Thelonious [chat]

syndalis

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zriS77PCaTk

Thelonious Sphere Monk was an American jazz pianist and composer. Monk had a unique improvisational style and made numerous contributions to the standard jazz repertoire, including "'Round Midnight," "Blue Monk," "Ruby, My Dear," "In Walked Bud," and "Well, You Needn't". Monk is the second-most recorded jazz composer after Duke Ellington, which is particularly remarkable as Ellington composed more than 1,000 pieces, whereas Monk wrote about 70.

His compositions and improvisations feature dissonances and angular melodic twists, and are consistent with Monk's unorthodox approach to the piano, which combined a highly percussive attack with abrupt, dramatic use of silences and hesitations. This style was not universally appreciated, shown for instance in poet and jazz critic Philip Larkin's dismissal of Monk as "the elephant on the keyboard".

He was renowned for his distinctive style in suits, hats, and sunglasses. He was also noted for an idiosyncratic habit observed at times during performances: while the other musicians in the band continued playing, he would stop, stand up from the keyboard, and dance for a few moments before returning to the piano.

Monk is one of five jazz musicians to have been featured on the cover of Time, after Louis Armstrong, Dave Brubeck, and Duke Ellington, and before Wynton Marsalis.

Also, if you have never heard of him before you are an inferior human being.

Discuss.

Delmain

Don't you tell me what to do

Mortious

Aaand back at work.

It was a nice break while it lasted.

21stCentury

I totally heard of him.

But I don't really particularly enjoy his music.

syndalis

21stCentury wrote: »

I totally heard of him.

But I don't really particularly enjoy his music.

I saw Wynton Marsalis do a concert where he played Jelly Roll and Monk stuff that I truly enjoyed.

I am pretty sure Marsalis could run his nails across a chalkboard in a way I would enjoy though; that dude is a musical god.

override367

shoveling snow can eat a dick

Winky

I have found myself to be embarrassingly ignorant on some subject or another too many times in my life to give someone guff about it. It's a thing that happens, some people just lack the experiences that would've taught them some important thing or another.

21stCentury

I'm pretty much an inferior human being anyway, i don't really listen to music...

Except for music from video games. Some video game soundtracks are just so amazing to my ears...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRsPheErBj8

Delmain

override367 wrote: »

shoveling snow can eat a dick

syndalis

Winky wrote: »

I have found myself to be embarrassingly ignorant on some subject or another too many times in my life to give someone guff about it. It's a thing that happens, some people just lack the experiences that would've taught them some important thing or another.

This. This is the important part. Everyone has blind spots and not every situation demands going to google or wikipedia or an encyclopedia to get the answer. Especially if you are a kid on twitter. Or a person wasting time in a chat thread.

21stCentury

override367 wrote: »

shoveling snow can eat a dick

I doubt it, it's a concept that doesn't have a mouth, as far as I know.

Echo

Winky wrote: »

I have found myself to be embarrassingly ignorant on some subject or another too many times in my life to give someone guff about it. It's a thing that happens, some people just lack the experiences that would've taught them some important thing or another.

I'm really good at absorbing random factoids. People tend to mistake that for actual knowledge.

Never heard Django Reinhardt play a single tone. Absorbed random facts about him from grod knows where.

override367

21stCentury wrote: »

override367 wrote: »

shoveling snow can eat a dick

I doubt it, it's a concept that doesn't have a mouth, as far as I know.

instructions unclear froze dick in snow

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21stCentury

Echo wrote: »

Winky wrote: »

I have found myself to be embarrassingly ignorant on some subject or another too many times in my life to give someone guff about it. It's a thing that happens, some people just lack the experiences that would've taught them some important thing or another.

I'm really good at absorbing random factoids. People tend to mistake that for actual knowledge.

Never heard Django Reinhardt play a single tone. Absorbed random facts about him from grod knows where.

Echo, i have the same problem.

People have that weird notion that i'm some kind of super smart ubermensch in real life.

You guys know the truth, tho.

jakobagger

someone do the research and write this paper for me

work is terrorism and also there are too many good video games and books and

Elldren

Winky wrote: »

I have found myself to be embarrassingly ignorant on some subject or another too many times in my life to give someone guff about it. It's a thing that happens, some people just lack the experiences that would've taught them some important thing or another.

the guff is for people who in that situation aren't embarrassed

21stCentury

jakobagger wrote: »

someone do the research and write this paper for me

work is terrorism and also there are too many good video games and books and

What;s your resaearch peper aboot? i well du eet.

override367

monks aint got shit on paladin/sorcerers

charisma bonus as saving throws sure why not lol

Rear Admiral Choco

Delmain wrote: »

override367 wrote: »

shoveling snow can eat a dick

yes but if you have to live in florida...

