MP3 blogs are a dime a dozen, but it's difficult to find a site that offers consistent material. Matthew Perpetua's "Fluxblog" (www.newflux.blogspot.com) functions as a kind alternate pop universe where the hits are catchier and more obscure than what you find on commercial radio. On any given day you're as likely to hear Japanese noise rock as forgotten soul tracks, all from little-known labels that need the exposure. "Fluxblog" gives you all the benefits of having a music-geek friend without having to listen to him go on and on about some Belgian crunk-techno remix.
Not so much Jean-Paul Belmondo as Fluxblog Belcrunkno. *is brutally beaten*
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 18 October 2004 02:49 (nineteen years ago) link
― s1ocki (slutsky), Monday, 18 October 2004 02:51 (nineteen years ago) link
― milozauckerman (miloaukerman), Monday, 18 October 2004 02:52 (nineteen years ago) link
― mike h. (mike h.), Monday, 18 October 2004 03:06 (nineteen years ago) link
― Cynthia Nixon Now More Than Ever (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 18 October 2004 03:08 (nineteen years ago) link
― Cynthia Nixon Now More Than Ever (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 18 October 2004 03:12 (nineteen years ago) link
― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Monday, 18 October 2004 03:22 (nineteen years ago) link
― Symplistic (shmuel), Monday, 18 October 2004 04:45 (nineteen years ago) link
― Johnny Fever (johnny fever), Monday, 18 October 2004 04:53 (nineteen years ago) link
― hstencil (hstencil), Monday, 18 October 2004 05:03 (nineteen years ago) link
― jed_ (jed), Monday, 18 October 2004 05:45 (nineteen years ago) link
― Symplistic (shmuel), Monday, 18 October 2004 06:47 (nineteen years ago) link
― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Monday, 18 October 2004 06:52 (nineteen years ago) link
― Symplistic (shmuel), Monday, 18 October 2004 06:54 (nineteen years ago) link
― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Monday, 18 October 2004 07:02 (nineteen years ago) link
― Cynthia Nixon Now More Than Ever (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 18 October 2004 08:40 (nineteen years ago) link
-- Tim Finney (tfinne...), October 18th, 2004.
Why?
― Marcello Carlin, Monday, 18 October 2004 09:22 (nineteen years ago) link
― Nancy Boy (scottkundla), Monday, 18 October 2004 10:42 (nineteen years ago) link
The SPIN magazine article is out now too, it's in the issue with Green Day on the cover. I kinda hate the photo of me (but I hate all photos of me, so it's got nothing to do with Reuben Cox), but Jon Caramanica's article about mp3 blogs is by far the best one to date.
― Matthew Perpetua (Matthew Perpetua), Monday, 18 October 2004 10:50 (nineteen years ago) link
― Raymond Cummings (Raymond Cummings), Monday, 18 October 2004 10:55 (nineteen years ago) link
― RJG (RJG), Monday, 18 October 2004 11:00 (nineteen years ago) link
― joan vich (joan vich), Monday, 18 October 2004 11:46 (nineteen years ago) link
― cinniblount (James Blount), Monday, 18 October 2004 12:22 (nineteen years ago) link
― edward o (edwardo), Monday, 18 October 2004 12:23 (nineteen years ago) link
― cinniblount (James Blount), Monday, 18 October 2004 12:25 (nineteen years ago) link
― Johnny Fever (johnny fever), Monday, 18 October 2004 12:31 (nineteen years ago) link
― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Monday, 18 October 2004 12:39 (nineteen years ago) link
and my lame points will increase by 10.
― eedd, Monday, 18 October 2004 13:22 (nineteen years ago) link
I'd say that Matt's the bomb or something, but I'm clearly biased.
