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  1. Acoustic Cloud
    I finally got a chance to sit down and listen to the new album: Random Access Memories. And while I loved it as I do with all of their albums, something was a bit different this time.
     

     
    By that I mean that their style was great, but some tracks in this one seemed a bit lackluster compared to their other work.
     
    NOW, before you freak out about me saying that, I said, "compared to their other work".
    This means that it was still beautifully composed as all of their opuses have been.
     
    As usual, the album had some great tracks that you fall in love with, as well as a few that you didn't feel live up to your expectations. I won't say which I felt were those tracks, but I'll let you decide for yourself.
     
    DAFT PUNK – RANDOM ACCESS MEMORIES TRACKLIST
    1. “Give Life Back to Music” (featuring Nile Rodgers)
    2. “The Game of Love”
    3. “Giorgio by Moroder” (featuring Giorgio Moroder)
    4. “Within” (featuring Chilly Gonzales)
    5. “Instant Crush” (featuring Julian Casablancas)
    6. “Lose Yourself to Dance” (featuring Pharrell Williams and Nile Rodgers)
    7. “Touch” (featuring Paul Williams)
    8. “Get Lucky” (featuring Pharrell Williams and Nile Rodgers)
    9. “Beyond”
    10. “Motherboard”
    11. “Fragments of Time” (featuring Todd Edwards)
    12. “Doin’ It Right” (featuring Panda Bear)
    13. “Contact” (featuring DJ Falcon)
     
    Now, I personally loved almost every track on here, but you'll notice the "vibe" on a few of them are a bit different. Most of the tracks this time are a different take on EDM. This time, using real musicians instead of tracks that have been laid out beforehand.
     
    I also found that "Lose Yourself to Dance" sounded a bit like The Bee Gees. So if you like that 70's/Bee Gee tone, you'll enjoy this track as it stands out a bit from their normal tone.
     
    And as you wrap up the Album, you are left with "Contact". Which ends in a strange way (but clever) as the track begins to sound unearthly like if you were to discover an unearthly race on another world and lose quote unquote, "contact".
    So many people have been giving this album a hard time, but I personally like this one as much as any album they have put out. It is different, and breaks their boundaries a bit.
     
    On my scale:
    This Album: 8.5/10 Still Lovable.
  3. Acoustic Cloud
    Have you ever gone all day, then at night, suddenly remember your dream? Well I just remembered mine and I want to type it out before I forget.
     
    Dream:
    So I started off getting into a car, I was going a long way from home. I remember that I had been driving for hours following this GPS that was bugging out and had to kept being restarted. I entered a town that was storming, the rain was coming down extremely hard and the sky was very dark. I took a left at this T-intersection and followed the road for about 3 miles.
     
    Something on my car broke down, so I had to pull over and repair it. (Tire I think) Just as I was finishing up, 3 cars pulled up behind me, all full with men in black military wear. I quickly hopped in the car and sped off as the others followed in hot pursuit.
     
    I pulled into this gated off factory and it was shut behind me. A guy came up to me and handed me a pistol telling me it was about time that I got there.
     
    I was surrounded by many young soldiers. (Like the movie Red Dawn) They were untrained but knew the base well. There were probably about 40+ of us, and on the other side of the gate, they had been reinforced without about 200 men.
     
    We took up positions as the gate was set with charges and blown from it's hinges. Men began pouring in and we began returning fire. We had 2 snipers in a covered-conveyor-belt that ran between buildings. And I was pushed back into one of the various buildings of the site. I killed until my pistol ran out of ammo, where I was met by 2 young soldiers who covered me. I took a run to the stockpile while they were both killed by a grenade *I cried out, no!* :c
     
    Eventually we killed off every last one of them and still had 20 men.
     
    Then part of my dream cut over to the future where I was in a helicopter headed towards a crucial target, I held a sniper and we flew over some amazing desert scenery. We saw a guy free climbing (for some reason) And we reached a cliff where we had to hanglide, just as I was about to jump, I woke up.
     
    *Seriously, I had a whole movie going on in my head last night, it was awesome.
  5. Acoustic Cloud
    Okay, so it's been obvious for a while now my parents are worried about me. I get that, there is good reason. So after many trials and errors with medications and doctors and therapists, they decided to take me to a psychiatrist. (This is like a 2 yr process to get to this point)
     
    Basically, this is all tipped off from my extreme introversion, self abuse, and a long history of being an outcast in school. I tended to get bullied and harassed just because I was the kid not being a jerk. That has been going on since 2nd grade... I'm in my Junior year of High School.
     
