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Zer0 08-01-2017 05:00 PM

Should we stop calling online services where people can post and discuss topics "forums"?

A forum should only be a public meeting place for open discussion.

Frownland 08-01-2017 05:01 PM

Don't even get me started on those goddamned "bathrooms" that don't have bathtubs.

Chula Vista 08-01-2017 05:07 PM

Hook, line, and sinker....... :rofl:

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The Batlord 08-01-2017 05:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Zer0 (Post 1861409)
Should we stop calling online services where people can post and discuss topics "forums"?

A forum should only be a public meeting place for open discussion.

If so then I'm out, bros. There are many of you who would be tedious in public. Not naming any names but you know who you are.

OccultHawk 08-01-2017 05:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Chula Vista (Post 1861327)
Total old man rant. Humor me as a guy who once owned about 500 vinyl albums back when there were no other formats available.

I'm going to go start recording my next album. Stay tuned.

500 is a benchmark number. I think the protagonist in the Hornby novel mentioned the number 500 as being a minimum for a serious music collector. I never even listen to my vinyl any more but I still have over 1000 records. It probably maxed out at 2000 (including singles) but tons of it was stolen living in a hippy houses.

I still call digital releases albums, records, and singles. My phone is the only medium I listen to anymore. It's not sound; it's convenience. I don't even have to get out of bed.

Frownland 08-01-2017 05:12 PM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord (Post 1861425)
If so then I'm out, bros. There are many of you who would be tedious in public. Not naming any names but you know who you are.

No I don't.

The Batlord 08-01-2017 05:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Frownland (Post 1861427)
No I don't.

It would be fun to make fun of your music in person and I want to see Chula cold cock you with his old man jab, so you can come.

Janszoon 08-01-2017 05:18 PM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord (Post 1861431)
I want to see Chula cold cock you with his old man jab, so you can come.

Hot.

Mindfulness 08-01-2017 05:19 PM

some people call them files

The Batlord 08-01-2017 05:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Janszoon (Post 1861434)
Hot.

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Trollheart 08-01-2017 05:22 PM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord (Post 1861425)
If so then I'm out, bros. There are many of you who would be tedious in public. Not naming any names but you know who you are.

Yes. yes we do.
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Originally Posted by OccultHawk (Post 1861426)
500 is a benchmark number. I think the protagonist in the Hornby novel mentioned the number 500 as being a minimum for a serious music collector. I never even listen to my vinyl any more but I still have over 1000 records. It probably maxed out at 2000 (including singles) but tons of it was stolen living in a hippy houses.

I still call digital releases albums, records, and singles. My phone is the only medium I listen to anymore. It's not sound; it's convenience. I don't even have to get out of bed.

A novel about trains, huh? :laughing:

I think I got up to just over 400 albums before CDs became a thing, and you had to basically buy your whole record collection over again.

Janszoon 08-01-2017 05:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Mindfulness (Post 1861437)
some people call them files

They need to stop. Files are collections of paper inside folders, real manilla folders.

Ol’ Qwerty Bastard 08-01-2017 05:30 PM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord (Post 1861425)
If so then I'm out, bros. There are many of you who would be tedious in public. Not naming any names but you know who you are.

i'm actually more obnoxious irl if you can believe it

Mondo Bungle 08-01-2017 05:36 PM

I assumed that about every person

The Batlord 08-01-2017 05:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Qwertyy (Post 1861443)
i'm actually more obnoxious irl if you can believe it

That might actually make me like you tho. People who aren't obnoxious are the worst kind of people. And just imagine if you couldn't ignore me and I was just right there with you for a prolonged amount of time. You wouldn't believe the amount of people I can piss off without even trying. Or you would. Probably.

Trollheart 08-01-2017 05:41 PM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord (Post 1861450)
That might actually make me like you tho. People who aren't obnoxious are the worst kind of people. And just imagine if you couldn't ignore me and I was just right there with you for a prolonged amount of time. You wouldn't believe the amount of people I can piss off without even trying. Or you would. Probably.

All weapons will be confiscated as a precaution.

Mondo Bungle 08-01-2017 05:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Trollheart (Post 1861453)
All weapons will be confiscated as a precaution.

