earthportal, on 18 June 2013 - 4:30 PM, said:

'cue 70's background elevator music'

Welcome Earthbound to the Chems forum!

If you look to your right, you'll see nothing but layers of dense fog, poorly lit streets, and a few people here and there, walking around chatting about previous albums or random posting about life in general while we wait for some new music. And that's all because of some guys name Tom and Ed, who won't get their butts in the studio, and keep making us wait for another studio album. Geez!

And if you look to your left, you'll see alot of forum topics! And a few times, they always seem to go 'off topic', which makes us even better compared to other band sites!

Right up ahead, there are a few lovely ladies here, but they are already taken! But feel free to mingle with the rest of us male scholars !

Tom and Ed lurk the boards from time to time, and even pop out sometimes to give greetings and such. Ed's more of twitterer than Tom!

Tom has released an EP recently..
http://www.youtube.c...d?feature=watch

Lastly, just be yourself and enjoy the Brotherhood!

'cuts music'

rotfl. Nicely done, amigo.

inchemwetrust, on 19 June 2013 - 10:54 AM, said:

OR the first 15 seconds of Another World*


*everytime i hear it i'm thinking about tom the barber and uncle eddie standing in an elevator driving up and looking at the display showing the floor they're actually at. and after 15 seconds where the synth sets in they arrive in space... weird pictures, but i get them all the time

Thanks everyone for the warm welcome! Definitely a step up from other forums, where it doesn't always feel like an actual community. I am looking forward to lurking the boards.

My most recent Chemical experience was at Ultra Music Festival, where I got to see them for the first time. They literally blew my mind into vapor.

I think I've made two new friends today!

Empty Car Incorporated proudly presents: The double air bag! Always at you side!

To those who haven't already heard the news, the Supreme Court handed down two decisions today regarding same-sex marriage in California:

1. The federal government has no power to enact legislation created out of animosity toward particular subsets of people, in this case homosexual couples.

2. The whiny little shits in California who created a campaign of hate to inexplicably win over one of the most liberal states in the Union to join their bigoted cause has to accept the fact that they lost.

Regarding the latter, here's a bit of background: In 2008 the California Supreme Court said that you can't make laws discriminating against homosexual couples. The California Constitution protects homosexuals as a class of people, and no laws must be made discriminating against them. So this insane proposition was placed on the ballot, Proposition 8, to amend the California Constitution to explicitly state that marriage was between one man and one woman. It passed. Then at least one of the same-sex couples sued in federal court saying that the amendment was unconstitutional as per the United States Constitution. The federal court agreed, and the people behind Proposition 8 tried to appeal it. Now the Supreme Court says: NO.

I feel particular rage about Proposition 8 because I live in California, and I was ashamed that the people in my state voted the way that they did. I was absolutely ashamed, and absolutely disappointed. It was probably the same feeling that some country boy has when they stand up in the middle of Kansas and they realize that people voted in a black president. They say, "this isn't my country."

When the people of California passed Proposition 8, I said, "this isn't my California."

And it shouldn't have been. California is supposed to set the bar for the Left in this country; California is supposed to be the leader for progressive, liberal ideals. It's not supposed to be part of the force that pulls us backward. So when, somehow, we managed this attempt to reconstruct our state constitution, which is in place to guarantee equality, in a way that would explicitly deny equality, it fucking angered me.

It also angered me because there were people from outside the state of California that were funding the campaign, trying to imbue MY FUCKING STATE with THEIR FUCKING MORALS. Specifically, Utah. And, okay, sure, there was also out-of-state funding for the side I was on, too. I'll admit it: I'm a little hypocritical here on this point. Nonetheless, Fuck You, Utah.

So now, finally, California is set right again. Or, at least on this one issue. The gays can get married, and we can collectively accept the fact that this is not a big deal and fucking move on. And what does that mean? It means that, hopefully, more people here in California will be treated with the basic dignity and respect they deserve. It means that irrational hatred has no place in the civic processes of our state, and this serves as yet another example of what happens when people try to imbue our civic processes with said irrational hatred. It severs the idea that said irrational hatred has any legitimacy, that it is anything but a fringe idea that will not be tolerated.

There are clear issues with homosexuality, and it has nothing to do with the individuals who are homosexual. It has everything to do with the people that think that they hate them, or think they have to hate them. Hopefully today will provide some guidance for these people. And if they must, they should take it as a sign that, really, Jesus loves everyone, not just people that are convenient to love.

MadPooter, on 26 June 2013 - 12:22 PM, said:

Some people think that 'change' will always lead to this fear of adapting to what the country wants or what the people want. And what I've learned over time is this...you can't pick and choose who you want to live up to your morals and values that you have, and if they don't, then you just have to understand on why people change the way they are, and the way to do this is not with hate, but with fact that you can't influence them (Conversion therapy..really?)

As a christian, and not one of those 'other' christians' who shove the bible down peoples throats, but I prefer to show compassion to those who are trying to find happiness in the wake of having their liberties deprived, which are supposed to be protected by the 5th amendment (except California of course, but they still have to wait 25 days to get hitched. Haven't they waited long enough? )

Just my thought on the subject. Even though I don't discuss current events in our country that much in these forums, plus this was an unedited quickie post while drinking decaf.

lol gays

Agreed on all points, Pooter..

I hope to attend the wedding of my oldest friend whom I've known for a tad over 30 years, marry his boyfriend of 20 years.

It's about freakin time California joined the human race.

whirlygirl, on 26 June 2013 - 9:01 PM, said:

Palabra.

what comes next? womans right to vote? /irony

ThePumisher, on 27 June 2013 - 12:41 AM, said:

http://youtu.be/dpiw-ng5wkQ?t=55s

Recently here in Croatia a group called 'In the name of the Family' (sic) managed with 'little' help from Catholic Church to gather almost 1 million signs to enter into constitution that marriage is union exclusively between man and a woman. I just hope that our supreme court will come to same conclusion as yours did. In other news, it seems that EU is trying to recognize same-sex marriage in all county states.

Right now, the legislative and judicial branches of US government waste their time trying to squash human rights (LBGT, women) instead of focusing on the serious reforms to climate change and healthcare presented by the executive branch. All the while the Koch brothers own the politicians who create these distractions while allowing big businesses and banks an overly unfair advantage over the common man; for example, "corporations are people".

The mainstream media does very little investigative journalism, and the few good ones out there have nowhere near the numbers of Fox "News". In some regard it doesn't matter since many of my countrymen are ignorant or apathetic. Some would rather have religion taught in school than science.

I am concerned for my child's future. Many young adults have no fear regarding their lack of privacy and really don't understand how their landscape is being shaped against their best interests.

LBGT rights, women's rights, immigration and voting rights matter. I say this as a straight white man in my 40's, and I honestly can't understand why society wants to move backwards. I'd love for us to get these right (and out of the way) so we can focus on privacy, healthcare and conservation initiatives.

Looking forward to next week! Stressful to the most at work lately, so vaca is around the corner!

My wisdom( all 4) have to be pulled out, and im not kin to the anesthesia thing or making an appointment yet, but my dentist insists I do it soon!

About 90 degrees here!

Stay cool my friends, and happy firecracker day!

YIKES. That sounds painful--sorry you have to go through that. I had two of my wisdom teeth pulled out when I was 18, and it was not bad for me. All four though... Jesus.

People are absolutely happy here in SF. The sun is shining. And I'm indoors studying. :-/

Enjoy your fireworks tonight, American chemical brothers and sisters

sandelic, on 04 July 2013 - 5:17 AM, said: