I mean, maybe that sounds harsh, but you know, thinking about what kind of *audience* you want, and then backtracking to what kind of music you want to make... to me, that just seems ass backwards, and wrongheaded.
― masonic boom (kate), Tuesday, 15 August 2006 16:13 (seventeen years ago) link
― g00blar, Tuesday, 15 August 2006 16:16 (seventeen years ago) link
― pfunkboy (Kerr), Tuesday, 15 August 2006 16:17 (seventeen years ago) link
― Momus, Tuesday, 15 August 2006 16:17 (seventeen years ago) link
― masonic boom (kate), Tuesday, 15 August 2006 16:18 (seventeen years ago) link
― masonic boom (kate), Tuesday, 15 August 2006 16:19 (seventeen years ago) link
― g00blar, Tuesday, 15 August 2006 16:20 (seventeen years ago) link
(xpost = hullo watercooler people. I'm looking at last.fm and thinking about it)
― ailsa_xx (ailsa_xx), Tuesday, 15 August 2006 16:21 (seventeen years ago) link
― g00blar, Tuesday, 15 August 2006 16:22 (seventeen years ago) link
― g00blar, Tuesday, 15 August 2006 16:24 (seventeen years ago) link
― pfunkboy (Kerr), Tuesday, 15 August 2006 16:25 (seventeen years ago) link
And every now and then, I have a bit of a wobbly, but I have to kind of remind myself why I do make music. Because I go stark raving mad(der) if I don't. It's nice when more people listen to it, yes, I'll admit that (and it's probably really frustrating when you see you audience slipping away, or failing to form) - but the funny thing is, I think that people (music fans, whatever) are more attracted to your music when it *is* coming from your own Happy Buttons, that it's somehow just fresher, more energetic, more open, more honest, more... interesting.
And the funny thing is, the guys who invented the Crazy Frog were just f*cking about, trying to make the most annoying sound ever, for the sheer joy of it. Hence why its original name was "the annoying thing". Maybe that's not necessarily *musical* creativity, but it certainly fulfils the "push your own happy buttons first" criteria.
― masonic boom (kate), Tuesday, 15 August 2006 16:26 (seventeen years ago) link
Most exciting thing today = we bought a new fridge. Our old fridge has been kind of failing doing what it's meant to, so quick trip to Comet and, hurrah, cold food and drinks again.
I'm going to Edinburgh tomorrow to drink booze.
― ailsa_xx (ailsa_xx), Tuesday, 15 August 2006 16:28 (seventeen years ago) link
Onimo joined!
― pfunkboy (Kerr), Tuesday, 15 August 2006 16:44 (seventeen years ago) link
― masonic boom (kate), Tuesday, 15 August 2006 16:49 (seventeen years ago) link
― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Tuesday, 15 August 2006 16:59 (seventeen years ago) link
― masonic boom (kate), Tuesday, 15 August 2006 17:01 (seventeen years ago) link
He told me. I've told him about here. I'm sure he'll be along at some point to share your enthusiasm :-)
― ailsa_xx (ailsa_xx), Tuesday, 15 August 2006 17:12 (seventeen years ago) link
― pfunkboy (Kerr), Tuesday, 15 August 2006 17:19 (seventeen years ago) link
― I Am Curious (George) (Slight Return) (Rock Hardy), Tuesday, 15 August 2006 17:24 (seventeen years ago) link
― pfunkboy (Kerr), Tuesday, 15 August 2006 17:30 (seventeen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 15 August 2006 17:30 (seventeen years ago) link
― pfunkboy (Kerr), Tuesday, 15 August 2006 17:34 (seventeen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 15 August 2006 17:35 (seventeen years ago) link
― pfunkboy (Kerr), Tuesday, 15 August 2006 17:44 (seventeen years ago) link
No, it's another last.fm group - it's called "UK Watercooler".
― Forest Pines (ForestPines), Tuesday, 15 August 2006 17:59 (seventeen years ago) link
Oh heavens no. I just ripped the stuff I didn't listen to anymore. (Which was about, oh, a thousand CDs to start with.)
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 15 August 2006 18:12 (seventeen years ago) link
― pfunkboy (Kerr), Tuesday, 15 August 2006 18:17 (seventeen years ago) link
― Norman Phay (Pashmina), Tuesday, 15 August 2006 18:24 (seventeen years ago) link
― pfunkboy (Kerr), Tuesday, 15 August 2006 18:25 (seventeen years ago) link
― nklshs (nklshs), Tuesday, 15 August 2006 18:26 (seventeen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 15 August 2006 18:27 (seventeen years ago) link
― pfunkboy (Kerr), Tuesday, 15 August 2006 18:28 (seventeen years ago) link
― C J (C J), Tuesday, 15 August 2006 18:30 (seventeen years ago) link
Pfunk -- the latter.
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 15 August 2006 18:35 (seventeen years ago) link
― pfunkboy (Kerr), Tuesday, 15 August 2006 18:41 (seventeen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 15 August 2006 18:48 (seventeen years ago) link
― Gerry Watt (nu_onimo), Tuesday, 15 August 2006 18:51 (seventeen years ago) link
― C J (C J), Tuesday, 15 August 2006 18:55 (seventeen years ago) link
x-posts
― pfunkboy (Kerr), Tuesday, 15 August 2006 18:55 (seventeen years ago) link
I am listening to Can today, because I finally got my staff copy of Plan B and FMM had a big article about them.
