Introduce Yourselves!

Paul, almost 43, living in Seattle, working in interactive entertainment, married 2 kids, lived in Olympia WA, had radio show, very greedy music consumer.

Bradley, from New Jersey, student

8-year lurker, decided it was time...
(Toronto)

xp me too! what school?

penidsssssssssf

Captain Lorax, please to take teh crack pipe outta ya mouth, yous articulocution is unfathomanle!

jimmy_chop here - also long time lurker - live in rolling hills of carroll county, md, - wife, three kids, three cats - music fiend since a kid (now 43) - unemployed marketer type

who doesn't love rolling hills, who doesn't love sets of three. welcome jimmy

Hello. I recently broke through the lurker wall so I thought I'd introduce myself. In my late 20s, live in Baltimore with my wife, in a state of career flux. ILM makes me laugh, makes me think, and can also annoy the shit outta me. Looking forward to to posting more.

hello 'ello

Welcome indeed.

Longtime lurker, recent registrar.

Call me Slim. I live on Florida's gulf coast (the part that didn't get hit by the BP spill, thankyouverymuch), age 41 now, married, one child, another on the way. By day, a lawyer. By night, a bassist/backup singer in a covers band. I think I have a greater fondness for novelty songs and showtunes than the typical ILMer.

Eh, you'd be surprised on the showtunes part. (Novelty tunes, that depends...)

Novelty tunes? Slim, what do you think of Jedward?

Too novel for me - haven't heard 'em. I'm thinking about tunes that were "novelties" in their time, but are now just artifacts.

Which is another way of saying: I listened to Dr. Demento a LOT during the '80s and '90s.

Sup.

The name's Shasta.

And I'm out.

SHASTA OUT

Hi!

I've been lurking and occasionally posting since 2006 (!), but I never introduced myself. Now that I have a new job with a computer and a lot of free time, I've been spending a good portion of my waking hours reading ILX. One of these days I'm going to remember to write my login info down and bring it to work with me, so it seemed like a good time to say hello!

Anyway, I'm 30 and I live in Pennsylvania. I like Neil Young, Luis Buñuel, and Ross Macdonald. I have a wife and 2 cats. See you around!!!

walcome

hey! welcome!

I have a wife and 2 cats.

My first pass at this, I read "I have 2 wives and a cat."

Only found this place fairly recently... dig it SO much.
Me? I'm 41... I oversee the (steadily shrinking) music and movies purchasing department for a venerable left-of-center music/movies/clothes/thisnthat chain in New England (Boston is home). Play in a few bands. Uncommonly fond of Zillionaire-era ABC.

Cheers!

wonder what the average age of ILXORs is now.

Hi!

I've been lurking and occasionally posting since 2006 (!), but I never introduced myself. Now that I have a new job with a computer and a lot of free time, I've been spending a good portion of my waking hours reading ILX. One of these days I'm going to remember to write my login info down and bring it to work with me, so it seemed like a good time to say hello!

Anyway, I'm 30 and I live in Pennsylvania. I like Neil Young, Luis Buñuel, and Ross Macdonald. I have a wife and 2 cats. See you around!!!

― geode maze (cwkiii), Friday, June 8, 2012 4:18 AM (3 days ago)

i think you might be the platonic ideal of an ilx contributor

i don't know who ross macdonald is but i presume he is reflective of some sort of ilxische cultural debility

guessing a comedian

Ross Macdonald is the pseudonym of the American-Canadian writer of crime fiction Kenneth Millar (December 13, 1915 – July 11, 1983). He is best known for his series of hardboiled novels set in southern California and featuring private detective Lew Archer.

not a comedian, my apologies

welcome cwkii

cwkiiw

otm

cwkiii, hi. i've had ross macdonald recommended to me several times in the past month, weirdly enough. what is the best book to start with.

I'd say either The Zebra-Striped Hearse or The Blue Hammer. If you like those enough, then just go through the rest at random until you can't stand him anymore.

thanks! there's actually a bunch of stuff about macdonald in the recent paul nelson anthology/bio. warren zevon idolized him or something.

Cool! Yeah, there's a part in Zevon's bio where Paul Nelson takes him to meet Ross Macdonald. I didn't even realize that Paul Nelson book existed! Just looked it up on Amazon and it looks pretty great...

it is good but very very very depressing.

Not sure if this thread still gets much action, but at the recommendation of the one and only Ned Raggett (a most noble person if I do say so myself), I will post a brief introduction for anyone who is interested. I am an adult female who lives in Hudson County, New Jersey. I'm heterosexual (to the best of my knowledge) and happily single. I'm pretty much a low-income person (I don't live in the expensive part of Hudson County, that's for sure). I've lurked for a few years, and I made two previous attempts to register, but each time the site was down! I've made a few posts before posting this introduction. Musically, some of my favorite artists are Nico (from the Marble Index onward), Stereolab (currently on hiatus), and Jason Falkner (I'm pretty sure he still records, but has trouble getting his stuff released). I like others, but those are three of my favorites. I'm also interested in animal welfare, but not the more 'extreme' animal rights movement. I'm an ovo-lacto-vegetarian, but not a vegan. I have no intention of trying to make everyone adopt a meatless diet, but I would like to see cruel factory farming replaced by humane farming practices. I'm currently thinking about creating a Twitter account for myself, but I have a few frustrating obstacles preventing me from creating my Twitter account, that I haven't been able overcome yet.

welcome am curious :)

oh hai

hi dude!

(Still trying to get the formatting right, so I hope this posts correctly):

welcome am curious :)

oh hai

hi dude!

Thank you for welcoming me to ILM.

hey am curious sometimes. you seem like a cool person. i love the marble index and am also interested in animal rights. i live in middlesex county, nj. i don't really understand what obstacles would prevent you from creating a Twitter account and am a bit confused by that part of your post.

Hi, fellow "pretty much low-income person"!
'Tis heartening to kno' there're still some of us around here:)

I think most people here are broke

a lot of "if u call ur dad he could stop it all" goin on tho

hi dere am.curious.sometimes!

hi am curious!

i'm also a vegetarian btw, tho i consume milk & cheese & like saying "i'm a beegan. only bees." at dinner parties

lol

I'm loaded, dunno about you losers

i am concerned that the tentacles of ned raggett reach all the way to NJ.

he must be stopped

We need more ned ragget influence in nj not less

Ned Ragget is a poser and asshole and must be stopped. Ned Raggett, however, is a fine fellow.

(42 years and people still can't spell my last name even when in this case it's RIGHT THERE *grouse grumble*)