Updates on Rocksmith, Odds and Ends

Updates on Rocksmith, Odds and Ends

I was wrong on one point, and while I still enjoy it, I can see a little bit why a really experienced musician would be driven up the wall. First - I was wrong about tabs being included. I'd seen two separate sources mention them but cannot find them after some serious digging around. That said.... If you have Rocksmith on the PC or Mac, you can use this handy tool - RocksmithToTab [http://www.rocksmithtotab.de/documentation/] - to skim through your Rocksmith music library and export all the…

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Grrrrl Power Movies - Alita and "Marvel"

Grrrrl Power Movies - Alita and "Marvel"

For what it's worth, Cataline's review pf Alita [https://darkherald.net/2019/03/09/cataline-recommends-alita-battle-angel-with-reservations/] is pretty much spot on. That said, while the scene where she tries to rouse the hunters to fight together as soldiers as a groaner - I do not think it was misplaced. I am not sure if it was a deliberate piece of subversion, but it was deliberately awkward. Instead, I found the repeated line about being tossed aside as just a nothing girl, further in lig…

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Unplanned Needs

Unplanned Needs

Modern 'Christian' movies have been marred by two things. Low production values - something steadily improving - and a definite hatred of as Dalrock has elaborated in his posts on Fireproof [https://dalrock.wordpress.com/2011/10/30/firebombed/] and other Kendrick movies. Nevertheless, it may be worth your time to look at the recently completed and soon to be released "Unplanned [https://www.unplannedfilm.com]" when it comes out. It is, roughly, the story of Abby Johnson, the youngest woman who…

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