It's good because I'll always have someone to talk to. :D

Nah, I do my best to stay out of vicious arguments. I'm glad you have a good opinion of biologists...we all just want to be loved.

Thanksss you so much! :D

keyboard angsty is what i say when people seem to be really angsty and opinionated over the internet, behind the safety of their keyboard, but something tells me they wouldn't be the same in real life.

i'm not saying this in a malicious way, i don't even know you, and i'm probably a bad judge of character. but yeah, it's just what i think.

i'm trying not to be a negative nigel, i like you because you are a fan of the strokes.

I don't feel I'm very angsty, but I'm definitely not just keyboard opinionated :p: I'm the same way irl.

Oh she's most DEFINITELY the same all around.

:love:

I'd do one but the people I can think of I don't know terribly well, and the ones I do know are gone. This is a young mans game. I'm about to hit 6 years next month.

6 years spent in an internet forum is like 60 years spent in the real world.

I keep returning to Music Banter because members like NumberNineDream, Bulldog, James, Diesel Boy, Jackhammer, Right-Track and CellarTapes each have their own unique and idiosyncratic perspective on pop music that is both entertaining and informative.

I've made a few cranky dogmatic statements for their sheer annoyance value, yet I'm still treated with far more kindness than I really deserve by most MB members.

Music forums frequently attract the worst element of elitists, bully boys and trolls but the forum moderators at MB do a great job of maintaining a respectful atmosphere without behaving like the forum cops. The worst problem of many forums is the rude and authoritarian behavior of their own forum moderators.

I feel like we should do a new one for the newer members like Cunning Stunt etc.

I'm not a frequent poster, but there are many many people here I've observed to be so knowledgeable and gifted and colorful personalities too. My hat's off to all of you, as you are all worthy of praise.

There is one special person I've gotten to know, someone I admire a great deal and always will.

VEGANGELICA (Erica)...a very brave, brilliant, kind and respectful person. Takes a genuine and generous interest in others. Stands by what she believes in, but always in a tasteful and good-humored way. Always responsive and never fails to cheer everyone else on.

I like to think we are alike in our “motherly” ways, Erica. But I wish I were more like you in many other ways. I wish I were as brave, smart, and strong as you. How’s that for starters?

With (((love))), and thanks for your friendship,
Liz

Aww, thank you, Liz. :) That means a lot to me, because I admire *you* and value your opinion!

I'm always excited when I see you are logged on, or have been recently, because it means I can go "hang out" with you online a bit, let my guard down, and just have fun and enjoy the comradery. I hope you had a good trip, by the way!

I agree there are many wonderfully fun people we interact with here...and you are one of the people where I think if we could actually meet, we'd get on *very* well, not just because of our similar situation in life, but also because of our general disposition and outlook that I think would pull us together even though we have some differences.

I wonder though, reading your lovely description of me, if maybe you haven't read my...er...raunchy posts? ;) Or the posts where I'm feeling cantankerous and a bit pugnacious. And sometimes I worry some of the things I've said about religion, or the way I've said it, will hurt you...and I want to apologize if that is true.

I think sometimes I react negatively to religions because they have so often been used as a weapon to divide and hurt people (including me). I tend to feel some resentment against religions that are judgemental when to me there is little logical basis for the judgements, such as the idea of a god sending some people to hell and some to heaven. If I believed in a god like that, I would form a labor union and go on strike to try to get the god to change its ways! And if I were a god, all my children would go to heaven, of course. :)

That being said, I have friends in the non-computer world who are of all different religious beliefs (or lack thereof). What matters to me most is whether a person is willing to be open about talking and sharing her views, even if they are different from mine. I will talk about and discuss anything...and being able to have that level of openness with someone who also enjoys it is more important to me than whether we agree on everything. So, I am very happy I can include you among my friends! Thanks for *your* friendship, (((Liz)))!

Thanks so much, Erica -- I had a good trip, although I'm still a bit worn out from shuttling between relatives' homes in four cities and towns within a week.

Funny, I have never perceived your posts as "cantankerous" or "pugnacious" or "raunchy"! Have I missed something??! :laughing: So my description of you stands, despite your protestations. And please, there is NO need to apologize for the things you've posted about religion! I actually agree with many of your criticisms of religious orthodoxy and especially as to the concept of a "punishing God" who sends people to hell, etc. So believe me, if you were to form your anti-angry God union, I'd a card-carrying, dues-paying member. ;)

jackhammer - There are a lot of people on here with expansive taste in music, but in my opinion jackhammer wins by a longshot. He has a band or artist for every occasion you throw at him. He is willing to listen to recommendations he has never heard of. He has the taste in music I want to have.

