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What has been your favorite vacation of all time? Least favorite? What would you have for your last meal? How long would you survive if you were Matt Damon's character in The Martian? Do you sleep with socks on or off? Are you the quality of friend you'd like to have personally? Do you race to get things done before the microwave gets to zero? What is better, fruits or veggies?
Considering you've found the need to respond to my threads as if you are threatened by me I offer you some peace my confused counterpart. May you find peace in your restless soul.
Absolutely. This will give me something to do when I get home from work later tonight.
I was afraid I used the word victim and then people stopped wanting to talk to me.
Noooo, don't be silly. I told you, I only corrected you so you'd know for future reference! Not to reprimand you. <3
Why did you first join inforoo? I joined March 2014 because I wanted all the possible tips and insider information on who was going to be playing. Then I spent more time on here and that was in the thick of all the random new people that had joined. Everyone was getting so frustrated. Honestly, it was some of the funniest, ever-growing reading material I'd seen in a long time. They caught me with that. I had no idea about internet presence at that point, I was just posting random crap. Have you ever dated someone you thought you'd marry/spend your life with? If so, what happened to change your mind? (gettin' deep, yolo) I've only ever dated two people in my life. One for three weeks, the other for seven months. This all happened when I was 18. I'm now 23. I used to daydream about marrying the latter of the two, but we've grown so separate and different from each other, I only think about it jokingly now. I still think about marriage pretty consistently, however. Just no one in particular appears in my mind when I think about it vaguely. Whenever I become interested in someone new, that's one of the first things I think about. If you were a forest creature, which one would you want to be? A fox. Easy. Those sly fuckers. What song would you want to play at your funeral? Home by LCD Soundsystem was the first thing that popped into my head when I read that. There's a lot of truth to that instinct.
Considering you've found the need to respond to my threads as if you are threatened by me I offer you some peace my confused counterpart. May you find peace in your restless soul.
As you journeyed through a bunch of first listens caused by Now Playing, what albums that came recommended did you just not like at all? There are only a few that I listened to that I really couldn't get into recently. I just can't listen to Titus Andronicus for whatever reason. I hate saying this, but it probably boils down to the voice. Boxed In was really PG. Andy Stott's Faith In Strangers just doesn't connect with me in anyway. I only listened to it once so maybe that has something to do with it, but I just remember being so struck when I heard Luxury Problems for the first time. On the flip side of that, I gave the following bands more attention or even listened for the first time because of that thread: All Them Witches, Fuzz, Thee Oh Sees, Radiohead, Ought, Bob Moses, Windhand, Spiritualized, King Gizzard, Sleater-Kinney, Leon Bridges, Hop Along, Leon Vynehall, Bully, D'Angelo, Lady Lamb, Natalie Prass, Young Fathers, White Denim, Daniel Avery, The Dead Weather, Gary Clark Jr., Goat, Jagwar Ma, Jon Hopkins, Royal Blood, Screaming Females, St. Vincent, Sylvan Esso, Tobias Jesso Jr., Ty Segall, Yo La Tengo and countless other bands that I dove and continue to dive deeper into that I had listened to maybe one album of and may not have gone further beforehand. I owe a lot to that forum. I really do. When did you realize you got into music more than your average person? Around Junior year of high school. I realized that I wanted to listen to music more than I wanted to do pretty much anything else. I would always insist on driving so that I could listen to what I wanted to listen to and share with my friends what I had been listening to recently. Also Girl Talk opened a lot of doors for me at that time into hip-hop that I never anticipated. I haven't listened to Girl Talk in what feels like maybe a year or so, but that guy opened my eyes to a lot of things I easily would have spent my whole life over-looking. The other part that comes to mind is the summer of 2010 I was at a party at a friends' house in Iowa City and I realized I had the captivation of maybe 6 people as I professed about the importance in music at the time of fucking Sleigh Bells. Boy the years have changed. Alternatively, I knew something big was happening when my brother gave me Abbey Road to listen to while I did my homework when I was maybe 12 years old. I remember explaining to my father what real rock and roll was by playing Helter Skelter. He must have just been shaking his head thinking, "Oh boy you have no fucking idea what's in store for your ears in the future." Why do you think that is? I think it was just one of those things where something clicked and I simply cared more about listening to music than almost anything else. 23-years-old and I can't wait to see what the future brings musically. I stand by that thought though, I easily care more about music than I care about most people that I know. On the other hand, music is the cause and expansion of most of the close friendships that I have. I would never be this close with my brother, my friends Caitlin, John, Lars or Joe without music. Music: Saving lives since forever.
