This is not really another Dime thread. If you read this fuckin article this guy wrote I think your brain will explode at how moronic this editor is. He says we should teach our kids to listen to Beethoven if you want to be a normal human and that we have failed at raising our children if they listen to metal!

http://www.iconoclast.ca/MainPage.asp?page=/newPage6.asp

the guy who wrote the article( William Grim)'s email is at the bottom.

"It was an assemblage of ignorant, semi-human barbarians who were filthy in attire and manner, intellectually incoherent and above all else, hideously ugly to the point of physical deformity"

well........it was a damage plan show. this is to be expected

hahaha
wow, i haven't even read the article yet but i can only imagine. also, beethoven was pretty damn metal

actually, it's a fake!
http://www.iconoclast.ca/mainpage.html

Yeah, I was going to say classical music and heavy metal/black metal are very similiar...

Beethoven has tons of head-bangable parts in many of his pieces.

Ok, bear with me, what follows is gonna sound very nerdy, but I know it so don't hold it against me. It's my opinion on comparing classical and metal.

I think alot of metal brings classical forms to mind in its emphasis on riffs (aka motifs/themes in classical) and its emphasis on speed and virtuosity, but the most glaring difference between the two genres (and I know both classical and metal have many sub-genres) is that classical music is rich in its harmonies while metal is often very sparse (i.e. power chords or even single notes without any harmony).

In classical music, it is common practice to harmonize in triads and seventh chords. In addition, there are specific rules for notating these harmonic textures, i.e. rules about inversions, voice leading, chord progressions, cadences, blah blah blah...

There are tons of other ways to compare metal and classical, I'm sure. I think it's a pretty interesting topic. Ok, I've written far too much already...

Holy shit what an asshole.

I wouldn't spend a pee squirt on this

it was good for a laugh though. He probably thinks he's normal

i sent him an email. what a jerk off.

woudln't it suck for that guy if his email address foundit's way onto every spam-casting pornographic stie on the internet? I mean, theoretically....