Comments for Speedkill http://www.speedkill.org Radioactive Toy Tue, 26 Jan 2010 04:53:29 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 Comment on What the hell is rolfing? by Jeff http://www.speedkill.org/2006/11/27/1648/comment-page-1/#comment-564758 Jeff Tue, 26 Jan 2010 04:53:29 +0000 http://www.speedkill.org/2006/11/27/1648/#comment-564758 If a) I'm not allowed to understand rolfing "cognitively" and b) you have no evidence for its effectiveness over basic massage techniques aside from anecdotes (which is same sort of evidence sugar pills have), why should I consider you anything other than a charlatan? If a) I’m not allowed to understand rolfing “cognitively” and b) you have no evidence for its effectiveness over basic massage techniques aside from anecdotes (which is same sort of evidence sugar pills have), why should I consider you anything other than a charlatan?

]]> Comment on What the hell is rolfing? by Michael http://www.speedkill.org/2006/11/27/1648/comment-page-1/#comment-564677 Michael Sat, 23 Jan 2010 23:57:53 +0000 http://www.speedkill.org/2006/11/27/1648/#comment-564677 Reading this thread I sense much disagreement and very opinionated points of view. How exciting that Ida Rolf's work is still talked about and tried to be understood! It is that revolutionary, that still 50 years later only 1 million people have experienced the work! I am a Certified Rolfer. I agree with Michael Solberg's opinion as he is similar to I, a Structural Integrator. Trying to cognitively get a better understanding of Rolfing is really the antithesis of it all, being a somatic exercise for living! Along the lines of Friedrich Nietzsche, 'The inquiry into bodily sources of reasoning has furnished evidence that somatic and cognitive processes work in tandem, that reason “arises from the nature of our brains, bodies, and bodily experience,” that the “structure of reason itself comes from the details of our embodiment” (Lakoff and Johnson 1999:4; see also Shalin 1986a, 1992a), and that the “common origins of emotions and intellect demand a conception of intelligence that integrates those mental processes that have been traditionally described as cognitive and those qualities that have been described as emotional, including the sense of self or the ego, the awareness of reality, conscience, the capacity of reflection, and the like. The mind’s most important faculties are rooted in emotional experiences from very early in life. . .” . This is not new-agey, Rolfing is the bridge of two medicines from two worlds-east and west. But I admit not everybody is ready for such a powerful healing transformation so they just discredit it with out really feeling for once in their body...... Michael Certified Rolfer Missoula, MT. Reading this thread I sense much disagreement and very opinionated points of view. How exciting that Ida Rolf’s work is still talked about and tried to be understood! It is that revolutionary, that still 50 years later only 1 million people have experienced the work! I am a Certified Rolfer. I agree with Michael Solberg’s opinion as he is similar to I, a Structural Integrator. Trying to cognitively get a better understanding of Rolfing is really the antithesis of it all, being a somatic exercise for living! Along the lines of Friedrich Nietzsche,
‘The inquiry into bodily sources of reasoning has furnished evidence that somatic and cognitive processes work in tandem, that reason “arises from the nature of our brains, bodies, and bodily experience,” that the “structure of reason itself comes from the details of our embodiment” (Lakoff and Johnson 1999:4; see also Shalin 1986a, 1992a), and that the “common origins of emotions and intellect demand a conception of intelligence that integrates those mental processes that have been traditionally described as cognitive and those qualities that have been described as emotional, including the sense of self or the ego, the awareness of reality, conscience, the capacity of reflection, and the like. The mind’s most important faculties are rooted in emotional experiences from very early in life. . .” . This is not new-agey, Rolfing is the bridge of two medicines from two worlds-east and west. But I admit not everybody is ready for such a powerful healing transformation so they just discredit it with out really feeling for once in their body……
Michael
Certified Rolfer
Missoula, MT.

]]> Comment on Albums of 2009 by Beebins http://www.speedkill.org/2009/12/15/2392/comment-page-1/#comment-564445 Beebins Mon, 18 Jan 2010 08:17:02 +0000 http://www.speedkill.org/?p=2392#comment-564445 I really don't understand your seething hatred for Saviour, nor do I hear a quality gap between any of the songs. But, that's your problem. Maybe they can better appease you in another 4 years. I really don’t understand your seething hatred for Saviour, nor do I hear a quality gap between any of the songs. But, that’s your problem. Maybe they can better appease you in another 4 years.

