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Where are you in school, M?

― Keith Harris (kharris1128), Friday, 21 November 2003 21:36 (twenty years ago) link

That's a possibility. It would be a little strange as I've never met anyone on ILX in person (except one occasional poster who I met several years prior, who may not even know who I am), but that's okay.

― Rockist Scientist, Friday, 21 November 2003 21:38 (twenty years ago) link

mandinina, another Philly connection. We have the making of a Philadelphia ILM FAP crowd (except I'm largely a teetotaller and not much on groups get togethers).

― Rockist Scientist, Friday, 21 November 2003 21:43 (twenty years ago) link

i'm at CMU

― mandinina (mandinina), Friday, 21 November 2003 21:55 (twenty years ago) link

There's debate over whether it's Bicycle Thief or Thieves, the idea being that the film insinuates that we all, at some point, might need to steal a bicycle.

NEVER go drinking with film lecturers.

― Nick Southall (Nick Southall), Friday, 21 November 2003 22:17 (twenty years ago) link

"learned that people would pay me to write about CDs I got for free in the mail

What's the secret, man?"

Sorry, I left out the part where you make next to no money for three years.

― Keith Harris (kharris1128), Friday, 21 November 2003 22:21 (twenty years ago) link

haha "three years"

― M Matos (M Matos), Friday, 21 November 2003 23:35 (twenty years ago) link

I'm new here so I guess I'll do one of these.

Male, 16, English. Enjoys Swans, My Bloody Valentine, Radiohead, Slint, The God Machine, Joy Division, The Cure, Neurosis, Xiu Xiu and anything else that blends angst with melody while managing to keep a pretense of 'art' and 'intelligence'. Heh.

― Stupid (Stupid), Friday, 21 November 2003 23:40 (twenty years ago) link

All sounds good to me! Especially the God Machine part, there's not enough of that around here. Welcome, etc!

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 21 November 2003 23:53 (twenty years ago) link

Cheers. You're the Careless Talk Costs Lives guy aren't you? I liked that at first, but by the end there's been too much "electroclash" and not enough Mogwai. Still, better than your average Strokes-worshipping photos-of-Courtney-Love-in-every-single-fucking-issue British music trash-mag.

I can't get enough of the God Machine. It's all thanks to Aereogramme, Craig B from that band has put me onto so much good heavy music I can't believe it. Neurosis, Converge, Anathema, all that stuff. I owe him a considerable chunk of my CD collection.

― Stupid (Stupid), Friday, 21 November 2003 23:58 (twenty years ago) link

Cheers. You're the Careless Talk Costs Lives guy aren't you?

One of 'em, yup. Loose Lips Sink Ships will be replacing it.

I can't get enough of the God Machine. It's all thanks to Aereogramme, Craig B from that band has put me onto so much good heavy music I can't believe it.

What a good man! I'll have to listen to his band.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Saturday, 22 November 2003 16:08 (twenty years ago) link

You should, they're easily the most interesting band currently working. They're fucking visionaries.

― Stupid (Stupid), Saturday, 22 November 2003 16:39 (twenty years ago) link

I haven't introduced myself, though I've made a few posts. I'm a 21 year old college student at UC Santa Cruz (modern literature). Been reading here for about six months, made a few posts in that time. Favorite music: Pavement, Pulp, Smog, Don Caballero (love Ian Williams especially), Xiu Xiu, MBV, Big Star, Shudder to Think, Frank Black, Prince, The Fall, and most of the usual rockist "classic" suspects. Been listening to a lot of Can lately. Have a weakness for Manowar. I'm not much of a music writer, don't do reviews or anything like that, but I like to contribute tidbits when I can.

― D.J. Anderson, Saturday, 22 November 2003 16:42 (twenty years ago) link

It's always good, welcome indeed. My sister went to UCSC so always nice to meet another banana slug.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Saturday, 22 November 2003 16:44 (twenty years ago) link

I'm latebloomer, so-called because I discovered this forum recently. I'm a 21 year old um, "music fan" from Greenville, South Carolina. I like stuff like Wire, My Bloody Valentine, Sonic Youth, Pixies, and all that jazz (or rock, whatever.) I also love Hardcore, Punk, Speed/Death/Black Metal, etc. Electronic music appeals to me as well. All around a stereotypical dweebazoid. Thank you.

― latebloomer (latebloomer), Sunday, 23 November 2003 07:10 (twenty years ago) link

Yer welcome!

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Sunday, 23 November 2003 19:57 (twenty years ago) link

Hi, I'm Dave, I am little older than your typical ilx'er at 45. I have trouble pinning down what I like, as it frequently changes, but the last 10 CDs I have spent serious time with are Lucinda William's World Without Tears, Lou Reed's Poe, John Coltrane's Coltrane, Yeah Yeah Yeah's Fever To Tell, Beach Boys' Pet Sounds, Etta James' Let's Roll, John Hiatt's Beneath This Gruff Exterior, Kindred the Family Soul's Surrender to Love, Miles Davis' Agharta, and Bruce Cockburn's You've Never Seen Everything. I got over being snobby about my taste in music about 7-8 years ago, and just started listening to almost everything I could get my hands on. This endeavor is aided by virtue of the fact that I am a college professor with an assortment of students normally willing (some desperately) to share their tastes with me. All's the better, though, I have probably heard more could stuff in the last 5 years than I did in my first 40.

