A Rough Guide To ILM Touchstones

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33. Who should be allowed to wear what T-shirts

Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Thursday, 15 January 2004 18:49 (twenty years ago) link

29 is a repeat, so substitute Frank Kogan

o. nate (onate), Thursday, 15 January 2004 18:50 (twenty years ago) link

35. PLUR

Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Thursday, 15 January 2004 18:50 (twenty years ago) link

36. boom selecta/go home productions/soulwax/etc

mark p (Mark P), Thursday, 15 January 2004 18:50 (twenty years ago) link

37. Steely Dan

Michael B, Thursday, 15 January 2004 18:51 (twenty years ago) link

38. What?

sym (shmuel), Thursday, 15 January 2004 18:54 (twenty years ago) link

39. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Heart's Club Band.

Rockist Scientist (rockistscientist), Thursday, 15 January 2004 18:55 (twenty years ago) link

40. The validity of (eschewing or not) music theory.

dave225 (Dave225), Thursday, 15 January 2004 18:56 (twenty years ago) link

41. Dave Rimmer's Like Punk Never Happened
43. Marcello's 1982 post
43. ABBA
44. Paul Morley
45. the Strokes
46. Kompakt

scott pl. (scott pl.), Thursday, 15 January 2004 18:57 (twenty years ago) link

Marcello = 42, obv.

scott pl. (scott pl.), Thursday, 15 January 2004 18:57 (twenty years ago) link

47. Pitchfork media

LondonLee (LondonLee), Thursday, 15 January 2004 18:59 (twenty years ago) link

48. Tom's PSB first 20 singles post, though we're straying into Hall of Fame territory here.

Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Thursday, 15 January 2004 18:59 (twenty years ago) link

49. "urgent and key"

scott pl. (scott pl.), Thursday, 15 January 2004 19:00 (twenty years ago) link

50. Debating the grebtness of the Ratpure.

Ben Boyer (Ben Boyer), Thursday, 15 January 2004 19:01 (twenty years ago) link

51. yeah yeah yeah yeahyeah yeahyeahyeah, yeah yeah yeahyeah yeah

nickalicious (nickalicious), Thursday, 15 January 2004 19:02 (twenty years ago) link

52. http://www.allmusic.com/

s1ocki (slutsky), Thursday, 15 January 2004 19:04 (twenty years ago) link

53. Saint Etienne

Billy Dods (Billy Dods), Thursday, 15 January 2004 19:11 (twenty years ago) link

54. Overanalysing
55. 'Hey Ya!'
56. 'Digital Love'

Barima (Barima), Thursday, 15 January 2004 19:11 (twenty years ago) link

57. Loveless

Llahtuos Kcin (Nick Southall), Thursday, 15 January 2004 19:13 (twenty years ago) link

58) C-Man Threads

C-Man (C-Man), Thursday, 15 January 2004 19:15 (twenty years ago) link

59) http://ilx.wh3rd.net/category.php?catid=51

$$, Thursday, 15 January 2004 19:15 (twenty years ago) link

59. Destiny's Child

lid, Thursday, 15 January 2004 19:16 (twenty years ago) link

59) Dog Man Star
60) Suede
61) Sci Fi Lullabies, Disc 1
62) Coming Up
63) All Pulp

C-Man (C-Man), Thursday, 15 January 2004 19:16 (twenty years ago) link

60.

http://members.aol.com/dubplatestyle/mase.jpg

Billy Dods (Billy Dods), Thursday, 15 January 2004 19:16 (twenty years ago) link

61) Dizee Rascal
62) Judas Priest

M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Thursday, 15 January 2004 19:17 (twenty years ago) link

Suede and Pulp are much better than him.

C-Man (C-Man), Thursday, 15 January 2004 19:17 (twenty years ago) link

64) Microhouse

M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Thursday, 15 January 2004 19:17 (twenty years ago) link

What? Dog Man Star IS a touchstone. If I didn't mention it someone else would have.

C-Man (C-Man), Thursday, 15 January 2004 19:19 (twenty years ago) link

it's not an ilm touchstone you insufferable ninny

mark p (Mark P), Thursday, 15 January 2004 19:21 (twenty years ago) link

How not?

C-Man (C-Man), Thursday, 15 January 2004 19:22 (twenty years ago) link

Because only you like it you festering peasant.

Llahtuos Kcin (Nick Southall), Thursday, 15 January 2004 19:22 (twenty years ago) link

65) Ned Ragget Reads the Almanac

(just ignore C-Man and he'll go away!)

