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I CAN LEAD YOU THROUGH THE ZONE (ex machina), Monday, 19 July 2004 18:31 (nineteen years ago) link

What happened to that post where you looked up "ebert" on google images and the first thing that popped up was a picture of a stripper with bert and ernie dolls seemingly going down on her?

Eric H. (Eric H.), Monday, 19 July 2004 19:55 (nineteen years ago) link

one year passes...
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Jonothong Williamsmang (ex machina), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 17:43 (eighteen years ago) link

wanna talk about coldplay?

just trying to help, Tuesday, 11 October 2005 17:47 (eighteen years ago) link

http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/8910/image0gq.jpg

Spiderman..., Tuesday, 11 October 2005 18:02 (eighteen years ago) link

THANK YOU SPIDERMAN YOU ARE THE BEST I AM YOUR NUMBER 1 FAN

Jonothong Williamsmang (ex machina), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 18:03 (eighteen years ago) link

That is seriously worth the year+ of waiting.

Allyzay knows a little German (allyzay), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 19:00 (eighteen years ago) link

That poor fucking kid, you know?

Allyzay knows a little German (allyzay), Wednesday, 12 October 2005 00:27 (eighteen years ago) link

http://img410.imageshack.us/img410/8400/lolidunno6yr.png

feminazi (feminazi), Wednesday, 12 October 2005 01:14 (eighteen years ago) link

five months pass...
'Cos I can't find that thread about Thomas Kincade. And I wanted to share this...

Ned T.Rifle (nedtrifle), Sunday, 26 March 2006 00:38 (eighteen years ago) link

Ooops, forgot to share...sorry...
http://arts.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,,1739383,00.html

Ned T.Rifle (nedtrifle), Sunday, 26 March 2006 00:39 (eighteen years ago) link

what happened to the thread I started on Big Love (the HBO series)? search won't pull it up

kyle (akmonday), Sunday, 26 March 2006 00:41 (eighteen years ago) link

Here's Kinkade: Defend the indefensible - Thomas Kinkade

Jaq (Jaq), Sunday, 26 March 2006 00:41 (eighteen years ago) link

There was a thread on "music giganticism" that I can never find, must be de-indexed.

Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Sunday, 26 March 2006 00:43 (eighteen years ago) link

Thanks Jaq, how did you do that?!? I've been using the search thing and getting nothing.

Ned T.Rifle (nedtrifle), Sunday, 26 March 2006 00:48 (eighteen years ago) link

Oh, i think i might know why - it's Kinkade witha K?

Ned T.Rifle (nedtrifle), Sunday, 26 March 2006 00:49 (eighteen years ago) link

There was a thread on "music giganticism" that I can never find, must be de-indexed.

Gigantism, not giganticism...


Musical Gigantism: Classic or Dud?

Alba (Alba), Sunday, 26 March 2006 02:59 (eighteen years ago) link

Big Love: is anyone watching this?

The Yellow Kid, Sunday, 26 March 2006 05:14 (eighteen years ago) link

Thanks Jaq, how did you do that?!? I've been using the search thing and getting nothing.

First, there was a loud annoying BEEP BEEP BEEP but the database wouldn't get out of the way, so I just rolled over it and squooshed out T. Kinkade!

Jaq (Jaq), Sunday, 26 March 2006 05:44 (eighteen years ago) link

Very droll...

Ned T.Rifle (nedtrifle), Sunday, 26 March 2006 06:31 (eighteen years ago) link

I can't find the thread on ILM about dj sets defining the "sound" of 2005. nathan fake and mandy were mentioned in there. I can't think of other keywords right now. can someone help?

rory@, Tuesday, 28 March 2006 22:53 (eighteen years ago) link

Haha! One of Jon's links now says "HOW DO I FORBADE HOTLINKING" :D

Trayce (trayce), Wednesday, 29 March 2006 03:40 (eighteen years ago) link

OMG Alba I've been looking for that forever.

Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Wednesday, 29 March 2006 03:55 (eighteen years ago) link

um, the thread where everyone swapped arts projects, like the good old indiepop tape swap (anyone?) but with arts and crafty things. might've been a jel thread.

koogs (koogs), Wednesday, 29 March 2006 06:47 (eighteen years ago) link

Rory - was it:

so which dj mix best summed up 2005? and which was the most extraordinary? ?

