The last 20 or so years of music uses nothing really new other than autotune.
Oh, come on. There is some very interesting music being made right now if you're willing to dig beneath the top-20 charts.
There's a lot of crap being made.
There's always a lot of crap being made. That's why we have something called "discernment". Fortunately, we are better equipped today to seek out the music that speaks to us than ever before.
Music hasn't become worse; record labels have become more efficiënt.
This is the truth.
Also, the record labels have become more consolidated and integrated with movies, television, advertising and the Internet, making it all more ubiquitous.
Rappers, Dubsteppers and Electronic "artists"* are cheap and require zero talent making them easily replaceable
Pop music has always been designed to be easily replaceable. It has to be for the industry to survive.
In the late-50s/early 60s, the most popular music was something that is now known as "teener". A record label would take a completely forgettable kid like Bobby Vee or Bobby Rydell and give him some insipid tune and put a pouty picture on the record cover and then stand back and watch the sales ring up.
Sometimes, they wouldn't even bother getting a singer to sing the song, but would just find some TV actor who was popular with the kids and put him in front of a microphone. Here's a case in point: Dwayne Hickman, who played Dobie Gillis on TV made a teener record. Thank goodness it didn't do well. Admittedly, this is a somewhat extreme example of the genre.
Pink Floyd might have been one of the last chart-topping bands to actively use dynamics.
I seem to recall Nirvana doing pretty well, and they were based on the wild dynamics of the Pixies.
It would surprise me if the next generation won't have music with both 3- and 4-note chord harmonies and counterpoints throughout it.
The same arguments were made about early Elvis Presley and rock and roll. Then the Beatles came along.
There's so much music being made (and released) today, that pointing to one single trend and saying, "This is where music is going" is a fool's errand. There are too many counter-examples.
"RIP in Peace" is redundant. Yes, standards have slipped a bit at Slashdot, mostly because of the 4chan ops which are designed to destroy the place. They haven't been successful, but the hassle has dissuaded a lot of the good people from posting as much.
But none of that means we should let our grammatical usage slip due to laziness, so you're on notice mister. Strike one.
Takes about 15 sec of googling to prove you wrong.
You should have taken 20 seconds. Proposition 20 in 2010 put an end to gerrymandering in California. Almost every state started out with legislators drawing their own districts. California was among the first group of states to take that power away from the legislature. Ohio is one of the most recent.
"The median progression-free survival for patients taking Lynparza was 7 months compared to 4.2 months for patients taking chemotherapy only.
OK, so we're looking at $40k for an extra 3 months of life? I'm not sure what to think. But it does point out the importance of discussing end-of-life decisions. Remember when Republicans were screaming about their made-up "death panels"? There weren't any death panels, of course, but there was language suggesting doctors should talk to their patients about discussing these things with their family and making the decisions before they're actually needed. Because trust me, when the time comes to make those decisions, it's the worst time to have to make those decisions.
If you have a family, you should think about advanced directives. Don't make your family have to deal with that at the same time they're worried about losing you.
I guess all I can say is that Utah should tell CA to go fuck itself and make its own God Damned power.
Again, knucklehead, it's not Utah selling CA the power. It's a company in Utah. I'd like to see the state of Utah try to pass a law telling its companies that they cannot sell their products to California consumers. That would go over well.
California doesn't have gerrymandering. Unlike Texas, North Carolina, etc, the congressional and state legislative districts are drawn by an independent commission, and there's a simple method to challenge them in the courts.
You make think California is an "echo chamber", but if you spend any time here, you will hear diverse political opinions. There just happens to be more Democrats. My personal theory is that it's because it's such a beautiful place to live that there is generally less anger and hatred, so fewer reasons to become right-wing jackoffs. I mean, there are some as you move East, like in Bakersfield or Fresno, but mostly people just roll their eyes at them as they froth at the mouth and soil themselves in fury. Also, weed is legal here, so people are less likely to reactionary shitheads.
Six months ago, I moved from libertarian paradise Texas to the People's Republic of California.
California is much, much better run. To paraphrase the greatest leader in American history, Texas is a shithole. The people there are great, but the political leadership is garbage, mainly because of gerrymandering.
The BlackWallet team and other XLM owners have tried to warn users via alerts on Reddit, Twitter, GitHub, the Stellar Community and GalacticTalk forums
Reddit, Twitter, GitHub and the GalacticTalk forums? OMG, how did I miss this important information?
My cure for the "blue wall" problem would be to take police malpractice judgements directly out of the police retirement fund, rather than the city's general fund.
That's not bad. I like that idea. Even better, I'd like to know why a police officer can retire with a full government pension and collect in their early 40's and then go on to have an entire second career while they're getting paid by the taxpayers for nothing.
I'm cool with them getting a good pension, but they should have to wait until they are retirement age.
Yes there are bad apples out there, but the overwhelming majority of officers are not.
Unfortunately, the "overwhelming majority" is overwhelmingly likely to cover up for the bad apples.
There are nearly a million police officers in the US. How many of these sort of mistakes do you hear about every day?
In answer to your question, We hear about police shooting unarmed civilians at a rate of more than one per week. In 2015, US police shot 94 unarmed civilians. In 2016, the number was 51 and in 2017, it was 68.
If you could add in the number of "armed" civilians that were shot where the "bad apple" cop placed his "drop weapon" next to the victim, and where his "good apple" partner backed his story, that number would go way up.
They also don't have anywhere from 12 to 44 million illegal aliens in their country.
