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Hey,
I'm Will, 20 years old, lurker and rare poster under many different names for the past year or so. I am from NJ but go to the University of Michigan (seem to be a few other Wolverines here). Figured I might as well introduce myself so I have at least SOME credibility given ILM's insularity. I tend to like noisy or psychadelic music most. Some of my faves are Butthole Surfers, My Bloody Valentine, Wire, Can, Brainiac, and Big Black. And props to ILM for essentially introducing me to Royal Trux, Karp, Gravitar, The Wipers, Disco Inferno, and a bunch of other top flight bands that I now consider among my favorites.

W Gary (Schade), Monday, 20 March 2006 23:24 (eighteen years ago) link

Credibility? We spit on it. (A lie, perhaps.) All Disco Inferno fans highly welcome, of course. :-) And so you're the Gravitar freak, are you? ;-)

Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 20 March 2006 23:27 (eighteen years ago) link

Hi, I'm Sean, 22 and from Boston. I've known about ILM for a while but just started posting recently--opinions aside, there's an impressive amount of knowledge here. I don't really know what to say about what I like, except it's wide-ranging and there's really no pattern to it (at least that I can find). I'm currently trying to listen to reggae. So, yeah, it's nice to be here.

Sean Braudis (Sean Braudis), Monday, 20 March 2006 23:33 (eighteen years ago) link

ned, are "disco inferno" fans also welcome??

haitch (haitch), Monday, 20 March 2006 23:33 (eighteen years ago) link

And heya to Sean.

No, Haitch, I'm afraid they must be killed. Oh wait.

Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 20 March 2006 23:34 (eighteen years ago) link

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Hi Will! I'm U-M class of '98. I hate most of your favorite bands. Welcome!

joseph cotten (joseph cotten), Monday, 20 March 2006 23:36 (eighteen years ago) link

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If you're talking about the guy who wanted all the "crazy psychadelia," that wasn't me. I stumbled upon that thread a few months ago while searching for ILM's opinion of the Butthole Surfers. But yeah, that thread basically convinced me to shell out the $7 for "Now the Road of Knives," and the Gravitar love just blossomed from there.

Hey Joseph! Class of '08 here! And I'm used to the hate, my friends are all "there is no good music after 1980" classic rock fans!

W Gary (Schade), Monday, 20 March 2006 23:40 (eighteen years ago) link

Hi Will! I'm U-M class of '98. I hate most of your favorite bands. Welcome!

It's quite possible that I attended your graduation. Anthony Kiedis might have been there too.

joygoat (joygoat), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 02:47 (eighteen years ago) link

Hi Will! I am a maladjusted, bitter guttersnipe. However, your favorite bands are A-OK with me.

John Justen (johnjusten), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 02:58 (eighteen years ago) link

eleven months pass...
Hi everyone. My name is Oscar and I live in the Bay Area. I was introduced to the boards by a fellow music and am glad he did. My music tastes are schizophrenic: jazz, punk, psych, disco, shoegaze, noise, classical, latin.I am hoping to engage in some heated discussions in the future, all in good fun of course.

oscar, Sunday, 11 March 2007 01:08 (seventeen years ago) link

no teenpop, no schizophrenia

unfished business, Sunday, 11 March 2007 01:18 (seventeen years ago) link

Matt. 38. Lurking for years. Ned sent me a Disco Inferno 5eps CD a couple or so years ago.. (thanks again Ned!)

As for labels, Post-Rock and Krautrock are what I'm all about.

A wonderful place for reference and good discourse, this.

Sum Fitch, Sunday, 11 March 2007 01:20 (seventeen years ago) link

Hello, oscar, and what type(s) of Latin music do you like (granted, you listed that last)? (Hello Sum too. Not a big Krautrock fan, but I did have on Ralf und Florian earlier, if that counts.)

Rockist Scientist, Sunday, 11 March 2007 02:24 (seventeen years ago) link

Oscar! [rep]the bay[/rep]

BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Sunday, 11 March 2007 02:33 (seventeen years ago) link

Rockist, right now I'm listening to Willie Colon, Aldemaro Romero, and Nico Gomez which i just finally got on Japanese import CD (ouch). Also, just got a nuyorican vinyl comp on Honest Jon's which is heat. Generally, I listen to everything from boogaloo, mambo, salsa, also been listening to alot of Colombian cumbias lately too. Although sometimes I get tired of the hard percussive funky stuff and go back to my father's collection who turned me on to Esquivel and Agustin Lara. Any recommendations? Yeah hoos, the bay area is the sheez, way too much stuff going on. Also thanks for the response, and I have to say you guys here on the boards really know your stuff.

oscar, Sunday, 11 March 2007 03:19 (seventeen years ago) link

I dreamt some cumbia last night, except I was thinking it didn't sound that Colombian and maybe it was Mexican.

