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I can still hear clipping occasionally after I've turned it off (maybe my laptop speakers are just bad since it's an old one), but if you're on a laptop, make sure to turn off any of that weird speaker-audio-enhancer software that's bundled with laptops. Maybe the mix will still sound terrible (i don't have a good ear for that stuff), but it will make it sound less bad. (e.g. my laptop has this dolby audio setting that was automatically enabled. It's different for each laptop depending on what was bundled with it. Top is the official General recorded from youtube with it enabled. Middle is the official General release from youtube with it disabled. Bottom was the leaker's file.) If you're listening to it on Spotify, make sure to find the normalisation setting and turn it off. Some Swifties were complaining the Taylor's versions were mixed terribly, but then after finding that setting and turning it off, it sounded better. https://www.windowscentral.com/software-apps/this-spotify-hack-transformed-my-music-thanks-to-taylor-swift

Great job on encasing the "oh hi Mark" guy in the walls! That's a good idea! From what I saw from a filmed video, Duff doesn't seem to be near a microphone most of the time. Just rocking that bass throughout.

" Associated Performer, Background Vocalist, Bass: Duff McKagan " Okay, where are the Duff vocals?

wow that's... it's very thick. Great Wall Of Chin(ese Leftover)

haha they put "presave" at the end of the link, maybe to try and outdo people constantly looking for one of those linkfire things early guessing only "TheGeneral"? https://gunsnroses.lnk.to/TheGeneralPresave

look at this picture of Slash and Meegan in a Disney car! https://www.instagram.com/p/C0TS9CmuOtY/

That same guy is even suing Tina Turner, and she's dead! (and a whole bunch of other people too.) I wonder what's up with him. edit: a few people on this person's sue list across his various court cases... Britney Spears, Red Hot Chili peppers, Jeff Bezos, George W Bush, Elon Musk, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Joe Biden, George W Bush, Ringo Srarr, Steven Spielberg, Ringo Starr, Mick Jagger, Billy Joel, Shania Tawin, Jay Leno, Ford motor co, Taylor Swift, Lady Gaga, Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Alice Cooper, Hillary Clinton, Elizabeth Holmes, Keith Richards I think that dude needs help... I hope he doesn't lose all the money he has and then is unable to get help for himself afterwards...

I'm not signing up for PACER ( https://pacer.uscourts.gov/ ) to see the documents for real, since you have to pay to use its services ( https://pacer.uscourts.gov/pacer-pricing-how-fees-work ) , but it appears there's some sort of movement going on in the case. https://www.pacermonitor.com/public/case/51347800/Benzova_v_Guns_N_Roses_et_al And there's this other one, beginning october 24th 2023, where Kat is the defendant and GnR people sued her, but it seems to have paused at October 27th https://www.pacermonitor.com/public/case/51083077/Gundam_Touring_Services_US_LLC_v_Katarina_Benzova " 2:23-cv-09538-FMO-E NOTICE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF SERVICE of Summons and Complaint returned Executed filed by Plaintiff Katarina Benzova, upon Defendant Gundam Touring Services U.S. LLC acknowledgment sent by Plaintiff on 11/15/2023, answer due 12/6/2023. Acknowledgment of Service signed by Colin Hoag, Terri Scupen. (Rosenblatt, Zach) " 👀 one last drama before the release of the perhaps vinyl! There's the courtlistener, freelaw, and recap projects. so if someone else participating in those projects has bought the documents, and uploaded it, you might be able to see it for yourself https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/67998002/katarina-benzova-v-guns-n-roses/ https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/67910567/gundam-touring-services-us-llc-v-katarina-benzova/ I wonder what the complaint GnR had against Benzova was. The pacermonitor link says it was only six pages long. I can only get this image glimpse before getting paywalled by that unofficial site:

👀 interesting. how did you find the link for the General? There's a track version of Perhaps too. https://open.spotify.com/track/1xl3tncP1hSU9EPkIY535i The perhaps album has one track called perhaps, and the other singles are like that too (e.g. Hard Skool is a one song "album" https://open.spotify.com/album/2UWJ1UJybSEmQZ87lQHmp0 ) maybe they'll put the general with the perhaps "album"? We might not get new single artwork for the General if they group it with Perhaps though, so I hope it isn't grouped!

The Perhaps Vinyl is releasing on December the 8th, right? John Lennon also died on December the 8th. Coincidence?

November is nearly over, and this rumour has died! If a surprise release happens tomorrow, I'll be glad that this post aged horribly!

