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=> GENERAL DISCUSSION => Topic started by: markie on May 17, 2003, 09:15:00 am
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Wow lots of new bells and whistles to play with.....
I think I preffered blue on black and latest posts first, but the rest looks like it could be interesting.
You can rate people... I always wanted to give Paige 1.....
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Originally posted by markie:
Wow lots of new bells and whistles to play with.....
I think I preffered blue on black and latest posts first, but the rest looks like it could be interesting.
You can rate people... I always wanted to give Paige 1.....
oh markie..... i am so touched. i would have wanted to share 1 with you.... :)
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I like this format better...and it makes more sense to have the latest posts last.
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Originally posted by Got Haggis?:
...and it makes more sense to have the latest posts last.
It won't when you have multiple pages of posts. I had our board at my office set up this way (UBB 6.5 as well) and everythig was fine until a conversation goes 3-4 pages deep. Then it's a pain in the ass to keep up with (convenient to join if you're a latecomer, but hard for our clients to follow). So we switched to new posts at the top.
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I like the new layout as well for the board...although allowing sig files would be schweet too :)
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Back to the thread title.....
....wow, can you imagine all the work that is getting done in DC this week? :p
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I *so* prefer the posts to descend, rather than ascend (ie, starting with initial post and working down). Some of the threads get so far afield from the initial post, that I always had to go to the end and read 'up.'
THANK YOU Website Master!!!!!!!!!!
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Originally posted by bags:
I *so* prefer the posts to descend, rather than ascend (ie, starting with initial post and working down). Some of the threads get so far afield from the initial post, that I always had to go to the end and read 'up.'
THANK YOU Website Master!!!!!!!!!!
well, if you sit all day long waiting for new posts (like most of the people on here) to be made, it sure as hell gets annoying having to re read every single one of markies inane posts before getting to the newest one.
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you imagine how annoying it is being Markie and having to read all of your own posts again....
Big YAWN.
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Wow, you re-read them all. That's dedication. I'd just scroll down to read just the new posts....
(It's really no different from before, except then you had to read 'answers' to posts you haven't even seen yet, which is uber annoying).
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Originally posted by bags:
Wow, you re-read them all. That's dedication. I'd just scroll down to read just the new posts....
(It's really no different from before, except then you had to read 'answers' to posts you haven't even seen yet, which is uber annoying).
You mean that you actually read them before you found the last post that you had read? :eek: That would seem uber annoying.
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PS, I have no idea why it says I've only posted five times. While I'm still a Jr. member, I've certainly posted over 50 times in the last year.
Moderators, any idea?
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I used to be a Full-Fledged Member, but now I'm a Junior Member. What gives? I spent a lot of meaningless minutes posting my ass off to become at one with the 9:30 heirarchy.
I spoke too soon I guess.
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well only evilsatan or his weblackey would know for sure... and it appears to flip flopping junior member and member status. possibly the number of posts required to become a member change. but all you'll get from me is dumb looks at this point.
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Interestingly, it has my correct sign up date (Oct. 2001), but it basically wiped out any and all postings previous to my visiting the "new" website. I'm starting over from scratch (which I don't mind at all, except for the accusations of "newbie" when someone disagrees with me).
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Originally posted by bags:
Interestingly, it has my correct sign up date (Oct. 2001), but it basically wiped out any and all postings previous to my visiting the "new" website. I'm starting over from scratch (which I don't mind at all, except for the accusations of "newbie" when someone disagrees with me).
i genuinely disagree with you though.. it just makes it more interesting to poke fun at your newbie status ;)
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That's cool too. I'm just here getting good advice and news from other folks who listen to and love music as much as I. It's all good -- new website or no! It's not easy keeping up with so much great new music, so I do what I can. Get a lot of good advice from the Boards, so thanks to everyone!
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I hate it when newbies suck up all the time.
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What's a gal to do...you regulars can be so imposing, what with your familiar chats, personal stories about each other and good-natured name-calling.
Maybe it's time for this newbie to start lurking again....
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Originally posted by bags:
Maybe it's time for this newbie to start lurking again....
no need to start lurking... a new voice is always welcome here... the regulars are great people and i've meet most of them in person. which is in part why you see personal chitchat here.
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Originally posted by bags:
Maybe it's time for this newbie to start lurking again....
NO! New members are always welcome and keeps the banter fresh. Markie and I can only throw insults at each other for so long. Which brings up the question, "When are Rhett and Celeste coming back?"
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Originally posted by bags:
That's cool too. I'm just here getting good advice and news from other folks who listen to and love music as much as I. It's all good -- new website or no! It's not easy keeping up with so much great new music, so I do what I can. Get a lot of good advice from the Boards, so thanks to everyone!
Bags ...welcome to the board :)
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bags, stick around a little longer and I am sure you will be part of the name calling.....
Its great to have new people around here to insult.
