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nathannn wrote:

djadonis206 wrote:No, because I listen to a healthy dose of Gangsta Rap...you see, I'm black. therefore I listen to gangsta rap. Really no ifs, ands, or buts about it

black people listen to gangsta rap and circuit music

so, those feelings of insecurity, despair, and self-loathing I wouldn't know anything about

it's better that way

yeah.. ok..
who's this... "i lost my candlebox cd should i slit my wrist?" you know who that is.

What's wrong with Candlebox? Curious?

ChiDJ wrote:

pixelbox wrote:I think it boils down to a matter of maturity/immaturity and what you personally consider important. What matters most?

When you are young and single, and you only have responsibility for yourself, then going out, meeting new people, and getting shit-faced are the things that are important to you. In other words, you are immature.

When you get older, develop a close relationship with a life-partner or get married, have children, and now what you do with your life doesn't affect just you, but others that you love/care about etc., your priorities change, and you realize that partying, while still fun, is really not all it's cracked up to be and a complete waste of time from what is truly important in life. In other words, you've become more mature.

If that makes you (or me, rather) an "old man" or "boring, lame-ass", then so be it.

I knew it! Pixelcrotch is Dr. Phil!! STFU!















Hugs. (with our crotches apart)

That's Mr. Dr. MEGA-pixelcrotch, to you, buddy!

djadonis206 wrote:

nathannn wrote:

djadonis206 wrote:No, because I listen to a healthy dose of Gangsta Rap...you see, I'm black. therefore I listen to gangsta rap. Really no ifs, ands, or buts about it

black people listen to gangsta rap and circuit music

so, those feelings of insecurity, despair, and self-loathing I wouldn't know anything about

it's better that way

yeah.. ok..
who's this... "i lost my candlebox cd should i slit my wrist?" you know who that is.

What's wrong with Candlebox? Curious?

im wasnt saying anything was wrong with candle box (though i will now.. they suck and sound like 80's ballad warrant and poison shit)
i was saying you like rock also... or claim to like rock.

pixelbox wrote:I think it boils down to a matter of maturity/immaturity and what you personally consider important. What matters most?

When you are young and single, and you only have responsibility for yourself, then going out, meeting new people, and getting shit-faced are the things that are important to you. In other words, you are immature.

When you get older, develop a close relationship with a life-partner or get married, have children, and now what you do with your life doesn't affect just you, but others that you love/care about etc., your priorities change, and you realize that partying, while still fun, is really not all it's cracked up to be and a complete waste of time from what is truly important in life. In other words, you've become more mature.

If that makes you (or me, rather) an "old man" or "boring, lame-ass", then so be it.

First off, 135% of relationships fail and your term "life-partner" makes me wonder if you still believe in the Easter bunny. No offense. I know very few people in a happy relationship and out of those most of them have told me they question with regret where there life is at as a result of that family obligation. Not all of them, but enough to make me go screw all that.

I'll agree with your priority assessment but not maturity. Unfortunately a lot of society equates clubs and bars with hooking up. I don't. I go for the music and to socialize with my fellow man and hopefully music lovers. I couldn't care less about ending the night with a lay or what the makeup of the crowd is, well, unless they are completely annoying as a whole. When you're really into music you don't see these activities as some unfortunate phase you had to go through in life.

And yes most people are drunk or acting stupid but that's also when most people's guard is down and they are willing to be friendly. I don't make the rules.

nathannn wrote:

djadonis206 wrote:

nathannn wrote: yeah.. ok..
who's this... "i lost my candlebox cd should i slit my wrist?" you know who that is.

What's wrong with Candlebox? Curious?

im wasnt saying anything was wrong with candle box (though i will now.. they suck and sound like 80's ballad warrant and poison shit)
i was saying you like rock also... or claim to like rock.

I see. I liked all kinds of music...some more than others, but as a whole I find music fascinating and refreshing to listen to.

I love to DJ techno
Rock out to grunge rock
Mellow out to warm favorites (Red Robin type of music)
Get my head right with Gangsta Rap

you get the idea - I'm pretty open

beats me wrote:

pixelbox wrote:I think it boils down to a matter of maturity/immaturity and what you personally consider important. What matters most?

