ballzac
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Some pop:
I put this up on soundcloud about a month ago, but I was planning on remastering it before sharing it around. I spent a while tweaking it to bring out the base and kick a bit more, but I think it lost some commercial pop charm in the process, so I'm sticking with this original master.
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2 hours ago, sagiXsagi said:Acid/time is a killer song.
I too have not beeing so active in the forums for some time, I had even lost my passwords and was locked out for some time.
The names of music , heheh, yeah this has changed. Many names are really unneeded. Music nowadays mostly if not all is crossover., mixture of things I think the most unneeded and stupid names exist for the rave/techno/house culture... but recent metal labeling are also equal in stupidity.
I'm not sure how I feel about Acid/time. It stands out amongst my music as having unique qualities, which in itself is something positive, but I don't listen to it and think "this is perfect. there's nothing I would change about this". As for genre names, I think of them as mostly a convenience to help people find things they like. For me, it also helps to find new inspiration. I'll often look up a variety of examples of some particular genre and try to emulate some commonalities without actually copying anything from an individual track. Sometimes I end up with something that actually sounds like that genre, and other times it just sounds like my own style with those elements incorporated, but I always walk away with a larger toolset that I can draw from in the future.
With that said, here's my take on techno:
Yes, a lot of my track names end in "7", lol.
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Possibly Coprinellus disseminatus. Have you seen fully mature ones? If so, do they change colour as they mature? Coprinellus disseminatus start off looking like those but end up going grey. Sporeprint would be black.
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"thin and weak looking" often means they came off plants that didn't get enough light, but it can also mean they were in pots and weren't given enough food. "soft" (when it's not rot) means that the cutting has spent a long time between being cut and being planted, so it's become dehydrated. Alternatively, it could mean the plant it originally came from was dehydrated. If the new growth is fine, then everything will most likely turn out okay. The etiolated (thin) part will fatten up a little, but never completely. It will probably pup from the base more readily than a plant that's not etiolated, because it simply can't provide resources to the tip as fast as it wants to. The softness should go away completely as it absorbs water. If parts of it don't improve, or start getting worse, it might indicated that it spent too long in that condition and is starting to rot. If that happens, you're probably best off cutting those parts off.
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It's hard to tell when they're this small. If I had to guess, I'd say it could be T. Cuzcoensis, but nowhere near confident about that.
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A new one with a bit of a housey vibe:
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I'm really sorry to hear about this. I never met him irl, but he had been on these forums since before I joined more than a decade ago, and he's one of the people who made this community so great.
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Honestly, I have found dry betelnut to be underwhelming. The sensation is pleasant, but just requires too much to get a good effect. I've never tried it fresh, so I can't comment on that. Dry betelnut that you get from suppliers in Australia is very, very hard, and I find it's unchewable. I found that I could get some effect by grinding it up in a rotary coffee grinder and mixing it with a base (bicarb soda, or lime if you're game). However, sitting there with a mouth full of gritty powder for a mild, and very short-lived effect is not worth it for me. I would much prefer something like khat, which you can actually chew on easily. The euphoria from betelnut is very fleeting, and regardless of how much I have, I never feel like it's satisfied what it seems to promise. Khat, on the other hand, doesn't feel euphoric to me, but the stimulant effect is pleasant, and because there's no mild euphoria, I don't feel like I've been 'teased' in the same way that I do from betelnut. I'm not sure of the current laws on khat. Last time I looked into it, you could obtain a permit to import for personal consumption if it was culturally relevant to you. As far as I know, you can still legally grow it.
No idea about smoking betelnut; I didn't even know it was an option.
Another one to consider is nutmeg. There are questions about its safety, so I urge you to research it before trying it, but it has an effect that you could consider similar to betelnut, but with a strong stoning component. It's not very pleasant (taste-wise) to consume in large quantities, but the effect lasts a long time (maybe 24 hours or so from memory), so that's not really an issue. If you just want something that is legal and will cause a mild, but pleasant, change in consciousness, and are also okay with any potential risk, nutmeg is certainly an option.
I haven't tried the smoking mixtures you mention, so I can't comment on them.
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1 minute ago, paradox said:great to see you around ballzac & great to see some more of you dads insanely brilliant paintings, love that one! is that another portrait?
Thanks paradox. Yeah, that's me. I kind of wish he wouldn't do so many of me to be honest. It's nice to have them, but I don't want more than one painting of myself up on the wall at one time, so the rest have to take up space in the cupboard.
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2 hours ago, smithy said:Hey, I do not think it is , Catnip leaves are silvery/grey to an almost blue/green colour. it also has white fine hairs on the leaf.
The colour and hairiness can very based on conditions. As you can see, mine do not really have a bluish hue, and although they have hairs, they're fairly shiny and the hairs don't always show up in a photo depending on the lighting conditions. I think I can see hairs on Dicko's plant when zooming in on the close-up. It's also wet, which can can make the hairs lie down a bit. That said, looking at the images side by side, I'm far from 100% convinced now. Dicko, if you rub your fingertip across the leaves, is there a velvety feel to them? Even the ones that don't look hairy have enough hair on them to to able to feel (and hear) it. I still think the best way to identify it is by smell, but it's obviously not easy if you don't already know what it smells like.
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Certainly looks like it to me. Catnip has a very distinctive smell. Even if you don't know what it should smell like, you should at least be able to rule out a mint or anything else you're familiar with from the smell. Catnip has a very 'heavy' scent, which I would liken to something like tomato leaves, cannabis flowers, hop cones, or possibly even burnt rubber. Grab a leaf and bruise it vigorously by rolling it between your fingers, and have a smell. This is also the best way to get your cat interested in it. They'll be much more receptive to the smell on your fingers when they're not familiar with it. Then when they are used to it, they are likely to end up rolling around on the plant or chewing on it---although, as you say, some cats are just never interested.
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Looks like an iris to me.
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On 6/22/2017 at 1:11 PM, stonewolf said:Phenibut is one of the drugs that probably shouldn't be in wide circulation.
The time between dosing and building a tolerance and even dependence is crazy. I took it daily for a week and had a nasty experience upon cessation.
99% of the time the TGA get it wrong, but Phenibut is nasty stuff. There is no comparison to something like Kratom or even Tianeptine.
When has banning an addictive substance ever really limited its availability from those who are most at risk from it? When has prohibition ever been a successful harm minimisation approach? The more dangerous or addictive a substance is, the more important it is that it is legal. For example, if they banned Leonotus, it would have virtually no effect other than to annoy a few people who use it, but whenever---and wherever---they ban fentanyl, it starts showing up in illicit batches of Heroin. With little to no quality control on the streets, it's poorly distributed and ends up killing users due to variations in concentration. Or, how about Heroin itself? Before Heroin was banned in Australia in the early fifties, the number of fatal overdoses per year was close to zero. It's been a while since I've looked at the figures, but last time I did, Heroin was killing hundreds of Australian a year.
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