Ask a forumer anything...

[NMUSpidey 3,956]

Yup!  My current playlist includes Led Zeppelin, Shiina Ringo, Incubus, the Deftones, the White Stripes, Tokyo Jihen, UNCHAIN, Paramore, and I'm sure there are a few others I can't remmeber off the top of my head.

 

What music is in your playlist of life right now?

[raynev1 1,886]

@NMUSpidey I like your playlist too . My top five would be ...Skillet , Five Finger Death Punch , Metallica , Sixx AM and believe it or not , Beethoven  . Without music ...I'd do something .   I wonder what people think , seeing this 45 year old dude driving around listening to this stuff and loud too . 

Sorry , but ... the same question as above . 

  Edited September 18, 2016 by raynev1  
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[Thin White Duke 4,072]

That's lazy. I don't think people give 45 year old metal heads any stronger reactions than 25 year olds. My playlist is similar as well, but without the Beethoven and Metallica and such. I love hard rock, but I'm not big on metal. For me, it's mostly Led Zep, The Rolling Stones, Iggy Pop, Styx, Aerosmith, Talking Heads, and of course, David Bowie.

Do you like rap music?

[Delta 88 262]

Some - mostly 80s and early 90s rap/hip-hop. It went south after that.

If you have iTunes (or a similar program), what song have you listened to the most and how many times does it show?

[raynev1 1,886]

I'm not lazy , I just ran out of breath giving the answer . Now for the above question    Sixx AM-Life is beautiful , many , many times . I don't have a count , I listen to music with Youtube  

Did you grow up watching Disney ?

[NMUSpidey 3,956]

Yup.  We saw all the movies when we were growing up, and there were Ducktales, Rescue Rangers, and Tailspin (Talespin?) after school.  Now that Disney owns Marvel AND Star Wars, they pretty much own my childhood.

 

What is the most moving movie you have ever seen?  What was so powerful about it?

[Delta 88 262]

This experimental 1982 movie called Koyaanisqatsi. It's one of the only movies in the world that actually sees the world the way I see the world, like it knows how my brain works.

Do you think you had a good childhood?

[raynev1 1,886]

  Yes , I had a pretty good childhood .  I can't complain too much , at least I had a grandmother to love and care for me . Many children out there don't even have that . It sucked growing up in poverty , but when you have someone that cares so much that they gave up their golden years to raise their grandchild . That takes a special person . I might have been poor , but I was loved and cherished . Kudos Grandma you were the best , RIP .  

    Are you content where you are in life or are you chasing a goal ?

  Edited September 20, 2016 by raynev1  
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[Toothless Stitch 2,901]

I'm always chasing stuff. No idea what though.

Have you ever had experience with Chase (Bank)?

[Delta 88 262]

Yes. They probably hate me because I never paid my car payments on time, ever. 

Have you ever lucid dreamed?

[raynev1 1,886]

Once or twice , usually don't remember dreams unless they are nightmares .

Have you ever had an out of body experience , if so what was it like ?

(Edit)10-2-16

Okay , so nobody has had that kind of experience . At least since 9-23-16 I presume . How about , a paranormal experience ? And if so , what was it ? I love ghost stories 

  Edited October 3, 2016 by raynev1  
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[Fantozzi 4,067]

One year after his dead my father stood in my small student room while I was sitting at the computer and browsing for ... *ehm* ... for ...yes. And he said to me: "Do something with your life."

 

 

When you come to a coastline and watch the horizon where sky and sea seems to touch somewhere in the inifinte - is there some thought that's brought back more often than other thoughts? Or maybe I should ask: is there a thought stronger connected to this action than others? If yes, would you mind telling me - what your thought is by then?

[NMUSpidey 3,956]

I've lived by a large body of water for most of the past 6 years so I've often looked out over the water.  I tend to think about my time in college where I met my wife and how much fun we've had together, and now that I'm heading back to that town to live once again, well, I just feel good when I do that.  There isn't much I think about.

 

Who would you prefer to have save you, the Justice League or the Avengers?  Why?

[Prophet42 1,501]

The Avengers - I like Iron Man.

In Superman vs. Batman, who would you root for?

[raynev1 1,886]

Batman , he's human .

Do you like to look at the changing colors of leaves in the fall ?

[Fantozzi 4,067]

Oh yes - autmn is the most colorfull season where I live - it seams as those leaves would release all the colors they took from the sun before they die. Then they turn all the same dark brown - they loose the color of sun and pick up the color of soil.

 

When you go to the supermarket do you have a shopping list? And how high - roundabout - is the percentage of things you buy that weren't on your shopping list?

[NMUSpidey 3,956]

I often only have a list in my head, and I rarely, if ever, come home with something that wasn't on the list.

 

What is the most moving piece of music you've ever heard?  Why do you suppose that is?

