Introduce Yourselves!

I first got into music through listening to old 50's compilations borrowed from an Auntie when I was a small boy. First three singles bought. Deeelites-Groove is in the heart, The Farm-Altogether Now,Definition of SOund-Wear your love like heaven. First album-Happy Mondays-Bummed. I think.

I'm usually pretty reserved so I think I'll end here.
I'll sign off with my 10 most listened to Mp3's at the moment

1)Anita Ward-Ring My Bell
2)Woody Guthrie-Cocaine Blues
3)Vaselines-Slushy
4)Jazzy Jeff and The Fresh Prince-Girl's Aint Nothing But Trouble
5)A Guy Called Gerald-Voodoo Ray
6)Blind Willie McTell-You Was Born To Die
7)Taskforce-It's Us Were Back
8)Mint Royale-Don't Falter
9)The Carter Family-Leaning On The Everlasting Arms
10)Ms Dynamite-Dy-na-mi-tee

At the moment I am listening to Black Dice, Ray Charles, Patsy Cline, Deerhoof, Les Savy Fav, Nina Nastasia, Fat Possum/Delta Blues, Pole, Mum, Liars, Yo La Tengo, Pretty Girls Make Graves, Talking Heads, Electrelane, National Trust, Jimi Tenor, Rye Coalition, The Replacements, Chet Baker, Lambchop, Prince, Rolling Stones, Outkast, Miss Kittin, Von Bondies, Pharcyde, and always always TOM WAITS.

I like movies too: Aki Kaurismaki, Lukas Moodyson, Jim Jarmusch, David Lynch, Lynne Ramsay. And words by Donald Antrim, John Fante, Aaron Cometbus.

I was once on Memphis, TN local TV, being interviewed about their annual barbecue festival.

Oh, and I also hate strip lighting.

I'm Jeff, I'm 28 and live in the Detroit suburb of Ferndale with too many CDs, tapes, records, music magazines and flyers for shows/raves/parties I didn't even go to. I probably know more about jam bands than most people on here 'cause I live with a hippie. With some luck and a little effort, I hope to relocate to NYC later this year.

My collection includes a fairly broad range of music, and there always seems to be another genre/band/musician that demands investigation. I'm not a completist except for a select few bands/artists (see the "another genre/band/musician" investigation note above).

Favorites: Theo Parrish (just ask me about it!), Pharoah Sanders, Mouse on Mars, Smiths, Slowdive, Slits' CUT, and when no one's around, cheesy Euro dancepop on the radio.

Give yerself some credit, and welcome! With your listening range you'll fit right in.

Hi, I'm João Pedro Almeida, a 25-yr-old music lover who stumbled upon this forum while searching for mp3 of Zwan's "Mary Star of The Sea"... this is nice, though... ;)

My attention got caught by the presence of mr. Ned R., known to me because of some reviews on the AMG and from the infamous "136 albums of the 90's" article (by the way, Ned, Kevin S. should give you some percentage... after all, you convinced me to buy Loveless and Isn't Anything...), and the overall spirit of the posts I read was positive, all about sharing knowledge of the music one likes, no acute flaming or insulting (ok, I'm lying, but it wasn't that much), so... well, here I am!! :)

My personal music taste is wide, but inside the pop/rock universe, as I don't cope very well with classical and a lot of jazz. Some of my favourites (in no special order whatsoever):

- Yes
- The Smashing Pumpkins
- Blur
- Led Zeppelin
- Radiohead

Latest discoveries:

- The Strokes
- Opeth
- Liars
- Porcupine Tree
- Shellac
- Wire
- Amon Tobin

Some albums I dig (a lot):

- Mellon Collie and the I.S. - the Pumpkins
- Led Zeppelin IV (or "4 symbols"), though I is very good as well
- A Night at the Opera, by Queen
- Modern Life Is Rubbish - Blur
- Surfer Rosa - PIXIES & Steve Albini
- Mirage - Camel
- The Dandy Warhols Come Down
- End Hits - FUGAZI
- Selling England by the Pound / Foxtrot (tie) - Genesis

so, that's me. I'll post around when I have the time, but I'll definitely post. bye now.

