The Syndicate

I should add that, while it would be inaccurate to call Steinman's work parody or pastiche, he certainly does have a sense of humor about his songs. Good Girls Go to Heaven (Bad Girls Go Everywhere) is a Mae West quote. The Future Ain't What It Used to Be is a Yogi Bera quote. He is self-consciously...

Honestly, earlier Mountain Goats stuff is better, as it is rawer and has more of a sense of humor, but I like All Hail West Texas well enough.

Also, ALl Hail West Texas is a great album by a great band. I love the lo-fi approach. It makes me feel like anyone could write a song, even me.

Aw man, I missed talking about my own submission. Bummer. I'm amused to see that it was roundly hated though.

I'm back from traveling for a while, by the way.

I have requested a replacement for this game. I'm sorry to the host, who has put in all this work, and to my fellow players, for not being up to the task. Circumstances have prevented me from being able to play a proper game. Good luck, civvies! I'll try to catch you again when life is not so crazy.

That's what you guys get for coming after Supatown. Now I'm off to New Hampshire. Try not to murder me.

I'm voting for Epignosis due to his obvious attempt to set me up and lead a wagon on people who have very limited internet access.

I continue to apologize for my absence and vote for Rocochet. Travel for work is exhausting.

I voted to protect Dylexicon, because I like Dyslexiscon.

I guess I will vote for the Doctor in self-defense. Not pleased about it though. Down with Ricochet.

Wilgy is a doctor, but he is not the one person I have an alliance with.

I guess an explanation for my inactivity is in order. I have been traveling the last two weeks, and will be traveling again tomorrow. In the meantime, I'm catching up on work and preparing for when I will be gone, so mafia is unable to recieve my full attention. I'll sure try not to miss votes though!

I'm trustworthy. Everyone trust me.

S~V~S wrote: ↑Tue Jun 13, 2017 5:36 pm And lulz at Rico and Llama being traditional and voting for each other.

Tradition is the backbone of civilization.

I'm voting for Ricochet because he always hisses at me and he celebrated when people thought I was dead.

Oh isn't open BTSC fun? I have a deal with someone, but I'm not saying who. Yet.

The question re: rico is, how much of a distraction is he being? I am okay with lynching sufficiently distracting players, as it improves the efficiency of future play.

ALl in favor of voting to lynch the most annoying player?

Long Con wrote: ↑Sun Jun 11, 2017 9:53 pm
thellama73 wrote: ↑Sun Jun 11, 2017 9:43 pm You probably thought I was dead. But I am alive. For now.
Like the clown in Billy Madison.

They're all gonna laugh at you.

You probably thought I was dead. But I am alive. For now.

I regret that due to this game being delayed a thousand year, I am now traveling out of the country and will not be abel to play. :(

I can't see who voted for what, though, which makes me rather sad.

I feel I should explain my selection. Pandora's Box is a project by songwriter/producer Jim Steinman, best known for writing all the song's on Meat Loaf's Bat Out of Hell, as well as Bonnie Tyler's Total Eclipse of the Heart. In an homage to 60s girl groups like the Shangri-Las, he assembled four fe...

Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!

Interesting counterpoint from Quin.
2 stars from me.

I did not really care for Dead Meo Five. It was far too long, and mostly seemed like pretty uninspired techno to me. Nothing there that made me want to come back for more. Also, Metalmarsh is a wuss for not at least coming to discuss his own nomination.

I think you're right, SVS. It appears to be a Safari-specific issue. A cleared cache didn't solve it, but switching to Chrome did.

Someone linked me to this thread and I was able to get here, but when I navigate to www.mafiathesyndicate.com I'm still getting the directory and can't get into the site proper. try this: http://www.mafiathesyndicate.com/index.php It's the link I have bookmarked and it works for me. Then bookmark i...

Someone linked me to this thread and I was able to get here, but when I navigate to www.mafiathesyndicate.com I'm still getting the directory and can't get into the site proper.

insertnamehere wrote:Voted Option A.

