@skywake As stated very good points indeed. My comment was also a veiled way of saying "keep E3 expectations realistic considering everything," so I'm trying to lower my own!
Hmm...Download festival are doing a government backed "pilot" to see how an UK music festival can work in a post-covid world. Whilst it's not the usual 100k crowd headlined by the likes of Rammstein, Muse etc like before but it's actually a tempting line up. I'm desperate to go to a festival again and apparently moshing, crowd surfing etc are allowed plus Frank Turner, Skindred and Frank Carter are quality.
@jump Ah, Donington Park. The place where the legendary lap of the gods took place. Where Ayrton Senna made up three places in half a lap in the wet, and took victory by a minute. THAT Donington Park.
@TheJGG I can’t say I’m fussed about motor racing, it’s seems too much like watching someone drive in a circle for an hour or two. ;p
The only legends I like to see at Donington are Tom Morello from Rage Against The Machine doing his guitar magic in Sleep Now In The Fire, AC/DC’s 60 years old Angus Young wearing a school boy outfit or Skindred doing the Newport Helicopter!
@TheJGG While equality for people is good, there are some genetic variations that affect medical outcomes. Data appears to show asian mortality rate for covid has been lower than for western anglo populations, and they aren't quite sure if it's because genetic/race or prior exposure to SARS in the asian region in the previous decade or so.(that knowledge may be months old now, don't know if there's new light on that subject). With more tech/data in recent decades, they are discovering varying outcomes for gender & race. On occasion, it can be significant enough to justify tweaking how things are prescribed.
One of the biggest factors by far is just obesity. Way bigger problem in the west than in east asia.
@jump Funny you say that because I did watch 33 drivers turn left 800 times on Sunday. Also known as the Indianapolis 500. In theory it should be the most boring thing ever but it was okay. Besides, there were 135,000 fans. I don't know how the hell the IMS pulled that off.
That rock is absolutely demonic. Wouldn't be surprised if the next DOOM game took music from this genre...
@TheJGG Hmm....I now want a bonus mode in DOOM where the demons take their shirts off and spin them over their head in time to Skindred! Skindred are properly a "lighter" metal band as they are a ragga metal group who take influence from reggae/ska/soundsystem as much as they do metal. If you want to hear proper demonic music try Napalm Death or Cannibal Corpse, that ***** is too heavy for even me.
I can't see you liking much on the line up honestly, maybe The Wildhearts as they are basicallyThe Beatles if they ever got round to doing a punk album or Frank Turner who has roots in hardcore punk but is today an indie/folk rock singer and is best described by one of his album titles as "Positive Songs for Negative People". His last album was No Man's Land a concept album about the history of cool but overlooked women although it did get some backlash for "mansplaining". I actually really respect his work ethic, since the lockdown he's done a weekly live stream gig with the profits from them having been shared with various small music venues, roadies etc who can't earn at the moment.
@Lugazz Same here, I normally go to about 20ish gigs a year (plus festivals, indie band nights at a club and seeing my mates' band/promotions) and it's been a year since I've gone to anything. I was planning a week in France last year which was half holiday with the missus and also to see Rage Agains The Machine's reunion at Rock en Seine until it was cancelled. There were a few socially distanced gigs I wanted to go to but they all sold out super quick because the capacity is so small.
What bands did you use to see in the good 'ol days before coivd?
@jump I would go to see local bands at city clubs, way more during high school / University years than more recently. There is a more rock-oriented club where I'm living now but I had the opportunity to go there only twice! I wish I could have attended a Hellfest man
Matanza and other Brazilian bands from my region, Iron Maiden (my favorite group), Helloween (three times!), Guns 'n Roses + Sebastian Bach, Ozzy Osbourne, Judas Priest + Ozzy + Motörhead, Black Sabbath + Megadeth + Hibria, Black Label Society, Rhapsody of Fire, Sonata Arctica, David Gilmour, Robert Plant... Maybe I'm missing something. I'm still mad at me that I missed KISS when they played the nearest to me they've ever been! All of this was in Brazil
Edit: oh yeah and I went to Rock in Rio 2010, in the "Metal Day"! Angra with Tarja Turunnen and Metallica were the highlights for me
Edit 2: during high school, my friends had a band (I substituted the singer for one bands night at local bar) and they played mostly Pantera, Misfits, Iron Maiden, Metallica and Megadeth with some authoral songs
@Lugazz I love Motorhead, I've seen them a good few times over the years and are one of my favourite bands of all time. Ozzy and Black Label Society are cool too. I'm abit more eclectic than just metal/rawk myself. As much as I love the likes of AC/DC, Rage Against The Machine, KoRn, Rammstein and System Of A Down, I will also see the likes of Arcade Fire, Run DMC, The Specials, Jack White and Wu Tang Clan too.
