Any reason why ILM is so quiet these days?

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welcome!

flopson otm of course, maybe we'll get some new posters who want to talk about musical content, or a guy who writes songs about trains.

sleeve, Tuesday, 11 April 2017 01:36 (seven years ago) link

dude ilm rules lately its all yessed and zepped out lol

kurt schwitterz, Tuesday, 11 April 2017 01:58 (seven years ago) link

I just started posting recently, too, after lurking for a while. I think I heard about this site from MetaFilter, although I don't remember for sure. I'm mainly looking for something to distract me from grad school.

obvious, Tuesday, 11 April 2017 19:47 (seven years ago) link

be forewarned, there are ilx threads i now remember more clearly than entire classes i took while getting my masters

long dark poptart of the rodeo (Doctor Casino), Tuesday, 11 April 2017 19:55 (seven years ago) link

ilx is more educational than most grad school classes, and your supervisor can't grope you and threaten to withhold your recommendation letters here

j., Tuesday, 11 April 2017 19:59 (seven years ago) link

"dude ilm rules lately its all yessed and zepped out lol"

yes

budo jeru, Tuesday, 11 April 2017 20:45 (seven years ago) link

been enjoying getting the zep out here lately

global tetrahedron, Tuesday, 11 April 2017 20:59 (seven years ago) link

"getting the led out" as they say on my local classic rock station after a back-to-back double shot of lz

budo jeru, Tuesday, 11 April 2017 21:28 (seven years ago) link

digging having some new posters lately, it's cool

marcos, Tuesday, 11 April 2017 21:29 (seven years ago) link

where?

Lebro v. Wade (Spottie), Tuesday, 11 April 2017 21:30 (seven years ago) link

idk just around, maybe they've been here a while and i hadn't noticed? just seems like some new names around

marcos, Tuesday, 11 April 2017 21:40 (seven years ago) link

maybe so. maybe just no one new on the rap/r&b threads i mostly live in.

Lebro v. Wade (Spottie), Tuesday, 11 April 2017 21:46 (seven years ago) link

some new names itt no?

Mordy, Tuesday, 11 April 2017 22:01 (seven years ago) link

si!

illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 11 April 2017 22:23 (seven years ago) link

im a new poster. i once vaguely tried rym, but hated how everyone seemed to have the same opinion

cloudbase_, Wednesday, 12 April 2017 05:28 (seven years ago) link

As someone who first read about ilx on 4chan's music board in late 2013, I am now certain I've assimilated here over the course of past years, to the point where I have generic ilx music taste and generic ilx opinions.

Lurking because my poor English and starstruck. Too young for this place, too (24).

hhoffman, Wednesday, 12 April 2017 11:35 (seven years ago) link

We were mostly twentysomethings, once

The Jams Manager (1992, Brickster) (El Tomboto), Wednesday, 12 April 2017 11:46 (seven years ago) link

As someone who first read about ilx on 4chan's music board

http://stream1.gifsoup.com/view/186710/kith-spit-take-o.gif

'it's is my life' - jon bovi (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 12 April 2017 12:07 (seven years ago) link

ilx: we reprogram 4channers

'it's is my life' - jon bovi (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 12 April 2017 12:08 (seven years ago) link

ITTs or gtfo

an uptempo Pop/Hip Hop mentality (imago), Wednesday, 12 April 2017 12:13 (seven years ago) link

ilx is more educational than most grad school classes, and your supervisor can't grope you and threaten to withhold your recommendation letters here

You can also mine the threads for quotes to use in academic papers:

https://books.google.com/books?id=ed9GAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA300&lpg=PA300&dq=president+keyes+i+love+music&source=bl&ots=5DnuAhuli2&sig=DB7JVVtRb3WdkLMY8wl3gf-qCiQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi_9cHP_uHKAhWD5BoKHT-5CtgQ6AEIQTAJ#v=onepage&q=president%20keyes%20i%20love%20music&f=false

duped and used by my worst Miss U (President Keyes), Wednesday, 12 April 2017 13:27 (seven years ago) link

I used to periodically post here over a decade ago, before I got into classical music, which is an itch ILM doesn't properly scratch. Now that I've reverted to a more omnivorous diet, this place has its charms. The metal threads in particular are incredibly helpful.

pomenitul, Wednesday, 12 April 2017 13:48 (seven years ago) link

lmao congrats President Keyes

flopson, Wednesday, 12 April 2017 13:54 (seven years ago) link

> Too young for this place, too (24).

nicely done senpai

r|t|c, Wednesday, 12 April 2017 14:21 (seven years ago) link

rather archly

j., Wednesday, 12 April 2017 14:37 (seven years ago) link

that's a good quote

briscall stool chart (wins), Wednesday, 12 April 2017 14:43 (seven years ago) link

I used to periodically post here over a decade ago, before I got into classical music, which is an itch ILM doesn't properly scratch. Now that I've reverted to a more omnivorous diet, this place has its charms. The metal threads in particular are incredibly helpful.

