Acronyms/Abbreviations/etc.??

Using WD here is like using, say, IBM or AT&T or NASA (no one seemed to notice I used NASA).

Acronyms, in my view, should only be used in the cases where (virtually) universal correct interpretation is (virtually) assured.

[EDITED TO ADD] I see that Jeff noticed the use of NASA.

. . . . . Pete
 
originally posted by Rahsaan:

My guess is that there may be more acronyms here as opposed to Berserkers for example, because there are fewer participants here and a greater chance that people will understand the acronym.
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Not to mention the fact that we're better spelers here and that the average level of education on this board gives us a gooder command of the english language.

originally posted by Rahsaan:
As an aside, I like the way you use an acronym in the midst of decrying acronyms!
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I think that . . . . . . Pete was referring to Word Disparity, but given the tenor of this board, his usage cold have been purely for demonstrative purposes, but maybe he was referring to Wine Desperation or even Wine Despots?

For me, acrolyzing or initialization of the board makes possible the option for us to turn Wine Disorder into whatever sort of online world we want it to become, thereby mooting (or maybe reinforcing) .......Pete's comment about virtual universal correct interpretation. If there were more letters, we could infer (or imply, depending on whether we're reading or writing) what it is that's being talked about. At some point the Politburo might create a series of templates that each reader could fill in with whatever they thought the post meant.. It could make this place the first user-friendly forum, not to mention saving a lot of bits in storage space if we're all still existing via hard-drives and not in clouds somewhere.

originally posted by John McIlwain:

I miss a Wine Disorder where Bachman Turner Overdrive references were barely frowned upon.
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It's 'cause we're takin' care of business, every day....

-Eden (Screw the references, I frown on Bachman Turner Overdrive just on general principles. By The Way and For What It's Worth, that fucking song is as grating as Bob Seger's "Old Time Rock'n'Roll" and "Sweet Home Alabama" by those misspelling miscreants from the south. It'll be a long time coming but I'll be happy when such blots on the escutcheon of popular music are dry-cleaned from the set lists of top-40 and wedding bands)
 
originally posted by Peter Creasey:
Acronyms, in my view, should only be used in the cases where (virtually) universal correct interpretation is (virtually) assured.
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I think what you're seeing is a combination of two effects: (a) there are a lot of professional or grand amateur wine folk here who do know those things, and (b) an effect of our copious communal intellectual one-upsmanship.
 
originally posted by SFJoe:
originally posted by Eden Mylunsch:
By The Way and For What It's Worth, that fucking song is as grating as Bob Seger's "Old Time Rock'n'Roll"
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Is anything as grating as OTRnR?
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But where would Tom Cruise be now without it?

Eden, I heartily agree with the BTO assessment...though I must have to admit that in my high school days, their "Blue Collar" had a surprisingly tasty bit of "jazz" tacked onto it's ending (not that I'd sub it out for anything by Kenny Burrell or Wes...)
 
Which live recording of Free Bird? It's not like there's just one. It may be difficult for effete Berkeleyites such as yourself to believe, but there's a whole subculture in the south made up of people who trade bootleg recordings of every performance ever done by Lynyrd Skynyrd. Of course, the cognoscenti have no interest in any of the reunion or tribute shows done after the crash, but I can't think of any other band whose music has been so well documented as Lynyrd Skynyrd's.

Sociologists have noted that the obsession on the part of the fans was so intense that it wasn't uncommon for them to follow the band around for an entire tour, recording each show and communing with the band by ingesting copious amounts of Busch beer doctored with a dab of patchouli oil. You could tell them from a distance by their wifebeater t-shirts and 10+ year old Camaros, Firebirds, and Dodge Challengers in which they'd live while moving from town to town.

Skynyrd inspired a lot of other musicians, many of whom have gone on to create a cottage industry in tribute bands that have created a circuit around the lower half of the country. Many of these bands are hired by Busch to perform in conjunction with the annual hacky-sack competition that takes place in conjunction with the Hooters Pro Cup stock car race in conjunction with NASCAR. As you might understand, Lynyrd Skynyrd fans are wary of airlines as sponsors in any licensing deals involving the band (just like Duane Allman's family didn't bite at the endorsement deal Harley-Davidson offered them after the um, "incident leading to him becoming a decedent")(then again, James Dean's estate turned down the deal proffered them by Porsche after he ran into Donald Turnipseed at an inopportune moment).

