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Originally posted by Mr. Twinkie:
Hey all.

I'm Dork's twin brother. Been lurking on the site for a while, so I know most of you pretty well already.

My tastes are similar to my brothers, but a little less metal and a lot more dance.

Welcome, 'Twin'-kie(Hah!). I wonder how similar your tastes can be to your brother's if you prefer to substitute metal for dance. I'm waiting for the genre dance metal to come out. You might say it'll never happen, but they probably said the same thing about dance punk.

Dance Metal? Already done.

I'm always dancing to 'Number of the Beast'....

Yeah, I love when they play Iron Maiden at clubs.

What's that? They don't?

Oh yeah, that's why I don't go to clubs.

Well, industrial metal tends to fuse thrash riffs with dance oriented electronic beats. Rob Zombie, KMFDM and, at times, Ministry could be considered "dance-metal".

Hi,everybody!I'm slowyer(My true name is Dai Ye, pronounce "DI yie"), a native chinese from mid-mainland China.
I've been here for several years till today I decided to join this forum. metacritic is really a wonderful place for me to getting some good information about entertainment.
Metacritic hits me right afer I out of school. It opened a new horizon for me: the english-speaking world's musical culture.
I studied law in college and astonished by the pluralism of metacritic's member. I always think I can learn something from you guys (especially the competence of english output)!

Anyway, greetings from China!

Pleased to meet you slowyer and welcome to Metacritic. Feel free to post where ever you please or even just to read our comments/conversations/arguments. Enjoy!

Hi slowyer! I'm an Australian living in Nantong, Jiangsu, and I am always trying to get my students onto m/c, so it's cool to see you here.

Be cool to discuss China sometime, somewhere...

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Originally posted by Ishmaels coffin:
Hi slowyer! I'm an Australian living in Nantong, Jiangsu, and I am always trying to get my students onto m/c, so it's cool to see you here.

Be cool to discuss China sometime, somewhere...

Oh! I just noticed this reply. Thanks for the kindness Ishmaels!
"Talk about China",mmm... that's a big topic. Like I have said in the previous post , I'm "from Mid-mainland China", more accurately from Xiangtan, Hunan. And I have never left home so far as to go beyond my hometown. So, Maybe you even know china better than me geographically!
As regarding the culture matter, I think part of our ancient tradition has died, and the other part is irrelevant to Modern/post-modern industrial society! This is why I more like contemporary western pop music compared to my nation's pop culture.
for last 3-5 years, I learned a lot of music knowledge through metacritic, and I dig metal and american country music (I also like Keith Urban by the way) by now. I guess the reason your chinese students didn't join the m/c is because of the information block. Even if one like me love english songs, his information about it mainly from the internet (by all kinds of download methods). I have to confess that all my music files were downloaded from internet (almost 60-70gb). Even if I have extra money to buy it, I can't find what I prefer through this country's music importing market. So Your students didn't join m/c due to their lacking of foreign entertainment information.

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Hello slowyer. Sorry for not being able to welcome you earlier, but there was a very important vacation impeding that.

I don’t know if this is the appropriate place to do so or not, but I needed to share words with the people on here. Things have been pretty rough for me lately. I am in some deep financial trouble and it could turn into some legal problems soon if I don’t resolve it fast enough. I have been behind on mostly everything and little things (a birthday here or there, a new CD here, a brilliant new movie about rats) have blinded what is actually happening but I can no longer ignore it, or put it aside. I had my internet recently shut off permanently, I can no longer pay it, so I write to you from a public library.

I know that I need to move back in with my mom and sister so I can get my feet under me but I don’t know how to approach that situation. I feel as if everything that has happened since I last moved out has been all but negative. I have lost so many jobs, friends, so much money, so much happiness, etc. Everything else except my girlfriend, dog, and this little community has gone down the drain. I feel tired and yet emotionally ruined. I want to thank all of the people on these forums whom I have grown close to and accustomed to. You have all been wonderful and great to me, instead of naming you all, I will simply say that you know who you are and I thank all of you.

