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Post by The Wookie Monster on Jan 16, 2009 20:19:10 GMT -5
I think Chuck Berry would be pretty cool...he's not going to be a headliner and he may cause a little trouble w/ the festivalmakers (ego?) but he'll perform some nice little ditties and it'll be good on an afternoon
I could see Chuck Berry in a pre-pre-headliner slot, like BB King was last year. But ladies, just be sure to check for video cameras in the porta-johns first.
Post by bamadancer on Jan 16, 2009 21:10:31 GMT -5
Some things you guys need to know:
1) It's not two bands. JD said it himself. It's one artist. 2) These are not as easy as you think they are. Quit jumping to one conclusion and saying, "OK SOLVED! NEXT CLUE PLZ" 3) JD said earlier in the thread that we hadn't solved it when we had been through Peanut Butter Wolf, Peter Bjorn and John, Snoop Dogg, Phish, the Dead...several artists and JD said we had not solved it yet. 4) That being said, he's not going to tell us if we're right. 5) READ THE THREAD AND LISTEN TO THE VETS. I mean, I know that the vets are pissing you guys off but WE'VE DONE IT BEFORE AND KNOW HOW THE CLUES WORK. That's why the vets are getting pissed. People are just like, "Oh its this" and not even posting their logic, not helping, and then getting pissy when somebody else has a different idea.
Okay, phew. I still dont think the "wolfing" thing was a clue. I'm ruling out Peanut Butter Wolf just because I think it's not gonna be that easy, plus I dont know how I feel about the logic with the 2nd part of the clue. I think we are still not focusing on that part enough.
Now...tell me more about this story that was the precursor to peter pan?
hmmmm... so I've been mulling this over and thinking about "Fruit" themed bands since we have peanuts and berries or fruit. Well peanuts are legumes and so are Black Eyed Peas. It doesn't go for the second part of the clue, but it's all I got for now.
1) It's not two bands. JD said it himself. It's one artist. 2) These are not as easy as you think they are. Quit jumping to one conclusion and saying, "OK SOLVED! NEXT CLUE PLZ" 3) JD said earlier in the thread that we hadn't solved it when we had been through Peanut Butter Wolf, Peter Bjorn and John, Snoop Dogg, Phish, the Dead...several artists and JD said we had not solved it yet. 4) That being said, he's not going to tell us if we're right. 5) READ THE THREAD AND LISTEN TO THE VETS. I mean, I know that the vets are pissing you guys off but WE'VE DONE IT BEFORE AND KNOW HOW THE CLUES WORK. That's why the vets are getting pissed. People are just like, "Oh its this" and not even posting their logic, not helping, and then getting pissy when somebody else has a different idea.
Okay, phew. I still dont think the "wolfing" thing was a clue. I'm ruling out Peanut Butter Wolf just because I think it's not gonna be that easy, plus I dont know how I feel about the logic with the 2nd part of the clue. I think we are still not focusing on that part enough.
Now...tell me more about this story that was the precursor to peter pan?
No need to get upset. The clues are suppose to be a fun way to pass the time in the final weeks before the lineup comes out. I agree there are some crazy answers and people just assuming they're right, but I disagree that the "vets" are the only ones who know how to solve clues. I was around last year and correct me if i'm wrong, but wasn't last year the first year of clues? That means everyone was a rookie last year. Nobody is going to get all the clues right. It's just about having fun with fellow roosters before we get the lineup.
1) It's not two bands. JD said it himself. It's one artist. 2) These are not as easy as you think they are. Quit jumping to one conclusion and saying, "OK SOLVED! NEXT CLUE PLZ" 3) JD said earlier in the thread that we hadn't solved it when we had been through Peanut Butter Wolf, Peter Bjorn and John, Snoop Dogg, Phish, the Dead...several artists and JD said we had not solved it yet. 4) That being said, he's not going to tell us if we're right. 5) READ THE THREAD AND LISTEN TO THE VETS. I mean, I know that the vets are pissing you guys off but WE'VE DONE IT BEFORE AND KNOW HOW THE CLUES WORK. That's why the vets are getting pissed. People are just like, "Oh its this" and not even posting their logic, not helping, and then getting pissy when somebody else has a different idea.
