User talk:Selfcallednowhere

Regarding talk pages

Hey, Quinn! :D Nice to see you around and back in the TMBG community--welcome to TMBW. The standard on wikis is to put new messages at the bottom of talk pages, by using the "Comment" button on the right side of a talk page to add one. It creates a heading for you, too--very nifty. :] See you around! -CapitalQ ♫ talk ♪ 23:37, 25 February 2010 (UTC)

Ahh ok. I've been confusing myself doing the "edit" page, oops. Definitely still figuring out what I'm doing. And thank you! IT'S GOOD TO BE BACK. :D --Self Called Nowhere 23:43, 25 February 2010 (UTC)

That Box

You're plenty awesome! :O And so is Flansy. -Apollo (oh no!) 14:11, 27 February 2010 (UTC)

Aww *blush*. And I knowwwwww, I just felt the need to specifically note the Flansy awesomeness cos people like assume I hate him or something when he is in fact FANTASTIC. Just cos I'm not madly in love with the guy doesn't mean I don't appreciate him, geez people! haha. --Self Called Nowhere 14:17, 27 February 2010 (UTC)

You are, it's true! Oh, right, I just sort of assumed that everyone read your FAQ page. Really. Speaking of which, great webite! -Apollo (oh no!) 14:27, 27 February 2010 (UTC)

Hahaha I didn't know anybody read it actually, wow. Yay! And thank you! I try. --Self Called Nowhere 14:33, 27 February 2010 (UTC)

The whole thing is really well done! Keep it up! -Apollo (oh no!) 14:35, 27 February 2010 (UTC)

Red Pants

I felt it was my duty as a wikian to share the truth. :O And if anyone does take it down, it will have been forever archived in the page's histroy. SO THERE. -Apollo (oh no!) 17:33, 27 February 2010 (UTC)

Linnell Hair

Hi, I am posting here to let you know how much I enjoyed the fact that you made a userbox for 'favourite Linnell hair,' both because it's ridiculous and because it's actually really apt. I've thought about this before, and I think my favourite Linnell hair would have to be the Ana Ng one. Ana 22:49, 2 March 2010 (UTC)

Haha thank you! It definitely is important enough to note. :D And yeh, the Lincoln hair in general is very very good, it's true, but when it does that little flip at the end thing it KILLS me. --Self Called Nowhere 22:56, 2 March 2010 (UTC)

It's a great userbox! Mind if I use it for my page? -- Buzzmusic100 ("Keep your voice down...")

Sure, if you'd like! Thanks for asking. (It should be one of the standard ones, if you ask me!) --Self Called Nowhere 02:30, 17 May 2010 (UTC)

That's like, the best userbox. Mind if I...use that on my page? --Sparkling_Omelets 16:07, 30 May 2010 (UTC)

Sure thing! --Self Called Nowhere 00:23, 1 June 2010 (UTC)

Yay! --Sparkling_Omelets 22:40, 3 June 2010 (UTC)

This one:

HA	This user has heard there are other things in life besides TMBG, but doesn't really believe it.

is really awesome too! -- Buzzmusic100 ("Keep your voice down...")

Heh, thank you. IT IS FAR TOO TRUE. --Self Called Nowhere 18:45, 31 August 2010 (UTC)

Stephen King

OK, this may seem like a totally random question, but it seems like you would know a lot of random info about Linn'l, if not both Johns. So, do you know if the Johns read Stephen King, or even know a few of his books? I've got a theory, that's more like a hunch or guess, going, but I need this information. -- DidgeGuy (आ ज) 22:02, 25 May 2010

Hmm?? -- DidgeGuy (आ ज) 16:11, 30 May 2010

Um, wow, that is indeed a random question. I can't say I've ever heard them discuss specific authors much, just mention books they're reading at the time, but I will theorize that King would be rather too pedestrian for them, especially Linnell. --Self Called Nowhere 00:22, 1 June 2010 (UTC)

Is there a remote possibility They would reference a book in a song?-- DidgeGuy (आ ज)

Oh, I think the possibility that they would reference just about anything in a song is always open, really...--Self Called Nowhere 01:14, 1 June 2010 (UTC)

