Rules what?
Deez nutz?
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Rules what?
Deez nutz?[/reply]
HA!
Okay, that was my last post here, not everyone on this board is mean spirited, but, enough that it is not worth it
Come on Chris, don’t leave us now - you are the foundation stone upon which we build our mighty Prongs fortress of sarcasm, ‘BBW’ pornography, contentious opinions etc.
As for the swipe at your record store clerk-hood: in all seriousness, I wish people would reconsider this attitude that somebody’s ‘day job’ is the clearest indicator of their success. Our esteemed colleague here puts out a cornucopia of solid, critically acclaimed albums in numerous genres, and yet that’s somehow nullified by what he does for a steady paycheck.
Also Chris is not an anomaly in having a more humble day job compared with what he does artistically - not even within Chicago. One of my co-workers at Tower, a funny and approachable guy named Ted Okuda, was close friends with Roger Ebert and the author of like a dozen different film books. He didn’t need to work at a low-paying media mega-store, but did so just to expose himself to people he wouldn’t normally run into, including industrial culture refugees like yours truly.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA.
I don’t borrow from my parents either. Luckily I don’t have to. I think it’s no secret I teach High school.
Do you do this on purpose? Or does it just come naturally? For fuck’s sake grow up. The rest of us are sick and tired of you treating this place like your own personal ass wipe.
Post a thought, a view or an opinion. Don’t plaster the board with your egomaniacal rantings and shit stained philosophical dribble. It is nothing but toxic. You will not be happy until you have divided the board into warring factions with this absolutely turgid, lop sided rhetoric. What the fuck is your problem?
To think this place is actually really chilled and lo fi when you and the Uber Ego buddy of yours aren’t polluting it with gawkish, immature thuggery.
Don’t you ever get the feeling that nobody wants you here? Or is your ego too bloated and deaf to criticism to notice these subtle nuances.
Slash fan.
I’ll bet mom and dad are P-R-O-U-D of their big baby boy.
Fuckin bully
Don’t you ever get the feeling that nobody wants you here?
Says the guy who has no friends and openly complains how he gets ignored.
To answer your question,
No. I’m not you.
Ahhhh…me too, do you think i reeeally work at a petco?
What do guys do for a living? Borrow from your parents?
How many final posts are you going to have?
Please don’t leave. How else are we going to find your obscure, shitty music?
And no one thought you worked at Petco…they actually have standards.
I work at the Chicago Board of Trade in downtown. It’s one of those horrible jobs that pays a great salary, has BENEFITS, and won’t require me to work until I die.
If only I hadn’t gone to Northwestern, gotten my MBA, and steadily fed into a solid 401K plan, I could be staring into the future of working until I die in the glamorous world of selling records [:(]
At least you can still come to a Ministry hate site and pimp your horrible music, or have you already made your 8th final post?
Take a look at deadguy’s past posts. The theme is common. I don’t think deadguy is a run of the mill forum member. Most likely someone holding a grudge or just someone who knows Connelly and is ribbing him and they are both laughing at us.
Interesting that ‘deadguy’ works at the Chicago Board of Trade.
I know another fellow working there by the name of Michael Esposito, who is “label-mates” with Chris after a fashion (they both have releases on the U.K. cassette label ‘Tapeworm.’)
He’s also something of a professional ‘ghost hunter,’ and analyzer of sound recordings for ‘paranormal’ phenomena - apparently the Archdiocese of Chicago is one of the few such organizations in the country that still practices the rite of exorcism; I’ve spent a few uncomfortable hours at his home listening to audio of lacerating screams to determine whether an individual is in need of having his demons driven out.
I know Mike to be a huge fan and collector of WaxTrax! items, although he’s not exactly the type to participate in goofy online social experiments like raising Chris’ hackles in order to see how the board will react.
I never took Deadguy as someone with an actual bone to pick with anyone in particular. I just think he’s a regular dude who likes taking potshots at these sacred cows because it’s funny seeing fanboys get all emo about Paul Barker or Connelly or someone getting dissed by an anonymous poster on the internet.
THAT is why he rules. He makes Prongers wet themselves the same way Danzig fans freak out when you suggest Glenn might not have the best boxing record.
He makes Prongers wet themselves the same way Danzig fans freak out when you suggest Glenn might not have the best boxing record.
Take that back, Danzig has an unblemished boxing record. That was clearly a cheap shot![:)]
[reply]He makes Prongers wet themselves the same way Danzig fans freak out when you suggest Glenn might not have the best boxing record.
Take that back, Danzig has an unblemished boxing record. That was clearly a cheap shot![:)][/reply]
KICK HIS AAAAASSSSSS!!!
THAT is why he rules. He makes Prongers wet themselves the same way Danzig fans freak out when you suggest Glenn might not have the best boxing record.
I dunno. I don’t ‘look up to’ Chris as I assume these hyper-defensive Danzig minions do to their stunted demon lord.