Okay, phew. I still dont think the "wolfing" thing was a clue. I'm ruling out Peanut Butter Wolf just because I think it's not gonna be that easy, plus I dont know how I feel about the logic with the 2nd part of the clue. I think we are still not focusing on that part enough.
Now...tell me more about this story that was the precursor to peter pan?
No need to get upset. The clues are suppose to be a fun way to pass the time in the final weeks before the lineup comes out. I agree there are some crazy answers and people just assuming they're right, but I disagree that the "vets" are the only ones who know how to solve clues. I was around last year and correct me if i'm wrong, but wasn't last year the first year of clues? That means everyone was a rookie last year. Nobody is going to get all the clues right. It's just about having fun with fellow roosters before we get the lineup.
Good luck everyone on the clues and have fun!
I think the point she is trying to make is about people smiting other people because they have differing opinions and people that are not reading the past pages of the thread and just throwing things out there that were discussed 10 pages ago.
We realize this is all in fun and - fact is - no one will know who is on the line up until the line up comes out - so if someone disagrees with your logic - don't smite them and be nice about it - we all know what they say about opinions
I think all this talk of vets versus noobs is obnoxious. None of us owns this board and commentary like that just makes people feel unwelcome. People are going to repeat things that have been said before...it's hardly worth smiting, name calling or making someone feel foolish.
Post by viciouscircle on Jan 16, 2009 21:31:02 GMT -5
Here's the problem with the whole "listen to the vets" thing. First of all, you can't just decide based on number of posts how much attention anyone is paying or how good they are at this. There are plenty of people mucking up this thread with poorly thought out guesses that are vets. And there are plenty of vets that are not bothering to catch up before they post. Heck, it was only a few pages ago thaty Jess tried to tie the AC/DC clue into this - and we have known since yesterday that those clues are dead now. In fact, even though I do not have over 500 posts here, the number Jess has rather randomly determined necessary for one's opinion to be valid, I'm the one that first pointed that out, and DJJD quoted me and agreed, and it's been gone over to death that those clues are dead. So maybe instead of teliing people to listen to the vets, you could just say "listen to the people who are making sense." Number of posts has NOTHING to do with it, as Jess so wonderfully, if inadvertantly, illustrated. And when you tell us that we should listen to you, I'm sorry, that is just patronizing. I was here last year. It was certainly no Algonquin Round Table.
We should all read the previous posts before we post oursleves.. If we find we have inadvertently repeated something already said a bunch of times, we should delete our redundant posts. These are good guidelines for everyone, and the vets need to exercise them just as much as anyone else.
No need to get upset. The clues are suppose to be a fun way to pass the time in the final weeks before the lineup comes out. I agree there are some crazy answers and people just assuming they're right, but I disagree that the "vets" are the only ones who know how to solve clues. I was around last year and correct me if i'm wrong, but wasn't last year the first year of clues? That means everyone was a rookie last year. Nobody is going to get all the clues right. It's just about having fun with fellow roosters before we get the lineup.
Good luck everyone on the clues and have fun!
I think the point she is trying to make is about people smiting other people because they have differing opinions and people that are not reading the past pages of the thread and just throwing things out there that were discussed 10 pages ago.
We realize this is all in fun and - fact is - no one will know who is on the line up until the line up comes out - so if someone disagrees with your logic - don't smite them and be nice about it - we all know what they say about opinions
well when you have 28 pages thats going to happen. for instance i put cranberries out there and i know thats always been discussed. however the west bay part is what im tying in to them further(them being from the west coast of ireland). whether thats been discussed or not i have no idea, but im not gonna read through 28 pages to find out.
when you have this big of a thread in 12 hours thats whats gonna happen.
