I see that Becks' clever timestamp manipulation has foiled my plan to push her post down.
Curse you, Becks!
this could be fun. i've stopped making mixes, not sure why.
I would like the mixes! I am not so good with the technology. I can send an address!
That'd be fantastic. I can even promise to make a mix that's not so beat-driven.
I, of course, covet your mix, Ben.
I am interested in CDs ben, since that is what I'm set up to listen to.
I am also willing to mail people that are interested CD copies of mixes that I've done.
I would like to play! I haven't gotten to put together a mix in a while.
If lurkers are welcome, I'd love to be included, as well, ben.
I'd like to play.
I can make mix CDs for other people after the 17th.
I still owe you a Festival Quartet CD, Ben. Which is still sitting on a stack of books at home. Didn't you move last year? If you still want it, send me your current address and I'll send it out.
As the post implies, I have interest.
Being as I don't want people other than teofilo or CharleyCarp to know my real name, I don't know if I want to do this. Also, I don't have the ability to record from vinyl/cassette into my computer yet.
I don't want people other than teofilo or CharleyCarp to know my real name
Being as I don't want people other than teofilo or CharleyCarp to know my real name, I don't know if I want to do this.
I don't see how that's relevant. You don't need to give out your name, just your address (to receive) or nothing (to send).
you know, I never thought of having an address unconnected from a name before.
As a kid I was always hypernervous that if I didn't write the address exactly right the package wouldn't come. Or if it was addressed to the right address but the name was wrong, the post office wouldn't know what to do.
You can always have it addressed to `Cryptic Ned', for that matter.
But what if there's someone actually named "Cryptic Ned" at an address very similar to mine, in the same zip code? It might end up with him instead.
If you're comfortable giving out a first name, first name + address is almost certainly enough for the post office.
Have it addressed Cr/yptic N/ed so it's safer and more seekrit.
you know, I never thought of having an address unconnected from a name before.
Think of all the mail that's just addressed to "Resident".
what if there's someone
There's a stranger in the house, and he's taken my place.
So what's the deal here? I would like to get a mix CD and make a mix CD for someone. Will I be allotted randomly to someone else, a la "Secret Santa"? Or is this a deal in which w-lfs-n trades with everyone?
Just ask w-lfs-n to send it to "Messiaen, Paris."
I would also like a mix. I intend to make a couple myself, but realistically, that's unlikely to happen until after Christmas.
w-lfs-n, if you're at DCon I'll give you the CDs I mentioned in the email.
I would like to receive a mix.
w-lfs-n trades with everyone
Boring. Maybe randomised round-robin, everyone in for N exchanges. N=2 for me.
I'm willing to send one of mine to whomever wants one, and I also don't think that *making* a mix should be a requirement of getting one. So anyone who wants to make one can advertise his/her availability for sending, and anyone who wants to receive one can say whose they'd be interested in, as far as I'm concerned, though some people might not want to have to send too many out. Wev.
I have about 400 gigs of dead on a hard drive Should I bring it to DC Unfogged for downloading?
17, 18 -- Anyone can send me any CDs they'd like CNed to have, and I'll see to it that they get there. Eventually. Probably. Anyone can also send me any CDs they'd like me to have -- anyone but will and his 400 gigs.
That's ok Nápi, Will can just pick his favourite 8gb and put it on a DVD for you or something.
44 -- Yeah, that's what I get for using imprecise language: anyone but will and/or his 400 gigs
Actually, will, if the 400 include Jerry's shows at the Keystone in Berkeley in late Dec 79 early Jan 80, or at the Stone in SF in Feb 80, I'd be interested in that. Did I already ask this?
Wait, I can't make a mix cd.
Right, that's why I said there shouldn't be any need for anyone who doesn't want to to make one. I mean: this thread could just as well be people saying "hey I'll make a mix" and other people saying "cool send me one". This is really far too disorganized, though.
It's my fault for trying to be fair and democratic: I should just have asked who wants a mix from me, and other people can work out their own arrangements on their own time.
I would love a mix, Ben. I'd also love to be at the 'Con, but since one of my wives just lost her job, that's even more completely out of the picture than it was before.
I would suggest the beer snobs pool their resources and get as many bottles of Utopias as they can. Mmmmm, good.
We could have a sign-up sheet, like we're in school.
i don't know how it works
should i send first a sase with payment
would love to receive a CD if i am eligible
would be such a nice souvenir, thanks
ben, i would love a mix for you.
i am not really much of a maker of mix cds, but i would enjoy sending you a small something of somekind in the mail in return. (even though i know you don't need anything in return).
thanks.
ben, i would love a mix from you.
i am not really much of a maker of mix cds, but i would enjoy sending you a small something of somekind in the mail in return. (even though i know you don't need anything in return).
thanks.
dude, an accidental double-posting, but at least the grammar came out right the second time.
no CDs for me :(
perhaps payment idea was bad,
i am sorry
gosh how many times i should apologize on this site
The payment idea was off, but no need to apologize -- just send ben your address if you want a CD.
