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Topic: AVATAR, AND WHY ?
Posted By: aapatsos
Subject: AVATAR, AND WHY ?
Date Posted: December 14 2005 at 20:44

Well I don't know if this thread has been here before

I was just wondering why have you selected your avatar?

is there sth special about it?

mine is because I love Ancient Greece




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Posted By: Cygnus X-2
Date Posted: December 14 2005 at 20:47

Quadrophenia by the Who. It's my favorite album.



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Posted By: Arnold Layne
Date Posted: December 14 2005 at 20:48
i saw it and liked it, thats all there is to it

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Posted By: King of Loss
Date Posted: December 14 2005 at 20:58

My Favorite Album of all Time!

CAUSE OF HOT AND SEXY GILDENLOW TOOO!



Posted By: stonebeard
Date Posted: December 14 2005 at 21:07

Why don't you come out of the closet already, Flossy?!



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Posted By: stonebeard
Date Posted: December 14 2005 at 21:08

Anyway, mine varies, usually between prog albums I like. But now it's a nice sci-fi pic.

Avatar



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Posted By: AtLossForWords
Date Posted: December 14 2005 at 21:10

Pseudo abstract art is my choice.  I get the feeling Robert Fripp would really like my avatar.

My signature is the amazing John Myung, because I'm a total Dream Theater fanboy, and he is my all-time bass idol.  I know two albums plus of his matierial.



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Posted By: aapatsos
Date Posted: December 14 2005 at 21:42
Originally posted by King of Loss King of Loss wrote:

My Favorite Album of all Time!

CAUSE OF HOT AND SEXY GILDENLOW TOOO!

BE is your favourite album of all times ?

I think its a very good album, but my heart is dedicated to THE PERFECT (indeed) ELEMENT!



Posted By: TheProgtologist
Date Posted: December 14 2005 at 21:46
Mine are usually Tool related.But I am a Star Wars freak and my favorite character is Boba Fett,so I have been using a Fett avatar for awhile.

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Posted By: memowakeman
Date Posted: December 14 2005 at 21:49
Mine is because i love Rick Wakeman

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Posted By: The Miracle
Date Posted: December 14 2005 at 22:46
I'm into Magma recently, so my avatar is a spinning Magma logo

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Posted By: GoldenSpiral
Date Posted: December 14 2005 at 22:51
my avatar is Paz Lenchantin, bassist for A Perfect Circle.

not a prog band, but she is a SERIOUS babe!
here's a closeup:


another hot one:


man, she's a FOX!

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Posted By: TheProgtologist
Date Posted: December 15 2005 at 00:04

^^^^^

Yeah...I agree,Paz is pretty hot.

She looks pretty fine in the APC video for the song "Judith".



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Posted By: tardis
Date Posted: December 15 2005 at 00:16

Mine is because I like Doctor Who.



Posted By: Drew
Date Posted: December 15 2005 at 00:40
I change mine from time to time- usually bands or albums that I like


Posted By: Drew
Date Posted: December 15 2005 at 00:41
^Rush is my fav!


Posted By: Jim Garten
Date Posted: December 15 2005 at 03:35
< The immaculate 40 minutes that is Robin Trower's 'Bridge Of Sighs'

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Posted By: NutterAlert
Date Posted: December 15 2005 at 03:50

Mr Hammill being silly with only half a beard in 1978 for cover of Future Now solo album

I quite like Mr Hammill



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Posted By: Starette
Date Posted: December 15 2005 at 05:09
Mine is a changed (aqua-ed up) version of the Tarkus album- because I love Tarkus but I knew there were other people on here with that as their avatar.

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Posted By: Bj-1
Date Posted: December 15 2005 at 07:44
My avatar is Yes' Tales From Topographic Oceans (with a walrus in it Thanx, Miracle) because it's one of my favorite covers of all time! Really beautiful

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Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: December 15 2005 at 08:04

I like cartoons, and Asterix is one of my favourite cartoon heroes.

My last avatar before Asterix was a painting by Paul Whitehead, the guy who did early Genesis sleeves.

Earlier on I used album sleeves I like, from Anthony Phillips, Eddie Jobson and Traffic. I started out with a Mondriaan painting (my first avatar).

I just like to use images I like, and have to do with music or art that I like.



Posted By: Syzygy
Date Posted: December 15 2005 at 09:44
I'm a big Magma fan, but other posters use or have used variants of their famous logo. My avatar is the cover of Christian Vander's solo album Wurdah Itah, which is a Magma album in all but name. It's also the second movement of the Theusz Hamtaahk (Time of Hatred) trilogy - Wurdah Itah means Dead Earth (as in the planet).

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Posted By: Deliriumist
Date Posted: December 15 2005 at 09:50
I've got mine 'cause it's so stupid ...not saying that I am.



Posted By: JayDee
Date Posted: December 15 2005 at 10:07

coz its nearing christmas

 



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Posted By: Bob Greece
Date Posted: December 15 2005 at 10:10
My favourite band is Ozric Tentacles and my avatar is from their album "Live at the Pongmaster's Ball" because it has a really psychedelic cover.

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Posted By: sleeper
Date Posted: December 15 2005 at 11:44

I'm a HUGE motorsport fan and my avatar is of the Aston Martin DBR9 that won the Tourist Trophy at Silverstone in May (driven by David Brabham and Darren Turner).

I was at the race and took the picture as the car came round the Abby hairpin bend.

Gorgeous car



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Posted By: Tony R
Date Posted: December 15 2005 at 12:09

Avatar

To Watch The Storms...apart from being a superb album by the incredible Mr Steve Hackett,watching the storms seemed pretty apt for a moderator!



