who r BIG 4 ilm?

oh yeah i mean it's an inherently silly idea. it is kind of fun to think about though.

Ned
Nabisco
Aerosmith
Lex

http://www.iupui.edu/~histwhs/H114.dir/H114.webslides/k.WWI%20sites/Versailles%20Treaty/a.Big4.gif

Old school:

Ned
Ewing
Sinker
Dave q?

ftr, too, I am a relative novice. So there is that to consider as well.

tho I do second Paul Edward Wagerman and NAthaniel

rtc
some dude
tim f
sarge

Old Fart!!!!!!!
The guy who did that masturbating to rkelly post (name slipping my mind now ...)
Luriqua
Saul Williams

geir
geir
geir
bill magill

miccio
nickalicious
roger adultery
lex

2 uk funky otakus in a list of 4 is a bit much imo

dying @ churl's list

Four is so weird:

i know, right! i just made one & it looked weird & then i deleted

i have only the faintest idea of who Paul Edward Wagemann is, like i've seen the name on the board so many times over the years but can't remember a single thing about dude

A quick one while he's away:

SexyDancer
Edward III
Scott Seward
roxymuzak

vahid should be on one of these

(If anyone is a compulsive toy-shuffler, it's me)

I kinda feel bad for not putting m@tt on that last one :(

mr. snrub
dog latin
dj martian
startrekman

lol

1) Ned Raggett
2) Geir Hongro
3) scott seward
4) kl0pper

^ this post pleases meh

1) wrinkle p
2) mari$$a marchant
3) mickey
4) STAR WIPE

tim f
lex
aerosmith
j0rdan

i have only the faintest idea of who Paul Edward Wagemann is, like i've seen the name on the board so many times over the years but can't remember a single thing about dude

― some dude, Wednesday, April 13, 2011 11:24 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark

towing the line for rockism w/ the grace and measure of Glenn Beck towing the line for American exceptionalism iirc.

Geir
Callum
That werewolf kid talk and chat!
Random googler

ned
dan
tim f
aerosmith

i totally still think of myself as a newbie

I would definitely withdraw myself from the initial list and substitute Alex in NYC. And probably slip J0rdan S. out to slip Alfred in. So, Ned/Alex in NYC/lex/Alfred

ILM's all-time mount rushmore is prob Ned/Ethan/Geir/Alex in NYC

― some dude, Wednesday, April 13, 2011 10:09 PM (Yesterday)

Strong case to be made for this configuration as well.

4 really isn't enough, though.

Was the weerewolf kid called Connor?

Yes! Smedley!

I am a Werewolf

He's a fucking all time hero.

Ned
Tim F
Geir
Nabisco (otm)

ned
dan
tim f
aerosmith

This is probably true, give or take a Nabisco.

i considered nabisco but he doesn't post all that much any more

johnny fever is a modest mouse

scott/ned/alex

the 4th position is a celeb deathmatch between tim f, mark g, whiney, lex & geir

and a special mention for bimble (rip)

*pours one out*

Best thing about most of these inclusions is that they're prone to the sort of multi-paragraph considered thinkpost that kill debates with how OTM they are, and then you have Ned who is impossible to leave out because he has the power to just post an emoticon and have everyone go "Yes! Ned OTM"

Nabisco would be high up in a list of "posters who have influenced the posting styles and argumentative approaches of ILX" (in ways beyond mere phrases like "OTM" - of which Nabisco was beneficiary 10 billion times more than user).

There's probably been a thread on that topic.

In that regard I would say:

Nabisco - top shelf logic
Ethan - top shelf trolling
Ned - top shelf largesse
Dog Latin - top shelf challops

My second division would be:

Some Dude - top shelf balloon-puncturing
Geir - top shelf posts consistently in character
Sinker - top shelf equation-speak
Dave Q - top shelf contraristanning

Most other posters are combos of the above, e.g. Lex = Nabsico X Geir, Vahid = Nabisco X Ethan, rtc = Ethan X Dave Q.

maths

Probably needs to be a shout to Tom E here although I suspect he automatically floats above any Big Four.

The werewolf threads were all time.

If I'm being serious, then Tom, Ned, Nabisco, and Sinker are the four who have most influenced my deportment / thinking / writing in an ILM context.

Marissa Marchant
Mariesa Sabriel
Crispin Glover
Norah Jones

Were i to choose, using tim/mouthy's criteria on a personal level (posting style, musical influence, reflection, arguments, challops) particularly on ILM, I'd say: definitely Lex, Tim F and Matt DC - after that it's a toss-up between a number of posters including Mouthy, Whiney, DJ Martian, Ned, Mark G, Nickalicious, Seward, Johnny Fever and loads of others.

