Who's Shakin It? (prefight)

i.p. · Post by **i.p.** » Fri Jun 01, 2007 10:28 pm

WesDavis wrote:
Spud wrote:Is that kind of like Murphy's Law?

SPUD
It's "Murphys Law".

Also to the above: The period is only within the quotation marks if you are finishing a sentence within the quotation marks. As in, "Joe went to the store."

At least, I'm pretty sure of that. I might be wrong.

Any time you end a sentence with something in quotation marks, the punctuation goes inside.
examples:

- The dog woofed in a distinctly raspy fashion that made one inexplicably want to listen to "Blue River."

- Have you submitted your entry for "The Sugar Shaker?"

It really is a strange rule... Like mentioned above, it's not true worldwide. It is the Associated Press standard, and your teachers may yell at you if you punctuate outside of the marks.

Oh, also... This rule applies to commas.
Example:
He heard that she "wanted out," but he was too attached to her to acknowledge it.

Communication sucks. I say we outlaw it.

Dan-O from Five-O · Post by **Dan-O from Five-O** » Fri Jun 01, 2007 11:48 pm

Please stop.

I think you are killing Leaf.

Billy's Little Trip · Fri Jun 01, 2007 11:56 pm

Dan-O from Five-O wrote:Please stop.

I think you are killing Leaf.

They'll have to go through me first, the man's a saint.

Rabid Garfunkel · Post by **Rabid Garfunkel** » Sat Jun 02, 2007 12:02 am

i.p. wrote:Communication sucks. I say we outlaw it.

J student, heal thyself.

HeuristicsInc · Post by **HeuristicsInc** » Sun Jun 03, 2007 8:42 pm

well, my collaborator hasn't returned any email or pm in days, so i don't know what's happening, and this song may not, then, exist.
-bill

Post by jb » Sun Jun 03, 2007 8:47 pm

i.p. wrote:Any time you end a sentence with something in quotation marks, the punctuation goes inside.
examples:

- The dog woofed in a distinctly raspy fashion that made one inexplicably want to listen to "Blue River."

I was a tech writer for ten years, and that rule pissed me off for all that time. It introduces ambiguity, the bane of the tech writer and, I would think, the journalist.

I refuse to follow that rule; I don't care who the fuck yells at me, "beyotch".

JB

i.p. · Post by **i.p.** » Sun Jun 03, 2007 10:13 pm

jb wrote:
i.p. wrote:Any time you end a sentence with something in quotation marks, the punctuation goes inside.
examples:

- The dog woofed in a distinctly raspy fashion that made one inexplicably want to listen to "Blue River."
I was a tech writer for ten years, and that rule pissed me off for all that time. It introduces ambiguity, the bane of the tech writer and, I would think, the journalist.

I refuse to follow that rule; I don't care who the fuck yells at me, "beyotch".

JB

I only wish I had the willpower... It's been seared into my brain as a result of 4 years of studying journalism. Sometimes I'll slip up, but I won't do it intentionally. But I agree. It pisses me off and introduces WAYYYYY too much ambiguity.

Dan-O from Five-O · Post by **Dan-O from Five-O** » Sun Jun 03, 2007 10:47 pm

Dan-O from Five-O wrote:Please stop.

I think you are killing Leaf.

At the risk of repeating myself; please stop.

Although spelling is Leaf's real handicap, I'm sure punctuation doesn't lag far behind. Thank goodness the latest version of Firefox shows your spelling mistakes by underlining them like Word does, maybe he'll take advantage of that.

But I digress......please stop.

WesDavis · Post by **WesDavis** » Mon Jun 04, 2007 12:10 am

So I am totally in for this one. I have no dance song, but I enjoy what I've done.

Rabid Garfunkel · Post by **Rabid Garfunkel** » Mon Jun 04, 2007 2:03 am

i.p. wrote:....4 years of studying journalism...

Nothing but net. Boo-yah!

i.p. · Post by **i.p.** » Mon Jun 04, 2007 3:50 pm

but back to the topic...

Can we get a preliminary 4-on-the-Floor count?
Whose bass drums will we be bobbing our heads to this week?

jeff robertson · Post by **jeff robertson** » Mon Jun 04, 2007 4:08 pm

i.p. wrote:but back to the topic...

Can we get a preliminary 4-on-the-Floor count?
Whose bass drums will we be bobbing our heads to this week?

No 4-on-the-floor here. More like "Bump bump bump. Bump bump ba bump bump".

As for the periods inside or outside, I'm with JB. That rule is stupid, it's derived from what made things easiest for mechanical typesetting, and has no place in modern electronic text.

halen99 · Post by **halen99** » Mon Jun 04, 2007 6:56 pm

I'm officially in. Here's what I got.

1. MiniMoog
2. Digital Drums
3. Talk Box
4. Speak and Spell
5. Digital Piano
6. Samples from a couple of your favorite 80s tunes
7. Original-ality thrown in

So unless someone has 8 bullet points to their song... looks like I got this one in the bag.

fluffy · Post by **fluffy** » Tue Jun 05, 2007 7:45 pm

i have this stupid idea for a song which i've been unable to muster up the energy to work on. the world is probably better off without it anyway.

Steve Durand · Post by **Steve Durand** » Tue Jun 05, 2007 8:56 pm

I'm in.

Steve

i.p. · Post by **i.p.** » Tue Jun 05, 2007 8:58 pm

i.p. has officially submitted their first songfight song OF ALL TIME

I sent 2 emails, because in the first, I forgot to rename the mp3...

oooooops.

HeuristicsInc · Post by **HeuristicsInc** » Tue Jun 05, 2007 10:22 pm

I guess we couldn't get it together this week. Too bad, because I liked that optional challenge. Maybe next time!
-bill

Mostess · Post by **Mostess** » Wed Jun 06, 2007 3:33 am

i.p. wrote: - Have you submitted your entry for "The Sugar Shaker?"

Yes.

Heads will bob.

Mostess · Post by **Mostess** » Wed Jun 06, 2007 5:22 am

halen99 wrote:So unless someone has 8 bullet points to their song... looks like I got this one in the bag.

1. kids.

I win.

This was seriously fun. I've never focused on danceability over all else before. I thought I had it Monday night, but the wife declared it boring. Tuesday turned it all up a notch. We'll see how it goes over.

HamNoBurger · Post by **HamNoBurger** » Wed Jun 06, 2007 5:58 am

I channeled my inner-Marky-Mark and officially submitted my version of "The Sugar Shaker". (I'm so ashamed.)

Stubby Phillips · Post by **Stubby Phillips** » Wed Jun 06, 2007 9:22 am

I was getting dangerously close to submitting my first song in almost a year, so my brain went whack (although the MRI looked pretty good). Holy Fuck those MRI machines are NOISY!!! Although you can always find a rythym in the noise and just pretend it's a really boring, loud song. Anyway -- no Sugar from Stubby. And that is a shame, as it was a gloriously funky fusion of late Motown and early Zepplin.

GlennCase · Post by **GlennCase** » Wed Jun 06, 2007 10:44 am

GlennCase wrote:I do believe I am in, and I do believe I mean business.

(We'll see if that's a true statement in about a week or so.)

ROCK!

Glenn Case

Evidentally, "I mean business" means "I am going to work on the Half Racks CD this week instead."

This one never got past the idea stage for me. It sounded great in my head, 'though.

The GOOD news is that the Half Racks CD is coming along very nicely. I think it will finally be done this year.

ROCK!

Glenn Case

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