M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Thursday, 15 January 2004 19:24 (twenty years ago) link

66) PIL - Metal Box

M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Thursday, 15 January 2004 19:24 (twenty years ago) link

67: Killing Joke

Llahtuos Kcin (Nick Southall), Thursday, 15 January 2004 19:25 (twenty years ago) link

68: Cover connections

Llahtuos Kcin (Nick Southall), Thursday, 15 January 2004 19:25 (twenty years ago) link

Not true, lots of ILMers like it. I mean, these touchstones are dire (Killing Joke? Get a life).

C-Man (C-Man), Thursday, 15 January 2004 19:25 (twenty years ago) link

67=15

Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Thursday, 15 January 2004 19:26 (twenty years ago) link

67. pointing out where something has been brought up before

nickalicious (nickalicious), Thursday, 15 January 2004 19:28 (twenty years ago) link

66) DOG MAN STAR

CUNTS.

C-Man (C-Man), Thursday, 15 January 2004 19:29 (twenty years ago) link

68: Tilt

Llahtuos Kcin (Nick Southall), Thursday, 15 January 2004 19:30 (twenty years ago) link

68. Talk Talk

jed_ (jed), Thursday, 15 January 2004 19:30 (twenty years ago) link

69. Maxinquaye

jed_ (jed), Thursday, 15 January 2004 19:30 (twenty years ago) link

on 71 now...

jed_ (jed), Thursday, 15 January 2004 19:32 (twenty years ago) link

meaning next is 72.

Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Thursday, 15 January 2004 19:33 (twenty years ago) link

72. counting down from 100, so there's a clear end to list threads.

Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Thursday, 15 January 2004 19:34 (twenty years ago) link

73. Kanye West
74. Winding C-Man up to the point of nuclear meltdown

Barima (Barima), Thursday, 15 January 2004 19:37 (twenty years ago) link

(Though 74's more an ILX touchstone really)
100. Tom Ewing. After all, he started it.

Barima (Barima), Thursday, 15 January 2004 19:38 (twenty years ago) link

76. 'Work It'
77. Agreeing but discussing anyway ("Arguing on the internet is like being in the special olympics: Even if you win, you're still a retard")
78. That Dave Matthews Band thread

Jay Kid (Jay K), Thursday, 15 January 2004 20:02 (twenty years ago) link

79. the sorely missed Jay Z vs Nas throwdowns

bnw (bnw), Thursday, 15 January 2004 20:09 (twenty years ago) link

80. Rough Guides

Jonathan (Jonathan), Thursday, 15 January 2004 20:20 (twenty years ago) link

Ignition (Remix)

sym (shmuel), Saturday, 17 January 2004 09:44 (twenty years ago) link

122. hatorade

Sterling Clover (s_clover), Saturday, 17 January 2004 10:17 (twenty years ago) link

123. The Accidental Evolution Of Rock 'N' Roll

John Fredland (jfredland), Saturday, 17 January 2004 12:26 (twenty years ago) link

124. IN MY PANTS!

Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Saturday, 17 January 2004 15:54 (twenty years ago) link

125. "uptown top ranking"

tweemu (Jody Beth Rosen), Saturday, 17 January 2004 18:08 (twenty years ago) link

126. WHERE CAN I DOWNLOAD KAZZA LITE???

Ferrrrrrg (Ferg), Sunday, 18 January 2004 18:26 (twenty years ago) link

127. nu-ilm vs old ilm
128. pitchfork media r0x0r!!!!!!!!!!!!!111 vs pitchfork media sux0r!!!!!!!!!!11!!!!!1

stephen morris, Sunday, 18 January 2004 18:35 (twenty years ago) link

129. LCD Soundsystem - 'Losing My Edge'
130. The UK Top 40

Barima (Barima), Sunday, 18 January 2004 19:19 (twenty years ago) link

131. "use other (everything)s please"

t\'\'t (t\'\'t), Sunday, 18 January 2004 20:13 (twenty years ago) link

132. Logistical beatdowns

Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Sunday, 18 January 2004 21:14 (twenty years ago) link

133. EXCELSIOR

mark grout (mark grout), Monday, 19 January 2004 13:37 (twenty years ago) link

You know, nobody's actually created a Rough Guide to ILM Touchstones, meaning 15 or so tracks maybe 45 minutes or so in total.

Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Monday, 19 January 2004 14:17 (twenty years ago) link

it would be a 45 min mashup called "Now That's What I Call Metal Machine Music"

Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Monday, 19 January 2004 14:20 (twenty years ago) link

it would be a 45 min mashup called "Now That's What I Call Metal Machine Music" Shake Dowwwnnn

mark grout (mark grout), Monday, 19 January 2004 15:12 (twenty years ago) link


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