What song would you want to play at your funeral? Home by LCD Soundsystem was the first thing that popped into my head when I read that. There's a lot of truth to that instinct.
Not to jack your thread but samesies. I actually told my friends the other day that in the event of my death they are not to have a funeral. Instead they should get together, listen to Home, make fun of me and then throw my ashes somewhere awesome.
Post by snowmanomura on Oct 30, 2015 9:24:31 GMT -5
You are president of inforoo. What cabinet positions do you have and who fills them. who is your VP. What was your platform in the election and what do you do in your first 100 days?
Would you rather get a face tattoo or have a righteous how dirt mullet for the rest of your life?
Would you rather rap battle or thumb war for the fate of your soul?
Where do you see yourself at 30? How does that contrast with what you thought before you started college? High school?
What has been your favorite vacation of all time? Least favorite? I'd say my favorite vacation of all time was going back to New Zealand four years after I moved out. I could really see it for what it is and what it means to me as opposed to when I was full to the brim with my 15-year-old angst. I can't think of a vacation where I was genuinely unhappy the whole time, on the other hand. That said, I remember when I was maybe 8 or 9 I was visiting Maui with my mom, dad and one of my brothers and I became dehydrated. I missed Friday's donut day and my dad forced me to drink fucking iced tea (which I hated at the time and still don't really like). While we were on the road to Hana, we stopped off at a little respite and I remember purposefully leaving it on a bench. He later asked me where it was and I acted shocked and confused. That's my first memory of lying for personal gain. Boy, how that habit snowballed. What would you have for your last meal? Several outrageously large pieces of filleted, breaded fish and corn. Not "corn." Actual corn. It's a hazard of living in Iowa most of my life. How long would you survive if you were Matt Damon's character in The Martian? I had never heard of this movie or book until I read this comment/the wikipedia page for it. When it comes to these survival questions, I like to think that I'd last awhile because I'm a fighter and I'm really focused, but I'm also a goddamn human so I'd probably be pretty screwed pretty quickly out in space. Put me in a Hunger Games scenario and I'm killin' everyone. Space, I'm fucked. Out in the world, I'm golden. Do you sleep with socks on or off? Oh off. Even in the wintertime I sleep with my socks off. Sometimes I'll put on sweatpants just so I can wriggle them down to my feet and just have my feet in each of the little slots. Once the foot area is warm, the sweatpants just end up on the floor at the end of my bed. I gotta have my feet covered by the sheet (or just the comforter as I haven't used a sheet since maybe March) however. It's coverage, but it's less constricted as socks. In the summertime, none of these rules apply. I could sleep totally naked on the floor in the summer. My feet don't give a shit when it's warm outside. Are you the quality of friend you'd like to have personally? Shit. I think so. I'm easily the most difficult person to communicate with via technology so maybe not. Wait. I'm befriending myself in this hypothetical. So. Yeah, definitely. I care deeply for the friends that I have. I think the most irritating thing with me is that unless we're really close, you'll probably always be wondering what I think of you and our relationship, even though I'm pretty direct. I get the "mysterious" comment sometimes because people think I'm being reserved, but really I just don't have any problem not saying anything unless there is something to say. I'm really honest with people. I'd get along with myself really well because I'd just give myself shit all the time and I'd riff and talk nonsense and never actually have a serious conversation, until it became necessary and then I would put the riffing away and give myself the full and undivided attention serious subject matter needed. If we're really good friends, I'm a great friend. If you want to be my friend more than I care about you, I'm a horrible friend. I'm sort of in that situation right now. Do you race to get things done before the microwave gets to zero? Hahah not really, but sometimes. Sometimes I'll make running to grab my computer or a beer or my slippers or a pen or something take precedence in my life just to make it seem like I'm being more productive. Other times I'll just walk around the room and rap to myself. Rushing to get things done doesn't really suit my personality. Especially when it's microwave-related. What is better, fruits or veggies? Fruit. I enjoy my veggies. But. Fruit. Apples have saved lives at music festivals too many times for me to not say fruit. I always have spare apples in my backpack at fests. I'll just pass it around. There's really nothing more satisfying than enjoying an apple after music just wrecked your perception of reality for so many hours in a row. Fruit.
