botanika
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Rebirth
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Nature is the biggest anarchist of all - wait till the next big comet hits our planet. It will happen.
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Recorded in my apartment recently. I'm on guitars and vocals. The drummers using an electronic V-drum kit. Its not as good as mic'ing a real kit but far easier and free.
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The other thing I find humouress is when Obama says they didn't want to bury OBL because they thought his grave would become a shrine to extremists - if that was the case and they want to capture extremists, wouldn't that be an awesome lure/trap? They could sit there and interogate anyone would visited!
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Tumbleweed were awesome - saw them many a time during the uni days. Still have theatre of gnomes and the spiral bound weedseed EP with its R.Crumb inspired cartoons. Heavily influenced by Blue Cheer also. Ive got weedseed and theatre of gnomes on CD and can rip em for you if you like.
Mosrite guitars, Marshall plexi's, big muff fuzz pedals, converse all stars, paisley shirts and velvet jackets = way cool.
Shakedowns on the way....
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But any conflict with China will rapidly degrade into a nuclear holocaust so if the shit hits the fan we will all be fucked.
No one wants nuclear holocaust - not even the scumbags in the US military. Any future Asian pacific war will be played out a different way.
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Australia's governments are no better - again, referring to that demonstration in Sydney's Hyde Park in 2003, one of my favourite props at the rally was a giant figure of George W. Bush being towed around*, with a smaller one of John Howard as a dog, whose nose kept bumping into Dubbya's arse.
Says it all.
[*If anyone can post a photo of that it would be most cool.]
Here ya go mate...although it's in Canberra.
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and now Obama wants to look at Pakistan..........................
War funds.... weapon sales............. up
That's right killing is big business. It has nothing to do with freedom or safety and everything to do with profit. We could be living in a resource based highly technological society but we are unfortunately enslaved into a monetary society of deceit and debit. It's unsustainable in the long run - I'm hopeful things will change but we'll have to endure 'more of the same' for a long time to come...unless a big comet hits the earth soon or yellowstone erupts...
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I often wonder what the locals think of all the wandering kids who seem to appear every winter - looking nowhere but at the ground - pretending to be walking the dog (but without a dog) or looking for their 'keys' or whatever. I wonder if they just laugh or they get pissed off or what..
I was picking at botanic gardens Canberra once, trying to be discrete pretending I was admiring plants but my eyes were like an eagle - some workers there (gardeners) called out to me 'that area has been picked dry - go further down the slope that way'. Awesome, I wasn't discrete after that!
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As zeitgeist called out: 'the real terrorists of this world wear $5000 suits'
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The media creates separation between people encouraging critique of each other, inequality and fear. They profit off it. Turn off the news and love your fellow people - were all one and the same deep down and amazing people are doing amazing things all the time. Don't let the media convince you otherwise.
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Bin laden is irrelevant - switch off the news and do some gardening!
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War on shit.
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Can any women here explain time? Can they do it?
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Morning of the earth
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Range Rovers - you're looking at classic or P38's in your price range. P38's are all 4-4.6 V8's in australia, are underpowered for what they are and drink like a fish. The P38's are notoriously unreliable and problematic, especially in regards to the electronics and air suspension. 1999 onwards have the better Bosch kits and the air suspension can be swapped out for coils...but you're still left with high maintenance and parts costs. Classic RR's are starting to get old but are cheap and easy to modify with parts etc. Look at 1991 range rovers where they have the bigger 3.8 V8 but still have the coils and simpler electronics. Great cars but more for enthusiasts but you could try get a mint 1991 for around $7k, spend another $3k on mods or gas conversion and keep $5k for repair bills ;)
Landcrusiers even in desiel will chew some fuel and are big cars. You have to honestly ask how much time you'll actually be offroading versus road driving. I love Cruisers more than Patrols for some reason. There are plenty around and in your price bracket you can find a bargain if you look carefully and plenty have already been converted to gas. Dont be completely put off if its done offroading. If its been well looked after you can score some great (and costly) aftermarket gear like suspension, tyres, roof racks, fridges etc. Look for old guys that used them for touring but added lots of aftermarket gear. Some of the old F60's are pretty funky but getting on in age and luxury + they have clunky leaf suspension: funky brown 60 series. A later 80's model better cheapcruiser. But with so many great 80 series out there...this is what you can get for $15k! bad ass cruiser
Dont forget the Prado's - nicer more compact interiors than the bigger cruisers but still capable offroad and nice to drive around town. The 3.4 litre will still drink though.
A newer 3.0l deisel Patrol would be great but perhaps pushing your budget? Also slightly mundane cars but big, tough and extremely capable offroad. Again it comes down to how much offraod tough stuff you want to be doing or if your looking for a tourer. Try comparing fuel consumption for the V8 version on gas versus the deisel. The V8's go quite cheaply these days.
Pajero's might not have the spunk of the others but are great cars to drive around town and on the highway and are almost as good as the Patrols and Cruisers offroad. Nice interiors and handling. A good set of wheels and tyres can transform a Paj into a mean machine. Look for the older 2.8 desiel for fuel efficiency. Newer ones might be out of the price range but the 3.8 V6 are better and more robust than the older 3.5 V6. Totally underated cars. cheap Paj
Hilux's/Surf's are a little cramped, stiff and bland but good workhorses. Troopies total old school but you can find some camper converted ones that are neat for trips. Big long cars though, not easy to turn around on tight tracks. Troopy camper
Jeeps can be ok but need some customization, particularly suspension. They're small.
Whatever you buy get some good tyres on it as that's the easiest way to improve performance offroad.
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'dressed like hippies'
Lol
Nothing has changed since the 60's
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Johnny Depp?
Funny as I read that I'm listening to Keith Richards autobiography 'life' audio book read by Depp! Classic stuff.
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Miley Cyrus?
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Ace. Thanks for posting!
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I talk to my wife often
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Pet bats?
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Are you sure it wasn't this?
That's what I thought at first but it was really pronounced and then shifted. The natural ring was there too but this was a schweird circular cloud, much larger in diameter and had straight lines coming off it (why I thought it may have been from an aircraft).
Into the Light
in Creativity, Spirituality & Philosophy
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The V-drums don't trigger properly either. Not very consistent. But we did 38 songs in one afternoon and I overdubbed guitars and vocals later. Would have cost a fortune at a studio. Ive got no idea when it comes to mastering, I just whacked a limiter on. Haven't heard of Witchcraft - I'll check em out - but my amp is made in Sweden!
Cheers guys thanks for the listen