it doesn't require any familiarity with the music!
― zachylon (zachlyon), Monday, 8 October 2012 21:50 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.feelnumb.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/503c5_johnny-rotten-pink-floyd.jpgYeah, I'm not the biggest fan either, apart from the Syd days, but I was able to get it. Most people were annoyed that for the other three albums the theme album described what was on the cover, but in the fourth case it was a description of the title.
― Cosmic Fopp (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 8 October 2012 21:59 (eleven years ago) link
oh ffs it's a cover thing
― these wilburys taste like wilburys (donna rouge), Monday, 8 October 2012 22:05 (eleven years ago) link
do u see?
― Cosmic Fopp (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 8 October 2012 22:06 (eleven years ago) link
i wish i still had the puzzle up to see it, i spent a good 10 minutes looking for any mention of rainbows or prisms or triangles or space
― zachylon (zachlyon), Monday, 8 October 2012 22:07 (eleven years ago) link
i do now
and now feel vaguely annoyed about it
i guess these are all supposed to be iconic covers or whatever but if you'd asked me before five minutes ago what the 'wish you were here' cover looks like i wouldn't have been able to tell you
― these wilburys taste like wilburys (donna rouge), Monday, 8 October 2012 22:09 (eleven years ago) link
they were painted on the backs of naked poolside women as seen in every dorm room, shd be common knowledge
― zachylon (zachlyon), Monday, 8 October 2012 22:14 (eleven years ago) link
Onion AV Club eliminates its crossword:https://twitter.com/datageneral/status/265821646705811456
― Sandy Denny Real Estate (jaymc), Tuesday, 6 November 2012 14:28 (eleven years ago) link
Just came to post that.
― 50 Skidillion Elvis Fans Can't Be Wrong (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 6 November 2012 14:57 (eleven years ago) link
:(
― these wilburys taste like wilburys (donna rouge), Tuesday, 6 November 2012 15:18 (eleven years ago) link
so bummed
― have a sandwich or ice cream sandwich (Jordan), Tuesday, 6 November 2012 16:24 (eleven years ago) link
first i spilled coffee all over my shirt and then i saw this. hopefully these events are not portentous.
― have a sandwich or ice cream sandwich (Jordan), Tuesday, 6 November 2012 16:26 (eleven years ago) link
lame, that's a fun crossword
― congratulations (n/a), Tuesday, 6 November 2012 16:41 (eleven years ago) link
i sent an angry email about it. subject line - "angry email re: crossword cancellation".
― have a sandwich or ice cream sandwich (Jordan), Tuesday, 6 November 2012 16:42 (eleven years ago) link
new muller music meta today at least?
― these wilburys taste like wilburys (donna rouge), Tuesday, 6 November 2012 17:40 (eleven years ago) link
dammit. that's the only crossword that doesn't make me feel stupid. :(
― I have done bad. I love my pj's. (zachlyon), Tuesday, 6 November 2012 22:24 (eleven years ago) link
So now it's the AVCX and it will be pay to play.
― Do You Like POLL Music? (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 7 November 2012 22:16 (eleven years ago) link
is anyone doing this diagram-free puzzle via twitter by robin stears? i'm gonna try the most recent one out
― I have done bad. I love my pj's. (zachlyon), Friday, 9 November 2012 03:16 (eleven years ago) link
update: this is fun and hard! but i'm cheating as much as possible.
― I have done bad. I love my pj's. (zachlyon), Friday, 9 November 2012 05:42 (eleven years ago) link
i'm not usually much for non-american standard crossword puzzles but i think i should maybe start giving diagramless a shot
― GAY HIPSTER BATMAN ON HIS WAY TO A CIRCUIT PARTY (donna rouge), Friday, 9 November 2012 05:45 (eleven years ago) link
Handy link to Matt Gaffney's new site: xwordcontest.com
― Do You Like POLL Music? (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 9 November 2012 18:41 (eleven years ago) link
Which I guess has been out there for two months, but I often end up going to the old one first.
― Do You Like POLL Music? (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 9 November 2012 18:44 (eleven years ago) link
― 45 DOWN: "NYPD Blue" actor ____ Morales (R Baez), Thursday, November 8, 2012 7:00 PM (3 days ago)
― What Kind Of EOY POLL Do You Look Like Now? (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 11 November 2012 21:10 (eleven years ago) link
So kickstarter now for ACVX/Onion puzzle: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/403421588/the-american-values-club-crossword
Did you guys get the pmx meta?
― What Kind Of EOY POLL Do You Look Like Now? (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 12 November 2012 17:31 (eleven years ago) link
i haven't :(
― GAY HIPSTER BATMAN ON HIS WAY TO A CIRCUIT PARTY (donna rouge), Monday, 12 November 2012 17:33 (eleven years ago) link
pmx meta isn't too hard
― I have done bad. I love my pj's. (zachlyon), Tuesday, 13 November 2012 03:30 (eleven years ago) link
ugh, JUST got it and the deadline passed
― GAY HIPSTER BATMAN ON HIS WAY TO A CIRCUIT PARTY (donna rouge), Tuesday, 13 November 2012 08:22 (eleven years ago) link
Probably jinxing myself by telling you guys but I haven't missed a single one of those pmx metas.
