june contest ... GOSSIP

[You™]

For those impressed by quotes, here's a good one I saw today from composer Virgil Thompson in 1962:

"Musical sounds are always a pleasure. It is unmusical sounds masquerading as musical ones that wear you down, and the commercializing of musical distribution has given us a great many of these as a cross to bear."

[M'Snah]

There have been months that the happy chatter in this thread was about music ...

[Hovmod]

For those impressed by quotes, here's a good one I saw today from composer Virgil Thompson in 1962:

"Musical sounds are always a pleasure. It is unmusical sounds masquerading as musical ones that wear you down, and the commercializing of musical distribution has given us a great many of these as a cross to bear."

Yum!

He probably meant "Love me do"

[pHz]

Sorry, i saw other people post pictures before so i did. Why didnt the rule change before the competition started?

did i say any rules had changed ???

i took the action i did because ...

[a] a situation had not previously occured where i felt the need to intervene in this way
its my opinion that (despite other contestants having previously posted images in this and other contests) what you did has (intentionally or not ... i dont care TBH) distracted from the point of this contest irrespective of trying to justify it in terms of 'this is how the real world of record deals work' ... to some extent the last couple of GOSSIP pages and the fact i feel the need to post now has evidenced this

slainte rob

[Shane Sanders]

"I am 100% innocent and the charges against me are 100% false."
-- P. Diddy (Puff Daddy)

"Who could have dreamed in 1965 that the alternative society would eventually multiply to such extraordinary proportions that it becomes our mainstream."
-- Bill Graham

are you quoting Billy Graham?

Nah, Bill Graham, the legendary music promoter.

[Lady J]

Sorry, i saw other people post pictures before so i did. Why didnt the rule change before the competition started?

did i say any rules had changed ???

i took the action i did because ...

[a] a situation had not previously occured where i felt the need to intervene in this way

So you;'re saying no one ever posted a picture of themselves before in that thread?


Or just that you didn't feel the need to intervene in that case?

its my opinion that (despite other contestants having previously posted images in this and other contests) what you did has (intentionally or not ... i dont care TBH) distracted from the point of this contest irrespective of trying to justify it in terms of 'this is how the real world of record deals work' ... to some extent the last couple of GOSSIP pages and the fact i feel the need to post now has evidenced this

Right so it is a special Lady J rule then

"Anyone but Lady J can post pictures and has in the past without me interfering."

[Hovmod]

blabla

Nah. This is where you shrug and say "fair enough".

[Lady J]

blabla

Nah. This is where you shrug and say "fair enough".

I guess I can expect my entries to be editted now as well.

A compromise would be to allow me to post a text link to the pictures i posted in the message. I really feel i'm being singled out and treated unfairly but I'd be willing to accept that compromise. why should i be censored? Nothing in the pictures was tasteless or obscene.

[pHz]

Sorry, i saw other people post pictures before so i did. Why didnt the rule change before the competition started?

did i say any rules had changed ???
i took the action i did because ...
[a] a situation had not previously occured where i felt the need to intervene in this way

So you;'re saying no one ever posted a picture of themselves before in that thread?
Or just that you didn't feel the need to intervene in that case?

its my opinion that (despite other contestants having previously posted images in this and other contests) what you did has (intentionally or not ... i dont care TBH) distracted from the point of this contest irrespective of trying to justify it in terms of 'this is how the real world of record deals work' ... to some extent the last couple of GOSSIP pages and the fact i feel the need to post now has evidenced this

Right so it is a special Lady J rule then
"Anyone but Lady J can post pictures and has in the past without me interfering."

come on J ... strop all you like but dont accuse me of that (you OUGHT to know better) ...

... carry on all you like but im not going to bite ok ???

slainte rob

[Kriminal]

You're such a fuckin drama queen, get over yourself mate....

[pHz]

blabla

Nah. This is where you shrug and say "fair enough".

I guess I can expect my entries to be editted now as well.
A compromise would be to allow me to post a text link to the pictures i posted in the message. I really feel i'm being singled out and treated unfairly but I'd be willing to accept that compromise. why should i be censored? Nothing in the pictures was tasteless or obscene.

your pictures are still here in the GOSSIP thread ... were they belong ... please dont edit your entry post again ...

... and again ... if youre SERIOUSLY suggesting i (or any other mod here) would edit a serious post for ANY reason other than one i thought fair and valid then ...

slainte rob

[Lady J]

Fine. People know the truth, now I'll shut up and let the music do the talking. Best wishes to all who entered. I'm not going to let this blow up into another typical "Lady J contest entry controversy" despite the actions of one person interfering with the competition.

It's one thing to have rules and conditions, quite another to change them in mid contest due to one person.

[pHz]

Fine. People know the truth, now I'll shut up and let the music do the talking. Best wishes to all who entered. I'm not going to let this blow up into another typical "Lady J contest entry controversy" despite the actions of one person interfering with the competition.

heehee ... youre right ... only ONE person HAS interfered ...

slainte rob

[Kriminal]

Fine. People know the truth, now I'll shut up and let the music do the talking. Best wishes to all who entered. I'm not going to let this blow up into another typical "Lady J contest entry controversy" despite the actions of one person interfering with the competition.

It's one thing to have rules and conditions, quite another to change them in mid contest due to one person.

STFU

[Markleford]

So you;'re saying no one ever posted a picture of themselves before in that thread?

Not in recent memory (I think there were some horrible hair shots in the METEL contests), but I can definitely say that nobody has had felt that posting *two* pictures of themselves was appropriate.

Or just that you didn't feel the need to intervene in that case?

That's what he essentially said: it's derailed the gossip thread for a few pages, so "in that case" it's appropriate.

And it's continuing to derail the thread to talk about how it's derailing the thread...

"Anyone but Lady J can post pictures and has in the past without me interfering."

Now you're just talking out your ass. You're free to go back over the 3+ years of monthly contest submission threads and tell us how many people have posted pictures of themselves, and how many posted two. Then bring us this evidence how you are being solely persecuted in this matter and perhaps we'll take this pitful mewling with the seriousness it might deserve.

- m