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a) requested username - JBJakub
b) first name (no surnames) - Jordan
c) age - 20
d) gender - male
e) geographic location - New York, NY and Atlanta, GA (Both US)


1) Name three shared albums (+192kbps only) that others have successfully downloaded from you in the past week

Lettuce - Outta Here
Jimi Hendrix - Electric Ladyland
Bob Dylan - New Morning

2) What is rockism? (answer in paragraph format, eight sentence minimum)

Rockism is a pure way of looking at music. What I mean by that is that rockism looks down on music created with synthesizers and programs. Music (in the eyes of rockism) is a pure form of self expression - it's all about the artist (usually both the writer and performer) and the listener. Rockism appreciates original music and believes that the time for "real music" has already passed - it was back in the 60s and 70s. For Rockists, that was the golden age of music, fueled by self expression and sincerity at a time when music was truly appreciated. That is rockism.

3) Post a link to your favorite picture of Cat Power

http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i287/melanienicholle/cat-power-font3.jpg

I know you can't see her face, but it's a great photo nonetheless.

4) Which artist is better, Sufjan Stevens or Deerhoof? Why? (answer in paragraph format, eight sentence minimum)

Sufjan Stevens for a few reasons. The first reason is that I don't have much familiarity with Deerhoof. That's pretty basic, and if there are huge fans on here, I apologize in advance. Going on though, I don't think I've seen a more extravagant performance at a concert than I did when I saw Sufjan. The costumes, the atmosphere - it was all great. I'm a big proponent of live music, and Sufjan puts on a great show. To me, that makes a great artist. Also, you've gotta admit that what he's doing is pretty ambitious - trying to put out an album for every single state. That's about it.

5) How many invites do you require?

Just one!

I'm not sure I'm logged in right now, and I'm not sure how to get accepted but please e-mail me at jbjakub(at)gmail if I have been.

Thanks!

a) FruitFly
b) Mel
c) 32
d) Female
e) Cleveland, OH


1) Klaus Nomi - The Star Collection, Life Sex & Death - The Silent Majority, Nick Drake - Made to Love Magic (and that was just in the last few hours... this list could go on forever)

2) Rockism is a holier than thou sentiment expressed by those who know that some music is more real than other. The movement eschews pop music in favor of weighty stuff; stuff that matters. Because some music does matter more. Rockism is a great way to miss out on some good stuff, just because there's a synth somewhere. It gives more credence to, well, Credence than to Kylie. And there's some truth to that, but it's sad that you've never heard "Confide". What a great track. I digress.

A rockist would look through my own CD collection and be aghast at the horrors that abound in the form of cheesetastic pop, but would simultaneously be jealous of a number of the rarities of authenticity to be found.

There are days when I fully embrace rockism, yet last summer I drove 5 hours to see Tiffany perform in a gay dance club. Go figure.

3) Cat Power not looking a thing like Cat Power

4) I've been dreading getting to this question. How can I compare the two and find a reasonable explanation of why I would say one is the better artist? And even if I could, it's really just my silly little opinion isn't it? Some days I might say that Sufjan was was more likely to be on my playlist, and other days Deerhoof. Then there are days that both will be swirling around among the thousands of other possibilities, not to mention the days that I'm not in the mood for either.

In order to actually answer this question, I have to find some defining characteristic that will separate them and give one and edge over the other.

I'll go with Deerhoof. Why? Because Sufjan went and recorded that damned Christmas album. I fucking hate Christmas music. Yes, really. Far too many years working in a retail environment of one kind or another where I was forced to listen to it all over and over again. I don't care how different or how novel or how beautiful Sufjan's versions may be, I will never know. I just can't take it.

But ask me tomorrow, and the answer might be different. And honestly, I'd prefer The Geraldine Fibbers over either of them.

5) I only require the one, si'l vous plait.

here are too other user names u can try:

tobb3s
tobb3_

regards

don't like any of them

a) Erty
b) Joen
c) 18
d) male
e) Sweden

1) Thrice - The Artist in the Ambulance, Timbuktu - Oberoendeframkallande, The Roots - The Tipping Point

2) Rockism is elitism. The belief that different styles of music aren't equally valid or authentic. Mainly, that rock from the 60's is the pinnacle of human musical achievement and that we've just gone downhill from there. While that might be true in a way (ugh, top40 pop...) it's mostly just stupid and close minded. The prime example of rockism these days is when dumbasses say that hiphop and edm aren't real music genres. And well... when you smoke some good weed and put on a fat hip-hop beat, you know that's just wrong. The same goes when you're trippin and stomping to some nice trance. It doesn't really matter how and when the music was made, what really matters is how it sounds here and now and how it makes you feel.
Rockism should be avoided, because you never know what you might and might not like as long as you keep an open mind and keep listening to new stuff.

