Introduce Yourselves!

Oh, it's YOU, eh? *beats Frank down*

More seriously, welcome to Brad. I'll have to quibble with you regarding Eminem, though (heavens, man, the new album -- a couple of diamonds surrounded by dogshit, for a start).

Em could do it. We'll know more in a couple days.

but frank, we know now! in fact, i've had to listen to ethan blather about it all night!

(the record is out, in case you didn't know. pre-release to beat the bootleggers.)

ha ha ignore ned he is how do you say a bit extreme in some of his views haha

Thanks for your kind words, especially the extremist ones. My great idea applies more to mainstream thought than crit theory, and less to rock (a medium created for the youth audience) than movies or TV or whatever. But even though many pop writers know that youth in itself is worth celebrating, the geezers generally only study their own reactions, and I don't think they correlate sufficiently with the actual experiences the kids have. Though I might change my mind in a decade, just like I hope I will about John Ford...

Anyway, in this great country of mine, I think (I'll have to check) that I still have to wait till June 4 for the Eminem album, and I don't know if I'll have time to steal it before them. And since it's not an Osama concept album, I'm already disappointed. Still, E gets my millennium nod for a whole array of diamonds, bound together in a lattice to form a mega-meta-diamond, even if what binds them is shit.

haha BLATHER you loved it

a bit extreme in some of his views

JUST because I think "Stan" is the single most unfunniest single since "We Are the World"...

'black humor'

...is not apparent.

wasn't "we are the world" supposed to be funny?

Depends on who you talk to.

this thread has been silent too long...

been posting on ILM for abt a year (or more) but nevah introduced myself.

Name is Julio. I am 22 years old and I live in London, UK (as I write I am in Toronto though). I am currently doing a PhD in chemistry at University College, London.

I was Born in Brazil but I moved to England 10 years ago. Watching Ian Curtis on the telly did stir up an initial interest in music. Started buying rock/indie records but then watched a captain beefheart doc on the telly that led me to him. This completely changed my musical inetrests and led me to more marginalised musical forms such as free-improvisation and also some free-jazz. From the classical standpoint I seem to like things that are 'anti-classical' like morton feldman and Xenakis' electronic pieces but have maintained an interest in the walking corpse that is 'popular music'.

my name is chris browning, 26, and i'm currently holed up in hebden bridge with the flower people looking for gainful employment with my film studies MA. currently resorting to my original vocation as a librarian. musically my obsessions are nick drake and the whole gamut of sixties folk rock to more trad. folk people like the watersons and the like, XTC, robyn hitchcock, the clean and all other NZ bands robert scott dabbles his hands in, stackridge, syd barrett, esquivel etc etc. my first and most abiding love is old jazz, especially 1920's dance band people like henry hall and al bowlly. could listen to that for hours. tend towards more introspective music as am an introspective kind of person. tend to be much more willing to talk film that talk music, but like to see what's being discussed hereabouts....

Umm, OK then.

William Swygart, 18 years old, born Croydon, South London, currently studying English Lit. & French at Birmingham Uni. Also student journo type wanker. Interest in music triggered by seeing Pulp play Glastonbury (on telly) in 1995. At least I think it was 1995. Any case. Quite into me indie-pop and such and such, favourite song of all time would be Lazy Line Painter Jane, waiting for the real rain to come and wash Starsailor off our streets (and Haven if it's got the time)... Oh, and I look like I should be emo. It isn't intentional. Really it isn't.

"I am the devil, and I come to do the devil's work."

Dont Touch This is my favourite EVER song!

i mean MC Hammer song EVER. God, I know I should add the name of the performer. Sorry!

The pants did it.

haha nath, you belgian waffle it's "CANT touch this"!

I never went to his concerts because I know I would want to prove him wrong!

i heard that everywhere he went it was 'hammer, go hammer! mc hammer! go hammer!'

I am Alex, 21, live in Doncaster, South Yorkshire, planning to EITHER: take uni place in Greenwich this September, OR: go and live somewhere else and do something else instead (Manchester or somewhere, i dunno).

