Where the heck is the MeFi compilation CD?

September 16, 2006 8:20 AM

Where the heck is the MeFi compilation CD? I shelled out my hard-earned cash months ago, and I haven't heard jack squat about it since. C'mon...is this Chinese Democracy or something?
posted by you just lost the game to MetaFilter-related at 8:20 AM (25 comments total)

This is, in fact, Chinese Democracy.

Also, we're really, really working on it.
posted by cortex at 8:29 AM on September 16, 2006

Pay attention.
posted by languagehat at 8:29 AM on September 16, 2006

Hi, cortex!
posted by languagehat at 8:30 AM on September 16, 2006

Hat!

Also, you can keep (relatively) up to date at meficomp.com, which I update when there's actual news. We're still last-minuting the art.
posted by cortex at 8:31 AM on September 16, 2006

A lot of the hang-up is my fault, and I apologize. It took me forever to do the art for the inside, and—as it turns out—I shouldn't have flattened some stuff, so there's sort of a problem with getting everything the right size for printing without it looking like mud.

It's really, really being worked on, by cortex and another guy or two. Really.
posted by interrobang at 8:39 AM on September 16, 2006

< shrill>

I shelled out my hard-earned cash

< / shrill>

God I love how people get once they've parted with some cash. Doesn't it just fill you with the joy of making music?

This is worth doing right. Take your time, folks.
posted by scarabic at 9:36 AM on September 16, 2006

I didn't mean to be shrill (hence my use of the jocular term "jack squat" and Chinese Democracy joke)...anyway, thanks to those of you who answered my question.
posted by you just lost the game at 9:41 AM on September 16, 2006

I shelled out my cash, and I am happy to wait until cortex is done, because, you know, this ain't Amazon.com.

I bought it with the understanding that it was subject to whatever force majeure was currently affecting cortex's (and others') availability, and besides which, it's part of that je ne sais quoi that comes with purchasing fine, hand-crafted goods via the Intarweb.

Again, this ain't Amazon.com. If you (pre)bought the MeFiComp CD without realizing that, and without reading the prior threads, I submit to you that the emptor didn't caveat.

waits for hat to correct my abuse of Latin
posted by scrump at 10:20 AM on September 16, 2006

10 days since the last one... would this be what alla y'all smart folks call an eponysterical thread?
posted by Alvy Ampersand at 10:54 AM on September 16, 2006

Pay attention.
posted by languagehat at 10:29 AM

Isn't the MF compilation CD and the swap, two separate things? I'm confused.
posted by KevinSkomsvold at 12:17 PM on September 16, 2006

A ha! You're paying attention!

yeah honestly i have no idea where hat was going with that
posted by cortex at 12:18 PM on September 16, 2006

I wasn't paying attention. Never mind.

*slinks off to corner, puts dunce hat on self*
posted by languagehat at 12:27 PM on September 16, 2006

*snatches dunce cap off languagehat's head, runs, and puts it on . . .

Shit. I think everyone I've ever had a feud with has quit Metafilter.
posted by Ryvar at 12:49 PM on September 16, 2006

This ain't amazon.com? Why have I been paying cortext $24.95 a month for Metafilter Prime? Two day shipping, my ass!
posted by graventy at 1:29 PM on September 16, 2006

This Metafilter Prime, it vibrates?
posted by Rhomboid at 1:52 PM on September 16, 2006

It slices, it dices, it makes julienne fries!
posted by languagehat at 2:00 PM on September 16, 2006

I wasn't paying attention. Never mind.

*slinks off to corner, puts dunce hat on self*
posted by languagehat at 2:27 PM

No worries. Soon enough, I'll be wearing that cap as well.
posted by KevinSkomsvold at 2:01 PM on September 16, 2006

I think we're entering Lindsey Buckingham/Tusk territory here. Cortex took the money and bought a mansion in LA and tons of coke. He snorted most of it, became a raging paranoiac, and decided the songs themselves were decent but what they really needed were some dramatic overhauls in arrangement, like bringing in the USC marching band on a few tracks.

Anyways, I'm pretty sure that's what happened.
posted by bardic at 4:01 PM on September 16, 2006

I've also gotten Brian Wilson involved.
posted by cortex at 4:04 PM on September 16, 2006

Just don't invite that Charlie Manson dude over. He's a weirdo.
posted by bardic at 4:11 PM on September 16, 2006

Tusk is awesome! Real savage-like!
posted by Alvy Ampersand at 4:15 PM on September 16, 2006

I think everyone I've ever had a feud with has quit Metafilter.

What's your secret? I only managed one, & I bet he's probably back under some sock puppet account. Poor willpower, that one.
posted by jonson at 6:03 PM on September 16, 2006

Shit. I think everyone I've ever had a feud with has quit Metafilter.

Like Charles Bukowski said, it's all about endurance.
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 6:06 PM on September 16, 2006

Hi, cortex!!!

Just thought this might be a good time to say hello.
posted by The Great Big Mulp at 10:01 PM on September 16, 2006

'Cause I don't have any money down on this cd. So, y'know, indifference abounds in mulpland.
posted by The Great Big Mulp at 10:01 PM on September 16, 2006