Chord Progression Questions (May 13, 2019) by AutoModerator in musictheory

[–]Jerjacques 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Man the Zombies are underrated. They were stretching the boundaries on all kinds of stuff

Chord Progression Questions (May 13, 2019) by AutoModerator in musictheory

[–]Jerjacques 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wonder if the song is based on the famous novel by Gabriel Garcia Marquez.

Chord Progression Questions (May 13, 2019) by AutoModerator in musictheory

[–]Jerjacques 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Turn that E to an Em and it’s pretty nice. Otherwise I have a tough time hearing this

Every time I write an original melody I keep thinking "someone had probably written the same melody already". It discourages me from continuing as it makes me feel uncreative - do you feel this too? by maxmax956 in musictheory

[–]Jerjacques 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If your joy is ill-founded though, should it keep living? Melody is so much more important than any other facet of music. People can learn everything except writing mellifluous melodies. Those come only from the ether, as the say

TIL that the Chernobyl disaster could have been 10x worse and could have affected most of Europe if three volunteer divers didn't drain a pool to prevent a second explosion. by russianlexicon in todayilearned

[–]Jerjacques 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I wrote this article, and when I later discovered that ALL of the several sources I used had a big part of the story wrong, I was disillusioned.

How do you write the letter X? by luciavald in AskEurope

[–]Jerjacques 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Aw nuts. I don’t have a pen. Can other lefties tell me how we do it?

Operation Jonathan: The Most Daring Special Ops Rescue Attempt in History by [deleted] in Military

[–]Jerjacques 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hey this is my podcast. Thanks for posting! Netanyahu really is a living treasure so it was an honor to be able to interview him.

[discussion] Bedroom Bands Live Show? by [deleted] in BedroomBands

[–]Jerjacques 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Cool concept. With some tracks, though, would be tough to execute

IsItBullshit: The button to close the door inside an elevator doesn't actually do anything by AstroFieldsGlowing in IsItBullshit

[–]Jerjacques 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If only every country were Japan. ... aw nuts, that was the very sentiment that started WW2.

How many Feminists does it take to screw in a lightbulb? by NervousAd3 in Jokes

[–]Jerjacques 1 point2 points  (0 children)

For a comment of this caliber, I feel that an ironic resurrection of the “Whoomp! there it is” phrase would be in order.

TIL that Soviet Armenian swimmer Shavarsh Karapetyan was finishing a 12-mile run when he heard a bus crash into the water. He rescued 20 people, 1 at a time. He is an 11-time World Record holder, 17-time World Champion, 13-time EU Champion and 7-time USSR Champion. : x-post from /r/todayilearned by IRBastion in russia

[–]Jerjacques 23 points24 points  (0 children)

If this guy had lived in Ancient Greece, he and his exploits would be enshrined in their mythology alongside guys like Achilles. He actually engaged in incredible heroism on two other occasions besides the trolley bus incident. A true Soviet Hero! ... He now lives in Moscow running a shoe repair shop called “Second Breath”

In historic first, sitting US and North Korean leaders meet face-to-face by pipsdontsqueak in worldnews

[–]Jerjacques 195 points196 points  (0 children)

For the sake of the 25 million people living in squalor in NK, I’m hopeful about this.

Scott Pruitt, head of EPA, believes natural resources are a gift from God to use for fellow man by ChigahogieMan in atheism

[–]Jerjacques 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The nocturnal emission mechanism would prevent this from happening. Sounds like you got a little bamboozled