martha
Blue Crack Supplier
I honestly wish that entire thread would get closed down and not allowed to come back, as it detracts far too much from actual conversation going on in the normal threads. Most people don't want to venture into the random thread, myself included a lot of the time, and thus never see if there's a mention of an actual band they like. It's incredibly lazy, people go post things there when there's a thread about the band one or two pages back. It causes a massive lack of discussion between regulars and not-so-regulars, and makes casual posters feel even less included. It does nothing but make the entire rest of Bang and Clatter feel dead. Random "music" or "movie" threads are completely unnecessary if that entire section of the forum is dedicated specifically to music or movies.
I kind of like the randomness of the random music thread when it's actually about random music. When the same band is discussed for several posts due to laziness, it does get annoying, but a post or two about a band, then moving on is fine.
I do think they're going to get shut down now that they're just chatting.