Introduce Yourselves!

i am emily. i wish that communism worked. i live in kentucky, usa. i enjoy politics: the far left, and music: Postal Service, My Morning Jacket, Ida, Rainer Maria, Quasi, Slint, Low, etc. i dislike conservatives and animals dressed as humans.

What about humans dressed as animals?

Names like Sterling Clover and Ned Raggett sound a bit like sinister fortysomethings who know much more about music than I ever will (you probably still do that, though)

It's all part of the act. ;-)

Ronan, it's a 2 CD compilation he did in 2000. I thought it was a mixed when I bought it but alas not. It meant to be a selection of tracks which influenced him, along with a few LRD and Zoot Woman tracks and mixes. I think it's listed on AMG. It's pretty good.

humans dressed as animals are okay, humans that smell like animals are not.

emily what if they smell like guinea pigs who smell sweet, like hay?

If not for Emily I would've never known about doggles!

Emily PH33RS MONKEYDOG!

26, almost married (next Saturday), I live in Baltimore County (just outside of B-more). Write for Baltimore City Paper, Orlando Weekly, Skyscraper (soon), and Tailspins. I lurk more than I post. Feel like I should say more....but I'd rather spend the time rocking out.

Hey Stewart O., I'm good friends with Dan B., and I miss him. He's been in Montgomery, Ala., for a bit now.

I'm Ben Welsh. I'm a student at DePaul in Chicago, IL. I write --occasionally about music, but not always -- for the DePaul student paper The DePaulia. I'm training to be a conventional journalist..considering the Medill graduate program at Northwestern anybody got any tips?

I'm a music nut who's into about everything so I it's impossible to pick absolute favorites but off the top of my head I'd go with Fugazi, The Clash and VU as my favorites rock bands. I'm a big hip hop head too with my favorites over there being Outkast, Wu-Tang, and Nas.

my name having been dropped here (cue sally fields' "you like me! you really like me!" oscar acceptance speech) today, thought i'd join up ...

anyway, the lowdown: 43, newspaper editor (when i'm working, that is, which hasn't been the case for *ack* 9 months now), marooned in "the cradle of the confederacy" -- which i swear makes little rock seem like new york london paris munich -- for 1 3/4ths years & counting.

after years of exclusionary punk rectitude (got into the stuff in 3/78), in my dotage i seem to have become one of those mushy wow-man-like-i-love-*every*thing types i hated for so long ... not only late '70s punk & (especially) postpunk (i'm pretty pleased with the newish adherents as well, a la liars, rapture, radio 4, yeah yeah yeahs, interpol, hot hot heat, etc) but also early rap (through around mid-'84, circa run-dmc's first lp), funk, electrofunk, rockabilly, anarchopunk, '60s/'70s r&b & soul, disco, some '60s rock (pretty much the obvious ones, though please god not pink floyd -- not even the syd stuff has done anything for me, though every now & then i give it another chance), alt-country, pre-'80s country, a bit of reggae. pretty much everything, i guess, other than opera & jazz.

particular faves -- the fall (saw 'em last month in atlanta), wire, mekons, chumbawamba, redskins, cure, joy division, buzzcocks (also last month in atlanta), damned (this month in mobile), cruxshadows, dandy warhols, type o negative, oi polloi, spinners, gap band, gun club, ccr, sparks, trailer bride, riptones, killing joke, pretty things, porter wagoner, johnny cash, public enemy, bluebells, minimal man, rudimentary peni, screamers, epoxies, social distortion, crispy ambulance, wall of voodoo, tv21, red lorry yellow lorry, o'jays, 3 johns, suicide ... tons more.

nonmusic obsessions -- silver age marvel comics, horror fiction (especially lovecraft) & movies, sf (especially philip k dick), the paranormal (color me "fascinated skeptic"), "outlaw" sports leagues (federal league, afl, aba, wha, wfl, usfl), baseball, '70s basketball, ultraleftism in general (anarchism in particular), dreams (just started keeping a dream journal -- recorded at least bits & pieces from 8 different ones this a.m.), post-depression u.s. history (especially the '60s), certain tv shows (buffy, law & order, etc).

Welcome Tube Man! Good to see you again - I think you'll enjoy it here!

You may be amused to hear that I've been in contact with our old friend Ms. Tagonist's sparring partner Steve Wallace (he's now the guitarist in Penetration and is actually a really good bloke!) and indeed have discovered "Ann"'s true identity - "she" is actually Billy Gilbert (ex Chelsea, now in The Lurkers)!

Mrs. H, 33/3 years of age, living in Seattle WA with a husband whose musical taste matches mine in only one area- that involving all things Mark E. Smith related. Otherwise, I seem to align with Phil T tastewise (old people rule!) Fell free to harass our marital community whilst in the Pacific NW. Nice to meet you.

minna- iguess guinea pig smell is okay, and Dale the titled-NO MORE MONKEYDOG!!!!!!!!

