Of course there are different branches of mainstream music. Pop, hip hop, country, punk, metal, etc. all have some artists who are mainstream, and some which are "edgy, eclectic well-kept secrets." If you just dislike my metaphor, I apologize. On reflection, it is a bit awkward.
What I'm trying to say is that considerng Ella Fitzgerald and Lauryn Hill outside the mainstream seems silly to me. No, they're not all over the Top 40, but they aren't really unknown either.
But, then, I worked in college radio, so perhaps my idea of "mainstream" is a bit skewed.
'Schultz and MacKinnon came to believe that the core Starbucks customer, an affluent 25- to 50-year-old who's likelier to be tuned in to NPR than to MTV or one of the nine gazillion radio stations owned by Clear Channel Communications Inc., probably feels ignored by the music industry.'
What Starbucks are they looking at? The few times I've been in a Starbucks, it's been full of dumb teenagers humming Brittney Spears songs. It's not like the stuff they're promoting isn't mainstream anyway. It's just a different branch of mainstream.
Show me a Starbucks where they play Mineral, Freakwater, or Belle and Sebastian, and I'll be impressed.
(On a slightly related note: one of the funniest things I have ever seen was at a Starbucks in St. Louis, MO, where I went to college. A bunch of punk kids (15-18 years old, I'd guess), with their anarchy patches and bright colored mohawks, were sitting outside the local Starbucks, happily sipping their corporate-whore coffee. I laughed my ass off. Ah, the irony.)
I know plenty of women who are brilliant with cars, and I know plenty of men who can't refill the windshield washer fluid. This "for women" car is blantantly sexist.
There is no way in hell I would buy a car with the hood welded shut. I'm not going to take my car to a mechanic and pay him or her hundreds of dollars to fix something when I could do it myself.
Yes, this car would probably be popular with some people - but certainly not all of those people would be women. Plenty of men are ignorant or lazy enough that they can't be bothered to take care of their own car.
Personally, I'd like to speak to the women who helped design this car and give them the proverbial feminist bitchslp. (Yes, I'm aware of the irony.)
I have been following with some interest your threats of legal action against HardOCP. I would like to think that you, both as individuals and as a company, are neither blind nor stupid. Surely you have noticed that a good portion of the online community agrees with HardOCP that your Phantom Gaming Console is vaporware - that it does not, and probably will not, exist.
I have no interest in arguing the finer points of your threatened litigation - whether the things HardOCP states in its article are true or not is immaterial. What is relevant is that, for all your talk, you still have nothing to show us.
According to Ferrago (http://www.ferrago.com/story/1018), the console should have been released November 2003. Now, according to the Phantom Gaming Console website (www.phantom.net) "on March 31st you will be able to build your high-octane Phantom Game System and for a limited time only purchase lifetime subscriptions." I am unclear as to exactly what this means - will the Phantom Game System be physically available for purchase, available for pre-ordering, or something else entirely? March 31 fast approaches. What will you have to give us? a product, or more promises? If the March 31 date does not refer to the Phantom Game System's release on the market, when will the system be available for purchase in stores?
You want to prove HardOCP and all of your doubters wrong, correct? Perhaps you should dispense with the handwaving and threats of lawsuits, and have your sweet revenge by living up to your promises. Put out the Phantom Game System. Make it everything you've claimed it to be, and more. Render us all speechless with your mastery over the console gaming world. Make us all bow before you, handing you our money hand over fist. I guarantee you, if you actually produce and sell the Phantom Game System, and it is all that you've promised it to be, the online community with be humbled, and cries of "vaporware!" will vanish overnight.
However, you must forgive me if I don't hold my breath.
Am I the only one who LIKES automated phone systems?
I hate telephones, and I'm not a big fan of people either. Usually, I'm just calling to find some bit of information - an address, hours of operation, etc. The fewer real human beings I have to talk to, the better.
As for cursing at the automated system to get a human on the phone...I spend enough time cursing at machines as it is. Besides, what if the cursing has nothing to do with the phone call? "Honey, can you turn down the f*cking television!? I'm on the godd*mn pho...oh, hello?"
