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Buckethead - Pike 235 - Oneiric Pool [Rock Instrumental]

A twenty-nine-minute, single-song in seven-tracks. It builds from a softer rock into a harder rock as it goes along.

I thought it to be a very enjoyable song despite it being lighter than I usually prefer. Very nice melody and arrangement. What it lacked in heavy it made up for with quality. There's a lot of emotion behind this piece and it comes through.

[-] jay2@beehaw.org 2 points 1 day ago

It depends on what the definition of 'A' is. Or some fries.

[-] jay2@beehaw.org 1 points 1 day ago

That's what I thought too.

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Buckethead - The Cellar Yawns [Rock/Metal Instrumental]

This is the title track (track four) from Pike 154 - The Cellar Yawns. A ten-minute ultra-aggressive, metal-laden masterpiece.

The rest of the pike was more of a soft to hard rock blend that I did not enjoy as much as this song. It has that 'The Boiling Pond (Pike 016)' angry sternness about it.

[-] jay2@beehaw.org 1 points 1 day ago

I thought it an allusion to a bible verse, specifically a verse that foretells of the earth being left in the care of the meek after the aggressive are destroyed. Those who patiently follow gods plan will remain to inherit the world.

It is a happy thought. It's a mantra that (I'm betting) appears in just about all religious writings over many centuries, and then once again in 'Revenge Of The Nerds 2'. A pretty common place to end up in your thoughts after a tough go at life. I'd bet most of us here have at one time or another extended ourselves to do the right thing, at great loss, and was still left holding someone else's bag of garbage as your reward. It's likely a bit of a defense mechanism so that you don't go and jamb an ice pick into their nostril.

The actual audio kind of sounded a bit like 'The Funkyverse' to me, but it's not a genre I log a lot of miles in, and they likely sample their stuff too. All the samplers seem to sample off of each other, I dunno how to keep it straight.

[-] jay2@beehaw.org 3 points 2 days ago

I spoke with a (very inebriated) friend who got the same storm a bit earlier than us, and he heard it too. He said numerous neighbors were outside thinking it to be a plane circling the area. Although his description of the science was pretty terrible, he'll chase storms for lightning photos occasionally and it was something known to him. I was able to use his poor description to find a well worded scientific description by an actual meteorologist here. I spoke with another friend who got a sibling of my storm a few hours later. He heard it as well, but it's apparently not all that rare in his area.

I'm 50 years old, and it's the first time I have ever noticed it. It was really odd. Our standard thunder claps once then devolves into silence after 10s max before more is created again a minute later. If you've ever heard a US C-130 cargo plane (or large equivalent) running maneuvers real low to the ground, it sounded like that close engine noise, but almost frozen in it's location as though it were capable of hovering. Just a constant low frequency rumble for over a half of an hour. It was loud like active thunder without any break at all.

Knowing it's a real science thing makes it much less unnerving. Yeah. Much, much, MUCH less unnerving.

[-] jay2@beehaw.org 20 points 2 days ago

I wonder what would happen to a person if they were to install software onto LG's computers without their consent.

[-] jay2@beehaw.org 15 points 2 days ago

Update: Apparently, it's called 'Continuous Thunder' or 'Rolling Thunder', nor am I the only one to notice it with these cells. First time experiencing it. Was very odd.

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So, today is July 18, 2026. A storm just rolled through Pittsburgh. I got to actually watch it roll in tonight. It was pretty weak sauce as far as storms go. A couple wind gusts, some rain and that was about it.

But, there was an oddity about it. I noticed it maybe ten-minutes before the front hit. A low rumbling roar. Constant. Almost like the sound an airplane. In fact, when I was trying to figure out what I was hearing, I can practically see the airport, so I initially determined it had to be a jet from its persistence, but then there was no doppler effect.

Sometimes, I would see lightning, but it was all cloud to sky. Eventually, I heard a clap that was real close, close enough that I could discern its pitch from the din. Indeed, I was hearing an unending chorus of dozens of small thunderclaps, starting and stopping at their own accord, but layered together. The front passed through fifteen-minutes ago, and the roar is still going on right now.

I like watching storms come in, and I have watched a few a year for many decades, but I've not ever heard that. Kind of weird. Anyone know if there is a name for that?

[-] jay2@beehaw.org 2 points 3 days ago

I would have written you a much better biography probably. It's a real shame you decided to use AI instead.

/disappointed

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Buckethead - Pike 232 - Lightboard [Rock/Metal Instrumental]

A thirty-minute, three-track pike with an aggressive hard rock/metal sound. Track 01 features five-minutes of growling and a quarter hour guitar solo. Track 02 is same-ish but slightly heavier from the bassier, and track 03 has some experimental rounding off the metal edge.

A very well made pike. The Lightboard (Track 01) solo is truly awesome. The speed at which he plays is exhausting for me to listen to. Most impressive. Track 02 was great as well. It's only problem was that it had to follow track 01. I didn't care for the experimental on track 03. It was too much.

[-] jay2@beehaw.org 4 points 4 days ago

I presumed it to be a feature. Yeah. A feature.

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Fear Factory - Martyr (American Industrial Metal)

'Martyr' is the first track from their first album 'Soul Of A New Machine'. Link goes to album playlist.

This is a song that thirty years ago just hauled off and shoved a young and impressionable jay2 down the path to metal. I hope you enjoy it as much as I still do.

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Buckethead - Pike 026 - Worms For The Garden [Rock/Metal Instrumental]

A thirty-minute pike with five tracks of heavy hard rock. One of his heavier offerings among all of the pikes.