No, they call them "refugees" and they are welcomed and helped to adjust to their new home.
If you look at the list of happiest countries in the world, you know what you don't see? The United States of America. It's not in the top 10, not in the top 20.
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Oh, please. Here is a photo of one of the top pop stars in the world right now:
https://static.independent.co....
Oh, come on. There is some very interesting music being made right now if you're willing to dig beneath the top-20 charts.
There's always a lot of crap being made. That's why we have something called "discernment". Fortunately, we are better equipped today to seek out the music that speaks to us than ever before.
That's how Trump ended up president.
This is the truth.
Also, the record labels have become more consolidated and integrated with movies, television, advertising and the Internet, making it all more ubiquitous.
Pop music has always been designed to be easily replaceable. It has to be for the industry to survive.
In the late-50s/early 60s, the most popular music was something that is now known as "teener". A record label would take a completely forgettable kid like Bobby Vee or Bobby Rydell and give him some insipid tune and put a pouty picture on the record cover and then stand back and watch the sales ring up.
Sometimes, they wouldn't even bother getting a singer to sing the song, but would just find some TV actor who was popular with the kids and put him in front of a microphone. Here's a case in point: Dwayne Hickman, who played Dobie Gillis on TV made a teener record. Thank goodness it didn't do well. Admittedly, this is a somewhat extreme example of the genre.
https://youtu.be/zZ5RRJMl6Io
I seem to recall Nirvana doing pretty well, and they were based on the wild dynamics of the Pixies.
The same arguments were made about early Elvis Presley and rock and roll. Then the Beatles came along.
There's so much music being made (and released) today, that pointing to one single trend and saying, "This is where music is going" is a fool's errand. There are too many counter-examples.
"RIP in Peace" is redundant. Yes, standards have slipped a bit at Slashdot, mostly because of the 4chan ops which are designed to destroy the place. They haven't been successful, but the hassle has dissuaded a lot of the good people from posting as much.
But none of that means we should let our grammatical usage slip due to laziness, so you're on notice mister. Strike one.
You should have taken 20 seconds. Proposition 20 in 2010 put an end to gerrymandering in California. Almost every state started out with legislators drawing their own districts. California was among the first group of states to take that power away from the legislature. Ohio is one of the most recent.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
So, as I said, "California doesn't have gerrymandering." You will not find a gerrymandered district in California today.
Firemen work for a living. Cops are very precisely bureaucrats-with-guns.
OK, so we're looking at $40k for an extra 3 months of life? I'm not sure what to think. But it does point out the importance of discussing end-of-life decisions. Remember when Republicans were screaming about their made-up "death panels"? There weren't any death panels, of course, but there was language suggesting doctors should talk to their patients about discussing these things with their family and making the decisions before they're actually needed. Because trust me, when the time comes to make those decisions, it's the worst time to have to make those decisions.
If you have a family, you should think about advanced directives. Don't make your family have to deal with that at the same time they're worried about losing you.
Again, knucklehead, it's not Utah selling CA the power. It's a company in Utah. I'd like to see the state of Utah try to pass a law telling its companies that they cannot sell their products to California consumers. That would go over well.
The states don't, but the power companies do.
To be fair, the red states have oxycontin and meth, which not only keep them on the couch, but kills them.
California doesn't have gerrymandering. Unlike Texas, North Carolina, etc, the congressional and state legislative districts are drawn by an independent commission, and there's a simple method to challenge them in the courts.
You make think California is an "echo chamber", but if you spend any time here, you will hear diverse political opinions. There just happens to be more Democrats. My personal theory is that it's because it's such a beautiful place to live that there is generally less anger and hatred, so fewer reasons to become right-wing jackoffs. I mean, there are some as you move East, like in Bakersfield or Fresno, but mostly people just roll their eyes at them as they froth at the mouth and soil themselves in fury. Also, weed is legal here, so people are less likely to reactionary shitheads.
Six months ago, I moved from libertarian paradise Texas to the People's Republic of California.
California is much, much better run. To paraphrase the greatest leader in American history, Texas is a shithole. The people there are great, but the political leadership is garbage, mainly because of gerrymandering.
Reddit, Twitter, GitHub and the GalacticTalk forums? OMG, how did I miss this important information?
Anders Breivik is Norwegian, you dumb shit. Not Finnish.
That's not bad. I like that idea. Even better, I'd like to know why a police officer can retire with a full government pension and collect in their early 40's and then go on to have an entire second career while they're getting paid by the taxpayers for nothing.
I'm cool with them getting a good pension, but they should have to wait until they are retirement age.
Muslims are not paid (by taxpayers) to protect us (the taxpayers).
Unfortunately, the "overwhelming majority" is overwhelmingly likely to cover up for the bad apples.
In answer to your question, We hear about police shooting unarmed civilians at a rate of more than one per week. In 2015, US police shot 94 unarmed civilians. In 2016, the number was 51 and in 2017, it was 68.
If you could add in the number of "armed" civilians that were shot where the "bad apple" cop placed his "drop weapon" next to the victim, and where his "good apple" partner backed his story, that number would go way up.
So that's his father?
No, they call them "refugees" and they are welcomed and helped to adjust to their new home.
If you look at the list of happiest countries in the world, you know what you don't see? The United States of America. It's not in the top 10, not in the top 20.
No shit. Look who's in charge.
https://www.usnews.com/news/be...
I don't know, that Cheeseburger in Paradise song kind of sucks.
I mean, if he's so smart, why ain't he rich?