neddantim faerosmith
i totally still think of myself as a newbie
― lex pretend, Thursday, 14 April 2011 07:41 (thirteen years ago) link
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)
― some dude, Wednesday, April 13, 2011 10:09 PM (Yesterday)
Strong case to be made for this configuration as well.
― That's why they call me (Johnny Fever), Thursday, 14 April 2011 07:48 (thirteen years ago) link
4 really isn't enough, though.
― That's why they call me (Johnny Fever), Thursday, 14 April 2011 07:52 (thirteen years ago) link
Was the weerewolf kid called Connor?
― lol sickmouthy (Scik Mouthy), Thursday, 14 April 2011 08:15 (thirteen years ago) link
Yes! Smedley!
I am a Werewolf
He's a fucking all time hero.
― lol sickmouthy (Scik Mouthy), Thursday, 14 April 2011 08:16 (thirteen years ago) link
NedTim FGeirNabisco (otm)
― Future Debts Collector (Le Bateau Ivre), Thursday, 14 April 2011 08:51 (thirteen years ago) link
This is probably true, give or take a Nabisco.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 14 April 2011 08:56 (thirteen years ago) link
i considered nabisco but he doesn't post all that much any more
― lex pretend, Thursday, 14 April 2011 08:59 (thirteen years ago) link
johnny fever is a modest mouse
― car's not yellow, it's chicken (Pillbox), Thursday, 14 April 2011 08:59 (thirteen years ago) link
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)
― mark e, Thursday, 14 April 2011 09:07 (thirteen years ago) link
*pours one out*
― car's not yellow, it's chicken (Pillbox), Thursday, 14 April 2011 09:08 (thirteen years ago) link
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"
― Matt DC, Thursday, 14 April 2011 09:09 (thirteen years ago) link
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 logicEthan - top shelf trollingNed - top shelf largesseDog Latin - top shelf challops
My second division would be:
Some Dude - top shelf balloon-puncturingGeir - top shelf posts consistently in characterSinker - top shelf equation-speakDave 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.
― Tim F, Thursday, 14 April 2011 09:14 (thirteen years ago) link
maths
― car's not yellow, it's chicken (Pillbox), Thursday, 14 April 2011 09:15 (thirteen years ago) link
Probably needs to be a shout to Tom E here although I suspect he automatically floats above any Big Four.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 14 April 2011 09:17 (thirteen years ago) link
The werewolf threads were all time.
― Evil Eau (dog latin), Thursday, 14 April 2011 09:20 (thirteen years ago) link
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.
― lol sickmouthy (Scik Mouthy), Thursday, 14 April 2011 09:26 (thirteen years ago) link
Marissa MarchantMariesa SabrielCrispin GloverNorah Jones
― car's not yellow, it's chicken (Pillbox), Thursday, 14 April 2011 09:41 (thirteen years ago) link
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.
― Evil Eau (dog latin), Thursday, 14 April 2011 10:21 (thirteen years ago) link
DOMNEDNABISCODAT NIGGA DELMAR
― popular gay automobile (a hoy hoy), Thursday, 14 April 2011 10:28 (thirteen years ago) link
Ned and Tom and two others.
― Hongroe (Geir Hongro), Thursday, 14 April 2011 10:32 (thirteen years ago) link
(As in maybe two militant anti-rockists such as Lex and Marcello)
― Hongroe (Geir Hongro), Thursday, 14 April 2011 10:33 (thirteen years ago) link
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...
― amphetamine fueled scholar (Drugs A. Money), Thursday, 14 April 2011 10:42 (thirteen years ago) link
The big four of ILM are
WarFaminePestilence Death
― Mark G, Thursday, 14 April 2011 10:43 (thirteen years ago) link
Death is one of the Big Four of death metal iirc
― car's not yellow, it's chicken (Pillbox), Thursday, 14 April 2011 10:50 (thirteen years ago) link
War is one of the big 4 of Latin funk too, except when they aren't
― amphetamine fueled scholar (Drugs A. Money), Thursday, 14 April 2011 10:54 (thirteen years ago) link
War is one of the Big Four of black metal iirc
― car's not yellow, it's chicken (Pillbox), Thursday, 14 April 2011 10:57 (thirteen years ago) link
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
― car's not yellow, it's chicken (Pillbox), Thursday, 14 April 2011 11:00 (thirteen years ago) link
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...
