lol I've only just realized that Sinister was a B&S board. Shows how much I know about them.
― pomenitul, Monday, 1 June 2020 17:27 (three years ago) link
the answer to op has been staring us in the face this entire time
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ut7GhxcgSY
― maffew12, Monday, 1 June 2020 17:31 (three years ago) link
was poptimism a twee conspiracy
― no (Left), Monday, 1 June 2020 17:53 (three years ago) link
Wasn't there a whole B&S subboard at some point in the early years?
― peace, man, Monday, 1 June 2020 17:53 (three years ago) link
It's all coming together now.
― pomenitul, Monday, 1 June 2020 17:54 (three years ago) link
the actual portmanteau is "conspiratwee"
― (so serious) (DJP), Monday, 1 June 2020 17:55 (three years ago) link
hehe
― maffew12, Monday, 1 June 2020 17:57 (three years ago) link
Can't see the wood for the twees.
― Is Lou Reed a Good Singer? (Tom D.), Monday, 1 June 2020 17:58 (three years ago) link
Ah, sit down and learn of the Before Times. In yonder days, when I first went 'whuh' at a newsgroup in 1993...
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 1 June 2020 18:00 (three years ago) link
ha, I was on Usenet in 1989
― an incoherent crustacean (MatthewK), Monday, 1 June 2020 21:41 (three years ago) link
gentlemen, braggadocio
― maffew12, Monday, 1 June 2020 21:45 (three years ago) link
On alt.rocknroll.metal.metallica you can see a 16 year old me preaching Christian faith to metalheads who really didn't want it while simultaneously saying "FUCK YOU" to people who didn't like Load
― I am a free. I am not man. A number. (Neanderthal), Monday, 1 June 2020 21:48 (three years ago) link
Did you manage to convert anyone to either of the two?
― pomenitul, Monday, 1 June 2020 21:49 (three years ago) link
Yes, 1 person. I convinced myself both views were wrong
― I am a free. I am not man. A number. (Neanderthal), Monday, 1 June 2020 21:51 (three years ago) link
lol holy shit. There's a new "internet legacy" thread and we'd like to hear more
― maffew12, Monday, 1 June 2020 21:57 (three years ago) link
okay, now i'm glad this wasn't locked.
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Monday, 1 June 2020 23:43 (three years ago) link
nice we could turn this into "where are we anyways?"
― maffew12, Monday, 1 June 2020 23:57 (three years ago) link
did anyone recommend 311
― brimstead, Tuesday, 2 June 2020 00:08 (three years ago) link
The only thing I remember from alt.music.alternative is "Bzangy Groink", though I don't recall what it signifies- Jyoti Mishra's Club night?
Anyhow, wasn't all this the subject of a Tanya Headon IHM column years and years ago?
― Deflatormouse, Tuesday, 2 June 2020 04:49 (three years ago) link
Ah, yes. Here it is:http://freakytrigger.co.uk/hate/2003/06/dj-format-the-hit-song/
Could DJ Format be just what OP is after? (I've never heard this track.)
― Deflatormouse, Tuesday, 2 June 2020 04:55 (three years ago) link
ha, missed that. Did this guy ever say where he is supposedly from?
― maffew12, Monday, June 1, 2020 bookmarkflaglink
Braggadocia
― I am a free. I am not man. A number. (Neanderthal), Monday, June 1, 2020 bookmarkflaglink
lol
― Spottie, Tuesday, 2 June 2020 16:26 (three years ago) link
Pictured: OP, a month and a half later:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3-5YC_oHjE
― pomenitul, Thursday, 16 July 2020 21:13 (three years ago) link
🎵 braggadocio and put it in your pocket, save it for a rainy day 🎵
― Anti-Cop Ponceortium (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Thursday, 16 July 2020 21:15 (three years ago) link
Harsh on such a well-respected, allround, fully participating and definitely not just here to stoke this particularly lame fire borad member
― Scampidocio (Le Bateau Ivre), Friday, 17 July 2020 08:55 (three years ago) link
Just got some organic braggadocio in this week's veg box. Please share preparation tips.
― All Diacritics Love Ü (Noel Emits), Friday, 17 July 2020 09:52 (three years ago) link
roast vigorously for 400 posts, serve
― imago, Friday, 17 July 2020 09:55 (three years ago) link