― What Kind Of EOY POLL Do You Look Like Now? (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 14 November 2012 00:02 (eleven years ago) link
anyone figured out the gaffney meta? i've whittled it down to two possibilities but i'm pretty sure they're both wrong
― I have done bad. I love my pj's. (zachlyon), Sunday, 18 November 2012 13:55 (eleven years ago) link
Had an idea on Friday but forgot to send it in. Just did so now but don't know if he is up and checking them yet
― Listicle Vogue (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 18 November 2012 14:26 (eleven years ago) link
Nope. I didn't get it.
― Listicle Vogue (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 18 November 2012 15:26 (eleven years ago) link
The thing about metas is, you feel pretty good if you can get them quickly but if you don't, how much effort should you put in and even then is it productive? Sometimes you can wrack your brain, go up, down and sideways through the grid and google up a storm but still not get anywhere. It's not like, say, a cryptic clue, where you can either go about it a little systematically and check for the different types of clue or you can simply mull it over and your subconscious eventually serves up the answer.
― Listicle Vogue (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 18 November 2012 15:33 (eleven years ago) link
yeah, but i actually have a streak going (on two ridiculously easy ones) and this one seems like it should be gettable
― I have done bad. I love my pj's. (zachlyon), Sunday, 18 November 2012 16:24 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah, I had the same streak of two but it's all over now. Good luck.
― Listicle Vogue (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 18 November 2012 16:51 (eleven years ago) link
Hm. If you look at the earliest meta puzzles he put out, you see something like 50 people get the correct solution where you might see 200 today. So either a lot more people are doing them or people got better over the course of four years
― Listicle Vogue (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 19 November 2012 00:30 (eleven years ago) link
Thought the arches were GATES, but I knew I was missing something
― Listicle Vogue (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 20 November 2012 22:05 (eleven years ago) link
what arches?
― I have done bad. I love my pj's. (zachlyon), Tuesday, 20 November 2012 22:09 (eleven years ago) link
The ones in Paris and St. Louis and London I think.
― Listicle Vogue (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 20 November 2012 22:13 (eleven years ago) link
ooooooh. you gotta look at the asterisked clues
― I have done bad. I love my pj's. (zachlyon), Tuesday, 20 November 2012 22:29 (eleven years ago) link
Reminiscent of the HOP ON POP gimmick of a few weeks ago.
Saw there were asterisks on Friday then put the puzzle down and forgot about them when I looked again on Monday to think about the meta. Wonder how many of these I will have to do before I can make it through a month?
― Listicle Vogue (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 20 November 2012 23:20 (eleven years ago) link
tbh i connected the asterisks and the theme entries asap and it was still hard as hell bc i had never heard "oracle of omaha" before, and i don't think it's really that common a nickname
my two other possibilities were howard hamm (cause he's an oilman of oklahoma, you see) and oprah
― I have done bad. I love my pj's. (zachlyon), Wednesday, 21 November 2012 00:00 (eleven years ago) link
So I guess if I am going to continue doing these I'd like to start when everybody else does and get the puzzle on puzzlesocial on Thursday night. But puzzlesocial website just says "New Puzzle Social website coming soon," Facebook app is a pig and I couldn't find this puzzle anyway, although maybe it is the one that says "AV Club, Matt Gaffney, Hard" /disgruntled_moronic_amazon_reviewer
― When Blecch Friday Comes (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 23 November 2012 15:48 (eleven years ago) link
Also, labeled "A humorous daily puzzle by today's top constructors" or something like that. But I just clicked and it is in fact Matt's Meta.
― When Blecch Friday Comes (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 23 November 2012 15:50 (eleven years ago) link
And then clicked the print icon for the pdf so I don't have to deal with the solver app.
― When Blecch Friday Comes (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 23 November 2012 15:54 (eleven years ago) link
Sorry "the nation's top indie constructors"
― When Blecch Friday Comes (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 23 November 2012 15:55 (eleven years ago) link
But he just sent it anyway. Puzzle is easy, no clue about the meta.
― When Blecch Friday Comes (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 23 November 2012 16:28 (eleven years ago) link
and still no clue. This one seems to be hard. Leader board has only fourteen correct answers so far. Usually it is about eighty by one pm.
― When Blecch Friday Comes (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 24 November 2012 02:43 (eleven years ago) link
OK, some bigtime solvers DNF on this one.
― Roadside Prisunic (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 27 November 2012 17:28 (eleven years ago) link
Also, toyed with PMX First Words of Songs Theme Construction Contest but it really seems to be quite a bit of work- no wonder he wasn't able to do it himself.
― Roadside Prisunic (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 27 November 2012 17:31 (eleven years ago) link
**SPOILER ALERT**So, for future reference, in this week's MGWCC you had to take part of each theme answer, anagram it to a classical composer, then take the first letters of those composers names to get another composer. Some sixty-odd people got it right.
― Roadside Prisunic (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 28 November 2012 19:37 (eleven years ago) link