What do you wish was better about your area? If Minneapolis winters were marginally warmer, I'm pretty sure this would be one of the sweetest cities in the world. I fucking love this place, but goddamn it the winter lasts for such a long time. Also it's supposed to be 60s almost all week next week. It's November on Sunday. Let's get into Winter. I only mind the warm up (or the cool down, I suppose) to winter. Once it's cold and my body has adjusted, I'm all set. It was 40 some degrees here the other day and I was walking around in a t-shirt. If it could be kind of less bitterly cold in the winter and have that facet not attract so many more people to living here, this place would be sweet. What do you like about it? I like how passive the people are. It makes doing whatever I want so easy. It also makes entertaining myself really simple. I like how no-nonsense people stick out like a sore thumb here and that's maybe why I've been having such an easy time the past few years. I like how almost every band comes through here. We miss out on a lot, but certainly not enough for me to realistically complain. I went to school in Winona my first year of college and I would borrow my buddy's car just to drive up to Minneapolis to go see shows all the time. I like that it's basically a small town, but it's a big city. The downtown is so weird and under-visited during the week and after 2am. Do you plan on staying there? Alas, I don't. I was planning on moving out of here many many months ago, and then the prospect of getting a promotion presented itself to me, and then a little over a month ago I got said promotion and a raise and I'm still mind-blown that I'm a manager of 60-some ushers at one of the largest and most respected and frequented theaters in the country and that my co-workers are an average of 30 years older than me. Now that I've received this promotion, however, my future employment opportunities just tripled. Hopefully in about 6 months I can comfortably move out with enough money saved to survive until I find a job elsewhere. I don't have a particular place I'd want to move, but too much stasis drives me crazy. Simple answer: I've been living here for 16 months longer than I anticipated.
Another great month, amirite? Quiet, you. I blame myself. I love being asked questions about literally anything, but my propensity to forget to answer questions proposed to me via the internet overwhelms everything else.
Do you plan on staying there? Alas, I don't. I was planning on moving out of here many many months ago, and then the prospect of getting a promotion presented itself to me, and then a little over a month ago I got said promotion and a raise and I'm still mind-blown that I'm a manager of 60-some ushers at one of the largest and most respected and frequented theaters in the country and that my co-workers are an average of 30 years older than me. Now that I've received this promotion, however, my future employment opportunities just tripled. Hopefully in about 6 months I can comfortably move out with enough money saved to survive until I find a job elsewhere. I don't have a particular place I'd want to move, but too much stasis drives me crazy. Simple answer: I've been living here for 16 months longer than I anticipated.
Awesome man, congratulations! That's a super great position to be in.
Considering you've found the need to respond to my threads as if you are threatened by me I offer you some peace my confused counterpart. May you find peace in your restless soul.
You are president of inforoo. What cabinet positions do you have and who fills them. who is your VP. What was your platform in the election and what do you do in your first 100 days? Cabinet positions: Secretary of Education - (He'd always do a solid job of making sure the format of keeping the forum musically informed and the proper infrastructure to keep that rolling; see Now Playing) Secretary of Homeland Security - Larry Farnsworth (This could be a solid position for him. He doesn't necessarily have to care about us, but he'll always do well at telling random new idiots how he feels about their opinions and where they belong. Also we reserve the right to strip him of this position whenever we want. Secretary of Transportation - Dave Maynar (I haven't seen anyone navigate more threads than this man) Attorney General - Rummy 500 (She seems to have a pretty firm grasp on right and wrong and is very well spoken, when the opportunity to explain and be helpful presents itself) VP - RandyAnal (I reckon the two of us would make a good team and at the least our anecdotes could keep people entertained and at the very least we'd give something for people to read on occasion) Platform: I promised the people that I would only be in house only a quarter of the time, the rest of the time gab and I would be out exploring and learning more about the world around us and then coming back here with stories of what we learned and who we met, what happened and what music was listened to on our journey. I also explained that I'll never fail to disappoint or surprise with my first listens and that I'll never lie about them to save face. I have no face to save around here at this point. The people respected that. First 100 days: In my first days, I set up weekly (therefore at least 14) different album bracketed or otherwise style tournaments to compare our opinions about best albums from each genre and from each decade. This is where garageland could come in to help us discern between correct genre-labeling. This actually seems like a fun idea, one of you tournament obsessives should start this, seeing as I'm not actually the president. I also instituted a law wherein each member must listen to at least one album they have never listened to before, each week, from now on.
