Lamp, broken circa 1988

I only played one of those games (Shovel Knight) and thought it was depressing. Comfortably out of touch in 2014. Although Bayonetta 2 has done the most to make me want a Wii U that anything else has so far.

on that fusion jazz tip, i'm gonna pimp my by-far Album of the Year. first, to explain, I've discussed/yelled in the past that the noisy emotional part of Yeezus is derivative of a few artists, such as B L A C K I E All Caps With Spaces who's been on the noise rap sound since 2005. The only difference is with some of those artists they think it's derivative. An engineer working with Kanye on Yeezus straight up told B L A C K I E that he was an influence. The punchline here is that by the time Kanye was making Yeezus, B L A C K I E has already transformed again into an artist no one is doing anything like. His last album, Gen, was an entirely acoustic version of his sound, where he played every instrument on the beats himself. This year, he threatened repeatedly that he was going to make one of a couple different albums. It wasn't clear which was closest to being done until suddenly he announced "IMAGINE YOUR SELF IN A FREE AND NATURAL WORLD," what he called a jazz record. Then it came out, and... there's not a lot of other good names for what he's done other than jazz. It's him, his rage, a bass guitar, a saxophone, and a drum kit. Later there's an electric guitar, but only for the slow jam "Cry, Pig." And then over the summer, Earth got lousy with injustice, and this album ended up feeling like a soundtrack to witnessing all of it. Anyways, here's "IMAGINE YOURSELF IN A FREE AND NATURAL WORLD" by B L A C K I E All Caps With Spaces

Hey my semester's over. Unlike this year, this thread is for clarifications AND pimping. Having two threads won't be necessary until it's results time. RULES * Ballot size between 10 and 15. Scoring will basically be the inversion of a hypothetical top 15, with a slight bonus given to your #1 rated release. The upper limit was lowered from 25 to 15 is to cutback on the Tie Festival from last year. * Eligible Releases include Albums, Mixtapes, EPs and soundtracks of largely original compositions. -Compilations are OK if the material was unavailable up until this point (rarities, b-sides, demos, covers). -Live albums are OK if the material is either currently unavailable as a studio recording or significantly different than the existing recordings. Realistically I'm not going to have time to check that, so scout's honor on this one, eh? * The initial release date of any piece MUST be within 2014. Format doesn't matter: if it was available digitally in 2013, it's a 2013 album. Exceptions granted to releases sold on tour that only became commercially available later, and 2014-intended albums that leaked in late 2013. * I will accept ballots FIVE ways this year. -Post it in this thread. If you do this, let me know when you are posting your finalized list. -Send me a private message. Let's face it, I haven't made lots of friends on here despite coming here every day, so 99% chance that there won't be any inbox capacity issues. -If you have a RateYourMusic account, send me a friend request (account name BL88) and I will use the list labeled as 2014. When your list is finalized, PM me on this message board and I will add it. Maybe put the link to your list in that PM if you want to be nice! -The same goes for anyone with a Discogs account. Same account name, same procedure as above. I only just made an account on discogs for this, so please do not try to talk to me through that. I imagine I'm not going to remember it exists most of the time. -Send email to DVDVRBestMusic2013 at gmail dot com. I am too lazy to make a new account, and didn't have the foresight to make a general one last time. Anyways, put “BALLOT” and your account name in the subject. I'm going to check it every Friday, and I'll reply with some gibberish to let you know when I receive it. Treasure this gibberish. It is for your eyes only. * Please try not to do a bunch of last minute changes. If you have to take it to the deadline, do it, but if you get it right the first time it'll make this all go faster. Also if you're using one of the list making sites above, PLEASE tell me when you change something. Once I have it entered into the spreadsheet I'm probably not going to look at that site again, and if I do I might not notice any changes. SUPER NEAT SUGGESTIONS * Seriously, RateYourMusic. Once you get a hang on how Early Internet that site is it's really easy to check information on albums and maintain lists. * If it's an album you think has gotten passed over or is relatively obscure, include sample tracks. Music requires hearing, so you need to suppliment your praise for a thing with a chance to hear it. At the same time, if a lot of your (my) releases are obscure like this, don't embed like twenty youtube videos into a post or something obnoxious like that. Just like make it a really obvious hyperlink or something. Or if the whole album's just availible somewhere like bandcamp or a huge youtube video, use that. *** I wouldn't recommend using Spotify for this. I listen to a ton of music and I don't have a spotify account, so don't assume it's a common thing. * To avoid burnout, don't make your queue rigid. Listen to whatever genre feels right that day, and do not force yourself to listen to stuff outside that genre if you don't want to. DEADLINE March 30th, 2015. I can move up the date if pressed to. REMINDER: Full-time college student. No idea how my work load or life load is going to shake out by March 31st, so if I can't get it done it'll be delayed until May 19th. I'll let you know in advance if this comes to pass. OKAY HAVE FUN WITH MUSIC NOW

What's weird is I went into the Pinkprint being a fan of Nicki the rapper and not the popstar, and ended up feeling pretty much the same way except for liking the Beyonce track and not liking Bed of Lies. I guess leaving the best rap track she made this year off the album (Yasss Bish) should've been a warning for me. I assumed this record would be doing more for the pop fans so it's interesting to see that's not entirely true either.

the stairs match was adorable. just adorable.