It's the unverified insider stuff, but someone on evo is claiming it got delayed to December the 8th

The horn section is still there, just buried at 3:52 and beyond.

https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=Q4omSUzjxM/2Pn7qZ_PLUS_EEaw== " To the above-named defendant: W. AXL ROSE F/K/A/ WILLIAM BRUCE ROSE, PRIVATE PRIVATE Canyon Road Malibu, CA PRIVATE YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your answer upon the attorneys for the plaintiff at the address stated below. If this summons was personally delivered to you in the State of New York, you must serve the answer within twenty (20) days after such service, exclusive of the day of service. If this summons was not personally delivered to you in the State of New York, you must serve your answer within thirty (30) days after the service of the summons is complete, as provided by law. If you do not serve an answer to the attached complaint within the applicable time limitation stated above, a judgement may be entered against you, by default, for the relief demanded in the complaint. Plaintiff designates NEW YORK COUNTY as the place of trial. Venue is proper as a substantial part of the acts or omissions giving rise to Plaintiff’s claims took place in New York County. " Looks like we will see what Axl's side will say soon enough.

There's a part where this discussion has extended beyond whether Kennedy seems reliable or not, and into whether other people reading will feel like shit, because they're going to be wondering if they're going to believed when recounting their own story to others, because their personality inclines them to act in a different way emotionally while recounting it.

I ended up learning about L7 through Guns N Roses anyway, since they covered Used to Love Her/Him but considering i had to learn about them in a rather specific way, yeah, they're not that well known among the younger crowd...

as someone newer to Guns N Roses, I listened to the entirety of Chinese Democracy before I heard the entirety of AfD, because of the trivia of how long it came to come out. it was alright.

Let's pretend Axl's lawyer's TMZ statement is completely true: Gutman continues ... "Though he doesn’t deny the possibility of a fan photo taken in passing, Mr. Rose has no recollection of ever meeting or speaking to the Plaintiff, and has never heard about these again fictional allegations prior to today." Finally, he finishes with this ... "Mr. Rose is confident this case will be resolved in his favor." So a complete denial, nope I don't remember her at all. That brings up the question on what exactly did happen on that alleged day? We don't know, but if her entire story is fictitious, then why did she mention other people like Rachtman being there on that night, that could instantly deny her ever meeting Axl, making Axl's statement true for that night, and making her story seem not credible? If only part of it is fictitious but someone was there to witness Axl and Kennedy meeting, then why did Axl's camp quickly respond with a statement completely denying everything, instead of keeping quiet or more vague? Then that would make Axl's side seem not credible either.

All this talk on whether she wanted it or not, but what about the other side as well? What did Axl do, to make sure he clearly obtained consent throughout the encounter, and none of it was because she was coerced or felt scared or unable to refuse? Even he obtained consent for a few things or one thing earlier, consent can be withdrawn at any time, and consent to one sex act doesn't necessarily mean consent to all of them. The answer is nothing, because according to the TMZ claim, Axl never met her!? So there's this massive blank space on Axl's perspective of the story, other than "the entire thing never happened".

Unless it's a different video, her saying she thought it was consensual isn't her saying it in an approval tone, it sounds more like a disappointed tone, as in "i can't believe I considered this shocking thing was consensual sex" tone. Someone posted the video earlier, but here's specifically the quote so people can hear how it's supposed to come across when spoken aloud. At least that's what I think she was going for.

Rollingstone article on it: https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/axl-rose-sexual-assault-lawsuit-1234892817/ got the pdf for the case in the article as well can view here https://www.scribd.com/document/686469629/Sheila-Kennedy-v-W-Axl-Rose

I was thinking of going on a tangent related to that statement, but decided it was too stupid to write so I didn't post it, but now that you've mentioned it, I might as well write it. If the entirety of the Bon Jovi band called up Axl, and asked for an appointment on when they could all suck on Axl's dick, he'd probably backtrack on that statement. Though, maybe everyone in Bon Jovi personally coming to suck your dick might sound like a fun time, because five dudes means getting your dick sucked five times. But then again, it's getting sucked off by a bunch of dudes...

And their albums! GnR can't become Bon Jovi until they release 5 albums since 2008.

Guns N Roses failed at releasing a tune in time for Halloween, but Bon Jovi could release a Christmas tune before December even started. They need to get on Bon Jovi's level By the way, I just discovered that Blood in the Water has been officially released! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjxF1NJuXKk

The band being gone sounds like one possibility, but only in the absolute most worst case scenario where Axl quits the whole music business because it's too much trouble, he's older now and doesn't want to deal with hiring more managing people, and Slash and Duff respect his decision to hop out. If it all turns out to be true and Axl feels like his new family has betrayed his values of what a family should be and removes their connection, I think he will try to keep the band in some way though. What's left for him if he removes his family? Piles of money, all his possessions, and other connections, like his brother and sister, and the band. Maybe he'll cling onto it. But I think with a much more mature and sober Slash and Duff around, they're going to help Axl out in one way or another if things fall apart for him personally.