So I’m canceling Kagegiving this year, since we’re in a very fucked up time frame.
If you have paid any attention to my page for very long, you know that I’m not a team player when it comes to politics or a lot of other things. There is no incentive for me to be, as I don’t like to live in echo chambers and unlike most people who use the social media, I don’t need the RT, Heart, Like on my stuff to keep me going. I go in spite of all that, since thinking for myself is a need, vs the need to be liked by most others.
I haven’t voted since 2016 and I’m actually far happier sitting out. I don’t know why I didn’t do so sooner. I think back on all that time wasted between 2004-2016 from my 1st vote of John Kerry, to my last vote, Hillary Clinton.
While I don’t vote anymore, it hasn’t stopped me from being informed, which is ultimately more important and while I do err more towards the conservative side, I recognize that both teams have their head up their ass and pretty much have since I was born.
So even though I’m convinced that Kamala was the worse possible candidate of the two, Trump doesn’t make me more excited either. Hopefully this will be the year towards mending the divide in the country and working to reestablish a balance between the horrible two party system.
For this year, instead of sitting on the internet, binge reading or watching stuff that unimportant to your life, be thankful for your family, friends, pets and other loved ones.
So I’ve mentioned before that I got my 1st guitar at 12 years old in 1998. It was a Christmas gift and fantastic! Interestingly enough, my parents accidentally bought me a left handed guitar, not a right handed one. Since Jimi Hendrix was the biggest reason for learning, that didn’t deter me from trying to learn.
I ended up selling that guitar when we moved to New Hampshire, which is interesting, because it was originally purchased in New Hampshire. The internet was still in its infancy and there was no good resources around to learn anyway. Not like I could have started a band, as I come across so few people in my age range that know how to play any instrument, never mind the typical metal quartet of Drummer, Bassist, Rhythm Guitarist/Lead Guitarist.
Fast forward to 2004, I bought a nice guitar off eBay for about $80 dollars shipped. It was pink and goth style, but it looked so killer. I got to play around with some things here and there, like a wash pedal for the first time. I got tired of just being able to emulate certain things I had seen Rock Stars do, but not really understanding what I was doing. I wanted to really be a musician and not a hack that could chug and play the odd one finger power chords.
So I sold that guitar and picked up a $60 dollar acoustic guitar at the pawn shop and said “I’m becoming a musician”. 2008 would be a year that would drastically change my life for the better.
From 22 to 25 I played that thing non stop. Morning, noon, night. I didn’t care, I spent at least one hour a day learning.
Then like most people I hit the learning plateau that stops progress. So I took a short break from playing, so I could access the problem and find a way back to getting better.
Back then, you didn’t have all the fancy YouTuber’s you had now. You had Justinguitar.com and Marty had only just Started his YT channel. Basically you’re alone on this journey and for me, I would not have had it any other way. I mean, did Jimi have it easy? No, so why should I? I may not become a rock god, but I would become a musician. The latter is the most important part.
So the reason I write this is because I got offered a job interview at guitar center to teach guitar in Portland. I was the only one who applied, but due to conflicts with scheduling of bus routes, could not make it. Let’s be honest, it was a welfare gig from the start as most people learn online.
Hell, when I first started at 12, finding anyone to teach you was a pain in the ass, prior to the internet. My dad managed a band, locally and I could have asked there, but I didn’t want someone to take time to teach me, when it could service them better to make music. Regardless, like I posted above, I preferred the harder route, like many successful guitarist before me had walked.
So you know I would have probably been fired from Guitar Center before Christmas even showed up, unless they needed one more sales man, which I doubt. This isn’t to knock Guitar Center, rather understand the current climate we’re in and that local teaching isn’t exactly appropriate nowadays, since, as I said everything is driven by the internet.
Let look at the whose who of online guitarist
Justin Sandercroe
Marty Swartz
Music is win
Brandon
Rick Beato
And about a million in between all of those. The smart idea would be to build a curriculum on those people and branching out into certification for people who have passed their prerequisites in order to accommodate for people who cannot have access to these people personally like when they first started there channels as the volume, no pun intended, is probably a logistical nightmare.
