What are some good songs to listen to while you're feeling depressed?
Incredibly good question Jerald..Two ways to view the question..are you at the introspective end of a run of depression..?Or are you at the “devastating public flogging” end of a run of depression?“Being Depressed” is a funny thing…many take the idea of depressing personal moments as primarily of a romantic question..and a more “daily” depression being more benign and frankly, of a nature that could be construed as “less consequential” in society..LOL.So I’m thinking I’m going to not worry about the “romantic/platonic” question and simply say..The clip below is something I have listened to many times over the past twenty three years..because I’m wallowing and I know I am going to continue to be depressed for hours to come..”introspective”. ..The usual funk/disco sorta’ thing to get myself out of a depressed state is something I will leave for another time.The tune is called “Damage”..it’s about a tragic break-up I suppose..however,the tune has never been that sort of tune for me..it’s just a sad tune that I love ..and indeed I listen to it at these times as I mentioned earlier..the tune is written by the vocalist, David Sylvian.Some may remember his (if you will) New Wave group from the late 70’s/early 80’s..they were called “Japan”.Sylvian is one of the greatest songwriters I have ever heard..and here he is joined by the incomparable Robert Fripp-the mastermind of (arguably) the greatest prog band of all time, King Crimson..along with the great Trey Gunn on Chapman Stick..This song could indeed be called depressed in nature..but brilliant?Absolutely.Incidentally, I also love listening to “The Days Of Wine & Roses” ..an old standard that originated in Hollywood..Many jazz musicians have performed it over the years....and Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony..especially the second movement..and if you can hear it conducted by Karajan that’s gonna’ be a plus.Best to you..
What's the most recognizable face of game developers?
It’s very hard to answer to this question because there are no way how to measure the recognizability. On other side is a good question about what kind of recognizability we talking about? Should be that face be lead or just a rockstar who does sometimes games?Still I’ll try to answer. If we measure the recognizability by virtual followers count than Markus Persson aka Notch (original Minecraft creator) should be one of leads (in top-5).However if we could ask if you know such face on TV, probably Hideo Kojima (Metal Gear series creator) would win.If count reactions of the world, and memes, probably Gabe Newell (Valve founder) would win.If we think about someone who is best technology pusher, John D. Carmack (ID Software founder and Doom, Quake, Wolfenstein many games developer) name comes in my mind.Sadly, here weren't any girls yet… so what about girls, who can be most recognizable? I think that could be Corrinne Yu orBrenda Romero. Corrinne was lead developer in some AAA engines for games: Prey, Halo... However Brenda contributed in many years in huge list of games: Def Jam: Icon, Playboy: The Mansion, Dungeons & Dragons: Heroes, Jagged Alliance…I could continue this list, but right now I think the list is too big. Here is more game dev persons than one and I have no idea how to choose the one.
Bands with Male lead singers who have raspy voices?
I love rock bands where the lead singer is a male with a raspy voice, like, Kings Of Leon, anyone know of any other groups with male lead singers with sexy raspy voices? Please help me~ I have heard some songs on the radio (the X) but no idea who it was or what the songs were called. <3 thanks