I've been here since senior year in high school and am now turning 32 this year. It's been interesting watching all of you age out of this thing that you do/once did. I'm in it til the bitter, bitter end though.
― Cousin Slappy, Thursday, 9 July 2015 02:40 (eight years ago) link
It's because twitter is better than ilx.
― The Reverend, Thursday, 9 July 2015 02:50 (eight years ago) link
I was afraid of that. I liked twitter for a couple years, and then I didn't anymore. Don't want to go back.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 9 July 2015 02:50 (eight years ago) link
classic rock poll last year was so much fun, wish we could do it again and again
― brimstead, Thursday, 9 July 2015 04:20 (eight years ago) link
it definitely felt like the peak of my ilx career!
― some dude, Thursday, 9 July 2015 04:36 (eight years ago) link
i think that ACTUAL valuable new posters are coming in and will continue coming in, although it takes a while sometimes to see who's gonna stick around, and which Raccoon Tanuki's are worth trolling back until they go away
― some dude, Thursday, 9 July 2015 04:37 (eight years ago) link
pls don't all go to 77 and/or facebook, I'm not on either and don't want to leave - even though I'm not that active or vital here, it still feels like home somehow
― StanM, Thursday, 9 July 2015 05:59 (eight years ago) link
god, how awful
― brimstead, Thursday, 9 July 2015 06:19 (eight years ago) link
1) get on facebook because it's what people do2) 77 is just private idiot repository board
― brimstead, Thursday, 9 July 2015 06:22 (eight years ago) link
You fucking wish
― a strawman stuffed with their collection of 12 cds (jjjusten), Thursday, 9 July 2015 06:36 (eight years ago) link
that was not a qualitative opinion, it's all good!!
― brimstead, Thursday, 9 July 2015 06:38 (eight years ago) link
fucking
― brimstead, Thursday, 9 July 2015 06:39 (eight years ago) link
the minimal text groove of ILM is work friendly - FB is not.hence i still hang around here.i posted about that messageboard article on an ilm thread : very little reaction.ned posted on his facebook page - loads of chat/responses.the FB 'Present Listening' group that i have recently signed up to gets lots of reaction to posts etc.and as westworld once declared 'i wanna go to where the action is .. '
― mark e, Thursday, 9 July 2015 08:25 (eight years ago) link
I don't want to be on Facebook (and can't figure out how to read Twitter, layout never made sense to me) so I'm sad to see a lot of music forums "moving" to fb, don't see this happening to ILM anytime soon though.
Something that's cool about ILM is that its structure is a lot more open and transparent than Facebook's, and even if at some point it's abandoned it will always be a great, searchable archive of zeitgeisty discussion.
― niels, Thursday, 9 July 2015 09:09 (eight years ago) link
xp yeah the best part of ILM is that it's text-based and minimal and people use handles rather than real names and i don't have my IRL friends all over it.
― cod latin (dog latin), Thursday, 9 July 2015 09:52 (eight years ago) link
While I'm sad at the lower activity here nowadays, I think it's most likely a result of the Google search rankings and not a cultural shift away from taking music seriously amongst teens & twenty-somethings... just look at the activity on https://www.reddit.com/r/letstalkmusic ... mostly kids but that's part of its charm.
― Adam J Duncan, Thursday, 9 July 2015 09:54 (eight years ago) link
No list threads
I despair of the youth of today
― soref, Thursday, 9 July 2015 10:06 (eight years ago) link
One important reason why twitter is better than ilx is that it's a lot easier to have conversations with people other than white dudes. ;)
― The Reverend, Thursday, 9 July 2015 11:29 (eight years ago) link
i have trouble having conversations with anyone on Twitter. Only ever use it as a promotional tool really. I like Facebook's recent multi-threaded approach now, even if it is still a bit glitchy.
― cod latin (dog latin), Thursday, 9 July 2015 11:33 (eight years ago) link
I don't use it either Tom I keep ile and ilm tabs open
I do use SNA, just didn't know SNA was called SNA.
― holger sharkey (Tom D.), Thursday, 9 July 2015 11:43 (eight years ago) link
I'd like to see more threads dedicated to individual records. The rolling threads served a purpose back when ILM was at its busiest and the genre-specific threads are great for checking out, for example, the latest afrobeats or trap tunes, but there's rarely that much in the way of discussion and when there is, it's generally the same four or five posters doing an inside-baseball thing.
― cod latin (dog latin), Thursday, 9 July 2015 11:49 (eight years ago) link
This. It's from a more innocent and exciting era of the web.
― MikoMcha, Thursday, 9 July 2015 11:53 (eight years ago) link
it will always be a great, searchable archive of zeitgeisty discussion.
this is totally spot on.i spend hours digging around catching up re old bands i missed out on at the time.
― mark e, Thursday, 9 July 2015 12:20 (eight years ago) link
I like Facebook's recent multi-threaded approach now
flag latin
― the story of ilm: an ottyssey (wins), Thursday, 9 July 2015 12:42 (eight years ago) link
I like Facebook's recent multi-threaded approach now, even if it is still a bit glitchy.
oh god no
(and fuuuuuuuuuuuck fuck fukc fuck f u c k twitter's even worse take on this. so hard to follow a thread now.)