― pomenitul

i definitely am trying to work my way through "the canon" but it's difficult to talk about without sounding like a wanker. but i'm not "classical or nothing" like some folks get...

increasingly bonkers (rushomancy), Thursday, 13 April 2017 10:53 (seven years ago) link

ile is absolutely not as busy as ever, its nothing like as busy as ever

ilm was a bad idea and I'm.surprised it lasted this long

"see this music? it's shit"
"no its good"
"sound"

― irl lol (darraghmac), Thursday, 9 July 2015 00:25 (one year ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

virginity simple (darraghmac), Thursday, 13 April 2017 11:31 (seven years ago) link

ILM is an important safe space from people who don't like it.

nashwan, Thursday, 13 April 2017 12:15 (seven years ago) link

I've been visiting since 2001 and quite frankly don't notice a difference but maybe I've been more sporadic in attention compared to some other veterans.

Don't get concerned with volume, just contribute to quality. It's especially important now in the modern era where there are attacks on institutions and sensibilities that provide the fuel for this art that we all love.

yesca, Thursday, 13 April 2017 13:29 (seven years ago) link

I get more of a kick out of talking about music on the ILXOR Now Playing Facebook page these days

Well bissogled trotters (Michael B), Thursday, 13 April 2017 17:47 (seven years ago) link

ILM is an important safe space from people who don't like it.

Like darraghmac, you mean?

Punnet of the Grapes (Tom D.), Thursday, 13 April 2017 17:49 (seven years ago) link

Though he insists on showing up periodically to tell ILM how terrible it Is, like a drunk at the side of the road shaking his fist at passing cars.

Punnet of the Grapes (Tom D.), Thursday, 13 April 2017 17:52 (seven years ago) link

"It's especially important now in the modern era where there are attacks on institutions and sensibilities that provide the fuel for this art that we all love."

see various led zeppelin threads for the very worrying diminishment of music's greatest institution and the finely-tuned sensibilities of its four members who helped shaped the course of rock N roll, and indeed culture, for generations to come.

budo jeru, Thursday, 13 April 2017 18:54 (seven years ago) link

when ilm went pop it started resenting rockists' need to rationalize music tastes and as the new reigning queens make sure rock discourse is kept to a minimum

i n f i n i t y (∞), Thursday, 13 April 2017 19:25 (seven years ago) link

the 21 new answers on the Pink Floyd thread today are just gifs of wagging fingers

duped and used by my worst Miss U (President Keyes), Thursday, 13 April 2017 19:42 (seven years ago) link

https://youtu.be/kVjDllE2OcE

etc

illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 13 April 2017 19:48 (seven years ago) link

dont call it a comeback iirc

i n f i n i t y (∞), Thursday, 13 April 2017 20:15 (seven years ago) link

remember when rap and rock went hand in hand and were fighting the hegemony of pop

i n f i n i t y (∞), Thursday, 13 April 2017 20:17 (seven years ago) link

the judgment night era

duped and used by my worst Miss U (President Keyes), Thursday, 13 April 2017 20:19 (seven years ago) link

the 21 new answers on the Pink Floyd thread today are just gifs of wagging fingers

― duped and used by my worst Miss U (President Keyes)

bad puns, if you're wondering. the ultimate outcome of all music discussion when critical discourse becomes meaningless. i'm a little disappointed that y'all are bringing the floyd puns harder than my old school floyd homies, though.

increasingly bonkers (rushomancy), Thursday, 13 April 2017 22:39 (seven years ago) link

ILM could use more folks who write about Train.

Crazy Eddie & Jesus the Kid (Raymond Cummings), Thursday, 13 April 2017 22:41 (seven years ago) link

well, it's better than long discussions about hm, well, let's see, at what point did roger waters take over and pink floyd cease to become a "real band" i mean, yawn x1000

xpost

budo jeru, Thursday, 13 April 2017 22:52 (seven years ago) link

i think critical discourse becomes meaningless as soon as syd barrett left the band because that's the real pink floyd, dude

budo jeru, Thursday, 13 April 2017 22:53 (seven years ago) link

pink floyd rules

ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Thursday, 13 April 2017 23:02 (seven years ago) link

are these the faces of nu ilm

i n f i n i t y (∞), Thursday, 13 April 2017 23:08 (seven years ago) link

yeah i agree, if you're talking about pink floyd at all in 2017 it better be bad puns and discussions of shag-carpeted vans.

increasingly bonkers (rushomancy), Thursday, 13 April 2017 23:13 (seven years ago) link

Caring about Pink Floyd quite the provocative stance so maybe ILM is doing just fine

Choco Blavatsky (seandalai), Friday, 14 April 2017 01:05 (seven years ago) link

jethro tull rules

reggie (qualmsley), Friday, 14 April 2017 01:32 (seven years ago) link


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