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bitchiekittie
18:39 / 11.03.02
I just wanted to say that I get a little giggle everytime I see "singles frenzy" in music

all sorts of fun images run through my silly wee head!
 
 
w1rebaby
18:44 / 11.03.02
they would, you little perve
 
 
bitchiekittie
18:50 / 11.03.02
your life would be empty without my constant stream of innuendo...an empty, hollow little crater left where the promise of stellar ass used to reside
 
 
Matthew Fluxington
18:53 / 11.03.02
Is this going to develop into a thread in its own right?

It seems more like a PM/email sorta deal the way it's going...

How about this: "what drives YOU crazy about dating? what gets you in a 'singles frenzy'?"

....and GO!

[ 11-03-2002: Message edited by: Flux = Avoiding The Conceptual Life ]
 
 
bitchiekittie
19:04 / 11.03.02
hahaha

those sound like "dating game" questions, flux!

how about we delve into the fun of being newly single...perhaps going a bit crazy with it. or we could simply explore the sort of filth Id originally envisioned.....
 
 
Captain Zoom
19:24 / 11.03.02
[taking the piss]

Well, as a non-single, I'd just like to point out how much a thread devoted entirely to singles makes me feel excluded by your little society. Maybe you should take into account who's posting here before starting hurtful threads like this.

[/taking the piss]

I'm going to get in sooooooo much trouble over that.

Zoom.
 
 
sleazenation
20:59 / 11.03.02
Actually i'm really interested by the ready made situation of 'the date' as sold in American culture ... you know the dinner and a movie design for life 'date'. How does it work?
 
 
Matthew Fluxington
09:22 / 12.03.02
It's pretty simplistic - it's meant to be about conversation and interaction. It's better that the 'activity' section of the date be followed up by dinner/coffee, so you can use the film/whatever as a springboard for conversation.

Dates make perfect sense to me... they are meant to be a social activity of courtship, getting to know a lot of people before settling into any great commitment. A date as a capitalist prerequisite for having sex is pretty silly, though. I imagine that's why you find it so mystefying, am I right?
 
 
sleazenation
09:59 / 12.03.02
nope, i find it a bit mystfying in the way in which it regiments people's interactions.
I guess i'm just wondering out loud if 'dating' is really as firmly establised in particularly american culture as it appears through the media.

This is probably a very dumb question.
 
 
Less searchable M0rd4nt
09:59 / 12.03.02
quote:Originally posted by bitchiekittie:
I get a little giggle everytime I see "singles frenzy" in music


Well, yeah. But some of us thought twice before sharing
 
 
Cherry Bomb
09:59 / 12.03.02
this should be elsewhere, I see...

[ 12-03-2002: Message edited by: Cherry Bomb ]
 
 
bitchiekittie
10:44 / 12.03.02
I thought the point of conversation (by definition "an informal talk with somebody, especially about opinions, ideas, feelings, or everyday matters") was for casual banter. discuss?

and sleaze, its not a dumb question - just like anywhere else, it differs from person to person, from situation to situation. some people would never involve themselves in a relationship without dating extensively first, other people prefer starting off in a friendship, other people have been in many relationships yet never have been on a real "date". most of us, I think, take it as it comes

it may be portrayed as more significant in the movies because, lets face it, its an easy way to build a relationship (and the obligatory sexual tension) between characters, as well as provide the perfect set up for disastrous events (great for comedies, dramas, mysteries, and action too!)
 
 
The Apple-Picker
11:26 / 12.03.02
Posted by Sleaze: quote:I guess i'm just wondering out loud if 'dating' is really as firmly establised in particularly american culture as it appears through the media.

I certainly don't see a whole lot of it.

And Kittie's certainly right on about it differing from person to person. I've only been on a few "dates." I'm glad that I did it, because the stories amuse me if not everyone else (I started forming a habit of falling asleep on them). Why I usually avoid that kind of set up though, is that it doesn't feel natural to me--too much trying to impress.

And plus, men scare the bejeesus out of me. What? You want me to get in a car with you?? Alone?????

*Edited because I can't spell*

[ 12-03-2002: Message edited by: theapplepicker ]
 
 
Matthew Fluxington
11:28 / 12.03.02
"get out of my dreams/ get into my car"
 
 
Haus about we all give each other a big lovely huggle?
11:29 / 12.03.02
quote:Originally posted by bitchiekittie:
I thought the point of conversation (by definition "an informal talk with somebody, especially about opinions, ideas, feelings, or everyday matters") was for casual banter. discuss?
!)



Not exclusively, presumably?
 
 
bitchiekittie
11:49 / 12.03.02
no, not exclusively. but calling on someones thread as inappropriate because it fits (perhaps solely) into this criteria is a bit, sorry to seem rude, silly
 
 
Cherry Bomb
13:41 / 12.03.02
I actually think of a bunch of 60s mod go-go dancers jamming a long to a hot song called "Singles Frenzy"! It would also be a good title for a movie in this same vein. I'm seeing people running down streets in go-go boots and big floppy hats, I'm seeing frosted tips and cleopatra eyeshadow..

ANYWAY.