    So back on track, today was the day I went to meet him with my mother and father. So we go through many results and how I fell in the 99 percentile for tons of symptoms. We talked about many awkward things along the lines of depression, suicide, and sexual abuse and whatnot...
     
    After that is all said and done. I get to hear my results...
    I am a bipolar II
    I have possible PTSD
    I could be hospitalized at some point.
    I will be set on medications
    I have sleeping disorders
    My thought processes are messed up
    I am a suicidal risk
    And I am getting a new therapist...
     
    All of these are just added to many physical issues I have with my body. like kyphosis, a turned leg, asthma.
     
    So anyways, a very LONG meeting of awkward glances were set out, and here I am at home :/
    I hope you enjoyed my story, and... I am really just putting this here so you guys get to hear about me. I don't usually talk about myself much. So, enjoy the read. It seldom happens.
  6. Acoustic Cloud
    I don't know if I'm the only user who feels or has felt this at some point, but I feel that I have had a lengthy history of poorly written responses (aside from the genius that resides in the forum games that is known as my witticism). This is more recent than naught and I wish to solve that.
     
    I myself, and many others, dislike rash posts. I may be speaking for myself here, but I do know of many a user that dislike posts that aren't quite par.
     
    Now, I'm not saying my posts are bar none, they aren't, many people add better responses than I do. I am just explaining how I feel about other's, and my own, quality.
     
    I'm not going to add some ultimatum to this, but I felt that I should rant on posts a bit to get it out of my thoughts. It really is just going to come down to me making a redaction in how I post within these threads. (This is really all just a resolution in a sense).
     
    TL;DR: I am going to make higher-quality-posts. :S
  7. Acoustic Cloud
    Well I was looking at the thread found here:
    http://mlpforums.com/topic/51900-equestria-girls-official-new-concept-art-released-by-hasbro/#entry1228074

     
    And a thought occurred to me; "Maybe Hasbro really thinks we all like anthro ponies?" If that is their logic behind Equestria Girls... Well I don't know where they got that.
     
    Now don't get me wrong, I still think that Rainbow Dash human is foxy as ever, but I'm just thinking in general... WHERE DID THEY THINK THIS IDEA WAS GOING TO WORK? I mean, of course I'll watch the show, but I just don't know what really started the idea in general.
     
    What are your thoughts?
  11. Acoustic Cloud
    Okay either you've heard of this 4 years ago or you are just hearing this now. Tilt-Shift, it is a style that I decided to just make a few of and I think they turned out pretty good, they take large pictures and make them look like miniatures... what do you guys think?
    Tilt shift is also done with video, but I lack footage ATM...


     
    Thoughts?
  15. Acoustic Cloud
    Aright well this is slightly awkward to post, but I wish to anyway. But before I can start I must fill in the details with a slight back-story...
     
    So I was chatting with my friend on skype who was going to leave for college after break. He was telling me about his other Brony friend he had met and how he even started reading some fanfics of others and my own, (I have high hopes I can convert him) but somewhere along the way he started telling me about this girl he was pursuing.
     
    //Now you may be thinking, what on earth does this have to do with anything? Well I'll tell you...
     
    So I was telling him about how maybe I should enter that field again and whatnot, and he brought up, "Isn't there a dating site for bronies?" To which I did a quick search and didn't find any.
     
    That brings me to my next point, should I try and get a team organized and make this a reality? I know it's kinda weird, but I think it could be a possibility.
     
    What do any of you guys think?
    Anyone interested in helping develop it?
     
    (If this blog fails I'll post it in the threads)
  16. Acoustic Cloud

    Wrote a song

    By Acoustic Cloud,

    Random song I just did now :/ I had written the chorus forever ago but I just sat down and typed out some versus. Saw some sad pictures and put some lyrics to it...
    I think it would be key of Am and the chorus would be in F or C or something of that sort. (probably doesn't flow except in my head.)
    It's pretty slow so...yah.
    What do you guys think???
    EDIT: I'd prefer if nobody make fun of it...
     
    Verse 1
    Is anyone there?
    Can you see my despair?
    Does somebody care...
    That this is happening to me
     
    Verse 2
    Why try and race?
    Why try to win?
    I need to face...
    these fears within.
     
