bokey wrote:
thank you.

 michaelgmitchell wrote: 
And erase all history of both names it's used in the forums and song comments.
I'd like to see this topic only appear on the RAFT in the spirit it was intended.
Don't forget, it's been the Holidays and Bill might have had more important things to do than fumigate the forums.

That's all I have to say about it. Anything else just gratifies the sickos self interests.

These shadowed 'Lazarus' comments are getting ridiculous, Bill. SOMEone put this nutbar in the corner for good.

andreicio Posted Jul 02, 2012 - 05:41 in song comments for Peter Gabriel — Feeling Begins

There are many who give RP's song comments a voice and a personality: you, with your hotel room and green text, fredriley with his Nottingham jury, calypsus_1 with his images...
But what she brought to this community was a soul, a heart. She will not be easily forgotten....

 Leslie wrote: 
Yes, she could put the "main nerve" into words.  I only rarely PM'd her, but, I am betting, like many, I had insights from her comments, and yet didn't really know her.  It is certain that she is part of RP's DNA, and will be for along time to come.

Edit:  Leslie, you are  always welcome in my "e-house" anytime.  Stick around if you can.

Cynaera Posted Oct 20, 2011 - 16:24 in song comments for Peter Gabriel — Feeling Begins

Romeotuma - this is one of the reasons why you're my friend - you're gracious, even under persecution. Tomorrow is "the end of the world" (insert laughter here) - I want you on my team after everything shakes out.

 

 lily34 wrote: 
It's true, lily. I rarely visit RP anymore. It's very sad. She was a super cool person.

 Leslie wrote:  wow. really?

it's super sad, right?

Wow, I had no idea Cynaera died. I really liked her.

Cynaera Posted May 12, 2011 - 14:46 in song comments for Faithless — Reverence

I'm surprised! Most of the rap or hip-hop songs I've ever been exposed to are loaded with profanity and defiance, but this is its own genré. Gentler vocals, a more positive message, and yes, very hypnotic. I like it. (I'm waiting for someone to stare at me and demand, "Who are you, and what have you done with Cynaera?!")

 

Cynaera Posted Jun 01, 2010 - 10:47 in song comments for John Lennon — Imagine

Whenever I hear a Lennon song, I thank God that he lived during my lifetime. He had a beautiful soul and a beautiful vision. I try to carry it forward with me, in my small way. I miss you, Johnny. Thank you for all that you bequeathed to the rest of humankind.

 

However, a troll is always out to get a response, they don't care what kind of response, be it adulation or brickbats, it's just provoking a response, being noticed is what they crave.
 
And so I suggest that we revert to the wonderfully uncoordinated response to it's earlier postings when we collectively ignored it completely, right up to the point that it fouled a memorial thread.
 
Hard, but we can do it.

 fuzzy wrote: 
I saw your name come up in the raft under this very particular thread, and was going to PM you about feeding trolls, but having seen your wonderfully succinct post, I don't think I need do so. A bloody good job, well done.
 
BTW, still owe you a PM about ISIHAC.

 Lazarus wrote: 
Using a dead person to prop yourself up. Fuck you Tuma.

Cynaera Posted Mar 11, 2011 - 19:01 in song comments for R.E.M. — Pretty Persuasion

I love it when this song comes up on rotation, so I can read all the hateful comments Papernapkin writes, and the rebuttals. I love this song - and I'm with romeotuma - we be dancin'...

 

Cynaera Posted Mar 08, 2011 - 18:05 in song comments for Allman Brothers — Dreams

I'm not an old white guy, but I love this song. Whatever comparisons are made, I don't care. I just love the Allman Brothers, and this is an amazing jam. I can close my eyes and be anywhere - driving down a long stretch of two-lane highway with no cars and only the sunrise in my eyes. I can be at the top of a mountain, with the clouds below me and the snow brushing my face. I can be on a sandy beach with white sand, sunshine, and the sound of a ukelele in the distance. I can be anywhere, doing anything. This song takes me to those places. The Allman Brothers' music always does that to me.

Okay - you drink your white chai tea or sniff your glue or whatever else you might do to get inspired. I listen to the music of RadioParadise, and it keeps me alive and motivates me and inspires me. I love RP.

Shutting up now.

 

Cynaera Posted Aug 19, 2010 - 19:17 in song comments for U2 — All I Want Is You

I love the spacy, ethereal ending to this - and I love that the band sounds so darned tight - like they're reading one anothers' thoughts. It's a wonderful song.

Cynaera Posted May 10, 2011 - 12:02 in song comments for Uncle Tupelo — Moonshiner

So - okay, this is a Bob Dylan song, but he paraphrased some words I can remember my mother reciting to me whimsically when I was a little kid in the late fifties: "I'll eat when I'm hungry. I'll drink when I'm dry. And if a tree don't fall on me, I'll live 'till I die."

Now - to quote my favorite Portland band, Dirty Martini: "It's only music... and all you are... is a song..."

 

Cynaera Posted Oct 14, 2011 - 09:12 in song comments for Ramones — I Wanna Be Sedated

I had made up my mind that today, Friday, I would NOT be depressed. And then this played, and I raised my eyes skyward and thanked the powers that be for the one song that could guarantee my good mood.

Gotta go now - I owe romeotuma a dance!

Cynaera Posted Aug 26, 2010 - 19:14 in song comments for The Smashing Pumpkins — Thirty-Three

My friend, I hate that people provoke you into defending yourself, but man, if backed into a corner, you rock. When the end of the world comes, I want you in my tribe. *hugs you*

And yeah - this song is really good. My ears are happy ears.