[Toothless Stitch 2,901]

Depends on the style of music. One of my all time favourite still is the "Test Drive" piece from the HTTYD movie score. I have rarely seen piece fitting the movie sequence better than this one. Incredibly powerful, yet full of feelings and driven by the headcanons you get when listening to it. I also enjoy it because it works with and without the movie scenes. I get goosebumps every time I hear it. John Powell = genius.

Do you enjoy good (orchestral) movie scores? Which is your favourite one?

[raynev1 1,886]

Yes , yes I do . Hats off to  Howard Shore for the "Lord of the Rings" soundtrack .

Edit - @Odainsaker Oops ... I thought I was forgetting something . The question , haha . There goes that darn sometimers again   

  Edited October 14, 2016 by raynev1  
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[Odainsaker 2,134]

Errr, for want of a question...sure, definitely hats off to the "Lord of the Rings."

For me, the soundtrack to "Amadeus" is unmatchable, but then its pieces were originally by Mozart himself.  "Excalibur" went full Wagner, "2001:  A Space Odyssey" ensured that space exploration would be set to Strauss, and the docudrama "Hiroshima" mesmerized me with Schnittke.  For works originally intended as movie scores and not necessarily written by Germans, I am always amazed by the mystically nostalgic soundtracks to "The Last Emperor" and "Little Buddha," both largely by Sakamoto Ryuichi for filmmaker Bernardo Bertolucci.  For the upcoming 2020 Olympics in Tokyo, Sakamoto is often mentioned as a broad favorite for musical director of the opening ceremonies.

I admit I also love Toto and Brian Eno's soundtrack to "Dune"...The Spice Must Flow!...and, thanks to Michael Kamen's music in "The Adventures of Baron Munchausen," I can sing "The Torturer's Apprentice" just like the kill-crazy Sultan.  Munchausen...ach, we've drifted back to the Germans!

 

If a movie soundtrack played as the soundtrack music to some part of your life, real or imaginary, which movie soundtrack would you want that to be?

 

[NMUSpidey 3,956]

It Might Get Loud, the documentary featuring The Edge, Jack White, and Jimmy Page.  Either that or The Song Remains The Same or perhaps Shiina Ringo's brilliant Sakuran soundtrack.  Kinda leaning towards Sakuran at the moment.

 

What do you find is the best way to access the internet?  Why?

[TakemeThere 5,833]

At home on my PC. Just so much easier to interface with a mouse then by touch screen or touchpad.

What is your favorite sport to watch and why.

[Fantozzi 4,067]

Soccer. But I couldn't name a 'why' that wasn't valid for any other sports in TV. The best thing maybe is: even if it has elements of a drama - it's no fiction, it's no documentary, as there is no script.  It's one of the few things in media you could call 'realism' - which is not cut, stage-managed, a montage, written down dialogs or comments - where even the perspective of the camera isn't driven by creating messages but by local condition. It is almost free of any medial message and maybe therefore such close to reality.

 

Those TV shows - where they show how badly educated domestic animals are reeducated - your opinion: do they have a message and what could their message be?

[Prophet42 1,501]

I don't think they necessarily have a message, they are just trying to show you that there is hope for your pet.

Are you good at troubleshooting and resolving issues with your computer?

[NMUSpidey 3,956]

Not really.  I've met some people who actually are, so I don't think I'd say I was.

 

What is your favorite holiday?  Why?

[RipRap 4,400]

Christmas, because it's the only time family is actually together.

If you have less than $5000 to spend on a vacation for 2, where would you go and why?

[Toothless Stitch 2,901]

Stay at home and hide in the corner.

Has your country recently changed their currency? If so, your opinion on that?

[Fantozzi 4,067]

No. But I remember, many years ago, 1000 italian Lira was exactly 1 Deutsche Mark. And the italians had the idear to simply eliminate the three zeroes from their currency. But the germans didn't like that idear. And I didn't understand, where's a problem in doing so - as you know the word 'millionaire' didn't had much sense by this time in italy. So practically they wanted nothing different than a Lira with less zerores at the end so the wallets could be a little smaller and bank book wouldn't need this extra wide columns anymore.

And beeing amazed that no one in europe wanted the italians to have their zeroes eliminated, I realized I don't understand much of monetary systems.

 

 

Can you characterize your driving instructor, please?

[raynev1 1,886]

To characterize my driving instructor would be difficult for me , it was my mother and she drove with two feet flat on the floor . In a '69 Chevy Camaro Convertible .

What was/will be your first automobile ?

[Themistokles 134]

I have no plan getting a car in the near future, but if I would, it'd be an electric one. Tesla or Nissan Leaf, depending on what budget I'd be on.

Do you look forward or fear the day self-driving cars will dominate?