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sidewinder · 12-12-2009, 01:44 AM

I never spent any time on the north side, basically just the neighborhoods around Naperville and of course downtown Chicago. I bet Naperville was quite different already, 9 years after I left. I haven't been back since, but would like to visit one of these days.

**Janszoon** · 12-12-2009, 05:22 AM

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Originally Posted by sidewinder

I never spent any time on the north side, basically just the neighborhoods around Naperville and of course downtown Chicago. I bet Naperville was quite different already, 9 years after I left. I haven't been back since, but would like to visit one of these days.

Naperville as I knew was pretty nice and had a lot of stuff to do for a suburb. It had a nifty downtown which, hilariously, had a whole bunch of signs around proclaiming that you could be fined for cruising.

sidewinder · 12-12-2009, 11:20 AM

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Naperville as I knew was pretty nice and had a lot of stuff to do for a suburb. It had a nifty downtown which, hilariously, had a whole bunch of signs around proclaiming that you could be fined for cruising.

Lol, fined for cruising? Maybe they just have too many teens crowding up the streets doing nothing but driving slow, pimping their rides.

It is definitely nice and interesting for a suburb. I did like the downtown a lot. I guess it's just that it's older than most suburbs, so it has more historic buildings etc. than the average suburb. From what I hear it's really a hot spot now (probably for the past 10+ years) and pretty pricey. Lots of condos and such whereas when I lived there (aside from the downtown) it was a very single-family home type of place.

Anyway. Ministry! As Janszoon said above, if one doesn't like The Land Of Rape And Honey I would try The Mind Is A Terrible Thing To Taste next, however, even though they are a bit different I would think it may not appeal either. It might be best to go for either the more commercial industrial rock of Psalm 69, or backtrack to the more synth-pop style of Twelve Inch Singles (featuring the club hit "Everyday Is Halloween").

hip hop bunny hop · 12-13-2009, 03:05 PM

Filth Pig is a terminally under-rated album. The sick guitar town, the heavy-as-lead bass... I could have done without the Bob Dylan cover, but the whole album is solid.

sidewinder · 12-14-2009, 10:54 AM

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Filth Pig is a terminally under-rated album. The sick guitar town, the heavy-as-lead bass... I could have done without the Bob Dylan cover, but the whole album is solid.

The song "Brick Windows" is pretty damn good, and overall the album is definitely better than the following Dark Side of the Spoon (the only Ministry album I've ever sold), but it's still not all that great. However, after years of not having listened to it, maybe things have changed, I could have a new found appreciation for it, never know.

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hip hop bunny hop Music Addict Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 1,381	Filth Pig is a terminally under-rated album. The sick guitar town, the heavy-as-lead bass... I could have done without the Bob Dylan cover, but the whole album is solid.