Right, first up GiTS:SAC's ED, 'Lithium Flower'
She's so cold and human
It's something humans do
She stays so golden solo
She's so number nine
She's incredible math
Just incredible math
And is she really human?
She's just so something new
A waking lithium flower
Just about to bloom
I smell lithium now
Smelling lithium now
How is she when she doesn't surf?
How is she when she doesn't surf?
How is she when she doesn't surf?
I wonder what she does when she wakes up?
When she wakes up
So matador
So calm
So oil on a fire
She's so good
She's so goddess lithium flower
So sonic wave
Yeah, she's so groove, yeah
She's so groove
Yeah
Wow, where did she learn how to surf?
Wow, where did she learn how to surf?
Wow, where did she learn how to surf?
You know I've never seen the girl wipe out
How does she so perfectly surf?
How does she so perfectly surf?
How does she so perfectly surf?
I wonder what she does when she wakes up?
I wanna go surfing with her
I wanna go surfing with her
I wanna go surfing with her
I wanna go surfing with her
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For this I'm picturing a simulacra of The Major or similar if Doug hasn't come across/knows her.
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Area-7 - 'Individuality'

They always said that you would never be anything.
Everything you tried to do was just a waste of time.
But you believed you could do anything you wanted to.
You made your mind up and you never looked behind.
Don't let them try to tell you how live your life.
Don't let them hold you back, don't ever change your mind.
Individuality - Be proud of what you are
Individuality - Don't let them cut you down
You can be whatever you want to be,
But don't change yourself for society.
Don't lose your Individuality.
The years go by, you find that nothing comes easily.
And the world is full of people tryin' take you down.
Don't ever turn your back on anything you've ever been.
You don't need to prove yourself to anybody else.
There's no room for second best, no second chance, don't fail the test,
Gotta rise above the rest, gotta try to make your mark.
You don't need to be so vain, no need to act so proud,
Follow the trends, don't ever stand out from the crowd.
Do you really care what other people think about you?
Does it really matter what they do or what they say?
You've fought too hard to let them throw it all back in your face.
When their opinion never mattered anyway.
www.angelfire.com/band/area7/Index.html
Something to do with clones/'The Borg' perhaps?
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Def Leppard - 'Rocket' :- It's either gonna call up a member of the rocket family (Vindicator anybody?) or is 'We Didn't Start The Fire'-lite.
The Androids - 'Do It With Madonna' :- self-explanatory if it triggers Doug's meta-gift (which I hope it doesn't) but if it doesn't exist on WW-world might be a fun one to pick up on the Walk and present to her when he gets back. In itself the videoclip is good, for it is a cack.
--Rod.H
We're gonna fight fire with marshmallows.

But still cool songs, IMHO.
Regular Joes - Pain in This World
Well, I'm a child of the sixties, or so I'm told
Well, I must admit somethin': I don't feel that old
It's a damn sad thing, I got to tell you, girl
I'm gettin' a little bit tired of all the pain in this world
Well, I try not to pay attention to
All the evil little things that people do
It's just a little defense mechanism, girl
I'm gettin' a little bit tired of all the pain in this world
[short bridge]
Well, I had a good childhood, hey, maybe not
Smartass bookworm, skinny little snot
Like dust to diamonds and swine to pearls
I'm gettin' a little bit tired of all the pain in this world
Now you take out the trash and you go to work
You try to feel nothing; you don't need that hurt
It's just too much baggage to carry with us, girl
We get a little bit tired of all the pain in this world
[short bridge]
Well, I'm a child of the sixties, or so I'm told
Well, I must admit somethin': I don't feel that old
It's a damn sad thing, I got to tell you, girl
I'm gettin' a little bit tired of all the pain in this world
I'm gettin' a little bit tired of all the pain in this world
I'm gettin' a little bit tired of all the pain in this world