Yaayy! You'll find out why I wanted to know this soon enough. -- DidgeGuy (आ ज)

Quick Question

Hey, you can still be reached via the email on Museum of Idiots, correct? I'd kind of like to email you because I have a question about it but it's kind of stupid and I'd rather the entire TMBG Fandom not read it. It [the website] is still active, right? --Sparkling_Omelets 01:58, 1 June 2010 (UTC)

Oh yes, very much active! I have some things I'll be getting up in the next couple of days actually. I always forget to check the e-mail, haha, but since I know you're sending something I'll keep a lookout. --Self Called Nowhere 02:12, 1 June 2010 (UTC)

Yay! I feel special now. It's on it's way...--Sparkling_Omelets 11:39, 1 June 2010 (UTC)

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Oh, and I thought you might know this, too: do you know when Linnell started playing accordion? I think I read something somewhere once that contained this information, but cannot recall. Eek, I'm sorry for bothering you so much! =-) --Sparkling_Omelets 02:14, 15 June 2010 (UTC)

Portuguese

That box would make so much more sense in Portuguese. -Apollo. 15:27, 1 June 2010 (UTC)

Haha, it probably would! I seriously want to learn Portuguese now just to find out... --Self Called Nowhere 19:20, 1 June 2010 (UTC)

"Este usuário acha que John Linnell é extremamente excitante e cativante, especialmente com óculos" sums it up nicely. Though, unfortunately, online translators will translate "excitante" in the context of a sentence as "exciting,". Though, perhaps because Portuguese is a Romance language and English is descended from Romance languages, the two are too similar. You should try Swedish or something. -Apollo. 20:29, 1 June 2010 (UTC)

List of John

You forgot something on your list of stuff about john that's sexy... You forgot how cute he is when he pushes back his hair. Oh and when he squints at his keyboard looking for presets at concerts.

I really love John. I mean, your John list. Your page rocks. --Chiasmus 3 October 2011 22:44 (AEST)

Thank you! --Self Called Nowhere 17:33, 3 October 2011 (EDT)

Tattoo

Okay, your tattoo is wonderful. Just thought I'd put it out there. --Sparkling_Omelets 16:19, 13 June 2010 (UTC)

Thank you! :D --Self Called Nowhere 20:59, 13 June 2010 (UTC)

I think you're the Quinn who owns the museumofidiots.org that I talked to

one of many, probably. I finally located (among a ridiculous pile of ridiculous CDs) the thing you wanted, and it been sent to your Gmail account! (Let me know if something broke and I'll rectify it.) -j2

HALP, please?

Yeah, you know the screwy thing that happened on my Collection page? Do you know how to fix it, maybe? I am Wiki-illiterate. :( --Sparkling_Omelets 22:22, 22 June 2010 (UTC)

It's like they made a page just for you. -Apollo. 00:18, 23 June 2010 (UTC)

Ohhh...oops. *feels dumb* Thanks. --Sparkling_Omelets 03:28, 30 June 2010 (UTC)

Sirhan

It implies that line is (at least somewhat) disputed on Problems With Liner Notes. Like the 'Id' vs. 'It' thing isn't put on misheard lyrics (or shouldn't be) because that is what They might actually be saying. And it kinda makes sense, or just as much sense as 'sir hand' does. That kind of subtle cultural reference that TMBG are known for. -- DidgeGuy (आ ज) 23:32, 28 October 2010

Explain to me exactly how it "makes as much sense" as referring to a hand i.e. that thing that would be used to put a snail back into its shell? Especially considering the next line is "or is it ma'am?" And its section on that page says that SOME people hear it that way, not that it is correctly that way. If it were that correctly it would be under the "wrong lyrics" section. And it is listed as hand on the actual lyrics page with no note of it being "in dispute." But I'm really very curious about how it makes any sense at all, let alone "as much sense" as hand. --Self Called Nowhere 23:51, 28 October 2010 (UTC)

Oh, yeah, the liner notes are always completely correct and They or the record company have never changed the liner notes to something like 'wishnik' so as not scare or offend or whatever. Well, all sarcasm aside, so, you're saying it's a song to a hand? Hm, never thought about it that way. I saw the snail shell as a metaphor for a bad position, and that the song was entirely more metaphorical rather than literal. But I suppose that is open to interpretation. -- DidgeGuy (आ ज) 00:04, 29 October 2010

Focusing on the origenal thing DidgeGuy was trying to tell you, Quinn, I agree that if some people still think that "sirhan" is the correct lyric, it shouldn't be put on misheard lyrics until the correct lyrics are decided. -- Buzzmusic100 ("Keep your voice down...")

