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  1. Maturin

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    It's my favourite. Best Star Wars movie. Best story, action and music. Not a fan of Disney era and I'd rate The Force Awakens as the worst. About the only series contenders for the top spot is the OT so I don't see this view as controversial and it ain't that uncommon among us 90's kids.
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    Saw Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005) at the pictures. A well needed re-release of the best Star Wars-film. One of my best cinema experiences, and I'm glad I got to see it like this in 2025.
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    Official Hockey discussion thread

    Djurgårdens IF defeats AIK in the final of the Swedish second-tier series Hockeyallsvenskan and is once again back in the SHL next season. A Stockholm team in the highest series for the first time since 2022 when they were relegated.
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    Tom Clancy is like that too. Seems there is at least a new book every year even though he has been dead since 2013. Of course, he allegedly used ghostwriters when he was alive and his name is just a brand by now, but come on. Same for James Patterson (still alive though). The Wheel of Time...
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    The search for the best sub-1000€ guitar amp

    If built in Germany, anything ENGL. Overspecced and excellent sounds.
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    What guitar do you play?

    Got a new Gibson Les Paul Standard. Very happy with the guitar. Excellent overall and plays absolutely fantastic. (Also with a perfect top and burst finish.) Only thing I've reacted to is the vintage style frets. Never seen it discussed. They've gone from jumbo frets during the Henry J. years...
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    Dream Theater - "Another Day"
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    Official Hockey discussion thread

    Färjestad is out of the SHL Playoffs for the third year in a row in the quarter finals after a 2-4 series against reigning champions Skellefteå AIK. Starter GK Maxime Lagacé sustained a neck injury period 1 of the first game so how he would have fared in this series we'll never know. In...
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    Crappy album covers

    It's definitely Vince Neil with a bra and high heels.
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    Best New Music 2025 Edition

    The Darkness - Dreams on Toast was released today, 28 March. I love every other album since the comeback... So this is a good one, of course. Last one, Motorheart (2021) wasn't my thing, Easter is Cancelled (2019) was amazing, Pinewood Smile (2017) was okay-ish, The Last of Our Kind (2015) their...
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    Crappy album covers

    A fairly recent one which could be something for this thread - Wildness - Ultimate Demise (2020). Small Swedish band, reeeeally good record, but what the hell am I looking at? Robocop and a man with a bra? It's so bad it's good... Captures the bad 80's art vibe perfectly - has to be intentional...
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    What if Adrian played/wrote some of Janick's solos?

    Not sure I agree on that one. He took all the joy out of that solo.
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    Backing tracks rant

    My favourite way of doing it was Hardcore Superstar's take in the late 00's. Record a super-polished album with fantastic backup vocals? Yes (for example Dreamin' in a casket, 2007). Go tour as a quartet, no extra add ons except for taped intro? Sure. Backup vocals sounded rough as hell...
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    Any experience with ESP-LTD guitars?

    I have an Korean LTD Kirk Hammett, limited & numbered Nosferatu, and while I think that is a 2016, I wouldn't hesitate to buy an LTD again. Excellent quality guitars. My oldest ESP is a 2009 ESP Eclipse 1CTM, made in Japan Standard Series. I see a slight bit of a difference between a 1000-Series...
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    The Concert Thread

    I saw him when he was doing Rage for Order and Empire in full during a single show after the pandemic... I don't know if you're a longtime fan, or anything, but it was really good. I recommend going! Saw Kent in Stockholm this weekend. Reunion show, big thing - 6 concerts at 3Arena (40,000...
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    Official Hockey discussion thread

    There's been a lot of discussion about what is happening. Poor defence is a given. Team is built around a flashy offence, winning no games 1-0; 2-0 but rather 6-4. Or if losing, losing 4-5. Scoring the most amount of goals, winning top scorer and most points with big margins (having 4 out of 10...
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    Read The Shards (2023) by Bret Easton Ellis and found it excellent. Beautifully executed, proper literature. Also read The Last One at the Wedding (2024) by Jason Rekulak, a book I found to a quick read and an okay thriller but nothing more. Currently reading The Kaiju Preservation Society...
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    Saw Mickey17 (2025) at the pictures. A pretty decent movie based on Edward Ashton's excellent Mickey7. As the title change might suggest, it plays pretty loosely with the source material. I'm not too keen on the heavy handed political satire and would much rather have stayed in the...
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    Official Hockey discussion thread

    Just a question, if your team's starter goalie had a save percentage of 88.66 towards the end of the season - is it the goalie's fault or the coach continuing to let him start?
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    Lord of the Flies

    Honestly? The key change is anything but pointless. It's one of the most effective key changes in their entire catalogue and a great example of how to (not-so-subtly) increase the energy and an understated but nonetheless bombastic arrival of the verse riff - which is simple, but really cool. I...
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