Chris is just someone whose perspective I enjoy, who shares a lot of the same tastes as me, and who makes me laugh. I’d make room for him at the table whether he had a curriculum vitae padded with interesting music, or not.
That’s pretty much the extent of my relation to celebrity. Some of these people with $50 million in the bank seem like insufferable idiots to me, and none of their manufactured glow could make me want to hang out with them. On the other hand, someone who can consistently entertain me or get me to think differently will get the red carpet rolled out for them, be they a toothless wino or a Ministry vocalist.
[reply]Take a look at deadguy’s past posts. The theme is common. I don’t think deadguy is a run of the mill forum member. Most likely someone holding a grudge or just someone who knows Connelly and is ribbing him and they are both laughing at us.
Interesting that ‘deadguy’ works at the Chicago Board of Trade.[/reply]
sure he does [rolleyes]
Remind us where you work again…
Remind us where you work again…
still jealous you don’t work or have a job… … …
Do you do this on purpose?
Grumpy’s posts are not done on purpose. They are just random accidents. You know that old jibber jabber about the monkeys with the typewriters creating the collected works of Shakespeare . . . Grumpy’s kind of like that. He just pounds at his keyboard in frustration and his posts just magically form. Pretty cool, huh?
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Do you do this on purpose?
Grumpy’s posts are not done on purpose. They are just random accidents. You know that old jibber jabber about the monkeys with the typewriters creating the collected works of Shakespeare . . . Grumpy’s kind of like that. He just pounds at his keyboard in frustration and his posts just magically form. Pretty cool, huh?[/reply]
I imagine it to look something like this, whenever the Prongs flame wars really get rolling:
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Oh, cool! I thought I was the only one who typed like that.
I work at the Chicago Board of Trade in downtown. It’s one of those horrible jobs that pays a great salary, has BENEFITS, and won’t require me to work until I die.
If only I hadn’t gone to Northwestern, gotten my MBA, and steadily fed into a solid 401K plan, I could be staring into the future of working until I die in the glamorous world of selling records [:(]
Don’t worry. You might get laid off when you’re 45 or so and then you’ll have to live off your solid 401k until you can find a new job. By that time, your 401k will be depleted and you’ll be working for much longer than you ever thought, possibly until you die.
Of course, that’s assuming that you can find a new job at that age anyway: a lot of people can’t.
That happens a lot nowadays and it could definitely happen to you, too.
[reply]I work at the Chicago Board of Trade in downtown. It’s one of those horrible jobs that pays a great salary, has BENEFITS, and won’t require me to work until I die.
If only I hadn’t gone to Northwestern, gotten my MBA, and steadily fed into a solid 401K plan, I could be staring into the future of working until I die in the glamorous world of selling records [:(]
Don’t worry. You might get laid off when you’re 45 or so and then you’ll have to live off your solid 401k until you can find a new job. By that time, your 401k will be depleted and you’ll be working for much longer than you ever thought, possibly until you die.
Of course, that’s assuming that you can find a new job at that age anyway: a lot of people can’t.
That happens a lot nowadays and it could definitely happen to you, too.[/reply]
I’ve been very aggressive in terms of what I put into my 401k. I’m not going to say how much I have in my 401K at the moment, but it’s a good amount. The S&P 500 has more than tripled since 2009 so that has helped. It’s not something I really think about all that much since it can go up and down for all I care since I won’t touch it until I’m 60. It’s not an issue of where it is now as opposed to a couple decades from now. The point is that there is an end game to working for me.
I’ve also gotten to he point where my income is $3,000/month more than my expenses so I’m always prepared for a job loss. This means that each month I work is another one in the future that I won’t have to work, as $3,000 covers my monthly expenses. I have also paid off my student loans so I don’t really have any debt. I also own rental property which is kind of a wash now in terms of expenses and income but could be a steady stream of income down the road.
I currently have 5 years of living expenses that is completely liquid so I’m not that concerned about a job loss at this point in my life. I wouldn’t touch my 401K because of the early withdrawal penalties.
Of course it could happen to me, but I have the education, experience and the money to do other things with my life. I also network and make sure I have contacts in case of a job loss. I also have the ability to move anywhere in the country if I need to do so, although I’d rather stay in Chicago. Internal Auditors are in demand all over the country. If there’s a point where there’s not, I can do other things.
That’s where I differ from guys like Chris and Al. These guys have no marketable skills outside of music which is why they have limited options in terms of what they can do to make money. I hate lumping Chris in with Al since Al at least has a band with some name recognition. However, Al is beyond sick of touring and you can tell he probably thought he’d be dead by now. This is why he will release more Ministry, Lard, Revco, etc. He really has no other options if he wants to keep paying the bills and he will be stuck doing this for the rest of his life.
Thank you for bumping this thread. It reminds me of why my signature is so great. It really touched a nerve with Chris.