I've always fancied going to Rock In Rio but to travel to Brazil I need alot more than just a festival to justify it to myself. It's fairly easy to me to get to Hellfest but the UK has Download and Bloodstock already to cover my metal needs. I really want to go to Rock am Ring, I've enjoyed Germany whenever I've been but I don't think I've had the right mix of free time, friends to go with and the line up at the same time to actually do it. Boomtown Fair is hands down my favourite festival, it is across between Disneyland and Glastonbury but it can't really be described unless you experience it yourself.
@jump Oh yeah I do listen to other types of music! EDM, lo fi hip hop, jazz, folk songs from my region in Brazil, etc... But as for band concert, I'm definitely more metal and rock hahahaha
I do love some orchestra and opera as well!
Yeah I totally get it, and leaving Brazil for one of those festivals you mentioned is way damn expensive! Now that I'm in Europe, I had hoped to check them out, but after one year here, covid19 happened.
I stratch just a tiny bit that live music itch by playing it myself, I play for fun the bass guitar
Hospitals in Los Cabos and La Paz, two major cities in my state, have become overwhelmed in the last month or so. After an entire year of not a lot, suddenly, the hospitals are overrun with cases, and have dozens of people of all ages, some of them vaccinated, with grave symptoms and even dying. It's a bit scary tbh.
Meanwhile my country is all buddy buddy giving vaccines away to south american countries, when they haven't even vaccinated most of us.
@Eel That sounds like a really horrible situation. Has anyone you know contracted the virus and are you staying safe? Where I live it’s been rather quiet on the case front and no corruption in terms of vaccines. I would be angry if our government were sending many vaccines elsewhere BEFORE our population had widespread immunity. It must be scary, but talking about it might help, at least a little bit.
@NintendoWiiDS Only my brother and his family, but they live in a different state, so we got to experience all the stress and drama at a distance. Of all four, only my brother got significant (non life-threatening) symptoms, so he was a bit of an emotional train wreck for a few days (with all that thinking of his own mortality and stuff), but they're all fine now, thankfully.
@Eel That’s good to hear. When you’re going through a difficult situation, it’s important to find distractions like videogames as they can be a real blessing. I’m very lucky to say that none of my family or friends have caught the virus and my area has been low in cases statistically. Also, if hospitals in your state are being overwhelmed, try and follow the rules in your area to stay safe. If you’re feeling worried about the pandemic or anything else, make sure you talk about it with a friend or family member, or even on here if you feel like it; it helps more than you believe. I just hope the world pulls through this crisis as soon as possible.
I'm getting very apprehensive about England's reopening, especially since they're getting over 30,000 cases a day now. Hopefully that stabilises thanks to the Euros ending.
@WoomyNNYes I thought the Netherlands was behind, but I believe 12-year-olds can already book an appointment to get vaccinated. If you're 14 and older you can book it yourself I believe, but I think you need permission from your parents if you're younger.
One mistake they made over here was to open nightclubs. We've been slowly letting go of the lockdown since May, with no adverse effects, but numbers soared when we opened the nightclubs again. Partly due to more people testing to get a negative test to enter them, but still, it went from 500 a day to like 10,000 in a week, the highest since December last year. So bars, pubs and clubs are closed after midnight again.
They also made the mistake of letting everyone enter the clubs who just got vaccinated. As in, on the day itself, or the day before. Even though they've been saying you need to wait at least two weeks until you can assume it is effective.
Finally got my first shot last week (36 years) but things are going a bit crazy in Portugal altough we have already reached 70% of adults with at least one shot and hospitalization is steadly incrising although thankfully deads are still very low
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