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Trollheart · 07-25-2013, 06:37 PM

Congratulations Lisnaholic on reaching the two year mark! Wonder if the Prog Rock Album Club will last that long? Well done!

Lisnaholic · 07-26-2013, 08:53 PM

Thanks Trollheart! I hope the Prog Rock Club keeps going too; how many members can you count on ?

The FAIR club could be bigger, but like yourself presumably, I don´t do it for the glory and adulation alone. A few friends swapping musical recommendations is justification enough imo, and between us we have conjured up a roster of albums to be proud of.

Trollheart · 07-27-2013, 08:06 PM

I think we have 4, maybe 5 regular members. Others come in, say oh I'd like to be in on this, and then we never hear from them again. Sad really, but we've a nice little clique going, so it's okay.

Lisnaholic · 07-28-2013, 10:36 AM

Yes, we also have people who seem interested but then vanish, but that´s like MB in miniature really.

Unfortunately, the leavers never say why there´re disappearing, so you´re left with a nagging doubt about how your club could be made more attractive... in connection with which, I´m considering posting some of those discussion-prompt questions that I think you use in order to beef up the chat about the different albums. Do you think there´s going to be a problem if I steal the idea from you (or Pedestrian) ?

Quote:

"Conjugate THIS, pal!"

^

Trollheart · 07-28-2013, 03:58 PM

No problem. Steal away. Copy the text of the questionnaire if you need it from one of the posts. It's a good way to standardise some of the rambling that can go on when people (like me) talk about albums and it means that everyone is basically giving the answer to the same set of questions, so not only does it make it easier for people to evaluate an album, I think it also encourages new members who might otherwise be put off by thinking "man I have to write an essay for this thing!" It's not quite join-the-dots, but it gets you started.

Lisnaholic · 07-29-2013, 08:00 PM

OK, thanks, TH. Consider it stolen !

djchameleon · 08-11-2013, 06:03 AM

The poll closes at 7am tomorrow so go ahead and vote for the next album that we review in the hip hop album club.

http://www.musicbanter.com/rap-hip-h...ng-thread.html

**Frownland** · 06-26-2014, 02:32 PM

Come vote on your favourite track from MB contestants for the "Hollow" theme in the Great Biweekly Artists of Music Banter Song Off Act II.

http://www.musicbanter.com/general-m...ml#post1464208

Oriphiel · 07-01-2015, 03:57 PM

Hey everyone! I was wondering if anyone would be interested in having a themed week in the Journal section (like the Bowie Week that we had awhile back).

Pet_Sounds · 07-01-2015, 04:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Oriphiel

Hey everyone! I was wondering if anyone would be interested in having a themed week in the Journal section (like the Bowie Week that we had awhile back).

Billy Joel week?

07-25-2013, 06:37 PM	#311 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,994	Congratulations Lisnaholic on reaching the two year mark! Wonder if the Prog Rock Album Club will last that long? Well done! __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

07-26-2013, 08:53 PM	#312 (permalink)
Lisnaholic ...here to hear... Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: He lives on Love Street Posts: 4,444	Thanks Trollheart! I hope the Prog Rock Club keeps going too; how many members can you count on ? The FAIR club could be bigger, but like yourself presumably, I don´t do it for the glory and adulation alone. A few friends swapping musical recommendations is justification enough imo, and between us we have conjured up a roster of albums to be proud of. __________________ "Am I enjoying this moment? I know of it and perhaps that is enough." - Sybille Bedford, 1953

07-27-2013, 08:06 PM	#313 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,994	I think we have 4, maybe 5 regular members. Others come in, say oh I'd like to be in on this, and then we never hear from them again. Sad really, but we've a nice little clique going, so it's okay. __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

07-28-2013, 03:58 PM	#315 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,994	No problem. Steal away. Copy the text of the questionnaire if you need it from one of the posts. It's a good way to standardise some of the rambling that can go on when people (like me) talk about albums and it means that everyone is basically giving the answer to the same set of questions, so not only does it make it easier for people to evaluate an album, I think it also encourages new members who might otherwise be put off by thinking "man I have to write an essay for this thing!" It's not quite join-the-dots, but it gets you started. __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

07-29-2013, 08:00 PM	#316 (permalink)
Lisnaholic ...here to hear... Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: He lives on Love Street Posts: 4,444	OK, thanks, TH. Consider it stolen ! __________________ "Am I enjoying this moment? I know of it and perhaps that is enough." - Sybille Bedford, 1953

06-26-2014, 02:32 PM	#318 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	Come vote on your favourite track from MB contestants for the "Hollow" theme in the Great Biweekly Artists of Music Banter Song Off Act II. http://www.musicbanter.com/general-m...ml#post1464208 __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

07-01-2015, 03:57 PM	#319 (permalink)
Oriphiel Ask me how! Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: The States Posts: 5,354	Hey everyone! I was wondering if anyone would be interested in having a themed week in the Journal section (like the Bowie Week that we had awhile back).