Album Notes: If you're looking for technical metal -- but don't have the patience for sissy bands obsessed with medieval times -- then prog-death metal combo Dysrhythmia is the band for you. On its 2009 release, PSYCHIC MAPS, the Philadelphia-based, all-instrumental trio manages to incorporate tricky bits into the songs without the whole thing coming off like one big wank fest. Picture a vocal-less Mastodon, and you're not far off from the style that Dysrhythmia specializes in. And the lads are certainly one of the hardest-hitting of all the "tech metal" bands out there at the moment, as evidenced by such ditties as "Festival of Popular Delusions," "Triangular Stare," and "Iron Cathedral," and they even approach King Crimson territory with "Reactionary." On PSYCHIC MAPS, Dysrhythmia succeeds at showing off the members' instrumental chops, without coming off like a bunch of dorks.
...Google Maps is easily my favourite and the best free online source for directions. The directions you receive from Google Maps are always accurate and correct and get you to your destination easily and fast. I will always use Google Maps until the day I get lost using the directions it gives me which I doubt will ever happen.
All you have to do is enter your postcode and enter the postcode of your destination and it immediately gives you a fast, easy route to get there, just like a SatNav would. Also the fact that you can change your route if you need to like, lets say you need to pick someone up in a different town on the way, you can change your route to make it go past the place you need to pick them up.
Overall, I think that Google Maps is easily the best source of directions on the internet....
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Advantages: Ease of use and price Disadvantages: None
...Having used a Tom Tom Go 700 for a number of years, I decided to update the maps of Western Europe. Tom Tom uses software called Tom Tom Home which is used to download the updated maps. Having connected Tom Tom Go 700 to my PC, via a USB cable, it was a simple matter of clicling on the relevant icon on the Home Software, paying for the maps, and downloading them over the internet.
Payment was straight forward. It is undertaken electronically either by credit or debit card, and the down load commenced.
Because of the size of the map file, it took a little time to download (I do have broadband running at 8mb band width, so I suppose a lesser bandwith will take longer.
Use of the system is simplicity itself. You are given a choice of country, and then you select address, or point of interest....
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Advantages: McRaes usual thought-provoking lyrics Disadvantages: Not as easy to get absrobed into as previous albums
...All Maps Welcome is the third album from Tom McRae, after his self-titled album, Tom McRe, and then Just Like Blood. I first heard this album when I was given a free taster to it, which played about 30 seconds of each song; this then led me to buy the full album. I was already a fan, and was looking forward to seeing him when he toured last year. His dark lyrics and melancholy melodies really blew me away, and I wanted to hear more.
In this album, he uses assistance from members of Beck?s backing band. It took only three weeks to record, and the album itself deals with the break up of a long term relationship. His lyrics are just as deep as in other albums, but with hints of self-pity never seen before.
I never really connected with this album as much as the previous ones, and I am still sceptical with some of the songs on Just...
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