Geir Hongro - Classic or Dud?

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HORRIBLE REALIZATION: I was the Ethan P of A.M.A.

Ally, Don't SAY that! Jeez!

I love how everyone on ama thought I was an ill-informed little ditz, and now many years on everyone on ilm thinks I'm an ill-informed little ditz.

WHAT?!?! WHO? I'll kick their ass, I will.

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Wednesday, 20 November 2002 03:20 (twenty-three years ago)

(insert usual comment that Nicole astoundingly underrates herself here) Mike is absolutely right, of course.

HORRIBLE REALIZATION: I was the Ethan Padgett of A.M.A.

What Nicole and Mike said. Dammit.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 20 November 2002 03:21 (twenty-three years ago)

No one thinks you are a ditz! Who are these people? What the hell?

Dude, you all can admit it. Let's face the facts: underage, grating shouty persona, lived in the middle of nowhere, gradual increase in ridiculousness-to-get-a-response...you all know it's true. It gives hope for Ethan: one day he too can turn into a glamourous NYC girl.

― Ally (mlescaut), Wednesday, 20 November 2002 03:26 (twenty-three years ago)

I admit, I laugh with this description. :-)

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 20 November 2002 03:33 (twenty-three years ago)

Melody + complexity = the grebtest music evah

― Geir Hongro, Wednesday, 20 November 2002 15:58 (twenty-three years ago)

Hongro

versus

Chongo

― Joe (Joe), Wednesday, 20 November 2002 22:53 (twenty-three years ago)

ts: arreosmith vs "snorky" the elephant

― mark s (mark s), Wednesday, 20 November 2002 23:10 (twenty-three years ago)

Danger Island fucking rocked, by the way. These damn kids with their Britney and Justin! :)

― Joe (Joe), Friday, 22 November 2002 23:29 (twenty-three years ago)

Music is supposed to sound pretty and nice and make you feel good.
If you feel bad you don't need annoying music to make you feel
even worse.

Music should ALWAYS be supposed to make you feel good, good and
only good. I don't want ANYTHING, music or any other stuff, to
make me feel bad.

― Geir Hongro, Sunday, 24 November 2002 08:30 (twenty-three years ago)

one month passes...

thread revive! just like nice, melodic pop is reviving!! hee

― Tad (llamasfur), Tuesday, 21 January 2003 03:25 (twenty-three years ago)

one month passes...

i could not resist..dud

― DJ Martian (djmartian), Monday, 3 March 2003 15:32 (twenty-three years ago)

I think it's eerily classic how Geir is exactly - exactly - the same as he was in 1998 when I last read one of his posts.

― Tom (Groke), Monday, 3 March 2003 15:52 (twenty-three years ago)

Well, some tastes and approaches change and some don't. You've noticed a lot of changes in your own approach to listening, so you're reading things through your own lens; I haven't necessarily with me, so I'm not surprised at general consistency over time.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 3 March 2003 15:56 (twenty-three years ago)

I like how his name is actually "Oh! Grin Ogre" or "Rehonor Gig" spelled sideways.

― Lord Custos Epsilon (Lord Custos Epsilon), Monday, 3 March 2003 15:57 (twenty-three years ago)

No, it's more than that - I wasn't expecting his tastes to have changed at all - I suppose it's just how he never gets tired of making the exact same points and having the exact same arguments. I'm sure lots of the conversations on ILM today are word-for-word duplications of old a.m.a. ones.

― Tom (Groke), Monday, 3 March 2003 15:58 (twenty-three years ago)

Well, DB DID call him the GeirBot for a reason.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 3 March 2003 15:59 (twenty-three years ago)

Heh also I have slipped right back into the old a.m.a. habit of talking about him as if he wasn't here. Hi Geir!

― Tom (Groke), Monday, 3 March 2003 16:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Yes, hello!

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 3 March 2003 16:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Geir Hongro = Chris "Spinoza R. Prozak" Blanc of AMA?

-
Alan

― Alan Conceicao, Monday, 3 March 2003 16:04 (twenty-three years ago)

classic

― weasel diesel (K1l14n), Monday, 3 March 2003 16:05 (twenty-three years ago)

Geir is a werewolf

― stevem (blueski), Monday, 3 March 2003 17:54 (twenty-three years ago)

Geir Hongro = Chris "Spinoza R. Prozak" Blanc

Definitely not, I've collaborated with the latter on a few occasions and he's quite a reasonable and intelligent fellow (though one who enjoyed starting flamewars on rec.music.christian a bit too much).

I'm actually wondering if Geir Hongro = Jarl Sigurd, the self-proclaimed MIDI genius/starry eyed troll of rec.music.makers.guitar, rec.music.makers.synth, rec.audio.pro and just about every other music newsgroup.

― Siegbran (eofor), Monday, 3 March 2003 18:01 (twenty-three years ago)

who is he?

― jel -- (jel), Monday, 3 March 2003 18:02 (twenty-three years ago)

wake up jel, google to find his homepage.