Alba (Alba), Wednesday, 29 March 2006 07:02 (eighteen years ago) link

I can't believe that How do I shot web took so long to make it big

Houdini Gordonii (ex machina), Wednesday, 29 March 2006 07:53 (eighteen years ago) link

can anyone point me to the thread where Lara said she was a very busty lady?

DV (dirtyvicar), Wednesday, 29 March 2006 12:14 (eighteen years ago) link

No.

Alba (Alba), Wednesday, 29 March 2006 12:50 (eighteen years ago) link

thanks Alba, that's the one

rory@, Wednesday, 29 March 2006 17:46 (eighteen years ago) link

the "how do i posted midi" image

Masked Intruder (ex machina), Monday, 3 April 2006 15:51 (eighteen years ago) link

On what thread was it where two funny posters went back and forth for about a hundred posts, one posting an animated gif of frat guys juggling their balls and the other going "thank you sir may I have another"?

Eric H. (Eric H.), Friday, 14 April 2006 19:06 (eighteen years ago) link

"funny"

Aimless (Aimless), Saturday, 15 April 2006 16:27 (eighteen years ago) link

On what thread was it where two posters went back and forth for about a hundred posts, one posting an animated gif of frat guys juggling their balls and the other going "thank you sir may I have another"?

Eric H. (Eric H.), Saturday, 15 April 2006 16:43 (eighteen years ago) link

Here, though the images are out of date

Si.C@rter (SiC@rter), Saturday, 15 April 2006 16:53 (eighteen years ago) link

Ah yes, now I remember why it was really funny. The unimpressed look on this face:

http://media.mth.net/jimmy_fr/v3/images/series/six_feet_under/perso_300_210/david.jpg

Eric H. (Eric H.), Saturday, 15 April 2006 17:13 (eighteen years ago) link

the thread for dedicating songs to ILX0rs and possibly others to be played on imaginary radio stations

youn, Saturday, 15 April 2006 17:18 (eighteen years ago) link

This?

Aimless (Aimless), Saturday, 15 April 2006 17:29 (eighteen years ago) link

yes! THANKS!

youn, Saturday, 15 April 2006 17:31 (eighteen years ago) link

I just searched on "dedicat".

Aimless (Aimless), Saturday, 15 April 2006 17:34 (eighteen years ago) link

ha that six feet under thread

cutty (mcutt), Saturday, 15 April 2006 17:40 (eighteen years ago) link

eric, that dude looks like you!

jaymc (jaymc), Saturday, 15 April 2006 19:12 (eighteen years ago) link

I got that one before, but I don't see it. My Heritage says I look like Margaret Thatcher.

Eric H. (Eric H.), Sunday, 16 April 2006 00:10 (eighteen years ago) link

Argh no not the plastic sleeves!!! See the thread about CDR-disintegration! Please for the love of god think of the mp3s!

kephm (kephm), Sunday, 16 April 2006 02:08 (eighteen years ago) link

one month passes...
are there any threads about friends who take over your personality?/ ape yr quirks/ single white female type shit?

jed_ (jed), Wednesday, 17 May 2006 00:33 (seventeen years ago) link

this sort of does i think

Single White Female: Classic or Dud?

electric sound of jim (and why not) (electricsound), Wednesday, 17 May 2006 00:39 (seventeen years ago) link

Becoming frighteningly similar to your close friends: C/D?

and what (ooo), Wednesday, 17 May 2006 00:43 (seventeen years ago) link

kudos

cutty (mcutt), Wednesday, 17 May 2006 00:45 (seventeen years ago) link

ah cheers. i glanced at that and assumed it was just about the film. still not quite what i'm looking for but i didn't want to start my own thread (complicated reasons).

xxp obv.

jed_ (jed), Wednesday, 17 May 2006 00:47 (seventeen years ago) link

but i didn't want to start my own thread (complicated reasons).

you're secretly SPENCER CHOW??

jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 17 May 2006 01:55 (seventeen years ago) link

You Can't Be 20: Old-Person Songs by Young People

Josefa, Friday, 7 January 2022 05:59 (two years ago) link

thank you!

