Any reason why ILM is so quiet these days?

By paying attention to ppl who aren't white dudes?

As a white dude I'm not feeling 'the everyday forms of exclusion', you'll have the occasional diss on the War on Drugs but heh.

I don't get this topic at all, really.

yes you do Austin stop lying

Never understood the need to post about posting.

^^^ posting about not posting about posting

I don't think I'm a very nasty poster but I've also never been scared off, it's always kinda mystified me that people might find it super intimidating.

whenever I recall any of the posters that pushed the 'I know loads of ppl that don't/won't post to ilx when I tell them about it' line I always think yeah I'd avoid your version of ilx too I'd say.

I can't think of too many who pushed this line that weren't v capable of being nasty cunts themselves as and when it suited them. int life funny.

going meta keeps us grounded
we can admit that a lot of what we say is in hope of winning the coveted zing thread quote archive

and i'm sure there's more to admit behind about our posting styles

I don't think I'm a very nasty poster but I've also never been scared off, it's always kinda mystified me that people might find it super intimidating.

― Tim F, Friday, 10 July 2015 08:28 (3 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

you're extremely eloquent & assured in your expression of opinion; I have never seen you flustered or backtracking; not all have these gifts and not all lack the self-awareness that would necessitate a cautious approach when understaffed with sage conviction

of course, some of us lack that self-awareness and dash ourselves upon your shores over and over again. expect some petulant words about years & years come EOY time lol

Not downplaying the obvious and actual trends discussed itt, but with 44 threads updated in the last 12 hours, "quiet" is a relative term.

yeah but they were all updated by me.

ILE (maybe not so much ilm) does not really feel so lacking in non white dude presence to me? But I'm a white dude so my perception may be skewed. Certainly there are tons and and tons of active posters about whose gender and ethnicity I have no idea!

I've tended to assume that the majority of posters here are white and male.

Part of me has kind of wanted some sort of demographics survey to see how off my perceptions are.

you guys should have been at my store last night. what a show! 4 great acts. at one point, my basement reverberated with the sounds of italian horror movies.

https://scontent-lga1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpf1/v/t1.0-9/11737930_10154068668112137_1580855551284872626_n.jpg?oh=6ced29a89452ba2014adc7a9461526fc&oe=5627D3A6

I must admit I never think of anyones racial or religious make up on here. I have no idea what most people look like.

but even I notice ILM is overwhelmingly male unlike 14 years ago

This is how I imagine you:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USHZZ5bwASU

couldn't be less like me if you tried.I have short hair (not balding) and i wouldnt be seen dead in that type of tshirt. And idgaf about slayer

Dog Latin has gone in on Years & Years! One for the team, good luck out there pal!

more like my ears, my ears amirite

i let becoming a best new poster go to my head. gonna settle down now

How often do you post on ILM?

couldn't be less like me if you tried.I have short hair (not balding) and i wouldnt be seen dead in that type of tshirt. And idgaf about slayer

― Eric Burdon & War, On Drugs (Cosmic Slop), Friday, July 10, 2015 11:23 AM (17 minutes ago)

After all this time you can't tell when I'm joking. ILM IS LOST

i know you were joking. you have seen me, you used to do those chatz yahoo live thingies

Dog Latin has gone in on Years & Years! One for the team, good luck out there pal!

Yeah wow this really shook things up

lol

sometimes first thought = best thought

what ILM definitely needs is more posts about music people don't love

The rolling worst music thread gets bumped every few weeks.

if ILM being "loud" requires new posters then I'd expect it to continue to be quiet as the amount of money spent on music per person continues to decline (assuming that's true? it feels true, isn't that a enough of a standard for a post?)

dunno about ILE, I took it off SNA a long time ago, only check it once or twice a day (plus whatever threads I've bookmarked)

money might be spent less but with streaming services/youtube etc being free its probably never been listened to more.

I wanna see word count per user and who types the most words vs most posts.

quality vs quantity

I forgot everyone moved to https://www.facebook.com/groups/ilxorsnowplaying/

ILXOR Snow Playing?

I don't hate "music chat" cause I like music & conversation but I rarely post to ilx, just find I don't personally have much to say

I just started a thread on Amara Toure. That should get the ball rolling!

Is dog lating in years & years?

Latin*

i revive the balearic revival thread once every few days. come and check it out sometime.

is there a Balearic revival this year?

is there a Balearic revival this year?

yes, and i am expecting this to be in ilm 77 tracks list of 2015:

Bicep - Celeste
https://soundcloud.com/i-d-online-1/premiere-bicep-celeste

is there a Balearic revival this year?

on ilm, every day is a balearic revival

sorry i have to go now a conga line is forming behind me

I've been posting to ilx a fair bit lately but no-one ever takes any notice of anything I say, which is fair enough

conga conga conga

xpost

who will post last?

Any reason why ILM is so quiet these days?
Maybe it's because PC Music haven't done anything/anything stupid lately ;)

thread titles like this are what keep me coming back. so enticing!

Rolling 2015 Indie Rock/Pop Thread - Bring Your Bulldozers; Time to Plow the Landfill for Great Indie Rock!

perfectly summarizes the drudgery that listening to most modern indie rock is for me.