sauromatian wrote:A little known fact- the drummer in this 1971 videohttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24SOBX4PIx8is actually Dungeons & Dragons creator E. Gary Gygax. The video was shot the same year Gygax wrote D&D's predecessor Chainmail.To be honest, the drummer in the video doesn't look exactly like the way Gygax did then, & certainly nothing like he does now. The important part is that this drummer doesn't look like a rock musician, he looks like someone who should be playing Dungeons & Dragons.Finding such an image dated 1971, when fantasy gaming was beginning, seems significant to me. It suggests that there was a time when gamer nerds & musician hipsters had not yet diverged on the evolutionary tree. The drummer is I believe the missing link, the one who is prophesied to bring balance to the force.
FormCritic wrote:The truth is that they never diverged. While I'm not suggesting that Billy Idol likes to play druids, or that Dave Arneson was once a member of Cream. What I'm saying is that the kids who formed bands in high school and the gamer kids were often the same people. Stereotypes do exist, but they can only carry you so far.
VermilionFire wrote:Can you recommend some CDs to get started?
lucyjoyce wrote:Wanted to let you know about www.pandora.com if you didn't already know about it. It's the "music genome project" You enter a few artists or songs that you like, and it creates a "radio station" for you. You give the songs a thumbs up or down, and after a bit, you start liking almost all the songs (known and obscure) that it plays. Good way to find new music. You can have different stations, so you can match it to your mood. Nice to have in the background.
brute wrote:progger?
JohnGaunt wrote:Or he indulges in herb.