• aurenga disse...
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    • Ago 5 2008, 18h00
    inyourpanorama ha detto:
    Oh, it's all right! We won't criticize your English (it's fine, by the way), and really, the best way to learn a language is by practicing—I do the same with French—so keep on posting!


    I agree with you, I will take your advice...

  • IMCollective said:

    I do listen to alot of music in the car because I spend so much time in it as part of my job.



    ... a lot is definitely two words. But hey, at least you like Eric Dolphy.

  • frequency71988 said:
    IMCollective said:

    I do listen to alot of music in the car because I spend so much time in it as part of my job.



    ... a lot is definitely two words. But hey, at least you like Eric Dolphy.


    Thanks. Noted. I appreciate it a lot.

  • Name is Evan, I'm 18 and attend the University of Texas. I'm probably the greatest musical elitist that I know. Well, I know people that are pickier about music than I am, but it's always in the "this doesn't sound quite enough like Dave Matthew's Band" sense. I joined this group because it seemed to contain actual discussion. The rest of this site seems to be wasteland for the most part. I can play trombone and classical guitar but I'm out of practice with both.

    As far as listening goes I'm just coming out of a massive twee and shoegaze kick. Not quite sure yet what happens next.

    I had some difficulty getting into this group due to technical problems. Hopefully this does not mean I am some sort of harbinger of doom. If I am you have my utmost apologies.

  • Hey there, Evan! Nice to see another freshman on here—everyone else is either still in high school, an upperclassman or way out of college.

    I'm Cat, I go to Cornell and I hang out here far too often. And I think you have fantastic taste! I envy you for living in a big music-centric town, though; I've always wanted to go to Austin properly (I only went there briefly as a young child), particularly if it were to go to SXSW.

  • Hello! I'm Nicki. I'm glad to see that you're posting (or trying to). I agree on there not being much of anywhere else to post here- I never did before joining. Uhhh. I too am here too much.

    Ashley and I aren't really upperclassmen yet. Speaking of, I miss her.

    That was then, this is dumb.
  • inyourpanorama said:
    I envy you for living in a big music-centric town, though; I've always wanted to go to Austin properly (I only went there briefly as a young child), particularly if it were to go to SXSW.

    Austin is a great place to live but I can't really think of any reasons other than SXSW why someone would want to visit here from New York. SXSW is ridiculous by the way. I just rode my bike around all day and night seeing free shows and ogling at all the hipsters that descend from out of town. The Japanese ones are crazy.

  • theperfectchair said:
    inyourpanorama said:
    I envy you for living in a big music-centric town, though; I've always wanted to go to Austin properly (I only went there briefly as a young child), particularly if it were to go to SXSW.

    Austin is a great place to live but I can't really think of any reasons other than SXSW why someone would want to visit here from New York.


    Evan, Ithaca ain't NYC. It's a small city of about 30,000 about 3-1/2 hours from Philadelphia or NYC. It's a pretty town and a pretty area, but there are plenty of reasons (not the least of which the upcoming winter season) why someone in Ithaca would want to go see Austin.

    But you are right--the 3-1/2 hour drive to NYC would result in opportunity to see tons of bands on any given night. Probably wouldn't ride your bike from show to show, but hey.

    beelzbubba
    jazzoetry is poetry
  • I almost went to school in Texas, actually, but Rice's climate didn't suit me, and neither did its distinct bent towards math and science. And that still would've been a fair bit away from Austin. I've always wished that Rice and UT would switch cities if such a thing were possible.

    I do love it up here, though.

  • beelzbubba said:
    theperfectchair said:
    inyourpanorama said:
    I envy you for living in a big music-centric town, though; I've always wanted to go to Austin properly (I only went there briefly as a young child), particularly if it were to go to SXSW.

    Austin is a great place to live but I can't really think of any reasons other than SXSW why someone would want to visit here from New York.

    Evan, Ithaca ain't NYC. It's a small city of about 30,000 about 3-1/2 hours from Philadelphia or NYC. It's a pretty town and a pretty area, but there are plenty of reasons (not the least of which the upcoming winter season) why someone in Ithaca would want to go see Austin.

    Fair enough, our winters usually vary somewhere between mild and nonexistent, and I suppose there are some neat nature-ish things to see.

    Cat, I think I like UT right where it is actually. I do sympathize with not wanting to live in Houston though. That place is kind of awful.

  • theperfectchair said:
    beelzbubba said:
    theperfectchair said:
    inyourpanorama said:
    I envy you for living in a big music-centric town, though; I've always wanted to go to Austin properly (I only went there briefly as a young child), particularly if it were to go to SXSW.

    Austin is a great place to live but I can't really think of any reasons other than SXSW why someone would want to visit here from New York.