I Am Fribbulus (Xax) (Doctor Casino), Friday, 7 January 2022 13:13 (two years ago) link

four months pass...

What is that thread where we note hilarity in the juxtaposition of a) the content of a post and b) the username/screenname of the poster?

anatol_merklich, Friday, 27 May 2022 21:18 (one year ago) link

username / post

peace, man, Friday, 27 May 2022 23:31 (one year ago) link

Thanks!

anatol_merklich, Saturday, 28 May 2022 12:46 (one year ago) link

two months pass...

Is there a thread where we can add the names of old celebrities you haven't heard about for decades and then you see them on Twitter, click their profile and find out they are now antivaxers / TERFs / Covid conspiracy theoriests / Trumpers / full-blown-QAnons?

link.exposing.politically (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Thursday, 28 July 2022 21:42 (one year ago) link

this thread is kind of that but only for musicians really
Covidiots in music

Spottie, Thursday, 28 July 2022 22:10 (one year ago) link

i see youre the 2nd posted in there so disregard lol

Spottie, Thursday, 28 July 2022 22:11 (one year ago) link

couple more musician threads that might fit the bill, found when i searched for moe tucker 8(

Musicians whose political sympathies are to the right

Albums you own or used to own from artists that turned out to be awful people.

koogs, Friday, 29 July 2022 03:47 (one year ago) link

three weeks pass...

do we have a definitive ILM thread for songs that briefly quote or interpolate other songs?

budo jeru, Saturday, 20 August 2022 16:45 (one year ago) link

hmmm. maybe Songs that have brief musical references to other tunes in there..

Doctor Casino, Saturday, 20 August 2022 17:13 (one year ago) link

I have tried but I can't find a thread for the series THE AFFAIR starring Maura Tierney and Dominic West. I just finished it after forgetting about it for two years and now I need to discuss but I can't find where! halp

― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Tuesday, December 28, 2021 3:26 PM (seven months ago) bookmarkflaglink

was there a thread for THE HOUR that it got tagged onto? ... or one of The Wire threads?

― sarahell,

Weird that isn't on here, considering how freakingly thorough it is, but still a fine thread:
Wire Actors in other things

dow, Saturday, 20 August 2022 18:03 (one year ago) link

Is there an ILX thread where everyone talks the “Blurred Lines” lawsuit and how incredibly fucked-up and stupid it is?

Mr. Snrub, Tuesday, 23 August 2022 13:04 (one year ago) link

I think most of the convo was on Thicke: Slicke or Dicke?

peace, man, Tuesday, 23 August 2022 13:24 (one year ago) link

two months pass...

There were some photos that someone posted some years ago, they were waiting for a bus late at night, and across the street, in an alcove of a building, a women was standing who closed an umbrella over her head? Maybe it was in the sandbox?

Look closely, that is all. (doo dah), Thursday, 27 October 2022 15:45 (one year ago) link

what's the recent, or at least recently-revived, ILM thread for songs ruined/derailed by the singer doing some weird vocal affectation, for either one line/section or the whole thing?

Doctor Casino, Saturday, 29 October 2022 14:11 (one year ago) link

ty!

Doctor Casino, Saturday, 29 October 2022 16:08 (one year ago) link

one month passes...

what's the thread for when two songs sound oddly similar to the degree one melts into the other?

Piggy Lepton (La Lechera), Friday, 9 December 2022 22:36 (one year ago) link

Earworm mashups: the thread for having multiple songs stuck in your head maybe?

kinder, Friday, 9 December 2022 23:03 (one year ago) link

Yes thank you!!!

Piggy Lepton (La Lechera), Saturday, 10 December 2022 00:04 (one year ago) link

one month passes...

I'm sure we had a thread where we ask for spoilers, asking other people to explain plot points in a book or a film. searching for 'spoilers' or 'explain' didn't turn out up in first 10 or so pages of results.

koogs, Monday, 23 January 2023 06:23 (one year ago) link

five months pass...

