SBManiac

Here are my nominations for the member categories: - Funniest Member: Cha, Prez, DG, Dman - Kindest Member: SOF, Ex, Cha, Prez - Spongiest Member: Meko, Steel, Salmon, Yummy - Best Gamer: Hawk (I think we're still friends on PSN lmao), Ex, JJS, JCM - Show Stopper: WhoBob, DByrde, JJS, Nugs - Geekiest Band Geek: Prez, Kev, Katniss, Steel - Most Artistic Member: Cha, Patty, Salmon, Nugs - Sportiest member: Trophy, JCM, DG, Illiniguy -- Unfortunately, I don't hang out on the forums enough to get into the spin-offs and lits, so I'll only be nominating for the visual arts categories when it comes to creative works: - Best Artwork: "Wile E. Coyote" by Salmon, "Squid Noir" by Cha, "What Can You Do???" by Steel Sponge, "Inktober (Minion Gone To Heaven)" by Nugs, "Woody and Buzz as Plants" by Kev - Best Pictionary Drawing: "Polybius" by DG, "Mysterious Mr. Enter" by BobCarotte, "Out of the Picture" by Steel Sponge, "Who Am I (Bitch)?" by WhoBob, "Wearing A Salmon Suit" by DG -- And finally, the Hall of Fame Member nominations: - Honorary Member: Meko, Prez - Honorary Staff: Hawk -- I'm very grateful for being nominated for anything this year (genuinely wasn't expecting to be), and I wish all the other nominees luck!

Here's my account lel: Let the good times roll! Also followed everyone on this thread, and SOF, too, of course.

Necroing this thread to point out that even though I have Firefox (been using it for years), and willingly allowlisted YouTube on UBlock to run videos with ads, I still get this fucking "Adblockers aren't allowed" message just because UBlock is installed on my browser in the first place. I literally had to disable UBlock just so I could use the fucking site again. To put it bluntly, this is bullshit. Screenshots below to prove I'm not making this up:

Here's mine lol (a quick note about "I'll Sink Manhattan" - while it was released on the Miscellaneous T comp in 1991, it's originally a b-side from the "They'll Need A Crane" EP from 1989. Maybe a bit pedantic on my end, but figured peeps should know )

I'm super glad I caught this on my days off, because I probably put more effort into this entry than I should have XP Which character I'm dressing up as is obvious from the title, but there will be track notes this time! (Check the spoilers above the playlist for more!)

Once again, time is of the essence (in other words, work is in less than an hour), so no lengthy track notes for you! What I will say is that I tried to go for songs that felt adventurous both in tone and running length and to have some sort of narrative arc running through the playlist as a whole, inspired by WhoBob's entry in the very first Community Mixtape, tbh. Also, long songs are just fucking great in general lel. Well, here you go:

Super late with this one as well lel - I have to be at work in the next hour, so I'll forgo the lengthy track notes and just post a list of the artists covered in the spoiler and the playlist itself afterwards. Enjoy!

HELL FUCKING YEAH for putting Glass Beach on your playlist! Phenomenal band! Anyway, here's Wonderwall my own Block Party playlist consisting of Pere Ubu, Thomas Dolby, and De La Soul! Taking full advantage of Prez's suggestion to have collabs as part of the blocks for two of the artists involved, so hope y'all enjoy!

For once, I'm actually late to one of these things lel This one went through a lot of changes before posting the final version, but I was ultimately inspired by the first line of the opening song, Martha and the Vandellas' "Dancing in the Streets"--"CALLING OUT AROUND THE WORLD"--to give this playlist more of an international vibe, which explains the inclusions of Brazilian bossa nova artist Joao Gilberto, Yellow Magic Orchestra, Selena, and 80s Spaniard rock band Radio Futura. Track descriptions will be in spoilers once again, playlist is below the cut:

Based on popular vote on Discord, I am claiming the iMac G3 lmao

So here's my entry for this mixtape! The descriptions I have for each track are getting kind of long now, so they're in the spoiler tag above if anyone is interested in reading them. TL;DR: I decided to go for a "four seasons" angle instead of focusing exclusively on weather. Tracks 1 and 2 are spring; 3 and 4 are summer; 5 and 6 are fall/autumn; and 7 and 8 are winter. Link to my playlist is below:

Okay! Really glad to be doing another one of these, so let's get these liner notes started already! 1. Danganronpa Super Mix (Super Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair): The theme song to the games in the Danganronpa franchise, remixed for the second game. 'Nuff said. 2. Escape from the City (Sonic Adventure 2): A delicious slice of childhood nostalgia. While I haven't really kept up with the Sonic games, nor am I very knowledgeable about Sonic lore, playing SA2 during my preteen days made for some good memories. 3. Hard Times - The Jetzons (Sonic the Hedgehog 3): Now, you're probably saying: "Maniac! This is an 80s synth-rock tune! Are you sure you weren't thinking of Hawk's last mixtape instead???" Let me explain by first asking a question: does anyone remember the rumors that the King of Pop himself, Michael Jackson, did the music for one of the OG Sonic the Hedgehog games? Well if you do, those rumors actually turned out to be true in a sense, because Jackson's touring keyboardist in the early 90s, Brad Buxer, did contribute some of the music for Sonic the Hedgehog 3. The thing is, Buxer was also in a New Wave band called The Jetzons a decade prior, which is when this "Hard Times" song was recorded, with the song eventually becoming the music for Sonic 3's Ice Cap Zone level. If you still don't believe me, here's a YouTube video comparing the two songs: 4. Change of Coast - Neon Indian (Grand Theft Auto V): While the last Grand Theft Auto I ever played was Vice City, at an age when I really shouldn't have been playing GTA to begin with, this song--along with the rest of Neon Indian's music--just knocks my socks off! 5. Still Alive - GLaDOS and Jonathan Coulton (Portal): Admittedly, I haven't really played Portal and actually remember first hearing this song on a They Might Be Giants fan podcast as part of a "recommended if you like TMBG" section of the show. Even if I don't really understand the context of the lyrics, it's still a catchy song with plenty of black humor to go around. 6. Your Reality (Doki Doki Literature Club!): If you've never played this visual novel game, then I can't really explain why this song is such a tearjerker to me, it just is lel 7. Moon Over The Castle (Gran Turismo series): Fucking amazing theme song composed and originally performed by Masahiro Andoh of long-running Japanese jazz-fusion band T-Square. 8. I Squeezed Out the Baby, Yet I Have No Idea Who the Father Is - Masuna (Danganronpa fan song): Okay, so let me explain the context of this admittedly pretty saucy track. In Danganronpa 2, Ibuki Mioda is Hope's Peak Academy's Ultimate Musician. In one of the chapters of the game, the Hope's Peak students discover a music venue on one of the tropical islands they're stuck in (I kinda have to be vague on plot details because spoilers lel), so of course, Ibuki does a concert. After performing a cacophonous metal song (which does appear in the game itself, it just isn't on Spotify), she announces her next tune, "I Squeezed Out the Baby, Yet I Have No Idea Who the Father Is," yet before she can play this ridiculously-titled song, more plot stuff happens. So, this track is one fan's idea of what this song would actually sound like had Ibuki performed it. While I applaud the commitment to a throwaway gag, I will say that this song is not for the faint of heart when it comes to the lyrics - the explicit tag is there for a reason lel 9. Atlantis - Lobby and Level 1 - Caught in Paradise (Glover): While I couldn't find the original soundtrack for this admittedly obscure Nintendo 64 title on Spotify, playing Glover on the N64 with my mom is one of my earliest gaming memories, and while I prefer the aquatic synths in the original recording, these guys do a great rock-fusion version and it seemed like a good way to end my contribution to this mixtape. -- Also, as sort of a bonus track, I'd like to recommend De La Soul's contribution to the Parappa the Rapper 2 soundtrack, "Say 'I Gotta Believe!'" featuring amazing vocals from Japanese RnB artist Double! I couldn't find the song itself on Spotify (and wouldn't have had to space to include it regardless), but the song (and its music video!) are available on YouTube if you want to look them up.

I'm proud to say that I never effin' liked them, since I always thought the SB sample in "I'm Ready" was clunky, awkward, and low-key obnoxious. Why they've had any modicum of success is beyond me lel.

While there are three funk classics here (y'all can guess which ones), I decided to go a bit left-field with my other two picks, which is why Mancunian post-punk band A Certain Ratio and Compton rapper Kendrick Lamar are on here, to show the influence of funk on genres where you might not expect it. Also, the fact that no one had chosen a James Brown song yet is just criminal. Anyway, here's my picks: