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I recently responded to a blog posting, commenting that I didn't really like a band for such and such a reason. Instead of starting a critical discussion, a band member showed up and basically made me feel like an asshole for even suggesting that his band wan't so great.

Recalling the Final Fantasy He Poos Clouds thread (where band members/labelmates/labelstaff/the entire Toronto scene showed up to defend) I know this has happened on ILM - post links to the best!

― ddd (ddd), Wednesday, 31 May 2006 15:46 (nineteen years ago)

Momus vs. Pitchfork to thread

― Shakey Mo Collier (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 31 May 2006 15:51 (nineteen years ago)

A funny one is here:
"Out of touch and not afraid to admit it"

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Wednesday, 31 May 2006 16:03 (nineteen years ago)

not an ILM post, but I had a similar thing happen with a post to someone's blog. I said that a particular singer was in a great group and then afterwards, as far as my listening to a handful of albums and more singles released in the 80s, sucked big time in a just generally boring way. and that singer got in touch with me to subtly call me an ass. I stand by what I said though, I have not heard a good isabelle antena solo track and now I know she has too much free time on the internet.

― Dan Gr (certain), Wednesday, 31 May 2006 16:15 (nineteen years ago)

All "Marissa M. Punches the Universe" threads.

― The Jazz Guide to Penguins on Compact Disc (Rock Hardy), Wednesday, 31 May 2006 16:33 (nineteen years ago)

If only it happened on Dave Matthews Band thread (it didn't, did it?)

― scnnr drkly (scnnr drkly), Wednesday, 31 May 2006 16:40 (nineteen years ago)

@nt0n N3wc0mb3 has a disconserting habit of doing this...

― harmonic generator, haircuts are for losers (kate), Wednesday, 31 May 2006 16:41 (nineteen years ago)

The current drummer for Animotion showed up here:

in praise of: "obsession" by animotion

― darin (darin), Wednesday, 31 May 2006 18:06 (nineteen years ago)

Martin Moscrop on the A Certain Ratio thread was great.

― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Wednesday, 31 May 2006 19:07 (nineteen years ago)

John Navin of the Aluminum Group:
TS: Magnetic Fields vs. The Aluminum Group

― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 31 May 2006 19:23 (nineteen years ago)

Members of a certain Brooklyn freak-folk group certainly READ certain threads.

― Eppy (Eppy), Wednesday, 31 May 2006 19:30 (nineteen years ago)

The Ramones are dead, Eppy.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 31 May 2006 19:31 (nineteen years ago)

That was hilarious, Geir.

― Sundar (sundar), Wednesday, 31 May 2006 19:34 (nineteen years ago)

Hmmm, an interesting debate. What we're striving for with J5 is not to have "classic" or "dud" status but just create something that expresses our own love of music and if other people enjoy it, that's just a good bonus. J5 is not about hating the mainstream. I listen to Jay-Z and Dr.Dre but I like sugary candy too, and you can't put sugary candy in your body all the time that's why there's groups like The Roots Black-Eyed Peas Dilated Peoples Beat Junkies etc, and I hope we can give an alternative to the "playa" rap too. I think this is an interesting site and I look forward to reading the rest of it sometimes!

Zaakir

-- zaakir (s_zaaki...), January 22nd, 2002

― and what (ooo), Wednesday, 31 May 2006 19:34 (nineteen years ago)

as a personal friend and confidante of many of the z-list celebrities often debated on ILX, I assure you they've all read what you have to say, and hate you for it.

― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Wednesday, 31 May 2006 19:37 (nineteen years ago)

:-(

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 31 May 2006 19:38 (nineteen years ago)

The Aislers Set - C/D?

