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Post by Ozymandias on May 2, 2014 10:02:19 GMT -5
"There have been 24 votes by 19 voters."
D*mn these computer tabulating contraptions! No paper trail.
-jb the (when did I get transported to Florida?) ib -
You can choose as many options as you like, and change them as you see fit. Freedom to the people. |
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Post by Nowhere Man on May 2, 2014 10:04:24 GMT -5
This is just what the conservatives have been warning us about.
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Post by Ozymandias on May 2, 2014 10:04:52 GMT -5
I wonder if an even better marker for "classic" might be when Marvel and DC started publishing graphic novels? It seems to me that that's a clear indicator that comics had moved from just being relatively light entertainment's for kids and children of all ages, to books specifically aimed at adults. That's clearly what they were trying to pass them for. The content, however, betrayed many times the format. |
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Post by SJNeal on May 2, 2014 10:06:06 GMT -5
10 years works for me. My memory is still sharp enough to clearly remember those books... for now.
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Post by DubipR on May 2, 2014 10:06:42 GMT -5
I know we go by 10 years for the Chirstmas posts, but I go with the music factor... anything that's playing on my Oldies station, it's a classic.
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Post by Nowhere Man on May 2, 2014 10:09:04 GMT -5
I wonder if an even better marker for "classic" might be when Marvel and DC started publishing graphic novels? It seems to me that that's a clear indicator that comics had moved from just being relatively light entertainment's for kids and children of all ages, to books specifically aimed at adults. That's clearly what they were trying to pass them for. The content, however, betrayed many times the format. True, the majority of the Marvel Graphic Novel line simply featured traditional superhero stories. I still fail to see the point of some of the last few they released. The art was often worse than what was featured in the monthly comics! |
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Post by Nowhere Man on May 2, 2014 10:11:24 GMT -5
I know we go by 10 years for the Chirstmas posts, but I go with the music factor... anything that's playing on my Oldies station, it's a classic. If anyone knows, what exactly is the criteria for "oldies" and "classic" in terms of rock? It seems to me that something like Jimi Hendrix or the Doors are among the oldest stuff you'll still hear on classic rock channels, so I'm guessing 1967 is the unofficial beginning of classic rock? Sgt. Pepper also seems like a clear marker. (Not to derail the topic) |
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Post by MDG on May 2, 2014 10:13:12 GMT -5
The problem with "Newsprint" is that it's a static point in time. I understand not wanting to be wishy-washy in our definition, but the "Modern Age" inevitably moves as years progress and the comic industry changes. Shouldn't the demarcation between modern and classic therefore move with it? It's not really a static point in time at all when you factor in independent comics, some of which were using high quality papers decades before Marvel and DC. Or using newsprint after the majors started using better paper. I would've said pre-crisis, but there was too much interesting stuff going on in the rest of the 80s. Also, it was a time when the independents were explicitly trying to put out material that was very different than marvel and DC--in the 90s, it felt like independents were more trying to launch their own "universes." I don't see the cutoff point moving with time as much as many here (probably because i stopped buying new books during the 90s). |
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Post by DE Sinclair on May 2, 2014 10:19:12 GMT -5
"There have been 24 votes by 19 voters."
D*mn these computer tabulating contraptions! No paper trail.
-jb the (when did I get transported to Florida?) ib -
Just go with the Illinois motto, "Vote early, vote often". |
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Post by DubipR on May 2, 2014 10:27:03 GMT -5
"There have been 24 votes by 19 voters."
D*mn these computer tabulating contraptions! No paper trail.
-jb the (when did I get transported to Florida?) ib -
Just go with the Illinois motto, "Vote early, vote often". Got Richard M Daley in office quite a few times... |
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Post by Jasoomian on May 2, 2014 12:10:47 GMT -5
"There have been 24 votes by 19 voters."
D*mn these computer tabulating contraptions! No paper trail.
-jb the (when did I get transported to Florida?) ib -
I set it so you could vote more than once. If something two years old is classic, so is something ten years old, etc. It's really just a jumping-off point for conversation though, so whatever. |
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Post by infobroker on May 2, 2014 12:21:55 GMT -5
Got it. And I quickly took advantage of it once my brain cells caught on.
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Post by Reptisaurus! on May 2, 2014 12:30:19 GMT -5
17 minutes.
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Post by Fan of Bronze on May 2, 2014 20:59:50 GMT -5
If anyone knows, what exactly is the criteria for "oldies" and "classic" in terms of rock? It seems to me that something like Jimi Hendrix or the Doors are among the oldest stuff you'll still hear on classic rock channels, so I'm guessing 1967 is the unofficial beginning of classic rock? Sgt. Pepper also seems like a clear marker. (Not to derail the topic) I would say that, with regard to rock music, the significance of the word "classic" is that it permits listeners of a certain age to feel smug and satisfied with what they're listening to, when they might otherwise be dismayed at their inability to connect emotionally with any popular music more recent than Sheryl Crow's "All I Wanna Do." |
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Post by Slam_Bradley on May 2, 2014 21:06:11 GMT -5
Rage against the rules of fallible men.
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