Freebase - The quickest witted here. No other member's posts make me crack up as much as his.

mojopunk - An all around nice guy with a great taste in music. Easy to talk to and open to all kinds of stuff.

TheCunningStunt - Like I said, always on here. Also the most persistent music lover I've ever encountered. It is ok if progressive rock doesn't do anything for you, man...I promise, there are other people out there who don't like it.

AwwSugar - Haven't talked to her much recently, but I know she is out there. Really nice person and the most personable person on this forum. Person.

right-track - Feels like the dad of MB (though I have seen him tear into people he doesn't like...always entertaining).

Number9 - Has my favorite taste in music on here second only to jackhammer. It is different than mine, but she seems to know what she likes and goes for it. I respect that a lot, and I always check her lastfm when I'm in the mood for her taste and need something new.

Paloma - The most entertaining member here. I love when I see that she has posted in a thread, it usually turns out to be very interesting. Even if it is just her saying she hates a certain album, the way she says it cracks me up.

Vegangelica - I feel like she puts more thought and work into her posts than any other member here. Sometimes that results in more of a quick skim rather than an in depth read, but I still admire her mammoth posts.

CanWllCorfe - I'm not even sure if I got his name right there. I'll go with it, I think everyone knows who I am talking about. He wins the quirkiest taste in music award. Quirky in a good way, though. He really knows his black metal and ambient electronic. I love atmosphere in my music, and he often knows just the artist to look into.

Zero1986 - According to his lastfm, he loves shoegaze as much as I do. That is good.

boo boo - I feel he is often the victim of the toneless text world we are trying to talk to each other in. Sometimes it is easy to infer a condescending tone even when none was there, and he picks up on it all the time. It does result in some pretty entertaining arguments, though. Part of the holy prog triumvirate.

tore - Second in the holy prog triumvirate and a fellow biologist. He produces some of the best discussion worthy non music threads out there.

Anteater - Third in the holy prog triumvirate. All I need is boo boo, tore, and Anteater and I don't think I will ever be short of prog in my life. They know their ****.

sidewinder - I don't know a whole lot about him, but my impression is working guy obsessed with music. I myself have a job where I am able to listen to tons of music, and I think he is the same way.

Janszoon - I feel like our tastes in music are tangential to each other, but not quite compatible. He seems to enjoy some of my recommendations and I enjoy some of his, but there are quite a few areas we don't agree in. This is a good thing though, I enjoy talking to him.

Urban Hatemonger - His comments can get old, but for some reason I always feel like I should be working for his respect. A response about an album I've been liking one way or the other can make or break my day. It's weird.

I'll get to the rest of you later. Unless I don't like you. Then you know....

I really don't mind any of you. I get along kinda-sorta well with all of you. sure, i've gotten into arguments but nobody's perfect. i guess I'm just a little too nice to be mean to any of you guys.

now somebody do me!

I always knew there was someone stalking my LastFM account.
I like your unexpected comments on my wall there, from time to time. :D

Aww, you're a sweet person, really. A person like you really makes a person like me smile. Person.

:love: But really, thank you! [=

Kayleigh - I ****ing love love love her and she should never ever go on holiday ever again unless it's to visit me. That way I won't have separation anxiety.

Kayleigh - seems nice enough. also seems like she is here more for the community aspect and much less about the music.

Kayleigh - She's purtty and one of the only fellow Electronica fans here on MB! :D

Thanks! :D Quirky taste award? That sounds pretty much perfect.

Cheers man. You arent such a newbie anymore but i remember thinking you were one of the better ones even when you were one.

You are however member #Godknowshowmany to think my name is mojopunk. Thats right, look at it closely. :p:

Thats it, i think i should PM Yac...

I honestly think you're all a bunch of blokes with too much time on your hands. Yes blokes cos I doubt half the girls are even girls.

And I also think you can't handle my level of intellectual stimuli and possibly all should be somewhere flipping burgers. ;)

Then again I hardly talk to any of you divs.

Well 'div' is the height of intellect where i'm from, thats for sure.

Apologies...I was trying to remember as many people as I could.

kayleigh - When she talks about music, she throws out some real gems of electronic music. Especially the clubbing kind, which is great for when I need that kind of music. She also has one of my favorite avatars in here.

Oh. My. God. My mind has just been blown. I can't look at things the same ever again.

Aww thanks!!! Glad to be entertaining....