I've been posting here for a couple of weeks & I just realized this thread. Sorry!

I'm John Magee, from Boston, MA (originally Detroit, MI). I'm a former college DJ (WMBR, "Breakfast of Champions") & I focused on late 80s - early 90s indie rock. I'm also into plenty of 60s and 70s rock, krautrock, various avant-garde stuff (Red Krayola, etc.). I'm 33.

But my real hero is Neil Young. I think I'm quite the Neil scholar, but there are some people around here who blow me away.

Some of the other classic stuff I always come back to: Richard Thompson, Elvis Costello, Steve Earle, Dylan, Talking Heads, Joni Mitchell, Television, any proto-70s-punk, Replacements, The Who, Stones, etc. etc.

I soured on indie-rock, and I spent a good part of the 90s focused on alt-country and its roots in 70s rock. I pretty much ran the gamut on that and have been spending most of the 2000s catching up on electronic music 1985 - 2003, modern hip-hop, and listening to as much new music as I can possibly get my hands on.

I also enjoy tons of classic country music - I have a decent collection there - and even some modern stuff. I'll listen to anything coming out of the Nashville machine and usually find one or two good records per year (Alan Jackson Drive last year, for example).

I'm also way into recording engineer stuff. I have a full PC-based studio with some great outboard equipment. I love making music even more than listening to it.

Soulseek: find my base collection, which i am progressively digitizing and am through L at the_magster. Find my recent downloads at scrimshander.

That's enough.

I've been posting here for awhile now. I'm Steve, a 42 year-old dad (9 year-old son),US government employee, contributor to a few Washington DC publications(writing mainly about African, Carribbean, & Latin music but ocassionally re Malaco-style soul,rap,roots-rock & zydeco and indie-rock), and a Baltimore Orioles, Md Terps fan. I used to dj at the Univ. of Md radio station ages ago and put out a fanzine called Thrillseeker in the early '80s with a buddy of mine. It covered DC hardcore plus we had a Troublefunk interview in issue 1 and reviewed all kindsa records and concerts--commercial funk and rap, postpunk,reggae, roots rock, pop,...I also wrote for Op, and Option, and had a few things in Swellsville and Why Music Sucks and Puncture way back when. These days I'm listening to hiphop and r'n'b radio(likes--Lil' Jon,Kanye West and Timbaland productions, Mary J Blige); indie-whatever pop from the Pernice Brothers; Sierra Maestra; Bembeya Jazz; Neba Solo(from Mali); Patti Loveless; and call it watered down and mediocre but I like Good Charlotte's songs that get on radio and mtv...

i am the mighty Orbit, with sparkly superpowers.
there isn't really anything to say about myself; i'm pretty boring.
musical taste is all over the place.

Hi there. Custos sent me. Am I allowed to say that? Sorry Custos if I embarass you by talking about my bleedin' burnin' anus. Well I'm a music fan. I wish I had some form of talent to make music but I draw instead. http://www.cspot.org/portfolio/?mode=display_index&id=117

Right now I'm working at an independent animation studio in Canada making a low-brow funny TV show. I'm surviving on zero income for a while while this studio is getting established, doing work thats too good to be real work, & I like it like that. I'm way into self sufficiency. I bike everywhere & I'm obsessed with dumpster diving. Latest thing I'm proud of scoring, is two huge bags of day-old bread to feed a dozen people this week.

I listen to lots and lots of music every day while I work. Music is the ONLY thing I spend money on- esp. in mass quantities of old records and tapes from flea markets & garage sales. Can't love them enough. People drop all kinds of wierd stuff there. Accordingly my collection centers in the 80's. Especially post-punk stuff. Screw lists, I'll just name my top favorite album of all time: Chameleons "Strange Times"; and last one bought, Rational Youth "Cold War Night Life."

Well, I guess thats all that matters I guess. Maybe I should mention that my greatest unfulfilled wish is to give birth to tadpoles. Also, my balls are slammed in a cop car trunk & I accidentally swallowed the key, won't somebody please free me?

PS. I'm 25.

I am a complicated man, and no one understands me but my woman.

Okay, no one cares but here goes. 42, bike mechanic. Played in bands since I was 12 and backed up a Youth Choir on a soutern US tour. Write a column for a reigional cycling paper. FAR Left. And have no paticular taste in music. I love Martin Denny and GG Alin equally. I have "Fuck You, Im a Punk" tatooed right across my soul. Cheers, Pleased to meet me.

''Hi there. Custos sent me. Am I allowed to say that?''

wow! you know custos?!

wots 'e like, custos? wots 'e like then?

Hi my name is Hector and I am 32 I started buying records at 11 with Queen doing the title song to the Flash Gordon movie. Since then I was into hardcore and some metal as a teenager in Texas in the 80's, krautrock, alternative, and any weirdo music that kicked ass. I moved to London in the 90's started djing and got involved with Youth (from Killing Joke's) dragonfly records and the butterfly studio. Went on to Twisted records with Simon from Schpongle, Hallucinogen and had the time of my life. Eventually moved back to the states did some audio TV work and studio Pro tools work left that and am now a librarian.