Furthermore, all mods would remain in their current position. They're typically subtle, in my experience, but assertive when they need to be. They do a good job: Credit where credit is do. Your jobs are safe, inforoosters. Would you rather get a face tattoo or have a righteous how dirt mullet for the rest of your life? Dirt mullet for sure. Of course with all these 'would you rather' related questions, it all depends on what kind of face tattoo. If we're talking Mike Tyson or even Maori level face tattoo, then definitely not. Eh. Well. No, regardless of what it is, I don't want a tattoo on my face. I would rock a dirt mullet for the rest of my life. I'd just adjust my personality and make it my thing. "In Faustian-like Trade, Man Must Rock a Dirt Mullet For The Rest of His Days, Does Badass Shit Daily." I see it. Would you rather rap battle or thumb war for the fate of your soul? Rap battle. 100%. I've had a lot of practice walking home from concerts downtown, mutter sweet, really dumb raps to myself. If the soul decider doesn't like my raps or at least doesn't find them even remotely amusing, even if the amusement is clearly inadvertent, then I don't wanna live anymore anyway. Where do you see yourself at 30? How does that contrast with what you thought before you started college? High school? At 30 I hope to be living in Australia or New Zealand again. I've never felt more at home than when I'm in either of those two places. It doesn't really matter what I'm doing. I don't find life fulfillment in my job, so long as I'm happy surrounding it, my job doesn't really affect me in that way. If I'm pleased in my life, then my job is good and vice versa. Before I started college I thought I was going to end up in Chicago or NYC pursing my dream of being an actor or a comedian. Honestly before I started college, the only thing I wanted for myself was to live somewhere that wasn't Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Before I started high school I was 14 and I knew that I was about to move to New Zealand away from all of my dear friends. I had absolutely no perception of what 30 would look like. I barely knew what 23 would look like, or even 18. It's interesting to think that I'm now an age that I fantasized about and respected so much when I was younger. I don't know. There is a distinct possibility that I'd be disappointed in myself if 14-year-old me met me. He'd also be fucking baffled that I have a desk and 60-some employees. By 30, if I have a child or a couple, I wouldn't be too surprised. Or if I've been arrested for several reasons. Or if I'm dead. Funny enough, before I graduated university early last year, one of my friends interviewed my close friends about me and she asked them where they'd see me at 50 and literally every single one of them said dead. I'm weirdly okay with being perceived that way. Another one said I'd either be dead or living behind a gas station's dumpster in Missouri somewhere. Another one said I'd either be dead or living in the mountains somewhere with a grizzly beard and a loyal dog, smoking a pipe on a rocking chair on my porch. I like the latter the best. Strange that before anyone expanded, without skipping a beat they said, "Dead." I have it on video. It's interesting.
are you going to zedd tomorrow? I went to see Houndmouth that night, actually. Fourth time seeing them and goddamn was it good. The crowd was better than I thought it would be for it being Halloween. I figured they'd all just be hammered and distracted and talking and annoying, but they were all just really excited and into it. Downtown was ridiculous after that shit. I rode around in the chaos for a little while before I went to a party called Halloween Slut Party. I haven't danced that hard with such little clothing in a long time. I also haven't made out with that girl in awhile. I also haven't been blatantly hit on in awhile. Halloween was a good time.
Anyone do the how many states/countries you been in question yet?
If no... I haven't visited that many states, but here's my list: Iowa, California, Nevada, Colorado, Oklahoma, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, New York, South Carolina, Missouri, Florida, Tennessee, Kentucky, Indiana, Hawaii, Nebraska.
Countries are fewer (that be crazy if the number was comparable): New Zealand, Australia, England, Scotland, Wales. My family once had to reroute ourselves through Vancouver and we ended up spending the night in their airport, but I was in transit so I don't think that counts. We technically left the transiting area and were sleeping near baggage claim, but I never left the airport, so I'm gonna say I've never actually been to Canada. I also spent an entire day flying standby trying to get to Amsterdam with my dad. The plane was having serious maintenance issues all day. We got to Chicago from Cedar Rapids and since that was the only period of time we could have gone, we had to rent a car and drive home in the middle of the night. It was genuinely disappointing.
Sorry for being so sparse with my responses, folks. If my presence on this board hasn't been made clear, if you ask me something or bring something up to me, it's probably gonna be days before I respond. I treat texting like emailing, if that's any indication. Anyone who has ever pm-ed me can testify to this.
Sorry for being so sparse with my responses, folks. If my presence on this board hasn't been made clear, if you ask me something or bring something up to me, it's probably gonna be days before I respond. I treat texting like emailing, if that's any indication. Anyone who has ever pm-ed me can testify to this.
I want to say no, but I don't remember. The list I have of those who were bmotm might be on my other computer, which is hidden in storage until my house remodeling finishes.
Sorry for being so sparse with my responses, folks. If my presence on this board hasn't been made clear, if you ask me something or bring something up to me, it's probably gonna be days before I respond. I treat texting like emailing, if that's any indication. Anyone who has ever pm-ed me can testify to this.
Sorry for being so sparse with my responses, folks. If my presence on this board hasn't been made clear, if you ask me something or bring something up to me, it's probably gonna be days before I respond. I treat texting like emailing, if that's any indication. Anyone who has ever pm-ed me can testify to this.