I have been waking up with nervewracking anxiety every day since november 30th. fuck this.

when my finals are over I'll start it up

fuck that "marking out" chant rest of the show was good EDIT: oh, kenta and devitt looked like the cyborg ninjas from mortal kombat 3

cuz when i think geek culture i think ska

my whole list with explanations, sample tracks and download links is over here, but so far here's my top 10 1. B L A C K I E - IMAGINE YOUR SELF IN A FREE AND NATURAL WORLD 2. White Suns - Totem 3. milo - a toothpaste suburb 4. Carla Bozulich - Boy 5. Lil Ugly Mane - The Weeping Worm EP 6. Young Fathers - Dead 7. Jenny Hval & Susanna - Meshes of Voice 8. clipping. - CLPPNG 9. Busdriver - Perfect Hair 10. Cymbals Eat Guitars - LOSE

I was plotting on it, but like when I did a thread in June I got the sense mostly no one was interested in music this year or listening to anything or... fuck, I dunno. If I'm wrong I'll do it. I might do it anyways.

out of the ruins blood grown heavy from his past his wings stripped by thunder but those storms keep coming back singing birds in sickness sing the same blues songs when they fell out of the emptiness they must have brought along space's loneliness space's loneliness gotten so good at hiding it even he does not admit it that glittering flash in his eyes makes it look like he might be alright if the blues are you hunter then you will come face to face with that darkness and desolation and the endless depression but you are not helpless and you are not helpless try to beat it try to beat it and live through space's loneliness and live through space's loneliness you are not helpless you are not helpless i'll help you to try to beat it

what, did i fuck something up last year

a healthy "fuck off" to the idiot who told my friend he'd be her girlfriend, was completely amazing to her for the first like two weeks, then spent four months treating her like a pen pal who don't write back unless you send like three letters and a contract. congratulations on shitting in an amazing heart.

I tend to refer to ODB's "Brooklyn Zoo" as a diss track on existing. Anyways, on the Dre Day tip, i'm surprised someone didn't immediately respond with this and also what the hell, no Hit Em Up?!

finals are trying to kill me, so, congratulations, moving the date back to JANUARY 10th.

Buy one from a burn phone company and never turn on the data plan. s'like $80 with no contract. although that's not a great option if you're looking for iOS stuff.

Like an idiot, I 100%ed it when it came out on Steam. but yeah, that game is dope. Maybe I'll get it again anyways!

I got a smart phone because my college has sprung "HEY SURPRISE CLASS IS CANCELLED" on me too many times. Also, in large lecture sections, pop quizzes are moving towards just being a phone app. RIDICULOUS FISHING- So Vlambeer's the best developer. I can now claim three of their games (this, LUFTRAUSERS, NUCLEAR THRONE) as my favorite games. The three phases of Ridiculous Fishing's gameplay all feel great and satisfying in totally different ways. If you've never seen it, here's how the order goes. -Drop the hook into the ocean and get as deep as you can. Tilt the phone to dodge fish. Later you get items that will help you go down further, which I won't spoil. -When you hook a fish, you start reeling the line back in. Hook as many fish as you can on your way back up, while avoiding jellyfish. -When the fish reach the surface, you fling all the fish into the sky and shoot them. Shoot those fish. Shoot all those fish. There's a huge amount of upgrades for everything and a weird story and your fisherman looks at a piece of driftwood and treats it like a smartphone and it's great. It's just fuckin' great. THREES- like, since 2048 got so, so huge earlier this year, all I want to say is "2048 ripped off Threes so hard that they copped to it, so whichever one you played first is it, I guess." Threes has hell of charm, though. I turned off the music just so I could hear the little dudes talk.

saying dragon's dogma should have killed monster hunter makes me suspicious you've never actually played monster hunter, because what

woof

at least you didn't sit at the business end of 4th and 29

Yes, okay, this is absolutely true. Any slow classes will just get you murdered in single player. The starter class and the miner were the only classes I was ever able to make decent progress with.

I enjoyed it a lot more solo than I ever did in multiplayer. Massing up all those powers on yourself is the closest thing a modern video game has gotten to Bangai-O Ridiculous. But, I'm also crazy, so I guess keep that in mind.

Follow-up: it's been in san diego since 3AM, but UPS refuses to ship it. What a delight. What an absolute delight. A delight in my mouth.