My style for videos is very concise, too concise I would argue, as my entire series would probably only have about 10 videos total.
However, there is a list of things I noticed over the years that I wish I had known when I started playing in the first place.
Anchor fingers is something I wish I had in the 90s. I might have become a decent player sooner. Look at Justinguitar for more one that. My favorite take away from his lessons.
Music Theory. I never liked the name, as I’m a science guy and was an idiot who was like “if there is evidence for it, then it’s a theory.” As it seemed like the name was used informally. Since the guitar is over a century old, it should be music pragmatism. However, some understanding would be helpful. It helps creativity and doesn’t dash it.
Finding a way to make analogies to the notes on your fretboard. This is a must in the beginning!
Knowing what notes make up a chord. It be simpler to make chords on the fly than rote remembering them all. Also Don’t get bogged down in BS like the caged system.
Tabs suck! If they work for you, all the power to ya. Learning by ear has been so much more beneficial to me than tabs ever have been. I only feel like my ear has recently become well developed and needs to be more attenuated . I have started, recently, learning Hendrix by ear and have made real progress. Something I would not have dared do in the early days of guitar playing.
That’s a small but very important list.
So, here is my structure for learning guitar since 2008.
Kirk Hammett
David Gilmore
Slash
Jimi Hendrix
The idea was to start at Metallica and learn what we could from Kirk. In this case, light solos, a decent pace to strive for and really good for developing your ear. I learned more Metallica accidentally than I ever did intentionally.
David Gilmore is the next logical step. Very long solos, use of whammy, learning when to slow down and when to speed up.
Slash is up next, as he is undoubtedly the hardest to play on this list, before Jimi. Dexterity and speed are very important here.
Once you learn from them, we would approach Jimi Hendrix, the man himself and this would be close to a Ph.D in music in my mind, for those learning on the outside of a musical theory course.
The point isn’t to be able to play all their songs perfectly, but rather develop the muscle memory to be able to play better. You can replace any guitarist on the list with your personal preference for players.
I’ll leave it here for now. Good luck with your own musical progress. Rock on!
I know that’s a bold claim to make, but hear me out on this one. So, since I have very electric taste in what I follow for various reasons, sometimes a bunch of similar things will get caught in my feed at the same time and for different reasons. So a lot of “how to defeat a narcissist” clips have been showing up in my feed and they’re disingenuous for a lot of reasons. As someone who has tried a lot of these tactics with people that might have NPD, I have noticed they never work and also always exacerbate the problem. I’m not sure if it’s because the tactics are outdated or because these idiots are wising up the narc to go beyond we’re they used or, or what.
One case in point was when I was 22 ish and a woman who I bearly knew, was on the verge of a divorce, wanted to get to know me and none of these things seemed to get her away from me. She just kept at it. I knew back then it was an obvious red flag when she ask me to tell her I loved her when I had barely known her. I was also talking to another woman I was interested in at the time and wanted to see where that went, since she wanted to wait until the divorce was finalized before proceeding with fully putting out. She was open to light “cheating” though.
So naturally I looked some stuff up to see various ways I could broach the subject, since my gestures weren’t deterring her from badgering me.
Having tried all these things they put into the videos, I find they’re a boon. So my logic is, if you suck at your job that badly, should you really still get to have it? I mean these are people that are giving people sound advice, by their standards, claiming they’re degreed in this and if you had paid for the advice, you would have a malpractice suit against them. So what gives that these continue to go unchecked and the American Psychiatric Association hasn’t put them out to pasture yet? Cause if you have ever tried any of this, you know by now they’re making large sums of money off you continually losing to the potential NPDer. So where is the gain for anyone to actually win? Cause much like the narc, you have to go back to these people and they get their not toxic supply. It’s like the circle of violence for domestic abuse.
Maybe you have had a different experience here, but from my point of view, it seems like the real narcs are in these videos.