DOM
NED
NABISCO
DAT NIGGA DELMAR

Ned and Tom and two others.

(As in maybe two militant anti-rockists such as Lex and Marcello)

People here are always comparing Lex to Geir, which I can see, but I think Lex's critical parameters are even more arbitrary than Geir's. As far as music goes we have little in common, but we have similar pet peeves, and it always seems to me that when he rails, it's always imo against the worthiest targets (the indie hype machine, laddish idiocy)

Same thing w Aerosmith, who may be similar to Nabisco, but is a great writer in his own right and brings top-shelf psychological insight into everything he posts...

i'm the 100 gecs dude

Being the 100gecs dude doesn’t count as being big anywhere.

xxpost yeah they've seriously been one of the best posters across the board over the past idk five years? longer? my sense of board time is really distorted these days.

yeah thirded, bradnelson is top shelf

this is for ILM thinkfluencers, not famous posters

agree. also Tim F's approval is essentially papal

that said, popularity circlejerks are nagl, ur all v wise and interesting

agreed

instead of a big 4 posters imo we should work out the big 4 differences ILM has from other music communities

here's my effort

- poptimism was won so long ago and so firmly that pop is kind of ancient lore & rite here, not something new and exotic that we're suddenly allowed to like. this puts ILM at odds with other communities that I've seen going through the same wars we did 15 years ago

- by far the best EOY polls & celebrations in existence

- absolute intolerance of fatuous thinking, which is mostly a positive but also sometimes i do feel a tiny, tiny bit sorry for the Turricans of this earth. adapt or die tho tbh, i did

- definite progressive agenda forcing regular posters to go without their usual anglocentric listening habits (while also still catering to the latter plenty) - again, a v good thing, even if u all diss indie 2 much sometimes

anglocentric/manocentric. an ilx alltime canon would be much, much more female than almost all the other canons, and frankly, good

specific user such as imago

shoutout to voodoo chili almost singlehandedly keeping rap thread alive now that deej is a mountain climber who plays the electric guitar

lol

I played guitar in an unsuccessful indie-rock band in Glasgow around 2002-2003 so I'm a pretty big deal

may he forever climb

shoutout to saer and vahid for constantly dropping techno house heaters old and new

agreed. and breastcrawl for afro stuff, dow for country, morrisp for pop. There's a nice collection of about 25 people on this board who do a good job patrolling genres of choice.

shoutout to colonel poo & gott punch 2 hawk wind (up da punx)

saer is a treasure, even if it's not always my thing I admire his aesthetic & commitment

Brad is essential, always happy to see the passion & breadth of taste

Really I appreciate everyone on the jazz and various dance music/electronic threads

shoutout to voodoo chili almost singlehandedly keeping rap thread alive now that deej is a mountain climber who plays the electric guitar

― flopson, Friday, November 6, 2020 1:55 PM (twenty-seven minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

<3.

come talk rap music with me, folx

will post in there more often.

In terms of people I tend to enjoy posts by for various reasons:

BradNelson
breastcrawl
Tim F
pomenitul

now that deej is a mountain climber who plays the electric guitar

― flopson, Friday, November 6, 2020 1:55 PM (twenty-seven minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

sounds like deej is doing well, honestly, embracing wholesome hobbies. i am very happy to hear this.

Is that two wholesome activities or one gnarly but dangerous activity?

actually i think he’s a podcaster now

I figured that was a Wu Tang ref and he's working in A&R now.

ya it was

im just teasing tho, if u follow his twitter he constantly tweets abt his current job (as a podcaster)

i think neil young (neanderthal) is more famous than owen pallett

― treeship., Friday, November 6, 2020 12:18 PM (one week ago) bookmarkflaglink

Neanderthal is Neil Young!? How did I not know this.

Is there a thread for a who’s who or how do you all have this common knowledge.

I just very recently found out JD Twitch is around ILM too.

― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Friday, November 6, 2020 12:22 PM (one week ago) bookmarkflaglink

FGTI is Taylor Swift iirc

lol @ me being in the OP. I definitely maintained a more active presence here way back when.

shame, I had image of deej and Whiney climbing the same mountain and each trying to push the other off

4 faves:

Milton Parker
Gott Punch
NickB
BradNelson

xpost, you misspelled "suck"

ew