    Evan, Ithaca ain't NYC. It's a small city of about 30,000 about 3-1/2 hours from Philadelphia or NYC. It's a pretty town and a pretty area, but there are plenty of reasons (not the least of which the upcoming winter season) why someone in Ithaca would want to go see Austin.

    Fair enough, our winters usually vary somewhere between mild and nonexistent, and I suppose there are some neat nature-ish things to see.

    Cat, I think I like UT right where it is actually. I do sympathize with not wanting to live in Houston though. That place is kind of awful.


    I'm going to a conference in Houston next week, right after the hurricane comes through, I guess. Not much of a Houston fan.

    I do like Ithaca, though, and the whole Finger Lakes, and Syracuse & Rochester, too. Terribly underrated area and the winters thin out the weak.

    beelzbubba
    jazzoetry is poetry
  • Are they really that much worse than Illinois winters? Because I've lived through some pretty nasty ones in my day.

  • inyourpanorama said:
    Are they really that much worse than Illinois winters? Because I've lived through some pretty nasty ones in my day.


    It's a matter of degree. The nastiest winter I ever remember was the winter of 1976/1977 in Chicago (and I guess the next year was even worse--a snowfall even got killed a Chicago mayor's bid for reelection, but I was in Milwaukee by then).

    But Chicago has no hills to speak of, and the snowfall of 1978 was an anomaly. That same amount is nearly the monthly average for December, January, and February in Ithaca, and the wind comes howling off of the Cayuga with little to stop it from Stewart park to Cornell's campus. (edit: I mean to say that 27" snowfall in Chicago is close to how much falls every month in Ithaca, if I wasn't clear.) Chicago's average yearly snow amount is around 38 inches (nearly 1 meter for those playing our game anywhere else in the free world) and Ithaca's is close to twice that (well, ok, 1.75 times that).

    So, winters, by sheer physical force, are more intense in Ithaca, but I found them less dreary than the continual gray slogging slime that passes for snow about 2 hours after it falls in Chicago. And the wind off of Lake MIchigan is no slouch either.

    A little further north of Ithaca, about 80 miles, is Oswego, NY. That area off of Lake Ontario is a NOAA "permanent snow squall" area in the winter, meaning you never know if a forecast of snow is going to mean 2" or 2 feet. One winter there, it started snowing on December 27th and snowed for some part of every day for 44 days. We thought about building a Snow Ark for apres le deluge. But again, Ithaca has those hills, which makes navigating all the more interesting.

    But Ithaca also has the Moosewood Cafe, where, if it hasn't succumbed to its national reputation, a delicious hot bowl of soup will take off the chill and make you feel like you are home.

    beelzbubba
    jazzoetry is poetry
  • I think we got 2 inches of snow last winter. It was brutal.

  • It snowed about 5 times last winter. That may have been about 2 inches total. Was very exciting.

    That was then, this is dumb.
  • theperfectchair said:
    trombone



    Hell yeah, trombone. I like your style, kid.

  • hah, saw that coming!

    • Room215 disse...
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    • Set 18 2008, 11h13
    Hello I am Dustin. I am currently teaching English to Korean children. As many might know I am Beelz's kid. We are a proud family with strong tastes in music. I live in Seoul and am always on the lookout for new music. Thanks for accepting me.
    Dustin

    OCD alphabetizer. Does it go under Jethro or Tull? (Jethro)



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    • Set 18 2008, 12h14
    welcome and have a good time here

  • Yo, Dustin. I enjoy watching Korean soap operas on TV from time to time, so I can relate to everything that you are going through over there.

    Oh, and do some people really think Jethro Tull goes under Tull? What the hell is wrong with people...

    • Room215 disse...
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    • Set 18 2008, 15h57
    Some do. Apparently "he" made some great music. Dramas are king here. Infinity challenge is worth the youtube space though. Korea is an interesting place. yeah...

    OCD alphabetizer. Does it go under Jethro or Tull? (Jethro)



  • But Jethro Tull was a real person—just a 19th-century inventor, though, and not a musician. ;)

  • Hello! My name is Yulia and Juliet is my nickname!:) (and I like it more) I am a college attender, going to be a teacher;P (but might be working somewhere else besides school) Not married and have no kids yet:) Being a person who is in love with music, i'm in love with this site. I can speak English rather fluently, with occasional grammar mistakes and terriblle accent :( (it's improving all the time) Honestly, i'm lucking of vocabulary, so forgive me my poor English!

    In dreams I walk with you...
    In dreams I talk with you...
    In dreams...


    Heads on fire and drunken lights
    Days devoured by hungry nights
    In love's secret domain
    This is mad love
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  • inyourpanorama said:
    But Jethro Tull was a real person—just a 19th-century inventor, though, and not a musician. ;)


    If by 19th century you mean early 18th century (1675-1741) then you are correct.

    beelzbubba
    jazzoetry is poetry
    • pavskies disse...
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    • Set 18 2008, 20h12
    Welcome Dustin, Juliet.

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