Oubliette

Joined

• started 96 topics
• posted 7,450 times   see topics posted on
• send a message

Posts by Oubliette

• 
  19

  So, are you thinking of coming back?

  by kairos in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  that's a crazy question.. they really mean, "do you regret your decesion to leave".. ---.

  it's just an ice breaker to become nosy into one's personal life.. ---.

  btw, last time i was asked this, no, everytime i'm asked this i reply with: "i'm never coming back".. they seem to hear that.. .

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Oubliette

  I can't "come back" because I didn't leave. The WT leadership has turned apostate and THEY LEFT THE TRUTH.

  When are THEY coming back?
• 
  20

  Party

  by Hortensia in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i'm giving a party next week -- sunday, december 14 at 1:00 p.m. reason for the party?

  i got a huge turkey on sale and i need to cook it.

  i'm making turkey and trimmings, neighbors are bringing whatever they want, mostly vegetarian stuff.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Oubliette

  Sounds delish!
• 
  15

  My difficulties in writing academic essays, contrasted with the same difficulties by NK elites

  by fulltimestudent in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i struggle to write good academic essays.

  i'm never happy with the result of my labours.

  i've had a few hds, but still feel they lack something.. for some months, i have been pondering why i have this problem, and the realisation is becoming clear that my problem is the result of having my brain washed clean by jesus for 40 years (my period of enslavement to the wt cause).

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Oubliette

  FTS: The point I set out to make in this thread, was the experience I shared with the NK students and the influence of that experience on my own mind. To me it explains why I'm good at story-telling.

  Well fiction and non-fiction are by nature two very different things. But a person can be good at both. Your conclusion doesn't follow from your premise. This is of course evidence of the point of your premise. You grew up learning to repeat colorful stories; you did not grow up learning to reason with rigor and logic.

  It's never too late to learn to think clearly.
• 
  36

  Any Guitar Players Out there?

  by WillowTrees in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i'm trying to understand which chords these are, in terms of piano.

  it's off helmets song "blacktop".

  |-------------------------------------------|---------------------| |-------------------------------------------|---------------------| |-------------------------------------------|---------------------| |-7--7--7-7-3--3--3-3-5--5--5-5-5-0-0-0-0-0-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-| |-7--7--7-7-3--3--3-3-5--5--5-5-5-0-0-0-0-0-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-| |-7--7--7-7-3--3--3-3-5--5--5-5-5-0-0-0-0-0-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-| play x 3 | pm................................................... play x 4 outro |-------------------------|-----------------| |-------------------------|-----------------| |-------------------------|-----------------| |-0-0-0-/7--3-3-0-3-4-5~~-|-6-5-3-0-3-5-3-0-| |-0-0-0-/7--3-3-0-3-4-5~~-|-6-5-3-0-3-5-3-0-| |-0-0-0-/7--3-3-0-3-4-5~~-|-6-5-3-0-3-5-3-0-| play x 12* |.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Oubliette

  Spectre: Isn't the basic E chord shape by definition a power chord?

  Good question. The answer is: No, it is not a "power chord" because it contains a 3rd, in this case the G# on the third string.

  

  Guitar "power chords" are usually just the root and 5th. Sometimes they contain an octave duplication of the root.

  So if you only played the bottom 2 or 3 strings of the basic E chord, then that would be a power chord.

  

  Here's the movable shape with the root on the 6th string:

  

  Here's the movable shape with the root on the 5th string:

  

  Alternately they can be inverted, that is the 5th on the bottom and the root on top. (Think "Smoke on the Water").

  

  Power chords are useful in Rock guitar playing for mainly two reasons:

  1. The ambiguity of having no third (which determines whether the harmony is major or minor) allows more freedom of choice for the soloist. Think about the bluesy history of rock with it's penchant to flat notes and bend them to "in-between" pitches and you'll understand how important this is.
  2. When guitarists started playing with increasingly more distorted tone, they found that playing the third in a chord made the sound more "messy" and that it didn't blend in the sonic mix of the ensemble.

  Interestingly, two extremely distorted guitars playing in thirds works really well together, while a single guitarist playing the same intervals simultaneously will usually not find the results very satisfying. This effect can be heard in many harmonized guitar solos.

  Here are a couple of examples excerpted from a Guitar Player magazine article, Harmony Guitar Solos of the '50s, '60s, and '70s:

  Brian May’s astounding work with Queen frequently utilized counterpoint as well as parallel harmonies, often during the same song, and Ex. 11, excerpted from the eyebrow-raising entrance of May’s solo in “Keep Yourself Alive” (the opening track from 1973’s Queen), illustrates the point to a tee. He begins playing thirds over the tonic F and C (V) chords, and then switches to a counterpoint approach for the F-A7/E-Dm-Bb-C-F progression in the following two measures. The next four bars (not notated) find May adopting the same strategy—two bars of parallel harmonies followed by two bars of counterpoint. Bravo!
  
  Our guided tour concludes with an excerpt from Thin Lizzy’s worldwide smash hit, “The Boys Are Back in Town” (from 1976’s Jailbreak). Ex. 12 shows how guitarists Scott Gorham and Brian Robertson coalesce during the songs’ infamous twin-guitar lead. Play through both parts, and you’ll find that the first three bars adhere to a rousing shuffle rhythm before contrasting with the dragged quarter-note triplets in bar 4. Play the whole deal over founder Phil Lynott’s A-B-C#-E bass line.

  

  Have fun!
• 
  42

  My dog just died.

  by panhandlegirl in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i just buried my beloved poddle, little brother.

  he died suddenly.

  i know to most people that is not an important event.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Oubliette

  I'm sorry for your loss, PanHandleGirl.

