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offline DeadEight from vancouver (Canada) on 2004-07-01 01:09 [#01261792]
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i'm going to go insane... every time i spend any amount of
time at all reading about music, i find more and more
releases that i have to hear and it never ends, and what
will become of my generation? what will become of those of
us who let the infinitismal flow of information flow
infinitismally? i've never felt so anxious about this
before, but it's really ridiculous don't you think? it's
hard to ever do anything, when i spend so much time
absorbing what others have done, how can i ever live up to
any of it, how can i ever even reach the point of living up
to it, when every time i try to start i stop myself because
it doesn't seem good enough immediately... wah...


 

offline DeadEight from vancouver (Canada) on 2004-07-01 01:11 [#01261794]
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np: Gunter Muller and Taku Sugimoto "I Am Happy If You Are
Happy" (...who says i am happy?)


 

offline PigeonSt from Detroit on 2004-07-01 01:12 [#01261795]
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less consuming, more creating


 

offline DeadEight from vancouver (Canada) on 2004-07-01 01:24 [#01261800]
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i know... but it's tough, you know? cause every time i do
something it seems so worthless...


 

offline danbrusca from Derbyshire (United Kingdom) on 2004-07-01 01:25 [#01261801]
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The curse of choice. Modern life gives us so many choices
that we now become anxious because it's more and more
difficult to make the correct ones.


 

offline tolstoyed from the ocean on 2005-05-14 07:16 [#01598703]
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HAHA, so true..i hardly have time for anything else with all
this music to hear..and there's so much more i need to check
out..and i very rarely listen to an album twice these
days..hard to get a proper impression that way but im always
affraid i'll miss something awesome if i don't check all the
music i read about :)


 

offline fleetmouse from Horny for Truth on 2005-05-14 07:21 [#01598707]
Points: 18042 Status: Lurker | Followup to danbrusca: #01261801



Yes, Douglas Coupland called it "options paralysis" and it's
nasty and true. And he described that principle BEFORE the
interweb. Now it's even worse, wiht an infinite array of
information and the fear that you might miss something
crucial
.


 

offline FlyAgaric from the discovery (Africa) on 2005-05-14 07:31 [#01598716]
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that's too bad. i receive new music very rarely...i've been
listening to the same kyuss album for about a week now. i
got a new one yesterday, so i'm alternating between those
too. i feel for you man, though i cannot relate.


 

offline lupus yonderboy from 1970. (United Kingdom) on 2005-05-14 07:41 [#01598731]
Points: 1985 Status: Lurker



i don't download very much new music at all.... just an
album a week i think....don't read papers, don't watch tv.
feels quite nice, most stuff is shite anyway. just cut it
all out. the internet should really be cut out next=] its
bad for wasting loads of time.


 

offline mappatazee from ¨y¨z¨| (Burkina Faso) on 2005-05-14 08:03 [#01598752]
Points: 14294 Status: Lurker | Followup to DeadEight: #01261792



You've committed a catachresis, if by infinitismal you were
trying to spell infinitesimal, which means "Immeasurably or
incalculably minute."


 

offline _gvarek_ from next to you (Poland) on 2005-05-14 08:09 [#01598756]
Points: 4882 Status: Lurker



be constructive, give yourself a brake, take a deep breath,
read a good book,take a trip at the sea...


 

offline goDel from ɐpʎǝx (Seychelles) on 2005-05-14 08:25 [#01598762]
Points: 10225 Status: Lurker



you need an overdose.

try to dl as much as new music as possible. after a while
you'll be tired of all the new crap that's been thrown into
the ether, day after day.

you'll be crying for a new hobby.


 

offline dariusgriffin from cool on 2005-05-14 08:29 [#01598768]
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That's not true at all. I'm in the same situation, kind of,
and downloading mediocre music only makes me want to
download even more, hoping that I'll find something better.
And there's an awful lot of great music. Boohoo


 

offline FlyAgaric from the discovery (Africa) on 2005-05-14 08:29 [#01598769]
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some good advice


 

offline tolstoyed from the ocean on 2005-05-14 08:30 [#01598770]
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i think deadeight is imune to that sort of thing..he checks
out more new music per day than all the other xlt members
combined.


 

offline goDel from ɐpʎǝx (Seychelles) on 2005-05-14 08:40 [#01598784]
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you're hopeless

and you need another addiction (although this one seems to
be pretty healthy compared to others)

@ tolstoyed:
how about moderating him?


 

offline penexpers from Toronto (Canada) on 2005-05-14 08:53 [#01598809]
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i think i'm in the same rut as you


 

offline DeadEight from vancouver (Canada) on 2005-05-14 08:53 [#01598811]
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how on earth did this thread make it back up here?


 

offline tolstoyed from the ocean on 2005-05-14 08:54 [#01598812]
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it just got worse since then i reckon? :)


 

offline penexpers from Toronto (Canada) on 2005-05-14 09:00 [#01598818]
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i think tolstoyed having a bit too much time on his hands to
wade through thousands of threads ;)

or maybe a favourite


 

offline DeadEight from vancouver (Canada) on 2005-05-14 09:02 [#01598819]
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it is going to be interesting to see what sort of profound
marks the internet will leave on the psyche of the
bourgeois, male, collector in this era... i don't think we
really stand a chance, quite frankly...


 

offline tolstoyed from the ocean on 2005-05-14 09:03 [#01598820]
Points: 50073 Status: Moderator | Followup to penexpers: #01598818



im at work and i just can't focus on something i should
finish by tonight..and since the board is kinda slow i was
browsing through some old threads and came accross this one
:)



 

offline thatne from United States on 2005-05-14 09:14 [#01598823]
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think zen

it may be a cop-out but you'll feel better innit


 

offline thatne from United States on 2005-05-14 09:21 [#01598825]
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or use more drugs


 

offline deepspace9mm from filth on 2005-05-14 09:22 [#01598827]
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I'm kind of glad i'm on 56k, in a way. There's just no way i
can keep up, cash or speed-wise, so i just kind of wade
through all the recommendations. Most of which come from
people in this thread, actually so keep it up, you're doing
a poor lad a great service.


 

offline Ophecks from Nova Scotia (Canada) on 2005-05-14 10:14 [#01598906]
Points: 19190 Status: Moderator | Show recordbag



Music is basically the reason I haven't went to school in
two years or worked in almost a year. I'm just never bored,
and the opportunity to do this is always there. It's really
laughable and shameful but very nice.

I've really started to get into a good groove and listen to
new favorites a lot rather than discarding them for
something new to me that usually isn't going to be all that
special anyway. But there's times when it gets hectic and
there's too many options.


 

offline somejerk from south florida, US (United States) on 2005-05-14 10:27 [#01598912]
Points: 1441 Status: Lurker | Followup to danbrusca: #01261801



very well stated.

don't worry about keeping up, just enjoy what you can listen
to. you have the rest of your life ahead of you, you have
plenty of time to listen to it all over the span.


 

offline tolstoyed from the ocean on 2005-05-14 10:29 [#01598913]
Points: 50073 Status: Moderator | Followup to somejerk: #01598912



world population is growing, meaning there is going to be
more and more artists, hence more and more music to check
every year :)


 

offline axion from planet rock (Sweden) on 2005-05-14 11:26 [#01599004]
Points: 3114 Status: Addict



right know its to much for me to.i have some video games to
accomplish and many movies to watch


 


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