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lol https://www.instagram.com/p/CRzCJVPtgIC/?utm_medium=copy_link

In addition to everyone who donated and offered up prizes, we need to give a big thanks to @Patient #48273 for organizing the giveaways and handling the prizes. So everyone tell mom thanks!

If anyone's going to the Bad Religion / Alkaline Trio tour, this is the only shirt you're allowed to wear. Sorry, I don't make the rules.

so 9:01pm pst for non club members!

Thanks again!! @Ghentthe wood carvings are beautiful, I appreciate it man.

Here's the special prize that we hadn't announced yet... It's a copy of Oliver's book and, if the winner chooses, it can have a personal inscription. There will be at least three winners, but it could be as many as five, depending on which prizes are chosen by the first three winners. A list randomizer will be used to rank everyone who donated $10 or more and we'll go in that order. Winners will be contacted via PM or email (depending on how they donated/if they're a regular here) and will have 5 days to respond. If they don't respond, they'll forfeit their prize(s) and next ranked person will be chosen in their place. Since we're letting the winners choose their prize(s), here's how that will work. Tier 1 - guitar (2 available, only one to be given away) Tier 2 - wood carvings (2 available, both can be given away) Tier 3 - Enema vinyl, SRH poster, sneakers Tier 4 - Oliver's book, Tales From Beneath Your Mom, Travis Funko Pop, whoopee cushions (4 available), AVA prize pack Whoever wins first prize can choose one of the below options... a guitar a wood carving + one prize from tier 4 two prizes from tier 3 one prize from tier 3 and two from tier 4 3 prizes from tier 4 And the second-prize winner will get to choose next, based on the same rules and it will keep going like that.

Here's the final list of entrants to win a copy of Oliver's book. @Cheerios4u98 @strummy (I guess the guitar isn't enough for you?!?!) @yocoxy @Ghent @Elisa @Dylan_ @Smalls @Russel Coight @Kay @Patient #48273 I'll do the draw in a couple of hours. Not planning to stream this one, you'll all just have to trust me.

Wasn’t off work in time to make the zoom meeting, even though I wanted to. If we ever come together as a community again like that I’m definitely down to meet you all via zoom even though I’m not a big name around here. Super happy for the prize winners and grateful to @Ghent and others for raising the money for charity in support of mark cancer fight. Nice work folks!

So, we're going to start the meeting at 6:30pm ET for those of you who want to hang out for a bit before the prize draw. I'll be there around 7pm and then I'll do the prize draw at about 7:15-7:30 and hang out for a bit after if you're behaving yourselves.

Final (?) list of prizes Guitar - @Depf Enema vinyl - @Russel Coight Wood carvings (both about 8" x 10") - @Ghent Whoopee cushions - @Ghent Poster - me AVA prize pack - @wannabe corn dog Sneakers (signed and worn by Mark) - @Neal Travis Funko Pop - @Cheerios4u98 A copy of Tales From Beneath Your Mom - @FAPLORD And one special members-only prize (details TBA before the prize draw) I believe this is the final list of prizes. If I missed anything, please let me know. Similarly, if anyone who offered to donate one of the above prizes can no longer do it, please get in touch.

Just a quick followup on this, I just found the Billboard Year-End Top 40 from 1999, and all of these alternative/rock-ish artists made the list: Sixpence None The Richer Sugar Ray (twice) Goo Goo Dolls Smash Mouth Santana w/ Rob Thomas Eagle Eye Cherry Pearl Jam Everlast Lenny Kravitz Red Hot Chili Peppers Third Eye Blind That's 12 songs out of 40, AKA 30% of the top pop songs of the year! I don't love all of those songs, and I don't want, need, or expect alternative/rock/guitar music to dominate the pop airwaves. But between the healthy amount of rock, the classic MTV pop stuff that we all made fun of but still became a soundtrack to our lives, the Latin explosion, the influx of hip hop, damn that was a really fun time to grow up and learn about a variety of music from the radio. I wonder if ANYTHING alt/rock/guitar-ish other than maybe that Olivia Rodrigo song will make the cut this year.

wait, what, people actually like AVA? that band is a complete joke.

*crosses all fingers*

Sounds like another meh older style AVA one from that clip. I just want an album of kiss and tells and euphorias.

Got my bass!

@Marik's prizes... @Chrisx37 is up next!

So, who's interested in attending the prize draw/hangout? We can pick a time based on who's interested and when most of us are available.

Fuck that, give me my shit and go away. I don't wanna look at you apes anymore than required.

Hopefully they just scrap all the songs with Matt and just throw them in the trash where they belong.

I would die for Alanis.

Got another $50 donated yesterday

When did you discover blink there davey jones?

Semi-serious question: Forget the idea of Skiba and Tom in the band at the same time, is Skiba even in the band right now? Do we know if he ever worked on anything the band was working on before/during the pandemic? I don't think he ever formed a connection to Blink that would make him remotely interested in sticking around if/when Tom re-joined.

