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Tape Deck


Quiet lurker/music lover who "accidentally" also became a part-time weird conversationalist. Music Recommendations. I prefer CDs and records. Ironic.

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  • Today
    ELO Week 6/9 (Mixtape 23)

    I'm no shipper.

    benjovi2004 knows this.

    But I can't help but think of Sparity for some reason whenever I hear this song.

    The Diary of Horace Wimp by Electric Light Orchestra from the 1979 album Discovery.

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  • Sunday
    ELO Week 5/9 (Mixtape 22)

    This is a "symphony" of four songs, if you will, entitled Concerto for a Rainy Day from ELO's seventh album Out of the Blue (1977).

    It's comprised of Standing in the Rain, Big Wheels, Summer and Lightning, and Mr. Blue Sky.

    I won't blame you if you don't have time to listen to all 18 or so minutes of this.

    But if you do...

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    5 comments · 12 views
  • Saturday
    Pics from my hike on 5/31/24 at Dolan Lake, Hamilton County, Illinois

    https://ibb.co/album/G3mYBx
    (please set the order of the photos from a-z on the album, as except for the last few, that's the exact order I took them in.)
    That's the link to the photo album, because I was having trouble uploading them to Fimfic.

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  • Saturday
    ELO Week 4/9 (Mixtape 21)

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    Ouch, I fell off the tightrope into the abyss below!

    I don't know what I just did with this blog post at all.:raritycry:

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  • Friday
    ELO Week 3/9 (Mixtape 20)

    Ah, yes we come to what I deem to be my "favorite" (hard air quotes there) ELO song.

    I mean, there's probably others I like just as much (and I truly enjoy all of their songs) but there's just something special about this one.
    It also helps that this song reminds me greatly of Past Sins, but that's a story for another day.

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May
20th
2024

Two Songs That Are WAY Too Similar and #NotSpon Plug For a Great Author (Oh, and RainbowDash2012.) · 3:13am May 20th

See this guy? Destiny Chaser

He's a supremely talented author who sadly hasn't gotten much of the recognition he deserves.

He does it all: great action, believable and complex characters, moments of absolute hilarity here and there, actually trying his hardest to make something completely unique and succeeding, etc. I could go on all day. There's a reason his stories are some of my favorites on the site.

Here's his first one:

TBrighter Horizons
A Human raised in Equestria by Pegasi. Oh, and he has their inherent magic. Have fun!
Destiny Chaser · 188k words  ·  182  21 · 5.2k views

(Don't let the seemingly brief and undescriptive short description turn you away.)

It has a much shorter sequel that should not be skipped (and if you do, I'm coming after you, because it's one of the funniest things I've ever read) and a longer sequel (threequel) that's he's just starting to write.

Please check this guy out when you have the urge to start reading a new longer fic. Please, my dear followers.:fluttershysad:


Okay, on to other business!

When I first heard the Alan Parsons Project album Eye in the Sky, I loved it immensly.

However, one song stood out to me as interesting.

(Children of the Moon)

It really reminded me of this great MLP fan song.

(Lost on the Moon- WoodenToaster, The Living Tombstone, Rina-Chan)

Both really can be read as describing the plight of whoever would have stood by Princess Luna when she first turned into NIghtmare Moon, in the idea where such a thing happened.

(Though the MLP one is exactly about that.)


And if you see RainbowDash2012 making random comments on my stuff, don't worry. I'm entirely fine with that.
(He's actually a very interesting guy.)

Comments ( 10 )

But what about Games People Play by Allen Parsons project? It reached #16 on the Hot 100 in 1981 from that same album I think. That’s probably my favorite song by the them. Sirius/Eye in the sky is their biggest hit easily though, a major hit reaching #3 on the Hot 100 in 1981.

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That's actually from Turn of A Friendly Card. I've yet to listen to it. I'll have to rectify that.
(And I'll check out America as well, though I've never heard of them before.)

America is awesome if you like soft rock. They were popular in the early 70s when soft rock acts like James Taylor and Hamilton, Joe Franks, and Reynolds were really big.

Drake basically ripped them off with his first hit Best I Ever Had which reached #2 on the Hot 100 in 2009

5781896
I'll definitely try them out. Thanks.

I can sense your intense execration of me

5781907
I keep thinking excretion, like poop. :facehoof:
Ain't no way man. Ain't NO way.

5781964
There’s always a way to the dark side. Look at Darth Vader. You don’t know the power of the dark side!

I think you get the title of my biggest fan.:twilightsheepish::heart:

I really appreciate your praise, it’s very encouraging; makes me want to write more!

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That's probably what I've been going for. :rainbowlaugh:

Thanks for the designation.

I'm serious when I put your stories on my userpage alongside the likes of Anthropology and Past Sins as my top favorites.

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