3) http://www.spin.com/galleries/2003/12/12/cat_power_2.jpg

4) Honestly, I don't really enjoy either of them all that much. They're both the kind of music that I might like in some sense without really wanting to listen to them very much. That's kinda interesting actually, because there isn't that much music I relate to in that way, at least that I can think of. I guess there's just simply better, more exciting stuff out there. But I guess if I had to choose I'd say Sufjan Stevens. Because I can actually imagine situations where I'd actually want to listen to him for an extended period of time. Like, when trying to sleep or something. Though I prefer something like Sofie Zelmani for that. Anyway, he has a nice voice. Satomi Matsuzaki's voice is original and different and all that, but sadly most of all it's just annoying.

5) Just one.

Hey Confounded:

Thanks for sharing those super-super-super secret never-ever-ever going to be released Sufjan Stevens tracks remixed by Black Dice!!! I cant believe you actually have them!

i have met u on oink and i h8 u. stop steeling my traxx. u have no right to those black remixes. they r 4 elites only

re-posting in Latvian, as asked

1. Maitreya Kali - Apache & Inca, This Heat - Deceit, Boris & Mitchio Kurihara - Rainbow
2. rokisms ir veids kādā daļa žurnālistu raksta par mūziku un liela daļa publikas uztver populāru mūziku. stīvs kūgans tv seriālā "saxondale" lieliski attēlo šāda veida domāšanu par
lietām, tai skaitā mūziku. teiksim, ja tev liekas ka pink floyd ir pēdējā jēdzīgā roka banda, tu droši vari saukt sevi par "rokistu". vai ka pēc sex pistols nav nākotnes citām bandām. ja tu esi kārtīgs rokists, tad tev ir jāzin, ka jebkura mūzika, kuras radīšanā izmantots dators, nav nekāda mūzika bet sintētisks mēsls. citiem vārdiem sakot - the beatles bija pēdējā "īstā" rokbanda.
3. man diezko nepatīk cat power, tāpēc man nav mīļākās cat power fotogrāfijas.
4. deerhoof. jo mani īpaši neaizrauj sufjana stevensa mūzika. kautgan es neesmu arī milzīgs deerhoof fans, viņi vismaz improvizē un trokšņo (tās ir lietiņas kas man patīk). un viens no viņiem ir jāpāniete. īstenībā es varētu labāk aprakstīt kapēc man patīk labāk black dice nekā animal collective, jo par šiem abiem es zinu mazliet vairāk nekā par deerhoof un sufjan stevens.
5. vienu

i am sorry, re-posting once more:

1. Maitreya Kali - Apache & Inca, This Heat - Deceit, Boris & Mitchio Kurihara - Rainbow

2. rokisms ir veids kaadaa dalja žurnaalistu raksta par muuziku un liela dalja publikas uztver populaaru muuziku. stiivs kuugans tv seriaa "saxondale" lieliski atteelo shaada veida domaashanu par lietaam, tai skaitaa muuziku. teiksim, ja tev liekas ka pink floyd ir peedeejaa jeedziigaa roka banda, tu esi iists vecis, tu droši vari saukt sevi par "rokistu". vai ka peec sex pistols nav naakotnes citaam bandaam. ja tu esi kaartiigs rokists, tad tev ir jaazin, ka jebkura muuzika, kuras radiišanaa izmantots dators, nav nekaada muuzika bet sinteetisks meesls. citiem vaardiem sakot - the beatles bija peedeejaa iistaa rokbanda.

3. man diezko nepatiik cat power, taapeec man nav miiljaakaas cat power fotograafijas.

4. deerhoof. jo mani iipaši neaizrauj sufjana stevensa muuzika. kautgan es neesmu arii
milziigs deerhoof fans, vinji vismaz improvizee un trokshnjo (taa ir lietinjas kas man patiik). un viens no vinjiem ir japaaniete. iisteniibaa es vareeu labaak aprakstiit kapeec man patiik labaak black dice nekaa animal collective, jo par šiem abiem es zinu mazliet vairaak nekaa par deerhoof un sufjan stevens.

