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My CDs finally shipped, here's front and back. It's a mix of americana, alt/gothic country with a dash of cabaret thrown in.

The track are listed below. If there was YouTube version of the band doing the song live, I linked to that (but the CD has the studio version). If there was no Live version, then I linked to the studio version on YouTube and if there wasn't that, then I just linked to somewhere on their home page where you can sample the band's... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by Brandon Blatcher at 8:10 AM on March 5, 2011

Anonymous Hug
posted to MetaTalk by saguaro at 7:36 AM on March 5, 2011

Glad you like it. I was trying for a Lynchian dreamlike feel. Here is the track list:

1. Mike Spots KGB's Tell, from the film Rounders
2. But If by Brian Eno
3. Slow Motion by Panda Bear
4. All The Way To Reno (You're Gonna Be A Star) by R.E.M.
5. Voo Cego by Marcos Valle
6. A Tiki For Blue by John Zorn
7. Necronomania by Manfred Huber & Siegfried Schwab
8.... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by pasici at 5:39 PM on March 3, 2011

Apolla's Squeeze & Marvelette Clan members, your mixes are in the mail. Hope you get them soon.

Everyone else, you can download my mix from mediafire.
Tracklist:
Decadance - On And On (Fears Keep On) - 1983
Fred Ventura - The Years (Go By) - 1985
Caribou - Odessa - 2010
Gang Gang Dance - House Jam (XXXchange Remix) - 2008
Populette - Mommy (TBD Remix) - 2010
Risque - Burn It Up,... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by stachemaster at 4:33 PM on February 28, 2011

Play Missed E For Me
posted to MetaTalk by flapjax at midnite at 3:30 PM on February 27, 2011

ASCERTAINED

God, that word is so irritating.

Related
posted to MetaTalk by burnmp3s at 8:10 AM on February 25, 2011

That there was someplace on the web that lived up to my hopes of what a community on the web would be like. also that favorites are like crack pellets
posted to MetaTalk by not_on_display at 12:04 PM on February 8, 2011

I find unwitting redundancy as annoying as anyone, so I hear where you're coming from, but (a) it's also not a big deal and (b) identifying unwitting vs. witting redundancies is a Hard Problem, and (c) really really not a big deal.

People will apply social pressure to egregious cases, which hopefully will teach folks commenting carelessly to do so with more care in the future; beyond that, no real harm done and building a new system just to try and head off some of that... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by cortex at 8:13 AM on February 5, 2011

NASA Astronaut Group 5 had 19 people in it.

Of do the first 19 moons of Saturn or Jupiter or asteroids, first 19 elements of the periodic table, etc

The tv show, My So called Life had 19 episodes.... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by Brandon Blatcher at 5:02 PM on February 1, 2011

I steal all the best jokes and use them IRL to impress girls.

I think my response was "I remember that comment!"
posted to MetaTalk by katillathehun at 3:46 PM on January 31, 2011

Girl: Hey, they said on the news that James Brown died!
carsonb: period.
Girl: eh?
carsonb: Oh, it's just a thing on a... nevermind. Don't worry, he'll probably die about 7 more times over the next week.
Girl: *FALLS MADLY IN LOVE WITH CARSONB OBVIOUSLY*
posted to MetaTalk by Rhomboid at 1:33 PM on January 31, 2011

carsonb: When do you think is the best time to post a question?
girl: *FALLS MADLY IN LOVE WITH CARSONB OBVIOUSLY*
posted to MetaTalk by yaymukund at 1:17 PM on January 31, 2011