22:17 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/thursday-afternoon-monday-morning-podcast-1-2-20/id480486345?i=1000461418306 apparently bill burr is a big Ava fan lol wut

I like that clip too. There might be one more good song! I think the less a song sounds like it’s from the LOVE albums, the more I’ll like it haha

Sounds fucking stupid.

I think I'd want to ultimate blink forum keepsake. The Clarke butt plug, hand painted and signed by Oliver.

Love him, but Oliver definitely had some Wallys in him. Difference was they always made him look bad. Most people with tall tales do it impress people lol

A big resounding Meh.

Not even crediting the uploader of this gem (who is Jim McLain) and Blink 182 Online (for reference this footage was posted early June on the comprehensive and timeline thread) once again ... Stop acting like you found the rad and cool discoveries merci beaucoup Also This is the earliest known performance of Mutt, and quite possibly its first performance ever. @daveyjones This is definitely not true as Davey confirmed and saw that song performed the previous month in February on the San Diego date so that's false information. Get your facts right https://www.instagram.com/p/CRuRPNxNQaG/

So damn in for that!

@Chrisx37's prize...

@strummy has chosen the BCR guitar for his prize. @Marik gets to choose next!

Hey @Thibaut182. Let's discuss about the dodgy "Sept 12th 1996" show again: I don't think that the show above happened on the 12th of Sept (although I could be wrong). The 12th of September 1996 was a Tuesday and the flier states that the show happened on a Wednesday instead which is completely wrong. I think that's either a typo or that the show didn't just take place that day. There's something dodgy about that date. Here are a few videos of Bodyjar, Ten Days Late and blink (unfortunately the actual date when it was recorded is not shown anywhere so the mystery is still there)

Fair. I can't say 40 bad songs is worth the 2 good ones he probably didn't even write. *Sigh*

strummy Marik Chrisx37 Blinked_Velma Brannigan yocoxy Russel Coight JarJarBlinks Creeps Ghent Thibaut Speedo Bagel Clément L Ghent's Brother Punk_T David P Kevin Elisa m0z182 J-Town Diddy Cheerios Melanie wastingtime newmaudslay Bucko Bryan H Clarke Kay Matthew Carlos Hanna A pottinator Knapton Brendan H mahtmd Niku AudioFranzzz Kyle Chewy Michael D Depf Randy G Thomas D. Dylan_ Here is the whole list of donors in the randomized order. Congrats to @strummy @Marik and @Chrisx37. @strummy will be contacted with the prize info so he can make his selection and then we'll start moving down the list to give away the other prizes.

I absolutely adored Inside and listen to the album of it on the regular, I think Bo just gets better and better but it's less direct for yucks kind of comedy and more dark and complicated and I love it, but I get that it's not for everyone. Inside is very different to his usual stand up shows but both 'what' and 'make happy' have darker, personal tones. Speedos suggestion of his earlier stuff will probably appeal to you.

I was gonna wear them as I make the sex so it would be like Mark right there with me.

No joke I've been singing this to myself practically every day since INSIDE came out.

Is that this Friday or just like a Friday in the future ? This Friday I’m out, getting rejected by honeys. Pls record if so !!

Great research, thanks!! As for whether he'd stay if Tom came back, I don't see Mark and Travis kicking him out, I just think everyone would mutually realize that Skiba was filling in as a substitute and then his shift was over. I can't imagine any hard feelings in any direction, just like a "Hey thanks guys that was fun! Let me know if you need me again sometime! Seeya around!" That's kinda what I mean by not establishing much of a real connection. Considering he's been in the band for 6 YEARS already(!!) it's always felt like a favor for friends rather than a creative passion.

Man I wish pop radio was still as eclectic as it was when we were growing up. One reason why that Olivia Rodrigo song stands out so much right now is how rare it is to just hear any semblance of a rock guitar sound on the radio at all.

Oh man, he went after your boys. This'll get nasty.

Yep. Excuse the source but: That was only a month ago so seems safe to assume he is still a member as I doubt Mark would be putting any of his energy into kicking Matt out of the band with everything else he has going on. This was before Mark’s diagnosis became public I’m pretty sure. So considering what Travis said in February and Mark saying he found out about his cancer in April, getting an extra 25% done between February and April seems reasonable. This is assuming they stopped writing/recording once Mark received his diagnosis. Also yep. https://www.instagram.com/p/CI19573jJf4/?igshid=1kg5j197ela8p Just for a couple of examples. I honestly wouldn’t be shocked either way. I can’t see Mark or Travis just kicking Matt out if Tom came back. They also wouldn’t let Tom dictate who can be in the band or not if he decides he didn’t want Matt to continue. But I could see Matt just taking a step back out of respect for Tom. Mark, Travis and Matt all had a friendship before he joined blink. Can’t see them just throwing him to the curb as soon as Tom comes back and they don’t “need” him.