I have to start a new journal anyway. And this one will be music related, I promise.

I'm thinking of how to make mine better. I'd really like to do something less half-assed with my jorunal, but I'm just not sure what I could do that I would feel really motivated about putting good work into.

I haven't figured out whether I want to do a top 25 for each year (I'm only listening to 1959 now), something on obscure psychedelia, or to get goofy and do a worst ever album review using my rapier wit naturally :D. Whatever I do, I'll probably start it in January.

Top 25 for each year is the best resource for other users in my opinion. That gives you a chance fill out your knowledge if you haven’t read something. I’ve spent a lot of time on goofle’s. Not just the loads of stuff I hadn’t heard but revisiting the stuff I have. You have good taste so if I was unaware of something on your lists I’d make sure to correct that.

Trolls do you write up and do me solid this time. I’m going for journal of the year!

No. I'm holding off till the end of December to do the last update for this year, as I was already a week into this month before I would have got a chance to do November's. Makes more sense anyway.
Unless you're featured in some section, everyone gets the same coverage, a line or two, sometimes only a few words. I'm not here to promote anyone's journal, just to point people in your direction. That's all I can do, that's all I ever will do, otherwise this thread would be accused of bias and favouritism, and more importantly, would take much more work than it does at the moment.

I’m not asking for favoritism. I simply asking that you be honest. My journal is the hottest thing going. If music banter was a woman, lamp lighter would be the vagina.

I think it's more like MB is the bar and lamp lighter is the only chick in there but she seems kinda cool at least.

So, if I were to happen to read some Lamp Lighter, I'd only need a shot of penicillin?

But you are. You're quite clearly and unashamedly saying "My journal is the best! Feature it you ****!" And I won't. I don't do that. But there are other reasons. I actually don't think your journal is the best. I can't follow it. What's the theme, the idea? You seem to jump all over the place with it, and I can't make head or tail of it. Some of your entries are one line, or a video, some are treatises on 1928 Russia or something. It's not in any way consistent, and I'm sorry, but I think there are much better journals out there.

Even if I didn't think this, though, I still wouldn't give it more coverage than others because that would not be fair, and anyway as I keep saying, that's not the purpose of this thread, which is essentially "Hey! Look what's going on in the journals section!" It's like a newsletter, or a "What's On" advertisement. In the latter, nobody tells you why, say, the Strolling Players of Munich's production of Hamlet is so great, they just tell you it's on, and where, and let you make your own mind up. There are no editorials here, and unless, as I say, I pick your (or someone else's) journal to feature in one of my sections it will get the same coverage as anyone else. Others have complained about this, but that's how I run this. If that's not good enough for you then I'm sorry, but I'm not your personal PR Department. If your journal can't stand on its own without promotion, well, I hardly need tell you what that means, do I?

More like Reverse transcriptase inhibitors.

I’ll take it!

That’s a winner winner chicken dinner!

I think you're taking this too lightly, TH. Consider the gravity of your the situation.

I demand this thread be closed until TH improves his reading comprehension skills.

Gravity is an illusion: no such law exists. If I think I float, and you think I float, it simply happens.
Nothing wrong with my reading skills pal. Try explaining the idea behind it, the unifying theme, what you're going for. Maybe I'll get it then, but right now, from what I've read, it's a confusing mix of ideas and themes, reviews, essays, pictures and references.

It's the journal where he posts journal entries.

Ooooh, Hep B. Got it. I mean, I get it. No, wait...

I’m tempted to add to that but it would just be a wordier way of saying you really hit the nail on the head.

The Music Banter Members' Journals Update Thread, Final Update for 2017
 

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As deep depression prevented me from updating in November, I decided to hold off and make this a double update, the last in 2017. So here we are, and man, if I look back to last year's final update, how things have changed. Members who used to update furiously (including me) are conspicuous by their absence, members who used never to even keep journals are hard at it, and there are new journals from members who never even put fingers to keyboard in this section. As Frank Drebin once philosophised, “Can't go back...”