Obtained 'Kylie' by Kylie Minogue on cassette at age of 7 (1988), have not looked back since. Favourite album ever would be 'Different Class'. Will say no more, as will feel obliged to namecheck about 200 bands'n'artists, and this would be bit gratuitous.

Did I ever say? I like Slayer.

Obtained 'Kylie' by Kylie Minogue on cassette at age of 7 (1988), have not looked back since.
That has been a wise decision, my friend. I wouldn't either. I wouldn't either. I wouldn't either either either. E e e e either.

Jel, you have now! SLAYAH ROOLZ!

Hi all. I'm Matt Riedl. 43 years old. Veteran of various punk and pop bands (Braille Party being the one that came closest to popularity, a couple LPs in the 80s.)

Now doing cut-and-paste/irritainment music like everyone else. I go by DJ Veal, until I'm sure that lame Canadian band by the name of Veal is dead-and-gone.

For the record, I like hearing everything once; after that I'm a lot more discerning! Also for the record, I LIKE hip-hop. And my personal goal is never to get stuck, temporally, in any music (as in, let's say, my wife: stopped listening to new music in the 70s so only music up to the 70s is of any worth)(perhaps I'm being a little harsh on her). I think we, now as always, live in the times of the best music ever.

I'm Johanna. I'm in my early thirties, female, live in Iceland. I'm not particularly into any specific kind of music. My CD and vinyl collection spans everything from Gregorian chants and classical music through jazz, country, pop, techno, rock and heavy metal - you name a music genre and chances are I've got an example of it. I especially like novelty music, like the kind played by Dr. Demento.

Johanna- i saw the movie 101 reyavik (can't spell the name). Anyway, what struck me was that all the blonde women were really lovely looking. More so than in britain, that's for sure. That's the impression i got. is that true or is it just a movie in the end?

you name a music genre and chances are I've got an example of it.
How's about Zart Core?

I am a 20 yr old female from californa. My favorite band is the Deftones. and.....ummmmm......thats all i have to say about myself.

Hello and welcome. :-)

In reference to myself, Josh describes me in the following way:

"I hope you feel pretty clever for being a dick as ambiguously as you have. What's your fucking problem, anyway? As far as I know no one here comes to post on the lameass boards you hang out on to pick arguments with people they know will disagree with their snotty attitudes. What exactly threatens you about people who appreciate music ironically, anyway? Afraid people will think you do too, and think you're a stupid hipster doofus? What the hell threatens you about people who want to talk about music, and analyze it, and think? If you really wanted to do that you could start a discussion that wasn't as provocative, or just look through our archives, we talk about this all the time. If you can't take it then just go back to where you feel safe and leave us the fuck alone. "

Jack- obv. you're on the right path. Keep going.

my opinion of you has changed with your continued posting to ilm, jack. I'm glad you stuck around.

nothing personal against you, josh -- I just that would be amusing as my "introduction."

in reality I run a record label by myself and the PRL with several others, a fledgling and incomplete website that's been up a scant 2 and half months (the board part being around for a year). I also buy, research and sell rare books for a living.

turn ons include the Los Angeles Free Music Society, Dock Boggs, outsider music, Cleveland 70's punk and Tropicalia (to name a few).

turns offs include Stephen Malkmus, Britpop, reggae (though not dub or 60's ska), and "pop."

no worries, jack, no worries.

my old introduction is out of date.

now I AM a phd student in philosophy, focusing on aesthetics, in particular philosophy of music. I study and work as a graduate assistant slave at the lovely u of minnesota, twin cities. if I'm fast I might graduate in, uh, 2006. or 2007.

I wrote about anything related to music on my blog.

Pop and Rock are two forms that could never rise above the mediocre level. That is all one needs to know.

Is this Ben Watson?

I do like Kylie now, so that's out of date.

ben likes rock, i think. and jazz. so adorno is actually adorno risen from the grave. just like our lord jesus!

I never Introduced Myself when I started posting here, so after a while I decided to wait until my first year posting anniversry. I've got two months to go.

