aye, that's him. I've seen him say stuff before on ilx but maybe not quite as explicit as this
― Algerian Goalkeeper (Odysseus), Friday, 9 February 2018 22:15 (six years ago) link
ugh
― the late great, Friday, 9 February 2018 22:26 (six years ago) link
Some years back he once nicely sent me a salsa mixtape, but sometime later, out of the blue, emailed to me a 9/11 conspiracy theory. Responded back that I wasn't interested and never heard from him direct again.
He was "Rockist Scientist" before. The Ulm Kulthum thread and a couple other threads largely feature posts from music he was listening to. Posted a fair amount on the most recent ILX top albums or tracks thread (and seemed to keep his focus there on the music ).
― curmudgeon, Friday, 9 February 2018 22:27 (six years ago) link
I've always thought of him as a v good poster on ilm with fairly unique taste but it's disappointing to see him say what he has.
― Algerian Goalkeeper (Odysseus), Friday, 9 February 2018 22:29 (six years ago) link
^^ yeah agree w that, extremely disappointing
― the late great, Friday, 9 February 2018 22:35 (six years ago) link
wow this thread, jeeze.
― ian, Friday, 9 February 2018 22:40 (six years ago) link
i had somehow completely missed any red flag posts from him before. i think he's been on ilx longer than me and i started on here in 2005 maybe?
― khat person (jim in vancouver), Friday, 9 February 2018 22:42 (six years ago) link
When some ILM posters post about anything other than music, you sometimes realise you might have met them before on that bad trip you had through the 9 circles of hell, or The Comments Section as some would have it.
― calzino, Friday, 9 February 2018 22:42 (six years ago) link
You might want to check a thread called Butthole Surfers- Classic or dud? he seems troubled of late :(
― Video reach stereo bog (Tom D.), Friday, 9 February 2018 22:45 (six years ago) link
yeah maybe he had some kind of break
― Winter. Dickens. Yes. (Jon not Jon), Friday, 9 February 2018 22:50 (six years ago) link
ah, having just spied that butthole surfers thread he is definitely not a well man
― khat person (jim in vancouver), Friday, 9 February 2018 22:50 (six years ago) link
oh god i missed that thread revival but...yeah
― Algerian Goalkeeper (Odysseus), Friday, 9 February 2018 23:16 (six years ago) link
if anyone knows him irl it might be a good idea to check he's ok.
― Algerian Goalkeeper (Odysseus), Friday, 9 February 2018 23:17 (six years ago) link
Shit.
― how's life, Friday, 9 February 2018 23:30 (six years ago) link
Apparently lives in Albuquerque. Formerly known as Rockist Scientist. Re-regged under this name in 2009.
― how's life, Friday, 9 February 2018 23:39 (six years ago) link
see also R S LaRue (? ) for even more old school posts, I think
― sleeve, Saturday, 10 February 2018 00:07 (six years ago) link
I did enjoy the Wassouf clip. And I will check in with Rudipherous (virtually).
― No purposes. Sounds. (Sund4r), Saturday, 10 February 2018 00:39 (six years ago) link
Yeesh, only just saw what was happening.
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 10 February 2018 00:42 (six years ago) link
that BS thread progression does not bode well
― mh, Saturday, 10 February 2018 00:53 (six years ago) link
The various Radio ones are my favorites actually. I never tire of them. They allow me to imagine i'm somewhere more exotic and interesting than Joliet, Illinois.
― VyrnaKnowlIsAHeadbanger, Saturday, 10 February 2018 01:08 (six years ago) link
Wow just read the last few posts and yeah the anti-Semitism caught me by surprise and is a major bummer. I guess i should check that Butts thread. The way you guys are talking makes me wonder if this may be another Bimble type situation. I hope not.
― VyrnaKnowlIsAHeadbanger, Saturday, 10 February 2018 01:24 (six years ago) link
Wow! I really hope this guy will be o.k. That is a really odd read. Re: the butts thread
― VyrnaKnowlIsAHeadbanger, Saturday, 10 February 2018 01:39 (six years ago) link
i understand what dude said was kind of alarming and p vile, but is it really possible to care about someone's wellbeing while also instantly excommunicating and shunning them? would it be so bad to unban him and attempt to dialogue?
