sniper
05.28.12 | 48/50 with art |
MO
05.28.12 | whoa I just noticed its been my 2 years today |
sniper
05.28.12 | i'm 2x your sputnik age today |
MO
05.28.12 | wait gotta do the math on that brb |
Vesper
05.28.12 | My eyes jumped from "Four years at Sputnikmusic" to "Unforgivable", haha. |
sniper
05.28.12 | lol pretty much |
Maniac!
05.28.12 | RIP |
Tyrael
05.28.12 | where's starless |
AsoTamaki
05.28.12 | sniper, I have a question for you. Looking back at the sniper of '08 and the sniper of today, do you feel like this community has helped you grow as a person in any way? For better or for worse? |
luschlotz
05.28.12 | congratulations. gonna check out 50 |
Maniac!
05.28.12 | This site has been with me as I've grown up the last 3-4 years. It's kind of odd how attached you can get to it.
The community has changed a lot, though. |
Blackbelt54
05.28.12 | What Maniac said |
sniper
05.28.12 | i never anticipated the number of hours i was going to spend on here, and it would be stupid to pretend a place you come pretty much every day for 4 years doesn't start to mean something to you. but with that said, i'm pretty sure all those hours could have been better spent. partly because i have gotten to interact with a number of cool users, but mostly because of the amount of music i was introduced to by the community, i hesitate to say i wish i hadn't started posting here, but i certainly feel that way sometimes. idk if that answers your question but |
Maniac!
05.28.12 | I wouldn't agree with that at all.
It definitely changed my way of life in at least a small way. I was already enthusiastic about music before I found sputnik, but I didn't have the means to explore it. There are countless ENTIRE GENRES I probably would have never found without sputnik. Not to mention that it helped me realize that I actually enjoy writing from time to time.
Most of the major moments that have shaped my last 4 years have been soundtracked by albums I found via sputnik, so I'm not really ashamed to say I spent a good portion of time with a community of people who see eye to eye with me. There's no way anyone where I live would "get" how much I'm into music. |
Maniac!
05.28.12 | pretty cynical way of looking at it, but I understand
I'd say there's a good 15 users or so that I really like talking with on here and that I cared for the community a lot more 2 years ago.
Then again, I'm a sad case and don't have much more to do during the day, since I choose to work at night - from home. |
Maniac!
05.28.12 | way to delete your post so now I look like a dipshit |
Blackbelt54
05.28.12 | Yeah I waste way too much time on stupid threads (not this one) but if it wasn't for sputnik I probably would only listen to ska-punk and 80s hardcore (not that there's anything wrong with those genres) |
sniper
05.28.12 | shit i hit delete instead of edit. oh well.
yeah, i found a lot of music here, and i'm really glad i did. it also gives me a place to talk about music to people who actually want to discuss music endlessly, so i suppose there's also that. mostly though i am not very invested in the other users here, except for a few that i interact with a lot. not to say i dislike the community (although i liked it better 3 years ago) but i just don't care much either way. |
Maniac!
05.28.12 | "but if it wasn't for sputnik I probably would only listen to ska-punk and 80s hardcore (not that there's anything wrong with those genres)"
Nope, better than me. Chevelle and Underoath 4 lyfe.
"mostly though i am not very invested in the other users here, except for a few that i interact with a lot"
I got ya, sniper. I suppose I'm about the same nowadays. There are several here who I'd like to meet and hang out with, though. |
sniper
05.28.12 | word. |
Tyrael
05.28.12 | 'There are several here who I'd like to meet and hang out with, though.'
Heh |
Maniac!
05.28.12 | You would be one, Thomas. Probably 1 or 2 on the list |
sniper
05.28.12 | i'd love to drink a few beers with some of the peeps here yeah. |
Vesper
05.28.12 | 'mostly though i am not very invested in the other users here, except for a few that i interact with a lot.'
I've only been here, like, almost two years, and I'm already at that stage, which was probably sped up by becoming FB friends with some users, so I can talk about music with them outside of Sputnik without dealing with a lot of the other bullshit that comes with this site.
Oh, and I also moved to NYC. Not exactly isolated anymore in terms of music taste, ha. |
Maniac!
05.28.12 | haha Vesper. I live in the deep south. I wear Neurosis and Lustmord tees, so if by some miracle some chick actually recognizes them I'm gonna propose on the spot.
