Manual may refer to:
Manual is the performing name of electronic musician, Jonas Munk, from Odense, Denmark. Manual's music is considered to be in the styles of ambient dream pop and indietronica. His sound tends to contain a mix of software synthesizers, guitars (sometimes sampled or heavily processed), and various digital signal processing effects. Mixing elements of pop, glitch, and indie music, Manual is compared to artists ranging from IDM artists, such as Boards of Canada, as well as shoegazer groups like My Bloody Valentine.
Munk's output as Manual is strongly associated with the aesthetic of Morr Music, the label that released his first two albums. He also is featured on the Morr Music compilation Blue Skied an' Clear, which was a Slowdive tribute.
In 2004 he joined the American label Darla. Simultaneously, Munk started a psych stoner band called Causa Sui, and they released their self-titled debut album in December 2005.
In an interview with Pitchforkmedia, Munk mentions some of his sources of musical inspiration. They include: Talk Talk, Simple Minds, Japan, David Sylvian, Brian Eno, Cocteau Twins, U2, Philip Glass, Coil, Jimi Hendrix and Led Zeppelin.
A freestyle skateboarding trick is a trick done on a skateboard while freestyle skateboarding. Some of these tricks are done in a stationary position, unlike many other skateboarding tricks. The keys to a good freestyle contest run are variety, difficulty, fluidity, and creativity. It should also be noted that this is a partial list, and a full list would never be possible, because new tricks and new combinations are always being created.
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1970s skate competitions such as the ones shown in Lords of Dogtown would often have an event to see who could do the most consecutive 360 spins on a skateboard. Variations include one foot spins (on the nose or tail, or grabbing the foot while spinning), two feet spins (on the nose or tail), crossfoot spins, 2-board spins, etc.
A 360-degree rotation of the board while the skater turns 180 degrees in the same direction above it. Can be done in any direction from any position, and is often seen done out of a Casper in freestyle.
Defy
The rumors to whispers
That makes a crass man bound
Defy
Their break in mercy
To consume the myth through flawlessness
It's been discovered
What they've exposed
Harbors the failures
To what we own
And they comply
To justify
Those shifting winds of conformity
This is a make or break elation
A razor to writs slit recovery
The struggle to botch
Impulsive structure from a slow-handed conspiracy
It Bears to all exploitation
Empowered but uncovered
Seminal
Seminal
Near and dear to our hearts desire
Inception to reign with havoc fist
Call the bluff
On smoking guns
When first loves turn fatality
Defend
Life's note and fact
The tension to tame the iconoclast
Defend
Life's torn out pages
And reverse their sands in the hourglass
Bury the hatchet in the name of progression
They're living on their knees
We walk the line
Stripped and severed
While kindred thoughts build unbearable
Seminal
Seminal
Near and dear to our hearts desire
Inception to reign with havoc fist
Call the bluff
On smoking guns
When first loves turn fatality
Out of step or out of reach
Rapture for the fallen
A piece of them is a part of me
But their voices are left unheard
They never scream
They never starve
They never bleed
They never suffer
And they will never ever understand
Deceive
Those jubilant whores
With the delicate sense in delivery
Deceive
The crashing bores
Who've left us hung out to dry and die
Part the seas
And pave your way
To the sirens of new noise
Let the lace be the bait
As the past as the past portrays
While you leave the enemy entertained
We'll always scream
We'll always starve
Seminal
Always bleed
Always suffer
We are the sentiment