Is dating in the U.S. all that different than dating in the U.K.? Perhaps that's a myth. I don't really know anyone that "dates" in that dinner and a movie sort of way. I pretty much put a ban on dating for a first date because it prevents talking. I mean I guess it's good for furtive touching and kissing, but I like to have a chat with my honeys before I put my tongue in their mouth.

I don't know, really. I think dating in that hokey old way is dead. The only people I know who go out on fancy datey-dates are people who have been dating for a while.

I have the patent on the term, "fancy datey date," by the way..
 
 
Goodness Gracious Meme
13:44 / 12.03.02
hey cherry, fancy (a) datey date?

We can go ice skating, to the fairground, I'll win you a cuddly toy and carry your books... it'll be great...

Cherry? Cherry?

<tumbleweeds>
 
 
Cherry Bomb
13:47 / 12.03.02
change that roller skating - or better yet, roller disco - and you're on!
 
 
Matthew Fluxington
13:50 / 12.03.02
Ah, but who will be the next to pair off in the BARBELITH SINGLES FRENZY...?!?
 
 
bitchiekittie
14:00 / 12.03.02
Ill pair you with applepicker. I like her lots, so youd damn well better be a good date

that leaves mordant sleaze haus and zoom! who says we need to stop at simple pairs?
 
 
Suedey! SHOT FOR MEAT!
14:02 / 12.03.02
>pouts<
 
 
Haus about we all give each other a big lovely huggle?
14:13 / 12.03.02
quote:Originally posted by bitchiekittie:
no, not exclusively. but calling on someones thread as inappropriate because it fits (perhaps solely) into this criteria is a bit, sorry to seem rude, silly



Ah. I think I see the confusion. Cherry's "this should be elsewhere, I see" was a comment on her previous post, now edited to the above comment, as she was talking about singles as in the things one plays on a record player. She was not questioning the validity of this thread's location. Of course, I may be misunderstanding...

Besides, Zoom is married, and as such officially playing away in any singles frenzy-style shenanigans.
 
 
bitchiekittie
14:28 / 12.03.02
yes, you are correct, haus - I misunderstood
(sorry cherry and whomever else)

and zooms out (although Im sure he will protest mightily), sweet jane is in!

....is photography allowed?
 
 
Goodness Gracious Meme
14:31 / 12.03.02
no.

pornography, on the other hand...

Cherry, you've seen Boogie Nights, I take it?

Roller disco's fine, no problemo... Be sure and wear your outfit, chica...

[ 12-03-2002: Message edited by: Lick my plums, bitch. ]
 
 
Haus about we all give each other a big lovely huggle?
14:36 / 12.03.02
And then you can enjoy the rites of the ancient godess of love...

Put another way, she can put her Venus in your ear.
 
 
Regrettable Juvenilia
14:41 / 12.03.02
quote:Originally posted by Cherry Bomb:
Is dating in the U.S. all that different than dating in the U.K.?


As I understand it (from a close study of the habits of the British public), in general the latter involves more alcohol.
 
 
rizla mission
14:41 / 12.03.02
a fictional scene:

(Rizla walks past a signs that says 'SINGLES BAR'.)

Rizla: Wow! Would that be a bar in which people barter for brightly coloured 45's?

Passerby: cretin.

Rizla: oooooh, riiight, I see, oh, er, ok..

(Rizla walks past a DIY shop)

Rizla: Wow! 'Vinyl Flooring'! Imagine that!

and so on and so forth...
 
 
Saveloy
14:50 / 12.03.02
Vinyl flooring WOULD be damn cool. The floor is engraved with a selection of your favourite pop hits (maybe a different single on each tile) which you play by skating across on special roller-shoes equipped with a stylus and a gramaphone horn on the toe cap.
 
 
rizla mission
14:56 / 12.03.02
That'll always be the dream..
 
 
Matthew Fluxington
15:03 / 12.03.02
There's a hallway floor in PS1 made out of vinyl records...it's really quite cool.
 
 
Goodness Gracious Meme
15:03 / 12.03.02
quote:Originally posted by The Haus of Horror:
And then you can enjoy the rites of the ancient godess of love...

Put another way, she can put her Venus in your ear.


<basil brush> Boom. Boom </basil brush>

Hey Riz, cherry and I are already going rollerskating, we could combine dreams here... you sort out the singles disco, we'll be there.

g'wan, getcher outfit on and join usssss.

(oops. wrong thread)
 
 
rizla mission
15:11 / 12.03.02
A 'singles disco' with an amusing double meaning as it were .. ha-ho ..

Imagine, everyone spinning around in ever decreasing circles at 45 RPM in their special shoes .. it's quite nightmarish actually .. like the 5000 Finger of Dr.T or something ..ugh, no, the horror... human record players, forever isolated, growing dizzy and stuck playing 'Like a Virgin' again and again until they fall over .. j'ai mal a la tete!
 
 
Saveloy
15:19 / 12.03.02
A good test of formation skating skills: the room is a single, massive record, but instead of everything being on the one groove, the vocals, guitar, percussion etc are split and given their own groove. They all run parrallel to one another, and snake about all over the place. You have a skater for each groove, and the level of dissonance / sequencibleness of the sound is an indicator of their togetherness and timing. More skilled skaters might be required to run un-parrallel, interweaving grooves.
 
 
bitchiekittie
15:23 / 12.03.02
rizla, that sounds suspiciously like hell to me
 
  

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