So I'm pretty invested in Discogs if you haven't already gotten that impression.
It's been my pandemic lifeline for obsessive collecting/hoarding that I've been doing for the last few years now. I have my collection marked off on there as well and that's saved me quite a bit of money not buying things I've already got that I forgot about.
Then I have the other Minnesota based version of this shit show and I'm always prowling around town now that things have opened up a bit for fodder for that one. Quite frequently I end up finding some tiny self released item that isn't on Discogs which being the good Do-bee that I am I dutifully type out and add to the database.
Now despite the haphazard way I type out these posts I do try and follow basic rules when adding things on Discogs. Decent scans and band credits as best I can. I also follow the "Elements of Style" concept of capitalization. First and last words, but not "a", "and", "the" and conjunctions and the like. Basic English 101 type shit.
Discogs guidelines prefers every word to be capitalized.
And I ignore them because the guidelines are wrong.
I capitalize the way God, Strunk and White intended. I also use "your" and "you're" correctly, know the difference between "it's" and "its", and defend the Oxford comma.
Meanwhile there is one anal retentive "guidelines are rules" mod on there who has made it their mission to harass me about not capitalizing everything. They sent me 33 Dms about this on things I've uploaded in the last few months just the other day.
I troll him back, but it still really irks me that this bozo gets a credit on things I've found and uploaded for simply changing a few stray prepositions to capitals.
That's my bitch for the night.
The Mo-dettes.
Somewhere previously the other singles got posted here. Here's the one that I didn't have at the time. It's quite possibly my favorite now that I do have it.
Now's your chance.
Kingdom of Jones (1991)
Geesh, We have to all the way back to concurrent posts in 2017 to find the other stuff this is following up. The Grifters. A band I liked, but got kind of the short end of the Indie stick it seems.
That is one annoying peeve I have about discogs - capitalizing the more common 3-4 lettered prepositions. They are aesthetically ugly. However, I have a few exceptions... Most 5 or more lettered preps be capitalized. Also a few 4-lettered I prefer capitalized eg. down, upon, & near. And that's about it - it's just those little examples where I divert from the rule, and for one simple reason (and as previously stated) - aesthetics.
ReplyDeleteI also hear you about others taking undeserved credits. I know another music site where I've seen users have done the same, and became admins or mods because of those unmerited plenteous credits. A few of those users imo were six short of a dozen.
Yeah, It offends the crap out of me too and this tool is just anal retentive and gets credit on one of my submissions for simply capitalizing an "of" on one song.
DeleteMeanwhile, I'm a gonna have to have a look at your blog. The Halloween Vic Mizzy is something I may want to delve into.