Callout to self-linker May 15, 2006 10:19 PM Subscribe
I was about a half a minute to late to post before it got closed. I was going to post that dog fucking puking gif. What a shame.
posted by puke & cry at 10:23 PM on May 15, 2006
posted by puke & cry at 10:23 PM on May 15, 2006
Why was the title of it changed from the "this is the new it band" to "this is the new"?
posted by bigmusic at 10:24 PM on May 15, 2006
posted by bigmusic at 10:24 PM on May 15, 2006
I only missed this because I was cleaning the house for a couple hours. Silly.
posted by mathowie (staff) at 10:30 PM on May 15, 2006
posted by mathowie (staff) at 10:30 PM on May 15, 2006
Matt's reason for deletion at the top is—to me, anyway—hilariously anticlimactic.
posted by Zozo at 10:30 PM on May 15, 2006
posted by Zozo at 10:30 PM on May 15, 2006
Woo, give the self-linker even more play by linking to the link in metatalk.
+9000 for strategic thought.
posted by 517 at 10:32 PM on May 15, 2006
+9000 for strategic thought.
posted by 517 at 10:32 PM on May 15, 2006
Come for the self linker, stay for the train wreck! ;- )
posted by Doohickie at 10:33 PM on May 15, 2006
posted by Doohickie at 10:33 PM on May 15, 2006
Jeremy: You ARE a God. And my Hero.
Ceiling Cat rulz!
posted by Doohickie at 10:35 PM on May 15, 2006
Ceiling Cat rulz!
posted by Doohickie at 10:35 PM on May 15, 2006
Ok, that ceiling cat meets UFO mashup is just awesome.
posted by loquacious at 10:37 PM on May 15, 2006
posted by loquacious at 10:37 PM on May 15, 2006
It was a pleasure. psd (right/ctrl+click - save)
posted by Jeremy at 10:42 PM on May 15, 2006 [1 favorite]
posted by Jeremy at 10:42 PM on May 15, 2006 [1 favorite]
I thought it was cruel. Enjoy middle school tomorrow boys. I hope it doesn't rain on recess.
posted by Roger Dodger at 10:46 PM on May 15, 2006
posted by Roger Dodger at 10:46 PM on May 15, 2006
Their earlier work was better, of course.
*stares out the window and coughs violently*
posted by icosahedral at 11:02 PM on May 15, 2006
*stares out the window and coughs violently*
posted by icosahedral at 11:02 PM on May 15, 2006
Oooh! Thanks for the psd, Jeremy!
posted by brundlefly at 11:14 PM on May 15, 2006
posted by brundlefly at 11:14 PM on May 15, 2006
I must be feeling particularly oversensitive tonight.
The adapted Full Metal Jacket quote that is used in the first comment kind of bugged me. Let's just say the word that was in place of "self linkers" originally was... not nice.
posted by twiggy at 11:17 PM on May 15, 2006
The adapted Full Metal Jacket quote that is used in the first comment kind of bugged me. Let's just say the word that was in place of "self linkers" originally was... not nice.
posted by twiggy at 11:17 PM on May 15, 2006
Wow. Funniest thread for some time. I particularly liked the outright denial even in the face of mounting evidence...
posted by greycap at 11:50 PM on May 15, 2006
posted by greycap at 11:50 PM on May 15, 2006
i hate working overtime ... i miss out on all the fun
posted by pyramid termite at 12:46 AM on May 16, 2006
Jeremy is the current winner, and I applaud his efforts.
But the all-timer greatest winner would have integrated Rusty into an animated gif of one of those kids getting hit by Bio-Ooze.
Also it would have ceilingcat and the O RLY owl, and the all-your-base music would have been playing while the Yatta! men danced around badgers in the background and then the whole thing would have dissolved into the hamsterdance but with members of Pretty Flowers instead of hamsters.
posted by ROU_Xenophobe at 12:55 AM on May 16, 2006
But the all-timer greatest winner would have integrated Rusty into an animated gif of one of those kids getting hit by Bio-Ooze.