(that's a long post. Damn.)

JP

Wow! Well, thanks, much appreciated! Glad you could join us -- post away and have fun!

hi i'm schnell schnell i've been lurking for a good while and decided to post a few weeks ago when someone made some ridiculous comment like premo is better than swizz beats! i'm 20, i like lots of music, at the moment i am going through a krautrock/noise/hippunk phase but i also like the kind of hip hop that arouses battle cries of 'FUCK ALL DAT FAKE BLING SHIT' and i used to be quite involved in some kind of uk punk underground that has sadly (or not) died. occasionally i write in fanzines but i'm not interested in music crit much. my ilm ambition is for that jonathon guy to put a troll link after one of my posts. as i rudely stated on another thread (sorry nickalicious) I AM DRUNK AND HAVE JUST DISCOVERED SUPER AE PH33R M3

Over and out..

So, I'm 29, live in Brooklyn NY (for a little over 7 years now), used to live and go to school outside Cleveland OH. Got my degree in history (1995) thanks to a research thesis on Cleveland punk rock (the years 1970-79 only, if you must know). That was the single bit of music writing I ever did. Now I occupy my time making loud, repetitive music, drinking, and working as an office drone.

Music I like is all over the map. Huge, HUGE fan of Sir Doug, Ian Dury, dollar records purchased from the homeless and desperate, and this amazing version of "Gimme Some Lovin'" by some band called The Wendigo. Best 45 ever, but I know nothing about it. Bought it at a Coney Island junk shop. Oh, yeah -- also, Edgar Winter's "Frankenstein '84" -- best 12" ever.

The last surprisingly great band I saw was called A Risky Relationship, playing at Vassar College about a month ago.

Oh, one other thing: I don't own a computer. I rely on the hardware of my temporary employers.

Looking forward to arguing with y'all.

HAHAHAHA Whooo boy did I fail at that task spectacularly.

Never done any of the Introduce Yourselves thread yet but figured I should really cos I been hanging around for long enough. Been posting for ages under a stooped moniker but recently junked it cos it felt like time to move on. It’ll come back every now and then I guess, but for now I’m sticking with, uh, the real me.

So anyway, here’s me, Alex K, coming up for 25, first and foremost an artist, but also an idiot, music lover, bassist, writer, loon. I live next to a lovely park in South London and I do a rather dull editorial job by day from which I escape via ILM. Recently just started posting on ILE which I always avoided but realised I’ve missed out. Had some funny old times so far on these boards but I’m hoping that’s to do with my previous name rather than because I’m a cock. Anyway, I must say that these boards rool, and there are a hell of a lot of sound people at play who have given me hours and hours of amusement not to mention enlightenment, for which many thanks all round.

I’m a sarky fucker, but also a big dumb romantic. I like my psyche big time, west coast, late 60’s stuff; Love, Spirit, Blues Magoos, Peanut Butter Conspiracy, la la la. I like my guitars spangly and my harmonies soaring. Outside that, I’m into throbbing basslines with snappy drummers who love their hi-hats sort of stuff but I’m probably what these boards would classify as a rockist, not that I agree with the term anyway, but what the fuck; In no particular order, Verve, Lamb, Neil Young, Zeppelin, Beefheart, VU, The Band, CSNY, Television, Biosphere, Stone Roses, Rolling Stones, Doors, Aphrodite’s Child, Bert Jansch, Fairport Convention, The Pentangle, ah, too many names, oh, and most recently Cat Power. My biggest love though, is a man named Robert Zimmerman.

When I’m out, I’m usually supporting one of the bands that most of my friends seem to play in on the London circuit and getting messy. Or going to shows and stuff, whipping fools off the pool table and generally looking moody. Was in a band but my singer/songwriter recently had to jump back Stateside for a while. She’ll be back, I’m sure and I do miss making the beautiful music big time. We was doing some fucking storming stuff, all dark, swirly black psyche with breathless vocals – bah, I miss it.