Got kids, watch lots of movies, could be more physically fit if I weren't pinned up in this office waiting for students to come by and be tutored in the finer points of applications of second and third derivatives. What have I left out?

Oh wait, I have have a disgusting weakness for prog-rock, and I am even willing to listen to stuff my 11-year old tries to impress me with, like Lisa Marie Presley. So far he's 0 for about 15, but I haven't let him in on it yet.

― Dave Vinson (Gaughin), Monday, 24 November 2003 21:02 (twenty years ago) link

But you listen and that's a good thing, sir. Welcome!

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 24 November 2003 21:04 (twenty years ago) link

11-year-olds listen to Lisa Marie Presley?!?

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 24 November 2003 21:06 (twenty years ago) link

I've been lurking and occasionally posting here for a year and never introduced myself, which is a bit rude really.

I'm 24 and live in Melbourne. I'm currently between jobs. My listening tastes are reasonably varied, thoug much more so recently due to ILX. Currently in the pile next to me: 'Marquee Moon', the Rocket From The Tombs reissue, that new Underworld compilation, Creatures 'Hai!' and Jackie O Motherfucker. And Primal Scream 'Live In Japan', but having seen the reaction the them around here, let's not mention that one. ;)

― Hayden Nicholls (Pop the Weasel), Tuesday, 25 November 2003 04:58 (twenty years ago) link

Hurrah, another Melbourne person, welcome! And don't apologize for that last one, it's mighty fine.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 25 November 2003 05:24 (twenty years ago) link

two months pass...

Emily, 23, appalachia - I work in a women's clinic and play the drums (rarely at the same time). Drink epic amounts of tea and whisky. Recovering punk rocker into all the things I wasn't allowed to like before -- hip hop, house, 70s glam rock, Motown. Like very much: krautrock and what's typically called art punk. Eat haters for breakfast. Like to go to local crotchety old man no-fun pop-hating pub, program jukebox to play "Girls and Boys", watch diaspora.

― roxymuzak (roxymuzak), Thursday, 12 February 2004 19:21 (twenty years ago) link

I like this Roxymuzak person I do.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 12 February 2004 19:27 (twenty years ago) link

Cool...wasn't sure if anyone read this thread anymore.

― roxymuzak (roxymuzak), Friday, 13 February 2004 05:47 (twenty years ago) link

I try to catch up with things! Oh yeah, like the e-mail address, on either side of the @

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 13 February 2004 06:21 (twenty years ago) link

I've had it for years, ever since I first saw velvet goldmine and thought it was special. It embarasses me sometimes, and I had an ex that refused to send mail to it (declaring it "gay") but eh.

― roxymuzak (roxymuzak), Friday, 13 February 2004 06:26 (twenty years ago) link

Ah, yer ex is a lame punk or something. Or so I think. Anyway, welcome to us properly, I need to get to sleep.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 13 February 2004 06:56 (twenty years ago) link

Might it be interesting to revive this as a new thread and see how people's tastes/circumstances have changed....no?

― mzui, Friday, 13 February 2004 12:01 (twenty years ago) link

Be our guest.

― Tico Tico (Tico Tico), Friday, 13 February 2004 12:04 (twenty years ago) link

Chris, all of 24. First started reading the board last March but was entirely in Africa (Mali, Malawi, other countries starting with M) and thus with little opportunity to post anything. Now living in Cambridge, UK. 1991, age 12: burned myself out on GNR. 1993, age 14: burned myself out on Pink Floyd and Bob Dylan. 1995-1998: listened only to "classical," burned myself out on Webern. 1999-2004: started listening obsessively to everything, hoping to burn myself out of music altogether by mid-decade. Still waiting.

― C W (C W), Thursday, 19 February 2004 20:23 (twenty years ago) link

Any relation to CW Anderson?

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Thursday, 19 February 2004 20:38 (twenty years ago) link

Whereabouts in Appalachia, Emily?

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Thursday, 19 February 2004 20:40 (twenty years ago) link

Dom--
Well, we both throw up that awesome CW sign from time to time. I'll admit it, I learned it from him.

― C W (C W), Thursday, 19 February 2004 20:46 (twenty years ago) link

I found ILM last week during all the P&J fun and since have been reading the archived threads and lurking on the new ones. I'm a 33 year old film archivist in the great American southwest. There are no independent record shops here and I have dial-up internet, so save for the occasional urban spree, I'm dependent on cdr/tapeswaps and mailorder, either directly from labels or from places like PopPolar and Tonevendor. I've always loved indiepop, but due to my present circumstance find myself now acquiring it in quantities disproportionate to my actual need for it. Help.

― brian patrick (brian patrick), Thursday, 19 February 2004 21:09 (twenty years ago) link

Redirect the money to used DVD buys or used books and feel a certain relief. And hi there and welcome!

