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ok, to be polite.
i'm stirmonster but you can call me twitch if you like. i'm a dj but
please, please don't call me dj twitch - yuk. my real
name is keith and i'm 34 and live in glasgow. i've been playing
records for a living for 15 years and started scotland's first
techno club - pure. it was the first place in the uk ever to book
richie hawtin, jeff mills and a host of other techno legends. i also
ran a label that released the first music in the uk from panasonic
and jimi tenor. pure lasted for ten years but by then i'd had
enough of all night house and techno and wanted to do
something else - so i did.
so i started a club called optimo (espacio) where i could indulge
my love for all sorts of music from no wave to garage rock to
electro to dub to dub disco to.... just about anything really. it's the
joy of my life and is possibly the most deranged club out there.
no, really it is! you can check out what gets played and a whole
host of other stuff here. i've
also started another label called OSCarr which hopefully you will
be hearing more about in the coming year (although not from me
on ILM, i don't do spam!).
apart from that i spend far too much time on my powerbook
doing music, most of which i make just for djing purposes. i do
have a project with a friend called mount florida that released an
album on matador records last year.
i also spend far too much time on the internet too and for
musically related stuff, my spiritual home is the fmbb. i've been
hanging around ILM for a while but just 'got into it' recently. i find it
strangely theraputic that there are people out there who have it
worse than me on the music obsession front.
oops - messed the html up first time!
― stirmonster, Wednesday, 27 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
ok, i
can do html, honest. that link should have taken you
to
here.
― stirmonster, Wednesday, 27 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
for some reason i don't think i've ever responded to this before...
anyway,i'm robin,a 19 year old arts student from dublin...i've been
lurking here for quite a while,and have been posting more frequently
of late...i love and hate a lot of the music that's discussed here,and
theres also a lot that i don't really know yet...(one of my favourite
things about ft/ilm is the numerous reccommendations/ideas for mp3s to
download that are here...)anyway,thats about it,
cheers,
robin
― robin, Wednesday, 27 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
"so i started a club called optimo (espacio)"
freakish coincidence: i googled upon your club's website today (while
i was searching for info about vitalic). looked like fun :)
― minna, Wednesday, 27 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
(Urg! Nice board. Format's taking some getting used to though. Second
time's a charm...)
Name: Mark Pytlik
Location: Toronto, ON
Vocation: Music
Journalist
Place Of Employment: HMV.com
Other Journalistic
Goings-On: NME.com, AMG, Shift.com, Absorb.org and other sundry
locales. Also currently writing a Bjork biography called "Bjork: Wow
& Flutter" which is due out internationally on ECW Press come Spring
2003.
Love: Electronic music (ie. anything that goes 'tweet-click-
snap' or 'glitch-hur-whizz'), most anything with guitars, the
Webbernet, civilized conversation, long walks on the beach, etc.
Hate: I'm trying to hate less, but I still tend to indulge in moments
of weakness. This is not one of those moments, therefore I'll try and
keep it to myself.
Driving passion: The abiding fear that there
are too many great records in this world and not enough time to hear
them all.
I've been pseudo-lurking here for the past few days, and I'm honestly
thrilled to have found ILM. There's a serious dearth of intelligent,
civil music boards on the 'Net (see: www.velvetrope.com), and y'all
seem to fit the bill nicely. This should be fun indeed...
― Mark, Wednesday, 27 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
stirmonster - so, if you don't like
dj twitch, how come that's your address???
― Ron, Wednesday, 27 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
stirmonster - so, if you don't like dj twitch, how come that's
your address???
hee hee - very good point and i was just waiting for someone to
pull me up about that. basically, a few years ago when i was
computer illiterate my then girlfriend set it up for me without
consulting me. my main email is actually a different .twitch
address but i use the dj. one for when i have to leave an
email addy on the internet.
― stirmonster, Wednesday, 27 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
Hi. I'm Paul Cox (no, not the photographer or the guy who runs too
pure). I'm 28 and now live in Nashville. I didn't move here to be
a songwriter, and the music scene here is nowhere near as vibrant as
its portrayed through the rest of the world. But, there are a few
decent clubs and some good record shops -- enough to keep me broke,
anyway. I've lurked around here for close to a year, but have only
begun posting recently.
― paul, Wednesday, 27 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
Hello. I'm a 42 year old music fanatic with thousands of albums
ranging across all modern forms (i.e. no classical or opera). My pal
Andrew L suggested I try the site. I'm a minor league intellectual
with his music in a database!
― Martin Skidmore, Wednesday, 27 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
yes, Toronto meetup, but if you have one now I'll miss out. First
show in Toronto is probably going to be The Creeping Nobodies May 16th
gig. Their playing in my town yet Im going to be back in Toronto
before them, wierdness.
― Mr Noodles, Thursday, 28 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
Aaack! Okay, 21, Milwaukee, Wi Linguistics Major at
UW-Milwaukee. Music: I seem to have gravitated toward the
Indie Rock lately, but I still listen to the punk rock roots, and quite
enjoy hip-hop. I think I've just covered the stereotypical college
student but whatever.