So if you know anything about me, you know I don’t care for Onlyfans. I’m not the core audience for this site. It’s mostly for incels that are lonely and want the attention of desperate women that need to pay the rent cause they may not have much going for them. However, having paid attention to more than enough on my twitter for a plethora of reasons, I have come to admit that some of the OFs creators are more interesting than I initially gave them credit for.
So one random day I come across this. She got 80,000 fans and decided to sales pitch me personally. So naturally at that point I’m going to bite, just because this is the equivalent of Gordon Ramsay cooking your meal at his restaurant personally. There’s nothing really in it for the individual to condescend to the average twitter user especially over $4.00
So over the course of about 4 days we were talking. Damn, she really needs the money I figured, still not seeing the angle in which she was really benefiting from this exchange. I definitely did somethings that I normally don’t do, just to see if she would sour on me, but apparently I could do no wrong here. To her credit, she earned her $4.00 and she became the first time I ever paid for an OF subscription, since she so gifted at making the sale.
his will be the only time I do so though as I don’t want to get in the habit reviewing porn or modeling, as taste in that is very subjective. If I was going to do something I would probably start a new podcast just to converse with them, because I think I could bring the best out of them and let their personalities shine through.
So the pros of subscribing to her page are she is very lovely. Very intelligent! And quite the sales person. I think the average Joe that is into this type of stuff would benefit greatly. If however you’re like myself and not a lonely guy who needs even fake companionship to cope with the emotionally crippling state that you put yourself in on a daily basis, you’re not going to get anything out of this or any other OF model for that matter.
Cons of this are that I think her instagram pics are better and has more going for it.
So the review
LOOKS: 4 stars. She definitely exotic looking and stands out, but doesn’t suffer from not being the average style beauty queen.
CONTENT: 3 stars, needs a bit of improvement
PERSONALITY: 4 stars. Fantastic! Although to be fair I think most the Gen Zers have a lot going for them.
SALES PITCH: 5 stars. She really went beyond were she needed to get the job done.
INTRODUCTION: I’m only doing the one review this year for Kageoween, because there isn’t much out there for horror at the moment that really entices me, I saw IT part 2 finally, it’s basically the same movie as part one and sucked. I saw a few other films, none that great. I think next year will have more for me to bother with. So Even though I never seen the first one, I’m going to review Terrifer 2.
PLOT: Stephen Kings IT meets Captain Spaulings mute brother.
CHARACTERS: Kinda weak. They exist as mere fodder for Art the clown.
ACTING: pretty solid
DIALOGUE: soild.
FX: Very good
SUBTEXT: Tutti Fuckin Frutti is still relevant 20 years after the fact, apparently.
CONCLUSION: This movie is more unique than I originally thought. Originally I didn’t bother checking out one or two for years because the overall premise seemed cliched. The kills are a mix between brutal and classic horror, the film is well shot and it has a bunch of classic homages to 80s horror films. However, while interesting the movie is still flawed, not really having a plot at all weakens the movie, even if the horror parts are similar to other iconic slashers of the past 40 years, like Freddy and Jason, at least they had some story. It’s mostly just gruesome imagery for shock value and little more, but still, that’s kinda its charm as well.
INTRODUCTION: I was going to review this for Kageoween, but it sucked so bad that I said fuck it and am reviewing it now.
PLOT: The Deadites return but in New York or some shit.
ACTING: It works, not the worst I’ve seen, but still pretty bad.
DIALOGUE: Not cringe, so it has that going for it.
CHARACTERS: Crap. not even stock. Pretty much relies on making you sympathetic by going after children.
SFX: only ok
SUBTEXT: zero
CONCLUSION: This movie wasn’t needed. It was worthless. I never saw the remake from 2013, but pretty sure that was less worthless than this. If you ever thought Bruce Campbell wasn’t a much needed part of this franchise, this movie might change your mind. It’s mindless, midcard horror and dumb as fuck. Really wish I never bothered watching.
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