OK, here it is, in a few words;
this is the beginning of the end
I don't just mean of my blog, or Tcol, or Tpop, or I Get By, this my friends, is the end of blogging within our little online community. We've had some good times, and we've had some less-than-good times, and hopefully we've all learnt something from them.
Over the years we have seen many blogs come and go, but Tpop has remained like a rock, even when Sean had his hand in other blogs, and for this it is probably the best blog we've had.
Jack has had a few works, Awsomeo Extreme, a major slot on NSR, JTol and now Tcol. All of which have been quite similair and often repetitive, but still a good read nontheless.
Alex did his bit in two seperate blogs (that i know of), NSR and TMG. The Manwhore's Guide really had potential, and it is sad that it never really took off. Alex's posts didn't always follow regulations but they were still entertaining and had a very unique style to them.
Telfer has also done work on two blogs, NSR and currently Tcol. On both Telfer has been assigned the subject of tech-guy, which is a very hard thing to blog on while still being original, but despite of the difficulties Telfer still posted when required and the posts were always well above par.
Callum had a part-time position on NSR, as the music man, his posts were extremely lengthy, but were still worth the read. Sadly this was the only blogging that Callum has done.
Triffin is a newcomer to blogging, but his efforts have been amazing, I Get By has been a highly engaging series of posts that just keep on delivering, sadly Triffin is leaving blogging, apparently for good.
(Triffin did come up with the idea of quitting blogging, i've been losing inspiration recently, and so yes, i am following in Triffin's shoes, but i'm doing it for good)
And as for me, i have had my fair share in blogs, firstly with The Nathan Variety Hour blog, which mainly looked at our social and musical 'adventures' in a series of 'epics'. I then went on to a very short-lived NVOSL, this blog was where i viewed my opinions on the social adaptations during the beginning of Year ten. After that i went on to begin the well recieved NSR, but that's a story in itself. After NSR i came here, and i've finished my part on Tcol.
There have been a few others that have pushed out from under the soil and tried their hand at blogging, but it hasn't worked out for them so well, but you still deserve a pat on the back for trying.
And we shall not forget the shenanigans from the Cbox's, from the FLAMEWARS to the 'raep mai faec', they have always been a source of inspiration.
I have also seen a massive change in the way i blog over the years, it started off being very creative and open, but this slowly deteriorated into a literal social commentary, and for this i have lost some respect for myself. Maybe it's just me growing up, maybe it's me losing that creativity as i go through school and life, and the imagination gets beaten out of me by the people i know, and by the people i don't know.
So, as this is the end for a few of us in blogging, maybe some of you will keep on going, sustaining a saga in our lives. But i will not be one of these people, i will not leave this up to you to decide, this is my work, and this is where i end it.
But do not worry, i will still continue with an internet presence in our small community, and i've got quite a project up my sleeve, you probably won;t hear of it for some months, but don't worry, it will be different, it will be entertaining, it will be.
So, for the last time...
This is Nathan J, DJ Needles, and DJ Thrak calling out to all you crazy cats for one final time,
Goodbye
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Evening.
This is just a little something to fill in time before major posts, and also to fill in time as i start the long process of waiting for the blockheads next door to turn down their fucking bass (this usually occurs between 1 and 2 AM, though sometimes they make it to 4...).
I'm just gonna post up a little Rule about making Rules for blogs...
Rule 1 - Never make rules about when you will post (this leads to pressure, and in turn bad quality posts. It also gives readers [if they ever get passionate enough about your blog, which is very rarely] an excuse to flame you for not posting within your own given rules. So keep rules, if you ever make any, to a content-based limit, though even in some cases these can cause inconveniences)
This is person out.
PS: (i'm not gonna post about it, but people that try to make something original even though it is blatantly mainstream is really starting to piss me off, wheres the creativity gone?)
This is just a little something to fill in time before major posts, and also to fill in time as i start the long process of waiting for the blockheads next door to turn down their fucking bass (this usually occurs between 1 and 2 AM, though sometimes they make it to 4...).
I'm just gonna post up a little Rule about making Rules for blogs...
Rule 1 - Never make rules about when you will post (this leads to pressure, and in turn bad quality posts. It also gives readers [if they ever get passionate enough about your blog, which is very rarely] an excuse to flame you for not posting within your own given rules. So keep rules, if you ever make any, to a content-based limit, though even in some cases these can cause inconveniences)
This is person out.
PS: (i'm not gonna post about it, but people that try to make something original even though it is blatantly mainstream is really starting to piss me off, wheres the creativity gone?)
That there are. Well, sorry for a lack of posts over the last few pre-determined periods of time but i've just been churning out post after post over at another Blog. But since there are only four of you that read this blog, you've probably already been notified of this blog and are keeping tabs on it. Don't worry, when i have finished my work over there i will return here and fire up the bloggomatic and we'll be back in business.
This doesn't mean that i'm stopping all posts completely for IB, if something interesting happens, i'll be sure to post it up here as well.
Go do something else.
This doesn't mean that i'm stopping all posts completely for IB, if something interesting happens, i'll be sure to post it up here as well.
Go do something else.
Well, this should be more of a posts than the other two today, due to the fact that i have some epic-win news for you few...
Pull out your power domes, DEVO is back in business, with the band saying at a live show that they have 5-10 years left in them.