Well I guess I'll do one of my own and try not to leave some people out lol


AwwSugar/Amandria - Amandria and I didn't get along well when I first joined, she had a bad impression of me and I had a bad impression of her, but we resolved that and she's definitely (obviously) one of my favorites on MB, because she's a really sweet girl, although she can be rather confrontational at times, her heart's in the right place and she's very fair on all subjects I bring up with her, which are usually my own issues and she always has nice things to say to people, and despite the fact we have rather different music tastes (besides Lady Gaga!) we get on like a damn fire.

NumberNineDream/Eleanor/Melissa - Eleanor was one of the first people to be nice to me on here, and we subsequently pet named each other due to our love of the Beatles. I think she's a wonderful girl, she reminds me of me in a lot of ways, I just wish she were a little more confident in herself, cause I think she's really amazing at a lot of things.

+81/Lucas - I love Lucas. He never has anything really bad to say about anyone and he's always there to listen to me when I have an issue. I love his witty commentary in the shoutbox, and he has excellent taste in punk rock, and Falco too.

Unchained Ballad/Hugo - I also love Hugo. He's got kind of a poncey manner but I think it really suits him, rather than being annoying as it would be for someone else. He's also someone who should be more confident in themselves, he's great. He's great fun in cam chats and is a good sport when I have a giggle at him for his pink shirts. He's also good for an ear when I want to bitch about something. I honestly didn't like him at first, until Bandteacher1 insulted him in the shoutbox inappropriately, and I felt it was very rude so I had to rip bandteacher a new asshole. He's a good looking kid too, with great tastes in post-punk.

Kayleigh/Fanny - I don't imagine anyone could dislike Fanny, she's definitely one of the sweetest people on MB. Our taste in music is definitely not compatible but it doesn't matter because we both love Skins and the Scheme, and I can talk in Scots with her (which is weird, being that I'm from Midwestern America). Definitely a favorite.


Anteater - Sometimes I think I hate this mother****er, but I think we just like winding each other up and bitching at each other. If we knew each other IRL we'd probably get on fine. He's an okay dude most times.



RVCA - I don't know much about this kid, he's pretty good looking, but he has some ****ty musical tastes (Linkin Park, rly?) I guess I'll wait till he posts more to really pass judgement on him, but he also seems like an okay dude besides that, I like him now.

Storymilo - I love Story, a lot. Story is so well adjusted for his age it's almost scary. He was one of the first people as well to be nice to me up in this bitch, and I'm glad he was, he's a great kid, very smart and has excellent book and music taste and handles it well when he used to get weird messages from me on drugs. Lulz.


James - James can sometimes come off as a pretentious ****weed, but he's really a sweet kid, he's always open to new music and being that that's something I can't understand, I quite admire him for it. He's really quite open to everything suggestions, and he's really good to talk to on all sorts of subjects, and he's Scottish so that's a plus too.


crash_override - He's a cool dude, I miss the times he was in the shoutbox because we'd have weird conversations about **** like cheese, and it was somehow very entertaining.

boo boo - yo chill the **** out, son. That's all I'm gonna say

duga - Duga surprised me with his friendliness, he's so damn cool, he should be a total ass but he's not. I admire that

TheCunningStunt/lol Michael - I quite like lol Michael, especially since he doesn't mind that I add an lol to his name every time I type it. He seems like a good kid, and mostly all of his posts entertain me.

Barnard17/Sam I kind of didn't like Sam at the beginning, but now I really like him, he seems so fun, I'd love to party with him, provided he didn't try to wear my dresss.....

Freebase Dali - Jeremy is so damn funny sometimes, I'll never forget the time I made him sing Fernando by Abba for me and he actually did it. Made my life.


tore - Tore to me, is like the really friendly Bill Nye the Science guy of MB

Glastonelle -
She's gorgeous and has great taste in mostly everything (especially dudes, holla)



bannister- Bannister is definitely my favorite n00b, she's got probably the best taste on here (only second to mine of course :thumb:)


more later, I promise

Great write up mah Prudence :D
If we ever meet, we better share a platter of Fattoush, and eat it with out hands. You were the first to tell the story of my clapping to the lightning, which was one awesome ice breaker story.

Hehe you arent the first to misread my name, to say the least!

I think i might actually change it.

I had that problem when I was Veridical Fiction. A lot of people called me Vertical Fiction or Verdical Fiction. Then I went and did the same thing to you. I felt so ashamed.

Mate, i've known for quite for some time now that most members have done that with my name.

If i do PM Yac I wont be completely changing my name, maybe just shortening it. I don't want to confuse anyone but it has reached a stage now where i just assume that every single person is reading my name incorrectly.