So Christian, you'd do well to be just a tad more specific when referring to "The live version of Free Bird". There's likely to be many to choose from. At least some of us care enough....

-Eden (are you familiar with the Drive By Truckers? Maybe the most vital non-disco band in the USA right now. They've got a record called Southern Rick Opera that's so mind expanding that it's like mixing 'shrooms with airplane glue and a hooker in a motel room in Muscle Shoals in the middle of summer. Check this out: http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/drivebytruckers-southern and see if you don't start seeing visions of William Falkner playing croquet.

-Eden (DBT rawks!!!!)
 
originally posted by Eden Mylunsch:

-Eden (are you familiar with the Drive By Truckers? Maybe the most vital non-disco band in the USA right now. They've got a record called Southern Rick Opera that's so mind expanding that it's like mixing 'shrooms with airplane glue and a hooker in a motel room in Muscle Shoals in the middle of summer. Check this out: http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/drivebytruckers-southern and see if you don't start seeing visions of William Falkner playing croquet.
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Having come of age in the era of Lynyrd Skynyrd (or is that LS?) in a region largely populated by Dust Bowl Refugees a la the Joads, I was "treated" to far more of that icon of Classic Rock than I'll ever be able to live down. I agree that DBT are great, but I would be remiss if I didn't also mention the very worthwhile SCOTS, thereby bringing this thread full circle.

Mark Lipton
 
originally posted by Eden Mylunsch:
...It may be difficult for effete Berkeleyites such as yourself to believe, but there's a whole subculture in the south made up of people who trade bootleg recordings of every performance ever done by Lynyrd Skynyrd.
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Are you kidding? I used to hang out with Dead-heads. Anyway, the version I had in mind was the commercially released double live album from ages ago. No doubt there are longer, more tedious and repetitive versions in someone's vault.
 
Mark, I love SCOTS. Even tried to sign them to labels I used to work for but wound up doing the three TSOB LPs and a MOD record instead. Of all of them, SCOTS is the only band still around and the one I most regret no fighting harder for. There was a particularly memorable show in NYC during CMJ (or maybe NMS) where they performed down below in the hold of a tugboat. the label prez said "cute, but they'll only play in the south". He might have been right, but it would have been a gas to make a record with them. SCOTS' music is primal, yet cutting edge, and when it isn't, then it's just a matter of waiting a year or two and it'll be right again. Not unlike the blues, banjo music, or Bordeaux.

-Eden ("It's All Over But The Shouting" is a favorite)
 
Can anyone capsulize what it is that the Southern Culture on the Skids (SCOTS) want to stand for? Or maybe their passion is strictly music?

Thanks!

. . . . . Pete
 
originally posted by Keith Levenberg:
Acronyms don't bother me but I draw the line at cutesy nicknames like Monty and Moose.

I dunno what BGO means though.
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No shit! I don't drink a lot of Monty , Moose or Charlie so little need, but if I see Bojo again...it's fuckin Beaujo!
 
originally posted by Gregg G:
originally posted by Keith Levenberg:
Acronyms don't bother me but I draw the line at cutesy nicknames like Monty and Moose.

I dunno what BGO means though.
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No shit! I don't drink a lot of Monty , Moose or Charlie so little need, but if I see Bojo again...it's fuckin Beaujo!
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I still remember recoiling in horror the first time I heard the term "veggies". Alas that battle was lost long ago, if it was even ever fought.
 
originally posted by Jay Miller:
originally posted by Gregg G:
originally posted by Keith Levenberg:
Acronyms don't bother me but I draw the line at cutesy nicknames like Monty and Moose.

I dunno what BGO means though.
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No shit! I don't drink a lot of Monty , Moose or Charlie so little need, but if I see Bojo again...it's fuckin Beaujo!
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I still remember recoiling in horror the first time I heard the term "veggies". Alas that battle was lost long ago, if it was even ever fought.
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But you're a foodie right?
 
originally posted by Peter Creasey:

Can anyone capsulize what it is that the Southern Culture on the Skids (SCOTS) want to stand for? Or maybe their passion is strictly music?
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What do they stand for? Fun, I'd say: having as much fun on stage during a live performance as possible. Musically, they stand for dancing, fried chicken and sex, in every conceivable combination. If you need more detail, I'm sure that there are a few graduate dissertations dissecting their influences. Oh, and there's Youtube, too.

Mark Lipton
 
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