January 20, 2005

• I loved last round. I'm in fo'sho'.
• I'm in like Flint.
• Should someone just start a topic - Group 1?
• Whoops - just reread the FAQ. I did Christmas one before and we just signed up on the board. Sorry!
• oh yeah, sorry. The Christmas format was the exception. I will make groups for this, which keeps the chaos down a bit. Especially w/ the larger number of participants.
• Down. E-mail coming shortly.
• e-mail sent! Thanks, shotsy!
• Sitting this one out but should do the next one.
• Okay, I'm a swap virgin, so my question may seem silly, but it's not addressed in the Faq. Is the 'send date' the day folks are expected to START sending CD's, or the LAST day to send them? Tan, rested, and ready!
• The send by date.
• mixmaster queso is in tha hizzy, yo.
• weeee! I'm in, too. Exciting!
• Me too!
• i'm in.
• I'm in! You all like Winger, right?
• yay! After seeing everyone's fantastic taste in music here at MoFi over the last year, I can't NOT be in.
• Y'all are about to see something real special. I'm a-flutter with excitement, I truly am.
• Count me in. I look forward to enjoying the sounds of the monkey collective.
• in! anyone else thinking of themes for their mix?
• My theme is "rock and roll that friggin kicks ass!" /Carl
• I'm in. Email sent. I think my theme might be "songs that I got from other swaps that I really dig."
• Mine is probably going to be a "saints and sinners" theme. Though I'm having a bit of trouble making it work as well as I'd like.
• I signed up. Yay!
• Shit. I wanted to do it, and had the mother of all mixes compiled in my mind (the theme: "deranged covers"). But as it turns out, I need to move in the next couple of weeks... and I really have no idea where I'm moving to or any place to go. Heh. So seeing as how I'll probably be migrating around without a permanent address for several weeks I should sit this one out. I'll be down for a summertime CD swap.
• I'm in. If middleclasstool and immlass sign up, I want to be with them :-)
• I'm thinking of "the one song on the album I really like even though the rest of the tracks are ho-hum." Only said a lot more clearly than that.
• idest will be burning a lot of Aerosmith tracks. And latter-day Rolling Stones. Bonus props to whoever in my group puts some Shatner in their mix. Ooh, there's a euphemism: Put a little Shatner in the mix. Denny Crane!
• That's a good theme, idest - great idea. And heh, MsVader, I was just wondering if I could use songs that other people sent me... My theme will be none, again. I like mix cds that are a big jumble of stuff, so, that's what I'll probably do this time as well. Although I suppose this means I have to finally get the cd drive on my iBook fixed...shit. It's the only thing broken (and I only got the damn thing 6 months ago!) so I haven't wanted to bring it in, because then I don't have a laptop for a while. :(
• middleclasstool, I shall request that I be in your group simply to prove you wrong. :-)
• In! In! Hope y'all like EuroRock in languages that aren't English...
• I'm up for a swap. Bring on the mixes, monkeys!
• Oh hell, why not? I'm in. (Ah, Kip Winger! Where art thou now, oh Aqua-Netted balladeer?) And I hope the Pick Who You Want In Your Group configuration doesn't end up like choosing teams in grade school: "Two people left? Okay, we'll take that Ralph Wiggum-looking kid over there and you guys can have Name That Itch..."
• Name That Itch - Nobody but me will know how the groups were picked, so I don't think anybody's feelings will be hurt.
• I'm in. I'm really looking forward to this. the_bone, I love deranged covers. I hope you own "When Pigs Fly" because you should if you don't.
• OK I'm in (first-timer). Fear my group.
• I do not in fact own "When Pigs Fly," and am starting to think that maybe I should. Details?
• BAM! I'm in. And, I even read the FAQ though I'm not a virgin. How's that for dedication? Email to be sent in a moment, shotsy
• bone, you'd BETTER have bjork and pj harvey's "satisfaction". if not, tracicle has a copy. where is she, by the way? still in the US?