Reply to Julio and Nathalie:

Julio, being a movie, 101 does have a disproportionally large number of beautiful people in it, but I think I can say with certainty that if you were to come to Reykjavík to check out the party scene, you would find a satisfying number of beautiful blondes… Nathalie – I did say chances are… ;-)

johanna- not only do you listen widely to music but you have given just the answer that i wanted. if i ever go there you must show me this 'party scene'.

me: 28 yr old family man (1 wife,2 cats,3 kids), cd junkie, american, living in korea, e-surfer

i am currently listening to fink! by the swamp zombies, in the last few weeks: scratch, the nits, shig & buzz, johnny cash, dj red alert, happy mondays, momus, zoobombs, boredoms, 5.6.7.8's, jack drag, beatles, eels, peter tosh, misfits, willie nelson, at the drive-in, hard rain vol.1 (dylan tribute), michael franti, william s. burroughs, steven jesse bernstein, blue meanies, sonic youth, digable planets, a lot of lounge music, laptop, shitloads of reggae, the cure, violent femmes, speech, weezer, etc... also a little website updating: www.soapbubblebox.isgreat.net a blogger page: www.soapbubblebox.blogspot.com yeah, thats about it for me

ps- i also burn cds and trade them, wink wink, nudge nudge...

I'm telling!

I'm autovac, also known as Montag. just found this & bookmarked today.

A DJ and a DIY musicmaker.

play turntables delayed and guitars and impacts in Interferents, a Brooklyn-based improvised recomposing sound unit.

I'm proud to be playing round records on the WFMU Listener hour Saturday morning, August 31st. check out the shows archive at wfmu.org, they are and have been the best ever at free-form.

it's all about This Heat, Can, Devo, Plagal Grind, electric Miles Davis, Turbo Blender Man, Timbaland, Messthetics, Laddio Bolocko, Lightning Bolt, Deerhoof, Volcano the Bear, Vibracathedral Orchestra, no wave, brutal prog, schmoozecore, file sharing, and mix tapes.

bim

correxion: when I say "it's all about" such & such, that's just me & what I like this week.
wfmu(.org) itself is just a vast & wonderful thing for a lover of music.

Hi I'm Richard and I'm 24 year old from Stirling,Scotland. Not working at the moment.

I first got into music through listening to old 50's compilations borrowed from an Auntie when I was a small boy. First three singles bought. Deeelites-Groove is in the heart, The Farm-Altogether Now,Definition of SOund-Wear your love like heaven. First album-Happy Mondays-Bummed. I think.

I'm usually pretty reserved so I think I'll end here.
I'll sign off with my 10 most listened to Mp3's at the moment

1)Anita Ward-Ring My Bell
2)Woody Guthrie-Cocaine Blues
3)Vaselines-Slushy
4)Jazzy Jeff and The Fresh Prince-Girl's Aint Nothing But Trouble
5)A Guy Called Gerald-Voodoo Ray
6)Blind Willie McTell-You Was Born To Die
7)Taskforce-It's Us Were Back
8)Mint Royale-Don't Falter
9)The Carter Family-Leaning On The Everlasting Arms
10)Ms Dynamite-Dy-na-mi-tee

Hello, I'm Lucas from Poznan, Poland, 26 year old, addicted to ILX for almost a year. I love: Tricky, Luomo, Jan Jelinek / Farben, Sonic Youth, Missy E, jungle, St.Etienne, post-punk, The Streets, Basic Channel / Chain Reaction, Jay-Z... just from the top off my head.I hate my writing, even in Polish, not to mention my embarassment by my written English. Maybe that's why it took me so long to post here (I prefer not to explain it by my drinking-habits :):)).
Now I feel motivated mainly by Technicolor (surprise!), Skykicking, The Church Of Me, but love you all!

I've seen this a lot, read FreakyTrigger. I'm 29, live near Oxford but wish I still lived in Brighton, and do another Internet pseudo-job. I listen, at the minute, to whatever I can scrounge on minidisc or free CDs, which is lots of postrock and microbeat stuff. I'm also getting back into dub, after about 10 years, which is a bit odd. The obligatory list of influences:Diamond Dogs, Huggy Bear, Charles Mingus, AR Kane, Bobby O, 1994 Brighton trance and a review Simon Reynolds wrote of Jesus Jones which asked why dance-rock never ended up as Sonic Youth being fistfucked by the Prodigy.