If you think that graffiti isn't art, check out some of these pictures. These are from Paint Louis 2000, a now-defunct graffiti art event in St. Louis. Graffiti artists from around the world would gather in St. Louis over the Labor Day weekend to paint a one-mile stretch of flood wall by the Mississippi River.
True, not all graffiti is art. Some of it is downright ugly. But some of it is beautiful, imaginative, and awe-inspiring.
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Wow. You're all so right.
Knitters would never be geeky or sexy or pretty or fun or sexually active.
And they're certainly not attractive or witty or sensual.
No, no, no. No worth in knitters at all. Pfft.
The game that gave us the unforgettable quote: "I have wood for your sheep!"
They actually have a t-shirt with that quote on it. Gamers giggle, and everyone else gives you a lot of room.
Yes, that's incredibly disturbing. But let's clarify - it was Bush senior that was involved in that encounter, not Dubya.
Of course, the apple usually don't fall far from the tree....
How can there be more than one "main" branch?
Of course there are different branches of mainstream music. Pop, hip hop, country, punk, metal, etc. all have some artists who are mainstream, and some which are "edgy, eclectic well-kept secrets." If you just dislike my metaphor, I apologize. On reflection, it is a bit awkward.
What I'm trying to say is that considerng Ella Fitzgerald and Lauryn Hill outside the mainstream seems silly to me. No, they're not all over the Top 40, but they aren't really unknown either.
But, then, I worked in college radio, so perhaps my idea of "mainstream" is a bit skewed.
'Schultz and MacKinnon came to believe that the core Starbucks customer, an affluent 25- to 50-year-old who's likelier to be tuned in to NPR than to MTV or one of the nine gazillion radio stations owned by Clear Channel Communications Inc., probably feels ignored by the music industry.'
What Starbucks are they looking at? The few times I've been in a Starbucks, it's been full of dumb teenagers humming Brittney Spears songs. It's not like the stuff they're promoting isn't mainstream anyway. It's just a different branch of mainstream.
Show me a Starbucks where they play Mineral, Freakwater, or Belle and Sebastian, and I'll be impressed.
(On a slightly related note: one of the funniest things I have ever seen was at a Starbucks in St. Louis, MO, where I went to college. A bunch of punk kids (15-18 years old, I'd guess), with their anarchy patches and bright colored mohawks, were sitting outside the local Starbucks, happily sipping their corporate-whore coffee. I laughed my ass off. Ah, the irony.)
Yes, but does it come in octarine?
People, please.
I know plenty of women who are brilliant with cars, and I know plenty of men who can't refill the windshield washer fluid. This "for women" car is blantantly sexist.
There is no way in hell I would buy a car with the hood welded shut. I'm not going to take my car to a mechanic and pay him or her hundreds of dollars to fix something when I could do it myself.
Yes, this car would probably be popular with some people - but certainly not all of those people would be women. Plenty of men are ignorant or lazy enough that they can't be bothered to take care of their own car.
Personally, I'd like to speak to the women who helped design this car and give them the proverbial feminist bitchslp. (Yes, I'm aware of the irony.)
In case anyone is interested
I'll let you know if they write back. *smirk*
Am I the only one who LIKES automated phone systems?
I hate telephones, and I'm not a big fan of people either. Usually, I'm just calling to find some bit of information - an address, hours of operation, etc. The fewer real human beings I have to talk to, the better.
As for cursing at the automated system to get a human on the phone...I spend enough time cursing at machines as it is. Besides, what if the cursing has nothing to do with the phone call? "Honey, can you turn down the f*cking television!? I'm on the godd*mn pho...oh, hello?"
If you think that graffiti isn't art, check out some of these pictures. These are from Paint Louis 2000, a now-defunct graffiti art event in St. Louis. Graffiti artists from around the world would gather in St. Louis over the Labor Day weekend to paint a one-mile stretch of flood wall by the Mississippi River.
True, not all graffiti is art. Some of it is downright ugly. But some of it is beautiful, imaginative, and awe-inspiring.
Looks like a fun science fair project for those dads out there with kids.
*ahem* And moms. :p