― The Reverend, Thursday, 9 July 2015 13:22 (eight years ago) link
anyone who likes multi-threading should be banned from ilx
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 9 July 2015 13:30 (eight years ago) link
I would like to see more posts where people boast about obscure music they love and try to win others over. Preferably in topics not dedicated to sed obscure music.
― The Once-ler, Thursday, 9 July 2015 13:32 (eight years ago) link
Maybe we could have obscure music by genre threads or if said genre is already obscure then more active threads dedicated to that particular genre/style that can include less obscure music
― The Once-ler, Thursday, 9 July 2015 13:36 (eight years ago) link
the minimal text groove of ILM is work friendly - FB is not.hence i still hang around here.
Totally this. I'm able to ILX at work because it's totally inconspicuous. Plus I absolutely loathe Facebook and I haven't used it or Twitter in a couple of years (outing myself as an old).
― Turn That Pout Inside Out! (Old Lunch), Thursday, 9 July 2015 13:48 (eight years ago) link
Maybe we could have obscure music by genre threads---― The Once-ler
We have plenty of them already.
Rolling Afro-Latin Music 2015 and onward: Salsa, Bomba, Merengue,Reggaeton, Bachata, Latin-Jazz and more
Chitlin Circuit Double-entendre -filled Soul 2004 (and onward) Theodis Ealey's "Stand Up In It" is a song of the year
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 9 July 2015 15:32 (eight years ago) link
why would we have our discussions facilitated by some fly by night web megacorp when we have our own sweet DIY platform right here? greenspun forever aeon flux forever
― adam, Thursday, 9 July 2015 15:46 (eight years ago) link
I miss threads for new artists. Used to check new answers and after seeing an unfamiliar name enough times I'd say "oh maybe I should check out this dizzee rascal guy." Whereas now someone would've just posted I luv u to the rolling uk carpark thread or whatever.
I mean I get the desire to discuss artists in context or just the friction of starting a new thread.
― the most painstaking, humorless people in the world (lukas), Thursday, 9 July 2015 16:08 (eight years ago) link
eh rolling threads are kinda meat grinders
― j., Thursday, 9 July 2015 16:12 (eight years ago) link
okay, how about we have one thread where we discuss our favorite finds and old flames? I feel like no one notices when I bump a thread for 'obscure band ____'
― The Once-ler, Thursday, 9 July 2015 16:20 (eight years ago) link
i think people probably notice but if they're not interested there's not much you can do!
― This is for my new ringpiece, so please only serious answers (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 9 July 2015 16:25 (eight years ago) link
i like to bump clarke's metal faves thread for that but it always takes me like 10 minutes to find the damn thing so i tend to just let it go
― j., Thursday, 9 July 2015 16:29 (eight years ago) link
way i read this you're agreeing with me? rolling threads mean that the new answers page isn't a useful guide to anything except which scenes people are following.
― the most painstaking, humorless people in the world (lukas), Thursday, 9 July 2015 16:31 (eight years ago) link
^ This. I mean Louis has been trying to get us all to listen to the Cardiacs for about 8 years to little or no avail.
― holger sharkey (Tom D.), Thursday, 9 July 2015 16:32 (eight years ago) link
do you guys like Haves & Thirds? i love this video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BHC3YrXUuU
― scott seward, Thursday, 9 July 2015 16:33 (eight years ago) link
haha.indeed.i did check some of the bands out as per nudged on that thread, but, nah, not for me .. i am in two minds re the rolling threads.on one side, they can provide a great quick dive into a particular scene/sound, but on the other, if you are not invested and up to speed with the detail, then the thread becomes a bit of a closed shop and can end up being too intimidating for genre scum surfers like me.
― mark e, Thursday, 9 July 2015 16:40 (eight years ago) link
i tried to watch a couple of cardiacs videos because of him. didn't get far.
― scott seward, Thursday, 9 July 2015 16:41 (eight years ago) link
I remember someone liking the Cardiacs but maybe it was the art bearswhat's her face
― The Once-ler, Thursday, 9 July 2015 16:43 (eight years ago) link
The minimalist and anonymous thing is a big draw but then again I started with Usenet and BBSses.
― Siegbran, Thursday, 9 July 2015 16:45 (eight years ago) link
ILX has 88 threads about dizzee rascal
― the story of ilm: an ottyssey (wins), Thursday, 9 July 2015 16:47 (eight years ago) link
yes; i was just adding that the 'context' provided by a rolling thread seems pretty minimal/notional.
― j., Thursday, 9 July 2015 16:56 (eight years ago) link
I mean
but there's rarely that much in the way of discussion and when there is, it's generally the same four or five posters doing an inside-baseball thing.
what other form would discussion take on a genre thread
― the story of ilm: an ottyssey (wins), Thursday, 9 July 2015 17:01 (eight years ago) link
I like the Cardiacs fwiw
― Just noise and screaming and no musical value at all. (Colonel Poo), Thursday, 9 July 2015 17:02 (eight years ago) link
I like art bears
― the story of ilm: an ottyssey (wins), Thursday, 9 July 2015 17:03 (eight years ago) link
i like big butts
― This is for my new ringpiece, so please only serious answers (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 9 July 2015 17:04 (eight years ago) link
Best prog band of all time imo
― demonic mnevice (Jon Lewis), Thursday, 9 July 2015 17:09 (eight years ago) link