I'm submitting an album that's more or less diametrically opposed to Bish Bosch: All Hail West Texas by The Mountain Goats.

That's a great album.

I voted for winners being able to submit albums the following week, because I have endless records I want to submit.

For this week, I'm going way back to a sort of guilty pleasure that I can guarantee no one else has heard.

My submission is: Pandora's Box - Original Sin available here.

The debate over what "is music" is largely academic. For me, any sound presented for the listener's enjoyment can qualify as music, but what we call it doesn't matter much. I like this kind of stuff, because I just love, and am fascinated by, sound. I love the sound of guitars, but I love ...

I now have a dinner at 7pm this Saturday. I'd still like to play until my inevitable early lynching, but starting slightly earlier would make my life easier.

For the skeptics, discord > chatzy. Best thing about it is you can read back without the screen jumping on you whenever someone posts. And it shows where the last post you read from was, so you can go away for a bit and know right where you should start reading again. Smart. That is the first actua...

No, not like that - open BTSC makes for epic alliances and epic betrayals, and I don't want to get my heart broken again. :haha: You can be in my epic alliance, LC. We will win. I'm sure you would love the opportunity for an epic betrayal. I would never betray you if you were in my alliance. You're...

Long Con wrote:No, not like that - open BTSC makes for epic alliances and epic betrayals, and I don't want to get my heart broken again.

You can be in my epic alliance, LC. We will win.

Thanks to all the loyal, upstanding Lumberton citizens who have already signed up. A hearty "welcome back" to Nutella and Llama, who are returning back to INH-crazyville, and a friendly "buckle up" to Wilgy and Speed who are having their first exposure. Sucks that you won't be a...

#90 - Zombie

Okay, I got a tie between Chief of Mind, Chief of Hope, and Chief of Time (fellow 8w7, Daisy!). I pick Chief of Time, because I like Independence.

Not only do I not understand how this works or how to do it, I don't understand what the point of the end result is. All you do is take the first test and then follow the links at the end of the test for interpreting your results. Then you take the second test and after doing the subtraction on Anx...

Not only do I not understand how this works or how to do it, I don't understand what the point of the end result is.

Well, in AP's defense, I really liked it. I am fascinated by field recordings and love ordinary sounds recontextualized. I listen to a lot of this kind of stuff, and I think this is a fine example of it. I particularly like when quasi-musical sounds of the world (like the arcade noises near the end)...

I just started listening to this, but I love field recordings, so I am already impressed. I'll post a more thorough analysis when I finish.

To answer G-Man's question, I don't know, but it sounds to me like it's entirely field recordings edited together and layered.

I've been busy binging David Bowie's discography chronologically as I've been working my ass off the last couple of days, but I should be putting in a first listen of this sometime soon (probably tomorrow). Looking forward to it as well! I'm pleased that so many albums nominated so far have been on...

As a writer, I like to let readers interpret things however they like. In some cases, I feel like when the Word of God tells readers "things are this way and only this way" it can limit enjoyment. For example, there is a character in one of my novels (which one? I'm not telling! You have t...

You can be in a chat room without constantly talking. :P Also, Discord allows people to split off into other conversations. Topical conversations can be made in the chats, and PMs can be sent at any time, even with unpaid users. For those who like this sort of thing, voice chat is available, and it...

I'd like to voice my resounding dislike for Discord and preference that we stop constantly changing to new things. Chatty works fine. It is easy. It is colorful. Let's stick with it. It works fine, sure, but you can't fit ten people in a room. A learning curve is the price we would have to pay to i...

My condolences, Rob. I was never close to my grandparents and never knew any of my great-grandparents, so it's always nice to see families that maintain those bonds.

Quin wrote:I can't figure out how to do anything, so

I've been sitting in front of a blank screen for 20 minutes unable to find the chat.

I did the exact same thing. When I finally figured out how to get in, I rage posted and immediately left.

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