When you are young and single, and you only have responsibility for yourself, then going out, meeting new people, and getting shit-faced are the things that are important to you. In other words, you are immature.

When you get older, develop a close relationship with a life-partner or get married, have children, and now what you do with your life doesn't affect just you, but others that you love/care about etc., your priorities change, and you realize that partying, while still fun, is really not all it's cracked up to be and a complete waste of time from what is truly important in life. In other words, you've become more mature.

If that makes you (or me, rather) an "old man" or "boring, lame-ass", then so be it.

First off, 135% of relationships fail and your term "life-partner" makes me wonder if you still believe in the Easter bunny. No offense. I know very few people in a happy relationship and out of those most of them have told me they question with regret where there life is at as a result of that family obligation. Not all of them, but enough to make me go screw all that.

I'll agree with your priority assessment but not maturity. Unfortunately a lot of society equates clubs and bars with hooking up. I don't. I go for the music and to socialize with my fellow man and hopefully music lovers. I couldn't care less about ending the night with a lay or what the makeup of the crowd is, well, unless they are completely annoying as a whole. When you're really into music you don't see these activities as some unfortunate phase you had to go through in life.

And yes most people are drunk or acting stupid but that's also when most people's guard is down and they are willing to be friendly. I don't make the rules.

Ok, that's fine, but don't misunderstand, I'm not saying it's an "unfortunate phase", it's good times! But, things in life aren't constant, and certain aspects and outlooks of your life change with maturation. That's all I'm sayin'.

Oh, and just because 135% of YOUR relationships have failed, doesn't mean that 135% of ALL relationships fail. I've been happily married for over 10 years, and I don't see that changing any time soon. I consider that a "non-failed" relationship. Can we at least bring the statistic down to 134.99% now? (Bitter much?)

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P.S. - Did you just say the Easter Bunny isn't real?!?!?!

beats me wrote:
First off, 135% of relationships fail and your term "life-partner" makes me wonder if you still believe in the Easter bunny. No offense. I know very few people in a happy relationship and out of those most of them have told me they question with regret where there life is at as a result of that family obligation. Not all of them, but enough to make me go screw all that.
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when you have children the quaint notion of "happiness in a relationship" becomes somewhat academic

the term "life partner" should be taken more in the same sense as "life with chance of parole in 16 years"

Part of it for me is just a been there done that attitude too. When i was 21-27, I was going out to clubs or parties 3 times a week too. After 10 years of it (give or take), it just get repetitive, especially when things were so much different in those days. The drugs were more available and in the open, guestlist meant something, the clubs were more underground (less pop crounds, more rave crowds) and the music was just starting to branch off in so many directions.

Plus as a DJ and prodcuer, I admit I got a bit (HA!) selective about the music I like. Pretty rare I go out for any old DJ playing house, techno or trance. I really like hearing new stuff, and that usually means less popular artists who just don't tour often.

Did I mention I can't wait to see Kilowatts and Deru on New Years?

pixelbox wrote:

beats me wrote:

pixelbox wrote:I think it boils down to a matter of maturity/immaturity and what you personally consider important. What matters most?

When you are young and single, and you only have responsibility for yourself, then going out, meeting new people, and getting shit-faced are the things that are important to you. In other words, you are immature.

When you get older, develop a close relationship with a life-partner or get married, have children, and now what you do with your life doesn't affect just you, but others that you love/care about etc., your priorities change, and you realize that partying, while still fun, is really not all it's cracked up to be and a complete waste of time from what is truly important in life. In other words, you've become more mature.

If that makes you (or me, rather) an "old man" or "boring, lame-ass", then so be it.

First off, 135% of relationships fail and your term "life-partner" makes me wonder if you still believe in the Easter bunny. No offense. I know very few people in a happy relationship and out of those most of them have told me they question with regret where there life is at as a result of that family obligation. Not all of them, but enough to make me go screw all that.

