SWEDISH HOUSE MAFIA compares themselves to THE BEATLES

[theresalwaysone]

For the 1905–06 season, the First Division was extended to 20 clubs.[1] Stoke enticed goalkeeper Leigh Richmond Roose back to the club whilst James Bradley departed for Liverpool.[1] The 'Potters' started the season off in fine style winning their opening five matches to go top of the league table for the first time in their history - and they remained their for five weeks.[1] Horace Austerberry seemed to have found the right line-up and managed to keep it settled for the first seven matches.[1] The crowds improved steadily and they reached the 12,000 mark as Stoke began to play well at home.[1]

In early November Sheffield Wednesday were well beaten 4–0 with Ted Holdcroft scoring twice, to bring his goals tally to six in ten games unfortunately for Holcroft it was also his final goals of the season.[1] Stoke's decent form continued but George Baddeley injured his knee on boxing day and Stoke's form began to drop.[1] They eventually finished in 10th position with 39 points 12 behind champions Liverpool.[1]

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Adam Donovan Sessler (born August 29, 1973) is a former co-host of X-Play with Morgan Webb and editor-in-chief of G4's game content for the network.[1] He was the only remaining television personality from the G4's original incarnation until he and G4TV parted on April 25, 2012.

Sessler was born in Berkeley, California. He graduated from El Cerrito High School in 1991 and is a graduate of UCLA with a bachelor's degree in English literature. He was previously a credit analyst for a multinational Fortune 500 financial institution in San Francisco, and an actor on the San Francisco Public-access television show Chip Weigh Magnet Down, which he also helped to make. Adam admits that he is grateful to no longer work for Fortune 500 companies, saying in The X-Play Insider's Guide to Gaming that he was "very sad" about the job. Sessler currently lives in Los Angeles, California, having moved from the former TechTV headquarters, which was located in San Francisco, California.[2] Sessler is married.[3]

Some of Sessler's known favorite game series are: the Halo series for its first-person shooter qualities; the Japanese version of Rez for its Trance Vibrator feature; the Banjo-Kazooie, Rayman, Ratchet and Clank, and Sly Cooper series for their unique platform qualities; Resident Evil 4; and Call of Duty 4. He also stated during the broadcast of E3 2010 that Uncharted 2 was his favorite single player experience of all time.[citation needed]

His favorite cabinet video game is Ghosts 'n Goblins, which he has stated on several occasions on older episodes of Extended Play and X-Play. "When I was 9 years old I used to scam quarters from my parents and sneak out to this local bowling alley that was so seedy Hubert Selby Jr. would get the creeps there. It smelled like personal abandonment. That's what I think of when I play my favorite game"[cite this quote] he said.

Sessler has a younger brother, Jonathan, who appeared as Adam 2.0 (in X-Play's 2005 April Fool's Day Episode), a "clone" of Adam who claims he's much better-looking than the original Adam with a "special USB port" (a reference to the Game Boy Advance SP succeeding the original Game Boy Advance).[4]

Sessler was the only original personality from ZDTV remaining on the network, surviving the network's progression from ZDTV (1998–2001) to TechTV (2001–2004), and subsequent transition to G4. Sessler is one of seven TechTV personalities, with Morgan Webb, Sarah Lane, Kevin Rose, Chi-Lan Lieu, Blair Butler and Brendan Moran, to survive the massive layoffs resulting from the May 2004 merger of G4 and TechTV, though until recently he, Webb and Butler were the only three hosts from TechTV still on G4.

In addition to co-hosting X-Play, Sessler also appeared semi-regularly on Attack of the Show! as a video game correspondent. On April 1, 2005, Sessler confused many by announcing he was leaving X-Play to host a late night talk show on G4 entitled Meet the Sess. A trailer of the new show aired on X-Play, showing Sessler verbally and physically abusing his guests until they released information about upcoming video games.[5] Despite being extremely over-the-top and obviously fake, many viewers began flooding the G4 forums asking when the show would air and if Sessler was really leaving X-Play. Sessler has since publicly announced on several occasions that the show was in fact an April Fool's Day joke. However, he does have a podcast called "Sessler's Soapbox",[6] as well as "Feedback", where he discussed various gaming topics with other G4 correspondents and guests until late 2011, when he was replaced by Blair Herter.[7]

As of April 25, 2012, Sessler is no longer a part of G4TV.