]]> Comment on Albums of 2009 by Jeff http://www.speedkill.org/2009/12/15/2392/comment-page-1/#comment-564441 Jeff Mon, 18 Jan 2010 05:55:59 +0000 http://www.speedkill.org/?p=2392#comment-564441 I mean b-side material as in material that isn't quite good enough (or doesn't fit, but that's not the case here) for an album. I'm not saying there are only 25 minutes of "real" songs, just that there's only 25 minutes worth of material that I consider worth listening to. It's nice that you've brought up a counterpoint to your guess as to why I don't like PPD. I like El Cielo. I don't want to skip half the tracks when I listen to it. That's the difference. Maybe I'd be less annoyed with PPD if there weren't songs like Light Switch and I Don't Know, where the quality gap with the rest of it seems really obvious. Then it would be a mundane album and I would just be disappointed rather than annoyed. For what it's worth, I have the same reaction to the lyrics, which I rarely care about, as I have to the rest of the album. I Don't Know's are pretty good and Saviour's are cringe worthy. Pariah sort of annoys me as well. It's typically a bad sign when I get hung up on lyrics (for example, SoaD singing "science has failed our world" repeatedly doesn't bother me since it's a good song). I mean b-side material as in material that isn’t quite good enough (or doesn’t fit, but that’s not the case here) for an album. I’m not saying there are only 25 minutes of “real” songs, just that there’s only 25 minutes worth of material that I consider worth listening to.

It’s nice that you’ve brought up a counterpoint to your guess as to why I don’t like PPD. I like El Cielo. I don’t want to skip half the tracks when I listen to it. That’s the difference. Maybe I’d be less annoyed with PPD if there weren’t songs like Light Switch and I Don’t Know, where the quality gap with the rest of it seems really obvious. Then it would be a mundane album and I would just be disappointed rather than annoyed.

For what it’s worth, I have the same reaction to the lyrics, which I rarely care about, as I have to the rest of the album. I Don’t Know’s are pretty good and Saviour’s are cringe worthy. Pariah sort of annoys me as well. It’s typically a bad sign when I get hung up on lyrics (for example, SoaD singing “science has failed our world” repeatedly doesn’t bother me since it’s a good song).

]]> Comment on Albums of 2009 by Beebins http://www.speedkill.org/2009/12/15/2392/comment-page-1/#comment-564439 Beebins Mon, 18 Jan 2010 03:07:41 +0000 http://www.speedkill.org/?p=2392#comment-564439 ...Don't know why I didn't notice this a month ago. Anyways: Obviously arguing about musical opinions is pretty futile, but I'd like to state why I disagree with your assessment of Dredg. PPD is intended to be, in my opinion, listened to as a whole. It's a concept album, and it's pointless to try and listen to it the same way as CWOA, which is why I think you dislike it so much. El Cielo works in much the same way: It's 16 tracks with a fair number of interludes, yet I don't recall you being so irritated by that. I'm also not sure how you're defining "b-side" material, but interludes and instrumental tracks aside, PPD still has over 45 minutes of "real" songs. I think it's a musically brilliant album, the best they've ever done. There are layers upon layers of sound and melody, beautifully written lyrics, and an overall production that is so exceptional it actually stood out to me (a first). That's what keeps me listening to it, at any rate. …Don’t know why I didn’t notice this a month ago. Anyways:

Obviously arguing about musical opinions is pretty futile, but I’d like to state why I disagree with your assessment of Dredg. PPD is intended to be, in my opinion, listened to as a whole. It’s a concept album, and it’s pointless to try and listen to it the same way as CWOA, which is why I think you dislike it so much. El Cielo works in much the same way: It’s 16 tracks with a fair number of interludes, yet I don’t recall you being so irritated by that. I’m also not sure how you’re defining “b-side” material, but interludes and instrumental tracks aside, PPD still has over 45 minutes of “real” songs.

I think it’s a musically brilliant album, the best they’ve ever done. There are layers upon layers of sound and melody, beautifully written lyrics, and an overall production that is so exceptional it actually stood out to me (a first). That’s what keeps me listening to it, at any rate.