If it's all the same to you, I think MojoPunk is a pretty badass name.

If it's any consolation, I've never misread either of your names... and I guess no-one here listens to Jeff Buckley. I'm starting to think I should change my name to Sltzr :D

So it's been a while since I've done one of these, so I'll give it another whirligig to celebrate my return from existential hiatus.

Nonsubmissivewife - Cooks a lasagna that will make you wanna smack your mama for even thinking about selling you to the gypsies. Understands that Starbucks can be used as a motivational tool. Likes both Fat Freddie's Drop and Aretha Franklin. Has not played Scrabble with me yet. I'm disappointed.

Paloma - there is nothing quite as attractive as a young lady who could really give a **** what you think about them. Consequently, I usually find myself wanting to paint their toe nails while listening to Karen Carpenter sing Superstar. She loves (or strongly likes) John Irving novels. That's hot.

Sidewinder - It seems that the most engaged and intelligent posters on this forum are IDM fans. Is this coincidence? I don't know. Sidewinder is one of the few posters on here who's purpose for being here I never question. I'd love to see a journal from him.

Freebase Dali - First I though he was the best n00bs ever as Veridical Fiction, Then he got a little bit too rockstar-ish for my own ego to handle, and THEN he got modded and all was well in the world, and everything settled into place. As our resident devil-may-care audio techie I think his modship was an excellent decision and has really improved the overall quality of the place. I wish he got into talking a bit more about the music he likes, rather than the music he produces, which is probably even more awesome than what he listens to.

Janzoon - We were once going to be platonic life partners. We even went shopping for wedding china once in a dream that I had. Definitely has quite an extensive and well rounded appreciation for, and knowledge of GREAT (as opposed to the mediocre crap that most of y'all listen to) music. When I can make Janzoon lol or lmao, or :laughing:, it's definitely been a good day.

Boards of Canada - This kid has my attention. Another example of IDM fans being exceptionally articulate. I'm sorry, but how old are you? I have to ask. You look young, but you communicate yourself very modestly, thoughtfully, and intelligently, and I'm not even quite there yet.

Bulldog - Love the dude. I'm convinced he lives in a castle made of gumdrops in the clouds, but since I don't appear to really have any visible neighbors I have to remain quite skeptical of that. He has impeccable taste in music, most of which is not my cup of tea, but a lot of which thought was not, but came to find out through his many compelling journals and reviews that I actually do love some things which i thought i would never be able to get into. Somehow he has the ability to take chances on new music I might not otherwise think twice about listening to.

that's all for now... I shall return.

I'll grab the Scrabble board if you put on a pot of coffee....


And I totally agree with you about Janszoon. For some reason getting a :laughing: from him makes everything right with the world.


Edit: Oh, and thanks! :D

Why thank you, Satch!
And yea, I get the thing about the me not talking a lot about the music I like. I guess I just never felt like I had much to offer the people here by just being another person who likes this or that amongst a sea of this or that. But lately I'm thinking that's just an excuse for my laziness.
I really need to start a journal. I was actually going to do some music tonight, but since I have beer, I might just scrap that and do a journal. I think I've waited long enough to have plenty of material. lol...

Aw, thank you!
also, i'm fourteen but I was born in a family where everybody under the age of thirty has the face of a three year old.

Okay:

DaveyMoore:

An elitist assh*le with a stupid name. Inconsistent, who shows up every once in a while to overwrite and rave over pointless albums or other things considered cool by the hipster media. He's a sham and has no friends here, just people who think he's an okay writer. The definition of unwarranted self-importance. Is the kind of person who will never go far due to his obvious laziness(can't finish his lists for sh*t) and will probably kills himself when he's in his 30s or 40s when he realizes what a piece of sh*t he is.

Update time.

Urban Hatemonger: I can never really make my mind up about him, as a mod he does a good job of keeping the n00bs in check. He has interesting taste and while I disagree with him a whole lot he's gotten me into a lot of stuff. In the earlier days I thought he was just some guy who said things purely for shock value, Inow realise that's just how he is.

Right Track: He annoys me I have to admit, he's nice to people but sometimes he says things that can be mistaken for malice. That's a challenge all british people face I guess lol.

Tore: Agreed with Dayna he's totally the Bill Nye of MB. He's the most intelligent guy here, he's one of the nicest and his taste is supremely excellent. In the earlier days I found him a little robotic but he doesn't come off that way to me anymore. He's my favorite member of the forum.