I don’t know when or if I will be able to regularly contribute here. I wish things were different. So I wont say goodbye. If you wish to PM me, feel free—I should be able to check those. See you guys around.

--FKA.

Best of luck and keep us informed of what's happening. I'd just level with your family ASAP to get the ball rolling. I hope to see you around again soon.

mark

Yeah Frag, I echo Marks remarks and hope to see your return sooner, rather than later. You always make great contributions to the thread and are, as far as I can tell, a genuinely nice person. Good luck, and remember to stay positive, that can take you a long way.

P.S. I suggest you keep playing basketball if you want to be as good as me

Sorry to hear about your troubles, FKA. I again echo Mike and mark's comments: don't be ashamed to ask for help from your family. That's what they're there for, right? Moving back in is a good plan if you need to get back on your feet financially.

Things have been rough for me for the last few months too. My wife and I split up, along with the added stress of moving away from my family and friends. Even though it may sound cheesy, take it from someone who's dealing with a lot of sh*t too and go listen to The Streets' "Stay Positive". It's helped me keep things in line. Hopefully it can do the same for you.

FKA, I sent you a PM, but I also echo what everyone else is saying. It may be embarrassing to ask your family for help, but sometimes it's necessary. I know if the tables were turned, and your family needed your help, you wouldn't hesitate.

I just wanted to thank everyone for their kind words. For those of you that PM’d me, I responded. I have decided to get the help of my family so that ball is somewhat rolling. It will still take a while to get back on my feet but I am doing all I can. Knowing that you guys all care and are there for me really helps. Thanks again, it means a lot to me and I am genuinely appreciative.

On a few side notes:
mark
Can you message the editors to see about adding the White Rabbits’ Fort Nightly to the site? I skimmed some of the pages and did a few quick searches but nothing populated by them. I know that the A.V. club and allmusic have rated and reviewed it. More people need to hear this album, it may be the best debut of the year so far. I know that if it gets on the site it will get more attention.

And for all the Yankee haters, just how well are they doing now? All of a sudden they are 7 games back? Interesting…Oh wait, Wang gave up three runs in the 7th of today’s game against Toronto and they lost 3-2? That stinks.

I will keep you guys posted and thanks again, I love all of you guys!

--FKA

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Originally posted by FragileKidA:
I just wanted to thank everyone for their kind words. For those of you that PM’d me, I responded. I have decided to get the help of my family so that ball is somewhat rolling. It will still take a while to get back on my feet but I am doing all I can. Knowing that you guys all care and are there for me really helps. Thanks again, it means a lot to me and I am genuinely appreciative.

On a few side notes:
mark
Can you message the editors to see about adding the White Rabbits’ Fort Nightly to the site? I skimmed some of the pages and did a few quick searches but nothing populated by them. I know that the A.V. club and allmusic have rated and reviewed it. More people need to hear this album, it may be the best debut of the year so far. I know that if it gets on the site it will get more attention.

And for all the Yankee haters, just how well are they doing now? All of a sudden they are 7 games back? Interesting…Oh wait, Wang gave up three runs in the 7th of today’s game against Toronto and they lost 3-2? That stinks.

I will keep you guys posted and thanks again, I love all of you guys!

--FKA

If we never get the chance to chat again, have a good life, friend. I mean that very sincerely.

Things are officially, noticeably better. I am now back at my family’s house living with my sister and mom. They have both extended their help to me and I am very lucky to have that. I feel like I am “on my feet” now and that things will gradually get better, hopefully sooner rather than later. I can return to my biddable yet willing and eager want to contribute and I hope that I can do so constructively.

Thanks to anyone and everyone who offered supportive and kind words—either here or in personal messages. I appreciate all of you and I want you to know that every word truly helped. I will see you around the forums and thanks again.

I'm very pleased to hear that, Frag.

Hey FKA, I have just now noticed this whole situation of yours here on the intro page, and I'm saddened that you went and are still partly going through such horrible times.

You're a cool guy. Best of luck with everything.