    Chorus
    Because life is but a memory;
    soft, fragile, and easily forgotten
    and as it passes you will see
    that life is but a memory.
     
    Verse 3
    I'm lost, I'm sore
    What am I here for?
    Can't get up off this floor.
    I'm done with it all.
     
    Bridge
    There must be something more,
    past what my eyes can see
    It's there, my sight does not decieve
    We'll wait and see what it may be
    But for now let this here remain....
    Nothing more than a memory.
     
    //It's a bit rough but I think with some tweaks I might get this into a full song....
  17. Acoustic Cloud
    I started getting these new pro markers today and just dropped like 50 bucks on the things, I still need a few more shades to do more characters, but I did have the colors for derpy so.... This was born.

    (You may not be able to see the bubbles in the background in the picture.)
    It's my first drawing using them. The packs are 15 bucks apiece but well worth it. I intend to get some more practice and get them looking really nice.
     
    The shading is a bit rough but overall not too shabby if I say so myself.
    Critique welcome...
  18. Acoustic Cloud
    Alright well yesterday I was working on an atom sculpture with a friend of mine (MasterBladetheBearded)
    And I decided to make a parasprite out of pipe-cleaners and a foam-craft-ball. So look at this masterpiece on your own desire.
     
     
    Anyone else make some little craft like this on ponies?
  19. Acoustic Cloud
    Well, I can see that YouTube is at it again. They are now banning accounts left and right for any sort of violation. I just looked today and saw that AVGN was terminated! WHY??? Cruel world. I've also noted many Brony accounts being shut down, but it's not just Hasbro.
     
    YouTube officially sucks in all ways. We need a better video hosting site...
    Anyways, it's only a matter of time...
  20. Acoustic Cloud
    Okay so today was Would You Be My Friend If? Day at school. Of course being the brony I am I decided to use merchandise!
     
    So when I had acquired all my materials my outfit had this altogether:
    Rainbow Dash Pajamas
    Rainbow Dash Belt
    Brony Wrist band
    Modern Warfare Blanket (cape)
    Aviator Goggles
    RD Backpack
    And to top it off... The rival school's booster seat, sat on it all day ^^
     
    So the pajamas actually got me a few compliments (From women nonetheless!) Take that! One of whom had this conversation with me.
    "I like your pants."
    "Thanks"
    "You know all the girls in the school will love those and all the guys are gonna think you're gay."
    *Stares Blankly
    "Well I'm not, but thanks, I think..."
     
    Even so my confidence was not altered. Though I am a complete introvert, I couldn't let this slide. I had to do something totally out there. I think that is a mission accomplished....
     
    Then came Spanish class... Oh boy.
    My teacher pulls me up to show off my clothing (Great!)
    I that was proceeded by many head shakes and WTH's?
     
    So anyways it just leads me to this...
    What do you have the gall to wear in public???
    Most embarrassing moments?
  21. Acoustic Cloud
    Alright, I just finished another painting. This time, it's scout from TF2...
    I think it turned out decent, tell me what you think?
    (CLICK IT)

    EDIT: And yes, I have fixed his hat since the upload...
  22. Acoustic Cloud
    Okay, so a friend of mine was just checking a website that hosts URL videos from youtube of MLP (www.mlp-fim.com) Which is how I found all the full length episodes, but he noted that almost all of the videos are being blocked! Youtube is automatically blocking the videos now due to Hasbro copyright infringement, and I was wondering, why all of a sudden are they deciding to take down the videos?

     
    Alright so assumption time:
    Did the Brony community do anything, as of late, that would, for lack of better words, piss off hasbro?
    Is Hasbro willing to risk it's largest viewer population?
    Is it just Youtube?
    Could this just be a standard policy of Internet browsing now? (Which it has been, but now enforced)
     
    Anyways, so if you are like me, you enjoy watching ponies at anypoint in the day without question. That means you use the Internet for it. So are they finally restricting it to television?
     
    Tell me your thoughts....
    PS- This could be me freaking out for nothing, but it's happening so...
  23. Acoustic Cloud
    First off, I'm not that big a fan of Slenderman, but I felt the urge to do a painting of him. So I must add it is completely done without reference so don't judge too harshly So here it is... commence looking.
    (Please click to look!)

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