MeFi post:
Pandora Podcasts on music composition and performance
favorited 18 times, recently by nicolin, bovious, Slarty Bartfast, Tuwa, sparkletone, sponge, Human Flesh, sluglicker, Tlogmer, Jimbob, tumble, JanetLand, hywel, Bearman, InfidelZombie, dhruva, Manjusri, flapjax at midnite
Yesterday
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"Whatever you do, don't say you want them to stop because the words are offensive, or that you're offended. Offensive and offended have completely lost all meaning in the backlash against "PC" - it's cool to offend people now.
Words like..." [
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2 months ago
MeFi post:
How to Write a Song and Other Mysteries
favorited 19 times, recently by Phire, hincandenza, opsin, El Brendano, RobotHeart, Araucaria, palomar, wander, pantsrobot, weston, Jaltcoh, TwoWordReview, invertebra, blithely, ZenMasterThis, regicide is good for you, 23skidoo, nicolin, 2or3whiskeysodas
5 months ago
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"[woah, long]
I'm personally of the belief that most of what we consider "talent" is learned through what we absorb from our environment, and practicepracticepractice - songwriting is very much like that too I feel.
Firstly, what you..." [
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6 months ago
MeFi post:
For The Bible Tells Me So
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7 months ago
MeFi comment:
""...when you fail to realize that no matter how harmless your intentions are, there is no reason to think that any shit that comes out of your mouth is going to be understood or happily received. Took me a long time to find it out, but those..." [
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favorited 8 times, recently by granted, melissa may, Drexen, whitneykitty, zebra3, waraw, Homeskillet Freshy Fresh, StopMakingSense
7 months ago
MeFi comment:
"My (possibly joint-, although I'm not sure if 69 Love Songs is quite up there with it anymore) favourite album. Holland, 1945 is my favourite song.
And I came late to it. About a year ago maybe. I'll be eternally grateful to my friend for..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by melissa may, Optamystic
7 months ago
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"This youtube account has four covers that are all quite good - especially if the guy could sing a little better.
Two more things I meant to mention: one, that Jeff Mangum's voice reminds me of religious chanting. And two, my excuse for why it took..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by goodnewsfortheinsane
7 months ago
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"Here's what I thought was a beautifully written article on D/s. I remember being moved by it - I was like, awwww :)
D/s article on Everything2
Hopefully you can relate to the appeal of that level of trust, and vulnerability.
I also found..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by desjardins
8 months ago
MeFi comment:
"For fuck's sake - one stupid recruitment firm is not a PC patrol. Or a movement.
I am so, so, SO sick of people complaining about the PC movement. It's probably one fucking person at the firm! How is this worth any of your time? Any reasonable..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Salamandrous
10 months ago
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"I'd like to second Danila (and a few others) - I really think it's them, not you. Yes it would've been better if you didn't spill your drink on him in retaliation, but all the people here reacting as if you've done the worst thing in the world ever..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by crack, Danila
11 months ago
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"Perhaps what I'm trying to say is not "She's not very good", but "Thanks for the link - it's encouraging, because something that impresses and delights so many people doesn't seem that out of reach...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by The Great Big Mulp
Last year
MeFi comment:
"dhartung, I don't think anyone's saying they don't like it, they think it's great, just that it could've been even better if it ended earlier. Here's why for me: (SPOILERS AHEAD FOR ANYONE WHO HASN'T SEEN IT)
- As Jody Tresidder said, it..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by null terminated
Last year
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"apologies for this being so long, but I felt it needed to be said
It would be easier for me to ask you to talk to someone, and I would like you to, very much so - but I don't know if you would. So I'll say a bit more, and hope you find some of it..." [
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favorited 5 times, recently by nuala, nasreddin, disillusioned, miss lynnster, numinous
Last year
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"This is as good an excuse for my first metatalk comment as any. Hi! I too finished the RPM Challenge, and will hopefully be making my first posts to music.metafilter sometime this weekend. Much thanks again to goodnewsfortheinsane for the link - I..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by goodnewsfortheinsane
Last year
MeFi post:
The Indie Band Survival Guide
favorited 22 times, recently by Tommy Gnosis, yohko, biscotti, Rev. Syung Myung Me, motty, InfidelZombie, drezdn, mumble, Mach3avelli, hal9k, gomichild, TwoWordReview, lhl, gfrobe, brookedel, sparkletone, papakwanz, adipocere, spiderskull, mike3k, LogicalDash, ZenMasterThis
Last year
MeFi comment:
"It's been pretty amazing for me to stumble onto this video, as she hasn't released any new material as far as I know since Take A Picture in 1968!
The following is written on her MySpace (where you can hear a few of her other songs) about "16..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by infini
Last year
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"My boyfriend is, amazingly, attracted to me - he tells me so frequently and often initiates sex, so I have no reason to disbelieve him.
I can't stop thinking about how I must look, and even though I rationally understand that my boyfriend probably..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by dragonsi55
Last year
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"I'm not an expert guitarist by any means, and I don't know the Clapton song (nor is my computer willing to play it), but hopefully I'll be able to answer some of your questions.
For the "strumming-type" rhythms, the simple answer is you..." [
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Two years ago
