Any reason why ILM is so quiet these days?

I've always thought the forum on RYM was one of the least appealing aspects of the site.

Had no idea there even was one

Seriously!?

lol oh dear, maybe that's where the person who i poked fun at for sounding like an 'acclaimed music' community member came from

let's hope their forums don't shut down too

I only look at the rym charts

mass exodus of rym shut-ins to ilm and ensuing internecine war is PRECISELY what this sleepy plain text message boards needs!!!

Does sound pretty good.

historians will judge us for our lack of foresight in introducing polls

its all good let em in

Brexit from ILM (to Livejournal) already happened in 2005.

i had no idea there was anybody left on the rym boards to flee.

who are these new posters? what are their names, their habits, their fears?

are they the ones who think the entire music-critical establishment is being forced at gunpoint to enjoy beyoncé

tbh i am not comfortable with the number of times ilxors have pulled a gun on me

i'm probably a "new poster," even though i lurk mostly still—almost def came thru because some people i know from online write for singles jukebox and/or have nostagia for stylus and the trail led back here.

also an editor of mine kept sending me weird old frank kogan threads

welcome!

flopson otm of course, maybe we'll get some new posters who want to talk about musical content, or a guy who writes songs about trains.

dude ilm rules lately its all yessed and zepped out lol

I just started posting recently, too, after lurking for a while. I think I heard about this site from MetaFilter, although I don't remember for sure. I'm mainly looking for something to distract me from grad school.

be forewarned, there are ilx threads i now remember more clearly than entire classes i took while getting my masters

ilx is more educational than most grad school classes, and your supervisor can't grope you and threaten to withhold your recommendation letters here

"dude ilm rules lately its all yessed and zepped out lol"

yes

been enjoying getting the zep out here lately

"getting the led out" as they say on my local classic rock station after a back-to-back double shot of lz

digging having some new posters lately, it's cool

where?

idk just around, maybe they've been here a while and i hadn't noticed? just seems like some new names around

maybe so. maybe just no one new on the rap/r&b threads i mostly live in.

some new names itt no?

si!

im a new poster. i once vaguely tried rym, but hated how everyone seemed to have the same opinion

As someone who first read about ilx on 4chan's music board in late 2013, I am now certain I've assimilated here over the course of past years, to the point where I have generic ilx music taste and generic ilx opinions.

Lurking because my poor English and starstruck. Too young for this place, too (24).

We were mostly twentysomethings, once

As someone who first read about ilx on 4chan's music board

http://stream1.gifsoup.com/view/186710/kith-spit-take-o.gif

ilx: we reprogram 4channers

ITTs or gtfo

ilx is more educational than most grad school classes, and your supervisor can't grope you and threaten to withhold your recommendation letters here

You can also mine the threads for quotes to use in academic papers:

https://books.google.com/books?id=ed9GAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA300&lpg=PA300&dq=president+keyes+i+love+music&source=bl&ots=5DnuAhuli2&sig=DB7JVVtRb3WdkLMY8wl3gf-qCiQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi_9cHP_uHKAhWD5BoKHT-5CtgQ6AEIQTAJ#v=onepage&q=president%20keyes%20i%20love%20music&f=false

I used to periodically post here over a decade ago, before I got into classical music, which is an itch ILM doesn't properly scratch. Now that I've reverted to a more omnivorous diet, this place has its charms. The metal threads in particular are incredibly helpful.

lmao congrats President Keyes

> Too young for this place, too (24).

nicely done senpai

rather archly

that's a good quote

I used to periodically post here over a decade ago, before I got into classical music, which is an itch ILM doesn't properly scratch. Now that I've reverted to a more omnivorous diet, this place has its charms. The metal threads in particular are incredibly helpful.

― pomenitul

i definitely am trying to work my way through "the canon" but it's difficult to talk about without sounding like a wanker. but i'm not "classical or nothing" like some folks get...

ile is absolutely not as busy as ever, its nothing like as busy as ever

ilm was a bad idea and I'm.surprised it lasted this long

"see this music? it's shit"
"no its good"
"sound"

― irl lol (darraghmac), Thursday, 9 July 2015 00:25 (one year ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

ILM is an important safe space from people who don't like it.

I've been visiting since 2001 and quite frankly don't notice a difference but maybe I've been more sporadic in attention compared to some other veterans.

Don't get concerned with volume, just contribute to quality. It's especially important now in the modern era where there are attacks on institutions and sensibilities that provide the fuel for this art that we all love.

I get more of a kick out of talking about music on the ILXOR Now Playing Facebook page these days

ILM is an important safe space from people who don't like it.

Like darraghmac, you mean?

Though he insists on showing up periodically to tell ILM how terrible it Is, like a drunk at the side of the road shaking his fist at passing cars.

"It's especially important now in the modern era where there are attacks on institutions and sensibilities that provide the fuel for this art that we all love."

see various led zeppelin threads for the very worrying diminishment of music's greatest institution and the finely-tuned sensibilities of its four members who helped shaped the course of rock N roll, and indeed culture, for generations to come.