Introduce Yourselves!

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.

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.

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. ;)

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

East Tennessee.

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.

I'm 44, an obsessive music fan, a systems analyst in a top London university, single. I've got thousands of albums. Old soul is my top favourite, and I love punk, rock, country, reggae and lots more, but these days I guess I buy most hip hop and pop. I've lost interest in new rock/indie bands since the end of the '80s, with the odd exception like Pulp. I write a bit for this board's parent, Freaky Trigger, occasionally about music but more often about comics, books, art, TV, science and sport, not because I am more interested in those things but because they're more in my comfort zone and I feel a bit less awed by the other writers.

My musical interests range from jazz to prog and all places in between, but I'm more picky about what hip hop I'll listen to than I am about, say, psych, for which I exercise no restraint consuming.

Well, I guess there's nothing more to me, so rather than bore you more, bye bye.

Anyway, I'm 17, so it's only been about 6 months since I've gotten over the whole Pitchfork indie fixation. I have an MP3 CD player and keep two CD-RW's around, so whatever's on them is the best way to show what I'm listening to in a given week. The bands of this week are the Fall, Aphex Twin, Sonic Youth, Wire, the Misfits, Kraftwerk, Boredoms, James Brown, Gary Numan, Ghost, Michael Mayer, New Order, The Zombies,Tim Buckley, Scott Walker, Otis Redding, the Pet Shop Boys, Roxy Music, Saint Etienne, Neu!, Can, My Bloody Valentine, Cocteau Twins, Acid Mothers Temple, and the Wu Tang Clan, but that changes regularly.

Anyway, go easy on me, guys. It's not easy keeping your record collection up to par when you're a young'n living in Bumfuck, Illinois.

Woke up recently to discover that I'm 33 years old and living in Northern Virginia. Once voted "most likely to get drunk and beat himself up."

Hallo!

i was a denizen of the indie-stry 1992-97 (BOMP! Records)
i was in bands 1981-2003 (bass/vocals, drums, even though I really play guitar!)
i hate Flyer Saucer Attack. nothing personal
i was the "Indepedent L.A." column writer for Strobe music mag
i co-ran a short lived label until medical problems got in the way (No-Fi Records, we put out Busride, Last Days of May (Karl Precoda) etc)
I love psych (60s/80s); powerpop/new wave but not synthpop; brilliant production (eg Mike Chapman) the Charlatans and all kinds of weird shit.
I am female (there has been occasional gender confusion on ILE regarding this)
i am perky.