6802. Anonymous (nat78.mia.three.co.uk) –
26 Mar 2008 11:17:11
[ DBZNN ]
I dont know what people are talking about...
BUT im doing homework!!!
how boreing
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6800. mike kenny (146-115-26-58.c3-0.abr-ubr1.sbo-abr.ma.cable.rcn.com) –
25 Mar 2008 17:41:06
[ Up-to-date: Album-a-day ]
i've heard of a study that suggested that what is popular is somewhat unpredictable. a song that is popular in one group would not end up being popular in another group. iirc, there was some kind of social element to why music got popular--like if your friend liked a song, you'd be more likely to like it too. there was then, i think, a sort of network effect--the more people liked a song, the more there's an incentive to you to like the song, so you can connect with lots of others who have similar tastes. it's no fun being the only guy into polka...or, uh, so i'm told.
could be getting the facts wrong on the study, but that's what i recall. it sort of makes sense to me, because i look around and see no shortage of talent, but only a few artists become popular.
one thing i've contemplated is maybe people can only be into so many songs or bands at a time. i found i didn't really get into guided by voices until i had pretty much listened to as much pixies or pavement as i could handle (not because i didn't like the bands, but because i had pretty much heard all of it over and over). i could imagine getting into gbv rather than pavement in early college, if gbv had 'gotten there first', and then perhaps now i would be getting into pavement as gbv lost its luster.
is it possible 'theme from reb2' is likely one of the first songs someone might listen to if they were checking out the t7es collection, i wonder? |
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Yeah "Theme from reb2" is definitely one of my top 3 T7ES songs. |
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not just an indifference, but a lack of control over what is discovered, regardless... |
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yes, that's a neat idea having people rate songs on a future aad site. i like to make youtube videos and i've found that the ones that are popular tend to be ones i'm not so crazy about, and the ones i love don't always get a lot of views.
there's of course a tension--there's what you want to be appreciated for and what you are actually appreciated for by other people. i think the more auteur-ish artists will not be crazy about being popular or following what the fans like, because they're trying to stay true to an inner vision, whereas the 'soulless sell outs' will make artistic decisions the way an entrepreneur might.
those are extremes really though, and don't emphasize the discovery element i suppose (usually i think of auteurs as visionaries rather than discoverers, but i suppose discoverers could have a similar indifference to popular opinion). |
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I agree: It is definitely an album-opener, much more so than official rules of baseball. I think the latter is just cleverer in a way that satisfies me. I dunno. Sometimes one of my songs that I think is fine/okay is inexplicably (to me) popular; the best example probably being the T7ES "Theme from reb2", which a number of people have independently pointed out as a favorite but I don't really get it. This is of some concern to me, because I feel like I ought to understand why my own songs are appealing if they are appealing, but at the same time it is not that surprising since to me making music feels more like discovery than invention.
I have many times thought that AAD futuresite should have the ability for people to rate songs and stuff like that, but I know better than to suggest that it's really coming, given my track record recently. =) |
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6794. mike kenny (146-115-26-58.c3-0.abr-ubr1.sbo-abr.ma.cable.rcn.com) –
24 Mar 2008 20:22:13
[ Up-to-date: Album-a-day ]
haha, yes, apologies on muffing the album title. that surprises me it doesn't stand out to you--the opening riff seems strong and different for you. there's an epic-ness to the song that makes it stand out to me, and its placement is perfect at the beginning of the album, IMO. i like a song like 'official rules of baseball' but it seems like a standard good tom 7 song :) , not something that leaps out at me. but i accept our different appraisals! i would put a starman next to good bike heaven i think ;) |
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Well, my methodology for heart-ing songs is not very careful. I do like that one (and am happy to hear that you do, too!), but I don't feel like it particularly stands out on that album. I guess each listener can attach his/her own hearts and skulls.
Also, you must spell it as "Atari ST" or else the joke is lost! =) |
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i'm quite surprised you didn't 'heart' 'good bike heaven' on 'exile on atari street'! it's such an excellent song! |
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I think Adhesion means that I, Scrap Heap, should fear for my record. Right?
And heh, I don't try to listen to all my music. I just enjoy the fact that I can shuffle and hear something totally different and new.
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Thanks trousers! If you want to marry me you gotta get a ring or something. |
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Damn, I have like a year's worth of AADs I have to submit now. Needless to say, you should fear for your record.