― DJ Martian (djmartian), Monday, 3 March 2003 18:09 (twenty-three years ago)

don't be mean to jel, assmonkey

― jess (dubplatestyle), Monday, 3 March 2003 18:12 (twenty-three years ago)

>>Definitely not, I've collaborated with the latter on a few occasions and he's quite a reasonable and intelligent fellow (though one who enjoyed starting flamewars on rec.music.christian a bit too much).<<

I have my own personal issues with the way Blanc does his thing. Its clear he's been hitting the bowl waaaaaaaay too often. Plus, he's basically been reiterating for the last few years now that "I am a genius, I am right" and then follows it up with these huge dissertations that have a lot of big words and ultimately don't mean much. And the fact that he's gone into "shock" mode (like sending hate mail to Chuck's mom after his death) doesn't earn him points either. Its just a comparison (Blanc on, say, alt.music.slayer or alt.rock-n-roll.metal.death = Geir at alt.music.alternative).

In retrospect having gone and looked at Geir's posts, however, he's not nearly as inflammitory as Blanc occasionally is.

>>I'm actually wondering if Geir Hongro = Jarl Sigurd, the self-proclaimed MIDI genius/starry eyed troll of rec.music.makers.guitar, rec.music.makers.synth, rec.audio.pro and just about every other music newsgroup<<

Hmmmm. Could be. God knows he's everywhere. I'm surprised the alt.2600 boys haven't scrounged up his social security number and all that yet, frankly (though they may have while I wasn't looking).

And we really should turn this into a thread about the "all time great" USENET kooks. =)

-
Alan

― Alan Conceicao, Tuesday, 4 March 2003 01:04 (twenty-three years ago)

Apparently, Blanc isn't the only one whose hitting the bowl a bit too much.
Geir Hongro just asserted that Eminem is the most "melodic" rapper.
Ick and double ick.

― Lord Custos Epsilon (Lord Custos Epsilon), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 01:08 (twenty-three years ago)

Is his sole purpose for existence to irritate ILMers? He seems to say things just to contradict the general consensus. Therefore on the mark s scale he rates a classic.

― Shakey Mo Collier, Tuesday, 4 March 2003 01:18 (twenty-three years ago)

Is his sole purpose for existence to irritate ILMers?
Slightly offtopic: Oddly enough, Calum Robert came back, and he was (gasp) polite and relatively reasonable. I guess there can be only one Ubertroll at a time, then, right?
At least until Alison Huston comes back...

― Lord Custos Epsilon (Lord Custos Epsilon), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 01:21 (twenty-three years ago)

Wow, this is like the ILM high school reunion or something. I'd say the guy (whoever he is) is classic because of his persistence. From the looks of it, I'd guess this guy has been waging war against rhythm for years now.

― original bgm, Tuesday, 4 March 2003 01:25 (twenty-three years ago)

His singles list was fantastic, he's a bit of a fundie though. Classic though fer sure. If the 'war against rhythm' was remotely being won (despite any alarmism from the Source) I might feel differently.

― James Blount (James Blount), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 01:28 (twenty-three years ago)

what is this "war on rhythm"? It sounds suspiciously like the "war on terror"...

― Shakey Mo Collier, Tuesday, 4 March 2003 01:30 (twenty-three years ago)

>>Apparently, Blanc isn't the only one whose hitting the bowl a bit too much.
Geir Hongro just asserted that Eminem is the most "melodic" rapper.<<

Duh. Of course he's gonna say that. Eminem is white.

>>Is his sole purpose for existence to irritate ILMers?<<

Not ILMers. Everyone. He wants to irritate as many people as he possibly can to get the biggest response possible. He'll never match the infamous "flamewar to end all flamewars", which I believe was in 1994. That spanned something like 8 months and 45 newsgroups. But he'll do his damnedest to make a name for himself. Obviously, he's succeeding to some extent.

-
Alan

― Alan Conceicao, Tuesday, 4 March 2003 01:33 (twenty-three years ago)

Duh. Of course he's gonna say that. Eminem is white.

First and foremost, Eminem is a misogynist and a terrible homophobe. He still is a bit better than most rap acts, though, but that was the case with Dr. Dre and his proteges in the mid 90s too, so I guess this is more thanks to Dr. Dre than thanks to Eminem himself.

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 01:38 (twenty-three years ago)

what is this "war on rhythm"? It sounds suspiciously like the "war on terror"...

RHYTHM ALERT -- orange

― original bgm, Tuesday, 4 March 2003 01:45 (twenty-three years ago)

We advise you purchase some duct tape and plastic, just to be safe in the event of a rhythm attack.

― original bgm, Tuesday, 4 March 2003 01:47 (twenty-three years ago)

But after the plastic membrane is tightly secured to your window frames, don't tap it with your fingernail, this might cause an urge to "drum" on the plastic. And if we do that, the terrorists have already won.

― Lord Custos Epsilon (Lord Custos Epsilon), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 01:49 (twenty-three years ago)

Remeber to constantly change chords or else the terrorists may lock onto your signal.

― Mr Noodles (Mr Noodles), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 02:15 (twenty-three years ago)

I love trolling around in various newsgroups. And a Klaatu fan, what has this world come to?

