Hey Mike V. - For some feedback from someone who just ran across this forum in the past couple months.
I had googled "George Noory Sucks", I believe the first return was this message board. Looking to see if there was any organized effort to get Noory gone. Looking to see if there was any raging back fire burning on the net against this guy. Looking for like minded folks experiencing the same visceral displeasure with the jerk and the way the show has gone. And ultimately registering for some therapeutic venting and commingling with kin.
The black theme was intriguing, mysterious, magnetic, and sinister. It drew me in, made me want to find out what this place was all about. At first blush, snarky, dark hyper-critical rantings of a mentally stressed Coast populace. The difficulty with placing what was said with which poster made it more intriguing for some reason.
Just from one new users perspective, the black got old shortly. Made the posts take on a dark, negative feeling. The text was difficult to see and started to stress the eyes. And trying to place what was said with who said it was a constant struggle.
However, for the initial impression, the black was very good at making a person want to find out what was going on here. Don't know how you balance that with what your ultimate goals are, but there's my .02 anyway. Thanks for what you do, I know this place costs you time and money.
You fulfilled your own self-prophecy.
Johnny Cash was known as the 'Man in Black' because he identified with the poor and the beaten down, those living in the hopeless, hungry side of town.
An as artist I prefer black and white while I'm getting rid of the old, cleaning the canvas for something new and with b&w the focus is on the story or content as color assaults the eye, compare the subtleness of Serling's TZ episode "Eye of the Beholder" brilliant in execution of actors and cinematography, the shadows, texture, and story are pure artistry, to a Van Gogh painting from 1889 onwards which are blindingly brilliant in their color vibrancy and movement yet every brush stroke is a personal letter of his mental anguish yet out that turmoil he creates modern art with big stokes of pure color on to the canvas is nothing short of a miracle, it is heroic. They are both artists in their own medium.
"Man In Black" By JC
Well, you wonder why I always dress in black,
Why you never see bright colors on my back,
And why does my appearance seem to have a somber tone.
Well, there's a reason for the things that I have on.
I wear the black for the poor and the beaten down,
Livin' in the hopeless, hungry side of town,
I wear it for the prisoner who has long paid for his crime,
But is there because he's a victim of the times.
I wear the black for those who never read,
Or listened to the words that Jesus said,
About the road to happiness through love and charity,
Why, you'd think He's talking straight to you and me.
Well, we're doin' mighty fine, I do suppose,
In our streak of lightnin' cars and fancy clothes,
But just so we're reminded of the ones who are held back,
Up front there ought 'a be a Man In Black.
I wear it for the sick and lonely old,
For the reckless ones whose bad trip left them cold,
I wear the black in mournin' for the lives that could have been,
Each week we lose a hundred fine young men.
And, I wear it for the thousands who have died,
Believen' that the Lord was on their side,
I wear it for another hundred thousand who have died,
Believen' that we all were on their side.
Well, there's things that never will be right I know,
And things need changin' everywhere you go,
But 'til we start to make a move to make a few things right,
You'll never see me wear a suit of white.
Ah, I'd love to wear a rainbow every day,
And tell the world that everything's OK,
But I'll try to carry off a little darkness on my back,
'Till things are brighter, I'm the Man In Black
