Random Music Talk LXXXVI: SCUBA Is Reporting for Duty

[iron yuppie]

 

[Imperor]

Do we know you well enough? Post your real name so I can google you

I'm in the privileged position of being the fourth of my name, so good luck finding my racketeering and whoremongering convictions.

 

[Imperor]

How Old Are Your Ears? (Hearing Test) - YouTube

It was a mistake to only start wearing earplugs to shows in my mid twenties.

 

[bono_212]

Steve's been suspended before and responded to plenty of times.

Saying "wait for the Purple wedding" or whatever it was is hardly a big time spoiler that warrants the axe coming down. I even responded the first time he was spoiling shit in there.

So...

It wasn't the content of the spoiler, but the clear disregard for other poster's requests.

 

[Imperor]

Honestly, on the GoT front, I wasn't calling for blood. I just wanted the post removed. Personal attacks are obviously more bannable or suspendable offenses, but as a wise man once said, there's no cure for being a cunt.

 

[Diemen]

Do we know you well enough? Post your real name so I can google you

 

[IWasBored]

How Old Are Your Ears? (Hearing Test) - YouTube

It was a mistake to only start wearing earplugs to shows in my mid twenties.

Wait, why can't I hear the 40 or 50 yet I can hear the under 20?

 

[lazarus]

How Old Are Your Ears? (Hearing Test) - YouTube

It was a mistake to only start wearing earplugs to shows in my mid twenties.

I only wore them for a short spell in my late 20s, IIRC. But I don't go to as many shows as I used to.

My ears are still ringing from DV last night. Oh well.

 

[lazarus]

If this doesn't have you retro-crushing on Stevie all day, you might want to go looking for your soul:

STEVIE NICKS BACKSTAGE SINGING "WILD HEART" applying make-up - YouTube


Apparently her and the backup singer (who's also performing but you can't see her face) worked out this vocal earlier in the day.



EDIT: for some reason the audio isn't syncing withe the video when I play that embedded clip, but if you click on the external link it's fine.

 

[martha]

I only wore them for a short spell in my late 20s, IIRC. But I don't go to as many shows as I used to.

My ears are still ringing from DV last night. Oh well.

Wear them, no matter how many shows you go to.

/oldperson

 

[Diemen]

Wear them, no matter how many shows you go to.

/oldperson

This. It's easy to find cheap earplugs now that just cut the dB down without sacrificing quality, too. Etymotic makes a reusable pair for $15 that are great, but I'm pretty sure there are some throwaway ones that are pretty nice, too.

I wasn't always the best about bringing plugs, but now that my career depends on having good hearing, I'm extra cautious.

 

[martha]

I use the green PuraFits in the yellow package. I sleep with them too, because we live near freeways.

 

[bono_212]

It always amuses me when some who has apparently lurked on the site for 10+ years dramatically announces they are disgusted with the way this site is headed (as if it hasn't always been this way) and are making their departure.

I just don't know how I'm supposed to feel. You barely post... Bye I guess? Maybe if more people who think the site lacks a moral compass posted and helped steer conversation in a different direction, instead of just complaining all the time..?

 

[PhilsFan]

I have always had bad hearing, so I was surprised I could hear the one that said under 40.

 

[Danny Boy]

If this doesn't have you retro-crushing on Stevie all day, you might want to go looking for your soul:

The Buckingham Nicks album cover is enough for me.

 

[Jive Turkey]

The Buckingham Nicks album cover is enough for me.

I thought the same thing when I read Laz's post

 

[martha]

It always amuses me when some who has apparently lurked on the site for 10+ years dramatically announces they are disgusted with the way this site is headed (as if it hasn't always been this way) and are making their departure.

I just don't know how I'm supposed to feel. You barely post... Bye I guess? Maybe if more people who think the site lacks a moral compass posted and helped steer conversation in a different direction, instead of just complaining all the time..?

Dramatic leave-takings are never a good idea. They always come back. It's the ones who just quietly disappear who don't come back.

 

[iron yuppie]

It always amuses me when some who has apparently lurked on the site for 10+ years dramatically announces they are disgusted with the way this site is headed (as if it hasn't always been this way) and are making their departure.

I just don't know how I'm supposed to feel. You barely post... Bye I guess? Maybe if more people who think the site lacks a moral compass posted and helped steer conversation in a different direction, instead of just complaining all the time..?

The person likely just felt a need to contribute to that thread's melodrama quota for the day.

 

[lazarus]

If I decided to leave, I'd go out with more excitement than lame finger-wagging:


grim reaper - see you in hell - YouTube

 

[Jive Turkey]

My favourite sentiment from the latest of that thread is "we need more mods. We can't be trusted"

 

[martha]

Mofo: Apparently No Age has a new album coming out next week.

An Object

I'm listening now; so far it sounds unlike their last album, which is a good thing.
First Listen: No Age, 'An Object' : NPR

 

[djerdap]

My favourite sentiment from the latest of that thread is "we need more mods. We can't be trusted"

The most annoying and arguably the most melodramatic one is the same one who quite recently went berserk over a supposed sexist remark, which was a silly joke if I ever saw one. I find her/his lecturing very ironic because of that.

 

[Diemen]

The most annoying and arguably the most melodramatic one is the same one who quite recently went berserk over a supposed sexist remark, which was a silly joke if I ever saw one. I find her/his lecturing very ironic because of that.

Wouldn't it stand to reason that if someone finds certain jokes offensive, then she might also think the overall tone is bad and that people need to self police more?

And really, general complaints about stuff is fine, but posting critiques of specific people is a bit much.

 

[martha]

And to complain about "sexualizing" when you're a Pleba regular was nice and ironic.

 

[cobl04]

CHARLlE BROWN X THE SMITHS

This charming charlie

 

[iron yuppie]

New Cults track:

Listen: Cults: "I Can Hardly Make You Mine" | News | Pitchfork

Looks like they are picking up right where they left off.

 

[cobl04]

swooncore

 

[iron yuppie]

CHARLlE BROWN X THE SMITHS

This charming charlie

Oh and this is all kinds of awesome.

 

[Hewson]

OK, morbid curiosity just forced me to read the Shawn/steved stuff...wow.

 

[HeartlandGirl]

^Same. I feel like my IQ just dropped about 20 points.