They had been planning to release an album late this year, but that has sadly been pushed back to 2010.
three songs have currently been named for the album, which is currently being called 'Fresh'
-Don't Shoot (I'm A Man)
-Watch Us Work It
-Fresh
Pull out your power domes, DEVO is back in business, with the band saying at a live show that they have 5-10 years left in them.
They had been planning to release an album late this year, but that has sadly been pushed back to 2010.
three songs have currently been named for the album, which is currently being called 'Fresh'
-Don't Shoot (I'm A Man)
-Watch Us Work It
-Fresh
Nânâ ka maka
Ho`olohe ka pepeiao
Pa`a ka waha
i'll blog when i feel like it
:D
Ho`olohe ka pepeiao
Pa`a ka waha
i'll blog when i feel like it
:D
well, i've got 45 minutes to do a blog post and i can't find a scanner so 3 pictures of pretty awesome and original somethings will be up before the end of the holidays.
events in my life:
-my uncle is still funny
-my Mum has another reason to not let me drink soft-drinks, apparently they will melt my bones...
-got a wii on Thursday, novelty gone
-can't find a scanner
-my cough's coming back...
OK, now onto the post about something original; "modern comedy, how we've fucked up".
Now, first off i'll say that comedy is comedy, it is designed to make us laugh, i'm not trying to say that modern comedy is un-funny, i just feel like it's shallow and unfullfilling.
in the golden days of comedy, there were great people such as Spike Milligan, Ronnie Barker, Hugh Laurie and even greater groups such as Monty Python, The Goodies, and many more...
Back then comedy had a broad range of uses, it was in long, linguistically fantastic sketches (see: the Two Ronnies), but also simple, short hard-hitting sketches (see: The Fruit In Season, by Spike Milligan). Comedy shows could go on for an hour, bringing joy to their viewers/listeners (radio plays were pretty awesome [and common] back then. (see: The Goon Show)). Jokes were smart and got you thinking, they left a lot to the audiences imagination, a joke was something you had to work at, it wasn't given to you on a platter.People had an average attention span of one and a half hours, pretty long for todays standards, but thats for another paragraph. Their long attention spans would give the comedians freedom to spend minutes intricately setting up for a punchline, they had a 'large canvas' to use...
But now, in our'21st century' comedy seems to have fallen in a heap, we're talented comedians are few and far between, almost anyone can be taught to do stand-up with good timing. But the one thing that gets to me most about this modern humour is that there is no substance, no thought. People used to put in gaps in their sketches/radio shows/routines, for the audience to understand and appreciate a joke. but now if you listen to the radio, almost every joke is just given to us, 'pre-cooked', we get hit one joke after another, so many punchlines that we must laugh at at least one. we get little satisfaction, just a laugh. The brilliant vocabulary that was used to a comedians advantage in the past has been replaced with swearing and cursing. Sketch shows now have average sketches of around 30 seconds, this time fits nicely within our fancy new modern average attention span of 10-15minutes. But some sketches are one and a half minutes, but they have to be cut up into multiple sections and spread out in our half-hour shows.
Plans just got delayed by around half-an hour. That gives me time to start drawing, but i doubt that scanning will be happening anytime soon.
"Nothing happened, but it happened suddenly"
OP out...
events in my life:
-my uncle is still funny
-my Mum has another reason to not let me drink soft-drinks, apparently they will melt my bones...
-got a wii on Thursday, novelty gone
-can't find a scanner
-my cough's coming back...
OK, now onto the post about something original; "modern comedy, how we've fucked up".
Now, first off i'll say that comedy is comedy, it is designed to make us laugh, i'm not trying to say that modern comedy is un-funny, i just feel like it's shallow and unfullfilling.
in the golden days of comedy, there were great people such as Spike Milligan, Ronnie Barker, Hugh Laurie and even greater groups such as Monty Python, The Goodies, and many more...
Back then comedy had a broad range of uses, it was in long, linguistically fantastic sketches (see: the Two Ronnies), but also simple, short hard-hitting sketches (see: The Fruit In Season, by Spike Milligan). Comedy shows could go on for an hour, bringing joy to their viewers/listeners (radio plays were pretty awesome [and common] back then. (see: The Goon Show)). Jokes were smart and got you thinking, they left a lot to the audiences imagination, a joke was something you had to work at, it wasn't given to you on a platter.People had an average attention span of one and a half hours, pretty long for todays standards, but thats for another paragraph. Their long attention spans would give the comedians freedom to spend minutes intricately setting up for a punchline, they had a 'large canvas' to use...
But now, in our'21st century' comedy seems to have fallen in a heap, we're talented comedians are few and far between, almost anyone can be taught to do stand-up with good timing. But the one thing that gets to me most about this modern humour is that there is no substance, no thought. People used to put in gaps in their sketches/radio shows/routines, for the audience to understand and appreciate a joke. but now if you listen to the radio, almost every joke is just given to us, 'pre-cooked', we get hit one joke after another, so many punchlines that we must laugh at at least one. we get little satisfaction, just a laugh. The brilliant vocabulary that was used to a comedians advantage in the past has been replaced with swearing and cursing. Sketch shows now have average sketches of around 30 seconds, this time fits nicely within our fancy new modern average attention span of 10-15minutes. But some sketches are one and a half minutes, but they have to be cut up into multiple sections and spread out in our half-hour shows.
Plans just got delayed by around half-an hour. That gives me time to start drawing, but i doubt that scanning will be happening anytime soon.
"Nothing happened, but it happened suddenly"
OP out...