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 19 February 2004 21:18 (twenty years ago) link

Hello, I'm Matt and I found the board a couple of months ago. I tend to lurk more than post. Right now I'm living just north of San Francisco but will most likely be moving back into the city sometime this fall. My taste is pretty varied, today I've got with me Kraftwerk, The Kills, Devendra Banhart, The Zombies, Patsy Cline, and Stereolab. I work for a company called BabyCenter where I answer emails all day from people who have or are expecting children. Perhaps sometime I'll share some of these emails with you all, as they can be terrifyingly funny. If all goes well, however, I hope to have a company of my own started up in the next 12 months. Indian food is my favorite.

― metfigga (metfigga), Thursday, 19 February 2004 21:39 (twenty years ago) link

I work for a company called BabyCenter where I answer emails all day from people who have or are
expecting children. Perhaps sometime I'll share some of these emails with you all, as they can be terrifyingly funny

Hey, considering we have parents and people expecting kids on the board, this will go down well. And indeed welcome. :-)

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 19 February 2004 21:41 (twenty years ago) link

hi metfigga hi brian hi cw hi ned

― mullygrubber (gaz), Thursday, 19 February 2004 21:43 (twenty years ago) link

I've been making my way upthread (Ned, you're so nice!) Not much has changed here...I think I started posting nearly a year ago. I've published in a few more places in the last year. Sadly, I've had little time for freelancing since returning to school. Though there are four assignments due in the next two weeks, and I should be working on them now.

― Kate Silver (Kate Silver), Thursday, 19 February 2004 21:55 (twenty years ago) link

Welcome aboard, Ned.

― Andy K (Andy K), Thursday, 19 February 2004 22:14 (twenty years ago) link

Thank you for welcoming me into your cannibal heart, Mullygrubber. I've heard of this Andy guy. (More seriously, thank ya Kate. :-))

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 19 February 2004 22:16 (twenty years ago) link

<< Whereabouts in Appalachia, Emily? >>

East Tennessee.

― roxymuzak (roxymuzak), Saturday, 28 February 2004 00:27 (twenty years ago) link

one month passes...

hi im laura and im 11 years old and i think that music is great i espielly thnk that the dr. pepper commercial song is just the best!!!!!!!!!

― laura, Sunday, 4 April 2004 11:39 (twenty years ago) link

Hi Laura, I'm glad you like my song. Have you yet heard the remix featuring 50 Cent, called "Dr. P.I.M.P.H.E.R."?

― Dr. Pepper (Tuomas), Sunday, 4 April 2004 11:48 (twenty years ago) link

My name's June, I'm 27 and work at a riding school in a small village called Friday Street, Surrey, UK. I generally lurk, but have posted with a fakery once or twice. I listen to all sorts whilst mucking out: my favourite artists are MDK, The Lilac Time, Black and the classical guitarist, Richard Stevenson.

― June Hobbs, Tuesday, 6 April 2004 14:13 (twenty years ago) link

two weeks pass...

Hi! I am 19 years old and i am currently going to school for lvn, I'll be through in a year. I work with mental health clients, a job which I love. I live in a city with a population of about 100,000.
If you live her your life you will eventually know everyone through someone. I love all kinds of music like r&b, hip hop, tejano, country, rock,and oldies. My cd case included Blu Cantrell, baby bash, jay-z, lil-flip, nas, tupac, deana carter, garth brooks, outkast, kumbia kings, frankie j, linkin park, screwed music. I love to write poetry and love to learn about people from different cities across the world

― April Gutierrez, Sunday, 25 April 2004 16:54 (nineteen years ago) link

Well, howdy to you, April!

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Sunday, 25 April 2004 16:58 (nineteen years ago) link

my name jose jimenez.

― ok, Sunday, 25 April 2004 16:59 (nineteen years ago) link

I was waiting for this thread to appear again so I could get my formal introduction on record. I've put this off for months but it feels like a job application. Hate application forms.

My name is noodle and I live in Hull in the UK where I am usually known as Jim by those who don't do the Interweb thing. I am 35 years old, have 3 kids to my knowledge (the eldest lives with my first wife) and am currently shamefully unemployed. I'd quite like a job as I figure it would be easier than looking after my 2 year-old daughter.

I love music, pretty much all of it from classical to crunk. As a teenage metal-head I learned a) Rockism is silly; b) but Rock is good; and c) the Mullet is not a great look for Smiths fans. My salvation from the curse of the Rockist thing came via Public Enemy, Acid House and Jackson Pollock sometime round the late 80s. Then I realised that music wasn't literature and it was a mistake to criticise the former like the latter (i.e. meaning is not the be all and end all).

I hereby swear to do my best to be a respectable citizen and not fly off the handle when people make ridiculous claims about Fred Durst being a musician.

Thank you for your time.

― noodle vague (noodle vague), Sunday, 25 April 2004 17:08 (nineteen years ago) link

Do we have to do this intro stuff? I'd rather not...

― ___ (___), Sunday, 25 April 2004 18:06 (nineteen years ago) link

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