Things Smackie Thinks You Need to Know...

Send him a gg allin cd.  The one with the most disgusting cover art you can find.  There's tons of live video boots of his shows.  He definately deserves one of those. 

Also send him this link  http://www.youhavebadtasteinmusic.com/linkinpark.html

ggw wrote:
Yeah - I remember seeing that vansmack character on the torrent sites. If I recall correctly he posted boots of TSOL, Adolescents, Agent Orange, and the like.  Quite a coincidence.

See, I'd help him find that stuff…

vansmack wrote:
Apparently on some L i n k i n  P a r k fan site, there used to be a guy with the ID v a n s m a c k (he searches all the time so I'm intentionally spacing things out). 

you are aware of the futility of spacing your name out in your post - it's written correctly/unspaced out immediately to the post's left…

@ GrantWahl F—— hell. Got robbed at gunpoint in Tegucigalpa in broad daylight. I'm OK, but they took wallet/iPhone. Amateur hour from GW!



Probably my favorite tweet thus far.  Is that what the State Dept meant when they said it wasn't wise to travel to Honduras for the soccer match, Grant?

depending on how many years ago, i might have been at the show he's looking for.  weird. 

vansmack wrote:
So I've got a stalker.  Well not a stalker, really, but close.

Apparently on some L i n k i n  P a r k fan site, there used to be a guy with the ID v a n s m a c k (he searches all the time so I'm intentionally spacing things out).  Despite repeated denials that I'm not the same person, everytime I sign up for a new forum or social network thing, this guy sends me an email asking if I'm the guy with the recordings of shows he's looking for to complete his collection.  This has been going on for at least 5 years now.

So last month I broke down and joined Facebook and made a non alias twitter account and within a week he sent me yet another inquiry about LP boot recordings and signed up for my twitter account:

—————————–
Hello man, how are you?

Well, first of all, i wanna say you that i'm here because i need your help.

I work for the Oficial [BAND NAME] Live Guide, and my job is searching for every info about their lives shows.

I know that someone that used the nickname (V a n s m a c k  - v a n s m a c k @ sbcglobal.net) yeas ago recorded one show of them at:
FACEBOOK LINK TO SHOW -   Devore, CA, Hyundai Pavilion at Glen Helen

And also, i'm a trader of 'old BAND NAME shows' i'm looking for the older shows, just for my collection, not for trade.

So, could you let me know if you are the person who i'm looking for?
It will help our guide a lot. Thank you :)

have a good week
———————–
   
I must have 30-40 of these inquiries from the same guy, despite me constantly telling him that the MSN account has been mine for 15 years and I can't stand said band.

Ridiculous.  At some point I should break down, lie to the guy, get his hopes up and send his something in the mail, but what should I send him?

Anybody catch Sonic Youth on Gossip Girl tonight?  Acoustic version of "Starpower" for Rufus and Lilly's wedding was brilliant….

Robbie Williams's new single is out in the US on Astralwerks, could there be a club tour in the planning? (wanders over to Hey Seth)

All I can say is that if Verizon, at&t and Comcast are all opposed to it, I have to be for it and it has to be good for the consumer.

Verizon CEO Blasts Net Neutrality

letter from Google and Verizon on net neutrality.

I must admit. . .i'm torn.  I thought this would help, but it didn't.

Venerable wrote:
letter from Google and Verizon on net neutrality.

I saw that too.  Verizon Wireless and Verizon Residential/Business need to get on the same page….

vansmack wrote:

Venerable wrote:
letter from Google and Verizon on net neutrality.

I saw that too.  Verizon Wireless and Verizon Residential/Business need to get on the same page….

well. . maybe.  i have a harder time rationalizing why this rule should apply to wireless…..

Venerable wrote:
well. . maybe.  i have a harder time rationalizing why this rule should apply to wireless…..

Because all wireless still connects to fiber in the ground after it gets back to the tower….

Wireless and content providers want it open.  Those that control the fiber in the ground want it closed.

dunno where else to dump this:

Google to launch music search service

(WIRED) – Google plans to launch a music service, Wired.com has confirmed with sources familiar with the situation. Next to nothing is known about the service at this point, rumored to be called "Google Music," "Google Audio," or "One Box," although we have confirmed that it will be announced next Wednesday, and that it will link out to two music services: Lala and iLike.

Google will not become a music retailer itself, but will offer enhanced music search with a streaming function – the first of possibly several vertical search offerings.