  For many of us, our pets are the only example of unconditional love we've ever known.
• 
  16

  Caleb and Sophia meet a real, live Bethelite Window Washer! (New WT video)

  by Oubliette in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the wtbts has produced another uplifting video for our precious jw youngsters!.

  lesson 12: caleb and sophia visit bethel.

  here's a fun clip from the video at 0:25".

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Oubliette

  UPDATE: Window washing is STILL being promoted among JWs. JWN Poser EndOfMysteries spotted this:

  • Window-washer is the cover of Feb 2015 WT, "How to enjoy your work!" Hahaha!!
• 
  58

  Window-washer is the cover of Feb 2015 WT, "How to enjoy your work!" Hahaha!!

  by EndofMysteries in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  .

  after all the jokes and satire on this website about jw's only being able to amount to window washers and house cleaners, the cover page of "how to enjoy your work" showing a window washer and cleaner in the back ground.

  i almost wonder if some awakened, still-in, from this site is part of the writing department or illustrations and put that in there as an inside joke for us?.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Oubliette

  Window washing is evidently an important theme for the WT Leadership. Remember this from just a couple of months ago:

  • Caleb and Sophia meet a real, live Bethelite Window Washer! (New WT video)

  Yes, that's right boys and girls: The WTBTS has produced yet another uplifting video for our precious JW youngsters!

  Lesson 12: Caleb and Sophia Visit Bethel

  Here's a fun clip from the video at 0:25"

  

  That's right little Caleb, you take a GOOD, LONG LOOK at that Bethelite window washer. Isn't he happy serving Jehovah and cleaning windows for Jesus?

  That will probably be your vocation too since there's no way in hell you're going to college!

  That's right little Caleb, you too can be a window-washing pioneer.
• 
  15

  My difficulties in writing academic essays, contrasted with the same difficulties by NK elites

  by fulltimestudent in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i struggle to write good academic essays.

  i'm never happy with the result of my labours.

  i've had a few hds, but still feel they lack something.. for some months, i have been pondering why i have this problem, and the realisation is becoming clear that my problem is the result of having my brain washed clean by jesus for 40 years (my period of enslavement to the wt cause).

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Oubliette

  Hey, if you're getting 90% and above you're doing someting right!

  Writing well is hard work, no doubt about it. One of the biggest things that I see lacking in my students' writing is evidence of clear thinking.

  I work with them on the importance developing a good clear thesis statement, outlining and revising their initial drafts.

  The author of the editorial you pasted above emphasized all of these things.

  Here are a few resources regarding how to craft an effective thesis statment:

  • Thesis Statements - Writing Center, Univ. of North Carolina

  • Purdue OWL: Creating a Thesis Statement

  • Writing Tips: Thesis Statements (Univ. of Illinois)

  Check those out and see if they help.

  When you have a good, well-written thesis, you are clearly focused about what you want to say and how you want to say it. Also, it helps you to determine what to put in your paper and what to leave out. Everything must support your thesis or it doesn't belong.

  On the other hand, if you have a point that you feel really needs to be in the paper, but it does not strongly relate to your thesis, then maybe your thesis needs reworking.
• 
  36

  Any Guitar Players Out there?

  by WillowTrees in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i'm trying to understand which chords these are, in terms of piano.

  it's off helmets song "blacktop".

  |-------------------------------------------|---------------------| |-------------------------------------------|---------------------| |-------------------------------------------|---------------------| |-7--7--7-7-3--3--3-3-5--5--5-5-5-0-0-0-0-0-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-| |-7--7--7-7-3--3--3-3-5--5--5-5-5-0-0-0-0-0-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-| |-7--7--7-7-3--3--3-3-5--5--5-5-5-0-0-0-0-0-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-| play x 3 | pm................................................... play x 4 outro |-------------------------|-----------------| |-------------------------|-----------------| |-------------------------|-----------------| |-0-0-0-/7--3-3-0-3-4-5~~-|-6-5-3-0-3-5-3-0-| |-0-0-0-/7--3-3-0-3-4-5~~-|-6-5-3-0-3-5-3-0-| |-0-0-0-/7--3-3-0-3-4-5~~-|-6-5-3-0-3-5-3-0-| play x 12* |.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Oubliette

  Here are just a few that come to mind off the top of my head:

  • Hendrix: Purple Haze, The Wind Cries Mary
  • Satriani: Surfing with the Alien
  • Clapton: Sunshine of Your Love
  • Beatles: Day Tripper (Chorus)
  • Dire Straits: Money for Nothing

  What I think you're overlooking is that many of the songs you mentioned have multiple guitars overdubbed.

  Also, although power chords are the staple of some styles like punk or grunge and some players like Hendrix and Satriani utilize(d) a wide variety of guitar techniques, it is simply incorrect to say that of players like these that "I don't think ... [they] ever used them."
• 
  15

  My difficulties in writing academic essays, contrasted with the same difficulties by NK elites

  by fulltimestudent in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i struggle to write good academic essays.

  i'm never happy with the result of my labours.

  i've had a few hds, but still feel they lack something.. for some months, i have been pondering why i have this problem, and the realisation is becoming clear that my problem is the result of having my brain washed clean by jesus for 40 years (my period of enslavement to the wt cause).

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Oubliette

  FTS,

  Terry's very funny quip aside, writing a blog post is not the same as an academic essay.

  For what field or discipline are you trying to hone your writing skills? What level? Secondary? University? Graduate?

  Let me know, I could possibly point you toward some resources that could help you develop your writing skills.