5. vienu

that's not latvian it's estonian u think u can pull shit on oink admins they can smell u a mile away

I'm a classical musician, so no rock for me.
Anyways, the last three releases:
Alfred Brendel Beethoven Sonatas CDs 1, 2, 3 (FLAC)
Berezovsky Liszt Transcendental Etudes (FLAC)
Harnoncourt Bach Brandenburg Concertos (FLAC)

a) cjustin88
b) Justin
c) 31
d) Male
e) Vancouver BC Canada

1 invite.

Thanks in advance!
I release either APE or FLAC, complete albums usually every month, when I have the bandwidth to seed more.

justin c:

we dont really have any classical music. i can YSI you Bohemian Rhapsody or the string quartet tribute to Green Day, but other than that, i think you're out of luck.

Sorries :-/

Well, can't we start...
I'm interested in the Virtual instruments section and the ebooks. And some very rare apps (i know you have a app section, i know)

Pretty please?
Thanks

to jergincito:
yes that's estonian, as well as Stockholm is capital of Finland, sure.

ummm. still waiting to find out how to actually log on... nothing received to date?? starting to wonder if this is kosher?

if its apps and Virtual Instruments you need have you tried magesy.com or audionews.ru?

"kosher"

Has anyone got a spare invite they can bung my way? Thanks.

i got you, pash.

jinja = as a result of your promoting rival music services, your membership has been revoked and a permanent ban has been placed on your IP address.

jeek = Do not mess with jergincito. He has an impeccible file ratio and is in very high standing in the Oink community. DENIED.

Erty = PENDING. Please provide proof that you are at least 18 years old as some files shared on Oink may be innapropriate for minors.

Fruitfly = DENIED for having a bah humbug attitude (no room for your kind in our community).

tobb3 = your new user name is tttt000ooonbbbbb333

ok. admin it would be nice to get a more somewhat serious answer :p and if my username is an issue just pick one, for me it really doesn't matter

regards T

i did pick one for you.

hehe ok, just thought it was abit too long.. :p so when do u know that i'm "accepted"

If this is the kind of endless boring administrative help you will need if you become a member there is little chance of you being Approved.

If I may ask, is it possible that the webmail containing the login directions got lost...?
It has been one week, or 5 business days, since my approval. I’m in no hurry, but it would be nice to start contributing!

BR,
Karl.

Hmmmmmm.... interesting.

Does anyone else have access to your e-mail box?

Our records show that you'be been an active member for the last 36 hours.

Are you maybe just lying to try and score another invite?

The status of mine please?
Thanks,
Justin C.

Hmm, would it be possible to send another email? Maybe it got caught in some spamfilter?

Active member? As in my username has logged in?! That can't be, I haven't received anything...

Strange...

certainly not admin, I'm sorry if I sounded a bit sturdy..

And no, nobody else has access to my inbox, I change passwords frequently.
And no, I'm not fishing for more invites, one is enough for me.

If somebody else has used the invite that was intended for me, or is using the selected username I would very much like to know more about the situation! :(

How interesting, i thought i was helping with different suggestions. I wasn't aware that they were in direct 'competition' with Oink? Audionews is application specific while Magesy are purely Electronic (and dodgy electronic at that) . Though if they are the same then well i'll stick with them so i don't have to jump through hoops for a non existant email by some pimply 16 yr old with a power complex. Cheery Pie...

jinja you have no idea how old I am.

Enjoy your Banned Pie.

nalth:

hmmmm... what does this look like:

Oink!>Admin_Tools>

User_IP_Search>Banned_User_Database_>Pending_Applications>RIAA_Report_Log>User_Info

User_Info>Recent_History

User_nalth:

--Hinder-Lips_Of_An_Angel.mp3 - 192 kps - FROM: User_Confounded @ 14:22 18-03-2007 DOWNLOAD COMPLETE
--Fergie-Fergalicious.mp3 - 192 kps - FROM: User_Confounded @ 14:29 18-03-2007 DOWNLOAD COMPLETE
--Baby Boy Da Prince-The_Way_I_Live - 192 kps - FROM: User_Lingbert @ 14:45 18-03-2007 DOWNLOAD COMPLETE
--Nelly Furtado-Say_It_Right - 192 kps - FROM: User_Pahmina@ 14:45 18-03-2007 DOWNLOAD COMPLETE
--Fall_Out_Boy-This_Ain't_A_Scene,_It's_An_Arms_Race.mp3-FROM: User_LilGothCurtls6969@ 14:45 18-03-2007 DOWNLOAD

???????