― Cameron Potter, Saturday, 30 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
geoff 34 male uk, psych nurse. love acr new order, miles, moz, momus,
warp & the1910 fruitgum co. been lurking here for a week or so and
like what i see.
― geoff, Saturday, 30 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
i want to be mxyzptlk / jeff when i grow up. see post up there a
bit.
― stirmonster, Saturday, 30 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
Hi, I'm 44 and drug addled.(due to lack of drugs) Have been on the
straight but never narrow now for 6 years and counting.
My partners site is at http://home.alphalink.com.au/~cornoyd/
No its not a porno site even though some will take it that way. Forget
art - forget censorship. Live in the sunny arse end of the world. Have
been in Melbourne for 4 years but come from that red neck capital of
Brisbane and spent my time under Johs regime which actually generated
a lot of great bands like the Saints/Leftovers etc. I like a lotta
shit, if you dig deep enough you'll find something you like in all
forms of music. The Velvet Underground/ early Lou Reed, Dylan, Patti
Smith, Stooges, Stones - am i cool or wot - shit i'm even an xjunkie
as well - Little Richard, Gene Vincent, Eddie Cochran, Nirvana,
Stravinsky, Elmore James, Tom Waites, Marc Bolan, Beck, the Pogues,
Diamanda Galas and i'll still be writing this in Dantes inferno.
Dislikes - i hate a lotta shit as well but this old man couldn't be
bothered. Nice to be somewhere dedicated souly to music.
......Kind Regards Harry
― Harry H, Saturday, 30 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
28. Portland, OR. Music is good. Sometimes I play it (c.f.
www.thetritiummiracle.com), sometimes I release it on shiny 5" discs
(c.f. www.ertiacreations.com), sometimes I write about it (c.f.
www.spacecityrock.com), sometimes I listen to it (c.f. the thousands
of recordings in my living room), sometimes I read about it (c.f.
this website). Typically like a little bit of most styles, with soft
spots for avant-jazz and indie rock.
― doug, Monday, 1 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
Hi,
I'm a 30 year old Glaswegian that somehow ended up living in
Switzerland. I'm not ashamed to admit that I'm also an addict.
― Stewart, Thursday, 4 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
three weeks pass...
well, I've been putting this off so here are some factoids: 23 yo
I said M-A-N North Kakalaka Father had thousands-wide record
collection (when I was child he spun a lot of Kraftwerk, Devo, Led
Zep, Sabbath, and Dr. Demento-type stuff) My brother/housemate also
took up record fiendism (currently obsessed w/ breakbeats, MF Doom DJ
Shadow, Def Jux), so I let them do the collecting while I concentrate
on making music (started w/ piano at 8 guitar at 12 came into my own
singing within the past few years and kick it
jack-of-all-trades-master-of-none style on some other instr.) I also
have always loved drawing Have speakers on my computer at my crummy
job but don't use them too often 'cuz I can't stand to keep it quiet
Happy to find this forum I Love Music, too
― Gilgamesh, Monday, 29 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
Male, 24, lives in St. Paul MN and is currently discovering the
wonderful world of temp slavery en route to a real job (I hope). I
like all sorts of crap, and I'm pretty sure that my musical taste is
annoying and smarmy. Ten favorite albums, currently:
-The Clash, "London Calling"
-Beck, "Odelay"
-DJ Shadow, "Entroducing"
-Wilco, "Yankee Hotel Foxtrot"
-Sonic Youth, "Dirty"
-Cannibal Ox, "The Cold Vein"
-Curtis Mayfield, "Superfly"
-Basement Jaxx, "Rooty"
-Bob Dylan, "Highway 61 Revisited"
-The Stooges, "Fun House"
― Nate Patrin, Monday, 29 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
Came across ILM & FT via rockcritics.com and been catching up on some
of the old threads over the past few weeks before I started posting.
Age 30, queer, smoker, coffee fiend, pop culture junkie.
Live in Addis Ababa and recently moved from working freelance to
setting up my own company doing event-production (film festivals,
concerts etc.) and promotional work. Do some writing on occasion and
keep meaning to do more.
Music, listen to a little bit of everything though mostly world and
hip hop these days.
In my CD case right now: Ethiopiques Vol 6, the Roots, Karsh Kale,
Geosonic Grooves Vol. 1, Los de Abajo, Basehead, Augustus Pablo,
Susana Baca, Susheela Raman, Manu Chao, Olu Dara, Rachid Taha,
Beastie Boys, Spearhead, Blind Boys of Alabama, Tabla Beat Science
live featuring Gigi
― H, Thursday, 2 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
Live in Addis Ababa
Damn, how cool. You should chat with Nitsuh (aka Nabisco). Out of
curiosity, what's the net service like there?
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 2 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
umm, guess living in Addis is cool. i tend to have a love/hate
relationship with the place.
net connection is dial up, controlled by monopoly and therefore
expensive. It's pretty available though, if you don't have it at
work or home there are lots o' cyber cafes around town.
