Recent content by Fando

Unless you interviewed King Diamond or maybe King Fowley or someone recently, absolutely. LOTFP doesn't deal with the "larger than life" personalities. Isn't that one of the selling points of the zine? No one is going to fork over 30 euro for some vanilla artist that's just being sincere and...

The idea of auctioning a letter isn't half as absurd as the fact that the author is a fairly insignificant, third tier personality. That Mayhem collection was indeed real and sold on behalf of Morgan from Marduk. Here's the final tally: http://my.opera.com/NorthernVantage/blog/

Wallace Stevens' Sunday Morning: 1 Complacencies of the peignoir, and late Coffee and oranges in a sunny chair, And the green freedom of a cockatoo Upon a rug mingle to dissipate The holy hush of ancient sacrifice. She dreams a little, and she feels the dark Encroachment of that old...

And as stated, that media is not hard very hard to come by (and unless you're listening to black or death metal, most vocalists are easily understood by ear) and again, I do not and never did dismiss any of these, but you're not very good at reading the arguments against you. You are...

Yes, surely I am deprived of the transcendental force that can only come wrapped inside a piece of plastic. You are kidding yourself, dude. I will repeat myself again, since you didn't get it the first time: It is not a matter of just "wanting." There is difference between treating this as...

Are ya‘ll as viciously against tape-trading too? If not, I question whether any of you have ever actually used a p2p program before. Most operate on the principle that users must enter with a considerable share of music before being able to download anything, thus closely mirroring tape...

Thanks for digging these up. :)

Did you make it down to where that page address the "selfish gene" theory? This is not the Disney Channel, folks. A biological imperative, fairly common in SWARMS is not a refutation of what I posited in the case of evolved human beings. If this was a joke it went right past my bat...

There is no such thing as “putting someone else above yourself.” To be sure, this might be an ennobling thought, but unnecessary. What would be a situation where this might actually be true? On a minor level, one does good because of the mutual gratification that it brings. A...

Altruism as defined is not "not natural" so much as non-existent. There is no such thing as "unselfishness" and I think the findings of the study contradict that childish idea. Better to admit pragmatism and decision-making based upon mutual benefits and gain (or the alleviation of our own pain...

There is no "new found reverence" you literal-minded, humorless twat. He's listing bands he's been listening to and making JOKES involving Brocas Helm vs Slipknot patches.

You have not explained how any of this is “reactionary” in response to points already made about Immortal/Darkthrone. This was the basis of your original posts. There’s no need to “wait and see” because you haven’t even accounted for these two examples. I will agree with Scourge’s remarks on...

Well if you want to get into that, from a Vargian perspective they've certainly gotten a tan since '94.

This isn't "critical thinking" on your part; it's a haphazard attempt at cause and effect regarding what you call a "reactionary embracing" of heavy metal by black metal groups while citing I as a "sign of the times." But Immortal had been playing up their trad. metal influence since At the...

If you can't distinguish between Darkthrone, who completely backed down when they knew they had taken their gimmick too far, Immortal, who outside of their music were little more than a non-threatening puppet show, and self-interested, earnest ego-maniacs like Vikernes, the thread won't continue...