Post by viciouscircle on Jan 16, 2009 21:38:39 GMT -5
If you do not want to read through everyone else's posts, why do you expect them to read yours? That is exactly the problem - by not reading, people make redundant posts. Then the thread gets more clogged, so people are even less inclined to read all the posts. It's a ...vicious circle, and the only way to stop it is to start showing enough respect for other people's posts to read them before you post. If everyone does this, there will not be so much muck to wade through.
Post by spmirish03 on Jan 16, 2009 21:41:14 GMT -5
to read 28 pages of posts is going to take hours upon hours. im just throwing out ideas in hopes to help.
but after working all day, i cant spend a few hours reading through the entire thread.
id say an average page takes 10-15 minutes to read so that means you are looking at about 5+ hours to read the entire thread. im sorry but i dont expect anybody to do that.
i read the first page or 2 after the clue, then the 3 or 4 most current pages and posted from there.
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Post by viciouscircle on Jan 16, 2009 21:46:33 GMT -5
I read the thread from page 12-28 in about fifteen minutes, while petting my dog and talking to someone. So I think you are overestimating how long it takes. And it is irrelevent. It is rude to assume other people want to read your posts when you can't be bothered to read theirs. No read, no post. Soon we'd have a nice, clean, focused thread - that's easy to read, and facilitates the clue solving process instead of undermining it.
Post by ratskradtoo on Jan 16, 2009 21:49:52 GMT -5
Chuck Berry could be called ageless (Peter Pan?) and had an early song - 'You Never Can Tell' - which was forgotten until resurrected on the Pulp Fiction soundtrack (beat to a pulp?)
...and this from Wiki:
In the 1970s Berry toured on the basis of his earlier successes. He was on the road for many years, carrying only his Gibson guitar, confident that he could hire a band that already knew his music no matter where he went. Among the many bandleaders performing a backup role with Chuck Berry were Bruce Springsteen and Steve Miller when each was just starting his career. Springsteen related in the video Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll that Berry did not even give the band a set list and just expected the musicians to follow his lead after each guitar intro. Berry neither spoke to nor thanked the band after the show. Nevertheless, Springsteen backed Berry again when he appeared at the concert for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1995.
Post by viciouscircle on Jan 16, 2009 21:52:12 GMT -5
In other thread-cleaning news, I am going to try to record the clues (when they start again) with the voice recorder on my mp3 player, so that we can rewind and get the clues down right the first time. But I don't know how well it will work, so if anyone else has any kind of recording device, please give it a try also.
Post by viciouscircle on Jan 16, 2009 21:56:24 GMT -5
I am wondering if there is a different angle we can take - instead of focusing on what the ocean spray is, maybe we need to figure out who the "you" is in that part of the clue. The Peter Pan part is joined to the other part, so maybe we should look for similarities in the subjects of both parts - Peter Pan (peanut butter) and ocean spray, to identify the object (you). Both peanut butter and ocean sprays are salty, thirst inducing. Maybe it 's a band with thirsty or a synonym in the title, from a westward bay area. Any ideas?
Post by HoodooOperator on Jan 16, 2009 22:22:27 GMT -5
Okay some random thoughts:
ocean spray: a plant indigenous to the PACIFIC NORTHWEST westward bay: many bays on the west coast near major cities from which bands come from. possibly a starting point?
i dunno, once again grasping at straws. i do believe the artists name is two words, based on how the clue is split.
ocean spray: a plant indigenous to the PACIFIC NORTHWEST westward bay: many bays on the west coast near major cities from which bands come from. possibly a starting point?
i dunno, once again grasping at straws. i do believe the artists name is two words, based on how the clue is split.
Moondoggies! I know that makes you happy, hoodoo. Now, if we could just wrangle the rest of the clue to make it fit.
ocean spray: a plant indigenous to the PACIFIC NORTHWEST westward bay: many bays on the west coast near major cities from which bands come from. possibly a starting point?
i dunno, once again grasping at straws. i do believe the artists name is two words, based on how the clue is split.
Ok so maybe a stretch, but Britt Daniel of Spoon moved to Portland Oregon, looks like peter pan (seriously) and is in a band spoon, a utensil which may help you take a gulp of something.