One last thing, I gotta give a shout to Ned, dude, your obsession with Loveless got me to listen to it recently for the first time, after hearing about for the last ten years. Cheers. In fact, cheers all round. Hi.

i have shows in my basement so im always looking for good bands, im in the process of trying to set up a more permanant place around town with some people at a warehouse or something

im also moving to austin texas for the summer, so im looking for friends, jobs and possibly a design place to volunteer my services

people can email me if any of the above apply to them

I'm Kenan. I fill my days with a lot of temping, too. I write this little webzine, mostly by myself, but any of you could change that at any time. (wink.) I have soft spots for too many bands to mention, but I don't specialize in any one type of music. I'm a dilettante, and proud of it.

And I tend to get a bit pedantic when I've been drinking.

Usually I just lurk about ILM but I post occasionally. Reading some of the stuff on this board takes the edge off of work.

My musical tastes are wide and varied but I really go in for old skool jungle, breakbeat hardcore (Moving Shadow/Suburban Base stuff), Pavement (including the later albums), the Pixies, Sonic Youth, GBV, A Tribe Called Quest, Asian Dub Foundation The Smiths, as well as dub, reggae and ska. I could go on forever but I won't.

My current obsession is a Japanese band called Supercar and I've also got a lot of love for the Boredoms.

I don't write about music but my friends tell me that I should so that I shut up and stop bothering them with all of my opinions.

ILM has had a negative effect on my productivity at work but may have saved my sanity.

peace

I'm Deanna (Dee for short *ta-daaa*) and I'm hopelessly uncool. I am 23 years old and after earning a bachelor's degree in economics I came to the realization that there are no careers here for pure economics majors, so I'm going back to school to earn a bachelor's in computer science (still have a couple more years to go, but at least I can claim to be a double geek when it's all done).

According to what I have on my hard drive, I am ardently passionate about the following artists: A Flock of Seagulls, ABC, Adam & the Ants, Altered Images, a-ha, Alphaville, Arcadia, Badly Drawn Boy, Belfegore, Black Dyke Mills Band, Big Country, Blur, Bongos, Boz Scaggs, Buggles, China Crisis, The Clash, Classix Nouveaux, Comsat Angels, Curiosity Killed the Cat, Depeche Mode, Dif Juz, David Bowie, Doobie Brothers, Duran Duran, English Beat, Erasure, Frank Sinatra, Fleetwood Mac (the one with both Stevie Nicks and Christine McVie), Fun Boy Three, Gang of Four, Genesis, Gerry Rafferty, Haircut 100, Hunters & Collectors, Howard Jones, Human League, Japan, Icehouse, David Sylvian, INXS, Joan Osborne, Joe Jackson, John Taylor, Jose Nunez, Killing Joke (although ironically I think I'd only really be classified as liking their Chris Kimsey period), King, Kraftwerk, Ladytron, Liz Phair, Mamas & the Papas, Manic Street Preachers, Madness, Midnight Oil, (early!) Ministry, No Doubt, New Order, Nick Cave, Nirvana, Noise Khanyile, OMD (Orchestral Manouevres in the Dark), Our Daughter's Wedding, Psychedelic Furs, Public Image Ltd., Pete Shelley, Peter Gabriel, The Pixies, Roxy Music, Bryan Ferry, Prefab Sprout, R.E.M., Scritti Politti, Simple Minds, The Breeders, The Cure, The Devils, The Lords of the New Church, The Police, The Ramones, The Smiths, The The, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Sisters of Mercy, Spandau Ballet, Sparks, Change, Steely Dan, Talk Talk, Talking Heads, Tears for Fears, The Church, The Specials, 'Til Tuesday, Tones on Tail, Toyah, Trio, Turin Brakes, U2, Ultravox, Wang Chung, Coldplay, Elastica, Oingo Boingo, and Yellow Magic Orchestra, among a few others.

(The names in bold are the ones I feel the most passionate about. Duran Duran are my # 1 alltime favorite artist, followed by David Bowie and David Sylvian.)

