The Batlord

Damn. Have you been going physical therapy? I don't know anything about that kind of thing but maybe if the muscles aren't developing properly that's putting more strain on a still healing bone than is healthy.

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Rjinn

I don't know... The doctor I was seeing at the fracture clinic didn't say anything about physio during my recovery so I guess I had to just let it heal. But it's not the muscles that are giving me pain though, it's the bone and it still feels really sensitive when I walk. Not sure if there is some sort of physio for that. I'll find out tomorrow.

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Frownland

1. What was the last new food you tried?

2. Which artists do you think would work well together? (Could be rapper and producer, a supergroup of musicians or whatever your heart desires).

3. Do you have a job? What is it?

4. If you could pick one artist that could gets as much exposure and popularity as The Beatles, who would it be?

5. What place did you enjoy visiting the most as a kid?

6. If you were forced to change your username because of some strange MB by-law, what would your new handle be?

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Goofle

1. What was the last new food you tried?

Squid. Really nice fried on the flat top and seasoned just nicely.

2. Which artists do you think would work well together? (Could be rapper and producer, a supergroup of musicians or whatever your heart desires).

Clams Casino and Chance the Rapper.

3. Do you have a job? What is it?

Yes. I am a sales assistant at Bodycare. I do normal shop stuff.

4. If you could pick one artist that could gets as much exposure and popularity as The Beatles, who would it be?

This one is difficult. Basically you are asking me to change the landscape of music, which they did. Which kind of music do I want to become popular and on the radio? Which style do I want to end up being replicated and watered down into a sewer of junk? Personally, I think the best kind of artist for this is somebody who is already doing the kind of music you hear on the radio - simply doing it in a way I enjoy much more.

Therefore I nominate LIZ. Pop star with a bit of bite. Great production and not doused in sugar.

5. What place did you enjoy visiting the most as a kid?

Blackpool Pleasure Beach (sadly don't go there as much since my Nan died)

6. If you were forced to change your username because of some strange MB by-law, what would your new handle be?

Assume I can't just go with "Goofle" or even "Gooflesh" here, as that would be to easy.

I'll say "Pretty When I Die".

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The Batlord

1. What was the last new food you tried?

I made some falafel a little while back. I know nothing about cooking, so I didn't really know what to do with it besides just frying it. Consequently it was kind of bland. But I did learn how to fry stuff. So that was cool.

2. Which artists do you think would work well together? (Could be rapper and producer, a supergroup of musicians or whatever your heart desires).

I accidentally did question 4 as question 2, so now I have that on my mind. Since John Zorn has already proven he's willing and capable of mixing avant garde with genres that normally get scoffed at by much of the art community then I'd be curious to see what he could do with hip hop. I'm not aware of any really profoundly experimental producers or rappers, so I guess I'd throw in Kanye West since he's popular enough to get exposure, yet left field enough that it might still be an interesting project. Maybe trip hop might be a better fit. I'd be curious what Goofle had to say, seeing as he's much bigger on hip hop and the entirety of music in general.

3. Do you have a job? What is it?

Nope. Right now my career is based in "guerrilla comic book collecting" and I am very committed to it.

4. If you could pick one artist that could gets as much exposure and popularity as The Beatles, who would it be?

I know what Goofle is saying, but I'd like to see the chaos of having the music industry being thrown a curve ball, even if in the end it ended up the same as it always does. It'd be an interesting ride for a year or two. Hard to choose though. Metal and extreme metal have already shown they can be co-opted by morons with no imagination pretty easily. Alternative too (or at least stereotypical indie). I think I'd like it if someone like John Zorn or Glenn Branca, by some trick of fate that they didn't intend, created a song that just so happened to be radio ready which opened the door to an avant garde explosion that would confound the public for years to come.

5. What place did you enjoy visiting the most as a kid?

1000 Islands State Park. It's a big tourist area, that's luckily not too well known. It's not very built up, so the scenery is amazing, yet there's quaint little communities all around that seem to be stuck somewhere around the fifties/sixties that just make you fall in love as soon as you drive through them. My family has been going there for decades. There was this big public dock near where we would stay where I would fish for hours and hours, not catching much more than perch or rock bass (not nearly as cool as real bass) or sunfish, but I can still picture it in my mind's eye like it was yesterday. I was heartbroken a few days ago when I found out that the Guzzle, an old-style ice cream shop that actually still sold comic books off a small rack just like in the days before independent comic book stores, burned down. It'd been there since even before my mother was born. It's like a piece of my childhood died.

6. If you were forced to change your username because of some strange MB by-law, what would your new handle be?

I had a handle on another forum for a while that I liked, IShotKennedy. That'd do nicely. But on the other hand, with my love of Joker avatars perhaps something like Joker's Wild or something that's actually a bit more creative would be cool.

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Goofle

Kanye has it in him to make incredible music, and working with more talented individuals than himself could push him. But maybe he would crumble, and end up just weighing the whole project down.

If I were going to pair a Hip Hop artist with Zorn it would be EL-P, hands down.

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Frownland

I think dälek could be a good match for Zorn as well.

For Batty:

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The Batlord

Funny, El-P was actually my second thought. High five!

That would also be pretty epic. I don't hear really, seriously avant garde hip hop for the most part. I don't know if I'm just missing it, or it's just not something that's been explored yet.

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Goofle

From my experience, if you are looking for other artists like dälek, there really isn't THAT much out there to be honest.

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djchameleon

1. What was the last new food you tried?
Pangang Curry Chicken. My first introduction to Thai food. It is basically thick Panang curry with chicken mixed with basil, coriander, peppers and coconut milk.

2. Which artists do you think would work well together? (Could be rapper and producer, a supergroup of musicians or whatever your heart desires).

Even though J Cole does his own production, I'd like to see him work with a few Primo beats.

3. Do you have a job? What is it?
Freelance Writer

4. If you could pick one artist that could gets as much exposure and popularity as The Beatles, who would it be?
Pepe Kalle needs to be exposed to the masses!


5. What place did you enjoy visiting the most as a kid?
I honestly can't think of a good place that I repeatedly visited as a kid. hmmm oh I know. Probably the woods behind my friend's place. It was awesome to go out there and do random ****(Paintballing, water gun fights and other types of games we would come up with.)

6. If you were forced to change your username because of some strange MB by-law, what would your new handle be?

Soundwave23. I want numbers in my username and I've always liked that Decepticon.

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