43. Lengthy, Nicholson Baker-esque accounts of trips to shows, including train times, length of walk to venue, meals consumed, other forum members met, other forum members not met, respective positions of forum members in venue ("and Jackie said she saw Debs and Linda in Block C"), amusing incident involving security staff, signs of acknowledgement by band members ("I shouted WE LOVE YOU NICKY and he smiled right back at me, LOL bless him!")...
― mike t-diva, Friday, 21 October 2011 08:08 (twelve years ago) link
44. New album, not perceivably different from their last six, is coming out. Wide-eyed dreamers start speculating that maybe this is the one that finally breaks (band) through to a wide audience, or alternately, returns them to their former glory. Jaded regulars rant about how the ''sheep who listen to that Britney Spears cr*p'' will never get the subtle genius of (band). 500 posts by Saturday, album flops but excerpt of single used in toothbrush commercial.
― Doctor Casino, Friday, 21 October 2011 14:39 (twelve years ago) link
I don't know how to react to this thread, I laugh and cry at the same time.
― wolves lacan, Friday, 21 October 2011 14:45 (twelve years ago) link
Jaded regulars rant about how the ''sheep who listen to that Britney Spears cr*p'' will never get the subtle genius of (band).
Would not happen on a Britney Spears message board ;)
― Hongroe (Geir Hongro), Friday, 21 October 2011 14:46 (twelve years ago) link
Ok, fair enough, but I stand by my conviction that, everywhere else, Britney Spears remains shorthand for ''pop drivel listened to by popular kids.''
Thread is gold BTW.
― Doctor Casino, Friday, 21 October 2011 14:52 (twelve years ago) link
45. Random googler / interloper / friend of another fan / person, who has heard new album by chance in odd circumstances and who normally likes a totally different genre of music, who registers just so they can make an elongated post detailing how the hi-hat playing is nowhere near as exciting as [insert metal band].
― Sick Mouthy (Scik Mouthy), Friday, 21 October 2011 14:55 (twelve years ago) link
46. 100-post threads asking people to literally rate and rank every song by the artist
― frogbs, Friday, 21 October 2011 14:56 (twelve years ago) link
47. Friday night "virtual forum pub" thread for people to talk shit in as if they were down the pub together. Possibly named after a real pub.
― Sick Mouthy (Scik Mouthy), Friday, 21 October 2011 14:57 (twelve years ago) link
48. Recurring "Random thread" which is allowed to get to 50+ pages in length before being locked and another one started, and which is meant to act as a repository for all the off-topic forum gossip and nonsense.
49. Fools Panel / Fantasy Football / premiership scores predictions thread. Only thing that maintains activity during band hiatuses.
― Sick Mouthy (Scik Mouthy), Friday, 21 October 2011 14:58 (twelve years ago) link
50. Birthday call-outs to 'permanent' forum members.
― Mark G, Friday, 21 October 2011 15:00 (twelve years ago) link
51. Geezer who doesn't know about soundcloud or mediaserve still trying to trade tapes from '98 C.H.O.A.D. Festival.
― pplains, Friday, 21 October 2011 15:04 (twelve years ago) link
52. Rolling picture thread where people post pictures of themselves, usually to choruses and coos of 'oh my god, you're teh hotness' and 'oh wow! like the [hair/outfit/shoes]' ... when really you know everyone is looking at each other pictures going 'loser! loser! loser!'
― Turrican, Friday, 21 October 2011 15:26 (twelve years ago) link
http://img1.ranker.com/list_img/54365/339540/full/the-very-best-of-the-futurama-fry-meme.jpg?version=1308337289000
― pplains, Friday, 21 October 2011 15:39 (twelve years ago) link
Uncomfortably close to home :(
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Friday, 21 October 2011 15:47 (twelve years ago) link
lol Turrican
― frogbs, Friday, 21 October 2011 15:50 (twelve years ago) link
though really, half of these could apply here, so it's not a big deal
― frogbs, Friday, 21 October 2011 15:55 (twelve years ago) link
53. Disapointment is expressed that the "rare tracks" on an upcoming reissue/compilation is material that they've already heard.
― MarkoP, Friday, 21 October 2011 15:57 (twelve years ago) link
54. that guy who posts nothing but snarkly one-liners about how everything is trash and everyone is stupid, and when he gets called out a bunch of posters rush to his defense "hey, that's just xxxxxxx for ya!"
― frogbs, Friday, 21 October 2011 15:57 (twelve years ago) link
This thread is kind of making me hate (band), just based on their obnoxious fans.
― Doctor Casino, Friday, 21 October 2011 16:27 (twelve years ago) link
i hate fans anyway
― Two Noble Klinsmenn (Noodle Vague), Friday, 21 October 2011 16:32 (twelve years ago) link
55. people complaining about "spoilers" in an upcoming album thread after it leaks, because they pre-ordered direct from the website because they prefer to support their favorite bands, ahem
― frogbs, Friday, 21 October 2011 16:38 (twelve years ago) link
56. one thread a week asking whether the band members read the board.
― sunn :o))) (Merdeyeux), Friday, 21 October 2011 17:08 (twelve years ago) link
57. board FAQ confirms that, yes, their replacement keyboardist from the 1996 tour DID post a few times around 2002, but has not been heard from since, so please stop asking
― Doctor Casino, Friday, 21 October 2011 17:10 (twelve years ago) link
58. Posts asking for the phone number of [artist's] younger sister why because she look intersting
― Food! Trends! Men! Hate! (Phil D.), Friday, 21 October 2011 17:11 (twelve years ago) link
xxp This is a valid question - do they usually? I know like on the Underworld message board sometimes you''ll hear the band give shout outs to forum members during radio broadcasts and allow them to submit questions.