Posted By: NutterAlert
Date Posted: December 15 2005 at 12:16

another moderator centric avatar



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Posted By: NutterAlert
Date Posted: December 15 2005 at 12:25

or maybe..



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Posted By: BitchBrew
Date Posted: December 15 2005 at 12:36
I was told to get an xmas avatar. and I did!

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Posted By: Ricochet
Date Posted: December 15 2005 at 13:11
something related to space...

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Posted By: aapatsos
Date Posted: December 15 2005 at 13:50

Originally posted by Bob Greece Bob Greece wrote:

My favourite band is Ozric Tentacles and my avatar is from their album "Live at the Pongmaster's Ball" because it has a really psychedelic cover.

most of their covers are great, psychedelic and weird



Posted By: horza
Date Posted: December 15 2005 at 13:55
I love Sci-Fi and fantasy and my avatars reflect that usually

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Originally posted by darkshade:

Calling Mike Portnoy a bad drummer is like calling Stephen Hawking an idiot.


Posted By: aapatsos
Date Posted: December 15 2005 at 13:59

Originally posted by horza horza wrote:

I love Sci-Fi and fantasy and my avatars reflect that usually

LOOKS LIKE GIGGER ART, DOESN'T IT ?



Posted By: Zac M
Date Posted: December 15 2005 at 14:01
I just changed mine from a marvelous picture of the great Karl Jenkins to Klaus Schulze's album X, by far one of the best eletronic albums I have heard to date.

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Posted By: horza
Date Posted: December 15 2005 at 14:08
Originally posted by aapatsos aapatsos wrote:

Originally posted by horza horza wrote:

I love Sci-Fi and fantasy and my avatars reflect that usually


LOOKS LIKE GIGGER ART, DOESN'T IT ?




thats right

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Originally posted by darkshade:

Calling Mike Portnoy a bad drummer is like calling Stephen Hawking an idiot.


Posted By: Trotsky
Date Posted: December 15 2005 at 14:14

Mine was a spinning hammer and sickle for awhile ... but it's been a picture of a grave injustice that occured at a football match between Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester United for quite some time now

 



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Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: December 15 2005 at 14:20
My avatar is an orange M&M dressed as Emperor Palpatine from Star Wars. My sons bought loads of these while we were on holiday in Florida.


Posted By: Wilcey
Date Posted: December 15 2005 at 14:31
I change my avatar from time to time, sometimes it reflects an album that I am listening to heavily, right now it is a picure of some of my tattoo on my back, that I took over my shoulder through a mirror!


Posted By: horza
Date Posted: December 15 2005 at 14:36
Originally posted by horza horza wrote:

Originally posted by aapatsos aapatsos wrote:

Originally posted by horza horza wrote:

I love Sci-Fi and fantasy and my avatars reflect that usually


LOOKS LIKE GIGGER ART, DOESN'T IT ?




thats right


or rather - it did!!

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Originally posted by darkshade:

Calling Mike Portnoy a bad drummer is like calling Stephen Hawking an idiot.


Posted By: TheProgtologist
Date Posted: December 15 2005 at 14:41
Originally posted by Tony R Tony R wrote:

Avatar

To Watch The Storms...apart from being a superb album by the incredible Mr Steve Hackett,watching the storms seemed pretty apt for a moderator!

That is very apt,Tony



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Posted By: Empathy
Date Posted: December 15 2005 at 15:15
Why, shameless self promotion, of course! 

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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: December 15 2005 at 18:33


Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: December 18 2005 at 02:42

What can be better than a lightbulb???

And it will never change



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Posted By: Ricochet
Date Posted: December 18 2005 at 02:44
Originally posted by Man With Hat Man With Hat wrote:

What can be better than a lightbulb???




  • anything else?
 

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Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: December 18 2005 at 02:47


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Dig me...But don't...Bury me
I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive
Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect.


Posted By: Ricochet
Date Posted: December 18 2005 at 02:53
I think the guest group should have a common avatar...like



or



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Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: December 18 2005 at 02:56

The last one



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Dig me...But don't...Bury me
I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive
Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect.


Posted By: Ricochet
Date Posted: December 18 2005 at 03:00
right on!

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Posted By: Ricochet
Date Posted: December 18 2005 at 03:04
new options




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Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: December 18 2005 at 03:10
The fuse one looks good to me

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Dig me...But don't...Bury me
I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive
Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect.


Posted By: Ricochet
Date Posted: December 18 2005 at 05:00
yeah,that's a good way to represent our angry and pissed off members who got carried away...

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Posted By: Jared
Date Posted: December 18 2005 at 10:13

Personally, I'm rather fond of my Avatar...

....Eloy Rock The Celestial Heavens!!!



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Posted By: The Wizard
Date Posted: December 18 2005 at 10:24
Piper at the Gates of Dawn is my favorite album of all time.

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Posted By: Jimbo
Date Posted: December 18 2005 at 11:16
My avatar is from the Bear In The Big Blue House...

Why? I have no idea...


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Posted By: ClemofNazareth
Date Posted: December 18 2005 at 11:32

Originally posted by Arnold Layne Arnold Layne wrote:

i saw it and liked it, thats all there is to it

ditto for me



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Posted By: proger
Date Posted: December 18 2005 at 11:51
its my dog 

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Posted By: Jared
Date Posted: December 18 2005 at 12:15
^^^ he looks as if he's the man eating type...

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Posted By: Moatilliatta
Date Posted: December 18 2005 at 12:28
I chose the album cover art for Frances the Mute, because I love it.



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