Leavin it up to pure fists of brutality, that's a cooler way to go

Trollheart 08-01-2017 05:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Mondo Bungle (Post 1861455)
Leavin it up to pure fists of brutality, that's a cooler way to go

Well, Batty would have the weight advantage....

The Batlord 08-01-2017 05:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Trollheart (Post 1861460)
Well, Batty would have the weight advantage....

I will strangle you with your mom jeans while you struggle in your tighty whiteys.

Mondo Bungle 08-01-2017 05:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Trollheart (Post 1861460)
Well, Batty would have the weight advantage....

Everyone would have every advantage over me except bitchness

Trollheart 08-01-2017 07:16 PM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord (Post 1861464)
I will strangle you with your mom jeans while you struggle in your tighty whiteys.

I weigh nine stone (126 lbs): you'd have no trouble dumping the body. Stuff it into a dumpster, they wouldn't even notice.

Mondo Bungle 08-01-2017 07:34 PM

I almost weigh that much

The Batlord 08-01-2017 07:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Trollheart (Post 1861514)
I weigh nine stone (126 lbs): you'd have no trouble dumping the body. Stuff it into a dumpster, they wouldn't even notice.

I literally weigh over twice as much as you do. You're a ballerina!

Mondo Bungle 08-01-2017 07:53 PM

But what about mp3s on my iPod

Frownland 08-01-2017 07:54 PM

What about mp3s that were put on vinyl?

Trollheart 08-01-2017 07:55 PM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord (Post 1861525)
I literally weight over twice as much as you do. You're a ballerina!

Or you're just a fat ****. ;)

Janszoon 08-01-2017 07:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Frownland (Post 1861528)
What about mp3s that were put on vinyl?

What about MP3 rips of vinyl that are on the internet?

The Batlord 08-01-2017 07:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Trollheart (Post 1861529)
Or you're just a fat ****. ;)

I am the perfect weight necessary to be awesome.

Mondo Bungle 08-01-2017 07:56 PM

What about the digital files that make up all CDs

Trollheart 08-01-2017 07:57 PM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord (Post 1861531)
I am the perfect weight necessary to be awesome.

Jesus wants you for a sunbeam.

The Batlord 08-01-2017 08:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Trollheart (Post 1861533)
Jesus wants you for a sunbeam.

My boss's gay friend thinks I'm cute, so eat melted tundra shit.

Trollheart 08-01-2017 08:20 PM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord (Post 1861539)
My boss's gay friend thinks I'm cute, so eat melted tundra shit.

Chubby chaser?
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The Batlord 08-01-2017 08:27 PM

Would have to be.

Frownland 08-01-2017 08:31 PM

And what about printouts of soundwaves inserted into a blank booklet that one could save for the future? Would that be an album?

Mondo Bungle 08-01-2017 08:41 PM

That's actually the first definition of the word album

Aloysius 08-01-2017 09:32 PM

I guess the difference is how high the barrier to entry is. In the 70s you needed a lot of cash or record company backing, now anyone can do it. However the high barrier to entry in the past didn't stop plenty of **** music coming out.

Buckethead is an interesting case - putting out an album every day at one point. He prefers not to call them albums, using the term 'pike'. And lots of people put out something every couple of weeks. I have no qualms about the medium of internet only releases, but I do think many of these people over release. Why not record just as much stuff at home, then release only their best of their best once a year or so?

Neapolitan 08-01-2017 09:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Chula Vista (Post 1861311)
We need to come up with a new term for internet based song collections other than "album". Albums should only be a physical object made from vinyl.

IMO.

Too convenient for anyone to download a bunch of samples, some cheap recording software, and then cobble together a bunch of stuff into a dozen songs on a site like bandcamp and then announce "I just released my new album".

Great for the ego, not so great for the legacy of real albums.

IMO.

YMMV.

No we don't. An album is just a collection of things, like a photo-album. Should we stop call photo-albums "albums" cause it confuses the **** out of you? :confused:

Dylstew 08-01-2017 11:53 PM

Chula, are you trolling us?

Stephen 08-02-2017 02:06 AM

Do digital albums have a b-side?

Spectralmusic 08-02-2017 04:39 AM

Bands these days record their music in a studio.....a studio!!!! :mad: and put it on a vinyl record to sell it. They don't use notation paper it and publish it like we used to back in the day, what is this world coming to?


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