Any reason why ILM is so quiet these days?

If we're talking recruitment, I think bringing lurkers out of their shells might get some new blood. At least they know what they're getting themselves into, for better or worse. And they're already here. Is there any way of tracking lurker stats?

maybe we could seduce them out of hiding w/ a special thread like: "Dear Lurkers Only - what are your 5 favorite albums? Don't worry you don't have to post anything anywhere else ever again." but of course once they do post then we know who they are and we can keep calling their names until they're forced to continue to participate.

discussing beer is at least less soul-deadening than discussing trolling

― a self-reinforcing downward spiral of male-centric indie (katherine)

true but honestly i think the conversation was better when we were talking steely dan. at a certain point listening to people talking about beer is like listening to people talking about computers - too much jargon!

maybe we could seduce them out of hiding w/ a special thread like: "Dear Lurkers Only - what are your 5 favorite albums? Don't worry you don't have to post anything anywhere else ever again." but of course once they do post then we know who they are and we can keep calling their names until they're forced to continue to participate.

― Mordy

never work, some regular is not going to be able to resist mocking lurkers for liking "mellon collie and the infinite sadness"

beer discussion itt hasn't really featured any jargon, just a lot of people saying whether or not they like cilantro

set ground rules - even if their favorite album of all time is dave's crash and their second favorite is a bootleg recording of the phish's exile on mainstream halloween show no one is allowed to mock them

i think i have the hate cilantro gene but i've now eaten it enough that while i don't enjoy it it doesn't ruin food for me but i have a question for ppl who do like it -- doesn't it overwhelm the taste of everything else when you eat it? even tho i can eat it without gagging it's so notable and stark a flavor that i can't taste anything else. does it taste more complimentary and less overwhelming if you have the like cilantro gene?

i've never felt overwhelmed by cilantro flavor, i feel like sometimes i must have a gene that makes cilantro kinda of unnoticeable to me.

"No one is allowed to mock them" - in the thread or at all (no secret sniping) ?

I am somewhat concerned that asking lurkers to pipe up is akin to asking for an annoying sock puppet to be created

only on secret 77 companion thread

I'm internet pals with Jute Gyte - in my next email I'll ask what beers he likes. Others do the same with Autechre, Beyonce, Deafheaven and The Boredoms and we should be able to triangulate something

This thread is under full chaos, quite enjoying it - a haven from eponymous signification. Free jazz internet

never work, some regular is not going to be able to resist mocking lurkers for liking "mellon collie and the infinite sadness"

flappy bird still posts

seem to recall that ilx has a high lurker-to-poster ratio & most read threads seems to bear that out but I suspect the vast majority of lurkers are just perfectly happy lurking

https://e.snmc.io/lk/l/l/580bc86dfc8f58e1056e6a16f1b7eb4d/4628164.jpg

this has been said many times but the search function working would help a lot

maybe we could seduce them out of hiding w/ a special thread like: "Dear Lurkers Only - what are your 5 favorite albums? Don't worry you don't have to post anything anywhere else ever again." but of course once they do post then we know who they are and we can keep calling their names until they're forced to continue to participate.

I like this idea.

When I lurked I would do so to find surprising viewpoints that I wasn't seeing elsewhere. That seems to exist less and less here now. A few new voices would shake things up I think. Most of the lurkers probably have interesting/eclectic tastes

hey lurkers: FUCK YOU... buncha wimps

'hold on now, youngster' is the best album ever made, come at me dickhole dads

If the new posters who come in as a response to mordy's thread start bullying our venerable elder colleagues in that way I will personally preside over a massive purge don't worry

'hold on now, youngster' is the best album ever made, come at me dickhole dads

― devvvine, Friday, 10 February 2017 17:36 (ten minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Just when you thought it was safe to open your heart on ILM

PASSANTINO 2

Lol I was gonna say, I think I'm in favor of Mordy's idea but I'm not willing to moderate or be the thread mommy in any capacity.

xp lol I ended up here googling Passantino circa 2012 I think

the order of the vengeful scarf

could extrapolate a lurker albums thread from general poll results and yeah well

y'all think this board is quiet, you ought a see the I HATE music forum..

here's my impression of ilx lurkers:

*flapping my arms and hopping on one foot in a circle, head cocked sideways* oh-tee-em

I think they're all great.

Just a cross-section of the most dynamic, interesting, thoughtful people who have one sadistic quirk, that is denying all of us the benefit of their perspectives.

a Radiohead album stamping on a human face, forever

yesss thanks

http://www.eater.com/2017/1/18/14312686/the-rise-of-the-beer-poptimist

now fuck off back to ile the lot of u

a couple who lived next door to us, they worked for Budweiser/Anheuser Busch up in Van Nuys, and they were on the science end of things. Talked about how every year because of variances in crops and water and what not, they had to tweak the formula in order to maintain the consistent flavor of Budweiser that America has come to know and love.

"Only seven tons of dead squirrels added this year."

Bilger found that Jean-Marie Rock — at the time, the brewmaster at Orval, a Trappist brewery in Belgium that produces some of most beloved beer in the world — doesn’t just appreciate Bud’s consistency, he also legitimately enjoys consuming it. “Tell them that the brewer at Orval likes Budweiser!” he said.

tbf budweiser is one of only a very very few tolerable mass-market lagers

http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/304/media/images/48446000/jpg/_48446989_brewdog_end_of_history_464.jpg

it all leads to a brewdog gimmick, eh

Beer is the new music. It is art after the end of art, the degeneration of aesthetic pleasure into something merely somatic. - Steely Dan

maybe we could seduce them out of hiding w/ a special thread like: "Dear Lurkers Only - what are your 5 favorite albums? Don't worry you don't have to post anything anywhere else ever again." but of course once they do post then we know who they are and we can keep calling their names until they're forced to continue to participate mock them relentlessly.

xp well, it's something we still have to pay for

i have a question for ppl who do like it -- doesn't it overwhelm the taste of everything else when you eat it?

I think the trick with cilantro is just to use it as a garnish. Don't ever dump a bunch of it in your food while it's cooking, or it will overwhelm everything. But a bit of chopped raw cilantro complements a lot of foods nicely: Vietnamese, Thai, Indian, Mexican being a few.

nah, cilantro is great when dumped in sauces

There are some good sauces made with a healthy amount of raw cilantro, true - like various salsas or Indian chutneys. I was talking about dumping a lot of it right into your main dish as it's cooking. That I wouldn't advise.

there are good cooked sauces too like methi murgh and poblano sauces

suppose the amount in those could be considered garnish, though

http://www.rickbayless.com/recipe/tacos-of-creamy-roasted-poblano-corn-and-zucchini/

love cilantro, i agree that there are def circumstances where someone can load up too much cilantro though

iirc i heard cilantro started being used with meat because it could cover up the rotting meat smell pre refridgeration? not sure if apocryphal

lol @ this thread

long-time lurker, recent opinion: i've been harvesting recommendations for years from ilm. i know whose taste i love (tyler, the guy with the doom from the tomb blog; bradnelson emo, etc.) i'm not a music critic. or rather i haven't spent two decades thinking about music through the lens of a critical vocabulary. so it feels weird to post an opinion. it feels juvenile.