UnMeta Comments (split: Provocative Title (MetaThread))

[Beyond]

Hey Owlice, i just looked through all 5 pages of "how's your day" thread and didn't notice "Title of The Song". Could you point my ineptness in the right direction, please?

[owlice]

Here ya go: http://asterisk.apod.com/vie ... 31#p135031

Have fun!

[Beyond]

Hmm...Owlice, i listened to the Meta song and it didn't do a thing for me. i think i may have have a BIG hole in the middle of my Meta receptor. I don't think anyone makes a 'patch' for Meta receptors. It's like i can only see a little Meta around the edges, but not enough to be able to get a handle on it to be able to do any 'Meta-tizing'. Well...perhaps if i keep an eye on the Meta-Thread, i may metabolise enough Meta to be able to Meta-tate a Meta-Post of my own. As Musky, a friend of Deputy Dawg would say - It's possible, it's possible.

[owlice]

beyond, did you ever play Mad Libs when you were a kid? The labels for the blanks are the meta-terms for the words you'd actually put in the blank spaces.

Or look at geckzilla's first post on the meta thread. It reads in part: "Thinly veiled insult to intelligence. Link to Wikipedia article."

She doesn't say what the "thinly veiled insult to intelligence" is, nor what Wikipedia article she's linking to. If there were a form to be filled out for writing a post to insult someone and then provide the person with a source of information, the phrases she uses could be the labels on the form. Likewise, BMAONE23 posted "Thread hijacked by SPAM poster." He didn't actually post spam; he just followed the form of a thread being hijacked by a spammer. (This was hilarious, as was his long drawn out narrative post; he not only metaed the messages, he illustrated them by repeating the first and making the second one literally long and drawn out. I've seen a few meta threads, but had not seen either of these things done before, and I laughed my head off at these!)

If you wanted to write a boy band song, you could follow the formula or labels that "Title of the Song" lays out. Pretend you're 19, had a great girlfriend who you cheated on which made her dump you, and now want the girlfriend back so are writing a song to let her know you're sorry, you love her, and you want her back. How would it go? Just fill in the blanks!

Declaration of my feelings for you: ______________________________________________
Elaboration on those feelings: ________________________________________________________________
Description of how long these feelings have existed: ______________________________________________
Belief that no one else could feel the same as I: ____________________________________________
Reminiscence of the pleasant times we shared: _____________________________________________
And our relationship's perfection: _________________________________________________
Recounting of the steps that led to our love's dissolution mostly involving my unfaithfulness and lies: _________________________________________
Penitent admission of wrongdoing: _____________________________________________
Discovery of the depth of my affection: _______________________________________________
Regret over the lateness of my epiphany: ________________________________________________
Title of the song: ______________________________________________________

Does any of this help? (That question could be metaed as "Interrogative as to effectiveness of post.") I don't know that I can make this any clearer. (Meta: Expression of doubt as to abilities to illuminate the subject at hand.)

[Beyond]

Owlice wrote-"(meta: Expression of doubt as to abilities to illuminate the subject at hand.)

Sometimes one just needs to screw in a BIGGER lightbulb.

No, I've never heard of "Mad Libs" and i don't relate to being 19 and having a great girlfriend.
But the one about the world ending at 10pm - news at 11, I've heard before. I just never realized it was one of those 'Meta's'.

Well...If all else fails, i could become a really Big Meta-flop! It'd be a tough job, but someone's got to do it--right?

Thanks for giving a 'HOOT', Owlice.

[rstevenson]

Rob, I loved the "it's very meta, meta, meta" comment you quoted; do you happen to remember which composition inspired it?

Unfortunately (or is it?) I didn't write down the titles of the work that was being referred to. This was a very late night -- early morning, really -- radio program which played very avant-garde music. The announcer used such phrases in an absolutely deadpan voice, leaving no doubt that she, at least, was in the know. Here's a few more of her gems...

• "European-style neo-classical with touches of Japanese electro"
  "a kind of subtle dub minimal pseudo techno vibe"
  "UK jungle techno"
  "dark Chicago 80s funk"
  "an artificial blend of house, dub, minimalist..."
  "...working the spaz zone. There's a lot of skronk involved too."
  "[playing horns] in a sort of falling-down-the-stairs mode."