I also love Italian disco (heck, noncheesy disco that was really played in the clubs, period), "adult alternative" music from the '90s, British Invasion music from the '60s, New Romantic music in general, glam rock (not to be confused with hair metal "cock rock" from the '80s), Motown & Stax-Volt music from the '60s and early '70s, with the exception of the Jackson Five, and any modern "blip blip bleep" synthesized retro tributes to the disco era.

I hate: people who presume to know what I'm all about by a few short biographical details about myself (e.g. being Hispanic [half Mexican, half Spanish], being Texan, being Republican), most music critics (because they've often slagged what I've considered to be good music -- I'm just burned by the world of music criticism in general), petty fights about nothing at all, boybands, teenypoppers, Lou Pearlman (kinda hoping for a little Dante's Inferno action with this guy), homophobes, anti-Christians, intolerant people in general, cults, the RIAA, having surgery (although it does cause me to lose weight), vegans (vegetarians are totally ok in my book, though), Spanish-language music, little snotty kids with no respect for their elders, those who think on the far left or far right of the political spectrum, people who play the "blame game" (whatever happened to personal responsibility?), and socialism (I'm a capitalist, baby).

And now I need to return to the books. Hopefully this will give you guys a clearer picture of who I am. *grin*

I write (atrociously) for Pitchfork; there can be no doubt that I'm the worst on staff. I never claimed to be a writer, though.

What I like is irrelevant.

I hate: vegans

(Don't you see anything wrong with these two sentences?)
I'm a vegan. Do you hate me?

No offense.

Really, I don't hate or dislike vegans -- it's just beyond my realm of understanding. I think Anthony Bourdain disdains vegans, though -- he calls them the "Taliban of vegetarianism". With me, as long as you don't go preaching to me that I'm wrong to eat meat, you're totally ok with me. I have had a few nasty encounters with some sanctimonious vegans, though, so I do dislike them. I don't dislike you, serious.

*crawls on hands & knees for forgiveness*

*sighs* Ahhh, the politics of the table.

As for cultists -- well, I don't hate or dislike them either. I just feel a great sense of pity for them, that their lives were so spiritually empty that they were able to be seduced into a cult where they're brainwashed into destroying their own lives for the benefit of the cult leader. Maybe I should just refine that to say "cult leaders" instead of "cults".

So my new & revised paragraph would be as follows...

I hate: people who presume to know what I'm all about by a few short biographical details about myself (e.g. being Hispanic [half Mexican, half Spanish], being Texan, being Republican), most music critics (because they've often slagged what I've considered to be good music -- I'm just burned by the world of music criticism in general), petty fights about nothing at all, boybands, teenypoppers, Lou Pearlman (kinda hoping for a little Dante's Inferno action with this guy), homophobes, anti-Christians, intolerant people in general, cult leaders, the RIAA, having surgery (although it does cause me to lose weight), Spanish-language music, little snotty kids with no respect for their elders, those who think on the far left or far right of the political spectrum, people who play the "blame game" (whatever happened to personal responsibility?), and socialism (I'm a capitalist, baby).

Don't get me talking about capitalism and socialism, though... ;-)

last record played - john fahey - dance of death and other plantation favorites

I'm from Glasgow (perhaps you caught an Optimo reference?) Im kind of a lazy guy who works from home (and therefore does very little work, of course) Im sort of an architect (the sort that doesnt do much). I love these things -(smog), Talk Talk, Disco, House, Electro, Stuff that makes em happy-sad like Jeff Buckley, Nina Simone, Nina Nastasia, Spiritualized, Tilt by Scott Walker. My Favourite peice of Music is "For Bonita Marcus" by Morton Feldman. I dont care about categories in Music (they are only useful for finding things in shops) and i am as likely to be listening toThe Necks as Mary J Blige. I go to quite a few gigs which i occasionally write up for a website you probably all think is THE DEVIL and therefore i wont name it. I go dancing most weekends in Glasgow or Edinburgh - i Love Optimo and the Black Rabbit Whorehouse.

thats me - i had a look for yours (David) but i couldnt find it so maybe you could direct me to it!

Also i am going to see Buck 65 Tonight at king tuts. Antone else going?.....