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=> GENERAL DISCUSSION => Topic started by: Justin Tonation on February 11, 2009, 08:48:23 pm

Title: Signs of the times
Post by: Justin Tonation on February 11, 2009, 08:48:23 pm
Muzak files for bankruptcy (http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Music/02/11/muzak.bankruptcy/index.html)

Muzak, the company that put pop, string-filled arrangements of rock songs in your elevator, filed bankruptcy papers Tuesday after it missed a $105 million payment to creditors.

Title: Re: Signs of the times
Post by: Jaguar on February 11, 2009, 09:52:01 pm
 :o :o :o

I just heard an elevator come to a screeching halt.
Title: Re: Signs of the times
Post by: azaghal1981 on February 11, 2009, 10:22:39 pm
Good fucking riddance.
Title: Re: Signs of the times
Post by: Relaxer on February 12, 2009, 10:18:05 am
I worked in this health food restaurant about... jesus... 20 years ago and we had around 20 Muzak tapes, but it wasn't the new age crap, it was total hipster stuff and it was awesome! I remember one that had Cabaret Voltaire, Gang of Four, the Pop Group, and Crass on it, and another had a mix of great jams, ie the Dead, Allmans, Hawkwind, etc.

So don't paint with too wide a brush, you're liable to color where you oughtn't.
Title: Re: Signs of the times
Post by: sweetcell on February 12, 2009, 10:57:14 am
effen hell, relaxer, it's too early to be pulling this sh*t.  save it for the PM, will ya?  sheesh, off to grab another green tea. 

i think your post brought on a severe case of seasonal affective disorder.  thanks.
Title: Re: Signs of the times
Post by: Relaxer on February 12, 2009, 03:40:46 pm
effen hell, relaxer, it's too early to be pulling this sh*t.  save it for the PM, will ya?  sheesh, off to grab another green tea. 

i think your post brought on a severe case of seasonal affective disorder.  thanks.


I've read this four times now and I still don't know what you're on about. This just might represent a crack in our alliance.
Title: Re: Signs of the times
Post by: walkonby on February 12, 2009, 03:51:00 pm
effen hell, relaxer, it's too early to be pulling this sh*t.  save it for the PM, will ya?  sheesh, off to grab another green tea. 

i think your post brought on a severe case of seasonal affective disorder.  thanks.


I've read this four times now and I still don't know what you're on about. This just might represent a crack in our alliance.

maybe he was referring to this:

http://www.yahoo.com/s/1029680
Title: Re: Signs of the times
Post by: Relaxer on February 12, 2009, 04:07:56 pm
I'm a very busy high-powered executive, and as such I have no time to watch videos and the like. Can you please summarize it for me?
Title: Re: Signs of the times
Post by: walkonby on February 12, 2009, 04:18:12 pm
I'm a very busy high-powered executive, and as such I have no time to watch videos and the like. Can you please summarize it for me?

batwoman gave up hotdogs for cherry pie.
Title: Re: Signs of the times
Post by: Relaxer on February 12, 2009, 04:28:33 pm
that's a damn good metaphor walkonby, almost paradigm-shifting
Title: Re: Signs of the times
Post by: walkonby on February 12, 2009, 04:33:15 pm
that's a damn good metaphor walkonby, almost paradigm-shifting

that's a mighty big word there.


mighty big.  ;)
Title: Re: Signs of the times
Post by: sweetcell on February 12, 2009, 05:34:02 pm
I've read this four times now and I still don't know what you're on about. This just might represent a crack in our alliance.

here's how that reply came about: when i first read your "cool hipster muzak tapes" post, i was left scratching my head... because muzak is muzak - whether it's the beatles or the dead, it's still insipid, insulting muzak.  i couldn't seriously believe that you were defending the stuff, so i was wracking (sp?) my brain trying to figure out what you must have really meant.  there had to be a subtle joke, some social commentary, something... and failed.  in a fit of mild paranoia, i imagined you planning exactly this outcome.  you were laughing at me.  so i lashed out.  cognitive dissonance got the better of me.

the truth isn't always pretty.  sry.  but rest assured, the alliance is strong.