ILX's Oblique Strategy for the Day

Message Bookmarked
Bookmark Removed
Not all messages are displayed: show all messages (345 of them)

7 January 2010:

Sometimes God hides.

wanna be shartin' somethin' (WmC), Thursday, 7 January 2010 15:39 (fourteen years ago) link

8 January 2010:

Always the first steps

wanna be shartin' somethin' (WmC), Friday, 8 January 2010 12:07 (fourteen years ago) link

9 January 2010:

Ghost echoes

wanna be shartin' somethin' (WmC), Saturday, 9 January 2010 14:16 (fourteen years ago) link

10 January 2010:

Balance the consistency principle with the inconsistency principle.

wanna be shartin' somethin' (WmC), Sunday, 10 January 2010 14:26 (fourteen years ago) link

11 January 2010:

Is there something missing?

wanna be shartin' somethin' (WmC), Monday, 11 January 2010 14:02 (fourteen years ago) link

haha oh shit

Individualism, alcoholism, collectivism, activism (Noodle Vague), Monday, 11 January 2010 14:19 (fourteen years ago) link

12 January 2010:

Each part does the work of that part, and no other.

wanna be shartin' somethin' (WmC), Tuesday, 12 January 2010 14:46 (fourteen years ago) link

http://twitter.com/oblique

exploding angel vagina (Scik Mouthy), Tuesday, 12 January 2010 15:18 (fourteen years ago) link

13 January 2010:

Turn it upside down

wanna be shartin' somethin' (WmC), Wednesday, 13 January 2010 15:51 (fourteen years ago) link

14 january: Love to hear percussion?

Freddy 'The Wonder Chicken' (Gukbe), Wednesday, 13 January 2010 16:53 (fourteen years ago) link

wtf gukbe: the strategy for tomorrow is already here today?
mirror cubez!

Meteor Crater (jdchurchill), Wednesday, 13 January 2010 19:24 (fourteen years ago) link

I'll post the one for the 14th on the 14th. I don't know wtf Gukbe's playing at.

wanna be shartin' somethin' (WmC), Wednesday, 13 January 2010 19:42 (fourteen years ago) link

My original concept for this thread, about six months ago or so, was to post a Guitar Craft aphorism every day with the hope of maybe debating them, whether they're actually good life advice or relevant beyond the narrow purview of Learnin' the Gitbox the Fripp Way. But it didn't seem like a thread with legs.

wanna be shartin' somethin' (WmC), Wednesday, 13 January 2010 19:45 (fourteen years ago) link

one of the dudes in my band is always talking about the league of crafty guitarists and the convoluted shit they would work on. perhaps you could pick the one with the most potential for debate and then see what happens?

Meteor Crater (jdchurchill), Wednesday, 13 January 2010 20:47 (fourteen years ago) link

I don't know wtf Gukbe's playing at.

like I was the only one who immediately when there

Freddy 'The Wonder Chicken' (Gukbe), Thursday, 14 January 2010 01:53 (fourteen years ago) link

gukbe be ruinin your thread six months in the planning

conrad, Thursday, 14 January 2010 01:57 (fourteen years ago) link

like I was the only one who immediately when there

this seems like English, but...?

wanna be shartin' somethin' (WmC), Thursday, 14 January 2010 02:01 (fourteen years ago) link

now you're helpin him

conrad, Thursday, 14 January 2010 02:02 (fourteen years ago) link

15 january 2010:

gukbe be ruinin your thread six months in the planning

conrad, Thursday, 14 January 2010 02:03 (fourteen years ago) link

posting the year makes it seem official! soz for ruining your thread.

Freddy 'The Wonder Chicken' (Gukbe), Thursday, 14 January 2010 02:25 (fourteen years ago) link

you didn't, conrad was concern-trolling

wanna be shartin' somethin' (WmC), Thursday, 14 January 2010 02:25 (fourteen years ago) link

excellent! i am enjoying this, though this one has led to Gloria Estefan bouncing around my head all day.

Freddy 'The Wonder Chicken' (Gukbe), Thursday, 14 January 2010 02:29 (fourteen years ago) link

not real trollin just makin fun of u

conrad, Thursday, 14 January 2010 02:34 (fourteen years ago) link

that's cold shit conrad. suddenly the internet doesn't seem so nice anymore.

Freddy 'The Wonder Chicken' (Gukbe), Thursday, 14 January 2010 03:25 (fourteen years ago) link

WHOMP

conrad, Thursday, 14 January 2010 03:33 (fourteen years ago) link

13th January 2*1* - Tomorrow's another day.

