The Czech Republic

Incandenza went off to listen to Kanye West rather than debate me.

How is this not a valid artform? What argument have you ever provided that didn't come off as the drool-soaked rambling of some fucking halfwit who reacts just because he doesn't understand it? "Drool-soaked." You're really going to bat for Cam'Ron and Jay-Z here. I'll concede that it's an artform; I mean what isn't these days? Rap is music the way figure skating is a sport. It kind of resembles it, it's presented as such next to all the others, but at the end it's really not the same thing because it's lacking too many key components. I mean, yeah, you have flow and breath control and all that, but all the other fundamentals that are present elsewhere are absent here. Chord progressions, counterpoint, tonality, harmony, none of that is really important in rap. Just loop some Kraftwerk or Parliament and you're good to go. In terms of musical merit, it ranks dead last behind almost every other genre under the sun. Also, its extracurriculars seem to take precedence over the actual art itself, which certainly does it no favors. I guess I'm just not as in tune with urban black America as the rest of you 18-24 white guys, though, so don't mind me!

In all seriousness, HOW DO I RESPECT THESE PEOPLE AS MUSICIANS

Wuh-oh.

Man, all this shit is like a modern-day minstrel show to me. Fuckin' novelty music.

What in God's name was THAT?

He's got better things to do. By this, I mean "more interesting ways to spend his time," and also "he takes more exciting drugs than alcohol."

Francis just went to New York. Oops

Them hate you much indeed Cave-Banky smash!

Man, I've been trying to use other characters, and I've realized that I'm actually not very good at this game at all. When I can't just suplex-jump-slash with Vega, or whatever the hell I do where I corner the guy and only use the L button, I'm fucking awful. I'm a fraud. a sham.

Probably functioning alcoholic, or just a plain old college student. Try taking it out of your life and see what happens, just as an experiment. Week, ten days, something like that. See if you're more irritable, all that jazz -Dr. Czech

Genius C. Wallace

I caught it, as well as "first server," but I'm not about to correct the admin. I'm in the market for some umlauts here.

It generally takes me at least three or four tries to beat Sagat, and that's if I'm in my element with a speedy corner-and-shoulder-button guy like Vega or Fei Long. I bet I couldn't even do it at all with Zangief or T. Hawk

Or his "Matt Young" account. I miss Public Account

Why are tracks 12 and 14 the same? stupid.

Well I guess we've both gotten ridiculously predictable. truce?

Come on, who's gonna mess with me now.

Can you imagine going grocery shopping with Roger Waters? He'd probably yell out all the things he needs to shop for, and it would sound like "Eclipse" or "Not Now John"

BUT UMLAUTS! UMLAUTS!!!! Don't worry, I'll keep it as the name of a file on my desktop so I can paste it in. I've got it all planned out.

Oh I was taking a break from the Retired Avatars thing because I couldn't look at that stupid yeah-uh guy for another day. I'll bring it back when I find a good guy. Pete Rose, true to form, is ineligible for the Avatar Hall Of Fame

Thë Czëch Rëpüblïc I just think it would be badass. Especially in blackletter.

Whoa, Laz and I are in agreement on something. Rare. Sublime is pretty awful, and another shining example of a fanbase making a bad band worse.

NAW! My point was that if I make an MP3 of a WMA, that's two rounds of compression, and it's pretty easy to tell by then.