who r BIG 4 ilm?

(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...

The big four of ILM are

War
Famine
Pestilence
Death

Death is one of the Big Four of death metal iirc

War is one of the big 4 of Latin funk too, except when they aren't

War is one of the Big Four of black metal iirc

also:

http://media.photobucket.com/image/famine%20band/themetalden2007/l_a39101f9db4e483584d711d620377ddf.jpg

&

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0MuxouJorOc/SuoW0yHqDGI/AAAAAAAABWs/XQucJsj4kzo/s320/pestilence_band_01a.jpg

er..

http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z89/themetalden2007/l_a39101f9db4e483584d711d620377ddf.jpg

I wouldn't call Lex or Geir's attitudes arbitrary - quite the opposite to be honest.

xpost Please let there be a band called Famine. Oh look, there is...

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"

Haha, too kind. Most of my lengthy responses are definitely from the earlier days of the board but one still has to throw in as one can.

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

This lineup would really be Wilson, Lloyd George, etc. I get to be Clemenceau though.

haha top shelf balloon-puncturing

xpost - just so long as I'm not Wilson!

haha top shelf balloon-puncturing

yeah I don't disagree with this at all, but I'm not quite sure what it means--I'm kind of hoping some good poster can point me in the direction of examples of ^this

There needs to be a top shelf hypeman in there as well although that might be covered by Ned's top shelf largesse.

Sure there's a straight balloon-puncturer who precedes Some Dude but I'm struggling to think of who.

Jess was a Vahid X Some Dude cross avant la lettre.

Which in some ways made him the ultimate ILMer.

pretty sure it just means i have a tendency to burst other peoples' bubbles (i.e. being a wet blanket or spoilsport) but in a top shelf way i guess, which i think is fair to say but i'm not gonna provide my own highlight reel here

xpost -- wow yeah it's definitely an oversight that noone's 4 has included strongo hulkington so far

all the guys with names like Mark C, Matt P, Mark DC, they should all just be one poster

lol

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