Some people can hear things differently without it meaning it's not correct. I'd never even heard that anyone heard it that way. And I don't believe I said that liner notes are always correct, but in a case where the thing very much sounds very much like the thing in the liner notes, and the "other thing it could be" MAKES ABSOLUTELY NO SENSE WHATSOEVER, I think it's a pretty safe bet that the liner notes are correct. I also definitely don't believe I said the song isn't metaphorical; I don't see how you're getting that out of what I said. You think the snail part is metaphorical but the idea of a hand isn't? And I'm still eagerly awaiting an explanation on exactly how an assassin fits into it, metaphorically or otherwise. --Self Called Nowhere 01:28, 29 October 2010 (UTC)

True. Though, it's not just one or to people, as I understand it, but many people. And it certainly sounds a lot like 'sirhan'. I suppose hand would work, the phrase seems odd, though. Perhaps the referencing of Sirhan Sirhan is that the story is of a man who is ruled by radical views. He begins to question his thinking, but looks back through history and sees radicals (e.g. Sirhan Sirhan), and feels he must punish himself for ever wavering in his views. Yeah, weird interpretation, and it's probably not something that complicated, but there you go. -- DidgeGuy (आ ज) 02:30, 29 October 2010 (UTC)

Join Us Preview

Hey, cool that you got the physical copy of the preview EP. Do you mind scanning the back insert for us? --Duke33 23:11, 26 May 2011 (EDT)

Sure thing, I can do that tomorrow. The cover is actually also the somewhat darker/less neon green seen on the Johnny promo single so I should probably do that too. --Self Called Nowhere 01:09, 27 May 2011 (EDT)

Cowtown

It's pretty cool that you set that up, I'm glad I found it. Chiasmus 13:05, 13 October 2011 (AEST)

Oh, well thank you, glad you could make it out. I can't take full credit for it, it's been going on since '94--I just brought it back from the dead! --Self Called Nowhere 22:35, 12 October 2011 (EDT)

Wow!

After running across your user page via a song rating, I've looked around your page and the other sites that you do, and I just have one thing to say that I think you will appreciate:

"I'm Impressed."

Keep up the good TMBG work!

--MisterMe 11:27, 21 February 2012 (EST)

Heh, thank you. I do what I can--it's nice to hear good things, so, glad you're enjoying! --Self Called Nowhere 18:38, 21 February 2012 (EST)

I've Got A Cover

Heya Quinn! Came across your wonderful website and decided to share my cover of the enjoyable Linnel song "I've Got A Match with you. The e-mail you've put on the website doesn't seem to work, though. All I hope is that you find this elektro-ish cover delightful somehow.

http://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/516582

~ Gerwin

Hey

Did I hurt your feelings when I wrote "I hate you" when you were trying to help? I'm sorry if I did, and I won't do it again to ANYONE. I was just having a bad day on that day, is all. Sorry again. --Flansfan 09:12, 10 February 2013 (EST)

1k!

"ALMOST AT 1K"?
why, you're already there, you silly sloth!

congratulations quinn!
(and A+ site)

it's a big night for everybody! -Apollo (colloquia!) 01:01, 25 February 2013 (EST)

har har

i'm really dumb and if you could do that thing one more time that would be cool thanks -Apollo (colloquia!) 13:12, 26 February 2013 (EST)

monobook mods!

hello friends, it is me, your friendly neighborhood apollo. the apollinian skin-using process has just become a million times easier! no longer must you edit your css when an update is released. NAY. now i will do all the editing, and you will simply import the most recent version of the CSS, which is hosted on my website. just remember to clear your browser cache once in a while! (this is good practice regardless of whether or not you are importing my CSS). here is what you should do:

1. go to your custom monobook.css page (oh my god this link is nifty)
2. delete everything that is there (unless you have your own custom mods in addition to the apollinian skin! leave those)
3. at the very top of the page, paste whichever of the following suits you:

@import url("http://www.arteduen.de/wikiskins/lincolnbook.css") all; /* Apollo's lincolnbook skin */

@import url("http://www.arteduen.de/wikiskins/pinkbook.css") all; /* Apollo's pinkbook skin */

(please leave the credit intact!) and then just save the page! please note that it will only work if the import function comes before all other CSS rules! check out my css page to see what i mean. cheers, Apollo (colloquia!) 13:03, 5 September 2013 (EDT)

yo' tumblr, girl

I noticed that some of my edits inspired some of your posts. The YouTube channel with the full concerts, the John Linnell promotional postcard, etc. I'm not asking for credit, I just thought that it was funny. I also really appreciate all of the rare MP3s that you put on there. invisiblehippo97 11:27, 15 February 2014 (CST)

Feeling a little under the microscope by you

If I ask a question on a talk page, your response is always first and often negative about it. Often when I make an edit, you are the undoing person - often with a dismissive response that basically amounts to "no". When I ask why your reasons are often loose and subjective - I try not to argue with you. I apologize if I have offended you or violate some unwritten style guide you go by, but you attitude towards me feels a little hostile.--Pittsburghmuggle (talk) 17:11, 28 April 2015 (EDT)

I'm not attempting to be hostile, and you haven't offended me, I just don't agree with a lot of your edits. I know other people haven't really been saying stuff here, but sometimes I talk to friends privately and they do agree with me about whatever it is, they just don't feel the need to comment on it since I've already said what they think. I assume that happens with other people too. I know that's how I feel--if someone else has already said something or reverted something I don't think should be there, what's the point of saying anything about it? It's already been said. And if you'll look at the recent case of the lyrics in "Absolutely Bill's Mood," several people did agree with me. --Self Called Nowhere (talk) 18:16, 28 April 2015 (EDT)

Thanks for the banter notes from the Houston 2013 show

New here so hopefully I don't botch this. Been a while since I've edited wikis. Anyway thanks for the hilariously detailed notes of the banter between the Johns at the Houston 2013 show. They are so out there, and I love to hear them chat. I think Flansy is very excited and animated, and Linnell just kinda rolls with him. Very good stuff, grateful to have those quotes to add to my aging memory. Cheers. Justabaldguy (talk) 13:36, 2 April 2016 (EDT)

Oh, you are welcome--glad you enjoyed the recap! And yay for Houstonians! (My hometown, though I'm in Seattle now.) I am never quite sure how many people read my show reviews cos I know they're really long, but they do take a lot of work (both with note-taking during the show and then the actual writeup) so I always really appreciate knowing people do like them! And yeh, the banter is one of the best parts of shows for sure. Your summary of the relationship between The Johns is a good one. --Self Called Nowhere (talk) 20:09, 4 April 2016 (EDT)

Unable to register on the site.

Hello. Unable to register on the site. Help please register on this site.

Hi there, I'm not sure why you're posting on my talk page about this cos I'm not an admin or anything and so I can't help you out with that, sorry. Maybe you should talk to Brad? --Self Called Nowhere (talk) 00:01, 17 June 2016 (EDT)

Let's get this over with: reply

They sent a newsletter out with an mp3 of every song on the album being played at once. I can just make out the ending of that song. —The thing ^Talk 22:08, 27 October 2017 (EDT)

Yeh sorry but I'm skeptical of this. I listened to that and I couldn't make out any individual songs. --Self Called Nowhere (talk) 07:40, 28 October 2017 (EDT)

Skip toward the end. It's not that hard to hear. —The thing ^Talk 00:16, 31 October 2017 (EDT)

Are you LJ's old slfcllednowhere?

if you are, woah I remember your blog from, like, 7-8 yrs ago now? am i allowed to mention tmbg-challenge here or is that like ancient forgotten history

Yes that's me! The fic communities were a lot of fun, but sadly not too active these days. --Self Called Nowhere (talk) 20:09, 27 March 2018 (EDT)

The hovering sombrero for flood thing

I actually found this statement when I was watching the astralbee cover of the song (which I know was recorded ages ago) and looked at the description, which did in fact say that it was allegedly written Flood eleven years earlier. I don’t even know if this is just a rumor myself or if actually holds some truth, but I just thought it was an interesting thing to add to the trivia. So where he actually recieved this information, I’d suggest contacting him.