― Evil Eau (dog latin), Thursday, 14 April 2011 11:01 (thirteen years ago) link
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.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 14 April 2011 12:42 (thirteen years ago) link
This lineup would really be Wilson, Lloyd George, etc. I get to be Clemenceau though.
― Hey Look More Than Five Years Has Passed And You Have A C (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 14 April 2011 12:45 (thirteen years ago) link
haha top shelf balloon-puncturing
― some dude, Thursday, 14 April 2011 12:55 (thirteen years ago) link
xpost - just so long as I'm not Wilson!
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 14 April 2011 13:13 (thirteen years ago) link
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
― amphetamine fueled scholar (Drugs A. Money), Thursday, 14 April 2011 13:17 (thirteen years ago) link
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.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 14 April 2011 13:20 (thirteen years ago) link
Jess was a Vahid X Some Dude cross avant la lettre.
Which in some ways made him the ultimate ILMer.
― Tim F, Thursday, 14 April 2011 13:27 (thirteen years ago) link
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
― some dude, Thursday, 14 April 2011 13:28 (thirteen years ago) link
all the guys with names like Mark C, Matt P, Mark DC, they should all just be one poster
― frogbs, Thursday, 14 April 2011 13:30 (thirteen years ago) link
lol
― amphetamine fueled scholar (Drugs A. Money), Thursday, 14 April 2011 13:32 (thirteen years ago) link
the big 4 of Alexes:
Alex in NYCAlex in SFAlex in BaltimoreLex Pretend
― some dude, Thursday, 14 April 2011 13:34 (thirteen years ago) link
no mainhattan no cred
― music loves drugs (Drugs A. Money), Thursday, 14 April 2011 13:35 (thirteen years ago) link
oh word yeah we need 5
― some dude, Thursday, 14 April 2011 13:35 (thirteen years ago) link
for a moment I thought you were Alex in Baltimore--that was me 'connecting the dots' lol
― music loves drugs (Drugs A. Money), Thursday, 14 April 2011 13:36 (thirteen years ago) link
no yeah Alex in Baltimore was my previous dn before some dude
― some dude, Thursday, 14 April 2011 13:38 (thirteen years ago) link
It's less about being a spoilsport and more about making people look ridiculous seemingly without trying.
It's a skill I've never cultivated so I can envy without feeling resentful or competitive.
There's at least one thing fairly loveable about most everyone listed in this thread.
― Tim F, Thursday, 14 April 2011 13:38 (thirteen years ago) link
Matt PMark (D)Cluke grettonJ0hn D.
― mari$$a marchant (Pillbox), Thursday, 14 April 2011 13:38 (thirteen years ago) link
i considered being alex in london when i first joined but decided against it
― lex pretend, Thursday, 14 April 2011 13:38 (thirteen years ago) link
ethanweingartendave qand johnny fever, obviously
― a random quote of mine abt a shitty rapper (history mayne), Thursday, 14 April 2011 13:39 (thirteen years ago) link
oh actually haha that was because i wasn't in london when i joined! and did not want to define myself by cardiff cuz i kinda hated that city
― lex pretend, Thursday, 14 April 2011 13:39 (thirteen years ago) link
im just teasing tho, if u follow his twitter he constantly tweets abt his current job (as a podcaster)
― flopson, Tuesday, 17 November 2020 20:06 (three years ago) link
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
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Wednesday, 18 November 2020 04:11 (three years ago) link
lol @ me being in the OP. I definitely maintained a more active presence here way back when.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 18 November 2020 04:21 (three years ago) link
shame, I had image of deej and Whiney climbing the same mountain and each trying to push the other off
― Lover of Nixon (or LON for short) (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 18 November 2020 04:23 (three years ago) link
4 faves:
Milton ParkerGott PunchNickBBradNelson
― howls of non-specificity (sleeve), Wednesday, 18 November 2020 04:27 (three years ago) link
xpost, you misspelled "suck"
― Four Seasons Total Manscaping (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 18 November 2020 05:14 (three years ago) link
ew
― Lover of Nixon (or LON for short) (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 18 November 2020 05:20 (three years ago) link