Also it would have ceilingcat and the O RLY owl, and the all-your-base music would have been playing while the Yatta! men danced around badgers in the background and then the whole thing would have dissolved into the hamsterdance but with members of Pretty Flowers instead of hamsters.
posted by ROU_Xenophobe at 12:55 AM on May 16, 2006
I've been missing all the hot posts these days. Metafilter needs an Awesome-Going-Ons Alerting Service to page cell phones and the like.
posted by TwelveTwo at 1:08 AM on May 16, 2006
posted by TwelveTwo at 1:08 AM on May 16, 2006
hey, maybe "rusty" is someone that really hates this band. good way to make everybody else hate them too. heh
posted by weretable and the undead chairs at 5:10 AM GMT on May 16
That's a great idea. I'll have to remember it.
posted by grouse at 2:57 AM on May 16, 2006
posted by weretable and the undead chairs at 5:10 AM GMT on May 16
That's a great idea. I'll have to remember it.
posted by grouse at 2:57 AM on May 16, 2006
Forget the self-linking and lame attempts at denying his connection to the "band", his real crime is listing all those great bands as influences when PF sounds like...well, a felching conference is pretty accurate. The fucking gull.
posted by Devils Slide at 4:19 AM on May 16, 2006
posted by Devils Slide at 4:19 AM on May 16, 2006
And how much do you have to suck as a band to open for Pretty Flowers? Oh, the humanity.
posted by Devils Slide at 4:28 AM on May 16, 2006
posted by Devils Slide at 4:28 AM on May 16, 2006
And here I thought this was the best metafilter thread ever.
posted by mullingitover at 4:42 AM on May 16, 2006
posted by mullingitover at 4:42 AM on May 16, 2006
Thrillskaya is, like, a totally bogus name. They don't have a "th" sound in Russian.
posted by Meatbomb at 5:39 AM on May 16, 2006
posted by Meatbomb at 5:39 AM on May 16, 2006
No publicity is bad publicity, so I guess mission accomplished. Shit, they'll probably even use Jeremy's artwork on their next bandvertisement.
posted by dgaicun at 5:53 AM on May 16, 2006
posted by dgaicun at 5:53 AM on May 16, 2006
The fucking gull.
Would it be wrong to use AskMe to request graphic imagery of a gull sodomising a chicken?
That truly was a classic moment in MeFi history. I'm sorry I missed it while it was live, but fortunately it's preserved in amber forever.
posted by languagehat at 6:04 AM on May 16, 2006
Would it be wrong to use AskMe to request graphic imagery of a gull sodomising a chicken?
That truly was a classic moment in MeFi history. I'm sorry I missed it while it was live, but fortunately it's preserved in amber forever.
posted by languagehat at 6:04 AM on May 16, 2006
Huh. You can add a deleted thread to favorites.
posted by mediareport at 6:50 AM on May 16, 2006
posted by mediareport at 6:50 AM on May 16, 2006
A 2006 MySpace band from California mimicking New York '76.
You couldn't spell LAME faster if Ashlee Simpson gave you her Speak and Spell.
posted by Mean Mr. Bucket at 7:03 AM on May 16, 2006
You couldn't spell LAME faster if Ashlee Simpson gave you her Speak and Spell.
posted by Mean Mr. Bucket at 7:03 AM on May 16, 2006
I don't think it's the best thread ever.
posted by slimepuppy at 7:36 AM on May 16, 2006
posted by slimepuppy at 7:36 AM on May 16, 2006
So is Pretty Flowers on the MeFi compilation CD?
I'm having to rework the whole setlist, in fact.
posted by cortex at 7:42 AM on May 16, 2006
I'm having to rework the whole setlist, in fact.
posted by cortex at 7:42 AM on May 16, 2006
And here I thought this was the best metafilter thread ever.
posted by mullingitover at 7:42 AM EST on May 16 [+fave] [!]
That thread still has my vote, particulary because, when dhoyt's sockpuppetry and related antics were revealed, Mr. Reynolds had been given a time-out a few days previous, thus preventing him from participating in the thread.
It works on so many levels.
posted by juiceCake at 7:59 AM on May 16, 2006
posted by mullingitover at 7:42 AM EST on May 16 [+fave] [!]
That thread still has my vote, particulary because, when dhoyt's sockpuppetry and related antics were revealed, Mr. Reynolds had been given a time-out a few days previous, thus preventing him from participating in the thread.