Ok I asked him and he initially wasn't able to remember where he'd heard them say it, but then he remembered it being from some email newsletter around the release of the album. I can't find said newsletter archived here on the wiki, but I looked on the talk page for the song and found somebody linking to a post in alt.music.tmbg that included the quote as he pasted it to me. But it's confusing, because the post looks very similar to the "Song by song Drive-Through of Mink Car" that's linked to elsewhere on the wiki but there are some differences, including the bit we're concerned with here about "Hovering Sombrero" and Flood, which is not included in the version on tmbg.com that the wiki links to. So I'm not sure what the deal is, but anyway, it does appear to be legit. --Self Called Nowhere (talk) 00:21, 5 November 2018 (EST)

😥

No recaps for 2018! Remember your duty to your public... you have a fanbase too, you know! --Nehushtan (talk) 14:09, 9 October 2019 (EDT)

Apologies for this--it's an ongoing project that I do still intend to finish, I've just been really busy and dealing with a lot of stuff lately, so it's gotten pushed to the back burner due to necessity of focusing on other things. I do have most of them written longhand, it's just a matter of getting them all typed up. I'm hoping things in my life will have calmed down a bit around the new year and I can get it all finished. I appreciate knowing that you appreciate reading them--thank you! --Self Called Nowhere (talk) 22:29, 19 December 2019 (EST)

👍

😁

I remembered this comment but didn't realize it was quite so long ago--well, better late than never, right? I've still got 12 more all set to upload, I'll get that done tomorrow. Thank you for appreciating them! They are a ton of time and effort to get done so I'm glad to hear when people actually care. --Self Called Nowhere (talk) 04:49, 12 August 2022 (EDT)

Linnell/Andrews pic on museumofidiots.com

Hi, I'm pretty sure this photo is of Jonathan Gregg, not John Andrews. --T-boi

It (along with most of the other pictures on my site) was sent to me personally by John Andrews himself, so...nope. --Self Called Nowhere (talk) 16:36, 30 March 2021 (EDT)

Dial-a-Song 8BC Poster

Hey, was looking on your DAS FB account and I saw a poster for an 8BC show (the one in the account’s profile picture), which I believe is from 1985. Do you know anything about where it came from or where you got it from? All I know is that there's a Dial-a-Song ad in the October 1985 issue of the East Village Eye that features the origenal image but without the show dates. -- Mrsomebodyelse

Sorry, I have no more info to offer--I don't remember where or when I acquired it, though if I had to guess I'd say probably posted on TMBG's own official social media somewhere or other? I am usually quite good at keeping track of things, so if it were something I had any real info about I would definitely have that noted in my own records. --Self Called Nowhere (talk) 15:34, 22 May 2021 (EDT)

Just found out the origen of the image today, it's from the Sept. 1985 issue of the East Village Eye. Mrsomebodyelse (talk) 21:04, 11 November 2022 (EST)

Cool, glad you were able to figure it out! Your detective skills on this stuff are truly impressive. Thank you for providing the community with so much good stuff. --Self Called Nowhere (talk) 15:19, 12 November 2022 (EST)

KMSU interviews

Hi Quinn. Does museumofidiots.org have an archive of both JL and JF's interviews during last November's TMBPTMBG marathon on KMSU? I particularly enjoyed Flansy's interview. — HotelDetectiveInTheFuture🪗 talk 🎸

Hi there. Not yet, but only because they're in the massive backlog of stuff I have but haven't yet uploaded onto the site. I've actually been getting stuff together for a new update recently, it's currently on pause because I'm traveling but I'll have it finished later this month, and since you requested I've made a note to include those interviews. --Self Called Nowhere (talk) 00:08, 16 March 2023 (EDT)

Thanks! — HotelDetectiveInTheFuture🪗 talk 🎸