funny. i just found this thread. i just wanted to say to sean, yeah, i agree the record is so quiet. this is the first time anyone has ever mentioned it so i feel like responding. thing is mastering was a six week fucking nightmare (something that should only take an afternoon) and the vinyl pressing plant cut the masters way way too quiet. the cd is a bit better. the mastering muddied up the over all fidelity. filling up a lot of the space with this low-mid range tonality. dissapointing. but just one of the pitfalls of being a tiny band on a tiny label who press only a few thousand copies. they, the manufacturing plants, just dont care as much about the little labels. for example, we wanted to repress the first two records, as they are currently out of print, called up the plant to order more and they had thrown out the plates. they threw out all the small labels masters. fucked. anyway, back to the volume, they are not entirely to blame as i never use compression when im recording so if the bass is too big or the treble to buzzy the vinyl grooves would be too deep or too staticy so they just cut the overall volume to compensate. or the person mastering will cut those frequencies resulting in the aforementioned low mid garbage tone. thats plain bad mastering. anyway, my apologies to sean/everyone for it being too quiet. (it sounds beter to me when i turn the treble up on my stereo, but i usually listen to records that way.) as for it being snoozeville? well, i appreciate you at least giving it a go. same goes for those who used words like atrocious, twee, shit, crap, etc., ive spoken those very words (though usually to myself) to describe records. alls fair when it comes to taste. im quite pleased with the new record so thanks to those with the niceties in their submissions.

-- amy linton (am...), May 20th, 2003 8:13 AM. (link)

― caek (caek), Wednesday, 31 May 2006 19:40 (nineteen years ago)

Acutally, that isn't that funny. Just insteresting and reasonable. Bah.

― caek (caek), Wednesday, 31 May 2006 19:41 (nineteen years ago)

Chris Thompson of Ignition/Circus Lupus/Monorchid/Skull Kontrol/Red-Eyed Legends showed up on a thread...to correct the spelling of his name. I probably just misspelled it again.

― n/a (Nick A.), Wednesday, 31 May 2006 20:06 (nineteen years ago)

This was a good one - Geordie Mick from Prolapse:

Prolapse Classic or Dud

― everything, Wednesday, 31 May 2006 20:24 (nineteen years ago)

Here's the Saul Williams one.

Also: Artists posts on ILM

― Jordan (Jordan), Wednesday, 31 May 2006 20:55 (nineteen years ago)

> I recently responded to a blog posting, commenting that I didn't really like a band for such and such a reason. Instead of starting a critical discussion, a band member showed up and basically made me feel like an asshole for even suggesting that his band wan't so great.

Is that what happened? How 'bout linking to the exchange in question, so folks can judge for themselves?

― Derek Weiler (DW.), Saturday, 3 June 2006 21:31 (nineteen years ago)

Lindstrom & Prins Thomas are the shit

didn't really show up to defend himself, just to divulge a tracklisting.

― grady (grady), Saturday, 3 June 2006 23:58 (nineteen years ago)

Not ILM but I've run across...

Joe Budden (http://community.allhiphop.com/showthread.php?t=82381&page=1)

...and...

Just Blaze (http://www.hiphopmusic.com/archives/000241.html)

― It's Rodney, pimp! (R. J. Greene), Sunday, 4 June 2006 05:17 (nineteen years ago)

Cocorosie is off the net because of you.

― Courtney Gidts (ex machina), Monday, 5 June 2006 13:05 (nineteen years ago)

Lyle Preslar showed up to correct me when I said he had been an A&R rep on the artists who went back to work thread...

― Edward III (edward iii), Monday, 5 June 2006 13:21 (nineteen years ago)

i've been getting a lot of ilm-related e-mails from people lately. but about nice things i said.

― scott seward (scott seward), Monday, 5 June 2006 13:29 (nineteen years ago)

Very keen. :-)

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 5 June 2006 13:32 (nineteen years ago)

Is it true that Stump had a three-handed bass player?
Classic, in more ways than one...

― mark grout (mark grout), Monday, 5 June 2006 13:39 (nineteen years ago)

A Hundred Reasons why Hundred Reasons are shite

The reaction to this old classic cheered me up immensely. Especially the bit when Ned gets nasty.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Monday, 5 June 2006 15:27 (nineteen years ago)

"as a personal friend and confidante of many of the z-list celebrities often debated on ILX, I assure you they've all read what you have to say, and hate you for it."

but, hey, they're gettin name-checked! what more can they ask fer?

― ed campbell (edde), Monday, 5 June 2006 16:36 (nineteen years ago)

I'm the Straight Guy who was on QEFTSG

― DAVE, for #1 Hits of yesterday and today! (dave225.3), Tuesday, 6 June 2006 11:22 (nineteen years ago)

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