which ilx poster has had the most transformative effect on your life?

Thanks y'all for the kind words.

I've learned about movies from xyzzz and amateurist, sharpened my barbs with Morbs and Eric H, and learned a fuck ton about thinking about music from Tim F.

I have a special regard for scott, upper miss shakedown, col, C. Grisso/McCain, La Lechera, pplains, carl agatha, VegemiteGrrl -- veterans of the Eagles listening, thanks to which I lost a couple years of my life.

But Shoutouts to La Lechera, EZ, Extended Mix, Johnny Fever, crut, emil.y, jjj, J3ff T, kjb, Michael B, Moka, Turrican, nakh, seandalai,The Brainwasher, Spottie, etc

Turrican??!!??!

This kind of threads are always tricky. I mean, Tom D is one of my favorite posters, but I wouldn't go so far as to say he "transformed my life" and he probably wouldn't like it if I did.

the movie assholes haven't actually inspired me to watch better movies but i do look down on a wider range of people now

― qualx, Saturday, October 7, 2017 12:45 AM (yesterday)

lesson well learned

― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, October 8, 2017 7:37 PM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

to be fair the first part is my fault (that's the one that matters, right)

Thanks to movies, I've grown in height too.

the movie assholes haven't actually inspired me to watch better movies but i do look down on a wider range of people now

― qualx, Saturday, October 7, 2017 12:45 AM (yesterday)

lesson well learned

― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, October 8, 2017 7:37 PM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

loool

Standing on the Shoulders of Giantess

http://photobaku.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/azerbaijan-nakhchivan-30.jpg

someone register the Movie Assholes domains

Connard du Cinema

oh and 'everything', for introducing me to Cardiacs

imago, I'd just like to say thanks for this, and ... oh wait

Probably Kerr, since he's the reason I started going into outloud, which is where my happiest ILX memories come from
But Shoutouts to La Lechera, EZ, Extended Mix, Johnny Fever, crut, emil.y, jjj, J3ff T, kjb, Michael B, Moka, Turrican, nakh, seandalai,The Brainwasher, Spottie, etc

ALSO totally miss Extended Mix, JBR, Lex, some dude

― the underground is pass-agg (Drugs A. Money), Sunday, October 8, 2017 8:51 PM (three days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Cheers, man... good to see you around, it's been a while!

Tom D. up there in "still hasn't got over being wrong about Violent Femmes" shocker.

I couldn't say anyone here has transformed my life in any way, but I sure as hell miss those Outloud days too and had some great all-night sessions on there chewing the fat and listening to tune, so shout-outs to Drugs A. Money, Kerr, EZ, Johnny Fever, emil.y, seandalai, KJB, Michael B, Jeff and also to Gerald McBoing-Boing.

*tunes

I've found that if you can bracket yr faith (or lack thereof) it stops being important. Like who cares whether I believe? I'm just some shmuck.

― Mordy, Tuesday, 30 August 2016 17:21 (one year ago) Permalink

to be real though i think about this mordy post all the time

What thread is that from? I want to read the context.

just use the search! looks like it's from here: Reveal Your Uncool Conservative Beliefs Here

although it's neither uncool nor conservative

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/819nx3B9xiL._SL1500_.jpg

I get that but I also find it hard to do IRL. Also without faith a lot of Jewish practice seems so arbitrary and cumbersome to me.

Ned. Closely followed by Dan.

And Tom.

is ned aware he is being closely followed by dan and tom

estela

Dog Latin - simply because I still tend to think of him as a young whippersnapper, and every time he mentions his age I feel a vivid sense of the passing of time.

I'm young for my age

is ned aware he is being closely followed by dan and tom

They're a haunting presence. Alternately, they're my own personal Hugin and Munin.

(That said, thanks Nick!)

DJP and Kate for reasons shared with a lot of people above. Tom Ewing, Mark Sinker for lessons I've not learned well enough.

Also J0hn D, which is kind of cheating - but him as he appears on ILX and on his blog is also an excellent context for him on record, like having a commentary track.

If I had to pick one though, it'd probably be Starry Sarah - I met a bunch of ILX people at Glastonbury about 15 years ago, and she was the one that was delighted to sit around and talk about the Moldy Peaches and Pokemon, and from that came friendships with most of them, and eventually moving over here, which has been very very transformative.

Kate! Yes, definitely.

About 12 years ago somebody on ILM posted "In Brooklyn" by Al Stewart on a "great lost songs" thread. Since then it's basically become me and partner's "relationship song" and thinking about it is a great reminder of being younger and sillier in our twenties.

Weirdly the lyrics are totally sour! We just like the jauntiness.

Also the book recommendations on ILB basically run my life now.

zip11
Somebody helped me figure out what fucking song this is!

No government name, people !

My answer is anyone who ever forcefully disagreed with, or even ridiculed my posts when I first started posting here. At first I would become very upset, especially when the pushback came from posters I respected. But after a while I learned to roll with it and not try to win people's approval all the time. I value the way this site has pushed me to change my mons on a number of issues, but more than that I appreciate how, by posting here, I learned to stick to my guns when I felt that that was the right thing to do.

*mind, not mons. weird typo.

I would say DJP and Mordy are the posters most likely to challenge the way I think about something on the non-musical side, and on ILM I would say similar things about Ned, xhucx, and probably a few other people from the anti-rockist contingent.

No government name, people !

Sorry there Starry, Sarah.

good to get feedback on a pubic forum xxp

Also, off-site, my conversations with nakh are often disorientingly educative. I don't know if people here really know how much information that guy absorbs on a daily basis.

Disconcertingly tbh

I value the way this site has pushed me to change my mons on a number of issues

I cannot stop laughing at this typo

There have been many influential posters over the years, but the one that I think has had the greatest effect on my life is this little nugget from the running running thread:

Had been thinking about starting again tomorrow. Got a wild hair about it, the stars are aligned, whatever. But the forecast is for 95 degrees. I might go through with it anyway but goddamn.

― how's life, Wednesday, June 10, 2015 4:56 PM (1 week ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

rip

― lag∞n, Wednesday, June 10, 2015 5:09 PM (1 week ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

"rip ― lag∞n" goes through my head now every time I start to flake out about my health and self-care. I still don't always make the best choices, but this little phrase has helped me more times than I can count and I am on a slow but steady path of improving health and fitness. hopefully will get where I'm going before I die.

lagoon is a great guy

From what I know through ilx and social media at least.

There are so many here. So many, and I'm worried about missing anyone but off the top of my head:

Sick Mouthy offered me my first writing gig back in 2004
Branwell, despite falling out with me a huge number of times, did make me reassess my position on a number of issues. That could be said for other ilxors, Lex, DJP and many others.
FGTI gave me some fantastic advice about songwriting once which I'll never forget
And then there are those who have either inspired me a great deal, offered advice and opinions, or just helped me in my life with friendly encouragement, among them Le Bateau Ivre, imago, Rev, Ned, marcos, wins, NickB, chewshabadoo, M4rk H3st3r (can't remember what handle he goes by now), Johnny Fever, man alive, Kerr, Gravel Puzzleworth, seandalai, Moka, emil.y, Michael B, Drugs A . Money. Like the latter says upthread, the Outloud chats were so so great and I miss them a lot

So many more.. I've been on here for 18 years now so...

lagoon also convinced me to stretch before lifting and that was helpful

god, Treeship and flopson and Karl Malone too. I don't interact with them directly much on here but their posts all seem to either be really reasonable, insightful or funny and it's influenced me to at least try not to just write any old shit on hear (I still do though)

love to y'all!

Fpd everyone itt btw

^ the transformative effect we need and deserve