If this is not you, please inform us by using the Admin Request Function on your User Tools Page ASAP!

I don't know what that is, and no, it's not me.
I'm not sure what you want me to do, I don't see a "User Tools Page" anywhere.

Ok, let me run an IP_Search on where the files are being DL'd to. This may take some time.

Hmmm. This is very suspicious. The downloads are coming from the same IP address as your message board posts.

Are you positive no one else has access to your computer? Any roomates or family members perhaps?

Wait a minute... I think I know what’s going on here.

the real nalth is successfully downloading files using his new Oink membership while his roommate is continuing to post messages here, posing as nalth, trying to score an invite for him/herself!

I am pretty sure that is what is happening but I will have our Scandinavian branch confirm in the morning.

In the meantime....

ATTENTION ALL OINK ADMINS:

PLEASE STOP ALL MESSAGE BOARD OR E-MAIL COMMUNICATION WITH User_nalth IMMEDIATLEY. IT APPEARS AS THOUGH HIS ACCOUNT HAS ALREADY BEEN HACKED. DO NOT COMMUNICATE WITH User_nalth UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.

a) requested username
stiky (If not possible, Maphix - please
b) first name (no surnames)
Kiefer
c) age
18
d) gender
Male
e) geographic location
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada

1) Name three shared albums (+192kbps only) that others have successfully downloaded from you in the past week

Saliva - Blood Stained Love Story
Rise Against - Suffer & The Witness
Nelly Furtado - Loose

(Currently upgraded all my 128 songs to 192 after after 2 yrs of not knowing how to do it =] )

2) What is rockism? (answer in paragraph format, eight sentence minimum)
It's a loaded word, partly because it means a bunch of different things in practice—it's yay close to "racism" the way it's sometimes used. For various people, it's a term of praise for avoiding artifice or a description of unadventurous musical tastes or a word for just liking rock a whole lot. But it's also a potentially useful concept for thinking about the way people write about popular music, and the way people experience it. The trick is to figure out exactly what it means.

3) Post a link to your favorite picture of Cat Power
http://www.statesidepresents.com/images/photos/cat-power-pic.jpg

4) Which artist is better, Sufjan Stevens or Deerhoof? Why? (answer in paragraph format, eight sentence minimum)
Sufjan Stevens (born July 1, 1975) is an American musician, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist from Detroit, Michigan. He is known for his lyrically focused and instrumentally rich songs that often relate to faith and family. He has enjoyed wide critical success in the United States. He is considered part of the folk revival in indie pop, but his influences are very broad, including electronica, the jazz of Vince Guaraldi, and the academic minimalism of Steve Reich and Philip Glass.

With all that being said...i just really think he is better and overall more talented.

5) How many invites do you require?
Just 1 actually. :)

For extra info: I currently reside at demonoid and i carry a well earned 3.10 ratio there, you can search me at "stiky" on demonoid to confirm that =] - Don't know if this will help at all, but just to show i do seed. :)

[Repost] - Sorry, i forgot the 8 sentence minimum on the Rockism Subject.

a) requested username
stiky (If not possible, Maphix - please
b) first name (no surnames)
Kiefer
c) age
18
d) gender
Male
e) geographic location
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada

1) Name three shared albums (+192kbps only) that others have successfully downloaded from you in the past week

Saliva - Blood Stained Love Story
Rise Against - Suffer & The Witness
Nelly Furtado - Loose

(Currently upgraded all my 128 songs to 192 after after 2 yrs of not knowing how to do it =] )

2) What is rockism? (answer in paragraph format, eight sentence minimum)
It's a loaded word, partly because it means a bunch of different things in practice—it's yay close to "racism" the way it's sometimes used. For various people, it's a term of praise for avoiding artifice or a description of unadventurous musical tastes or a word for just liking rock a whole lot. But it's also a potentially useful concept for thinking about the way people write about popular music, and the way people experience it. The trick is to figure out exactly what it means.