Even at that, for a two-month update the meat is still not enough to properly feed even a dieting Batlord, but what's here is pretty much quality, and I guess that's what counts. So if you're all finished by now exchanging crappy gifts for the ones you actually wanted, and staring in dismay at that scale while also shaking your head as you look at your waistline and making that new year's resolution you know you'll never keep, let's put this year to bed, shall we?


Batty is riding on ICP's dick once again as he looks into The Amazing Jeckel Brothers (thought they were two cartoon crows?) in http://www.musicbanter.com/members-j...ite-about.html

Not quite sure if Blank is having a nervous breakdown or being the most creative and out of left field that he's ever been, but when http://www.musicbanter.com/members-j...l-pleases.html, I kind of never thought of it as including talking to himself. Still, as they say, sometimes that's the only way to get intelligent conversation, huh? Um. Anyway, Joji is mentioned and there's a few lines (okay, one line) about Power Trip, and he's starting a list of his favourite wrestlers of 2017. Probably not a bad idea to be stoned if you check out his journal currently.

http://www.musicbanter.com/members-j...d-section.html has Your Song Is Good (but he doesn't seem to impressed with them) and is much more interested in http://www.musicbanter.com/members-j...ravaganza.html, where you'll find the likes of Oddisee, Angles 9, Wolves in the Throne Room, Billy Woods and more. His worst albums of 2017 list is certainly stirring up controversy, and I'd have to say that for Exo (meant with the utmost respect) this is the first time I've seen him put so much work into a journal. Long may he reign!

I guess he just can't stay away! I know the feeling. Where we expected/dreaded a long silence, there are this month again http://www.musicbanter.com/members-j...nnerspace.html where innerspaceboy is waxing lyrical over the Penguin Cafe Orchestra, recently enjoyed by most of us in the Album Club. Welcome back, dude! And just in time for the new year too!

And speaking of the recently returned (no, not the Walking Dead!) there's a new journal for 2018 as http://www.musicbanter.com/members-j...e-listens.html. Interesting to see how this one goes. Kicking off with King Gizzard (and of course, what is King Gizzard without his Lizard Wizard?) and Magrudergrind.


A lot going on down at http://www.musicbanter.com/members-j...ong-picks.html, with Anki, Sparks, Mor Karbasi, his best songs of the last five years (which is slightly biased in favour of his usual favourite artists – Tori Amos, Cristina Branco, Dir En Grey etc – but that's ok) and a four-part tour through the new music he's experienced this year, some of which he's definitely mentioned before, but some new stuff too.

A new journal from a member who tends not to say much, but in http://www.musicbanter.com/members-j...s-spotify.html we'll perhaps hear more about this rather enigmatic guy. Ah, no: I should have guessed. A graphic list and so far not even any real entries. Mindfulness, we know you so well!

Mondo's finally back to finish http://www.musicbanter.com/members-j...im-leavin.html and I think we can all say this is something we've been waiting for.

An artist due to be looked at in the Album Club in 2018, Neapolitan is talking about The Like in http://www.musicbanter.com/members-j...dern-rock.html

OccultHawk's countdown continues in http://www.musicbanter.com/members-j...ighter-26.html with Slayer, Sabbath, Floyd, Zep, Dylan and more as he heads towards the number one spot, which I won't spoil by giving it away. Don't think anyone would guess it though. Then there's Italian ambient music and after that he launches into his favourite jazz, which is where I get me coat. I will note however that he checks out that Whit Dickey album that so bored me. That's me and jazz in a nutshell I guess.

Black Metal is the order of the day (and somewhat more up my alley I suppose) in http://www.musicbanter.com/members-j...ramblings.html, where he's having A Trve Kvlt Christmas (shoulda said Kristmas, Kvert; gotta love that alliteration!) and listening to Leviathan, Noosefiller, Agalloch, Fem, Immortal and Burzum. And a lot more, of course. Well, some more, anyway.

Time for the awards then, and
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(I know it's technically post of two months, but I'm fucked if I'm making a new graphic for that!)
goes to Qwertyy for this love letter to that jolly scourge of churches, our man Varg, otherwise known as Burzum.
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Funny Post
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of the Month
Goes to Blank and his curious conversation with himself here:


There's little doubt as to who can claim
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and that's MicShazam for his trojan work on his journal over the last two months.

