are people crazy?  this is great!
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i normally don't read album reviews at all.  but i had to seek out some reviews for 'odditorium' because i kept hearing from people that it was a really bad album - and i had just bought a dandy's album called 'odditorium' that i loved.  were there two albums released by the same band under the same name?  WHAT WAS GOING ON?

but no, what i learned was that people had seen Dig! and hadn't thought that the dandys were quite brilliant enough to be neurosurgeons.  the reviews were, for the most part, biting.  but, almost every negative comment about the album that i read was coupled to a referece to a scene from Dig!  i loved Dig!, and was impressed by how honestly the dandys were portrayed.  i thought that they came across as a group that liked to rock out, were insecure about themselves, and, like quite a few good people out there, weren't too terribly bright.  they are, after all, a rock n roll band.  sounds about like what i'd expect.

on the album itself: i love this album.  now, keep in mind that i do enjoy long songs (my fav by far on monkey room was (you come in) burned), so maybe that explains why my opinion differs so much from others'.  but i think it grooves.  i don't even know how many times i've listened to 'easy', and i only love it more.  'all the money..' is a fantastic rock song, and  i especially dig how heavy it can rock without using the lower register much.  and i think 'a lone tonight' is fantastic - at times driving, at times spacey, all with the same one-note steady-quarters riff.  now, this album isn't perfect - i could do without the spoken word intro, and generally skip past 'the new country'.  but there's so much good groove on this album, those spots hardly ruin the experience for me.
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36 Crazyfists are awsome! i cant stop listening to their CD. at first i thought the lead singer's (Brock Lindow) style of singing was a bit odd, but after listening to it a bit, ive come to think its a lot better than anyone elses...
I strongly suggest this CD for anyone who likes rock, and especially people that are looking for something out of the ordinary.
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In reading the reviews, I found that few people want to label this book as "right wing propaganda". I do not think so.  First off it is a "STORY", my take is that these people are afraid that the "story" could happen as easy as the book has written. I love how each person could be a person in the government today, even to the way the spoken words are written.  Only a fool would shut their eyes to what may be comming.  Because the "left wing" want whatever you have.  If you are insulted by the book that means you see some truth in the story.  I for one loved it and because I have an opened mind, can see that others may not like it.  You know what they say... "Truth Hurts".  Make your own mind up after you read the book.  I dare you!
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If you are easily offended which many people are nowadays, it's not the movie for you.
This is a great movie, hilarious and nuts!
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Self consciously silly, this is definitely worth getting and sharing! Did you enjoy Mystery Science Theatre 3000? You'll enjoy this.
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Yes, many people (no matter Christians, agnostics or atheists) simply stand firm on their ground without trying to understand why. This book stimulates us to think seriously.
Barker's doubt on induction and logic should not be considered as crazy. If readers know something about quantum mechanics (how measurement process affects measurement result) and neuroscience (how perception is different from sensation), you shall be able to understand this point.
In my opinion, some points are not worthy to argue, such as the historicity of Jesus and God's existence or not. I don't think we can ever prove or disprove it. There are other things which are worthy for further investigation, such as the brain/mind/free will/sin problem and the ESP/ghost hunting attempts. These are what we can research and collect evidences.
Actually I have gone through the same painful experience of divorcing from my old friends and old belief. I admit that life experience and the environment are essential to affect one's belief, apart from mere reasons. But I am still open to all possibilities.
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I can't understand why this book has an average of only 3 stars..... wait, I can. I think some people wanted stylish bracelets on every page, instead of the stylish bracelets _and_ true, melt-your-brain art in the pages of this book. Guess they resist having their brains melted....it does sound scary.

Not me. Not the people I know -- I'm sending them all emails urging them to go out and BUY THIS BOOK NOW! What an inspiration! It would drop-kick you out of any creative slump just looking at half a dozen pages on the darkest day. It encourages thinking outside the box like no other book I've ever read or seen -- but I'm highly visual in my orientation. Maybe that's it. Some people are more cerebral in their approach. That must be it.  I TREASURE THIS BOOK.
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This writer is crazy and I loved it. Make me smile a lot. I could completly understand that this kind of humor is not for everyone and some people can be fed up with the craziness but not me. Be free, be yourself, be furiously happy!
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If you like your music, quirky and weird and very, VERY strange, oh my god you should seek this very rare album out!

I have owned this on vinyl, since about 1989, and found it very stimulating, when I needed to "blow away the cobwebs" of conventional thinking about what music is, could, or indeed should be.