Girl: Ooh, I could really go for some mashed potatoes right now.
carsonb: Man, that has GOT to be hardcore taters!
Girl: Well... I like mashed potatoes.
carsonb: No softcore taters there!
Girl: No, mashed. Of course they're soft.
carsonb: I'm, uh, I'm making taters a stand-in for pornography.
Girl: ....
carsonb: Well, actually, that might not be right. It could be penises.
Girl: *FALLS MADLY IN LOVE WITH CARSONB OBVIOUSLY*
posted to MetaTalk by meese at 1:07 PM on January 31, 2011

carsonb: You know, we're all made of stars, right?
girl: Ugh -- that's the oldest come-on line ever, dorkus.
carsonb: I was quoting SCIENCE!
girl: Are you a (finger flexures) "friend of mathowie?"
/fade to waves
posted to MetaTalk by Devils Rancher at 12:58 PM on January 31, 2011

girl (who is also a mechanic, straightens up after repairing the damaged wire in carsonb's car engine): "There, I fi--"
carsonb: OMG I HATE CAR TALK. ITS THE SAME JOKES EVERY TIME. AND THE LAUGHING NEEDS TO STOP.
girl: *FALLS MADLY IN LOVE WITH CARSONB OBVIOUSLY*
posted to MetaTalk by Rock Steady at 12:40 PM on January 31, 2011

girl: *punches carsonb in the dick*
carsonb: THAT'S MY LINE!!! ow.
posted to MetaTalk by Wolfdog at 12:39 PM on January 31, 2011

CarsonB: "why do you need to straighten, you have only connected a wire"
Girl: "boo-ya baby, talk to the pin-up"
posted to MetaTalk by clavdivs at 12:38 PM on January 31, 2011

girl: "Can you give me a hand?"
carsonb: "For the record, I bet my right hand against quonsar's lies. Under any amount of torture, he will break first, because he is lying. If I break first, I will surrender my right hand."
girl: *FISHES CARSONB IN THE PANTS OBVIOUSLY*
posted to MetaTalk by cortex at 12:35 PM on January 31, 2011

girl (who is also a mechanic, straightens up after repairing the damaged wire in carsonb's car engine): "There, I fixed that for you."
carsonb: "Thanks. How much is that?"
girl: Twenty bucks, same as in town.
carsonb: ...
girl: *profit!*
posted to MetaTalk by slogger at 12:29 PM on January 31, 2011

girl: "So, here's your plate of beans."
carsonb: "Nah, too easy."

and they never meet again.
posted to MetaTalk by shothotbot at 12:25 PM on January 31, 2011

girl: "So, I was watching this show the other day, and..."
carsonb: "Is this going to be something I'd need to own a television to understand?"
girl: *PUNCHES CARSONB IN THE FACE FOR BEING AN ASSHOLE TOTALLY*
posted to MetaTalk by Curious Artificer at 12:18 PM on January 31, 2011

girl (who is also a mechanic, straightens up after repairing the damaged wire in carsonb's car engine): "There, I fixed that for you."
carsonb: "Wow. Can we call a moratorium on "There, I fixed that for you?""
girl: "I'm sorry?"
carsonb: "Well....um....see pretend this was like an internet discussion board and.....a lot of people use annoying catchphrases. I mean, they use them a lot, and other people get annoyed,... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by iconomy at 12:13 PM on January 31, 2011

I steal all the best jokes and use them IRL to impress girls.

girl: "So I've been looking around for a new camera . . ."
carsonb: "We have cameras."
girl: "I'm sorry?"
carsonb: Well . . . um . . . see pretend this was like an internet discussion board and . . . one guy was mad cause everyone was buying cameras, but like sneakily, and that guy said 'How does that make you any different'... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by ND¢ at 11:41 AM on January 31, 2011

I like that there is a prompt, even if the prompt somehow felt a bit weird to me. I like when people include pictures of themselves in their profile, and I like when people talk a little bit about themselves and their ideas in their profile.

In fact, I find that almost all my favorite posters here have well-populated profiles. The connection seems to be that with a picture and some thoughts/description there, I can better understand them as human beings. It puts a face... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by fake at 11:43 AM on January 19, 2011

How about a Print button for sharing in what remains the most popular social media, meatspace?

If you use the Print command in your browser we have a nice print stylesheet that formats the page for pressed wood pulp.
posted to MetaTalk by pb at 11:53 AM on January 7, 2011

Not sure how hard it is to favorite a comment on the mobile site yourself? Try it here!