• Muffpub: Fuck, I don't have that either. Fuck. I have some demented stuff, but that isn't among my stash... and it sounds glorious.
• A little over 24 hours and we've already got 40! I don't recall the exact number from last time, but I hope we can beat it and reach 100 this time around.
• Soundclips from When Pigs Fly. Cover songs rule, OK
• I'm in.
• I'm in, and covers are fine, but please-please-please, no Rod Stewart singing 'Isn't It Romantic'. But Caetano Veloso doing 'Come as you are' is great.
• I'll go out on a limb here and say no Rod Stewart singing anything at all for any reason, even if someone put a gun to his head and forced him to. /Tom Waits fan
• where is she, by the way? still in the US? Yep.
• Bjork and PJ Harvey, if anyone wants it.
• darn tootin I want it!
• As an avid covers collector I was planning on making that my theme, but I was gonna make it a surprise. Oh well.
• Oh, sorry. Anyway, that copy of it is fucked (the last 30 seconds is repeated after the song ends, for some reason.
• Can I still join?
• signups will be open through the first week-ish of february.
• things are heating up. We've got over fifty players now. I am going to close signups in a week and a half, so don't delay if you want to join.
• Signups for this exchange will close this Friday. Don't delay!
• hi Shotsy- could you confirm who has signed up, so that we know you got our email? Thanks!
• definitely. i will compile a list this afternoon and post it here.
• Here is the list as of right now. If your name was left off, please email me and I will correct it. ambrosia ampersand2001 Brokevespa cabingirl dj DrPresAmerica es el queso Fedora Undershirt Fes genial housepig idest immlass jb jernie Jerry Junior jmhodges JS klausness livii magpie mandyman mds35 Melinika meredithea Mfpb 2 21 Mickey Mickster middleclasstool mothninja msconduct MsVader Name That Itch nicola patita PF planetfour pmdboi prismatic7 rjd rocket88 Sardonista schadenfreude shawnj shotsy The Engineer's Monkey TheRoach Tinfoil Sorting Hat Waitingtoderail waraw WPDK
• When are our groups announced?
• Signups are closing roughly mid-month, according to shotsy, so probably soon after, mebbe two weeks before deadline?
• bah!
• My mix is newly minted. All of my group members will BOW before its mightiness! Lo! It has a hidden track! Behold its cover, minimal yet compelling in its artistry! RED LETTER EDITION!
• Wow, mct, that looks awesome! Is there a place to put everyone's track listings so we can see what the rest of the monkeys got to listen to? (and btw, what font is the body text? it's gorgeous)
• mct, that roxx!!! Wish I had time to participate this round.
• Thanks! I hope the content is as well-received as the packaging. The body text font is dauphin. Came with Corel Draw, which is what I used to design the CD insert. Its lower-case letters are beautiful, too.
• mct, it's georgeous! Must have some Nick Cave on it, huh? :-)
• I am going to send out group lists sometime this week when I get a chance to sit down with it all for a bit. Feel free to create new categories on the BBS if you want a place to trade art/playlists. if you need a file hosted, email me and i'll create a directory on my site for it.
• *clears throat, checks watch*
• *bumps thread, makes link*
• *another bump*
• I attempted to sign up (before the Feb 10 closing), but never got a reply *grumble grumble* Anyone know the current status of the swap? I was all excited to jump in... the 25th is fast approaching however!
• Group lists have been set up and posted on the subsite. Emails of high importance have been sent to all interested parties.
• I haven't received an email.
• I'm also not listed in any of the groups! My name is on the list above, though^^^
• Ooh, dumbass, (me), yes I am. Nevermind!
• Um....the CDX discussion board seems to be hosed right now.
• Somehow, within the last hour the permissions of the directory containing the Discussion Board was changed from 755 to 0. I don't know how this happened (certainly didn't do it myself), but for some reason the server won't let me change it back to what it should be. If there is an emergency, I will make a new discussion board, but that is not something I want to do and I don't want to lose the data we've built over the last year. I've got a ticket in w/ my host, so please bear with me as I try to work this out. Thanks!