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Motoharu Yoshizawa (吉沢元治) (1931 - September 12, 1998) was an influential Japanese bassist known for playing in a distinctive free jazz and free improvisation style, sometimes deploying electronics and using the unusual self-designed five-string bass he referred to as the "Tiritack".
Yoshizawa collaborated with innumerable musicians over his long career; some of the better known include Masayuki Takayanagi, Masahiko Togashi, Takehisa Kosugi, Mototeru Takagi, Kaoru Abe, Steve Lacy, Dave Burrell, Derek Bailey, Evan Parker, Barre Phillips, Butch Morris, Elliott Sharp, Ikue Mori, Keiji Haino, Kan Mikami, Kazuki Tomokawa, Christopher Yohmei Blasdel & Tenko.

Yoshizawa began playing in a free style in the mid-1960s, in groups with Yosuke Yamashita and Kazunori Takeda, as well as in a famous jam session with Elvin Jones during John Coltrane's Japan tour of 1966. Yoshizawa's own trio with Mototeru Takagi was said to have been pivotal for Japanese free jazz, though no recordings survive. In 1969, Yoshizawa played with Masahiko Togashi's famous quartet and Masayuki Takayanagi's New Directions group, participating in both groups' landmark recording sessions of that year.
Yoshizawa was a pioneer of solo bass performance, his experiments synchronous with those of Barre Phillips. He first played this style in 1969, though nothing was recorded until several years later. In the mid-1970s, Yoshizawa recorded three albums for solo bass. Later in the decade he had a fruitful collaboration with alto saxophonist Kaoru Abe, which led to the recording of one album, Nord.
In the 1990s, Yoshizawa began experimenting with an effects-laden, five-string bass of his own design. He spent six months living and playing in New York in 1989-90.

[sonicc]

hey sonicc, why did SHM play the exact same set both weekends if they're amazing DJ's?

Every band played similar sets both weekends, The Beatles would have done the same.

[anonimouse]

Every band played similar sets both weekends, The Beatles would have done the same.

the beatles definition of play and SHM definition of "play" are two different things

[808HiLife]

lolz. saw this tweet from rollingstones this morning, along with the part that they defended Guetta against Deadmau-five or some edm bullshit. The less they talk the better

[anonimouse]

i bet they're not even swedish

[Digitalstereo]

I bet they're not even part of the Mafia.

[Digitalstereo]

lolz. saw this tweet from rollingstones this morning, along with the part that they defended Guetta against Deadmau-five or some edm bullshit. The less they talk the better

Deadmau-five might be a douchebag, but he's 100% right about what he stated. Either way, still a douche.

[gaypalmsprings]

Paul McCartney was in the audience for SHM's Weekend #1 set, and he enjoyed himself.

[gaypalmsprings]

[greghead]

I didn't know syphilis infection rates were high enough to warrant a cheerful cartoon featuring a phallic superhero. Things must really be getting bad if they've brought out the cartoons.

[Dragonite]

Looks like they're going to break up after this last tour lol. Via their website.

[nick5745]

http://www.swedishhousemafia.com/message/

LOL RIP

[Wheres the beef?]

Fuck yes!

[808HiLife]

now there wont be overwhelming ammounts of douchebaggery concentrated on a single stage! did they just release that info today?

[gaypalmsprings]

[heart cooks brain]

i can't wait for all the reunion threads

[Digitalstereo]

Oh! There's the punchline to this joke! HILARIOUS!!!!!



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[SoulDischarge]

So they perform solo. What changes?

[BROKENDOLL]

So they perform solo. What changes?

The amount of fucking noise?

[WhyTheLongFace]

So instead of them taking the main stage over for 90 minutes like in 2012, in 2014 each member will get a separate 2 hour closing set in the Sahara each day. EVERYBODY WINS

[Riggins33]

The Mafia is better than the Beatles, who wants to listen to oldies music?

[Digitalstereo]

The Mafia is better than the Beatles, who wants to listen to oldies music?

Please tell more how the Swedish House Mafia is better than the Beatles. Haha!

[WhyTheLongFace]

Please tell more how the Swedish House Mafia is better than the Beatles. Haha!

Cause they are. Their records will stand the test of time longer.

[nick5745]

The timely absence of Sonicc is too good

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