― manthony m1cc1o (Anthony Miccio), Monday, 18 October 2004 13:43 (nineteen years ago) link
― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Monday, 18 October 2004 14:10 (nineteen years ago) link
― Matthew Perpetua (Matthew Perpetua), Monday, 18 October 2004 14:17 (nineteen years ago) link
― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 18 October 2004 14:31 (nineteen years ago) link
― Matthew Perpetua (Matthew Perpetua), Monday, 18 October 2004 14:33 (nineteen years ago) link
― scott pl. (scott pl.), Monday, 18 October 2004 14:35 (nineteen years ago) link
― scott pl. (scott pl.), Monday, 18 October 2004 14:36 (nineteen years ago) link
― Taxi Dancing in the Soft Prison (Ben Boyer), Monday, 18 October 2004 16:16 (nineteen years ago) link
― Nancy Boy (scottkundla), Tuesday, 19 October 2004 09:54 (nineteen years ago) link
― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 19 October 2004 13:07 (nineteen years ago) link
― jed_ (jed), Tuesday, 19 October 2004 13:14 (nineteen years ago) link
― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 19 October 2004 13:20 (nineteen years ago) link
― jed_ (jed), Tuesday, 19 October 2004 13:22 (nineteen years ago) link
― Matthew Perpetua (Matthew Perpetua), Tuesday, 19 October 2004 13:40 (nineteen years ago) link
― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 19 October 2004 18:42 (nineteen years ago) link
― Matthew Perpetua (Matthew Perpetua), Tuesday, 19 October 2004 18:56 (nineteen years ago) link
― Sympatico (shmuel), Tuesday, 19 October 2004 19:07 (nineteen years ago) link
― mark e (mark e), Tuesday, 19 October 2004 19:09 (nineteen years ago) link
― Matthew Perpetua (Matthew Perpetua), Tuesday, 19 October 2004 19:30 (nineteen years ago) link
got 85% and I haven't eaten chicken nuggets since I was 12 prob
― marcos, Tuesday, 19 April 2016 01:12 (seven years ago) link
yaaass
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 19 April 2016 01:27 (seven years ago) link
I THINK I'M BIG PERP ... YO LA TENGO
― 乒乓, Saturday, January 5, 2013 11:52 AM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
WHO'S THE BOSS ... LYSSA MILANO
― 乒乓, Saturday, January 5, 2013 11:53 AM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― never ending bath infusion (Doctor Casino), Tuesday, 19 April 2016 01:52 (seven years ago) link
https://scontent-iad3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/65476469_10157663499959009_7758213513704636416_n.jpg?_nc_cat=101&_nc_oc=AQkqV8RsHtqRlFZF28hMHJ7fdcissNRIpdIMdX07jlb3U185lge31oHWxIueS9ZBLkc&_nc_ht=scontent-iad3-1.xx&oh=e13f3e85ad22b03de458afc12238d9da&oe=5DB6E28C
― ☮ (peace, man), Monday, 1 July 2019 12:52 (four years ago) link
damn matty p lookin like a snacc
― coroner criticises butt (bizarro gazzara), Monday, 1 July 2019 14:10 (four years ago) link
someone shop a pineapple into the villain's hand
― mh, Monday, 1 July 2019 19:58 (four years ago) link
yikes, I forgot the whole personal appearance aspect to that particular pic but after scanning the thread... have to say I just thought it was funny that the icon image was him holding a pineapple
i never said about the guy on this thread but I was surprised to find him here after I started lurking/posting on ilx because he'd been on another board I'd frequented before finding ilx. Same posting style, same unrelentingly positive outlook about boosting whatever he was into. kind of felt like the early internet years where people who didn't know other people irl with the same interests and the ability to find a group /just for that thing/ on the internet was novel
the world needs some of that, I guess
― mh, Monday, 1 July 2019 20:18 (four years ago) link
wait what was your FMBB handle
― Οὖτις, Monday, 1 July 2019 20:22 (four years ago) link
FMBB4LYFE
― DJI, Monday, 1 July 2019 20:22 (four years ago) link
the board was Barbelith, it's completely off the web now iirc but was originally fans of Grant Morrison's Invisibles comic series
― mh, Monday, 1 July 2019 20:25 (four years ago) link
oh yeah I knew that one too (although I didn't post there), mattybeebs linked it to FMBB more than once
but yeah, both are completely gone from the web, like they never existed
― Οὖτις, Monday, 1 July 2019 20:27 (four years ago) link
what was FMBB? sounds familiar
― mh, Monday, 1 July 2019 20:29 (four years ago) link
Fake Matador Bulletin Board
I don't think the real Matador Bulletin Board is online anymore either lol
― Οὖτις, Monday, 1 July 2019 20:41 (four years ago) link
i lurked on barbelith for years, it was grate
― coroner criticises butt (bizarro gazzara), Monday, 1 July 2019 20:42 (four years ago) link
it was a bulletin-board style site similar to (but much uglier than) ILX for nerds to argue about 90s indie rock (Pavement, primarily). Morbz, Johnny Fever, and several other ILXors gradually migrated over here
― Οὖτις, Monday, 1 July 2019 20:43 (four years ago) link
xp
― Οὖτις, Monday, 1 July 2019 20:44 (four years ago) link
lol of course you were there, bg
― mh, Monday, 1 July 2019 20:44 (four years ago) link
it was relevant to my interests
― coroner criticises butt (bizarro gazzara), Monday, 1 July 2019 20:52 (four years ago) link
in the days before wikipedia that was p useful for parsing Morrison's references
― Οὖτις, Monday, 1 July 2019 20:54 (four years ago) link
goths detected
― mark s, Monday, 1 July 2019 20:55 (four years ago) link
i never had the patience required for the makeup tbh
― coroner criticises butt (bizarro gazzara), Monday, 1 July 2019 20:57 (four years ago) link
lol no one's ever accused me of being a goth before
I don't even like Joy Division
― Οὖτις, Monday, 1 July 2019 21:02 (four years ago) link
Morrison's fanbase of that time was only part goth
at least compared to another Vertigo writer who'd wrapped up a series in the mid 90s
― mh, Monday, 1 July 2019 21:04 (four years ago) link
it's a continuum
― mark s, Monday, 1 July 2019 21:06 (four years ago) link
show me a chart
― Οὖτις, Monday, 1 July 2019 21:10 (four years ago) link
most of the data is lost to the internet, i'll have to rely on guesswork and prejudice
― mark s, Monday, 1 July 2019 21:11 (four years ago) link
on a scale of occasional guyliner to custom all-black wardrobe...