Searching for an artist or song will apparently bring up a box (thus Google's working title: "One Box") with a streaming link randomly assigned to stream songs from either Lala or iLike, the latter of which was acquired by MySpace in August.

Lala, iLike, "and others" will announce the service next Wednesday at Capital Records Music in Hollywood, California, with musical guests OneRepublic plus members of Linkin Park and Dead by Sunrise.

The RSVP on the invitation links to an e-mail address at secure online event registration company Paragon New Media, which lists Google as a client. After spotting that, we confirmed with a source close to the situation that Google's upcoming music service will be announced at the event.

Google's music search service, whatever it ends up being called, will include music from all four major labels and, most likely, all of the indie content on iLike and Lala (as one insider put it, it would be harder to remove a subset of songs from those services than to let Google simply index all of it).

iLike currently streams some songs as 30-second samples and others as full-length songs, and sells MP3s for the usual prices. Lala allows registered users to stream complete songs and albums once, for free, after which point they can buy streaming songs 10 cents that can be credited to the purchase of the full download.

At this point, it's not clear how these services will behave when presented through Google's search interface.

Google has yet to respond to our requests for comment. The company is also building the back-end for the majors' upcoming Vevo music video service, and operates a free download service in China that TechCrunch says will not resemble whatever Google launches here in the U.S. and possibly elsewhere as well.

After this music search product launches next Wednesday, we understand that Google plans to release other search verticals, possibly including a travel booking service.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/10/22/google.music/index.html

sweetcell wrote:
dunno where else to dump this:

Google to launch music search service

i'm sure the EU will attempt to fine Google for infringing on something…..

While it's been forever since I've traded a CD on Lala, I routinely stream new releases from that site.  What's interesting is I believe only US users can listen on Lala, so it's kinda limiting the scope of the launch for Google music. So what will the "other sites" be? Could one be Spotify which of course is only available in Europe at the moment.

Quick public thank you to sweetcell for the U2 ticket last night for the Vegas show.  Epic time.  hands down boardie of the year in my book.

vansmack wrote:
Quick public thank you to sweetcell for the U2 ticket last night for the Vegas show.  Epic time.  hands down boardie of the year in my book.

Smackie and sweetcell together in Vegas?    Stories, please.

Bombay wrote:
Smackie and sweetcell together in Vegas?    Stories, please.

Well, it started with a bucket of Miller Lite big mouths where I promptly sliced up my hand opening the first one and ended with Smackette asking me how I got that big bruise on my left ass cheek when I got back home last night.  My reply "Frankly love, I'd like to know how I got that too."



You guys can pretty much fill in the rest.

in case they can't:

we consumed at least 20 beers each.  i got facebook-stalked by my mother-in-law, wondering what the hell i was doing in vegas without her daughter (good thing i was tipsy by then, if not i might have had the wit to reply "because i'm here on pleasure, not business").  we saw a great show from the pit.  black eyed peas were surprisingly entertaining.  U2 did as U2 does, was nice to see the show from  the edge's side.  witnessed smackie stumble/face-plant in a ditch… three times.  we found a great cabbie who eventually let us down.  tried to go to a strip club and failed (see previous sentence).  highlight was the stripper who didn't want to talk to us "because we were both married" - nice place to have morals, lady.  didn't gamble a single penny. 

all in all, t'was an epic 24-hours in sin city.  smackie, i'll do that again any time.  pictures forthcoming (of the show only - sorry folks).

sweetcell wrote:
witnessed smackie stumble/face-plant in a ditch… three times.

I'm guessing this is where the bruise came from.  Smackette insists it came from Minxx, but I told her we didn't go there because you were afraid of being bitten by someone you couldn't prove had her tetanus shots…

sweetcell wrote:
  we found a great cabbie who eventually let us down.  tried to go to a strip club and failed (see previous sentence).  highlight was the stripper who didn't want to talk to us "because we were both married" - nice place to have morals, lady.

Ricks (used to be scores) was awful.  I'll never go back.  It was twice as painful when I saw that Bearman was getting a lap dance that night and I wasn't

sweetcell wrote:
  didn't gamble a single penny. 

I actually threw my last quarter in a slot machine at the airport and won 75 cents which I put in my pocket and walked away happy.

sweetcell wrote:
all in all, t'was an epic 24-hours in sin city.  smackie, i'll do that again any time.  pictures forthcoming (of the show only - sorry folks).

Ditto.  And to think the Director cancelled on us at last minute….

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