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[SL.com] The Two of Diamonds (2D)
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Freezestate
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 		[SL.com] The Two of Diamonds (2D)
Oh my, never going to solve this alone...
Is anyone actually working on it besides me? I haven't heard anything from anyone at all pretty much, so I decided to start a thread.

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Salsaman1991
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 		2D's page has already been solved. The answer is in the thread for this week's card.
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analogwatch
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Salsaman1991 wrote:
2D's page has already been solved. The answer is in the thread for this week's card.
Salsa, I think he's referring to the fill-in-the-blanks.
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Salsaman1991
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analogwatch wrote:
Salsaman1991 wrote:
2D's page has already been solved. The answer is in the thread for this week's card.
Salsa, I think he's referring to the fill-in-the-blanks.


Oh, sorry, you're right. I can't remember stuff like this easily xD It was mentioned yesterday on the IRC channel wasn't it?

I don't think the fill-in-the-blanks we'll be useful in the end, though.
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Freezestate
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 		No, possibly not, but you have to think about what it represents in the grand scheme of things. In all likelihood, it will force us to think together at length as well as force us to think outside the box. We're mostly assuming it's a fill-in-the-blank despite the fact we're told to remove words, and I propose we start working on that to whatever extent we can instead of staring at it and wondering what the hidden message could be.

Here's all of what was said by 2D minus the hidden pages for ease of use... It reminds me of the syntax of a Dada poem, but it's probably coincidental. Some lines don't flow together at all.

Quote:
_____________ are the real thing, and _________ knows it.
Like most solo
albums, _____________ is a nice thing for the fans to have,
but it's nothing to get ____________ about.
There's zero groove on the repetitive ___________ __________,
how are we supposed to believe anything else he has to say?
- _______ lost again and alone in the studio without ___________
only because the band isn't doing anything. It's nothing to get excited
It's not surprising that _______ __ _ ________ has none of what made
an attempt to distance himself from his old band or show everyone that he
can go it alone. But
Fine, outgrown the _____ ______. And like seemingly every
other solo album, it lacks the soul of his popular work. But that's
what made the ________ what they were. Even the _______ _______ of
the song titles (e.g. "_____ ________ _ ____") read like weak attempts to
conjure the ________ self self-importance.
Who are you to tell me to question authority
And that's where the magic happened - even in _____ - with the
exception of the ______ ______, the ________ album recorded


The
Like a crossover gospel artist, ________ lyrics could be sung to a
girl, or could be sung to his watered-down version of "God." With
uncharacteristic [pedestrianness], his themes of love, light, soul,
tears, blah, sound like _____ of the high-school poetry he
inspires in his fans
In fact, if you've heard the album _________, and have a
copy of __ ______ _________ ________ you'll have a good idea
of what _______ ____ _______ sounds like. [sp?]
straightforward, slightly phasey drums - just like ___ ________. It's
not the first time he's bitten [the band] - ______ ____ bassline
in _______ shows up as a guitar riff in the _________ _____________
nothing epic, nothing too outrageous, or ambitious - a collection of
twelve modest songs with funny titles and singable melodies.
like ______ _________ but without hope
characterized by thin, repetitive drums that sound like C____loops,
It's a proto-____ record, mostly atmospheric, with ______ _____vocals driven into the back of the mix.
After the brief intro featuring ____ use with a fashionable dumb guitar riff
_______.



_____ produced _______ ______, the ____ album by sometimes
_______-local rock n' roll heroes _______ ______. They had a knack
for the ___ __ ____ ______ ______ _______ __ their five
previous releases, but with _____ on board, all of a ___________ their
songs come in under ______ minutes and feature large _____ sections.
There were also a few fades and cross-____ segues, and the album was
just over a half-____ long. _____has done the same thing to ___ ________.
This melodic _____ combined with wave after wave of utterly brutal _________ attack have set them apart from the
______-level screams
The tracks that will sell this record are the crucial rarities found on
file-sharing programs the last five years: the ________ versions of
so let the kids pray to K____ C_____ - at least these guys are still here.
The disc opens with with the _________ version of _______ hands-down
the pinnacle of the _______ oeuvre. It's a faithful reading, with pearls
RUN-ON
Unfortunately lumped with by-the-boos k __-______ bands,
crucial rarities



Here's the secret to rock and roll longevity: take it easy. When you
base your image and career on being brash teenagers or angry young
men, the act gets old quick. [It's hard to sustain youthful energy
into your '30's, much less for the rest of your life.] Not to say it
can't be done: the _______ _______ might be considered an exception,
and _____ has managed a comeback by laying claim to old-school ____.
formerly groundbreaking selves. The only real way to secure your
legacy as an [angry young rock band] is to ___ young. But unless you
have a tragic accident or have a ________ lead singer with a serious
____ problem, what's a band to do? Once you turn 30 you have three
Take it easy. ____ and ___________ wins the _____. This means vocally more
than anything else [maybe something about names, like _____ __ _____,
any era and be hard-pressed to guess B_______ S______ age. R______ S_____ has gotten much weirder with age, but he's
kept his vocals in check, more or less. And while M_______ S_____ voice has noticeably aged and lowered since the '80s, there isn't anything from the back
catalog he couldn't pull off. Long after H_______, R______ and [one
more] B____, M__________ and [one more] have all managed to keep their
voices young. Lookin to fill that G__ shaped hole



