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Forum: Art, Writing, and Music Topic: who else here modifies their music? |
| Alpacaman |
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Posted: 13 Sep 2010, 3:30 pm
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Replies: 63
Views: 9,440
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| I recently got the Brian Wilson version of Smile, it's not bad but to be honest I prefer the bootleg version- the original 'Good Vibrations' is definitely superior to the new recording! I'm thinking about assembling my own version of smile using songs from the official and the bootleg. |
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Forum: Art, Writing, and Music Topic: Brian Wilson - aspie? |
| Alpacaman |
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Posted: 13 Sep 2010, 3:28 pm
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Replies: 9
Views: 4,472
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| http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YiQHqZ8b85Y&feature=related Check out his body language and rocking here. Interesting! I watched some of the other interviews too. Yeah, I think it's possible. And there's more that could be evidence of him being an aspie--his tendency to say things that aren't qu... |
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Forum: Television, Film, and Video Topic: Whats your favorite Anime shows? |
| Alpacaman |
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Posted: 24 Aug 2010, 6:56 pm
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Replies: 33
Views: 4,913
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| used to watch pokemon & digimon when i was a kid- not too keen on them now though, but i do like the poke abridged parodies, they're funny! now i like dragonball/dbz (watching them in order online) and studio ghibli, ghost in the shell, tank police... i'm fairly new to anime & manga but i lo... |
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Forum: Television, Film, and Video Topic: twilight, do you love it or hate it? |
| Alpacaman |
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Posted: 24 Aug 2010, 6:02 pm
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Replies: 65
Views: 8,235
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| I don't understand the popularity of Twilight, i'm a 20 year old male so i'm not exactly the target demographic- even so, i know 15 & 16 year olds who hate the Twilight movies. I don't get it, vampires & werewolves were originally supposed to be creepy monsters who lived in castles, but they... |
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Forum: Art, Writing, and Music Topic: Radiohead - AS? |
| Alpacaman |
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Posted: 24 Aug 2010, 5:34 pm
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Replies: 66
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| @ Delirium: "everybody who's remotely famous" - I don't see the more charismatic and famous rock groups like Aerosmith, AC/DC, Metallica, Led Zeppelin, Santana, Queens of the Stone Age, etc... being speculated to have Asperger's. Admittedly, there are a lot who are speculated which don't seem to ma... |
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Forum: Art, Writing, and Music Topic: Radiohead - AS? |
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Posted: 24 Aug 2010, 3:44 pm
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Replies: 66
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| of course Radiohead are an AS band! Johnny Greenwood & Thom Yorke are both autistic, it's so obvious ("I wanna be part of the human race!", "couldn't look you in the eye" etc.) apparently Johnny barely speaks to anyone and he's obsessed with vinyl records. You have the ability to diagnose peopl... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Self-centredness and being pedantic - what do they mean? |
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Posted: 24 Aug 2010, 3:22 pm
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Replies: 26
Views: 10,690
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i hate pedantic people (which is ironic considering i have AS) i have one friend with AS whose obsessive & pedantic ways irritate the f**k out of me. I can be obsessive & self centred too, but whatever... i'm a hypocrite  |
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Forum: Art, Writing, and Music Topic: Radiohead - AS? |
| Alpacaman |
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Posted: 24 Aug 2010, 2:55 pm
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Replies: 66
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| of course Radiohead are an AS band! Johnny Greenwood & Thom Yorke are both autistic, it's so obvious ("I wanna be part of the human race!", "couldn't look you in the eye" etc.) apparently Johnny barely speaks to anyone and he's obsessed with vinyl records. You have the ability to diagnose peopl... |
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Forum: Art, Writing, and Music Topic: Radiohead - AS? |
| Alpacaman |
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Posted: 20 Aug 2010, 8:13 pm
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Replies: 66
Views: 28,816
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| of course Radiohead are an AS band! Johnny Greenwood & Thom Yorke are both autistic, it's so obvious ("I wanna be part of the human race!", "couldn't look you in the eye" etc.) apparently Johnny barely speaks to anyone and he's obsessed with vinyl records. Radiohead are THE Asperger syndrome ban... |
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Forum: Art, Writing, and Music Topic: attention Belles & Sebastians! (any twee/indie pop fans? |
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Posted: 20 Aug 2010, 7:52 pm
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Replies: 11
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| I wonder if there are any indie-pop fans here? Tullycraft The Field Mice Moldy Peaches Belle & Sebastian The Vaselines The Lovely Eggs Daniel Johnston 14 Iced Bears Tiger Trap Beat Happening Crayon 6 Cents And Natalie Marine Girls The Shaggs Young Marble Giants Teenage Fanclub etc. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: How AS or Autism affected your life? |
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Posted: 20 Aug 2010, 7:10 pm
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Replies: 27
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difficult to make friends in the past (but not so much now)
difficult to fit in
shy
not very conversational
bullied in high school & college |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Do people stare at you? |
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Posted: 07 Aug 2010, 11:39 am
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Replies: 111
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| whenever i go out people stare at me, either in a hostile threatening way or like they find me amusing. I have long hair, a beard & i dress in a 90s grunge style. this happened twice on monday, and again today. a fat middle aged woman outside a coffee shop was glaring at me which was really unco... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Do people stare at you? |
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Posted: 07 Aug 2010, 11:39 am
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Replies: 111
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| whenever i go out people stare at me, either in a hostile threatening way or like they find me amusing. I have long hair, a beard & i dress in a 90s grunge style. this happened twice on monday, and again today. a fat middle aged woman outside a coffee shop was glaring at me which was really unco... |
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Forum: Television, Film, and Video Topic: David Lynch. |
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Posted: 02 Aug 2010, 9:31 pm
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Replies: 30
Views: 9,479
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I like Eraserhead, Blue Velvet, Twin Peaks & his shorts. I really want to see his other work! 
apart from Dune which seems like his one weak movie.
In my opinion David Lynch is definitely autistic. |
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Forum: Television, Film, and Video Topic: Your favorite stand-up comedian |
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Posted: 02 Aug 2010, 9:07 pm
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Replies: 157
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Tim_Tex wrote: I have Jim Gaffigan's Hot Pockets skit memorized almost word for word.
Caliente Pocket! |
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Forum: Television, Film, and Video Topic: Your favorite stand-up comedian |
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Posted: 02 Aug 2010, 9:03 pm
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Replies: 157
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Bill Hicks, George Carlin, Jim Gaffigan, Brian Posehn, Omid Djalili, Josie Long, Dylan Moran, Bill Bailey, Chris Rock, Billy Connolly, Sarah Silverman  |
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