• waitingtoderail: Have you gotten the email? You are in Group 2, though the discussion board is not up to let you know that at the moment. Let me know if the email hasn't arrived and I will resend.
• All righty then, MCT, I've been dying to find out if I'm a saint or a sinner. Here goes.
• muahaha...
• (and I'm glad I finally understand your nick, btw)
• shotsy, I also don't think I got the email. I'll double check to see if I accidentally deleted it, but if not it hasn't shown up yet. I can figure it out when the board is working again, though.
• Update: The page is down because a critical hole was found in PhpBB, which I use to run the boards. HostingMatters shut down all installs that were not up to date. When they respond to my response, access will be returned to me and I will be able to carry out the required upgrade. I hope that this will happen within the next couple of hours. TheRoach: You are in Group 8. I will resend the email right now.
• got the resend, thanks
• got it
• The upgrade of the discussion board is complete and everything is back online. Sorry for today's strangeness. Cheers, S
• thanks, shotsy!
• I'm getting a timeout error when I hit the CD Swap link on the sidebar. It's entirely possible that it's a problem with the network I'm on right now, but I thought I'd throw it up here to see if anyone else is getting the same thing.
• Never mind. It's my end.
• My group is the best group. Your group is teh sux!
• OMFG UR GRUP IS SO MUCH TEH GHEYE PREPEAR 2 B PWNED LUSER!!!111!
• is 1337 speek evar used without a tongue firmly planted in cheek? My 1337 dialect was nurtured solely on sarcasm, and I therefore consider myself 1SL, 1337 as a second language.
• Evidently not with some of the d00d gamers online. Though I can't speak from personal experience.
• STFU n090b!!!111one! (I think most questions can be answered with "STFU noob!")
• STFU 01d f4rt!!!1
• UR TEH SUX! Isn't it funny to think that once upon a time, 1337 wasn't a dialect that could be mocked? It was just random typos and kids making pornography with ASCII...
• kids don't make pornography with ASCII anymore? slowly puts away laptop
• Anybody got mine, yet? Anybody in my group mailed theirs yet! LET'S HEAR SOME CHATTER, DAMMIT.
• I suck, and my life is super busy. So mine will be mailed Feb 25, probably at 4:55 (post office closes 5pm). I've had the mix for ages, but no time to make the CD cover. Off to do homework.
• Didn't get yours yet, mct, but it has to go all the way to Canuckistan. Speaking of Canucks, that the theme of my CD. Hope it goes over well. There's three Neil Young songs but no actual Neil Young on it. I won't be mailing mine until Saturday morning though, unfortunately. Just no time to get things printed and get to a post office before then. Plus I still want to go to HMV tomorrow to buy a CD that I want a track from. Making mixes is a very expensive project. ;) Anyway, apologies.
• Ah, livii, one of the bands I've included on my mix does a fine cover of "Dance, Dance, Dance." If you like 'em, I'll point you where to go.
• Same here, jb...I suck at designing covers so I put it off as long as possible. In fact, it's till not done! My CDs aren't in the mail yet but they will be tomorrow. That's for the Group 3 folks.
• Mine's comin's out at the last minute too. Here's my cover and another version I decided I didn't like as much. Appropriately enough, the cover was too small for the case so I had to find a creative way to keep it from falling out. Also be warned tracks 7 & 10 are a bit louder than the other songs, so be forwarned if you're wearing headphones.
• I dig 'em both. Ook, daddy. Ooooooook. *snaps fingers*
• group2: mine went out today (a day late, sorry). hope you enjoy!
• Has anyone from Group 6 gotten theirs yet? No one's responded to my emails... C'mon folks, were they that bad?
• group 6 has looked rather stagnant on the discussion board indeed!
• I know! I'm trying!
• Just got yours, FedoraUndershirt. Will be listening tonight.