Q magazine though, are you sure your not a 35 year old guy with slippers and a pipe?
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Originally posted by markie:
Q magazine though, are you sure your not a 35 year old guy with slippers and a pipe?
Markie, turning 30 has been really traumatic for you, hasn't it?
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Originally posted by Jaguär:
Markie, turning 30 has been really traumatic for you, hasn't it?
yes, he has lost his girlish figure.
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Originally posted by markie:
bags, stick around a little longer and I am sure you will be part of the name calling.....
Its great to have new people around here to insult.
Q magazine though, are you sure your not a 35 year old guy with slippers and a pipe?
Actually, I'm not really a newbie, though I hardly count as a regular. But I've been a member since 2001 and probably have 100 posts under my belt. The new system erased my 'history,' though, and shot me back to "posting #1." I think I'll stick around -- as you'll see in the next paragraph, I need to amass all the street cred I can get.
No, I'm not a 35 year old guy with slippers and a pipe, but a 35 year old chick with doc martens and Marlboro lights, so I guess you weren't all that far off. I am not into Q magazine, but have a friend who quotes it constantly. Just because it's English doesn't mean it's not a gossip rag!!
Speaking of, what music mags do you regulars rely on? I like Magnet, but am having a hard time finding good indie coverage.
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Originally posted by bags:
a 35 year old chick with doc martens and Marlboro lights,
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"hew yew dew'n" ;)
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Originally posted by Jaguär:
turning 30 has been really traumatic for you, hasn't it?
yes, but Q is the last bastion of the middle aged sofa bound rock critic.
I will stick to the occsional foray into NME and internet radio for new music, cheers.
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Originally posted by markie:
Originally posted by Jaguär:
turning 30 has been really traumatic for you, hasn't it?
yes, but Q is the last bastion of the middle aged sofa bound rock critic.
I will stick to the occsional foray into NME and internet radio for new music, cheers. [/b]
Very good choice! ;)
Don't give in! A lot of what we think about age is all in the mind anyway. (Too bad all of it isn't.)
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well I havent noticed any difference yet.....Well I do more exercise so my gut has actually shrunk since this time last year.
And besides at least I will never be as old as Mankie.
Oh and Elvis Costello said reading about music is like dancing about architecture.
Its more interesting to see if reviewers confirm or trash your opinions about music and acts you are already familiar with, in my opinion.
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I've often wondered why should anyone give a rats arse about what a "critic" thinks, wether it be music, book or movie. Isn't it only just a matter of opinion when we get down to "hey lads hey"
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hey markie, you only have 2 more hours to bid on this: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3132178048&category=234&rd=1 (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3132178048&category=234&rd=1)
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but sometimes reading a critics opinion helps firm up your opinion of something and often makes you think about music in a more critical way. Even if you completely agree/disagree with the critic.
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Originally posted by Venerable Bede:
hey markie, you only have 2 more hours to bid on this:
I already bought an album on Ebay today. I try to resist buying more than that..... Cheers though.
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Originally posted by markie:
Oh and Elvis Costello said reading about music is like dancing about architecture.
"Writing" about music is like dancing about architecture.
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Originally posted by ggw:
Originally posted by markie:
Oh and Elvis Costello said reading about music is like dancing about architecture.
"Writing" about music is like dancing about architecture. [/b]
and i don't think Elvis said it either... i think it was Brian Eno or possibly Patti Smith. Thirsty knows for sure.
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http://home.pacifier.com/~ascott/they/tamildaa.htm (http://home.pacifier.com/~ascott/they/tamildaa.htm)
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Sounds like something that Eno would say.
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Originally posted by jadetree:
http://home.pacifier.com/~ascott/they/tamildaa.htm (http://home.pacifier.com/~ascott/they/tamildaa.htm)
Nice work, Jadetree. ;)
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one of the funniest comparisons I heard recently had nothing to do with music.....it was regarding the peoples republic of montgomery county and their plans to ban smoking in all bars and restaurants. An am radio station was having a phone in and the subject of smoking sections came up. Some caller made the comparison "Having a smoking section in a bar is like having a peeing section in a swimming pool" It tickled the hell out of me for some reason.
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remind me in future never to attempt to quote anyone....
I'll just claim them as mine own. But I have heard that quote a lot of times and it is always attributed to Elvis. Not that that proves anything of course.
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Originally posted by mankie:
I've often wondered why should anyone give a rats arse about what a "critic" thinks, wether it be music, book or movie. Isn't it only just a matter of opinion when we get down to "hey lads hey"
I don't care what the critics think, but am using the 'zines to find out about bands I don't know. So that, if there's an album described as indie power pop (or either Cheap Trick or Big Star are listed as influences), I wanna check it out! There are very few people in my circle with vasts knowledge (or even minimal knowledge) of music, especially anything new. So that's what I'm after from the magazines (I find I have a bit of ADD reading whole articles on the internet -- I print 'em then never read 'em).
