ASK ME ANYTHING RE: The History of ILX

haha, i sometimes run some browsers in a sandbox, so
it depends where i'm logged in from. so it also makes it
easier to read what i'm writing. i know it messes things up
on zing. sorry for that.

wrt to luna i can attest it was possible to be posting here all the fucking time and have zero idea the whole thing was going on

I joined just about when you'd get told off for starting a thread question without setting a category

― Mark G, Friday, March 8, 2019 8:46 PM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

correctly: the establishment of the ilx categories was the only good day's work i ever did here or anywhere, all lost now of course and that's good too

Which ilx poster has stepped away from the keyboard for a moment and gone on to greatest real-world success/notability (however subjectively that is measured) ?

For all the answers to this, nobody mentioned Callum?

I mean, he's not the most famous ex-ilx0r, but for a persistently stupid troll he did pretty well for himself.

(shit, Calum with only one 'l', sorry)

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/69/Calum_Waddell.jpg

goddamn smirky eyebrow-raised badass poochie cartoons nowadays

slightly aghast at the idea wins of all ppl might be the one taken in by a board joke

I would have mentioned Cal, but where is he now?

where he is is lookable uppable

Fair eno.

i mean i am snarking at yr laziness a bit but only bcz i only right now just looked him up after emil.y's post and there he is, bibliography and filmography and everything

Yeah, but then.. Controversial Colin dot dot

I just Googled Calum and HOLY MOTHER OF FUCK. Also, I'm friends (well, acquaintances at the very least) with someone who's pretty well known in the horror community and the idea of the two of them crossing paths is beyond bonkers to me. Part of me wants to warn said friend/acquaintance about this guy.

i believe we have more notable ilxors than that, ive never paid for a book by calum

Dunno how notable it is, but Al Ewing (Tom's brother, I forgot what his ILX handle was) went to become a prolific writer for Marvel Comics. His comics are really good too!

I believe his ilx handle was “Al Ewing”

fluro, yo

Which ilx poster has stepped away from the keyboard for a moment and gone on to greatest real-world success/notability (however subjectively that is measured) ?

― Luna Schlosser, Friday, 8 March 2019 08:16 (yesterday) Permalink

the guy who started this thread:

The sound of 300 pounds of lard banging against the wall...

🙂

I just Googled Calum and HOLY MOTHER OF FUCK. Also, I'm friends (well, acquaintances at the very least) with someone who's pretty well known in the horror community and the idea of the two of them crossing paths is beyond bonkers to me. Part of me wants to warn said friend/acquaintance about this guy.

― The Colour of Spring (deethelurker)

I have a friend who has amicably crossed paths with him online as she's big into both k-pop and horror - I told her he was a notable troll on ilx but mostly I just giggled to myself while mumbling about Nicky Wire in a banana suit.

xp - ew FFS

Didn’t ta-nehisi coates post here a couple of times, or is that an ilx joke I took at face value

― A funny tinge happened on the way to the forum (wins), Friday, March 8, 2019 5:01 AM (seventeen hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Yes, he posted in this 2003 thread about an article he wrote:
Village Voice/DC C. Paper writer on "vocal complexity" in rap & Prefuse 73 vs. Kogan, Frere-Jones take on production

How famous would someone have to be for ILX posts to come back and haunt their career?

xp I don't think he stuck around. Neither did Saul Williams.

iirc in 2003 you could just post on ilx without creating an account of any kind so ta-nehisi coates was more like a guy replying to a comment thread than "an ILXor"

Just realized that that TNC thread also features Neil Drumming, who is now a producer for This American Life and did a segment a few years ago about his friendship with TNC.

Best Ta-Nehisi Coates ILX post

Um, I am pretty sure I sent the thread to he and City Paper writer Neil Drumming who both posted.

― curmudgeon, Tuesday, September 29, 2015 1:17 PM (three years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I was writing for W. City Paper then too and tried to alert various people whom I had some sort of contact with to certain threads

― curmudgeon, Tuesday, September 29, 2015 1:34 PM (three years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Okay someone go find the Jake Tapper posts now.

anyway, the most famous ILXor is clearly adamrl (nordicskilla)

https://media.pitchfork.com/photos/5c585f81973b5279a897095e/2:1/w_790/Adam-Levine.jpg

uhh i thought adamrl was like a hot sweater vested film type, not a hot rock star.

he was wearing the sweater vest before he went onstage

but there were liability issues with the fire insurance

sorry, one more... what was the name of that smug guy with glasses that posted here? i think he was a music writer. the sweater vest reminded me.

Hooray this ient a mischaracterization of tynan delong

Fuck, "hope this isn't"

From my dealings with 'the horror community' on Facebook, Calum is as deeply divisive a figure within that as he was on ILX. His company, 88 films, put out some excellent martial art blu-rays that I will continue to buy in Fopp at £6 a pop.

AFAIK, he also remains the only person to threaten ILX (!) with legal action.

smug guy with glasses doesn’t exactly narrow it down tbf but are you thinking of matth3w p3rp3tua aka fluxblog

yes, TYNAN

p3rpetua seemed chill to me

Strickler is the richest former ILXor, I would guess.

who’s the richest current ilxor

sanpaku

where are the tax returns?

d00mie also threatened ilx with the law

(after alan mcgee's moral rectitude was questioned in a possibly over-forthright way)

As one of the few ILXors I've known irl, I can confirm that matty perpz is chill.

that’s some OL info to add to my spreadsheet

sorry, one more... what was the name of that smug guy with glasses that posted here? i think he was a music writer. the sweater vest reminded me.

― XxxxxxxXxxxxxxxxXxxxx (dylannn), Saturday, 9 March 2019 09:58 (five hours ago) Permalink

I thought you meant st3ve g0ldb3rg lol

not sure who that is

although it described ~85% of ilx posters, i got the right answer within one post. kudos jim in vancouver