has he ever been right about anything?

mark, don't you have some catch up work you need to be doing?

well there's nothing wrong in THAT post.

can someone please explain to me where all this Chicken Little "ILM IS DOOMED, THE END IS NIGH, REPENT!" nonsense is coming from?
Is the Earth about to be destroyed by a runaway asteroid and nobody told me?
If it ever sucks too much, all the Old Guard will leave, and it will fill with newbies. After they get all the obvious "Taking Sides: Beatles vs Stones" questions out of the way, the New Guard will eventually grow in sophistication until they too start decrying the death of ILM, mark II and the cycle of life will continue.

i have a feeling you're a large part of it.

do you know what damped oscillation is, custos?

and while you're at it, do you know what the red kipper is?

I'm also getting pretty tired of ethan.

should he dance around on his bed in his underwear to angry lesbian rock?

i thought he already did.

i wish!

Since I don't have a picture to make Ethan into Kim Deal, will everyone be happy if I turn Ned into Julian Casablancas? Ah, fugheddaboutit, I'm going to bed.

will everyone be happy if I turn Ned into Julian Casablancas?

I've heard weirder.

Newbie Jones

the Red kipper flies at midnight. that is all you need to know

ILM is like experimental jazz. Lots of useless space and time. Then out of nowhere the most wonderful melody or tune. The realisation you never of thought of it that way or something you totally agree/disagree with etc

It is fun finding out what unimportant things are important

I want closure. CLOSURE not bogus zen platitudes you creepy nihilist. what is it already.

He was wrong about one thing = he is wrong about everything?

he won't be wrong <-> he can't be wrong. b/c he is engineering old- ilm's death by whinging.

He's right about Yes and wrong about everything else.

The fact that there's a thread here about whether Ethan is the key to or apocalyptic demon of ILM says more than Jess, Josh, or I (at least--sorry, Josh, for putting words in your mouth, but I strongly suspect you'll agree) ever could about the present state of ILM and its personnage.

ha! never put an upper bound on what I can say. ;)

obviously our corrupting influence has also included capitalization.

if I'm going to be 'funny' then I can't be bothered to waste effort pressing 'shift' too

[Verse - Ethan and Others Like Him]
Did you sleep on the wrong side?
I'm catching a bad vibe
And it's contagious, What's the latest?
Speak your heart, Don't bite your tongue
Don't get it twisted, Don't misuse it
What's your problem?
Lets resolve it
We can solve it, What's the causes?
It's official, You got issues
I got issues, but I know I miss you

[Chorus - This Thread And Others Like It]
Am I supposed to change? Are you supposed to change?
Who should be hurt? Who should be blamed?
Am I supposed to change? Are you supposed to change?
Who should be hurt? Who should be ashamed?
Am I supposed to change? Are you supposed to change?
Who should be hurt? Will we remain?
You need a resolution, I need a resolution,
We need a resolution, We have so much confusion.

[Rap - Nu-ILM]
Girl holla!!
You give me bits and pieces
You tryna blame me when I don't even know the reason
I think it's just the season, Maybe the month, Maybe the building
Now tell me what's the reason? Stupid yo? Looks are deceiving
So, cut the crying, Cut the coughing, Cut the weazing, Girl
Quit the blaming, Cut the naming, Cut the sleeping, Girl
I think you need some prayer, Better call the deacon, Girl
So, get your act right or else we won't be speaking, Girl
So, what's it gonna be? Fikifiki... Me and you?
Or is it gonna be who blames who?
I'm tired of these things, I'm tired of these scars
I think I'm gonna get me a drink, I'll call you tomorrow

oh my god

you obviously are the answer to chupa's battle blog prayers

For some reason I always heard it as "Snoop video? Looks are deceiving"... which I translated as "Yeah so I was kissing some girl in that (random) Snoop Doggy Dogg video, but I wasn't * really* kissing her! It was all cinematography."

You know sometimes when you know that one of your beliefs is wrong, but something in you refuses to allow it to be challenged?

haha holy crap is that a real song?? i repeat: oh my god (fikifiki)

(Ron it's Aaliyah's "We Need A Resolution" with guest rap at the end courtesy of Timbaland)

ahaha... i thought it was 'snoop video, looks at the ceiling'... which i vaguely put down to a snapshot of communication breakdown (scene: in their apartment. aaliyah's watching video hits on the telly... tim's sighing and staring at the ceiling) but due to my ned- ish listening style, i didn't need it to make much sense and didn't think much more of it. i still can't hear "maybe the building" tho. sounds nothing like building.

aaliyah's watching video hits on the telly... tim's sighing and staring at the ceiling

I initially misread this as being Mr. Finney. I would hope that if he was in a room with Aaliyah he wouldn't just be doing that.

but due to my ned-ish listening style

Heavens!

i have a feeling you're a large part of it.
Now, now. Theres no need for that.

josh: do you know what damped oscillation is, custos?
A sexual lubricant for math-rockers.
actual newbie jones:and while you're at it, do you know what the red kipper is?
The end result of a math-rocker overusing the lubricant.

Seriously, do ILM threads have the shortest shelf-life of any threads ever? Just TRY sitting down and reading all the way through any ILM thread that came out more than, oh, three months ago. (I bet no one here can even stand 'Beatles Vs. Stones' anymore!) Or better yet, something like 'Influence doesn't exist' or 'Who's the next The White Strokes' or even 'Momus Momus Momus' and tell me ILM hasn't produced the largest third-tier back catalogue that ever stretched a greenspun server to capacity.

"i still can't hear "maybe the building" tho. sounds nothing like building."

I had controversial reading: "maybe the month/maybe the bleeding. "

Which is, sort of, ew.

but third tier thread, that's what makes ilm POP!

now that i know i won't be hurting anyone's feelings, let me just come right out and say that those are the worst lyrics ever

maybe the SEASON.

i thought it was "bleeding" too, tim, (actually i wondered if it wasn't "bleeding" but then intentionally distorted cos that was a bit "ew", yeah) but i guess sterling's right.