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Ethan · Post by **Ethan** » Mon Jan 19, 2009 9:51 am

Hi, I'm Ethan. I make music sometimes and people have said it's okay? I dunno, it's gotten to my head, and now I've up and gone and wrote a song for this song fight. What a terrible thing! I play folk punk? That is what people have been calling me.

A spacey hello to you, Song Fight!

Oh, also "The Sky Looks Pissed" is a band name I just made up. I kind of like it. I usually use one of the following: Ethan, Flying Unicorn Ninjas, and 1141 in Poetry for a while there. And my friend and I's band is Wonder Nuns? Gosh, there are a lot. A proposed harp/guitar band is speculated as The Secret of Motionless Exercise. Band names are hard for me.

Rabid Garfunkel · Post by **Rabid Garfunkel** » Mon Jan 19, 2009 10:13 am

Welcome! Like they say... please be awesome!

And don't mix the harp as hot as you think it should be. Trust me on this, heh.

Ross · Post by **Ross** » Mon Jan 19, 2009 10:36 am

Welcome - as someone who's had various friends through the years call their music folk-punk, anti-folk, etc. I am interested in what makes your folk punky and I look forward to hearing your entry.

I guess I am also required to say - please be awesome!

Paco Del Stinko · Post by **Paco Del Stinko** » Mon Jan 19, 2009 10:53 am

Howdy!

slats · Post by **slats** » Mon Jan 19, 2009 11:03 am

Folk punk is my second favorite genre, looking forward to what you've got.

Ethan · Post by **Ethan** » Mon Jan 19, 2009 11:45 am

oh boy, now I feel obligated not to suck. Hopefully I am punkier than usual. Because I guess I am more folk.

Post by **Spud** » Mon Jan 19, 2009 12:41 pm

I am pretty sure there is no such word as "I's". I admit, this is a tough one. What are the possibilities?

1. My friend and I's band is...
Yes, there is such an entity as my friend and I, and my friend and I can have a band, but the possessive just doesn't work that way. Would you say "I's band"? No. It would be "My band". Which leads us to:

2. My friend and my band is...
Well, now it seems like you have both a friend and a band, which is true, but not what you are trying to say, I don't think. How can we pull the friend into the band?

3. My friend's and my band is...
Close, but it could be that you and your friend each have a band. Not necessarily the same one.

4. My friend's and my's band is...
Double possessive. Don't even go there.

Let's try inverting it.

5. Me and my friend's band.
Oh boy. Now your are talking about yourself and your friend's band, which you are not necessarily a part of.

6. My and my friend's band is...
Oh wow. Unexpectedly, that almost does it. It works in every way, except that it sounds damned awkward.

I have almost become convinced that it can't be constructed this simply. Let's try expansion.

7. My friend and I have a band. It is...
Easy. Obvious. Perhaps too formal.

8. My friend and I have a band called...
I think that pretty much does it.

My work here is done. Welcome. Expect this.

SPUD

Ethan · Post by **Ethan** » Mon Jan 19, 2009 12:54 pm

Oh, grammar, you tricky devil.

Post by **Spud** » Mon Jan 19, 2009 1:00 pm

Grammar counts. You are going to be writing lyrics, I expect.

Ethan · Post by **Ethan** » Mon Jan 19, 2009 1:10 pm

Oh, but of course. It's just that in this time of text talk and leet speak, my literacy has inevitably lost a bit of its character. So, now I write like I have to explain things very slowly.

oh jeeze I am having a conversation about grammar with the admin. I feel under the gun.

Post by **Spud** » Mon Jan 19, 2009 1:22 pm

No excuses. Please be awesome.

Ethan · Post by **Ethan** » Mon Jan 19, 2009 1:33 pm

Sir, yes sir!

Billy's Little Trip · Post by **Billy's Little Trip** » Mon Jan 19, 2009 5:10 pm

Welcome Ethan. Please don't suck.

jast · Post by **jast** » Mon Jan 19, 2009 7:56 pm

Welcome to Song Fight, Ethan.

Niveous · Post by **Niveous** » Mon Jan 19, 2009 8:21 pm

Welcome to songfight. Please be awesome and bring the antifolk!

Ethan · Post by **Ethan** » Mon Jan 19, 2009 8:26 pm

Niveous wrote:bring the antifolk!

Hooray for lo-fi and no singing talent!

Niveous · Post by **Niveous** » Mon Jan 19, 2009 8:47 pm

It's worked for me.

bambamoozle · Post by **bambamoozle** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 6:35 am

Hey Ethan - I'm new here too, writing only my 2nd songfight song.

Be as awesome as you can be.

John K.

The Weakest Suit · Post by **The Weakest Suit** » Thu Jan 22, 2009 9:14 pm

Spud wrote:I am pretty sure there is no such word as "I's".

that doesn't matter anymore. public schools and the internet have killed grammar as we knew it. math, too. as long as you can quote Bright Eyes, and grow bangs long enough to be in your eyes, what else really matters.

oh yeah, please be awesome, kid

Post by **Spud** » Thu Jan 22, 2009 10:04 pm

The Weakest Suit wrote:
Spud wrote:I am pretty sure there is no such word as "I's".
that doesn't matter anymore. public schools and the internet have killed grammar as we knew it. math, too. as long as you can quote Bright Eyes, and grow bangs long enough to be in your eyes, what else really matters.

As you can tell, I have not given up. There should be a question mark at the end of that last sentence.

I asked my 11-year old daughter to evaluate your post. She noted that the sentence "And my friend and I's band is Wonder Nuns?" has at least three problems, two of which I did not bother to note, because I'm not, you know, a total asshat.

1. She had a problem with starting the sentence with "And".
2. I's
3. Why the question mark at the end?

BTW, her suggestion for fixing the sentence was this: "Wonder Nuns is the name of the band that my friend and I have".

My daughter attends public school, and spends a minimum of 2 hours a day on the internet, usually more. I am unconvinced that either are failing us.

The Weakest Suit · Post by **The Weakest Suit** » Thu Jan 22, 2009 10:30 pm

Spud wrote:"Wonder Nuns is the name of the band that my friend and I have".

I thought it goes "my friend and I" if that is the subject of the sentence and "me and my friend" if it is another part of the sentence (for example, the direct object). Grammar, though, is not my strongest suit.

Teplin · Post by **Teplin** » Thu Jan 22, 2009 10:52 pm

Spud wrote: 3. Why the question mark at the end?

Maybe it actually is "The Wonder Nuns?". Like the band "Therapy?". Oh, bands with wacky punctuation, what has become of you?,;

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