JDFF

Wonder if this is finally the end.

I hope so.

Damn it! I just thought of the prefect point to change Fender's mind on abortion.

Gonna miss that virtual punching bag.

Just went to look for some old shit on there and saw it had gone. Even the corpse has stopped twitching

Fuck. Now how will I ever know what the people think of the new Gorillaz album?

Kot & Dero are cowards who oversaw the destruction of an online community that was a balance of entertaining & had some great discourse on a variety of topics.

I maintain they ended the board because at one point the community demanded more from them than shows about The Flaming Lips & Wilco. They were probably like, "Shit we just can't do that if we want to appeal to the dad rockers & basics that will boost our ratings."

Jim and Greg clash over the new Kevin Drumm 6x cassette release, UGH. Jim calls it a Nietzschean deathslide into nihilistic oblivion and rates it a Buy It album. Greg thinks it lacks both the instant gratification of hooks and the storytelling to reward repeat listens and calls it a Trash It record.

I listen to the show more often now than I have in the last 10 years and this is how they reward me?

I hope they both get thrown from the Aragon Ballroom balcony at the next Michael Kiwanuka concert.

did you guys hear their review of the new Spoon album

Jim liked it and said it was as good as their other stuff. Greg didn't like it at first but gave it a few more spins and realized that yeah, it was good. double Buy It

if you guys like Spoon check it out. episode #594

Thinking of making some kind of a post in the getting your shit together thread about how in the last year or two, I've actually gotten over most of (what I perceive as) the biggest obstacles to happiness in my life and feel like I'm finally grasping the tiniest shred of comfort, stability and accomplishment that was waiting for me on the other side of that chasm. And yet, now that I've somehow reached this plateau in my life, I somehow still feel like the same person, the end goals always perpetually out of reach and the personal deficiencies and flaws I observe in myself now feel inflated to take up the empty space that was occupied by concerns I've somehow managed to address. 

Essentially, I feel like the same person, just a little more accomplished than before. And yet, this just leaves me with the sense that such a feeling is always going to be fleeting, that I'm never going to arrive at a point where I'm wholly satisfied with myself or my life. All the problems in my life that were in the periphery are now weighing me down in different ways than before. I can't explain this in the more eloquent way that it deserves, but really, this is just my personal experience of what everyone goes through in their own way. I know it's not a tragedy, it's not even unfair, it's just life.

JDFF was a gateway into an escape that I lost myself in for all of my 20s and beyond, which spiraled out of control into all kinds of Internet-related bullshit that deprived me of experiences that I needed to have and feel like I missed out on. In short, I was desperate to avoid dealing with my problems and eager to avoid the kind of uncomfortable situations where I'd experienced disappointment in the past. The message board provided the perfect stand-in for all of this, feeding me the illusion of social interaction and providing a false sense of creativity. It wasn't just JDFF, but that was where it all started. It's my own fault for digging myself in so deeply, but all that stems from other choices I made long before the board ever existed. It's pointless to ruminate about, but I will probably continue to do so until something else in my life imposes on me and reminds me of what's real and what isn't.

Last week, I finished my last day of training at my job on the day the board died, so that feels like...something, I don't know. I really don't know what the future holds or how I can get back any of the time that I lost to the illusions of that place.

I am looking forward to their episode about fictional bands.

Sometimes I want to go long with my posts but I board close to 100% from my phone so I keep them brief.

I've never listened to an episode of Sound Opinions and I never will

chrondog wrote:I've never listened to an episode of Sound Opinions and I never will

Same.

Same

Same.

Same

I'm pretty sure I accidentally listened to 5 minutes of an episode once in the car while home visiting family.

I usually to listen religiously in the mid-late 90's