BigYawn.net

Ok, so there's this website I've sorta created, with some help from a bunch of folks, including some other 9:30 board members. Some you will recognize immediatly, other's you won't. Anyway, the gist, my idea, is for this site to work as a linch-pin for a community of folks in DC, who simply love good music. Whether you're a local musician, or just one of us, a devoted fan, the site should appeal to some part of you.

Not that I want to take away anything away from the board, but this is a bit different as you'll see. So go check it out, I'm curious to hear what you all will think about it (and nervous at the same time). And if you like it, and want to contribute something, let me know.

PS- lots of time and effort went into this, so be gentle, ok?

http://www.bigyawn.net

Great site.

Markie starts everyone of his columns/reviews with the word "Well".

Good site, thanks for the head's up on Phantom Planet. One suggestion: Before posting, review the site's content for spelling errors.

Ditto on Phantom news…I'm super swamped today at work, so only took a *quick* look, but look forward to visiting over there again.

Good luck!!

Originally posted by Random Citizen:
Good site, thanks for the head's up on Phantom Planet. One suggestion: Before posting, review the site's content for spelling errors.

Yeah, that's why I try not to be proofing text at 4 in the morning. Very unprofessional. But thanks for the slap, I needed to wake up.

local band page seems like a super neat idea

Dumb question…(does mankie ask any other kind of question I hear whisered in the back row?)

Why BigYawn? Doesn't that present somewhat negative connotations, like it's boring or something…which it isn't. I had a quick visit and agreed with the B&S review by the way.

Nice site; I'll be checking back. Anybody know why Jason S. left PP?

To go back to acting.

Originally posted by Dandy01:
Nice site; I'll be checking back. Anybody know why Jason S. left PP?

Originally posted by mankie:
Dumb question…(does mankie ask any other kind of question I hear whisered in the back row?)

Why BigYawn? Doesn't that present somewhat negative connotations, like it's boring or something…which it isn't. I had a quick visit and agreed with the B&S review by the way.

ummm…there is a simple and complicated explanation. The latter is that it is often a lack of oxygen that causes people to yawn. I.E., they need more oxygen. The analogy is that we need more good music. The former is that I yawn a lot.

Originally posted by redsock:

Originally posted by mankie:
Dumb question…(does mankie ask any other kind of question I hear whisered in the back row?)

Why BigYawn? Doesn't that present somewhat negative connotations, like it's boring or something…which it isn't. I had a quick visit and agreed with the B&S review by the way.

ummm…there is a simple and complicated explanation. The latter is that it is often a lack of oxygen that causes people to yawn. I.E., they need more oxygen. The analogy is that we need more good music. The former is that I yawn a lot.

Clever!

Why do we yawn we see other people yawn?

Originally posted by mankie:

Originally posted by redsock:

Originally posted by mankie:
Dumb question…(does mankie ask any other kind of question I hear whisered in the back row?)

Why BigYawn? Doesn't that present somewhat negative connotations, like it's boring or something…which it isn't. I had a quick visit and agreed with the B&S review by the way.

ummm…there is a simple and complicated explanation. The latter is that it is often a lack of oxygen that causes people to yawn. I.E., they need more oxygen. The analogy is that we need more good music. The former is that I yawn a lot.

Clever!

Why do we yawn we see other people yawn?

There is a study that says we do that because we care about them. If someone we don't care about yawns, we don't yawn. Wish I could find where I read this.

Good stuff - I bookmarked it.

It's going to take a lot of work to keep it up-to-date though.

What's the CD rating system? Obviously Z's, but what's the rank? 1-10? 10 being good? (Nevermind - I found the BY-RATING page…)

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Defintely give it another quick proof though
i.e., on the By Rating page:
Title for Death Cab is wrong
Ryan Adams RnR part 2 is listed twice

Site looks great! One suggestion though…you might want to think about sizing the site for an 800x600 screen size. Tons of people (at least 50% i'd say) use this resolution, especially us older gents who don't see quite like we did when we were 16!

With my screen res set to 800x600 i have to use the scroll bars at the bottom to see the right margin of the page.

Hope this was gentle enough…and congrats!

Originally posted by chaz:
Site looks great! One suggestion though…you might want to think about sizing the site for an 800x600 screen size. Tons of people (at least 50% i'd say) use this resolution, especially us older gents who don't see quite like we did when we were 16!

With my screen res set to 800x600 i have to use the scroll bars at the bottom to see the right margin of the page.

Hope this was gentle enough…and congrats!

no more proofing after 1, no more proofing after 1!!! Damn it! Thanks, their fixed.

Originally posted by redsock:

Clever!

Why do we yawn we see other people yawn? [/qb]

There is a study that says we do that because we care about them. If someone we don't care about yawns, we don't yawn. Wish I could find where I read this. [/QB]

I'm not sure I agree with that theory because I remember when we were kids in school we would always do the old, "I bet I can make you yawn" trick…and it always worked regardless of who it was.

Okay, enough of the yawning because I didn't intend to hijack the thread, I do have a habit of asking random questions though that end up taking over.

Originally posted by chaz:
One suggestion though…you might want to think about sizing the site for an 800x600 screen size. Tons of people (at least 50% i'd say) use this resolution, especially us older gents who don't see quite like we did when we were 16!

Estimated at about 42%, but there is no exact number really - trends are discussed here - http://www.upsdell.com/BrowserNews/stat_trends.htm

Originally posted by pollard:

Originally posted by chaz:
One suggestion though…you might want to think about sizing the site for an 800x600 screen size. Tons of people (at least 50% i'd say) use this resolution, especially us older gents who don't see quite like we did when we were 16!

Estimated at about 42%, but there is no exact number really - trends are discussed here - http://www.upsdell.com/BrowserNews/stat_trends.htm.

That link doesn't seem to work

try again, the board added the period as part of the link

Originally posted by pollard:

Originally posted by chaz:
One suggestion though…you might want to think about sizing the site for an 800x600 screen size. Tons of people (at least 50% i'd say) use this resolution, especially us older gents who don't see quite like we did when we were 16!

Estimated at about 42%, but there is no exact number really - trends are discussed here - http://www.upsdell.com/BrowserNews/stat_trends.htm

Not a bad guess then, i'd say.