Also, I commend you for attempting ListenQuest again. I've been basically trying to listen to all the music on my hard drive for like a year and a half and I've barely made a dent in it. It is some brutal work, my friend. |
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6782. ---Darrin Ailes (two time AAD writer,... (cpe-75-185-22-249.columbus.res.rr.com) –
23 Mar 2008 21:07:28
[ Up-to-date: Album-a-day ]
Yay! I was wondering what was going on when you didn't even update the AAD page when you completed your last AAD... um...a buot a year ago. Looks like I have some work ahead of me.
I understand the 'listen through' thing. Currently, I'm in the process of listening to all my MP3 CDs. I had a spindle of about 100 CDs that I started with. That took me approximately a year to get through, listening to anywhere between 4 to 8 hours a day at work. My current count stands at: Songs: 12511 Time : 801h 05m 07s
I've done the same thing with my CDs (~1000) and cassettes (~700). Both took me about a year. At one point I had listened to all of my LPs (~500 - 600) and 45s (I have no idea... probably in the ear of ~700) but not 78s. I don't know how long that took other than 'years'.
P.S. Congrats on finishing up your paper. Well done laddy! |
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Wow!! all these songs are amazing! I love them so much. I do not have a favorite or a least favorite i adore them all equaly. Marry me. |
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I will update forever. Please enqueue them, if you like. |
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6771. Hopeful Matt (ceaug2.public.lib.ga.us) –
22 Mar 2008 16:58:47
[ BAD SAT SCORES ]
Okay, I'm really starting to buckle down and search for colleges I'm a high school Junior and my GPA is like a 3.4 or 3.5 and I'm in loads of extracurricular stuff. Spanish Club, Media Center Club, Drama Club, National Honor Society, National English Honor Society, Prom Committee and Yearbook Staff (which I'll be the editor of next year). On top of all that I volunteer with our local Red Cross Youth Board (Executive Committee) and some how I manage all this with a part time job. I recently took the SAT and recieved a 1730 (pretty mediocre, I know) Critical Reading: 570, Math: 570, Writing: 590. So I was wondering if NYU would even give my application a second glance? |
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Oh shit. I recorded several new ones which I didn't submit because I thought you would never update the website again.
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6768. Anonymous (adsl-68-127-150-9.dsl.pltn13.pacbell.net) –
21 Mar 2008 18:02:19
[ BAD SAT SCORES ]
Person who got 1600, the national average is 1500, so depending on what college u want to go to, your score might be ok :) |
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6767. feeling down :( (adsl-68-127-150-9.dsl.pltn13.pacbell.net) –
21 Mar 2008 18:00:15
[ BAD SAT SCORES ]
Ok. so I got 2000 on the SAT's
Crit. Reading: 570
Math: 720
Writing: 710
Honestly, I was so happy about my score when i saw it, I nearly pissed my pants because I thought I could finally go to the school I wanted. But then I went to school and all my genius asian friends said that because they got 1960, they bombed and would never get into college. Even 2 ppl who got OVER 2100 said their scores weren't good enough and that their going to take it again.
I want to go to UC Berkeley and major in astrophysics. HELP. Honestly, if I only have an unweighted GPA of 3.714, can I get in with a 2000? I appreciate any response. Thanks guys. |
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my crotch has strange sores growing on it. |
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I love it with the clouds! Can't wait for open mike nights :) I bet you guys are sick and ridiculous. |
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6758. Tom 7 (h-66-167-56-84.phlapafg.dynamic.covad.net) –
12 Mar 2008 22:11:04
[ Open letters ]
Sorry for ruining the government again, Josh. |
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6757. danastev924@aol.com (cache-dtc-ag07.proxy.aol.com) –
12 Mar 2008 12:56:58
[ UPD: Escape Beta 3 ]
ok...still haven't got anyone to help yet....but I'm up to 639/943 in 6 weeks solved myself.... |
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6753. Anonymous (c-98-193-190-140.hsd1.tn.comcast.net) –
11 Mar 2008 00:43:27
[ Things I don't like ]
I wholeheartedly concur (about bike clothes, not one-item lists, which are just fine). But the biking crowd wears them voluntarily, and there are no competing non-absurd styles, so one might argue that the bikers deserve to look as ridiculous as they do. |
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6751. Josh (cache5.nccr.epa.gov) –
10 Mar 2008 16:20:54
[ Open letters ]
Dear Tom,
Your open letters made me laugh out loud so much at work that it caused my coworkers to inquire what was so funny. This laughter destroyed the delicate illusion that I am working when I'm sitting in my cubicle. Fortunately my boss is not in the room, so the possibility of personal consequences is remote. However, my coworkers are now likely to feel more comfortable goofing off in their own cubicles, and a spiraling decline in productivity in the entire federal government is likely to commence. Thanks a lot.
Somewhat sincerely yours,
Josh |
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