Whew, life can be a bit crazy sometimes. After all that I am still a music geek looking for the best new sound.
Cheers.

HI Im Peter from Sydney Australia and am 35 (am I that old!?) and run a small IT company, and am unreasonably passionate about music - anything rhythmical (that covers most of it), electronica, rock, pop, the whole box and dice. I can't remember all the micro genres but I'll probably like it if it's good.

update: I'm Matos, I edit Seattle Weekly's music section and right now the new Basement Jaxx is the best thing on earth. I'm 28 and single and my book about Prince's Sign 'O' the Times, which I will be finishing over the next couple weeks, will be available in stores in February 04. < /shameless plug>

matos you should write a book entirely about 'gett off'

Chapter 1

23 Positions in a 1 Night Stand

Chapter 2

I Don't Serve Ribs

Bonus chapter: "Horny Pony"

bibliography & references: james brown - 'mother popcorn'

haha JB and JB revivalism (and rap--you know, golden age rap, your favorite music ethan!) will be discussed at length in the "Housequake" part

well yeah i just meant cuz of the direct quote, as far as jb pastiche its still no sexy motherfucker!! i have actually never heard sign o the times :-/ i love the tlc cover of if i was your girlf though!! i should probably buy your book and pretend i knew all that stuff all along

you should by the fucking record, dude. you will luh ih

hey gaz & julio, sorry I'm sworn to secrecy, especially about the bloody truck stop glory hole incident. Actually all I know is he writes really funny letters.

ok. though if you ever feel like telling...;-)

I'm Pedro. I lurk in dark alleys and assault passersby with my violent trombone technique. I'm a third-degree black belt in origami and I'm on Interpol's most-wanted list (the police organization, not the Ian Curtis clones). I have a mole shaped like Debbie Harry on my inner thigh. I can read your mind...

Also, I'm off my meds.

um, hi. my name’s Mandy, and I *promise* not to blurt out so much anymore. In many ways i’m a baby to this world (the internet). I’m in grad school, and not really enjoying it; I’m really not happy with most of the theories i’ve had to read, so in trying to beat them up, i sort of ended up just randomly bashing the world. i apologize. I love music! I think this board is great. smart, funny, it’s about music... and random pooping. so i just wanted to crawl out of my corner and say hi. hi.

ok, so i'm intense, random, my brain is in overload and my attention to detail is sh*t right now. yeah, but ridilin doesn't help, never did. music is an (at times) overwhelming emotional/physical/psychological experience; daily a song or album will just fuck my mind all up. i'm a total naive idealist romantic, partly, at least. so, uh, hi, again:)

Welcome! Don't apologize for blurting on this board, I think it's the modus operandi.

Neorealista? Portuguese? Brazilian?

american

I wish these introductions happened more often these days.

sorry, neorealism is a type of italian cinema: described as working class, with an anti-hollywood aesthetic, ie. Rossellini, or the movie The Bicycle Thief. "Neorealists conveyed ideas of the Left, focused on social inequalities, and criticized power and the jargon of Fascism."

Alright, Rockist Scientist and ILM intelligentsia: My name is Jim Sonnenberg and I broadcast via the gusbot. As someone who has lurked and only recently started posting, I must say I really dig this board and some of the thinkers that post here. Even the brawls, for the most part, are often entertaining.

I grew up listening to '45s on the kitchen floor. My recollection is hazy, though I recall enjoying: the Monkees, Johnny Cash (Boy Named Sue), Georgie Girl, and somewhere along the way, "Boogie Nights." I listened to transistor radios a lot in my youth and thought disc jockeys wielded enormous power and influence. This was before I met some of them.

First record purchased with my own money: Kiss Alive at K-Mart sometime in 1977. I saw Kiss that same year, or '78, at the Chicago Stadium with my parents and a friend from school. . I soon tired of them and sold all those records at a garage sale. Records that mattered since then: Back in Black/Moving Pictures/Quadrophenia/Stop Making Sense/It Takes a Nation of Millions/Doolittle/A Love Supreme/Mummies Play Their Own Records/Reverse Willie Horton/Teenager of the Year/Mass Romantic/One Beat and literally hundreds of others I can't think of this instant.

I am, to one degree or another, a rockist, but my tastes now are more catholic than ever and I'm open to anything with a great melody/good texture or tough beats. I don't have the time to listen to music like I once did. Basically, I live for the spine tingle that music delivers sporadically. That, for me, is what it's all about.

I've written a few music pieces that ran in Chicago recently (one on the impending demise of the Checkerboard Lounge) that I have been working up the nerve to throw up here for commentary or ridicule.

alright then, that's me.

Rah and welcome!

Welome!

Just don't mention the (rock) war!

''welome''

Yeah, "Welome"! -- all the hep cats are saying it