Track 01 (title track) is a long aggressive guitar solo while the remainder is a slower, bassier and grungier kind of awesome. Really good pike from tip to tip.

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Buckethead - Pike 040 - Coat Of Charms [Rock Instrumental]

A thirty-minute pike that starts off mellow before slipping into gear.

Track 01 was ok and quick. Track 02 was too mellow for my taste. But then! Oh then.

The remainder of the pike is the softer song 'Jettison' in six parts, and it is really the star of the show here. It switches between a soft and hard rock sound many times but remains very emotional throughout.

One of his better works quality wise. This song meant something to him.

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Buckethead - Pike 153 - Whisper Track [Rock/Metal Instrumental]

Thirty-two minutes and four tracks of heavy rock with minor elements of experimental and metal peppered in. It starts chaotic but gains structure as it goes along.

A really enjoyably heavy pike. Great music while I packed for the woods. It has a nice energetic beat with some great guitar. I found myself headbanging more than not. Track 3 gets more experimentally 'buzzy' than I prefer, but the others have a more mainstream crisp hard rock sound.

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Buckethead - Pike 146 - Carrotcature [Rock/Funk Instrumental]

A twenty-nine-minute, eight-track pike that feels like a hundred sixteen-second track snippets. Heavy rock and heavy funk throughout, but with a micro-morphing effect that kicks in every sixteen seconds. It's musical loss is made up for with a raw carnage, but is a bit frustrating when a great sound goes away.

A really enjoyable blast of unique and heavy sonics. Lot's of fantastic sixteen-second moments here in a wide range and mixture ratio of sounds for varied results, all mostly hits but some not so much. It's also noteworthy that this is some of the heaviest funk I've heard from Mr. Bucket. I would love to see some of these moments extended into full blown songs.

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Buckethead - Pike 144 - Scream Sundae [Rock Instrumental]

A thirty-minute, three-track pike of aggressive hard rock with elements of experimental.

Pretty good ride even if it's not as heavy as I prefer. This pike is reminiscent of my number one favorite, The Shores Of Molokai (Pike 007).

The playstyle is fast, fun and feisty. It has alternative percussions throughout. Track 3 got a bit too liberal with the experimental for my taste eventually.

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Barry Michels And Buckethead - Turning and Turning [Mellow/Ambient Guitar]

A very provocative 'barely a song' that hits more like a gut punch. Very impactful and haunting lyrics I don't like to consider.

Barry Michels is Bucketheads therapist. He's providing the spoken word lyrics in front of the ambient slow melodic guitar. It left me feeling unsettled.

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Buckethead - Pike 641 - Rooster Eats Its Beak To Tame Itself [Rock/Metal Instrumental]

A twenty-nine minute, three-track pike arranged for a very technical play style. It's largely metal with an unstructured and chaotic solo-style lead guitar.

It has nice quality sonics. Track 1 takes the win with its ultra-aggressive style while track 2 is a bit milder. Track 3 is more middle-grounded but has a bit of experimental effects on it.

[-] jay2@beehaw.org 21 points 2 years ago

You know, I left Reddit because I didn't like what was going on. Banning US presidential election posts to a political forum makes me not like what's going on. What's next on the ban list?

[-] jay2@beehaw.org 22 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Having used autocad for nearly 40 years, I will say they stick it to their customers pretty fiercely. I still use 2010 with 3rd party software to get it to run on win10 at home. I do a lot of solid models and assemblies as well as technical 2D drawings and renderings.

FreeCAD is impressive, but it lacks an easy to use interface. NanoCAD and LibreCAD are not open source but are free and are both better 2D alternatives.

Edit: LibreCAD is open source.

[-] jay2@beehaw.org 19 points 2 years ago

I think that 'Star Trek - The Next Generation' covered this very dilemma with (S2E18) Up The Long Ladder. In one hand you have stagnancy and in the other pure chaos. I don't envy you for having to tackle issues like this because there is no perfect solution, but I would encourage you to find a balance. Balance is a prerequisite to longevity.

You would not have enjoyed holiday dinners at my house. While my parents were good people, you can't pick your relatives. We had the infamous Uncle Tom and Aunt Janet, who would swallow anything and everything you had in the bathroom medicine cabinet, even if it landed them in the emergency room later. And Grandma, a devout catholic that spent every Sunday at church learning how to love thy neighbor, who would go on long cuss ridden tirades insulting and slurring on minorities. And then there was Uncle Pete, who was thrown out of Bob Evans on Easter Sunday for announcing to the entire dining room that 'He could puke better than this sausage gravy'. I do actually miss Uncle Pete. He did have a hell of a way of getting his point across, and that sausage gravy was totally bunk.

While thinking about it all still raises my blood pressure even 40 years later, those moments brought their behaviors from my subconscious to my conscious where I could take notice of it. It did empower me to actively NOT be like that. I saw first-hand several of my future potential selves and chose to take a higher road. I find a bit of comfort in that. I wonder if I wasn't exposed to those behaviors from a third person perspective, would I have been able to avoid them.

Oh, and sorry about dropping that bomb the other day. I was in a rare mood. I removed it as you rightfully requested of me. In my defense, I used the word appropriately, but I totally understand.

You seem like a decent enough fellow. Best of luck.

[-] jay2@beehaw.org 22 points 2 years ago

The conservatives need the babies alive so they can be sent overseas to be killed. It's the new american way.

Disgusting pigs. All of em.

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