Runrig - Tir an Airm
An teid thu leam a ribhinn og
Gu tir mo gridh sitheil sona
'S chi thu saighdearan a' ruith
Am measg nan lusan bagh 'sa mhonadh
Come along with me, my young girl
To the peaceful, happy land
And you will see soldiers running around
Amongst the beautiful wild machair flowers
Ho ro horain O
Failte gu tir an airm
Ho ro horain O
Ho ro horain O
Welcome to the Land of the Army
Ho ro horain O
A' Coimhead a mach air maduinn chiuin
Air ball mor cruinn os cionn na beinne
'S bhon is ciuin na tonnan gorm
Tha ceol ru aig ceol na mara
Looking out on a peaceful morning
On the great round ball above the mountain
And though the waves are calm
There's a new music in the music of the sea
Ho ro horain O
Failte gu tir an airm
Ho ro horain O
Ho ro horain O
Welcome to the Land of the Army
Ho ro horain O
'S an deid thu leam gu tir mo ghraidh
Seall na h-eoin Dhorchas Dhona
Treabhadh speuran as ar cionn
Deanamh air Steornabhagh le cabhaig
And will you go with me to the land I love
To see the dark evil birds
Ploughing the skies above us
Making for Stornoway at high speed
Ho ro horain O
Failte gu tir an airm
Ho ro horain O
Ho ro horain O
Welcome to the Land of the Army
Ho ro horain O
[bridge]
Nis leugh t-eachdraich, fosgail suil
Anns gach linn mu dhoigh an Airnm
Stampadh air na croitean seagail
'S beathannan og aig gillean Uibhist
Now read your history, open your eyes
To every generation and to the ways of the military
Stamping on the rye in the crofts
And the young lives of the Uist boys
Ho ro horain O
Failte gu tir an airm
Ho ro horain O
Ho ro horain O
Welcome to the Land of the Army
Ho ro horain O
Cha deid mise gu an righ
Cha deid mise an corr a shabaid
O lunnain mheallt, a Bhreatuinn fhoilleil
Cha seas mi ach 'son sith nan eilean
But I cannot go "for the King"
I cannot fight anymore
The deceit of London, the treachery of Britain
I'll only support peace in the islands
Ho ro horain O
Failte gu tir an airm
Ho ro horain O
Ho ro horain O
Welcome to the Land of the Army
Ho ro horain O

Regular Joes - For the Love of the Song
one two three four
I lay my sprit on the stage
Release my tension in a nervous rage
St. John be good and turn the page
'Scuse me while I act my age
Well hey now jet don't get me wrong
just do it for the love of the song
i sing my heart out every day
just to keep the midnight tears away
some say work and some say play
hear we rock and here we'll stay
i keep on singin' when the band is gone
just do it for the love of the song
[short bridge]
now you're listenin' to me here
rock and roll band a shift in gear
don't care about nothin' that much is clear
had the same dang blues for fifty years
hey there willy ain't really along
just do it for the love of the song
[short bridge]
I lay my sprit on the stage
Release my tension in a nervous rage
St. John be good and turn the page
'Scuse me while I act my age
Well hey now jet don't get me wrong
just do it for the love of the song
Blessed be.
-n
(Because it's too damn quiet here.)
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"V, did you do something foolish?"
"Yes, and it was glorious."

Well, at least one of my problems with membership tallies will be addressed explicitly by the new software. If you haven't read the message, it specifically states that one of the problems fixed is that of member counts dropping.
So that's that...

-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.