It is very rare, and I believe should be re-released, because it is the most insane improvisation and sheer joyful NOISE!
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Personally I found this book very interesting and it's also interesting to read through all the reviews here also.  I am amazed at the number of people who willingly believe in such phenomenon as spoon-bending or ESP despite the fact that evidence to the contrary might exist!  Can't you have an open mind either way?  (I admit now that I lean towards skepticism - but I am always willing to listen to both sides providing accurate evidence exists.)
I also find it preposterous that so many people think that Randi is jealous of Geller or anything like that.  If you've read this book and have that attitude then you've missed one of the key points of the book completely.  Randi doesn't object to Geller's tricks - just his attitude in doing them.  Magicians do tricks - and admit that they're tricks even if they don't reveal exactly how they're done.  But when a man like Geller performs tricks, claims they're genuine and in doing this, deceives right-minded and otherwise right-thinking people, then this gives cause for concern.  By all means, Geller can be (and is!) a showman - but there's no need to lie to people in that manner.  That helps nobody and that is all Randi really objects to.
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It's fun folks! Yes, there may be historical inaccuracies- and yes, you may not agree with her political statements (I certainly don't agree with some of them), but it's really something different (different good)for those who take particular interest in history-especially in Abraham Lincoln. I've been listening to historical audiobooks for years. Some of them are better than sleeping pills for making one absolutely tired. But this one is truly an exception. Lighten up guys!
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people shouldn't go around bad mouthing things they haven't tried. Even if McKenna's PhD isn't legit, it doesn't mean he can't use knowledge on the psyche to help people. While I haven't read this book, I have audio recordings McKenna's done and they have done phenomenal things for me. Don't let some ignorant prick dissuade you from taking a look at this book and what it may do for you.
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We very much liked this video!  These people are great.  It's a shame when someone is asked their opinion, then gets flack because it's not what the asker wanted to hear - the truth!
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At first I was a bit worried if my playgroup would be up to the task, this game requires a vivid imagination and good thinking. It puts people up in a spot so it might not be for everyone. I would suggest a wine bottle or two to take the worst edge from shyness and just going at it. Be brave! Everything turned out better than expected for our group and everyone had a blast playing this. Will definitely be playing this a lot in the future.
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Just when you think there's nothing more to know about something - boom - someone comes up with something brilliantly new.

I'm not sure how I missed it but I've never heard this info. before.  Now that I have, I'm thinking, "Of course!"  The whole thing is totally wild but it makes perfect sense. Either that or there were a whole lot of completely incompetent, apathetic liars in charge of things, who all happened to be together in a one tiny section of the north Atlantic, that night.

Is it ever possible that NO ONE is to blame when things go wrong in life?  In my experience, yes, it is.  It doesn't mean people don't try to assign blame; they do.  I guess it's easier to think that way than to accept that the sense of control, we so desperately need to believe we have, is all an illusion.  It's amazing to think that a situation SO large and SO tragic could actually be nobody's fault at all!!

My heart breaks for everyone who was blamed outright or, for the rest of their lives,  lived under a cloud of suspicion.  I'm not sure whether that would be better or worse than eternally blaming myself, while on some level knowing that I had done my job competently, perhaps even proudly, and had never lied about what happened and what I had or hadn't seen.  If it were me, I'd go back over the thing so many times in my mind, looking for answers that would never be there for me to grasp, that I'd probably go crazy on some level.  The cognitive dissonance and the magnitude of the loss would simply be too great for me.  I'd battle self-doubt until my dying day.

You know, you just can't make this kind of stuff up.
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A really stimulating mind bender to provoke much thought and discussion with friends.
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cant people just not f***ing suck as human beings once in a while? [] People have just as much capacity to be good as they do to be s***. Its a choice. People make choices. So they need to make better f***ing choices.

Being that this is Corey Taylors third book you think Id be used to his absolutely impeccable way of putting into words all the bitching and complaining that runs through my head, but I am. Like all the times when Im confronted with the idiocy of this planet be it by their ridiculous purchases, their laughable choice in music or they way they choose to raise (or not raise as the case may be) their children. Were all confronted with the insanity on a daily basis but were forced to suffer through, internally rolling our eyes at the imbeciles. But Corey manages to transform the suffering into entertainment in the form of a hilarious memoir once again.

Incompetent people don't know they're incompetent. They just blithely blunder through their day-to-day with no care for any damage that happens in their wakes. When the mishaps are pointed out, they see the issue but don't do anything to adjust and fix their ways.

You know those people you encounter that seem as if they were put on Earth just to make your life miserable? Or how about those times you witness some type of human behavior that causes you to simultaneously stop to worry for the human race while also thinking What in the f*** is wrong with people!? If youve had thoughts such as those, this is the book for you. If not, back away slowly. Not one to mince words, Corey Taylor points out all the issues in society and human behavior in general without a care for hurt feelings. Hes blunt, honest, and always candid. You gotta love that about him.

When people suffer under the illusion that their time and attention is more important than everyone elses, no matter how mundane the occasion may be, I snap like a piece of dried-up driftwood, waiting to be set fire at the pyre.

Corey Taylor has successfully covered the argument between good and evil, the existence of the supernatural and now the lack of common sense of the human race. I cant wait to see what he comes up with next.