Mark G, Thursday, 14 January 2010 09:33 (fourteen years ago) link

wait so we turned it upside down on the first of the year, then turned it upside down again on the 13th. doesn't that mean it's rightside up now? what if i miss being upside down :(

or maybe it's like one of those glass frames with dyed sand inside, and every time you turn it upside down it creates a new pattern of sand, and it's like life because you can never recapture exactly what you once had.

you can buy those sand things at Knott's Berry Farm, or at least you could in 1993.

Al Gore invented the internet to house the bitterness of humanity (reddening), Thursday, 14 January 2010 10:37 (fourteen years ago) link

14 January 2010:

Remove a restriction

wanna be shartin' somethin' (WmC), Thursday, 14 January 2010 13:52 (fourteen years ago) link

I wonder if citing the ilx oblique strategy of the day would cover me in traffic court…

chicken sandwich CARL!! (Z S), Thursday, 14 January 2010 15:15 (fourteen years ago) link

11 January 2010:

Is there something missing, officer?

Mark G, Thursday, 14 January 2010 15:25 (fourteen years ago) link

15 January 2010:

Relaxation is necessary tension.
Tension is unnecessary tension.

wanna be shartin' somethin' (WmC), Friday, 15 January 2010 14:17 (fourteen years ago) link

16 January 2010:

Ask people to work against their better judgement.

wanna be shartin' somethin' (WmC), Saturday, 16 January 2010 15:28 (fourteen years ago) link

17 January 2010:

The problem with knowing what we want is we just might get it.

wanna be shartin' somethin' (WmC), Sunday, 17 January 2010 15:13 (fourteen years ago) link

Be careful what you wish for 'cause you just might be repeating a lame old proverb.

CATBEAST 7777 (ledge), Sunday, 17 January 2010 15:15 (fourteen years ago) link

Yeah, I really hate this one. It's from Fripp, not Eno.

wanna be shartin' somethin' (WmC), Sunday, 17 January 2010 15:22 (fourteen years ago) link

18 January 2010:

Give way to your worst impulse

wanna be shartin' somethin' (WmC), Monday, 18 January 2010 15:16 (fourteen years ago) link

uh oh.

Mark G, Monday, 18 January 2010 15:16 (fourteen years ago) link

My actual worse impulse, or what I currently think is the worst?

mh, Monday, 18 January 2010 15:20 (fourteen years ago) link

You gotta figure that part out yourself.

wanna be shartin' somethin' (WmC), Monday, 18 January 2010 15:21 (fourteen years ago) link

mine would be "talk too much about self," which is my usual m.o., so...done!

Maria, Monday, 18 January 2010 15:23 (fourteen years ago) link

you need riskier impulses

mh, Monday, 18 January 2010 15:26 (fourteen years ago) link

"mh just can't help acting on Impulse" (tag line of old UK TV commercial)

an executive by day and a wild man by night (snoball), Monday, 18 January 2010 15:56 (fourteen years ago) link

no way I'm going near my worst impulses

Definition of Sonned (Noodle Vague), Monday, 18 January 2010 16:14 (fourteen years ago) link

well worst impulses on internet are a lot milder than worst impulses in real life

Maria, Monday, 18 January 2010 16:14 (fourteen years ago) link

19 January 2010:

Look at the order in which you do things

wanna be shartin' somethin' (WmC), Tuesday, 19 January 2010 14:30 (fourteen years ago) link

20 January 2010:

Do the washing up

WmC, Wednesday, 20 January 2010 14:11 (fourteen years ago) link

21 January 2010:

The musician and audience are parents to the music.

WmC, Thursday, 21 January 2010 15:07 (fourteen years ago) link

22 January 2010:

Cascades

the end times are coming, but they're just the beginning (WmC), Friday, 22 January 2010 14:49 (fourteen years ago) link

is that another 'warm jets' ref

take me to your lemur (ledge), Friday, 22 January 2010 15:11 (fourteen years ago) link

23 January 2010:

Use an unacceptable color

the end times are coming, but they're just the beginning (WmC), Saturday, 23 January 2010 15:34 (fourteen years ago) link

Subtract me from work = I wish

Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 28 March 2012 15:11 (twelve years ago) link

29 March 2012:

Remove ambiguities and convert to specifics

Whiney Houson (WmC), Thursday, 29 March 2012 16:35 (twelve years ago) link

this might be my favorite strategy so far.

Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 29 March 2012 17:04 (twelve years ago) link

30 March 2012:

Breathe more deeply

Whiney Houson (WmC), Friday, 30 March 2012 13:46 (twelve years ago) link

ooh another good one

Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 30 March 2012 13:47 (twelve years ago) link

trying this one right now

1 week to "Charles Dingus" (forksclovetofu), Friday, 30 March 2012 15:50 (twelve years ago) link

31 March 2012:

Only one element of each kind

Whiney Houson (WmC), Saturday, 31 March 2012 19:09 (twelve years ago) link

for those of you with 3 or more children, that means you have to choose only one son and only one daughter. i'm sorry.

1986 tallest hair contest (Z S), Sunday, 1 April 2012 16:11 (twelve years ago) link

This is going to make interior decorating very interesting or very frustrating

Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 1 April 2012 17:33 (twelve years ago) link

1 April 2012:

A line has two sides

Whiney Houson (WmC), Sunday, 1 April 2012 17:53 (twelve years ago) link

O_O

cool!

Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 1 April 2012 18:15 (twelve years ago) link

2 April 2012:

One the search is in progress, something will be found

Whiney Houson (WmC), Monday, 2 April 2012 13:14 (twelve years ago) link

3 April 2012:

Display your talent

improvised explosive advice (WmC), Tuesday, 3 April 2012 17:03 (twelve years ago) link

4 April 2012:

Convert a melodic element into a rhythmic element

improvised explosive advice (WmC), Wednesday, 4 April 2012 13:33 (twelve years ago) link

5 April 2012:

How would you have done it?

improvised explosive advice (WmC), Thursday, 5 April 2012 14:52 (twelve years ago) link

6 April 2012:

Turn it upside down

improvised explosive advice (WmC), Friday, 6 April 2012 13:54 (twelve years ago) link

¿ʇɐɥʍ ʍou 'ʎɐʞo

wrapped sausage stylus (forksclovetofu), Friday, 6 April 2012 14:43 (twelve years ago) link

Turn it upside down twice

1986 tallest hair contest (Z S), Friday, 6 April 2012 15:23 (twelve years ago) link

turn it upside down....then shake it really hard til all the money falls out of its pockets

Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 6 April 2012 15:27 (twelve years ago) link

8 April 2012:

Remember. Those quiet evenings.

improvised explosive advice (WmC), Sunday, 8 April 2012 15:17 (twelve years ago) link

10 April 2012:

Don't stress one thing more than another

improvised explosive advice (WmC), Tuesday, 10 April 2012 14:00 (twelve years ago) link

stress all the things!

Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 10 April 2012 15:49 (twelve years ago) link

Ha, the last 2 were most pertinent for the extremely stressful 4-day moving house I just did over easter.

fix it with like some music glue (Trayce), Wednesday, 11 April 2012 00:51 (twelve years ago) link

11 April 2012:

Listen in total darkness, or in a very large room, very quietly

improvised explosive advice (WmC), Wednesday, 11 April 2012 16:41 (twelve years ago) link

11 april 2012

minute incriments; it can't only go backwards

arby's, Wednesday, 11 April 2012 17:07 (twelve years ago) link

12 April 2012:

Do the words need changing?

improvised explosive advice (WmC), Thursday, 12 April 2012 17:45 (twelve years ago) link

Do the sheets need changing? Yes.

Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 12 April 2012 17:48 (twelve years ago) link

14 April 2012:

Ask people to work against their better judgement.

improvised explosive advice (WmC), Saturday, 14 April 2012 13:28 (twelve years ago) link

15 April 2012:

Take away the elements in order of apparent non-importance

improvised explosive advice (WmC), Sunday, 15 April 2012 14:05 (twelve years ago) link

16 April 2012:

What context would look right?

improvised explosive advice (WmC), Monday, 16 April 2012 13:32 (twelve years ago) link

Ask people to work against their better judgement.

capitalist system has been pulling this strategy on us for hundreds of years already, amirite brothers & sisters?

Touché Gödel (ledge), Monday, 16 April 2012 13:35 (twelve years ago) link

17 April 2012:

Reverse

improvised explosive advice (WmC), Tuesday, 17 April 2012 15:22 (twelve years ago) link

?tahw woN

boy, was that Dan Fielding hungry for some cake! (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 19 April 2012 15:05 (twelve years ago) link

Double reverse!

Aimless, Thursday, 19 April 2012 15:19 (twelve years ago) link

1 May 2012:

Simple subtraction

(one to mark proximity to #10,000,000)

improvised explosive advice (WmC), Tuesday, 1 May 2012 22:56 (eleven years ago) link


You must be logged in to post. Please either login here, or if you are not registered, you may register here.