21stCentury

When a Scout assaults someone by hitting them over the head with a stolen baseball bat...

is it a felonious bonk?

P10

i've never not known something l2p nubs

Elldren

Also I cannot count the amount of (admittedly fairly cursory) research I've done for [chat] posts

21stCentury

Elldren wrote: »

Also I cannot count the amount of (admittedly fairly cursory) research I've done for [chat] posts

What's cursory mean? I'd look for some info quickly, but I'm too lazy.

jakobagger

21stCentury wrote: »

jakobagger wrote: »

someone do the research and write this paper for me

work is terrorism and also there are too many good video games and books and

What;s your resaearch peper aboot? i well du eet.

bibliometric mapping

also it's due day after tomorrow, the 6th

I haven't even written a problem statement yet

whee!

21stCentury

jakobagger wrote: »

21stCentury wrote: »

jakobagger wrote: »

someone do the research and write this paper for me

work is terrorism and also there are too many good video games and books and

What;s your resaearch peper aboot? i well du eet.

bibliometric mapping

also it's due day after tomorrow, the 6th

I haven't even written a problem statement yet

whee!

"Didn't know you were studying to be a priest" 21st said stupidly.

Elldren

21stCentury wrote: »

Elldren wrote: »

Also I cannot count the amount of (admittedly fairly cursory) research I've done for [chat] posts

What's cursory mean? I'd look for some info quickly, but I'm too lazy.

:snap:

rockrnger

I remember one time at a show a metal front man was Wearing a monk T-shirt but when I talked to him he said it was supposed to be ironic.

Big let down.

jakobagger

21stCentury wrote: »

jakobagger wrote: »

21stCentury wrote: »

jakobagger wrote: »

someone do the research and write this paper for me

work is terrorism and also there are too many good video games and books and

What;s your resaearch peper aboot? i well du eet.

bibliometric mapping

also it's due day after tomorrow, the 6th

I haven't even written a problem statement yet

whee!

"Didn't know you were studying to be a priest" 21st said stupidly.

...? Because of Epiphany?

I guess librarians are priests of knowledge! Or something.

surrealitycheck

thelonius spunk

PLA

@Echo There's one especially banned card in Yugioh that can sacrifice basically all of the monsters in your deck, making them easily available from your graveyard.

surrealitycheck

shivahn wrote:

I research things before speaking sometimes if I'm on voice chat >.>

i have never researched a thing in my life i dont even know what things are

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jakobagger

surrealitycheck wrote: »

shivahn wrote:

I research things before speaking sometimes if I'm on voice chat >.>

i have never researched a thing in my life i dont even know what things are

a phenomenon related or similar to stuff iirc but i'm not looking it up i'm not a fukken servant. read a book! (so i don't have to)

PLA

spacekungfuman wrote: »

override367 wrote: »

monks aint got shit on paladin/sorcerers

charisma bonus as saving throws sure why not lol

Not in Baldurs Gate they don't. Monks in BG are a totally custom concept.

I appreciate people who see a dragon, look at their hands, and say, "I'mma punch it."

cB557

http://i.imgur.com/JXBzPPT.gif

HappylilElf

syndalis wrote: »

Winky wrote: »

I have found myself to be embarrassingly ignorant on some subject or another too many times in my life to give someone guff about it. It's a thing that happens, some people just lack the experiences that would've taught them some important thing or another.

This. This is the important part. Everyone has blind spots and not every situation demands going to google or wikipedia or an encyclopedia to get the answer. Especially if you are a kid on twitter. Or a person wasting time in a chat thread.

Especially if it's a band member from a pop act from the 60s

Fun fact: I can't name all four Beatles

Now, I could easily look it up, I am literally sitting at my computer but I'm not going to because I don't care about ensuring their names are on the tip of my tongue

I even liked the Beatles!

At least untilI started talking to Beatles fans

those people are fucking crazy

AManFromEarth

Is that the guy they based Monk on?

jmcdonald

PLA wrote: »

spacekungfuman wrote: »

override367 wrote: »

monks aint got shit on paladin/sorcerers

charisma bonus as saving throws sure why not lol

Not in Baldurs Gate they don't. Monks in BG are a totally custom concept.

I appreciate people who see a dragon, look at their hands, and say, "I'mma punch it."

Well obvs.

What else are you going to do? Talk to it?

Everyone knows CHA is the dump stat.

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