Flagged!
posted to MetaTalk by milarepa at 4:00 PM on December 17, 2010

Deciding what's ok or not based in large measure on how outraged people are about it doesn't seem like a good idea, in any community.

I don't think jessamyn means to suggest that collective outrage is the defining measure of what is okay or not, just that it drives some of the feedback mechanisms that present themselves, whether overt (people electing to rebuke an obnoxious comment in thread or not) or indirect (people flagging something as problematic)... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by cortex at 8:40 PM on December 15, 2010

A collective of nouns.

Now what would a "____ of Mefites" look like illustrated?

posted to MetaTalk by Kabanos at 11:24 AM on December 13, 2010

There's a useful post circling somewhere around this subject, even if Knigel didn't figure out a way to frame it. Of course, many people will just never want to see a post about cruelty to animals (as an extreme animal lover, I sympathize with such readers), just as some people don't understand why others like watching depressing movies.

Cruelty-to-animals is not just something that isolated sickos do. It's is -- and always has been -- an institutional part of most human... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by grumblebee at 7:26 AM on December 11, 2010

this is what happen's when you turn on the large hadron colander.
posted to MetaTalk by katillathehun at 2:28 PM on December 8, 2010

It does work for Predator and Predators though.

Status: GET TO DE CHOPPAAAAAAH!!
posted to MetaTalk by katillathehun at 10:23 AM on December 7, 2010

I don't know why I appear to be stuttering in fear of my gender field. I should change that to something more forceful. Candidates so far:

A) FEMMEFORMER: MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE
B) Thunderchick are go!
C) I. AM. IRON. WOMAN. Wait no sorry Robert Downey Jr. messed that up for me.
D) Federal Girl-Out Plan
E) Democratic People's Republic of... oh man, the things I could almost rhyme with that.
F) Wham Bam Thank You [Ma'am]
posted to MetaTalk by katillathehun at 4:55 PM on November 29, 2010

Hi. How are you? I have so much to be thankful for at this time of the year I still get choked up about it. It's fucking cold out there. I'm doing a lot better. Just a few days and a year ago on the day of my birthday I checked myself into the psych ward at a huge, scary, overloaded LA hospital in an attempt to engage the system and get better help w/ depression. While that was in retrospect ill-advised, it was a learning experience. Thankfully the health care in Washington is a lot better and... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by loquacious at 7:14 PM on November 24, 2010

For me, it's the new concepts, not the funny ones, that I remember.

Me too. Examples:

dating rules
"please"
the extravert
why promiscuity
finding your passion
giving up on your passion
sex in the active voice
pink
don't fake being interested
conversation topics to avoid
what not to ask a... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by John Cohen at 5:34 AM on November 22, 2010

I have an idea for a subsite about subs -- submarine sandwiches, submarines, subs in BDSM relationships, the user subbes, the Pittsburgh Pirates' legendary pitcher Kent Tekulve, subwoofers, Subarus, grunge music of the early 90's, underground transit, Jared training for the marathon, and attempts at sarcasm.
posted to MetaTalk by not_on_display at 12:55 PM on November 15, 2010

KEEP
CLAV
÷
CARRY
THE ONE
posted to MetaTalk by iamkimiam at 3:05 AM on November 13, 2010

Pet centipede.
posted to MetaTalk by Sailormom at 10:57 PM on November 5, 2010

I did tell rosswald he's an ass in memail...or did I?

TO BE CONTINUED

Next week on General Spittle...
posted to MetaTalk by katillathehun at 8:12 PM on October 22, 2010

"Actually, you can pretty much suck your own dick anytime you want to"

I KNOW! But try telling that to the people on the bus with you!
posted to MetaTalk by klangklangston at 1:17 PM on October 21, 2010

I believe the majority of Mefites are worldlier than I am, smarter than I am, more charitable than I am, and more skilled than I am. They keep me honest, and remind me to try harder to be a good person.The Mefites I've met IRL only reinforce that belief.

