Red Mosquito

Fortunately the drum sound will be aces

based on what I've read

Might have been somewhat of a trite recap, but, I'm feeling really under the weather today, my guard is lowered, and reading that article made me feel a bit better.
Thanks so much for posting those scans, Hypnosomnia.

yes, thank you

Time to move on to a serious topic of conversation. The song titles on Dark Matter lean really heavy into the back half of the alphabet

1. Scared of Fear 4:24
2. React, Respond 3:31
3. Wreckage 5:00
4. Dark Matter 3:31
5. Won't Tell 3:28
6. Upper Hand 5:57
7. Waiting for Stevie 5:41
8. Running 2:19
9. Something Special 4:07
10. Got to Give 4:37
11. Setting Sun 5:44


9 out of the 11 song titles (82%) come from the back 65% of the alphabet. How significant is this on a scale of very to extremely?

stip wrote:Time to move on to a serious topic of conversation. The song titles on Dark Matter lean really heavy into the back half of the alphabet

1. Scared of Fear 4:24
2. React, Respond 3:31
3. Wreckage 5:00
4. Dark Matter 3:31
5. Won't Tell 3:28
6. Upper Hand 5:57
7. Waiting for Stevie 5:41
8. Running 2:19
9. Something Special 4:07
10. Got to Give 4:37
11. Setting Sun 5:44


9 out of the 11 song titles (82%) come from the back 65% of the alphabet. How significant is this on a scale of very to extremely?

It's about time that half of the alphabet gets a time to shine. For too long they've been towards the back of the line.

For comparison:

Ten: 2/11 18% (a complete inversion of Dark Matter, and with the two career bookend albums. Significant? Probably!)
Vs: 3/12 25%
Vitalogy: 4/14 29%
No Code: 4/13 31%
Yield: 2/13 15%
Binaural: 4/13 31%
Riot Act: 3/15 20%
S/T: 4/13 31%
Backspacer: 4/11 36%
Lightning Bolt: 4/12 33%
Gigaton: 6/12 50%


So we do see that Gigaton's naming conventions had to walk so Dark Matter could run

I'm at a conference and the panel session I'm in right now is great, btw

Monkey_Driven wrote:

stip wrote:Time to move on to a serious topic of conversation. The song titles on Dark Matter lean really heavy into the back half of the alphabet

1. Scared of Fear 4:24
2. React, Respond 3:31
3. Wreckage 5:00
4. Dark Matter 3:31
5. Won't Tell 3:28
6. Upper Hand 5:57
7. Waiting for Stevie 5:41
8. Running 2:19
9. Something Special 4:07
10. Got to Give 4:37
11. Setting Sun 5:44


9 out of the 11 song titles (82%) come from the back 65% of the alphabet. How significant is this on a scale of very to extremely?

It's about time that half of the alphabet gets a time to shine. For too long they've been towards the back of the line.

That's some serious skew.

now do all studio record song titles. would love to see a normal distribution. Stone is surely making this happen if we see a typical bell curve.

DDWJMUVW wrote:

Monkey_Driven wrote:

stip wrote:Time to move on to a serious topic of conversation. The song titles on Dark Matter lean really heavy into the back half of the alphabet

1. Scared of Fear 4:24
2. React, Respond 3:31
3. Wreckage 5:00
4. Dark Matter 3:31
5. Won't Tell 3:28
6. Upper Hand 5:57
7. Waiting for Stevie 5:41
8. Running 2:19
9. Something Special 4:07
10. Got to Give 4:37
11. Setting Sun 5:44


9 out of the 11 song titles (82%) come from the back 65% of the alphabet. How significant is this on a scale of very to extremely?

It's about time that half of the alphabet gets a time to shine. For too long they've been towards the back of the line.

That's some serious skew.

now do all studio record song titles. would love to see a normal distribution. Stone is surely making this happen if we see a typical bell curve.

Like I would even begin this conversation without plans to do this for all studio albums. I'm a god damned professional

i love when Ed delivers a meaty F bomb

RVM has 7/33 or 21% So this Dark Matter song title distribution is pretty compelling evidence that they weren't just looking to create a hits factory album


Lost Dogs: 8/36 (counting the hidden track) and 22%. So it's not like they've been writing back of the alphabet songs on keeping them off the record.

tragabigzanda wrote:

stip wrote:I'm at a conference and the panel session I'm in right now is great, btw

what kind of mics they using

No mics in this session. Does a better job capturing the room sound

Strat wrote:i love when Ed delivers a meaty F bomb

meaty is such an evocative adjective.

Strat wrote:i love when Ed delivers a meaty F bomb

"laa-laa-hee-hee"

"FUCKING WATER RUNNING"

"laa-loo-hey-hey"

"FUCKING WATER RUNNING"

Ms Harmless wrote:

Strat wrote:i love when Ed delivers a meaty F bomb

"laa-laa-hee-hee"

"FUCKING WATER RUNNING"

"laa-loo-hey-hey"

"FUCKING WATER RUNNING"

All three are verbs?

Val wrote:

Ms Harmless wrote:

Strat wrote:i love when Ed delivers a meaty F bomb

"laa-laa-hee-hee"

"FUCKING WATER RUNNING"

"laa-loo-hey-hey"

"FUCKING WATER RUNNING"

All three are verbs?

I spent so long trying to figure out how water could be a verb but you're right

stip wrote:

tragabigzanda wrote:

stip wrote:I'm at a conference and the panel session I'm in right now is great, btw

what kind of mics they using

No mics in this session. Does a better job capturing the room sound

Ms Harmless wrote:

Val wrote:

Ms Harmless wrote:

Strat wrote:i love when Ed delivers a meaty F bomb

"laa-laa-hee-hee"

"FUCKING WATER RUNNING"

"laa-loo-hey-hey"

"FUCKING WATER RUNNING"

All three are verbs?

I spent so long trying to figure out how water could be a verb but you're right

as in “water the plants”?