― H, Friday, 3 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
I'm 17, and I've only been really listening to music for about five
months now (I know. What sort of heartless person could have almost
no interest in music till the age of 16? But it's okay. I'm fixed
now. Thank you.) I have pretty broad musical tastes, but I do have a
band that I can call my favorite, and that band is Radiohead. I'm
currently angry because my Yankees are losing once again to the bunch
of pansies known as the Seattle Mariners. God damn Ichiro. God damn
Ruben Sierra. We'll get you bastards in the playoffs.
― John Dahlem, Sunday, 5 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
We'll get you bastards in the playoffs.
Only to lose to the Diamondbacks. *flees*
― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 5 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
Hi my name is lex and I live in boston Mass for a while I'm 24
graduated from college in computer networking. I love music I'm a R/B
singer and I'm trying to get my voice to be heard all over the
world.I currently working on a album but i'ts going so slow that it
might take alot of years to finish due to the fact I don't have the
right motovation of people around me. anyway you can reach me at my
email or call me for more information. I need an agent , promotion
and a manager....thank you if you interesting email me together we
can make it....
― lex leshawn, Monday, 6 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
J & H Productions will give the label a percentage of J & H
Productions or a percent of the gate, either one. Because J & H
Productions is getting ready to do shows and J & H Productions would
like to hook up with the label industry pertaining to shows. I would
look from the label industry a respond pertaining to these shows that
J & H Productions is going to give and J & H Productions will begin
the shows under the label that contacts him pertaining to these
cities and stars and the label and the filming and everything
pertaining to shows under the label that he is getting ready to go
under for these shows. I hope that the label can get back in touch
with me at this address pertaining to a contract and these coliseums
and stadiums that J & H Productions is going to do shows in [as far
as?] city to city. I hope that the label can contact me, J & H
Productions, pertaining to a contract.
― J & H Productions, Monday, 6 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
computer networkingWot they have courses on
cyber dating now?
― nathalie, Monday, 6 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
John, I'm with you on the Yankees- I live in Seattle, and I've had it
rubbed in my face nonstop for the last few days! Previous to
Seattle, I went to college in Boston, which is also another great
town to be a Yankees fan in. Anyway, I've been reading ILM for a
while, but I only recently posted for the first time, so I figured I
should add something here. I'm 24, I work as a perl
programmer, and I'll be happy if I ever learn to make as good a
cup of coffee as the folks at
Monorail Espresso make.
Like every other suburban NJ kid my age, I got into music when
grunge became huge when I was in high school.
Music I love: really good pop songs, singles where the B sides
are even better than anything on the album (currently: super furry
animals), exile on main street, and anything that will help
me finish up a project the night before it's due
Music I don't like: albums where all the songs sound exactly the
same as each other
Last CDs I bought and loved:
- 89/93: An Anthology, Uncle Tupelo
- Singles, The Smiths
- Jonathan David, Belle and Sebastian (the carriage clock
song is my new favorite song of all time)
Last CDs I bought and didn't like:
- Far Places, Push Kings (whatever happened to the sweet
songs that were on their first album??)
- Come with Us, Chemical Brothers
- All That You Can't Leave Behind, U2 (stuck in a moment is
nice, but it got old too quickly)
― lyra in seattle, Tuesday, 7 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
H: I've been spreading possibly-wrong propaganda about the Addis
network, then! At the Hilton I spent something like 30 minutes (and
30 birr) just to open up a hotmail account and see that there was
nothing in it. After that I gave up, on the assumption that the cafes
couldn't possibly be any better than the fancy-shmancy Fat-German-
Businessman Hilton.
Well, next time I go back, I won't give up so easily.
― nabisco%%, Tuesday, 7 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
Hi I'm Kelly Su and I live in the US of A.. I'm not allowed to say
where bc I have extremely overprotective parents I'm 15 and I love
music and emo&punk are awesome I play keyboards and go highschool .
I'm working on a website right now but I lost the address silly me~
thats the second time I've forgot it. I hang out in coffee/bagel
shops write extremely short poetry and love photography. Some grand
bands are: weezer jimmy eat world slick shoes good charlotte the
faint le tigre promise ring time spent driving pedro the lion cool
hand luke and I'm sick of typing now so Ta Ta much mad luv -~-**Kelly
Su
― Kelly Su, Friday, 10 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
>>> extremely short poetry // is best, cos quickest to read
― the pinefox, Saturday, 11 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
Hi. My name is Bryan, and I count beans in Winnipeg, Canada (home of
the Canadian starting point of the Mexi-Canadian Overpass, if you
believe what the Onion says!). I am a bit of a proggie, though I
don't take it very seriously, and I suppose I'm a bit dadrock, though
I don't take it very seriously either. Bye for now, and UP SCUMBAG!
Sorry.
― Bryan, Friday, 17 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
I see someone's got their
Young Ones on tape. ;-)
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 17 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link