Hey, I don't even kow who Aldemaro Romero is (and Nico Gomez is just a vaguely familiar name).

Any recommendations?

Too many really, although at the moment my attention is a little bit elsewhere. But come and add something to the rolling salsa, merengue, bachata, cumbia thread, if you have anything to say: http://www.ilxor.com:8080/ILX/ThreadSelectedControllerServlet?boardid=41&threadid=55739#unread

Otherwise you will bump into more rolling salsa or artist-specific threads in the archives.

Rockist Scientist, Sunday, 11 March 2007 14:09 (seventeen years ago) link

Hi Everybody,

I am: Stephen / 29 / Libra / Smoker / Heterosexual / Caucasian (German / Dutch) / Semi-Rockist

I've been a casual observer around these parts, though I've only now mustered the courage to officially participate. I have a fragile ego and have feared being crushed ILM & its trenchant, take-no-prisoners methodology. Through therapy, though, I've come around to announcing my official participation.

I just moved to Toledo, OH, via Brooklyn (Greenpoint), via Ann Arbor, MI. Thankfully, I will be back in NYC by August, though I currently have a lot of time on my hands. Hence..

Dorf Engulf, Thursday, 15 March 2007 06:08 (seventeen years ago) link

Welcome welcome.

Ned sent me a Disco Inferno 5eps CD a couple or so years ago.. (thanks again Ned!)

And you're welcome there too!

Ned Raggett, Thursday, 15 March 2007 06:09 (seventeen years ago) link

Thanks Ned. I'll sleep more soundly tonight, to be sure.

BTW, Favorites: Velvets, Byrds, MBV, Galaxie 500, Bark Psychosis, Public Enemy, Joy Division, The Chills, Low, Big Star, and way too much more for me to briefly synopsize.

I know of Disco Inferno, mostly from their Talk Talk-esque post-career reappraisal; and I know they are commonly referenced alongside artists I like, but I have not heard any of their music. A damning admission, I know, so I'll be sure to seek some out.

Dorf Engulf, Thursday, 15 March 2007 06:20 (seventeen years ago) link

25, nerd. san francisco. from gainesville, fl by way of phoenix, az. um ... appreiciate minimal wave and mid 20th Century compositions, but ... i love shoegaze, ambient, and bad mid-90s hardcore. also love love love techno. went to school for euro continental philosophy. hate it now, but not really. just hate academia. love that i live 2 blocks from 4 parks. love drinking whiskey and listening to records with my friends. being stupid. posting on the internet and digging through records. my mom is mexican, but i look really white. wish i looked more mexican, and i love enchiladas. i also love ethiopian food. i wear boring clothes ... black, white, grey, brown block color t-shirts. jeans. always. that's about it.

thinkin of moving. i like change.

Cameron Octigan, Thursday, 15 March 2007 07:29 (seventeen years ago) link

one month passes...
I'm Craig (obvs), 31 year old philosophy graduate in Nottingham, England. I'm 6'5" and 17-18 stone. I need a haircut, have a big nose, and love twee indiepop, songs that get bored with themselves several times during their duration, and most stuff within a step-remove of Stereolab.

Emil.y is my significant other.

Mister Craig, Wednesday, 9 May 2007 23:43 (sixteen years ago) link

How come there are 800+ posts on this thread, and I don't recognize 75% of these people?

Pleasant Plains, Wednesday, 9 May 2007 23:51 (sixteen years ago) link

Maybe they all left after the welcome they got?

Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy, Wednesday, 9 May 2007 23:53 (sixteen years ago) link

all the REAL MEN just jump right into posting without a second thought

bernard snowy, Wednesday, 9 May 2007 23:54 (sixteen years ago) link

What up, Mister Craig! Welcome to ILX!