Janszoon: He seems like a nice enough guy but he has this interrogation like method of arguing and sometimes gives off these self righteous vibes that I find annoying.

Jackhammer: Pretty cool guy, other than stuff we disagree about I don't really have a problem with his attitude. Except the time he infracted me for saying his avatar was unsightly, I still hold a grudge over that.

Paloma: She's great, she's funny and never boring to talk to. But she gets so incredibly defensive during an argument and I know I'm not one to talk. I also learned the hard way that I can't mess with her the way I mess with everybody else.

CunningStunt: I hate his british slang, I find him rather boring in his interests and he says a lot of really stupid sh*t, and he's not really feminist friendly either. He never gets fired up over anything though, he's a good sport and can take my abuse so props for that I guess.

Anteater: Great guy, I don't really know much about his opinions on stuff outside of music though, but he's very friendly to me, recommends music to me more often than anyone else.

NumberNineDream: Smart, funny and lovely. But I don't like how she's always talking down on her appearance and her gender. But she thinks the same of me I guess.

Vanilla: Love her, she's funny and not really uncomfortable about discussing anything, I wish more girls were like that.

Lateralus: Impossible to dislike really, she's one of the most passive and laid back members and I honestly don't even remember a lot of her posts that aren't feminist related. I mostly just talk to her on the shoutbox. She's been gone for a while I certainly hope she returns

Kayleigh: Don't really know her opinion on a lot of things but she's funny, charming and nice.

Gunnels: Pretty cool kid, always has great avatars.

Khreek: He's alright, but dammit he has some addiction to posting links, whenever I talk to him on AIM or Tokbox he's sending something every 5 seconds.

Vegangelica: I had some issues with her at first but I've warmed up to her, her political views are pretty different from mine but she's a fellow bald chick enthusiast and that's cool. I have accused her of being condescending to the other female members at times but I don't think she means harm really, she's a very polite and smart poster who is never arrogant and smug about her beliefs. She treats me with respect even though I'm a meat eating fan of smooth legs.

Big3: I don't get him, his method of phrasing is a mystery of science, it's a challenge trying to figure out what he's trying to say, and he's not particularly good at explaining why he likes or dislikes things and his taste in music seems copied and pasted from a Rolling Stone critic.

Cardboard: I really don't like him, I'm sorry. People tell him he's a genius but I think he's just pretentious beyond belief.

Satchmo: He's a Christian Solipsist I have no idea what that's all about. He has a pretty good sense of humor though.

OctaneHugo: He's an idiot. Decent taste. But he never says anything that isn't either stupid, painfully unfunny, mimicking other posters or just something completely useless. Or all of those things combined.

Adidasss: I used to find him pretty annoying (remember when he kept calling Iron Maiden a hair metal band?) but now he's not so bad.

Dali: A bright and funny guy.

Mr. Dave: He's not stupid but he's a self righteous, condescending toolbox.

Duga: I think he's like a super mega hippie but he's cool. Never one to turn down a recommendation.

Rickenbacker: I don't know much about him aside form his music taste, he likes some great stuff but he's starting to become a rather generic indie kid. He's alright, paloma is like his bff, maybe I'm a little jealous of him. Also when he's on tokbox I have to mute him, sorry dude.

GuitarBizarre: A total twat.

Monopinuk: He's cool I guess when he's not dissing swedish chicks.

Trace: Any Gentle Giant fan is cool with me. But he has pretty dubious taste in female tennis players.

Boards: She's sweet, hope she sticks around.

Baldy1388: This guy only contributes to like one thread, but it's one of my threads, and his contributions are very intelligent. My favorite noob.

Tumor: As of now she is my number one confidant. I can rant about anything and we can have an entertaining conversation about it. We're not musically compatable but that's ok, she's my favorite MB member to talk to on AIM. She's really funny and smart for her age. She puts herself down sometimes and cheering her up is satisfying. I think we had a rough start at first but now I think of all the MB members she is closest to a real friend.

Amandria: She like doesn't comment outside of a few threads it seems like but she's a great person to talk to on AIM, she's a great listener, and she's always giving advice, she should make a good therapist. I'm also making her my translator because she understands me very well even when I f*ck up my words and other people take it the wrong way.

I appear to be such, but I have no affiliation with or great love for Christianity as a religion. I would prefer to call myself an Ignostic Solipsist.

Haha, thanks to both of you! Checking this thread made me realize that I actually have a half-finished write up for this thread saved on my computer from over a year ago. I don't think I've ever posted any of it. I probably should.

*Makes mental note to stop defending boobs in the mod thread.*