]]> Comment on Albums of 2009 by S4R http://www.speedkill.org/2009/12/15/2392/comment-page-1/#comment-563181 S4R Thu, 24 Dec 2009 03:20:26 +0000 http://www.speedkill.org/?p=2392#comment-563181 Where, may I ask, is Devin Townsend's Ki?! That's probably my favorite this year, but Night Is The New Day is definitely high up there. Where, may I ask, is Devin Townsend’s Ki?! That’s probably my favorite this year, but Night Is The New Day is definitely high up there.

]]> Comment on Atheists and agnostics by Confused. http://www.speedkill.org/2008/03/03/1945/comment-page-1/#comment-563083 Confused. Sun, 20 Dec 2009 18:05:11 +0000 http://www.speedkill.org/2008/03/03/1945/#comment-563083 What would i be considered an atheist or agnostic. I think that a god or some higher being does exist because the whole universe cant just be created out of nothingness something had to create the universe. Our conciessness has to go somewhere after we die, whether call this place heaven hell or purgatory. Then again i wonder what if they universe existed forever? And that our conciousness is just altered or moved to a different part of the universe? Our brains are like powerful batteries or machines, if anybody has ever seen the movie the "matrix" our minds have an incredible amount of electricicity. The electricity has to be transferred somewhere, and not into nothingness. I think it is possible for god to exist but not like anything on earth. The idea that Jahova, Moses, God, Jesus, Allah, or Mohammed were gods prohpets or god themselves is total ignorance. Yes jseus mohammed and moses may have been real people but they are certainly not to be portrayed as gods prophets. You see the pope or Dallai LLama. They cant possibly have a conenction with god, they may fool themselves that theyre holy but its lies. What would i be agnostic or atheist? What would i be considered an atheist or agnostic.

I think that a god or some higher being does exist because the whole universe cant just be created out of nothingness something had to create the universe.

Our conciessness has to go somewhere after we die, whether call this place heaven hell or purgatory.

Then again i wonder what if they universe existed forever? And that our conciousness is just altered or moved to a different part of the universe?

Our brains are like powerful batteries or machines, if anybody has ever seen the movie the “matrix” our minds have an incredible amount of electricicity. The electricity has to be transferred somewhere, and not into nothingness.

I think it is possible for god to exist but not like anything on earth. The idea that Jahova, Moses, God, Jesus, Allah, or Mohammed were gods prohpets or god themselves is total ignorance. Yes jseus mohammed and moses may have been real people but they are certainly not to be portrayed as gods prophets.

You see the pope or Dallai LLama. They cant possibly have a conenction with god, they may fool themselves that theyre holy but its lies.

What would i be agnostic or atheist?

]]> Comment on Stating the obvious? by moos http://www.speedkill.org/2009/11/13/2328/comment-page-1/#comment-562268 moos Fri, 04 Dec 2009 09:36:57 +0000 http://www.speedkill.org/?p=2328#comment-562268 "Pining for the fjords?!" “Pining for the fjords?!”

]]> Comment on Just in time by Murderer http://www.speedkill.org/2005/01/12/883/comment-page-1/#comment-561892 Murderer Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:21:35 +0000 http://www.speedkill.org/index.php/archives/2005/01/883/#comment-561892 Years later, I know - but: <blockquote cite="#commentbody-8541"> <strong><a href="#comment-8541" rel="nofollow">vern smalley</a> :</strong> ...without a fight from those of us who don’t have our minds below another man’s belt. </blockquote> And what about those of you with your minds below another man's casket? Does that day still haunt you, Vern? It should. You should have been convicted. We will never forget what you did. Years later, I know – but:

vern smalley :
…without a fight from those of us who don’t have our minds below another man’s belt.

And what about those of you with your minds below another man’s casket? Does that day still haunt you, Vern? It should. You should have been convicted. We will never forget what you did.

]]> Comment on Stating the obvious? by Elayne Riggs http://www.speedkill.org/2009/11/13/2328/comment-page-1/#comment-561804 Elayne Riggs Sun, 15 Nov 2009 16:59:26 +0000 http://www.speedkill.org/?p=2328#comment-561804 I think it's just pining for the fjords. The hobby of blogging should never be seen as an obligation, Jeff. If you feel like writing, go on, we'll be here. If not, enjoy yourself, life's too short to fret over stuff like this. I think it’s just pining for the fjords.

The hobby of blogging should never be seen as an obligation, Jeff. If you feel like writing, go on, we’ll be here. If not, enjoy yourself, life’s too short to fret over stuff like this.

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