― Mr Noodles (Mr Noodles), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 03:06 (twenty-three years ago)

yikes - that is a bit of a smoking gun

― James Blount (James Blount), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 03:10 (twenty-three years ago)

Ah, the legendary page.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 03:24 (twenty-three years ago)

Every time I see this thread title I imagine that it's about a band - Geir Hongro would be a great name for a band: perhaps speed metal or post-rock indie.

― o. nate (onate), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 03:37 (twenty-three years ago)

no o. nate because there WOULDN'T BE ENOUGH MELODY!

― M Matos (M Matos), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 03:39 (twenty-three years ago)

Are we making you feel young again Ned?

― Mr Noodles (Mr Noodles), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 03:41 (twenty-three years ago)

geir hongro doesn't exactly float off the tongue...

― jess (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 03:41 (twenty-three years ago)

Maybe I'm not pronouncing it right - is it "GAIR HON-gro"?

― o. nate (onate), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 03:42 (twenty-three years ago)

Geir Hongro sounds like an Urban Dance Squad side-project, or a Fishbone b-side

― James Blount (James Blount), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 03:42 (twenty-three years ago)

herr hongro gotta little more rhythym and melody.

― Mr Noodles (Mr Noodles), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 03:43 (twenty-three years ago)

G'yer Maker!

― Nate Patrin (Nate Patrin), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 03:45 (twenty-three years ago)

"geir hongro" is actually an alias used by carter usm for a lone rmx in 1991

― jess (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 03:46 (twenty-three years ago)

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I'd need chapter and verse quotation.

― Freedom, Thursday, 22 October 2009 13:45 (sixteen years ago)

I was prepared to accept him as a hapless weirdo hung up on melodic music in the Western tradition, to the exclusion of all else, until that

― The Prince's choice: making a brush. (Tom D.), Thursday, 22 October 2009 13:46 (sixteen years ago)

i'd need a sedative after looking through all those ridiculous theories to find the right quote! (xp)

― lad: "et tu, lady?" (haitch), Thursday, 22 October 2009 13:46 (sixteen years ago)

LOL

― The Prince's choice: making a brush. (Tom D.), Thursday, 22 October 2009 13:50 (sixteen years ago)

So melodic.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ozu8KGFH-CU

― Freedom, Thursday, 22 October 2009 13:50 (sixteen years ago)

Uggggggggggghhhhhh God. Give it to me.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53gY7BjNkpc

― Freedom, Thursday, 22 October 2009 13:53 (sixteen years ago)

I can't find the original quote but here is some nasty person (I think it was me) bullying poor little Geir in to one of his usual considered responses:

... plus they didd't actually have a word for music in Africa until the white man showed up, eh Geir?

Which was rather obvious because they didn't have music, just dancing. Note that this only goes for a limited Geographic part of Africa. Northern Africa certainly had music, and they also had a word for it.

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 09:39 (4 years ago) Bookmark

― The Prince's choice: making a brush. (Tom D.), Thursday, 22 October 2009 13:54 (sixteen years ago)

Ha ha, I found one I hadn't seen before!

West Africans used to know dancing but not music. They were introduced to music by the imperialists. The sounds they were making while dancing was just a part of the dance, and had nothing to do with music really.

― Geir Hongro, Wednesday, 26 December 2007 21:21 (1 year ago) Bookmark

― The Prince's choice: making a brush. (Tom D.), Thursday, 22 October 2009 13:56 (sixteen years ago)

Complex music may only be made by an elite of people with considerably bigger musical talent than most people.

― Geir Hongro, Wednesday, 26 December 2007 21:49 (1 year ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

(And such people will of course exist amongst Africans too, they need to be introduced to the actual craft at first though)

― Geir Hongro, Wednesday, 26 December 2007 21:49 (1 year ago) Bookmark

― The Prince's choice: making a brush. (Tom D.), Thursday, 22 October 2009 13:57 (sixteen years ago)

i've got a fuckin word for him

― lad: "et tu, lady?" (haitch), Thursday, 22 October 2009 13:58 (sixteen years ago)

... ad nauseum. Which when put together with his apparently harmless trumpeting of the superiority of Western Music, begins to seem a tiny bit sinister

― The Prince's choice: making a brush. (Tom D.), Thursday, 22 October 2009 13:59 (sixteen years ago)

makes me want to put 'acid trax' on a loop and dance around for hours

― lad: "et tu, lady?" (haitch), Thursday, 22 October 2009 14:03 (sixteen years ago)

But of course, he states as political views as being broadly furry left-liberal, doesn't he?

― Freedom, Thursday, 22 October 2009 14:04 (sixteen years ago)

He doesn't have any political views that I can make out, I don't really care about that anyway

― The Prince's choice: making a brush. (Tom D.), Thursday, 22 October 2009 14:08 (sixteen years ago)

Okay enough of this. You want to call him out on this, try it on a thread when he's actually around.

― Moderator, Thursday, 22 October 2009 14:12 (sixteen years ago)

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