http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WlYiYddH7yM&feature=related I use for a morning warm up kata, many different rythms to choose.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2rZNsqS-aw&feature=channel Is the sutra I am currently exploring during my meditation, it reminds me of something deeper behind it, more important, but I am unsure what.

Not quite a theme song, but lately I've been in a rabble rousing mood.

Hey there folks.

First perusing here and this is the first subject to pique my interest.

Music...I like pretty much anything, from punk to polka...but METAL is really what shakes me out of my comfort zone. Loud and aggressive Heavy Metal. The kind that rattles my happy little cage. The kind that attracts evil.

I've encountered folks who have rode that edge and those who have crossed over into it. That devil we know (for the most part) is us...for some reason that gives me comfort. I've encountered what one would call supernatural evil on a few occasions, those moments were fleeting and thusfar not permanently harmful.

I read and viewed everyone's music hyperlinks.

For some reason wanting a Jimmy Buffett Paradise Burger when facing your doom doesn't seem too odd.

Anyway, when I want to rattle my cage I pop in my earbuds and vaporize a few of my more sedate synapses with stuff like this:

Goatwhore
Satyricon
Slayer

Rock On Folks!!

Do you like your cage rattled, PeterSchnauss? That is certainly a new perspective—most people I know don’t like to be shaken.

Still, the tradition must probably be maintained—I was welcomed, so will in turn, do the same—welcome.

Enjoy the site.

danorviel wrote:Peter, I will add my welcome to Rowan's. She, and others welcomed me when I first joined in. Your music interests are rather . . . loud . . . to say the least. Don't get me wrong, I enjoy loud sometimes myself, but I'm more into folk, folk-rock, 60's rock, etc. About the closest I normally get to Heavy Metal is Pink Floyd, and I am sure you would consider them rather tame.

I too enjoy some folk and 60's rock...Cat Steven's and Bob Dylan are both pretty well represented in my catalogue. Cat Steven's especially.

The loud gets my adrenaline flowing, which stirs my creative juices. I'm a writer.

I prefer Sufi Rock.

I think you guys might find this could help get the blood flowing. Lots of good stuff out there.

As a musician, music producer (sometimes), and audiophile, I listen to alllll sorts of stuff. Btw, Shang Li, if you're still out there, thank you for the Buddhist Chant link, as wella s the taiko drummer link for Hibiki. Both are nice finds.