It works on so many levels.
posted by juiceCake at 7:59 AM on May 16, 2006
How quickly we've casted aside our mushrooms.
posted by boo_radley at 8:39 AM on May 16, 2006
posted by boo_radley at 8:39 AM on May 16, 2006
"What do they [Pretty Flowers] sound like? Take the sex appeal of the Ramones, the quirkiness of Peter, Paul, and Mary, the energy of Doris Day and the rawness of Milli Vanilli and you're close (to being sick)." - James Dakota, MeFi Remixed
posted by ?! at 9:03 AM on May 16, 2006
posted by ?! at 9:03 AM on May 16, 2006
Good lord. He reviewed his own band's EP on Amazon using his real name. I hate, hate, hate the stupid H4X0R catchphrases, but seriously: This guy sucks at teh Internets.
posted by cribcage at 10:13 AM on May 16, 2006
posted by cribcage at 10:13 AM on May 16, 2006
And the name of the album's lone reviewer on Amazon is "R. Josephs!" What a coincidence!
posted by the_bone at 10:14 AM on May 16, 2006
posted by the_bone at 10:14 AM on May 16, 2006
He's "seen them like three times" and he'll also sell you new copies that he must've picked up at the merch table at one of those shows.
posted by ewagoner at 10:16 AM on May 16, 2006
posted by ewagoner at 10:16 AM on May 16, 2006
His other reviews make me pretty embarrassed to be a liberal. I hope he gets hit by a bus.
posted by Optimus Chyme at 10:26 AM on May 16, 2006
posted by Optimus Chyme at 10:26 AM on May 16, 2006
Let it be said that, while I didn't approve of posting the guy's contact info in the other thread, I see nothing wrong with posting Amazon reviews based on the MySpace samples he provided.
posted by cribcage at 10:39 AM on May 16, 2006
posted by cribcage at 10:39 AM on May 16, 2006
Thank you, thank you, thank you for posting this. I can't believe I missed this display of in(s)anity the first go 'round. Seriously funny shit, dudes.
posted by joe lisboa at 10:41 AM on May 16, 2006
posted by joe lisboa at 10:41 AM on May 16, 2006
I hate the pack mentality around here. Except when I really, really love it.
posted by LarryC at 11:00 AM on May 16, 2006
posted by LarryC at 11:00 AM on May 16, 2006
Better still, the one copy of the EP on Amazon is being sold by none other than... our man Russ Josephs!
So who's going to cough up $7 for the EP then?
posted by Lotto at 11:02 AM on May 16, 2006
So who's going to cough up $7 for the EP then?
posted by Lotto at 11:02 AM on May 16, 2006
Same time next week for all the other shitty bands in Brooklyn? Pretty please?
posted by Marnie at 11:08 AM on May 16, 2006
posted by Marnie at 11:08 AM on May 16, 2006
Wow. I'm almost starting to feel sorry for this guy. His grotesque ineptitude is more shaming than any human should be expected to withstand.
posted by Ethereal Bligh at 11:13 AM on May 16, 2006
posted by Ethereal Bligh at 11:13 AM on May 16, 2006
I laughed, I cried, my bottom rusted.
posted by mr_crash_davis at 11:21 AM on May 16, 2006
posted by mr_crash_davis at 11:21 AM on May 16, 2006
I'm 31 and I shop at Hot Topic. That can be forgotten as well.
posted by Bugbread at 12:37 PM on May 16, 2006
posted by Bugbread at 12:37 PM on May 16, 2006
I'm a topical ointment that makes you hot.
posted by adamgreenfield at 12:55 PM on May 16, 2006
posted by adamgreenfield at 12:55 PM on May 16, 2006
You're Ben Gay?
posted by InfidelZombie at 12:56 PM on May 16, 2006
posted by InfidelZombie at 12:56 PM on May 16, 2006
I'm beginning to buy the proposed 'a bitter enemy of the band is stirring up hatred against them' theory. No one can be a) that much of a nitwit, b) that much of a cunt and c) so very poorly dressed all at the same time, can they? Can they?
posted by jack_mo at 12:58 PM on May 16, 2006
posted by jack_mo at 12:58 PM on May 16, 2006
"It's not often that a band comes along to prove exactly the depths of ineptitude possible when a determined group of talentless hacks come together to torture the listening public. It beggars the imagination that this EP could be the product anything other than a wager gone terribly, terribly wrong. Still and all, perhaps it will serve as a warning to future generations.
"So bad. So very, very bad."
Was this review helpful to you?
*Presses yes*.
posted by nthdegx at 3:09 PM on May 16, 2006
"So bad. So very, very bad."
Was this review helpful to you?
*Presses yes*.
posted by nthdegx at 3:09 PM on May 16, 2006
This is R Josephs, "rock expert", signing off.