― masonic boom (kate), Wednesday, 16 August 2006 09:56 (seventeen years ago) link
― pfunkboy (Kerr), Wednesday, 16 August 2006 10:02 (seventeen years ago) link
― masonic boom (kate), Friday, 18 August 2006 15:18 (seventeen years ago) link
― masonic boom (kate), Wednesday, 23 August 2006 13:51 (seventeen years ago) link
Tomorrow I am going to play with my new camera.
― much_aldo_about_nothing (much_aldo_about_nothing), Wednesday, 23 August 2006 14:08 (seventeen years ago) link
I've just got in trouble because my colleagues made me sing the American national anthem, out loud, because none of them could remember how it went (one of them thought it was Land Of Hope And Glory, ha ha). Oh, what hilarity.
― masonic boom (kate), Wednesday, 23 August 2006 14:18 (seventeen years ago) link
And the garage have just phoned to say I need to pick up my new car tomorrow.
― much_aldo_about_nothing (much_aldo_about_nothing), Wednesday, 23 August 2006 14:20 (seventeen years ago) link
I've got a new... errr... skirt.
― masonic boom (kate), Wednesday, 23 August 2006 14:25 (seventeen years ago) link
Old car literally falling to bits, ex-wife sells house and gives me the money I've been waiting on for SEVEN FUCKING YEARS, script writes itself.
― much_aldo_about_nothing (much_aldo_about_nothing), Wednesday, 23 August 2006 14:27 (seventeen years ago) link
― nu_onimo (nu_onimo), Wednesday, 23 August 2006 14:51 (seventeen years ago) link
It's very scary at first. Dare *made* me do it, I really wasn't going to, I was all "no, I can't skate!"
But honestly, it's a bit like riding a bike. It's not difficult, but there's a trick to it. It's all about balance. I was terrified I was just going to fall over, but Dare told me "if you feel like you're going to fall, bend your knees" and I did that every time, and seriously, I didn't fall once.
― masonic boom (kate), Wednesday, 13 December 2006 11:24 (seventeen years ago) link
― MarkH (MarkH), Wednesday, 13 December 2006 11:26 (seventeen years ago) link
― M Grout (Mark Grout), Wednesday, 13 December 2006 11:27 (seventeen years ago) link
We did this last year, Dawn and Alice were like giraffes on, well, ice skates. I was OK with Amber, we had a couple tumbles but it was OK.
― M Grout (Mark Grout), Wednesday, 13 December 2006 11:28 (seventeen years ago) link
Ice Capades - Skating In London!
I'm going to copy and paste and answer there.
― masonic boom (kate), Wednesday, 13 December 2006 11:29 (seventeen years ago) link
― Ed (dali), Wednesday, 13 December 2006 11:33 (seventeen years ago) link
Boiled eggs are pretty safe, you need to keep your protein levels up.
― masonic boom (kate), Wednesday, 13 December 2006 11:34 (seventeen years ago) link
― Ed (dali), Wednesday, 13 December 2006 11:38 (seventeen years ago) link
― Johnney B has zeros off the line (stigoftdumpilx), Wednesday, 13 December 2006 11:40 (seventeen years ago) link
― MarkH (MarkH), Wednesday, 13 December 2006 11:42 (seventeen years ago) link
― Almost Done Marking (g00blar), Wednesday, 13 December 2006 11:49 (seventeen years ago) link
What does that even mean?
― masonic boom (kate), Wednesday, 13 December 2006 11:50 (seventeen years ago) link
― g000blar (g00blar), Wednesday, 13 December 2006 11:53 (seventeen years ago) link
― MarkH (MarkH), Wednesday, 13 December 2006 11:55 (seventeen years ago) link
― M Grout (Mark Grout), Wednesday, 13 December 2006 11:57 (seventeen years ago) link
― Dr.C (Dr.C), Wednesday, 13 December 2006 11:58 (seventeen years ago) link
Unless of course they were actually trying to say that they beleive women are superior to men. (Only if you're an actuary, actualy.)
― masonic boom (kate), Wednesday, 13 December 2006 11:59 (seventeen years ago) link
Also, L@@K:
http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o125/wonderandlust/The%20Secret%20Machines/sm4.jpg
TSM are vampires!
1) drinking blood2) NO REFLECTION IN MIRROR!!!
― masonic boom (kate), Wednesday, 13 December 2006 12:00 (seventeen years ago) link
― Stop Me Before I Post Again (g00blar), Wednesday, 13 December 2006 12:01 (seventeen years ago) link
― masonic boom (kate), Wednesday, 13 December 2006 12:03 (seventeen years ago) link
― Seriously, I Shouldn't Be Doing This (g00blar), Wednesday, 13 December 2006 12:04 (seventeen years ago) link
"Hey there, you don't careBeautiful boy with the long brown hair..."
http://www.cs.uni.edu/~wallingf/blog-images/humor/find-x.jpg
I should set up some new users or something.
― masonic boom (kate), Wednesday, 13 December 2006 12:05 (seventeen years ago) link
xpost awesome.
― g000blar (g00blar), Wednesday, 13 December 2006 12:05 (seventeen years ago) link
You could just rename the skating thread to
Watercooler Sub Zero: Ice Capades
as it's all the same people and this thread is about a million posts too long.
― Blaze the Violet Flame (nu_onimo), Wednesday, 13 December 2006 12:05 (seventeen years ago) link
― masonic boom (kate), Wednesday, 13 December 2006 12:07 (seventeen years ago) link
::waves wand::
― masonic boom (kate), Wednesday, 13 December 2006 12:21 (seventeen years ago) link