Taste Tribes: who are they an what are they up to?

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There's a great line in the film High Fidelity where the
main character, Rob (played by John Cusack) makes the observation
that he doesn't like people because of who they are – he likes them because of what they like.

--Joshua Ellis for Mindjack

I think that ILE is one of the better tastetribes around.

― Jan Geerinck (jahsonic), Tuesday, 10 June 2003 11:33 (twenty-three years ago)

Meh, the whole idea is a total fallacy. And ILE is not a tastetribe, is it?

― Archel (Archel), Tuesday, 10 June 2003 11:40 (twenty-three years ago)

That quote alone invalidates the rest of the article.

― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Tuesday, 10 June 2003 11:50 (twenty-three years ago)

ILE? Tastetribes? Eh, I dunno.

ILM on the other-hand, hooboy...

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Tuesday, 10 June 2003 12:14 (twenty-three years ago)

I am specifically referring to the cross-poll thing.

To me it is anyway.

― Jan Geerinck (jahsonic), Tuesday, 10 June 2003 12:17 (twenty-three years ago)

I am specifically referring to the cross-pollen thing between books, cds, movies, philosophy, ...

To me it is anyway.

― Jan Geerinck (jahsonic), Tuesday, 10 June 2003 12:17 (twenty-three years ago)

But the taste tribes there have something at the center. There's nothing at the center here.

― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Tuesday, 10 June 2003 12:39 (twenty-three years ago)

But nothing is something. And it underlines the fallacy that at the core of all are ins nothingness.

― Pete (Pete), Tuesday, 10 June 2003 12:54 (twenty-three years ago)

― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Tuesday, 10 June 2003 12:57 (twenty-three years ago)

How can this get me laid?

― Jon Williams (ex machina), Tuesday, 10 June 2003 13:04 (twenty-three years ago)

How to get Laid:
a) Go to Amazon.com or another reputable music website
b) Type in James
c) Select from the list of perfectly accceptable James they give you (such as James Brown, Barclay James Harvest or even James Last) the band called James.
d) From the frighteningly full list offered to you select the one which has ugly as a Countdown contestant singer Tim Booth in a dress.
e) Pay for it.
f) In seven to ten days you will get Laid.

― Pete (Pete), Tuesday, 10 June 2003 13:11 (twenty-three years ago)

I think I toyed with this idea at the age of 13. Surely meeting people on the internet with similar tastes who are completely uh-uh has blown this out of the water once and for all?

― N. (nickdastoor), Tuesday, 10 June 2003 13:11 (twenty-three years ago)

For example, I once found a whole gang of people who liked Belle and Sebastian and they were all wankers.

― Archel (Archel), Tuesday, 10 June 2003 13:20 (twenty-three years ago)

::guilty expression::

― Jon Williams (ex machina), Tuesday, 10 June 2003 13:21 (twenty-three years ago)

Archel, yes. Though of course many are perfectly charming.

― N. (nickdastoor), Tuesday, 10 June 2003 13:25 (twenty-three years ago)

ILE=something at the center

― Jan Geerinck (jahsonic), Tuesday, 10 June 2003 19:57 (twenty-three years ago)

http://perso.wanadoo.fr/musees-la-rochelle/n-monde/images/canibal1.jpg

― Rockist Scientist, Tuesday, 10 June 2003 21:50 (twenty-three years ago)

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