Recent content by Knusper

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    Travelling the Nordic countries.

    I'm English but I spend a lot of time holidaying in Sweden because my girlfriend lives there. As midsummer is approaching being up far north is great to catch the midnight sun (if you can withstand all the mosquitoes!). However my best experience in Sweden has to be the Stockholm archipelago -...
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    Lyrics and Music

    For me, the singer in the band is just another instrument that adds sounds to the whole mixing pot - the melodies or sounds they sing are more important to me. I tend to focus on the rhythm more than anything. I guess the exception would be the bands I like for their sing-a-long potential...
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    Abominations of the food industry

    I'm spending my first Christmas broad in Sweden, staying with my girlfriend, and that caviar-in-a-tube thing is so weird to me. Admittedly it isn't bad but caviar in my mind is that expensive thing served in miniscule portions in fancy restaurants. I have a preconception that any food squirted...
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    Black Sabbath - 13

    'Damaged Soul' is the only real highlight from all the members for me, to be honest. I quite like Geezer's bass work throughout the album, it's got a nice earthquake quality; but from everyone else it's distinctly average. That said, I quite liked Brad Wilk's drumming in some parts. I guess...
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    Favourite cover of a song?

    I know some people get very protective over the Beatles' songs, but I'm loving this one at the moment.
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    Most listened to song on your mp3 player!

    I known of Steven Wilson and Porcupine Tree for barely a year, but this has shot up to be my most played, it's just addictive.
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    Cool Song, Shit Video

    I actually regret seeing this video, it just ruins the song for me.
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    Emotionally moving Music Videos

    I was just about to post Storm Corrosion's Drag Ropes, but I think you've beaten me. Keep up your great taste of music.
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    what music does the escapist listen to?

    Really into Prog at the moment, particularly this song as well as Dream Theater and Porcupine Tree. I've always been into Metal though - Iron Maiden, Black Sabbath, Slipknot, Sabaton... the usual
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    Romance in Games that you thought was Well Executed

    In The Walking Dead there's definitely some chemistry suggested between Lee and Carley (if you saved her of course, but really, who didn't?) There's like one kiss on the cheek, but in a setting of so much despair and death, it means a hell of a lot more than any of the 'romances' in the Mass...
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    Miracle of Sound: His Father's Son (Assassin's Creed III)

    I love your newer more experimental approach to your songs' sound and structure. I like how this went from a more folk-y style chanting and then more like a sea shanty. I smiled at the Blood of the Creed snippet, too.
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    Tech Support, Please! Screen Is Blank After Installing New CPU

    Sorry for the double post, but after some intense heat and the use of a strong man, we managed to get his CPU unstuck, so we can now find out his current BIOS version, which we will be doing tomorrow, so we should be good from now. Thanks for your help, guys.
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    Tech Support, Please! Screen Is Blank After Installing New CPU

    Sorry, i evidently wasn't making myself totally clear. The CPU was completely stuck onto the heat sink, as my brother has never replaced the thermal paste, or even taken the heat sink off, in the 5 or so years he has had the computer. When my brother attempted to pull off the heat sink, the cpu...
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    Tech Support, Please! Screen Is Blank After Installing New CPU

    Yeah I know it doesn't take any effort, I was just trying to say that because the lever had to be down (or else it would be in the way of the heat sink), we couldn't fit the CPU in the socket, because the clamp kept it shut. The bit about the CMOS battery, I was hoping there might be a...
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    Tech Support, Please! Screen Is Blank After Installing New CPU

    Thanks for the advice, guys. Just one fly in the ointment I am afraid. When we were taking off his heat sink, it was firmly attached to his CPU (which is no surprise as he had not reapplied the thermal paste in the 5 years he has had it) - completely rock solid. He managed to pull it free...