I say hi, you say low
 

Hi there, I'm new to this forum. To forums in general in fact, so I have no clue how this all works, but I'll probably survive. I'm a 23 year old physics student. My music taste ranges mainly from classic 60s music to punk-related things; my favourite bands are the Beatles, Sleater-Kinney and the Kinks. And I love Bach. Other interests include books, drawing, Jodie Foster, physics, complaining about physics, Buffy the Vampire Slayer and interviews with Aubrey Plaza.

Welcome!

I've been meaning to check out Sleather-Kinney but never really got far.
What's the best Jodie Foster movie? My personal vote goes to Carnage.
Also: Gravity is a buzz kill so I can relate to complaining about physics.

Last but not least: The dogs bark worse than they bite and the forum is friendlier than it seems ;)

Welcome to MB!
I'm pretty interested in physics. What field do you specialize in?
The MB forums can be a bit rude and crude at times but the people here are mostly cool and pretty chill behind the mask of nihilistic ****ery and really knowledgeable and passionate about music.

Oh and I love Amsterdam! Fantastic city!

I've never been to Amsterdam :(

Dude.
I didn't even smoke anything when I was there the last time.
We just walked and biked around, chilled in the park, ate some great kangaroo steak, went to a club...
It's beautiful there.

I think I'd like it. I mean, this is clearly nice:

https://www.carnets-voyage-photos.fr...msterdam-1.jpg

I wanna go there in the fall/winter some day. I like cities in fall and winter time, for some reason.

Maybe it's just that lights in the dark are a pretty thing.

So what are the other 1000 albums?

You sound like a well-behaved tourist, for Amsterdam standards

Ok I think I figured out how to reply to specific messages so that's a start. You should definitely visit Amsterdam in the winter, it's at its most pretty when its dark.

The best Jodie Foster performance is in the Accused, I guess, but my favourite Jodie Foster movie is the Hotel New Hampshire just because it introduced me to her. And it's strange af.

Thanks for the welcome! (to all of you of course) Right now I'm writing a thesis on topological string theory. I'm still figuring out what it's all about but it's really interesting

Love it (and the Calvin and Hobbes references). Great addition to the long list of songs with my name in them.

Sounds cool.
String theory is fascinating but it's hard to get into it without getting really deep into the math.
A bit of math is okay (I'm an engineer and can take some) but at some point, and pretty quick, I'm lost.

I get that. Especially since subjects like string theory (or pretty much all physics since quantum mechanics) are really only understood on a mathematical level, so apart from that there is not much to get into. As soon as you ask what it actually means nobody knows...

I bet it still becomes quite intuitive at some point. I think Leonard Susskind had quite a nice talk about how ingrained such mathematical thinking can become with practice.

True, that takes some time though. With string theory I'm not there yet. I'll check out that talk by Susskind, thanks!

Now that I think about it, it might have been just a small part of some lecture or interview, so it might be hard to find.

Buffy the Vampire Slayer > life

low

"life is overrated" - the Kinks
Buffy the Vampire Slayer, however, is not.

Truth.

Survival as a member is not guaranteed here. But you seem cool. Good luck. And welcome. Hope you do stick around. Just don't go into any of the political threads unless you enjoy bashing your head into a brick wall over and over again.

No. I say WELCOME ASHORE!!!

Its good having you here :)

Why

For the love of ****, someone say "I don't know" already

Last time I make a Beatles joke

Best parts of Amsterdam for me were the banana pancakes and the women. Top 3 most beautiful women in the world. The men are great looking too! Must be all the Heineken.

I don't know

I like those bands and J.S. Bach too. One of my favorite Shoegazing bands is Space Siren. They're from Holland. Have you heard of them?

Space Siren - This Radar

Thanks, will do!

yess THANK YOU

Nah it's in spite of all the Heineken. Vile stuff. I think it's all the cycling around

Great, I've never heard of them! I like shoegaze, but haven't explored much of it yet. I like how you can hear their Dutch accent even through all the shoegaze racket

The political threads are fine actually, as long as one doesn't take oneself and political ideologies too seriously.

Did grindy clean up the thread because he doesn't want to put off his nerdy string theory buddy? Awww...https://www.gay.hr/up/smilies/medo.gif

She/he'll figure it out eventually, buddy, ain't no escaping the squalor of musicbanter...https://www.gay.hr/up/smilies/nope.gif

Welcome MEH! :beer:

Btw

5 > 4 > 6 > 2 > 7 > 3 >1

Thanks adidasss! You noticed the acronym, great! And to quote Esmé in the Salinger story: "I'm extremely interested in squalor"

Is this about Buffy? Then I beg to differ:
3>6>4>7>5>2>1

That's my favorite Salinger story! https://www.gay.hr/up/smilies/love.gif

Haven't read it in ages. Should do that soon...

I can respect that. The Mayor was pretty much the best villain of the show.

I feel kinda bad that we both put 1 at the bottom. Even if all of the following seasons did outshine it, I still wanna pat it on the head for being so adorable and fun. I remember watching it for the first time on bootleg VHS tapes borrowed from my sister's friend. Unbeatable nostalgia. :love: