is this the place where us funhating pollhaters get to say "I told you so"
― J0hn D., Thursday, 5 June 2008 01:23 (sixteen years ago) link
Fallow periods, they happen. Also, it's early summer and everyone's going out more. (At least I am.)
It's true that I've not had any one big album or song to really grab me this year -- Portishead's the exception but I almost don't count it because I was presold on them. But last year the year was half over before something did that to me so I'm patient.
I ain't gonna stop ya!
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 5 June 2008 01:24 (sixteen years ago) link
2008 has been a very slow year, polls are actually what is keeping ILM interesting at the moment...
― Bee OK, Thursday, 5 June 2008 01:26 (sixteen years ago) link
This is what you get when the previous year was filled with too much good music. (I hope you're real happy with yourself, 2007.)
So...anyway, how about that Los Campesinos album? *cough*
― Cunga, Thursday, 5 June 2008 01:29 (sixteen years ago) link
man there is so much good music this year it's ridiculous, what are you talking about
― J0hn D., Thursday, 5 June 2008 01:38 (sixteen years ago) link
the pollen in the air is not a good thing
― marc h., Thursday, 5 June 2008 01:45 (sixteen years ago) link
skot, i'm tapping out too. generally because of last year's unpromising crop of boring facebook meta chatters and heavyhanded aspie mods.
i dont know how to decribe it but i feel the whole thing has become an instant message exchange. and i hate IMs.
more importantly there should be a use value to msg boards. finding new artists, finding new cool shit. ilx has been bone dry in that regard in the last year. skot, no promises on heavy post volume, but you might find this more your speed in your darker msg board moments.
― sanskrit, Thursday, 5 June 2008 01:52 (sixteen years ago) link
2008 has been a very slow year-- Bee OK________________________man there is so much good music this year it's ridiculous, what are you talking about-- J0hn D.
-- Bee OK
________________________
-- J0hn D.
I think Bee's right. I mean, there have been some big deal and/or v. good discs this year, but it seems slow to me. I'd love to be convinced otherwise, tho (I got a bunch of those Circuit City eMusic cards to burn through, so I'm looking for some inspiration).
― Daniel, Esq., Thursday, 5 June 2008 01:56 (sixteen years ago) link
I'm with John, actually -- I did say no one thing has really caught me off guard to the point of instant obsession, but there's been a LOT of good music and I'm enjoying it immensely. So it's not like there's nothing to talk about.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 5 June 2008 01:58 (sixteen years ago) link
Ironically enough, I've been busy with writing more music criticism and stuff that will hopefully lead to a lot more money than music criticism. And, you know, life. Also, whenever I post something not on the metal thread, people tell me that it's self-evident, so I've given up on the rest of you monkeys.
― Jeff Treppel, Thursday, 5 June 2008 02:01 (sixteen years ago) link
How dare you have a career.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 5 June 2008 02:01 (sixteen years ago) link
But yeah, llM does seem slow lately, and it's not like I'm one of the more prolific posters anyway. But hey, LJ is back, so maybe that will usher in a Renaissance!
― Jeff Treppel, Thursday, 5 June 2008 02:04 (sixteen years ago) link
How dare YOU have a career!
― Jeff Treppel, Thursday, 5 June 2008 02:05 (sixteen years ago) link
We are the new Chip and Dale.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 5 June 2008 02:09 (sixteen years ago) link
The Rescue Rangers iteration, or the regular old Disney ones?
― Jeff Treppel, Thursday, 5 June 2008 02:11 (sixteen years ago) link
still blamin the polls, it took em a year or so but they gradually replaced good discussion (I know, poll-defenders, there are some poll threads that are exceptions, but the notion that music discussion = ranking things worst to best is a pretty closed system)
― J0hn D., Thursday, 5 June 2008 02:11 (sixteen years ago) link
Polls are terrible. You can hide them, but that's not the problem. They are like black holes for conversation.
― Daniel, Esq., Thursday, 5 June 2008 02:13 (sixteen years ago) link
What about a poll ranking your various login names over the years, J0hn?
― Jeff Treppel, Thursday, 5 June 2008 02:14 (sixteen years ago) link
banana nutrament ftw
― electricsound, Thursday, 5 June 2008 02:14 (sixteen years ago) link
haha sanskrit linking to the dermy.
― oscar, Thursday, 5 June 2008 02:14 (sixteen years ago) link
http://waxidermy.com/images/deal.gif
― electricsound, Thursday, 5 June 2008 02:15 (sixteen years ago) link
I still think the polls should be on a separate board.
― sleeve, Thursday, 5 June 2008 02:18 (sixteen years ago) link
As Geir starts an Elvis Costello poll...
― Jeff Treppel, Thursday, 5 June 2008 02:18 (sixteen years ago) link
Most new music sucks anyway, and the new music that doesn't doesn't get any attention from the kids. It's more fun discussing old music.
― Geir Hongro, Thursday, 5 June 2008 02:20 (sixteen years ago) link
Alison!
― Daniel, Esq., Thursday, 5 June 2008 02:22 (sixteen years ago) link
(Oh, sorry!)
― Daniel, Esq., Thursday, 5 June 2008 02:23 (sixteen years ago) link
I figured it out! All of Geir's posts make total sense if you add "to me" after every sentence!
― Jeff Treppel, Thursday, 5 June 2008 02:25 (sixteen years ago) link
It's like adding "in bed" to the end of every fortune in a Chinese fortune cookie.
― Daniel, Esq., Thursday, 5 June 2008 02:26 (sixteen years ago) link
-- Geir Hongro, Thursday, June 5, 2008 2:20 AM (6 minutes ago) Bookmark Link
in bed
― latebloomer, Thursday, 5 June 2008 02:27 (sixteen years ago) link
A meme is born.
― Daniel, Esq., Thursday, 5 June 2008 02:28 (sixteen years ago) link
Yeah, that should keep you entertained, Scott!
― Jeff Treppel, Thursday, 5 June 2008 02:30 (sixteen years ago) link
at Burger King
― J0hn D., Thursday, 5 June 2008 02:32 (sixteen years ago) link
Come back Jess H., Come back Yancey S., Come back Keith Harris, and Love Bug Starksi's not around much these days.
Plus ILX could use some new folks (ideally some into more than indie-rock)
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 5 June 2008 02:35 (sixteen years ago) link
Most new music sucks anyway, and the new music that doesn't doesn't get any attention from the kids. It's more fun discussing old music
in bed with a hot chick.
― oscar, Thursday, 5 June 2008 02:44 (sixteen years ago) link
IN STEREO
― Jeff Treppel, Thursday, 5 June 2008 02:45 (sixteen years ago) link
at Burger King.
― Daniel, Esq., Thursday, 5 June 2008 02:45 (sixteen years ago) link
ILX could use some new folks (ideally some into more than indie-rock)
A-FUCKING-MEN
― sleeve, Thursday, 5 June 2008 02:46 (sixteen years ago) link
Plus ILX could use some new folks in bed
(ideally some into more than indie-rock) at Burger King
to me, with a hot chick
― marc h., Thursday, 5 June 2008 02:47 (sixteen years ago) link
I see less and less ILX'ors being primarily indie-rock fans, but maybe that's just my misimpression.
(xp)
― Daniel, Esq., Thursday, 5 June 2008 02:47 (sixteen years ago) link
oh god-x-post-fucking-damn-it
to me, whatever.
― marc h., Thursday, 5 June 2008 02:48 (sixteen years ago) link
The sentiment in this thread-title is one I myself have been espousing, hence my recent attempt to bump a load of "interesting" threads. Didn't really work out.
― Just got offed, Thursday, 5 June 2008 02:49 (sixteen years ago) link
JGO I will Paypal you five bucks if you harsh on the next dumbass Lorax post like that again, that was a beauty to behold.
― sleeve, Thursday, 5 June 2008 02:50 (sixteen years ago) link
i mean ffs that dude deserves my vocabulary
― Just got offed, Thursday, 5 June 2008 02:52 (sixteen years ago) link
Link?
― Jeff Treppel, Thursday, 5 June 2008 02:52 (sixteen years ago) link
lorax behaves like a dicksleeve: if someone tells you that they like *the homosexuals*, what current group/artist would you tell them to check out?
where it was all hatched: The Resonant Frequency #57: Perfect World POLL - "Perfect songs are hard to find; here are 12 to start with."
i think that thread was the nadir
― Just got offed, Thursday, 5 June 2008 02:53 (sixteen years ago) link
see, I like the polls, because I don't see much discussion on non-poll threads, and they get conversations started. I don't see how having polls makes OTHER threads suck more.
on the other hand I agree that ILM has been boring lately. I've been using site new answers instead of just loading ILM and it's opened up a whole other message board of (sometimes) fun. I rarely even read ILE before site new answers. So I think a lot of the blame should rest on site new answers.
I also agree with the comment above that posts like IMs have taken some of the vitality away, but I don't think that's the only thing going on.
― Euler, Thursday, 5 June 2008 02:54 (sixteen years ago) link
I mean I still post to the poll threads but in doing so I'm just as guilty of lazy posting as anyone else.
― Just got offed, Thursday, 5 June 2008 02:57 (sixteen years ago) link
Polls are retarded.
― roxymuzak, Thursday, 5 June 2008 02:58 (sixteen years ago) link
Polls are stupid if you think you gain anything "objective" from the final result, but as a way of focusing attention, they can help focus a thread. Not every thread needs that focus, but why not let a thousand flowers bloom? Unless there's an argument that polls cause all the other flowers to wilt, which I don't see.
― Euler, Thursday, 5 June 2008 03:04 (sixteen years ago) link
this has been a really great year for albums-- indie esp. so it doesn't surprise me that ILM's been a snooze
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 5 June 2008 03:05 (sixteen years ago) link
yeah threads that are just a catalog of things have always been a part of ilm, like alex in nyc's "album covers that have someone wearing a hat" threads or Favorite Long Songs ?
the discourse on poll threads doesn't really seem much different than what was on the Pick Only One or In Praise Of threads. they're just a harmless catalyst for discussion imo.
scott otm about the decreased britisher presence, that's the main difference between old and new ILM to me. which really just means that i'm when i check out an artist that gets rapturously praised on here and i'm like http://www.city-data.com/forum/members/jill61-603505-albums-emoticons-pic62805-shrug.gif it's for gucci mane and not girls aloud now.
― slam dunk, Friday, 8 February 2013 19:38 (eleven years ago) link
^^^ this sort of internet hardman vibe - which isn't really that widespread on ilm, but is more in evidence than it used to be - is exactly what people mean when they say ilm sucks more than it used to
it really isn't, but maybe the level of earnestness that used to be there has dropped more-than-proportionately
― the right to beef at (darraghmac), Saturday, 9 February 2013 02:26 (eleven years ago) link
back then rap fans had a notable new album to discuss every 6 weeks or so, now there's a notable new mixtape every 6 hours.
i do not think that we agree on what notable means btw some dude
― the right to beef at (darraghmac), Saturday, 9 February 2013 02:27 (eleven years ago) link
noted ilm poster darraghmac
― every soulless meta poster is a ✰ (Nilmar Honorato da Silva), Saturday, 9 February 2013 02:27 (eleven years ago) link
btw this thread premise is p much equivalent to 'hell is dry and hot these days' imo but i heard there was a meta clusterfuck so here i am
ha xp
― the right to beef at (darraghmac), Saturday, 9 February 2013 02:28 (eleven years ago) link
― the right to beef at (darraghmac), Friday, February 8, 2013 9:27 PM (11 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
REALLY, "notable" is too far? i feel like that's a fine word to mean 'something that multiple people are listening to and interested in talking about,' it's not like i said "significant" or "important" or something.
― dirty drone barack boy (some dude), Saturday, 9 February 2013 02:56 (eleven years ago) link
i mean it's pretty much an indisputable fact that an hour of new music by a rapper that pretty much any hip-hop fan has at least heard of used to be a weekly or monthly occurrence and is now a daily if not hourly occurrence.
― dirty drone barack boy (some dude), Saturday, 9 February 2013 02:58 (eleven years ago) link
these rap chaps ought to exercise some bally self-control, is what our dear friend is flailing at
― imago, Saturday, 9 February 2013 03:01 (eleven years ago) link
same as the noise scene. people make a tape a week. rap and noise. its easy to consume a lot of it though. even when its not memorable. its like weird candy you like. metal fans too. an infinite appetite. courting a porn-y audience isn't hard. just keep it coming.
― scott seward, Saturday, 9 February 2013 03:08 (eleven years ago) link
it just struck me as strange usage tbh- imo if you think there is a notable album/mixtape coming out every 6 hours you need to raise yr ceiling of notability
― the right to beef at (darraghmac), Saturday, 9 February 2013 03:11 (eleven years ago) link
this is v much an aside tho, it's not notable tbh
― the right to beef at (darraghmac), Saturday, 9 February 2013 03:12 (eleven years ago) link
This has the feel of the very initial exchanges of a terrible, magnificent war
― imago, Saturday, 9 February 2013 03:13 (eleven years ago) link
ha not at all, fwiw i recognise the ability to catalogue reams and reams of new content as a very ilm trait/talent. maybe ilf does similar but i couldn't really think of an equivalent off my head
― the right to beef at (darraghmac), Saturday, 9 February 2013 03:16 (eleven years ago) link
hah it occurs to me that i have no idea what kind of music darragh likes
― mookieproof, Saturday, 9 February 2013 03:22 (eleven years ago) link
i guess 'notable' has an air of 'exceptional' to it but all i meant was, like, famous. someone pretty famous, like has has hit singles and been on TV and stuff, drops a new mixtape like at least 4 times every day. that wasn't true 10 years ago.
― dirty drone barack boy (some dude), Saturday, 9 February 2013 03:22 (eleven years ago) link
has has = has had
― dirty drone barack boy (some dude), Saturday, 9 February 2013 03:23 (eleven years ago) link
i could suggest raising yr bar for 'famous', but i mean i'm not out to stop anyone's fun or anything
― the right to beef at (darraghmac), Saturday, 9 February 2013 03:24 (eleven years ago) link
it's not like the rolling noise or anything else threads are predominantly about people who are 'famous' by any measure! i just mean, like, well known to fans of the genre!
― dirty drone barack boy (some dude), Saturday, 9 February 2013 03:27 (eleven years ago) link
please don't waste any effort trying to convince me, i dont even know what 'noise' is tbfh
― the right to beef at (darraghmac), Saturday, 9 February 2013 03:29 (eleven years ago) link
guess
― ❏❐❑❒ (gr8080), Saturday, 9 February 2013 04:13 (eleven years ago) link
This thread needs more salsa dancing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2XQb5fJpeg
― _Rudipherous_, Saturday, 9 February 2013 05:01 (eleven years ago) link
it certainly could use maracas
― dirty drone barack boy (some dude), Saturday, 9 February 2013 05:02 (eleven years ago) link
it could use some deleting
― Ballboy to Afghanistan (LocalGarda), Saturday, 9 February 2013 09:04 (eleven years ago) link
^ the kind of vicious zings killing ilm
― the right to beef at (darraghmac), Saturday, 9 February 2013 13:56 (eleven years ago) link
― mookieproof, Saturday, February 9, 2013 3:22 AM (12 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
ilx- find by GISing 'kate bush tits', stay for the literary football gags
― 10/11 of a dead jesus (darraghmac), Friday, August 12, 2011 5:57 PM (1 year ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― Julian-Joachim Roedelius (DJ Mencap), Saturday, 9 February 2013 15:40 (eleven years ago) link
^posts that float thru your head
― Julian-Joachim Roedelius (DJ Mencap), Saturday, 9 February 2013 15:41 (eleven years ago) link
gifs that float through mine yet, tboh
― the right to beef at (darraghmac), Saturday, 9 February 2013 16:00 (eleven years ago) link
that's a one notable mixtape every 6 hours average
― zero dark (s1ocki), Saturday, 9 February 2013 16:42 (eleven years ago) link
^
― how's life, Saturday, 9 February 2013 16:55 (eleven years ago) link
Lol slocki
― downton arby (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Sunday, 10 February 2013 01:20 (eleven years ago) link
What's the deal with all of the 'overrated bands' threads, and related spoofs!?
― The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Sunday, 10 February 2013 19:57 (eleven years ago) link
no idea and not read them but I'd imagine boredom on a sunday?
― pfunkboy (Algerian Goalkeeper), Sunday, 10 February 2013 20:01 (eleven years ago) link
Just curious--and this is coming from one of the all-time great thread assassins* Anyway, I'm sure I'm this for others, but does anyone else have particular posters that you reflexively recoil from? (NO NAMES PLEASE) like they drive you crazy? I think I'm projecting my own shit on them, but god, this person posts everywhere and makes me crawl up the wall....
*I would say people comment on maybe 1 in 20 of my posts, although sometimes a thread of mine will do sort of well.
― Iago Galdston, Friday, January 25, 2013 1:50 AM (three years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
good post
― nomar, Friday, 9 September 2016 16:59 (seven years ago) link
mysterious
― imago, Friday, 9 September 2016 17:03 (seven years ago) link
today has been a day of ilm exultation imo
will ILM have a great weekend
― meh 😐 (wins), Friday, 9 September 2016 17:05 (seven years ago) link
and a drug
― imago, Friday, 9 September 2016 17:10 (seven years ago) link
there are definitely cliques on ilx, and certain users only read certain users
i'm sure i'm no different than the rest, and there are many posters i don't bother reading (recoil from/hate/drive me crazy are all too harsh and don't apply to me)
― F♯ A♯ (∞), Friday, 9 September 2016 18:13 (seven years ago) link
kale bush tits
― dow, Friday, 9 September 2016 18:22 (seven years ago) link
personally I recoil from my own posts
― a self-reinforcing downward spiral of male-centric indie (katherine), Friday, 9 September 2016 19:57 (seven years ago) link
lads
― Mordy, Tuesday, 5 December 2017 16:40 (six years ago) link
― F♯ A♯ (∞), Friday, September 9, 2016 2:13 PM (one year ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I figure I don't get read much.
Even when ILX isn't entertaining I still lurk, mostly due to not knowing where else to go on the internet. I don't use social media really.
― Evan, Tuesday, 5 December 2017 19:27 (six years ago) link
― a self-reinforcing downward spiral of male-centric indie (katherine), Friday, September 9, 2016 3:57 PM (one year ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
just confirmed this
― sick, fucking funny, and well tasty (katherine), Tuesday, 5 December 2017 21:10 (six years ago) link