It can become a glorious game of "follow the reference" to find more and more bands you dig.
And, just throwing this out there, I watch 120 Minutes on MTV2 (tape it so I can fast forward through the crap). It's now called "Subterranean," but I found Soundtrack of our Lives, Hot Hot Heat, Arlo, Ok Go, etc. by watching that show. A lot of the bands that open at 9:30 have videos show up just before or after their show....
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Okay, rip me a new one now....
;)
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Originally posted by bags:
Okay, rip me a new one now....
;)
okgo?
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MTV show music videos???? I thought they'd gone to all Real World and Road Rules all day, all night, all the time.
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MTV2, MTV2!!
There are NO videos on MTV as far as I can tell. But MTV2 is alright -- they were amazing 5, 6 years ago, and now are just alright. They carry Headbangers Ball as well now.
Yup, Ok Go. I like the indie pop Also like the Get Up Kids, an "emo" band, whatever the hell that is, but am still a fan of Superchunk.
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Originally posted by mankie:
MTV show music videos???? I thought they'd gone to all Real World and Road Rules all day, all night, all the time.
Or as I call it.....Anything But Music TV! :roll:
Both MTV and MTV2 remind me that I'm missing absolutely nothing by not having cable tv.
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MTV2 is alright, but its getting worse. 120 minutes is a fine way of seeing new music.
Soundtrack of our Lives, Hot Hot Heat, Arlo, Ok Go have all been the topic of conversation on the board. All played in the last 12 months.
I wish I had seen Soundtrack and not Okgo. . Arlo had a fight in front of us and hot hot heat are way too camp on stage.
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m2 used to good before they started carrying loads of ads.... their month long a to z countdown of every video ever played on mtv/m2 was very amusing to watch. i checkout vh1 classic if there is absolutely nothing else worth watching on tv.
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Originally posted by Jaguär:
Both MTV and MTV2 remind me that I'm missing absolutely nothing by not having cable tv.
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You are missing MHz which is pretty entertaining. In the last week I saw a performance by "The Clarks" and "The Planets" and a little while ago "The Young Dubliners" all at some small place in N VA. They also have European detective shows dubbed in yanklish. Not to mention the news programs from all over the world. Then there's the sports from all over the world, even Scottish footie, but nobody's perfect! ;)
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my favorite magazine for new music coverage is cmj new music report... the reviews are usually spot on, especially the RIYL (recommend if you like) comparisions. the cd's been a bit dodgy of late.
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Originally posted by kosmo:
the cd's been a bit dodgy of late.
Yeah it has, mine came cracked in two last issue.
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Originally posted by mankie:
Originally posted by Jaguär:
Both MTV and MTV2 remind me that I'm missing absolutely nothing by not having cable tv.
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You are missing MHz which is pretty entertaining. In the last week I saw a performance by "The Clarks" and "The Planets" and a little while ago "The Young Dubliners" all at some small place in N VA. They also have European detective shows dubbed in yanklish. Not to mention the news programs from all over the world. Then there's the sports from all over the world, even Scottish footie, but nobody's perfect! ;) [/b]
What station is that? I probably couldn't get it up here anyway. Our local cable doesn't offer some of the better obscure, independent or international stations. For instance, we can't get the Independent Film Channel or any of the BBCs. It's just not worth it for the little they offer (most just being bad programming by the networks themselves) and all the money they charge. It's either cable tv or cable internet.....and you know which one I use to it's fullest.
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Originally posted by Jaguär:
What station is that? I probably couldn't get it up here anyway. Our local cable doesn't offer some of the better obscure, independent or international stations. For instance, we can't get the Independent Film Channel or any of the BBCs. It's just not worth it for the little they offer (most just being bad programming by the networks themselves) and all the money they charge. It's either cable tv or cable internet.....and you know which one I use to it's fullest. [/b]
Comcast in Montgomery county has it on channel 98...they also have MHz2 which is 96 but that flips between some shopping network and programming.
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www.mhznetworks.org. (http://www.mhznetworks.org.)
you can go the tapings of the music shows. most are generally during the week though.
i highly recommend the martin beck series show on their too. its a swedish mystery series.
in dc, its channel 56 without cable and channel 4 with cable. they sometimes show muchmusic, the canadian version of mtv, on htere too, but not lately.
Originally posted by mankie:
You are missing MHz which is pretty entertaining. In the last week I saw a performance by "The Clarks" and "The Planets" and a little while ago "The Young Dubliners" all at some small place in N VA. They also have European detective shows dubbed in yanklish. Not to mention the news programs from all over the world. Then there's the sports from all over the world, even Scottish footie, but nobody's perfect! ;) [/QB][/QUOTE]
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oh, and poorlulu's store did the furnishings in their offices.
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Screwed again! That station is not available in the Baltimore area, with or without cable.