Is there a thread for The Athletic? I can’t find one.

half the population ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ (gyac), Saturday, 1 July 2023 09:45 (nine months ago) link

one month passes...

is there a yearly film thread? i can’t find one— also just a general thread for “films i watched and enjoyed as of recent”

butt dumb tight my boners got boners (the table is the table), Sunday, 13 August 2023 00:38 (eight months ago) link

Last (x) movies you saw (II)

The Yellow Kid, Sunday, 13 August 2023 00:49 (eight months ago) link

There is an annual film poll thread, but 2022’s has not been run yet

serving bundt (sic), Sunday, 13 August 2023 01:06 (eight months ago) link

sic hosted the polls for 2020 and 2021

The ILX Film Poll 2020: Drive-Ins and Staying In

Legend Of The Ten Zings - the 2021 ILX Film Poll Results Thread

I was mad at him when he started the 2021 film poll in January 2022 before I had a chance to see any of the films, but the discussion on that thread ended up being very interesting

Dan S, Sunday, 13 August 2023 01:15 (eight months ago) link

thank you sic

Dan S, Sunday, 13 August 2023 01:20 (eight months ago) link

I think I’ve done the last five, but I was only going to say “three” until I remembered images for a 2017 release

serving bundt (sic), Sunday, 13 August 2023 01:59 (eight months ago) link

thanks yall

butt dumb tight my boners got boners (the table is the table), Sunday, 13 August 2023 10:14 (eight months ago) link

one month passes...

where is that "ID the records in this photo" thread?

out-of-print LaserDisc edition (sleeve), Sunday, 24 September 2023 21:25 (six months ago) link

The record store in Kubrick’s “A Clockwork Orange”

peace, man, Sunday, 24 September 2023 22:10 (six months ago) link

ty!!

out-of-print LaserDisc edition (sleeve), Sunday, 24 September 2023 22:21 (six months ago) link

There's also this thread, maybe more pertinent?
Help me identify the cover artwork on this wall I found in a photo of a bedroom on a property website.

emil.y, Sunday, 24 September 2023 22:23 (six months ago) link

that's the one I was trying to think of, but the record store one is more appropriate - check out the cool photos I found!

out-of-print LaserDisc edition (sleeve), Sunday, 24 September 2023 22:28 (six months ago) link

lol I searched all variations of "record" "album" "apartment" and "rental" to no avail

out-of-print LaserDisc edition (sleeve), Sunday, 24 September 2023 22:28 (six months ago) link

two weeks pass...

i can never find the thread about how music will never sound more important than when you were in your 20s? i think it was a joan crawford thread?

, Saturday, 14 October 2023 16:15 (six months ago) link

thanks both!

, Saturday, 14 October 2023 21:16 (six months ago) link

Somewhere we had a thread where we posted pictures of our liquor cabinets a few years ago, but it's not in list contents of yr liquor cabinet/booze shelf here and it doesn't seem to be in the 2k10 i am learning to make cocktails. this is my mixology thread . Any ideas?

that's when I reach for my copy of Revolver (WmC), Tuesday, 24 October 2023 00:09 (five months ago) link

noize board post, possibly JW? talking about overhearing a guy on his mobile saying:

"(girl's name) thinks I'm (forgot this) and (girl's name) thinks I'm Little Lord Fauntleroy (gets voice down to a whisper) the truth is, I am both."

Daniel_Rf, Wednesday, 25 October 2023 09:32 (five months ago) link

three months pass...

somewhere there's a simple recipe for cornbread using a skillet, i think from user Tracer Hand, on one of the more active cooking / baking threads. anyone?

budo jeru, Wednesday, 14 February 2024 16:42 (two months ago) link

I think here?

baking: does it come easily to you?

Surfin' burbbhrbhbbhbburbbb (sleeve), Wednesday, 14 February 2024 16:50 (two months ago) link

yes! thanks so much, sleeve

budo jeru, Wednesday, 14 February 2024 16:56 (two months ago) link

three weeks pass...

feel like there used to be a thread about "replacing lyrics to popular songs" or "versions of popular songs we sing to ourselves with different lyrics" or something. search hasn't picked up what i'm looking for. anyone know what i'm talking about?

butt dumb tight my boners got boners (the table is the table), Saturday, 9 March 2024 21:58 (one month ago) link

thanking u both

butt dumb tight my boners got boners (the table is the table), Sunday, 10 March 2024 00:14 (one month ago) link


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