Very prescient of him to put in the inverted commas.
posted by greycap at 3:24 PM on May 16, 2006
Very prescient of him to put in the inverted commas.
posted by greycap at 3:24 PM on May 16, 2006
As long as you're spamming Amazon, don't forget CDBaby.
posted by cribcage at 3:46 PM on May 16, 2006
posted by cribcage at 3:46 PM on May 16, 2006
Can I just say that the whole chicken .jpg (you know the one) is very disconcerting to come across while browsing at work and with no nsfw-type warning. Can we have like a norm against this sort of thing? Please?
posted by Mid at 3:49 PM on May 16, 2006
posted by Mid at 3:49 PM on May 16, 2006
From Amazon: If you want to know what would happen if four Subway employees bought cheap guitars and recorded an album in the break room, buy this EP
But that sounds awesome.
posted by cillit bang at 5:20 PM on May 16, 2006
But that sounds awesome.
posted by cillit bang at 5:20 PM on May 16, 2006
I expect (hope) to see UFO Ceiling Cat attacking other targets in the future.
posted by loquacious at 6:09 PM on May 16, 2006
posted by loquacious at 6:09 PM on May 16, 2006
Wow... I stirred Ceiling Cat into MeFi and maybe helped start a meme. How cool is that?
posted by Doohickie at 7:25 PM on May 16, 2006
posted by Doohickie at 7:25 PM on May 16, 2006
Don't miss myfacebook.blogspot.com, which humbly lists ShiPretty Flowers third in a list of "cool bands." Guess who the weblog author is. (Hint: It's not Greg Knauss.)
posted by brownpau at 7:50 PM on May 16, 2006
posted by brownpau at 7:50 PM on May 16, 2006
Oh good lord, he even calls them "the next 'it' band" like he has nothing to do with the band.
posted by weretable and the undead chairs at 8:01 PM on May 16, 2006
posted by weretable and the undead chairs at 8:01 PM on May 16, 2006
Can I just say that the whole chicken .jpg (you know the one) is very disconcerting to come across while browsing at work and with no nsfw-type warning.
Yeah, I thought about that later, but too late. Sorry.
posted by bukharin at 8:24 PM on May 16, 2006
Yeah, I thought about that later, but too late. Sorry.
posted by bukharin at 8:24 PM on May 16, 2006
MetaTalk: "Are you fucking retarded?" "Yes."
posted by loquacious at 8:40 PM on May 16, 2006
posted by loquacious at 8:40 PM on May 16, 2006
Yeah, I thought about that later, but too late. Sorry.
Not your fault -- it was fandango matt. I'll give him a call if I get fired.
posted by Mid at 12:08 PM on May 17, 2006
Not your fault -- it was fandango matt. I'll give him a call if I get fired.
posted by Mid at 12:08 PM on May 17, 2006
FYI, Ceiling Cat isn't the only one watching you masturbate.
Move a little to your left, please. I can't quite see you there.
posted by antifreez_ at 12:59 PM on May 17, 2006
Move a little to your left, please. I can't quite see you there.
posted by antifreez_ at 12:59 PM on May 17, 2006
Would it be wrong to use AskMe to request graphic imagery of a gull sodomising a chicken?
That truly was a classic moment in MeFi history. I'm sorry I missed it while it was live, but fortunately it's preserved in amber forever.
Heh. Gall, smartass :)
posted by Devils Slide at 2:01 PM on May 17, 2006
That truly was a classic moment in MeFi history. I'm sorry I missed it while it was live, but fortunately it's preserved in amber forever.
Heh. Gall, smartass :)
posted by Devils Slide at 2:01 PM on May 17, 2006
Wild guess: some group has a real problem with Pretty Flowers. They've got a long history of pretty anti-Bush, if their website is any indication - so I'm guessing this more a matter of some group disagreeing with their politics, than disliking (or even having heard) their music. Doncha just love people who do things like that???
posted by Otis at 5:28 AM on May 18, 2006
posted by Otis at 5:28 AM on May 18, 2006
Heh.
posted by weretable and the undead chairs at 9:30 AM on May 18, 2006
posted by weretable and the undead chairs at 9:30 AM on May 18, 2006
You know, I think we just designed the next two album.... er... EP covers for Pretty Flowers:
posted by Doohickie at 6:52 PM on May 18, 2006
posted by Doohickie at 6:52 PM on May 18, 2006
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posted by piratebowling at 10:22 PM on May 15, 2006