Maybe not, but it'll be close. |
Tyrael
05.28.12 | Wow I'm jealous of you Vesper
my meeting with Aids was the first time in my life I could actually talk seriously about music with someone |
sniper
05.28.12 | i live in the bay area, people here are into all kinds of shit so maybe that helps explain where i'm coming from. |
Maniac!
05.28.12 | same thomas
do you know how stupid you sound trying to rec someone godspeed you! black emperor in real life? hahaha |
Blackbelt54
05.28.12 | My only real life friends that I can talk about music with are the ones that I've shown them some of my music and they showed me their stuff. Actually the closest music taste of anyone I know in real life is my former English teacher haha |
Tyrael
05.28.12 | I have a friend irl who likes Explosions in the Sky
yet she has no idea what post-rock is |
Maniac!
05.28.12 | I know, but try explaining to someone what post-rock is and actually saying "godspeed you black emperor"
makes you feel like an idiot haha |
Blackbelt54
05.28.12 | Ty: yeah I know some people that listen to them but no other post-rock I think it's cuz one of their songs was popular for a
while |
Tyrael
05.28.12 | try talking about Hvis Lyset Tar Oss to someone without them laughing at you |
Vesper
05.28.12 | 'I wear Neurosis and Lustmord tees, so if by some miracle some chick actually recognizes them I'm gonna propose on the spot.'
Aiming kinda low there.
I, for one, only date men with obscure black metal shirts*.
*Said only semi-facetiously.
'i live in the bay area, people here are into all kinds of shit so maybe that helps explain where i'm coming from.'
And yeah, totally get ya. If I ever move back to the West Coast, I'd probably live in the Bay area, since I quite like the diversity bigger cities tend to offer in terms of music scenes. |
Maniac!
05.28.12 | "Aiming kinda low there"
I live in South Carolina, what do you expect? |
Blackbelt54
05.28.12 | So I'm not the only person that wears band shirts to find people with my music taste |
Vesper
05.28.12 | Uh, move to a less shitty state?? |
BallsToTheWall
05.28.12 | I know, but try explaining to someone what post-rock is and actually saying "godspeed you black emperor"
You kidding me bro, when I rant about complex song structures, 12 minute instrumental pieces with haunting atmosphere and diverse instrumentation to the commoners I feel so ridiculously good about myself. |
Maniac!
05.28.12 | "Uh, move to a less shitty state??"
Moving to just outside Atlanta next month... dunno how much better that is |
BallsToTheWall
05.28.12 | Congrats you have evolved from living around white trash to black trash. |
Maniac!
05.28.12 | Yeah, good thing I'm not sticking around long. Moving out as soon as I can. |
BallsToTheWall
05.28.12 | My goal is to move to Germany and never come back to the states.
And I kid Georgia/Atlanta is tight. |
Maniac!
05.28.12 | Ironically, if I go to school for IT training, Atlanta would be the best area for me. |
Vesper
05.28.12 | 'Moving to just outside Atlanta next month... dunno how much better that is'
I mean, you can hang out with Angel and, occasionally, Hyperion. I think eternium's from around there too, but, in general, probably a lot better than where you are that you think a woman who knows Neurosis is impressive, lol. |
Maniac!
05.28.12 | "in general, probably a lot better than where you are that you think a woman who knows Neurosis is impressive, lol."
haha too true. It's pretty sad, actually. There's 3 genres on the radio here. Christian, Country, and Rush Limbaugh |
Maniac!
05.28.12 | Come to think of it, I don't even know what eternium looks like. Every time I think about him, I think of Putin. |
Tyrael
05.28.12 | Lol Brandon
where I'm from the general population considers Metallica's s/t to be 'death metal' (yes really) so yea |
Maniac!
05.28.12 | hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha |
Tyrael
05.28.12 | when people want to hear 'heavy shit' over here they put on AC/DC |
Maniac!
05.28.12 | Sounds just like over here
also, Godsmack |
Vesper
05.28.12 | Yeah, I get subjected to Christian music every time I visit my parents in Georgia - they refer to everything that I listen to as 'rock', haha.
The metal scene even in NYC is still mostly male, though, so I get where you're coming from with the Neurosis thing.
I haven't met eternium, but Angel says he looks like a generic, skinny white kid, ha. |
Tyrael
05.28.12 | Did I mention my mom listens to Skrillex?
God I hate humanity |
Maniac!
05.28.12 | Thomas must be on the verge of hanging himself.