I swear those are actual quotes. I couldn't make that stuff up. This was on CBC radio about 5 or so years ago. I don't know if it's still on, but CBC is available on Sirius so you could listen if it still is, and if the music implied by those comments is to your taste. After this show ended I'd listen to news from around the world, including Dutch and South African radio shows edited for an international (English speaking) audience. And why was I up so late? It has to do with the making of sugar bespecked toroids.

Click to play embedded YouTube video.

Rob

[Beyond]

Sugar bespecked toroids-EH? I hope you made enough for the whole crew!?
To be-bespecked, or not to be-bespecked, that is Not the question. The question is--when do we get to eat'm

[owlice]

Unfortunately (or is it?) I didn't write down the titles of the work that was being referred to. This was a very late night -- early morning, really -- radio program which played very avant-garde music. The announcer used such phrases in an absolutely deadpan voice, leaving no doubt that she, at least, was in the know. Here's a few more of her gems...

• "European-style neo-classical with touches of Japanese electro"
  "a kind of subtle dub minimal pseudo techno vibe"
  "UK jungle techno"
  "dark Chicago 80s funk"
  "an artificial blend of house, dub, minimalist..."
  "...working the spaz zone. There's a lot of skronk involved too."
  "[playing horns] in a sort of falling-down-the-stairs mode."

I swear those are actual quotes. I couldn't make that stuff up. This was on CBC radio about 5 or so years ago. I don't know if it's still on, but CBC is available on Sirius so you could listen if it still is, and if the music implied by those comments is to your taste. After this show ended I'd listen to news from around the world, including Dutch and South African radio shows edited for an international (English speaking) audience. And why was I up so late? It has to do with the making of sugar bespecked toroids.

Rob

You were making DOUGHNUTS?!?!?! I'll take half a dozen, please and thanks!!

Thanks for the info, and too bad about not having the name of the work! I don't know that all, or any, of the music characterized by those very ... errrrrr.... interesting quotes would interest me, though I would like to hear something "in a sort of falling-down-the-stairs mode." Do you remember the name of the show?

[rstevenson]

Do you remember the name of the show?

I'm afraid it's all a blur. I was working 93 hours a week over six days, sleeping in two 2 1/2 hour shifts each day, so almost everything from that time is a blur. Should anyone you know feel the urge to start a small fast-food business, have them talk to me first.

CBC currently lists a single block of time after midnight as Nightstream, and they refer to it as "new", so I don't suppose that program I recall is still there, though it may be. If it is, and still occupies the same time slot, it was the one just after mid-night local time.

Rob

[owlice]

Thanks, Rob! Next time I'm in the car -- the only place I have Sirius -- after midnight, I'll see whether I can find the show.

For how long were you a doughmaker?

[rstevenson]

I doh'd for three and a half years before the financial monsters gobbled up the assets, such as they were. I don't dwell on it. You must try your dreams on for size, and if they don't fit, move on. But I do miss the donuts -- they were scrumptious, especially the cake donuts, the recipe for which I developed myself based on old 1930s era hints. I used organic whole grains, real milk and eggs, my own glazes and icings, even my own jellies in the jelly donuts (once I started to make yeast donuts.) Attached is a pic of my early varieties; I made about twice that many kinds later on. Also, top-left, four kinds of "Great Big Cookies".

Rob

[owlice]

Rob, that looks and sounds delicious!! I love cake doughnuts, and with organic whole grains, well, that justifies eating them right there!!

When I was an undergrad at UMd, I shared a house for a few months with four other people, one of whom I'd known for some years. He figured prominently in the "owlice extinguisher" tale I mentioned on another thread. Anyway, he decided one night to make doughnuts, something he'd never done before (I should probably be careful with these stories; the guy works at Goddard.) and after lots of time and work, he ended up with really yummy doughnuts, but far fewer of them than he thought he'd have after all that time and work. He was disappointed with the yield. That's my only exposure to doughnut making. I have much much much more experience with doughnut consumption. I appreciate the effort that goes into making them, and am glad that others take the trouble to do so!