I'll agree with your priority assessment but not maturity. Unfortunately a lot of society equates clubs and bars with hooking up. I don't. I go for the music and to socialize with my fellow man and hopefully music lovers. I couldn't care less about ending the night with a lay or what the makeup of the crowd is, well, unless they are completely annoying as a whole. When you're really into music you don't see these activities as some unfortunate phase you had to go through in life.

And yes most people are drunk or acting stupid but that's also when most people's guard is down and they are willing to be friendly. I don't make the rules.

Ok, that's fine, but don't misunderstand, I'm not saying it's an "unfortunate phase", it's good times! But, things in life aren't constant, and certain aspects and outlooks of your life change with maturation. That's all I'm sayin'.

Oh, and just because 135% of YOUR relationships have failed, doesn't mean that 135% of ALL relationships fail. I've been happily married for over 10 years, and I don't see that changing any time soon. I consider that a "non-failed" relationship. Can we at least bring the statistic down to 134.99% now? (Bitter much?)

...

P.S. - Did you just say the Easter Bunny isn't real?!?!?!

Christ, I came off bitchy in my response

I'm totally pro successful relationship but I just don't know of very many. My last failed relationship is 2 years behind me and I can say I don't miss anything about that lifestyle. At this point the only thing I am bitter about is having to babysit my friends after their relationship fails and they all become the same predictable pile of mush over a person they weren't all that compatible with in the first place. Oh, that and them suddenly trying to act like my best friend when they blew me off for the most part during that relationship, "forsaking all others blah, blah, blah."

Anyhow, I think probably the hardest part about maintaining a club lifestyle, for lack of a better term, is that music changes and evolves and most people's tastes don't evolve that rapidly or completely stop leaving them nowhere to go for their taste. Many of us on here are in denial towards hip hop, not house or other electronrica, being the prevailing dance music of choice for the common man. Sometimes a venue will throw us a bone or a dark corner but it certainly isn't their most successful night in most cases.

Maybe beatport needs to open a chain of venues like the hard rock cafe or planet hollywood.

forge wrote:

beats me wrote:
First off, 135% of relationships fail and your term "life-partner" makes me wonder if you still believe in the Easter bunny. No offense. I know very few people in a happy relationship and out of those most of them have told me they question with regret where there life is at as a result of that family obligation. Not all of them, but enough to make me go screw all that.
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when you have children the quaint notion of "happiness in a relationship" becomes somewhat academic

the term "life partner" should be taken more in the same sense as "life with chance of parole in 16 years"

Your post count on here is far too high to have what any sane person would call a functioning relationship

beats me wrote:

forge wrote:

beats me wrote:
First off, 135% of relationships fail and your term "life-partner" makes me wonder if you still believe in the Easter bunny. No offense. I know very few people in a happy relationship and out of those most of them have told me they question with regret where there life is at as a result of that family obligation. Not all of them, but enough to make me go screw all that.
.

when you have children the quaint notion of "happiness in a relationship" becomes somewhat academic

the term "life partner" should be taken more in the same sense as "life with chance of parole in 16 years"

Your post count on here is far too high to have what any sane person would call a functioning relationship

perhaps you have discovered the source of my post count, grasshopper

The Crystal method will be here on friday!

@beats

i feel you man... honestly.

I'm the boring, relationship having friend who's not so happy with their long term sitch. My friends have a whole hell of alot more energy than i do for whatever reason. Some people get disappointed as they get older...

never was into any clubbing scene but i like to see bands still, just not as often.

Good thing about liking rock music in a town like Seattle. I still get the couch potato routine from the friends, but I have a few cures for that. First off, if you're over 35 don't hang out with only people your age. It's a sure fire recipe for the "ummh, well season premiere of Lame Ass Exploitative Reality TV Show #1287686554 is on tonight, sorry!" At 42, the two most reliable people I know to hit up to go out are 23 and 54, one's young enough to be part of the "scene" and the other is too old to care.

Answer is expand your circle of friends to include people who aren't 'settled'. = hang out with more musicians.

Somehow between 33 and 46 is the time for self consciousness when it comes to clubs and shows with 'scenes'. Rough time in some ways if you love music.

Yeah bro getting drunk and going on beatport is a good time. getting blasted on coffee and going on is also a good time.