Metafilter also challenges me, every day, to reflect on what I believe and why I believe it, and to back up that belief with actual factual arguments rather than just accepting "that's just the way it is." I... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by misha at 9:53 AM on October 21, 2010

I'm of the first or second generation of people who grew up on the internet. I was first introduced to the internet in 1993, when I was 12 years old. I glommed onto it very quickly, and soon a large chunk of my life was spent online, on IRC, Usenet and the very primitive web (which certainly didn't feel primitive at the time). Soon I became a part of various net communities, but they were always peripheral to my existence. My favorite part of internetting was drifting around, finding interesting... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by Kattullus at 5:18 AM on October 21, 2010

"I like to read threads on current events, jot down notes on what the smart people say, then regurgitate the talking points to my friends later to look smart."

I have enough friends who are on MetaFilter that it's gotten pretty hard to pass off Astro Zombie's bon mots as my own anymore.
posted to MetaTalk by klangklangston at 11:12 PM on October 20, 2010

I find it helpful to understand that "You're over-thinking it" usually means you've hit a nerve.

The other party, unwilling or unable to address the points themselves, instead resorts to arguing that the line of reasoning itself is somehow insignificant. It's sort of like a straw man, in reverse.

In a just and righteous world, "you're under-thinking it" would be the condemnation of choice. Let's face it: under-thinking is... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by ErikaB at 10:02 AM on October 19, 2010

Burhanistan, have you ever tried to discern the urine on one of those low-bandwidth golden-shower sites, I mean, the individual drops are like huge yellow squares; it's... [looking around] ...like ...playing super mario? 8-bit? ya with me folks? errr... what!

aaaand I'll take this exit.
posted to MetaTalk by not_on_display at 11:56 AM on October 12, 2010

EIN WITZ IN KAPSLÖCK

THERE WAS EINEN KLEINEN LITTLE BOY BORN TO PROUD PARENTS OLGA AND MATTHIAS NAMED GUNTHER.

HE WAS A HEALTHY LITTLE BOY.

WHEN HE REACHED THE AGE OF EINEN JAHREN OLD, HE WAS STILL A HEALTHY LITTLE BOY.

WHEN HE REACHED THE AGE OF ZWEI JAHREN OLD, HE WAS STILL A HEALTHY LITTLE BOY.

WHEN HE REACHED THE AGE OF THREE JAHREN, EVERYTHING WAS A-OK FINE BUT... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by goodnewsfortheinsane at 5:22 PM on September 30, 2010

Have you seen your mother, girl? Has she gone away? Gone away and found the pearl, but the price she paid.

Gone.
When you wake in the morning
Gone.
When you find that there's no one sleeping
Gone.
Pretty pony was her name.
She was loved and we all will miss her.
posted to MetaTalk by Eideteker at 9:08 PM on September 27, 2010

What is the proto-call for a tweet?

Peep-to-peep.
posted to MetaTalk by iamkimiam at 11:48 AM on September 22, 2010

My first Metatalk post turned into a discussion about Mexican food and guys name Ryan who apparently don't have sex quietly.

This is way more than I could have hoped for. I love you people.
posted to MetaTalk by bondcliff at 5:01 PM on September 16, 2010

Beans and toast are good on a cold day. Especially when the beans are almost hot enough to burn the roof of your mouth, and then you wait, and wait, and wait for that special moment when that hot mess has cooled down enough to grab the buttery toast, pick it up and scoop in some toast and beans. Yum.
posted to MetaTalk by Blazecock Pileon at 10:27 AM on September 10, 2010

Ad impressions?

Seriously? We'd allow suicide questions too if that were the case. And chatfilter. And torches. And pitchforks. And the IMG tag. And we'd never ban anyone. And we'd try even harder to cultivate people's anxiety and feelings of low self-esteem that cause them to make bad relationship choices thus leading to more controversial relationship questions. And outreach, we'd do a lot of outreach, maybe even flat out user-stealing from other... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by jessamyn at 2:15 PM on September 9, 2010