― sleepingbag, Saturday, 10 February 2018 01:44 (six years ago) link
good question for the moderator request board
― mh, Saturday, 10 February 2018 01:55 (six years ago) link
Suck my asshole, sleepingbag
― khat person (jim in vancouver), Saturday, 10 February 2018 02:04 (six years ago) link
Ack, I got into Shiina Ringo years ago because of the ILM thread, which Rudipherous was largely responsible for keeping alive.
― eatandoph (Neue Jesse Schule), Saturday, 10 February 2018 02:20 (six years ago) link
he's been posting a long time and his music knowledge is deep; the thing this place has over specialist / focused lists is the ability to cross-reference completely across genre, it's the people who make the connective links between wildly different artists who make the deepest contributions and I hope he's ok
― Milton Parker, Saturday, 10 February 2018 02:26 (six years ago) link
thanks for checking in w/him, Sund4r
is it really possible to care about someone's wellbeing while also instantly excommunicating and shunning them?
yes, as long as lines of communication are kept open
would it be so bad to unban him and attempt to dialogue?
based on past board experiences with M March@nt and burt_stanton and others, I'd say "yes" here
Milton also otm
― sleeve, Saturday, 10 February 2018 03:44 (six years ago) link
I haven't heard back from him, fwiw. If anyone is there irl or is in touch with him, maybe you'd want to check in idk?
― No purposes. Sounds. (Sund4r), Saturday, 10 February 2018 23:56 (six years ago) link
Thanks for trying Sund4r. Does anyone know his irl name?
― how's life, Sunday, 11 February 2018 14:09 (six years ago) link
Yes, feel free to email for it.
― No purposes. Sounds. (Sund4r), Sunday, 11 February 2018 14:13 (six years ago) link
it sucks that this thread went this way as his wake-up post is OTM, I learned Wassouf's music on a long flight last year and it's astonishing stuff.
― she carries a torch. two torches, actually (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Sunday, 11 February 2018 15:41 (six years ago) link
There is a blog linked in his user profile (if you click on the user name under the post). I'm presuming it's his. There are fresh posts as of today. The antisemitism goes back years. That's as far as I'm going to pursue this.
― mod, Monday, 12 February 2018 00:40 (six years ago) link
Christ, it's even worse than I thought.
― pomenitul, Monday, 12 February 2018 00:44 (six years ago) link
fuck this arsehole.
― calzino, Monday, 12 February 2018 01:50 (six years ago) link
there are loads of posters on ILX who are "on the edge". I couldn't care less if this prick decides to take himself out.
― calzino, Monday, 12 February 2018 01:53 (six years ago) link
I stopped communicating with him a little over a year ago (until yesterday) and am disturbed by the blog's contents but I still FPd you for that.
― No purposes. Sounds. (Sund4r), Monday, 12 February 2018 02:06 (six years ago) link
probably a bit harsh an a rush of blood, but fuck him tbh.
― calzino, Monday, 12 February 2018 02:09 (six years ago) link
I mean maybe some good folk can harbour International Jewish conspiracies, without being irredeemably shit people. But I've never met any yet.
― calzino, Monday, 12 February 2018 02:18 (six years ago) link
shame abt the antisemitism and transphobia and homophobia bc he has eclectic taste in music
― omar little, Monday, 12 February 2018 03:45 (six years ago) link
You might want to put a little NSFW warning here.
― Dinsdale, Monday, 12 February 2018 06:29 (six years ago) link
Sorry if I came off as overly snarky in my last post but he's given me thinly veiled useless bigot creep vibes forever which I think were actually masked a bit even to myself by his world music expertise. I take his particular brand of bigotry a bit personally and he should never be allowed to return. May he find peace and enlightenment elsewhere.
― omar little, Monday, 12 February 2018 07:30 (six years ago) link
Dinsdale: Thanks. I've amended the post.
Calzino: for fucks sake man.
― mod, Monday, 12 February 2018 10:25 (six years ago) link