P_____ has updated his image successfully by laying claim to old-
school ____ and aligning himself with legends like L_____ G______ and
( M_____ P_______. [need one more example.]
Staying within his natural vocal range and not screaming it up has
kept M__________ from sounding like an old man.
NOTES: the same ones who take umbrage they always never listen
In fact, some of the best parts of the album are instrumentals
unearthed from the vaults
"____ with ______ will still be ____" delivered plainly, as if
plain meant profound
______ ____ comparison - boy guitar/girl drummer mention, look up other band
demo quality, unfinished songs in terms of development, abrupt endings,
The emphasis is lounge, because that's where M__ F________'s
strengths lie. However as an artist he remains important important
like _______-a-palooza (sp?) remixed by any ___________ act.
Upbeat, catchy soul numbers free of modern out-of-control trilling or
neo-____ posing. Featuring ripoff that would play during some wacky montage...
wide-open drum sound ... ________ ifeels ripped _______ version, featuring
____, opens the record, while the "studio band with something to




If only they could find a more interesting way to sabotage their career.
positive: some of the padding is repetitive garage ______, some of it
is self-indulgent [noodling]. But the length of each track provides
plenty of____ to really dig into the sound, and it's perfect
background music for the latent grunge fan.
Back to my grunge analogy, any one of the shorter tracks on _____ _____ might have been a good fit on the legendary ___
is a great word to describe many of the songs on , if your definition of "_____" is something that is _____,
In some ways, __________ is like a comedy record. It's funny
the first time you hear it, then you only put it on to annoy people.
"______ _____" J__ D_______ analogy self sacrifice marytyr to no-one
and the kazoo solo in "_______ ______" is its musical equival
OK, I hope that was interesting because much of this____ isn't.
It does give the listener something to think about through the
repetitive grooves.
_____ in the crowd - and no, that's not a joke about
that _______ and ____________ are at direct counterpoints to each
otherwell, you really have nowhere else to go. These are your voices


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 		Rules
Quote:
[The Two of Diamonds]

[Rabbit is lost]

[Disassociate and leave dark hall]

[Remove all identifiers]

[Follow.]

[No, lead.]

[Look for greener grass]

[Ecclesiastes 5:2]

[Proverbs 18:2]

[Visit.]

[Contribute.]





GEORGE ORWELL'S SIX RULES

(i) Never use a metaphor, simile, or other figure of speech which you are used to seeing in print.

(ii) Never use a long word where a short one will do.

(iii) If it is possible to cut a word out, always cut it out.

(iv) Never use the passive where you can use the active.

(v) Never use a foreign phrase, a scientific word or a jargon word if you can think of an everyday English equivalent.

(vi.) Break any of these rules sooner than say anything outright barbarous.

[remove all identifiers]

[disassociate and leave dark hall]


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edith-ann
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 		A friend of mine who has been lurking about has figured out a bunch of the blanks. COOKIE!! Start posting!!

Edith-Ann

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superdave
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 		2433
Has anyone noticed that when you CtrlA the http://www.silverladder.com/diamonds/index.htm
page, at the bottom, under 2D there is the number 2433.

anyone know the significance of this?

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Salsaman1991
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 		Re: 2433
superdave wrote:
Has anyone noticed that when you CtrlA the http://www.silverladder.com/diamonds/index.htm
page, at the bottom, under 2D there is the number 2433.

anyone know the significance of this?


It's actually a counter. It goes up by one for each time the page is loaded. I fyou look at it again, it'll have a different number, higher than the last one, of course.
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 		 NEW KLOO!!
In which Paul writes to the Two of Diamonds, and receives a clue for his efforts
I sent 2D a letter: here it is in its (almost) entirety:

See rule (iii).

2D

On Fri, November 23, 2007 7:44 am, Rapoport wrote:
> Good. I'll personally miss your large role this week... any chance of
> a hint for those blanks?
>
> Paul
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: twoofdiamondsSPLATsilverladder.com
> [mailto:twoofdiamonds@silverladder.com]
>
>
> Sent: Thursday, November 22, 2007 10:11 PM
> To: Rapoport
> Subject: Re: This is your, email, right?
>
>
> It is.
>
>
> 2D
>
>
> On Thu, November 22, 2007 8:16 am, Rapoport wrote:
>
>> Is this the 2 of diamonds? Please respond.
>>
>
>
>> Homme est en fer.
>>
>
>
>
>

A shiny kloo!

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