(And seriously, Read? People are going to give you a hard time about your posting style -- igiving each other a hard time is what people do around here. Try not to take it too hard.)
So Ben, are you the trusted one who will collect a list of who wants mixes along with addresses, and who will send mixes? Perhaps a list of people and their mix ideas, which those who want mixes may select from?
I'll probably do a selection of favorite songs from 2007, covering the territory from melancholy electronic to neo-tribal drum-based stuff to riff-heavy rock to a melancholy/sneering pop cover. Perhaps with a filthy R&B jam thrown in. I can either skew deliberately more esoteric, or I can go for the tracks I honestly think were the best which includes widely known stuff such as MIA, Menomena, etc.
So Ben, are you the trusted one who will collect a list of who wants mixes along with addresses, and who will send mixes?
That sounds like work.
That sounds like work.
Christmas break, my scholarly chum. Even I seem to have loads of time now that I only have a full-time job to worry about.
Yeah, right. But secretly I don't care enough to coördinate a swap. I just said that so it wouldn't seem as if I were putting myself above others. I just want to know who wants a CD from me. The others can shift for themselves.
I would like a CD from someone, as long as they don't expect to receive a CD in return.
It's all want want want around here this time of year.
Seriously, just musically impaired. Trade for other inexpensive goods - durable or otherwise - would be considered.
Someone should coordinate.
My suggestion is that everyone who's making CD's should send a couple (2,2,4?) of them to Ben and then Ben should send out one of his CDs and a random CD from the pile to each person who sends their address to ben.
Ben, do you have a sense of when you're like to get to this? How pressed for time should I feel?
Well, I've got one more or less done already but I'm going home to socal on Thursday and won't be taking my music collection with me. I won't be returning until early Jan, and then I'll have to (b) make at least one other mix and ii. make the cases assuming the tentative design I've thought of actually works.
So you've got some time.
Oh, good.
Does that sound like a workable plan? It requires you to do some extra work, but requires much less planning.
Dude, I cannot believe you are trying to force Ben into receiving and sorting a bunch of CDs. Talk about looking a gift horse in the mouth: the man offers to send free CDs to anyone who asks, you want to turn it into some Secret Santa thing?
some Secret Santa thing
Well as a Jew he can't very well openly be Santa now can he?
A swap would be fun, but coordinating is a headache. It was rude of me to suggest initially, both for the work imposition and for changing Ben's cool idea. That said, anyone who'd like to exchange a mix CD for either the set I posted, a blues set, or a middle eastern set, please email.
69: I suspect Ben of sort of liking the gift-giving aspect of December, Jew or no.
67,68: I thought defending Ben was against the bylaws of the blog?
Obviously, I can't commit Ben to anything, and I would defend his right to decline, and would feel guilty if it made him feel like it was too much work to send out CDs.
My thought was just (1) there are enough people interested in sharing CDs that it would be useful to have someone act as a central hub. (2) It would be somewhat adventageous if the person acting as the hub were a poster or frequent commenter, just because more people will "know" them. (3) Ben in planning on mailing out CDs anyway. (4) I trust that Ben's utter disregard for other people would enable him to implement the plan in a way that would cause a minimum of stress for him.
On the downsides, in addition to the extra work for Ben, it might interfere with his attempts at custom packaging.
On the plus side, for Ben, it would mean he would have the option of keeping a copy of every mix, if he wanted.
So, I thought it was worth mentioning the idea and seeing if Ben was willing to be coerced into volunteering. *shrug*.
Here's what I'll do. When I'm done, I'll email everyone who seems to have expressed interest in sending mixes and alert them. I will put up a post soliciting people to email addresses to whomever it is from whom they want to receive a cd. This will mean:
1. people will have to either make public their emails, or get disposable ones
2. people will have to be comfortable sending out their addresses to multiple people if they want mixes from multiple people.
3. people might get more requests than they're willing to honor, the fucking scrooges.
But, otoh, it will be super easy.
OK, I've created CryNed at gmail.
I don't think anyone knows or cares enough about my musical taste to specifically seek out my mix, though.
for me...n=2? are we doing that?
I would like ben's cd.
I think this is a great idea and a public service (referring to plan in comment 74).
Sounds like a good plan.
Apologies if I was being too pushy.