"I haven't met eternium, but Angel says he looks like a generic, skinny white kid, ha."
haha, such is the majority of sputnik |
sniper
05.28.12 | "You kidding me bro, when I rant about complex song structures, 12 minute instrumental pieces with haunting atmosphere and diverse instrumentation to the commoners I feel so ridiculously good about myself."
this.
|
Blackbelt54
05.28.12 | My friends listen to mainstream rap, country, dubstep, and Avenged Sevenfold type stuff |
sniper
05.28.12 | sounds shitty man that's a shame. the worst most of my friends listen to is typical p4k bullshit. |
Vesper
05.28.12 | One of my roommates likes to blast Lana Del Rey, but, other than that, pretty much all my friends in NYC are into good music, since I tend to meet them through shows/alt events. Once, I made friends with a guy at a laundromat because we were admiring each others' metal shirts as we were folding them, lol. |
Maniac!
05.28.12 | "Once, I made friends with a guy at a laundromat because we were admiring each others' metal shirts as we were folding them, lol."
That's pretty cool haha. |
BallsToTheWall
05.28.12 | Fuck what everybody I know jams too....It kills my flow. |
ThroneOfAgony
05.28.12 | I found about sputnik like a year ago, and I agree with Maniac, the site has grown on me immensely |
Recspecs
05.28.12 | "Congrats you have evolved from living around white trash to black trash."
Fucking lol, as soon as you move here Maniac I'm driving up to Atlanta and I'm getting you trashed. We can jam Laura and perhaps Ulver. |
Maniac!
05.28.12 | Laura, Ulver, and Godspeed m/
I swear to god I'm gonna see them live if it kills me. |
Recspecs
05.28.12 | Yeah I'm gonna buy my tickets soon hopefully. |
Maniac!
05.28.12 | I don't wanna buy tickets if I'm not sure I can make it.
Then with my luck they'd sell out. |
Blackbelt54
05.28.12 | Bout to see Laura but unfortunately I will be missing the GYBE tour |
Recspecs
05.28.12 | I'll probably have classes that day but fuck it by the time the night is done, you will learn to love whiskey. |
Maniac!
05.28.12 | tickets are 24 bucks
not that bad if I don't make it |
Tyrael
05.28.12 | 'Thomas must be on the verge of hanging himself'
yea
the only thing that's keeping me from killing myself is the hope that one day I'll see Vesper and friends irl so they can bully me to death |
Adabelle
05.28.12 | Sweet list, cool user, how does it feel to have been a member of the site for 20% of your life? |
Maniac!
05.28.12 | oh they're 32 including fees |
Maniac!
05.28.12 | "the only thing that's keeping me from killing myself is the hope that one day I'll see Vesper and friends irl so they can bully me to death"
I'll protect you
I'm the only one allowed to bully you. |
Recspecs
05.28.12 | $32 plus money for booze, condoms, Waffle House, and rohypnol if it comes down to it. |
Vesper
05.28.12 | 'the only thing that's keeping me from killing myself is the hope that one day I'll see Vesper and friends irl so they can bully me to death'
At least, you'd reach the high point in your life right before you died.
aw you kno ilu Ty you dirty commie :3 |
anarchistfish
05.28.12 | "I know, but try explaining to someone what post-rock is and actually saying "godspeed you black emperor"
makes you feel like an idiot haha"
omg this so hard
or even vice versa |
Maniac!
05.28.12 | "$32 plus money for booze, condoms, Waffle House, and rohypnol if it comes down to it."
haha I'll have plenty of cash by then, it's just a matter of dropping the $32 before being sure I'll have a chance to go
But like I said, $32 is nothing for a chance to see them, so I'm probably gonna buy them early. |
Relinquished
05.28.12 | first thing I see on this list is Weekend Nachos and think of the song 4 years
pouring rain and wet grass
leaving home to get to class
fuck this bullshit prison life
school is pain
school is strife
fucking waste of time |
BallsToTheWall
05.28.12 | $32 plus money for booze, condoms, Waffle House, and rohypnol if it comes down to it. (2) |
Maniac!
05.28.12 | deep, poetic lyrics right there |
Vesper
05.28.12 | 'condoms'
'rohypnol'
Well, at least, you'd have protected rape. How considerate. |
Maniac!
05.28.12 | ^ hahaha |
Recspecs
05.28.12 | Law and Order SVU is my favorite crime show, I know what to do. |