― frogbs, Friday, 21 October 2011 17:13 (twelve years ago) link
Underworld and their manager (Steve Hall), definitely read the boards. Hall is a regular poster there (under a pseudonym, of course) and doesn't let on that he's connected to the band at all but always has good information seeping through his posts. Apparently Steve Morris was on the NOOL forums but i'm not sure if he had a user account or if he just mentioned it to a fan in person.
59. Old fan of the band selling their collection due to mortgage, kids, wife etc. Offering 'real fans' the opportunity to buy them first before they go up on ebay.
― brotherlovesdub, Friday, 21 October 2011 17:41 (twelve years ago) link
59. During fallow periods and band hiatuses, disgruntled semi-regular posters being irate about there being no news about a forthcoming record, because "we deserve to know what's going on, we put you there".
Xp
― Sick Mouthy (Scik Mouthy), Friday, 21 October 2011 17:43 (twelve years ago) link
60. People referring to albums as "LP4" and "LP5"
ughhhhh
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Friday, 21 October 2011 17:44 (twelve years ago) link
next one should be 62 btw. there are 2 diff. 59s
― brotherlovesdub, Friday, 21 October 2011 17:49 (twelve years ago) link
This has always gotten on my wick for some reason!
― Turrican, Friday, 21 October 2011 17:55 (twelve years ago) link
61 STICKY some old shite about introducing yourself
― Lars and the Lulu Girl (NickB), Friday, 21 October 2011 17:57 (twelve years ago) link
62. Broke-ass fans asking if anyone knows where to download the band's albums which they can't afford to buy legally because they're already shelling out $300 to see them at Coachella.
― frankly bringing dragons into this equation is wrong (rustic italian flatbread), Friday, 21 October 2011 19:51 (twelve years ago) link
63. Forum quadruples in size then shrinks again before and after tour.
― frankly bringing dragons into this equation is wrong (rustic italian flatbread), Friday, 21 October 2011 19:55 (twelve years ago) link
63b. Forum quadruples in size then shrinks again before and after release of an album.
― Turrican, Friday, 21 October 2011 19:57 (twelve years ago) link
I am seeing her being replaced by Lady Gaga on many occasions, although this is largely by people who only pay attention to how the music sounds, not taking into account how Lady Gaga pays much more artistic attention to her stuff and doesn't let outside people control her like Britney does.
― Hongroe (Geir Hongro), Friday, 21 October 2011 20:46 (twelve years ago) link
she's already been replaced with Justin Bieber
― frogbs, Friday, 21 October 2011 20:50 (twelve years ago) link
I mean I hate to break it to ya but Britney is a pretty outdated pop culture ref at this point
― frogbs, Friday, 21 October 2011 20:51 (twelve years ago) link
Or was that his point?
― MarkoP, Friday, 21 October 2011 20:52 (twelve years ago) link
Like how some people still refer to a lot of rap music as "Gangsta Rap".
64. Group of regular posters get together and meet up on the board and go and hang out together during live dates and get involved in each others personal lives, they end up forming a clique and giving themselves a ridiculous name, making newbies feel alienated and giving other regular users that aren't involved in this clique something to bitch about, because they either feel slighted, don't get on well with members of said clique, get paranoid because they feel these people are meeting up to bitch about other forum members (which they usually more than likely are), or (if members of said clique are middle-aged), find their conduct to be beyond ridiculous (see number 20). This results in forum tension, multiple stand-offs between users, and usually ends with one person quitting the board dramatically to cries of "oh noes! why does this person feel uncomfortable posting in a community they've been a part of since [insert year here". In the meantime, in private messages and on closed social network profiles, people are muttering "drama queen".
― Turrican, Friday, 21 October 2011 20:54 (twelve years ago) link
Again, that feels like another that you can just get rid of the phrase "artist-specific".
― MarkoP, Friday, 21 October 2011 20:56 (twelve years ago) link
Turrican, why don't you tell us how you really feel about ILX
― do not wake the dragon (DJP), Friday, 21 October 2011 21:03 (twelve years ago) link
ahhhhh
― frogbs, Friday, 21 October 2011 21:03 (twelve years ago) link
― do not wake the dragon (DJP), Friday, October 21, 2011 9:03 PM (57 seconds ago) Bookmark
I like ILX!
― Turrican, Friday, 21 October 2011 21:05 (twelve years ago) link
65. New girl who tries it in with various prominent male form members in an attempt to go in ever decreasing sexual circles towards the singer.
― Sick Mouthy (Scik Mouthy), Friday, 21 October 2011 21:07 (twelve years ago) link
66. Met-on-the-forum couples.
― Sick Mouthy (Scik Mouthy), Friday, 21 October 2011 21:08 (twelve years ago) link
65b. This results in a complete bitchfest amongst the more established various prominent female forum members
66b. These can sometimes be international, but one thing that is seldom avoided is the cripplingly puke-worthy public displays of affection.
― Turrican, Friday, 21 October 2011 21:10 (twelve years ago) link
OTM
On the other hand, I doubt Justin Bieber will ever have more cred among "cool" people than even Britney's little finger.
― Hongroe (Geir Hongro), Friday, 21 October 2011 21:51 (twelve years ago) link
67. Predatory male poster who repeatedly targets emotionally vulnerable female posters for sex. Eventually marries one who has a baby with him.
― Sick Mouthy (Scik Mouthy), Friday, 21 October 2011 21:59 (twelve years ago) link