm not the only one around here that thinks this either. I remember someone else mentioned the same thing a few years back.
    I like "Dogs" a lot too. Back in high school, I had a ritual.. during football season, I'd get back from the games all tired (I was in the marching band.. hehe ok, not THAT tired.. but still...) and I would listen to ANIMALS with my headphones as I was falling asleep. So it being fall, the following Saturday morning would consist of my brother and I going out with my dad to cut wood for the winter. So, whenever I listen to ANIMALS, my visualisations involve the woods that we got our trees from, or the corn field were we picked corn.. basically fall things. Do any of you have "places" that you go to in your mind when you listen to different albums.. I could list a bunch.. but I'd probably come off sounding like a loon. Anyway, yea.. "Dogs" is probably one of my at least top 5 Pink Floyd songs...

    About Waters' leaving.. I like what my friend said.. DELICATE SOUND OF THUNDER on it's own is a pretty good album, but it's not much of a Pink Floyd album..

    -jar
    If being afraid is a crime we'll hang side-by-side,
    at the swingin' party down the line..


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    Yes, I already have that fine comp, as well as a couple other good Bowie retrospectives. I appreciate the offer, but it's not needed. Thanks anyway.

    Speaking of Bowie...I was playing Alladin Sane in the car today. Damn. What a great disc. And "Watch That Man" might just be my #1 favoriate Bowie song of all time. Am I the only one?
    You're welcome.

    Watch That Man is certainly a great song, but I wouldn't say it's my all-time favourite. I'm not sure what song that distinction would go to. There are so many great songs. I guess I'd have to say...All The Madmen....no...wait....Quicksand! No. I'm gonna say Cracked Actor. No...that's not it either....Sorrow? Oh, You Pretty Thing? After All? Oh, who am I kidding. I can't do it. No sir. I can't pick just one.

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