The Reverend, Thursday, 10 May 2007 02:41 (sixteen years ago) link

"How come there are 800+ posts on this thread, and I don't recognize 75% of these people?"

i think it's like the picture thread on ile. it's a way for lurkers to show us they are alive. or get a date. one or the other.

scott seward, Thursday, 10 May 2007 03:34 (sixteen years ago) link

all the REAL MEN just jump right into posting without a second thought


ha OTM. Actually I followed the formula of lurk for 3 months+, post as judiciously as possible especially at first and 100+ posts before axing a question.

I would like to introduce myself by saying that I prefer to remain anonymous.

I feel like I can say more of what's on my puny little mind that way.

I am 45, male and live in New York. I can give you that.

Saxby D. Elder, Thursday, 10 May 2007 15:53 (sixteen years ago) link

HI DERE to Mr. Craig. And then there's this Saxby guy I've heard about, whose real name is of course Thurston Moore.

Ned Raggett, Thursday, 10 May 2007 15:57 (sixteen years ago) link

I'm a Virgo, 43, live in Boston and ladies, I can assure you that I am ALL man...I like/hate all kinds of music, but if somebody disparages Laura Nyro, we're gonna have a problem...

henry s, Thursday, 10 May 2007 17:34 (sixteen years ago) link

My name's Mark, as it says below. I'm 24 and work in a specialised ethics library at a university in DC. I went to American University here in DC, where I studied philosophy. I grew up in Cleveland and my heart is still there, despite my unlikely return.

Stuff I've been into recently: Gas/Wolfgang Voigt, Peter Brotzmann, Anthony Braxton, Ricardo Villalobos, Nanae Yoshimura, Fennesz, electronic stuff from the late 90s/early 00s, Steve Reich, Farben, Minutemen, and lots of dub: Augustus Pablo, Lee Perry, Tubby.

Stuff that I'd like to hear more of: noise music, free/improv, Tim Hecker, Miles Davis' Jack Johnson period, Ryuichi Sakamoto, early Fennesz, Evan Parker, more Jan Jelinek, Stars of the Lid, Prince, Beefheart, Boredoms, loads more and stuff I haven't even heard about.

Stuff I grew up on (with a little help from older siblings): Beatles, Tom Waits, John Coltrane, Alice Coltrane, Sonic Youth, John Fahey, Pink Floyd, Aphex Twin, Olivia Tremor Control, Pet Shop Boys, Duster, The Cure, Dylan, Pavement, and lots of bad trance music in high school.

Non-music stuff I'm into: cooking, beer: esp. american pale ales, IPAs, stouts, porters. Cooking a great meal with some pale ale in hand and a good record on the player is a perfect night for me, preferably with some friends who also like music.

Which brings me to: any DC folk here who would want to hang out and play some cds/records and drink some beer, feel free to send an email.

Mark Clemente, Thursday, 10 May 2007 17:57 (sixteen years ago) link

Hi! I'm Jeff. I'm a screenwriter/music reviewer in Los Angeles, age 24. I've been here for seven or eight months now, so this isn't that much of an introduction, but I feel like I'm not officially here until I introduce myself on this thread. Everything before this post was just practice.

Jeff Treppel, Thursday, 10 May 2007 17:59 (sixteen years ago) link

Welcome, Mark! I share a lot of your interests (Braxton, dub, Miles, Beefheart) and am a philo major, cool to find a kindred spirit. Look forward to posts!

BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Thursday, 10 May 2007 18:39 (sixteen years ago) link

The true Jeff is revealed!

BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Thursday, 10 May 2007 18:40 (sixteen years ago) link

METALHEADSCREENWRITER

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Ned Raggett, Thursday, 10 May 2007 18:41 (sixteen years ago) link

And then there's this Saxby guy I've heard about, whose real name is of course Thurston Moore.

If only my bank teller thought this!

I am sure the Tall One is on here somewhere, god love him.

Saxby D. Elder, Thursday, 10 May 2007 20:22 (sixteen years ago) link

Dude, who do you think I am, after all?

Ned Raggett, Thursday, 10 May 2007 20:23 (sixteen years ago) link

Can you introduce me to Rory Gilmore?

Saxby D. Elder, Thursday, 10 May 2007 21:05 (sixteen years ago) link

Let me just create a new identity here...

Ned Raggett, Thursday, 10 May 2007 21:06 (sixteen years ago) link

I am totally registering that domain name! Great idea, Ned.

