Purity Rings

[el_chode]

OK, so I got to thinking as I begin my abstinence from coffee: rumors swirl that May is the magic month for music. So between now and then, who else will take a pledge to remain virginal as to studio releases/leaks/advances? That means that the only exposure you will have to new MMJ will be from live performances.

Of course, if you go out of your way to listen to some live leaks of songs that are not Friends Again/Circuital/Wonderful, it'd be like buttsecks...you'd still technically be a virgin, but not really.

Then on whenever that special day is, you can go out and buy it and fall in love all over again and have a very clumsy, awkard, first time with the new album.

Anyone else want a MMJ Purity Ring?

Here's how to do regrow or keep your virginity, all without the help of Jebus

   
• No listening to leaks. Don't even "put it in for a second to see what it feels like". It will feel good and you won't want to stop
• If the band releases a song officially as a single for promo reasons or radio play, it will be fair game
• If the band plays any shows prior to the release and new songs are played, it is fair game
• Reading reviews is like looking at porn. It may turn you on, so just do it at your own risk. There's nothing wrong with that, but it may make you a sinner
• If you're going to do it, do it right, and BUY the album. You're a fan, act like it.

[e_wind]

If theres an option to pre-order it, I'm going to. And as soon as they get my money, leaks are fair game. If there isn't an option to pre-order it then I'm waiting for the day. Basically, I'm not gonna listen to it until I give them $$ so I don't feel sleezy. If they just pulled a Radiohead there would be no challenge....

[el_chode]

What about that old school anticipation of waiting until the official release date? Like when you used to leave school early and head to the local shop to get the goods?

I remember doing this with Z...told my boss I was coming in late because I needed to be someplace and then I converted him to a fan.

EU I had no such option, but I'm going back to the good ol days

[johnnYYac]

I think I'm with you on the El C.  It will be hard fighting temptation and I am proud that I have paid for every ounce of MMJ that I have (that was available for sale, sometimes twice over- digital and CD).  I can understand Eric's sentiment that, if he's paying for it anyway, an early listen is less wrong, but...  Maybe an early, advanced streaming but no "illegal" downloads for me.

[el_chode]

The point isn't the morality of downloading, it's holding out until the intended release date. the anticipation. I mean if you go and pirate it on that date, its your call. if you pirate it before hand and hold off, same effect

not that i'm encouraging it.

but it's part of the album experience, at least in my opinion

[EasyRyder]

What about that old school anticipation of waiting until the official release date? Like when you used to leave school early and head to the local shop to get the goods?

I'm going to wait until I have either the vinyl or a CD to put into a playing device and press that sideways triangle. I like the old-school feeling of having album art and disc in hand at the same time. Digi downloads don't do it for me...

I don't think I can hold out and not listen to it if I get it in the mail before Hangout Fest or any other show though...when it lands in my box Ima listen to it that night surrounded by wine and billowing clouds of Bodhi Sattva incense  ;D

[wolof7]

I'm in on this....I believe can do it bc I went chaste before Z....The only slip I had with EU was the streamed live premiere on NPR from the SXSW show.....This is what I love about this band. It can evoke a respectable mania! :D

One of my dickhead friends of a friend (y'know the guy who thinks he knows everything about music but just embaresses himself over how much he doesn't know) was wasted in the parking lot at the TPHB show this summer in which MMJ was opening....I was talking to him how MMJ is (at least in contention) but my definitive pick for greatest rock band of all-time. In his drunken stupidity (never having listened to MMJ) he chided me stating "better than the Zep, the Floyd, better than the Doors? No way man!"

My response: "you douche, do you have any clue what you are about to see, you weren't even old enough to see any of those bands live. Your saying a band who rightfully deserves the title of greatest rock band of all-time, can't be equal because they didn't exist in the 1970's or earlier? Your living in the past man the jacket is the epitome of rock and you have no idea."

This asshole proceeded to miss the set in order to get more drunk in the lot while MMJ melted my face to oblivion.

I know that story is not related to anything but I am just glad I have this forum to understand my nerding out over this band....It's like a f-ing support group in here :)

[Bigsky]

I'm not going to even talk or write about it... ;)

[BH]

I'm in.

[Penny Lane]

X2

May as well, I mean I've been saving my virJIMnity all these years..



edited exactly 5 seconds later: No, I can't do it. (the FIRST one I mean)..

[Tracy 2112]

All hell breaks loose around here when people start showing up with their reviews of the new album a month or so before it's "released".

Evil Urges was brutal

[Crispy]

I'm with you, Choder, et al. And as Tracy alluded to, I will remain blissfully ignorant by staying away from the melee when the leakers weigh in with their worthless reviews.

I did it for Z and for EU, and I'll do it again. The first time I hear this record will be when a brand-new new stylus touches down on the fresh vinyl that gets delivered to my doorstep.

But I also won't begrudge anybody who gives it an early listen either.

[the_wizzard]

All hell breaks loose around here when people start showing up with their reviews of the new album a month or so before it's "released".

Evil Urges was brutal

Yes it was, we lost some good forum members over downloading leaked copies of EU.  Download if you must, but please don't bring it here.

Personally, I only listened to the SXSW stream last time.  Got rewarded with a listening party and access to the album before it was released.  Karma.

*plus, MMJ is best heard on vinyl or live...no exceptions for this girl. Digital music sucks.

[pawpaw]

I pledge to not get so worked up this time when things get weird in here. I might have to disappear for a few weeks/months...

Waiting for the release date isn't hard.

[e_wind]

I would be very very happy with a release date, album title, or any official information. 3 months seems soon for there being no info.

[el_chode]

I would be very very happy with a release date, album title, or any official information. 3 months seems soon for there being no info.

Didn't EU really have no big information until the SXSW set?

I remember listening to that nonstop at work for the longest time on NPR. I heard that before anything else actually

[Tracy 2112]

I pledge to not get so worked up this time when things get weird in here. I might have to disappear for a few weeks/months...

Waiting for the release date isn't hard.

Words of wisdom Lloyd, my man.  Words   of    wisdom

[Ghosts_on_TV]

Im in.

[littleacorn]

I will stop by every store in town to try hunt the cd on release day and that will hold me over until i get the vinyl copy. I will avoid all reviews, snippets, and pirated copies. I'm new to this board but not to fan boards but this is the best board i have been on so far.

[Haldon]

You can add my name to the pledge

I always like to hold out hope that the studio recordings won't leak, and that no one will have the downloads, and that way the temptation won't even be there....but I promise to stay strong, not listen prior to the release date, and on that special day I will pick up a copy on the way home from work, kick the girlfriend out of the apartment, turn off the lights, turn on the surround sound, light one up, and take a journey....yeah man....holding out will be well worth the wait