― Οὖτις, Monday, 1 July 2019 21:12 (four years ago) link
― Οὖτις, Monday, July 1, 2019 4:41 PM
It's long gone, though I sometimes still go to click it in my bookmarks and remember it's not there.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 1 July 2019 21:13 (four years ago) link
― Οὖτις, Monday, July 1, 2019 2:02 PM (fourteen minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
the goth "I don't even own a television"
― omar little, Monday, 1 July 2019 21:17 (four years ago) link
lol
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 1 July 2019 21:19 (four years ago) link
I posted on Barbelith too (though not that much), and I've always been far from a goth. I assume Invisibles fans were probably more likely to be ravers, like the protagonists?
― Tuomas, Monday, 1 July 2019 21:20 (four years ago) link
― coroner criticises butt (bizarro gazzara), Monday, 1 July 2019 21:21 (four years ago) link
so you keep insisting, strangely urgently
― mark s, Monday, 1 July 2019 21:22 (four years ago) link
stop harassing me, if i get even a little verklempt this eyeliner is done
― coroner criticises butt (bizarro gazzara), Monday, 1 July 2019 21:25 (four years ago) link
FMBB - wow hadn't thought about that place in like a decade (was mostly a lurker). that and the Joos board were my go-tos
― A-B-C. A-Always, B-Be, C-Chooglin (will), Monday, 1 July 2019 21:47 (four years ago) link
everyone here is goth, sorry
― cheese canopy (map), Monday, 1 July 2019 22:24 (four years ago) link
Bruh, how am I just now learning bg and mh were on Barbelith. I was a mod up in that mug, yo. Mind blown rn.
― I Ate Those Food (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 2 July 2019 02:51 (four years ago) link
lmao what the fuck
were you haircare on barbelith too?
― coroner criticises butt (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 2 July 2019 05:56 (four years ago) link
Arthur Sudnam, it was my Other Pseudonym.
― I Ate Those Food (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 2 July 2019 12:01 (four years ago) link
i def remember that name! spent a few minutes earlier browsing through barbelith via the wayback machine - amazed at how many of those posters i remembered vividly
i think i might have ended up at ilx for the first time via it being mentioned offhandedly in a flux post, so i guess matty p is directly to blame for my benighted presence on this board
― coroner criticises butt (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 2 July 2019 12:09 (four years ago) link
He told me directly to check this place out, so clearly he has much to answer for.
― I Ate Those Food (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 2 July 2019 12:19 (four years ago) link
yet again i am moved to wonder whether we are in fact the same person
― coroner criticises butt (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 2 July 2019 12:20 (four years ago) link
I'm yrev very glad you've accepted the truth, old friend.
― I Ate Those Food (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 2 July 2019 12:47 (four years ago) link
*where is my mind starts playing in the distance as i/we reach out to hold hands with helena-bonham carter*
― coroner criticises butt (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 2 July 2019 13:14 (four years ago) link
did they only send the corny fux from that board over here or what
;)
― mh, Tuesday, 2 July 2019 14:01 (four years ago) link
when barbelith sends its people, they're not sending their best, okay
― coroner criticises butt (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 2 July 2019 14:07 (four years ago) link
FMBB ruined my life.
― stirmonster, Wednesday, 3 July 2019 01:10 (four years ago) link
Yr welcome
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 3 July 2019 01:13 (four years ago) link
I've been enjoying some of his recent genre-based Spotify playlists: http://www.fluxblog.org/2020/08/oops-all-playlists/
― jaymc, Sunday, 23 August 2020 04:29 (three years ago) link
Interesting
― Isinglass Ponys (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 23 August 2020 12:03 (three years ago) link