Prog Trading Cards

birdwithteeth11 wrote: Alex, is there anything you'd be willing to trade me for your Red Barchetta card? Here's my list so far: Shallow - Porcupine Tree Gravity Eyelids - Porcupine Tree Anesthetize - Porcupine Tree Steven Wilson YYZ - Rush Limelight - Rush Tom Sawyer - Rush Meccamputecture - The Mars Volta Omar-Rodriguez Lopez Paradox - Kansas Andrew Latimer Pink Floyd - On the Run

Some of those do look attractive... but I think I'll wait on that offer until tonight after we've both gotten some more cards. What do you think?

My collection is kinda ridiculous :

Camel - Lady Fantasy
Genesis - The return of the Giant Hogweed
Genesis - Seven Stones
Genesis - Watcher of the Skies
Genesis - Time Table
Genesis - Can-utility and the Coastliners
Genesis - Supper's Ready



Do I get a bonus Foxtrot gold card if I complete the set?


Edited by Bern - November 15 2008 at 15:48

Bern wrote: My collection is kinda ridiculous : Camel - Lady Fantasy Genesis - The return of the Giant Hogweed Genesis - Seven Stones Genesis - Watcher of the Skies Genesis - Time Table Genesis - Can-utility and the Coastliners Genesis - Supper's Ready Do I get a bonus Foxtrot gold card if I complete the set?

All the gold cards are people, actually.

But I'll tell you what- if you complete the set, I'll dress up in a red dress and real a REAL fox head and come do a dance for you.  How's that sound? 

Also, I'm free to do Prog Jeopardy in thirty minutes (I'd have to make the board) if anyone will be free and willing to play.  Remember, ten percent of the score of the winner is rounded down for more cards, and anyone who at least has one point by the end of the game will get a participation card.

Epignosis wrote: Also, I'm free to do Prog Jeopardy in thirty minutes (I'd have to make the board) if anyone will be free and willing to play.  Remember, ten percent of the score of the winner is rounded down for more cards, and anyone who at least has one point by the end of the game will get a participation card.

That sounds like fun, but you think we should wait until later this evening?

Epignosis wrote: Got my first hate mail!  Yes!

Is it spam or genuine?

This person says:

"Splattering paint on a canvas" - you don't know much about art, do you?

Well I personnally think your first responses were quite harsh and ignorant but I won't make much out of it. 

Epignosis wrote: This person says: "Splattering paint on a canvas" - you don't know much about art, do you? "Directionless improvisation" - you probably mean free improvisation? - is a territory inhabited by many artists in the past 50 years or so in contemporary music.   Please stop writing "reviews". Listen to the music, enjoy it, but stop there. You are not unbiased, you are simply ignorant of many things. Leave yourself some time to grow up. This site is public domain and your words are seen by many - and it's a shame.   I would like to think this has a positive effect, my intention is not to annoy. My response: Splattering on a paint canvas isn't art.  It's laziness disguised as art. Another territory inhabited by many artists over the past 50 years has been douchebaggery, which I don't like either. "Please stop writing reviews," you say.  Well, perhaps you should get off your duff and start writing reviews (I checked, and you only have two, you know). And I am ignorant of many things.  I'm 25.  One of the things I am not ignorant of is my own opinion. Leave myself some time to grow up, you say?  I'm two years older than you, have been married for five, have a one-year-old son, have a college education, and have hemmorrhoids. Yes, this is public domain, and your words are about to be seen by many. (End) Does anyone think that was too harsh?  Because I certainly don't.

It sounded fine to me. I thought it was incredibly shameful of the other person's message, and the ironic part is that he makes himself look ignorant in the process. I probably wouldn't have responded to it; or if I had, I would have been more blunt. Nonetheless, there's nothing wrong with your response.

Epignosis wrote: Bern wrote: Well I personnally think your first responses were quite harsh and ignorant but I won't make much out of it.  I think it's jackassery to write someone a PM telling them they don't know anything, simply because you don't like that person's review.  I gave a careful assessment of an album on an album I genuinely wanted to love (of course I wanted to love it- I spent money on it).  Sadly, I only like about half of it- hence a 3 rating. It's ridiculous.