Pitchfork rates my HTML a 0.2. Those nominations again: * 4 Stars, the longtime standard for movies and stuff.* 5 Stars, with or without half stars, like amg.com or AMG books, respectively. * 10 points, like nme.com. Also the universal system for rating chicks. * 10 points with tenth point increments, like Pitchfork. Also used by wonks who take chick ratings really seriously? * A, A-, B+, B, B-, etc., like school. * Thums Up or Thumbs Down, aka Classic or Dud or the binary system. Also widely used for decisions like whether or not to buy a record, see a movie, do a chick, vote for Ralph Nader, commit suicide.. * No ratings, cause music is subjective, man, and reducing it to numbers is trivializing..

-- Curt (curtisgould@home.com), September 03, 2001

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Pitchfork rates my HTML a 0.2. Those nominations again: * 4 Stars, the longtime standard for movies and stuff. * 5 Stars, with or without half stars, like amg.com or AMG books, respectively. * 10 points, like nme.com. Also the universal system for rating chicks. * 10 points with tenth point increments, like Pitchfork. Also used by wonks who take chick ratings really seriously? * A, A-, B+, B, B-, etc., like school. * Thums Up or Thumbs Down, aka Classic or Dud or the binary system. Also widely used for decisions like whether or not to buy a record, see a movie, do a chick, vote for Ralph Nader, commit suicide.. * No ratings, cause music is subjective, man, and reducing it to numbers is trivializing..

-- Curt (curtisgould@home.com), September 03, 2001.

Pitchfork rates my HTML a 0.2. Those nominations again: * 4 Stars, the longtime standard for movies and stuff. * 5 Stars, with or without half stars, like amg.com or AMG books, respectively. * 10 points, like nme.com. Also the universal system for rating chicks. * 10 points with tenth point increments, like Pitchfork. Also used by wonks who take chick ratings really seriously? * A, A-, B+, B, B-, etc., like school. * Thums Up or Thumbs Down, aka Classic or Dud or the binary system. Also widely used for decisions like whether or not to buy a record, see a movie, do a chick, vote for Ralph Nader, commit suicide.. * No ratings, cause music is subjective, man, and reducing it to numbers is trivializing..

-- Curt (curtisgould@home.com), September 03, 2001.

try this:

* 4 Stars, the longtime standard for movies and stuff.

* 5 Stars, with or without half stars, like amg.com or AMG books, respectively. * 10 points, like nme.com. Also the universal system for rating chicks.

* 10 points with tenth point increments, like Pitchfork. Also used by wonks who take chick ratings really seriously?

* A, A-, B+, B, B-, etc., like school.

* Thums Up or Thumbs Down, aka Classic or Dud or the binary system. Also widely used for decisions like whether or not to buy a record, see a movie, do a chick, vote for Ralph Nader, commit suicide..

* No ratings, cause music is subjective, man, and reducing it to numbers is trivializing..

-- Curt (curtisgould@home.com), September 03, 2001.

try this:

* 4 Stars, the longtime standard for movies and stuff.

* 5 Stars, with or without half stars, like amg.com or AMG books, respectively. * 10 points, like nme.com. Also the universal system for rating chicks.

* 10 points with tenth point increments, like Pitchfork. Also used by wonks who take chick ratings really seriously?

* A, A-, B+, B, B-, etc., like school.

* Thums Up or Thumbs Down, aka Classic or Dud or the binary system. Also widely used for decisions like whether or not to buy a record, see a movie, do a chick, vote for Ralph Nader, commit suicide..

* No ratings, cause music is subjective, man, and reducing it to numbers is trivializing..

-- Curt (curtisgould@home.com), September 03, 2001.

the 'Recent Answers' button. I grew up on my brothers' singles and their box record players like every kid in America had at the time. Elvis, Jerry Lee, Everlys, Chuck Berry - I get a rush seeing the sleeves now. My first records, and my first fave, was Ricky Nelson. Lonesome Town. Because he was on TV, I guess. I remember the 60s, of course, but I don't have anything new to say about it. I stopped listening to pop records for about two years in the mid-70s. I got into classical. Nothing weird, just Bach, Mozart, Beethoven and those boys. In '77, punk called me back. Actually, it was Cheap Trick that first made me want to listen again. The next few years were a third golden era. I sat out another stretch later, roughly 1989 to 1997, when I bought next to nothing that was current. The ony contemporary pop CDs I recall getting were: Charlatans Some Friendly (my 1st CD purchase)

Monie Love Down to Earth

Talk Talk Laughing Stock

Concrete Blonde Bloodletting WHY??

Breeders Last Splash

Morphine Cure for Pain

Until the End of the World Soundtrack

Crime and the City Solution Paradise Discotheque

ddf dfg Eventually, I felt like I'd go insane if I heard another saxaphone solo. Some other factors came together, too. Different friends with different interests, one with a record store. More interesting new music - electronic, ambient, all variety of stuff with more pop input. Record guides, especially All Music, the Internet, used CD stores, CD burners., oh, my head! dfsadfs

-- Curt (curtisgould@home.com), September 03, 2001.

Oh, shit, I just found this thread. Right after discovering the 'Recent Answers' button.

I'm Curt, 48, but I'm still prettier than any of you. I'm a graphic designer living in Michigan. I remember when Elvis was new. Not that I thought at age 3, "This means a big change for pop music," or anything, but I remember the commotion around the house. My older brothers were entering their teens. One was a huge Jerry Lee Lewis fan with a big rebel DA. I grew up on my brothers' singles and their box record players like every kid in America had at the time. Elvis, Jerry Lee, Everlys, Chuck Berry - I get a rush seeing the sleeves now. My first records, and my first fave, was Ricky Nelson. Lonesome Town. Because he was on TV, I guess.

I remember the 60s, of course, but I don't have anything new to say about it.

I stopped listening t that was current. The ony contemporary pop CDs I recall getting were: Charlatans Some Friendly (my 1st CD purchase)

Monie Love Down to Earth

Talk Talk Laughing Stock

Concrete Blonde Bloodletting WHY??

Breeders Last Splash

Morphine Cure for Pain

Until the End of the World Soundtrack

Crime and the City Solution Paradise Discotheque

It started when I quit buying new vinyl before i even had a CD player. Then, with the price of CDs, I spent my money on sure things, old rootsy catalog releases that had never been available before. Lots of old jazz, blues, 60s ska boxes, pre-rock adult pop, as well as pre-'89 rock. So I missed out on grunge. More like, grunge came knocking and I said go fuck yourself, dude, I'll take Count Basie. I felt like the culture of youth rebellion was hopelessly beyond played out, and I wanted no part of its attitude in music, art, fashion, anything. Eventually, I felt like I'd go insane if I heard another saxaphone solo. Some other factors came together, too. Different friends with different interests, one with a record store. More interesting new music - electronic, ambient, all variety of stuff with more pop input. Record guides, especially All Music, the Internet, used CD stores, CD burners., oh, my head! I dropped in on ama from time to time but always found it hard to follow. Now, I've read all of the ilm archives, and I wish you'd all wrap up your ile hippie chitchat and get your sorry asses back over here.

-- Curt (curtisgould@home.com), September 03, 2001.

just testing this out.

-- Mitch Anon (mitchnet70@hotmail.com), October 04, 2001.