Still, there hasn't beena clear definition of rockism, and I'd like to propose one—a very narrow one, to keep its meaning from bleeding too far out. Rockism, let's say, is treating rock as normative. In the rockist view, rock is the standard state of popular music: the kind to which everything else is compared, explicitly or implicitly. So, for instance, it's a rockist opinion that pre-stereo-era blues and country are interesting less in their own right than because they anticipated rock, or that Run-D.M.C. and Alison Krauss are notable because their virtues are also the virtues of rock, or that Ciara's Goodies isn't interesting because it fails to act like rock.

Now, the interesting thing about that formulation of "rockism" is that it's not intrinsically rockist to love rock, or to write about it; you can also mostly care about R&B or norteño or bubblegum pop but discuss them in a rockist way. It's hard to get around rockism, though, because it's built into the way people talk informally about whatever kinds of popular music interest them.

3) Post a link to your favorite picture of Cat Power
http://www.statesidepresents.com/images/photos/cat-power-pic.jpg

4) Which artist is better, Sufjan Stevens or Deerhoof? Why? (answer in paragraph format, eight sentence minimum)
Sufjan Stevens (born July 1, 1975) is an American musician, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist from Detroit, Michigan. He is known for his lyrically focused and instrumentally rich songs that often relate to faith and family. He has enjoyed wide critical success in the United States. He is considered part of the folk revival in indie pop, but his influences are very broad, including electronica, the jazz of Vince Guaraldi, and the academic minimalism of Steve Reich and Philip Glass.

With all that being said...i just really think he is better and overall more talented.

5) How many invites do you require?
Just 1 actually. :)

For extra info: I currently reside at demonoid and i carry a well earned 3.10 ratio there, you can search me at "stiky" on demonoid to confirm that =] - Don't know if this will help at all, but just to show i do seed. :)

Do not know why — keeps popping up.....

lol yeah that's really weird?

What about me?

"The downloads are coming from the same IP address as your message board posts."
Hah, why even bother posting something like that when you know it's not true.

Well, it was fun while it lasted, sorry to see that this is not the real deal.

meh.

as little precious indie meta art-ish pranks go, i've seen better than this fake indie music sharing thing -- and also worse.

Thanx for that, Grady. Wow, loads of stuff here, I'd better start seeding first, though!
Thanks again.

--Hinder-Lips_Of_An_Angel.mp3 - 192 kps - FROM: User_Confounded @ 14:22 18-03-2007 DOWNLOAD COMPLETE
--Fergie-Fergalicious.mp3 - 192 kps - FROM: User_Confounded @ 14:29 18-03-2007 DOWNLOAD COMPLETE

I would like to deny all charges against me.

User_LilGothCurtls6969

xd

a) sportman3333333
b) akash
c) 20
d) M
e) CT, USA


1) Name three shared albums (+192kbps only) that others have successfully downloaded from you in the past week

Daniel Powter
The Fray
In the End



2) What is rockism? (answer in paragraph format, eight sentence minimum)

Rockism is when you are valuiing rock music at its best. It is the way you are looking at the music.It is between the listner and the writer. The idea of rockism slowly started around the 70s in England.Rockism sort of relates to racism in a way. When you have a rockism mind, you will always have your ideason what is good and what is bad. Rockism should be avoided, just like racism should be avoided. It is betterto be open-minded and try different things out. It like trying out new stuff, you will see what it is like. Ifyou just see one stuff, you might be missing out on other stuff you like better


3) Post a link to your favorite picture of Cat Power

http://www.theage.com.au/ffximage/2005/02/15/pt_CATPOWER_ent-lead__200x346.jpg

4) Which artist is better, Sufjan Stevens or Deerhoof? Why? (answer in paragraph format, eight sentence minimum)

Surjan Stevens because of his lyrics that relate to the family and culture, etc. He a great
range of what he plays and that is what I like. I have heard a few of his lyrics and I
enjoyed them. The 50 state idea, i think it a great idea. The deerhoof's music is not suited for me.His music is everyone that can enjoy and that why I like him better over deerhoofs. He just
manages to get everything done. Waiting for the CT ablum :D.

5) How many invites do you require?

One please


Thank You

Am I still able to post an application here?

Please do!