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English translation of Latin passage from "The Pit and the Pendulum."

meta.mark — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 20:18:39 -0800

What is the english translation of the following latin passage derived from Edgar Allen Poe's "The Pit and the Pendulum?" Impia tortorum longos hic turba furores Sanguinis innocui, non satiata, aluit. Sospite nunc patria, fracto nunc funeris antro, Mors ubi dira fuit vita salusque patent. [Quatrain composed for the gates of a market to he erected upon the site of the Jacobin Club House at Paris.] I am aware that there are translations out there but I wanted to ask the metafilter community because I trust you people more. Also please include a brief explanation of how your translated and that credentials you have that qualify the credibility of your translation.

Show Me the World of Drum and Bass

CrayDrygu — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 17:21:09 -0800

I can't get enough of Pendulum's release Hold Your Colour. What else might I like? Specifically, I keep playing the tracks Slam, Fasten Your Seatbelt, and Another Planet (as well as Blood Sugar, released seperately) over and over, though honestly there's not a single track on the release that I don't like. I like it so much, in fact, that Hold Your Colour was my first music purchase in over 3 years.

But I know my tendency to over-play newly found music, and I don't want to find myself getting sick of Pendulum 3-4 weeks from now. The other problem is that "drum and bass" is almost as vague as "jazz", in that it defines a style, but not a particular sound, so I'm having trouble finding similar artists.

What other artists, releases, and tracks should I look at if I want some of the same intense, high-energy drum and bass tracks?

pendulum dowsing?

deeman — Thu, 22 Dec 2005 22:50:33 -0800

has anyone ever tried pendulum dowsing? whats it all about?