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A real event in journal land, Exo's new Top 50 Albums journal attracted so much interest, debate, conversation and the odd threat of physical violence that I had to bring this award back for this month, and award it to him. For those unfamiliar with this award, it's given to the journal that gains the most attention, incites the most debate, or just has most people checking it out.

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Obvoiusly Mondo wins this, returning after almost exactly a year to finish his journal. Good man!

COMING NEXT YEAR....
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And that's it for the final update of 2018. Hopefully all will be back on track for January and we'll have the usual update on the last Sunday of that month, assuming there's enough to write about. Until then, it just remains for me to wish you all a very Happy ... you know what? fuck it. I'm not going to wish you a HNY. This year sucked, and there's no reason not to believe the next one won't too. And I hate you all. I hope you all die in a fire. A very hot fire. Listening to the kind of music you hate the worst. Fuck you all.

Toodles!
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im glad something positive came out of my 4 days of inspiration

And only nine days before Rubber Soul returns with a new and improved music journal. Brace yourselves :D

You do you man. TH is a boring elitist when it comes to journals.

And a Happy New Year to you too, cuntface. :) :beer: May your insults, jibes and snark get even more protracted next year and may 2018 see only an increase in your arrogance and self-satisfaction, if such is possible.


I love ya, man!
:love:

You've described in detail, several times, why you don't like Frownland.

Your point?

I will be as rude as honesty requires me to be.

You're a liar.

We wouldn't want you any other way!
No, I'm not.

You can't love somebody and dislike them at the same time unless you're related to them.

To be fair, TH was one of the biggest forces behind the cringey MB family meme a while back.

**** you Batty. I can be what I like.
Last year I made the resolution for 2017 that I wouldn't let Frown get under my skin as much as he had done in previous years. To some extent, that worked, and I came to realise that a lot of the ****storms that took place between us over the years could be traced to being as much my fault as his. You can't have an argument by yourself. So if I didn't respond, or didn't take as much offence as I had, maybe things would not have been so bad. I therefore decided to stop being such a touchy, whiny bitch. Hasn't always worked, but I think in part it has, possibly shown by the fact that there was no nomination for the "Trollheart vs Frownland" rivalry.

I still don't really like him and there are a lot of his qualities I dislike, but I don't in any way hate him. I have learned to tolerate and even understand him a little more, and not to always react when he pushes my buttons. I think - I know he gets a kick out of people's reactions, but I also know that deep down, he's not trying to hurt anyone, just ****ing around with people, and if they allow themselves to be ****ed around with, then they have to share part of the blame.

So no, I don't hate him, yes I do wish him a Happy New Year and ****ing obviously the "I love you" was a ****ing joke, you moron. :rolleyes:

tl;dr: I'm not trying to steal your boyfriend, don't worry. I've just learned to live with him, and myself, better this year, and will continue to do so as best I'm able.

Pretty sure you were just being a fake bitch.

Good to know you're able to get into my head.
No, I was being genuine and trying not to be a whiny bitch. Sorry if you couldn't see that. Kind of sad, in a way, that you have to think like that. People can change, you know. I actually don't like fighting, and I like to get on with people. Call me weird, what do I care?

Why not both?

It's favorite wrestling matches.

I'm not talking to myself, it's my journals personification of myself.

I love all of you

#occult2018

That I can win this two times in a row just goes to show how little is really going on in the journal section :/

Oh. Sorry. Well it still comes across as really funny. So it's actually outside-the-box creative then? Nice one.
No you don't, you're just drunk. :)

That's a typo. I meant to say it's my journals personification of music banter. Sorry.

Okay, well that makes slightly more sense. I have to hand it to you then: mucho creative! :clap: It might have been an idea had you explained that though, as I think a lot of people here thought you had lost it! :laughing:

Anyone want to do a joint-journal with me on The Beatles? Lins' bump and blitz game got me thinking about The Beatles who I haven't listen to in a while.

I've got my own journal going right now, but I probably know more about the Beatles than any other artist. What were you thinking about doing, Nea?