Jeff Treppel, Thursday, 10 May 2007 23:06 (sixteen years ago) link

Hi! My name is Andi, and i love music! I love everything from emo to screamo! I think it looks like i'm going to like it here

andi, Saturday, 19 May 2007 19:57 (sixteen years ago) link

Hi gang, name's django. I guess I should re-introduce myself. I haven't posted for a while and I sort just jumped back in, but there's all these people I don't remember/know and I picked a new username (and now I hate it so I might re-register with something else). I've been a fan of ILX for about 3 years, I live in NYC with my boyfriend and two dogs and like to spend my free time on computers so as to make music and pretty pictures. I prefer reading over posting as I tend to say stupid things but occasionally my hands just start typing anyway. I'm 32, cute as button, a surly drunk and think this is the best message board around. I love noisy things, pretty things, people who know things and people who give a shit about the world. Hi! Glad to be back. And thank god Ned's still here. True gentleman that one.

King Kitty, Sunday, 20 May 2007 00:33 (sixteen years ago) link

Why thanks! Pleasure to have you back in your new guise.

Ned Raggett, Sunday, 20 May 2007 00:44 (sixteen years ago) link

I am totally registering that domain name! Great idea, Ned.

Did you really? Nice!

Ned Raggett, Sunday, 20 May 2007 00:44 (sixteen years ago) link

Ramzi A, Brooklyn NY. I've been around for I don't know, a year and a half now? Took me some time to get settled in but I'm getting there, getting to know where to post and how to search properly :-) My schtick is being a musician, a good one at that. I love rich, out-of-the-box textures combined with sharp melodies. Haven't done much with my stuff yet, and I'm desperate for feedback so any ears are appreciated. I love ILM, I'm not sure why but it feels good. My favs are Kate Bush, Kim and Kelley Deal, Kristin Hersh and Bjork - no order, although Bjork is definitely last. Oh and I'd feel really guilty if I didn't mention Madonna. So, hi, finally!

Surmounter, Sunday, 20 May 2007 03:08 (sixteen years ago) link

Hello, my name is Eddie, not thomas, as my name would often suggest.
I came upon ILM in early 2005 as a result of utter boredom one evening which led me to try typing as many words into one google search as possible; alas after something like 35 or so words I came upon 2 results: what appeared to be an online listing of the english language, and a top 11 tracks of the moment thread. After looking over this thread, I was quite impressed, and starting lurking here right after. I frequent the minimal house bobbins thread, and stuff of that sort generally, as that's my sort of thing I suppose. I'm generally pretty reserved about posting because I guess I'm here to learn rather than to just say what most people already have said, yet I have posted mixes here, probably as because this is the only place they would ever get heard.

mehlt, Sunday, 20 May 2007 04:36 (sixteen years ago) link

Hello! Thanks for your post....I'm Tape Store. Or Chris. We probably won't run into each other much, though, as I don't listen to minimal house-ish stuff. But still nice to meet you.

Tape Store, Sunday, 20 May 2007 04:38 (sixteen years ago) link

oh Ned, you just make me fucking smile. god bless ya

django, Sunday, 20 May 2007 04:40 (sixteen years ago) link

http://l.yimg.com/img.tv.yahoo.com/tv/us/img/site/07/43/0000000743_20060919022354.jpg
"ILM ruined my life, I'm only 31 years old. . ."

mehlt, Sunday, 20 May 2007 04:43 (sixteen years ago) link

erm... are there any ladies on here? anyway, i'm 20, from the nw, go to college in ohio. holla at disco inferno. also: hall & oates, swirlies, royal trux, this heat, eric b. & rakim, bone thugs, bedhead, isolée, rhys chatham, the clean, lync, fleetwood mac, unrest, lotsa giorgio moroder/cerrone/italo-whatever stuff. and that's just, like, memorable stuff that recently popped up on itunes shuffle. but i also just listened to erasure, drive like jehu, aztec camera, and young marble giants on vinyl, so you stodgy vinyl diehards can stop sniveling. i don't wear pants. categorically. i write. creatively. for my major (yeah, it makes me wince, too). i wear huge earrings and high top vans every day and am incorrigibly lazy. i have an affinity for pickles. i probably deserve to be slapped.

oh, i've been lurking creepily for maybe a year, but hey, it's summer break, i'm bored, and i'd rather not spoil my consumptive pallor by, i dunno, venturing outdoors. so i figured i'd like, register or something. greetings.

stabby, Sunday, 20 May 2007 06:45 (sixteen years ago) link


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