Hello all,
This is a song from the 80's film Streets of Fire. I can't think of a Metapower that might come from it but I think it might do something.
Fire Inc. - Nowhere Fast
Lying in your bed and on a saturday night
You're sweetin' buckets and it's not even hot
But your brain has got the message
And it's sending it out
To every nerve and every muscle you've got
You've got so many dreams
That you dont know where to put 'em
So you'd better turn a few of 'em loose
Your body's got a feeling that it's starting to rust
You'd better rev it up and put it to use
And I don't know how I ever thought that I could make it all alone
When you only make it better
And it better be tonight
And we'll fly away on those angel wings of chrome in your daddy's car
Waiting there for you tonight
I'll be there for you tonight
Even you don't have anywhere to go
You go down on the pedal and you're ready to roll
And even if you don't have anywhere to go
You go down on the pedal and you're ready to roll
And your speed
Is all you'll be ever need
All you'l be ever need to know
Darlin', darlin'
You and me we're goin' newhere slowly
And we've gotta get away from the past
There's nothin' wrong with goin' nowhere, baby
But we should be goin' nowhere fast
Everybody's goin' nowhere slowly
They're only fighting for the chance to be last
There's nothin' wrong with goinn' nowhere, baby
But we should be goin' nowhere fast
It's so much better goin' nowhere fast
Stalkin' in the shadows by the light of the moon
It's like a prison and the night is a cell
Goin' anywhere has gotta be heaven tonight
Cause stayin' here has gotta be hell
Dyin' in the city like a fire on the water
Let's go runnin' on the back of the wind
There's gotta' be some action on the face of the earth
And I have gotta see your face once again
And I don't know where I ever got the bright idea that I was cool
So alone and dependent
But I'm depending on you now
And you'll always be the only thing that I just can't be without
And I'm out for you tonight
I'm comin' out for you tonight
Even if you don't have anywhere to go
You go down on the pedal and you're ready to roll (ready to roll)
Even if you don't have anywhere to go
You go down on the pedal and you're ready to roll
And your speed
Is all you'll ever need
All you'll ever need to know
Darlin', darlin'
You and me we're goin' nowhere slowly
And we've gotta get away form the past
There's nothin' wrong with goin' nowhere, baby
But we should be goin' nowhere fast
Everybody's goin' nowhere slowly
There're only fighting for the chance to be last
There's nothin' wrong with goin' nowhere, baby
But we should be goin' nowhere fast
It's so much better goin' nowhere fast
Godspeed
Godspeed
Godspeed
Speed us away!
Godspeed
Godspeed
Godspeed
Speed us away!
Godspeed
Godspeed
Godspeed
Speed us away! we're goin' nowhere fast!

is there a way to do nested quotes that doesn't cause spewage? i've tried once or twice, but the board always hacks it up...
-Z, Post-reader at Medium
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If architects built buildings the way programmers write programs, the first woodpecker to come along would destroy civilization.

Does Doug call his charge Sana-sama?
Blessed be.
-n
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"V, did you do something foolish?"
"Yes, and it was glorious."

basically what the subject line says: I know that you've detailed some of the history, but I would like to know a bit more, such as general level of technology (what kind of sci-fi stuff they have, how high tech some of the stuff is, etc.) and other things, and maybe contact with aliens and what not.
Oh, and were there any "metahumans" before the twentieth century?

sorry, I don't know if you've posted this already or what, but I wonder if you have a list of the songs that Doug uses in his arsenal and what they do.

Traffic seems to be slowing here, so I figured I'd stir things up a bit. Here's just a tiny fragment from an incomplete scene, but it should be entertaining.

-- Bob

"Misato-san... Misato." I shook my head, trying to clear it and
phrase this properly. "You are a smart, devastatingly sexy
woman. You and I share a lot of the same kind of background, and
we relate very well. I'd be lying if I said I wasn't attracted
to you. But I can't let our relationship go past a simple
friendship." I took her hand in mine. "Misato, I've told you
before. I'm married, and no matter how far I am from her, I
*will* be faithful."

The pitying look in her eyes surprised the hell out of me, but
not as much as the next thing she said. "Doug, it's very
admirable and very sweet of you to be so devoted to her after so
many years." Her voice was soft and gentle, the voice you use to
break bad news to a friend. "But you have to face facts... if
you and she haven't reunited by now, she *had* to have died in
Second Impact."

For a long, long moment I just stared at her, completely at a
loss for words following that... remarkable observation. Then I
smiled and said, "Misato, I'd like to tell you a very special
secret."

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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.

Hey, Bob?
Have you considered adding button links to the board and the Art page to the left hand coloumn? I was just scrolling through the page the other day and was thinking it would be nice if I didn't have to do that."I was an Otaku before those kids came along and changed the meaning of the word."

-- HM "Howling Mad" Wilson to more than one team-mate.
Hear that thunder rolling till it seems to split the sky?
That's every ship in Grayson's Navy taking up the cry-
NO QUARTER!!!
-- "No Quarter", by Echo's Children