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Topic: Missing Members
Posted By: manofmystery
Subject: Missing Members
Date Posted: November 29 2014 at 22:17
Got to being a bit nostalgic for my earlier days in this forum and a particular forum member that was particularly entertaining in those days. Then I realize that it has been ages since I've seen this person post anything. So, I look up their name in the http://www.progarchives.com/forum/members.asp" rel="nofollow - Memberlist only to find out that it has been 2 years and 7 days since they last posted. This got me to wondering where they went and also if I wasn't the only person who has noticed a member of our little world here has dropped off the map. To get to the point: I made this thread in order for current members to file ProgArchives' missing member reports, maybe get some answers as to where they've gone, and maybe even encourage members-in-hiding to reappear.
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Posted By: manofmystery
Date Posted: November 29 2014 at 22:28
Anyone know where Henry Plainview went? Been 2 years and 1 week since he last posted... the day before Miley Cyrus' 20th birthday. Coincidence?
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Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: November 29 2014 at 22:32
I too miss people, though I have little to report about them-- James (Gecko), great person and a lot of fun; Assaf (avestin), one of the finest PA collabs ever and a helluva guy; Ricochet of course; Lee (Man Erg), probably our most knowledgeable member at the time and an honor to work with. And where's Easy Livin and Tony R ? We miss you guys! Guigo too, though I see him occasionally. Nice to have Raff and Micky around.
I think there's thread much like this one somewhere.
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Posted By: Vompatti
Date Posted: November 29 2014 at 22:39
FIP (RIP)
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Posted By: manofmystery
Date Posted: November 29 2014 at 22:43
I also recall a fella that went by Lark the Starless that also stopped posting in 2012
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Posted By: manofmystery
Date Posted: November 29 2014 at 22:55
Atavachron wrote:
And where's Easy Livin and Tony R ?.
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Don't know where they are but Easy Livin hasn't posted since May and Tony R has been postless since October 11. Tony R has the most posts in PA history, btw, with 1,001,942. Say it only took a minute to make each post that would equal just a bit shy of 2 years of actual time spent posting.
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Posted By: Horizons
Date Posted: November 29 2014 at 22:56
I talk to Plainview quite often, and used to spend hours with him playing League of Legends of over Skype.
I'l say this. It hasn't been 2 years since his last post. 
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Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: November 29 2014 at 23:01
^^ I think Tony's postcount is a gag, he is a retired Admin after all; only a Jedi could have erased those files
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Posted By: Tom Ozric
Date Posted: November 29 2014 at 23:05
In know that Easy Livin' (Bob) retired from P.A. There was an announcement of that back some time ago. I avoided the Forums for most of the earlier years so not familiar with older collabs.
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Posted By: Finnforest
Date Posted: November 29 2014 at 23:07
Miss lots of folks who have drifted away. Still in touch with some of them outside of PA.

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Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: November 29 2014 at 23:09
Tom Ozric wrote:
In know that Easy Livin' (Bob) retired from P.A. There was an announcement of that back some time ago. |
I remember the announcement but I took that to be his retirement from Admin, not PA. But you could be right.
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Posted By: Tom Ozric
Date Posted: November 29 2014 at 23:20
How does one tire from P.A. ?? I could never be done here
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Posted By: A Person
Date Posted: November 29 2014 at 23:22
Vompatti wrote:
FIP (RIP)
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I still don't know why you killed him :'(
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Posted By: Vompatti
Date Posted: November 29 2014 at 23:35
A Person wrote:
Vompatti wrote:
FIP (RIP)
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I still don't know why you killed him :'(
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Posted By: A Person
Date Posted: November 29 2014 at 23:36
Vompatti wrote:
A Person wrote:
Vompatti wrote:
FIP (RIP)
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I still don't know why you killed him :'(
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you big meanie he loved you >:(
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Posted By: Vompatti
Date Posted: November 29 2014 at 23:36
A Person wrote:
Vompatti wrote:
A Person wrote:
Vompatti wrote:
FIP (RIP)
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I still don't know why you killed him :'(
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you big meanie he loved you >:(
| oih :&/*(
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Posted By: manofmystery
Date Posted: November 30 2014 at 10:05
Horizons wrote:
I talk to Plainview quite often, and used to spend hours with him playing League of Legends of over Skype.
I'l say this. It hasn't been 2 years since his last post.  |
That cad.
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Posted By: manofmystery
Date Posted: November 30 2014 at 10:11
dtguitarfan has been missing for a few months now used to lock horns with him in the old Libertarian Threads wonder where he done gone
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Posted By: JJLehto
Date Posted: November 30 2014 at 11:34
Same feelings I get, thinking back to the "glory days" and where everyone is. From what I gather, most just get burnout or busy with life.
Which are the reasons I scaled back myself/am gone for weeks on end sometimes.
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Posted By: CPicard
Date Posted: November 30 2014 at 11:47
I thought this thread was for people looking for actually missing members, such as in: "Lost left arm in a car crash last week-end. Thick skinned, with a lot of hair and a "Genesis forever" tatoo. Huge award for anyone bringing it back".
My bad.
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Posted By: Chris S
Date Posted: November 30 2014 at 11:51
Peter
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Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: November 30 2014 at 20:24
^ I miss him too, the obnoxious sh*te.
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Posted By: JJLehto
Date Posted: November 30 2014 at 20:38
Atavachron wrote:
^ I miss him too, the obnoxious sh*te. |
Same
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Posted By: bhikkhu
Date Posted: November 30 2014 at 20:46
Tom Ozric wrote:
In know that Easy Livin' (Bob) retired from P.A. There was an announcement of that back some time ago. I avoided the Forums for most of the earlier years so not familiar with older collabs. |
I am an older collab although I went on hiatus for few years myself.
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Posted By: HolyMoly
Date Posted: November 30 2014 at 21:08
There's one guy I miss and I don't even recall his name. He was active a couple of years ago for just a couple of months and he was really hip to some cool avant modern music and he even inspired a few purchases of mine. Just goes to show even the minor players in this forum can leave a lasting impression and make valuable contributions. And no it wasn't Knobby.
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Posted By: Padraic
Date Posted: November 30 2014 at 21:55
Atavachron wrote:
^^ I think Tony's postcount is a gag, he is a retired Admin after all; only a Jedi could have erased those files |
Yeah that post count is most assuredly bogus. 
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Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: December 01 2014 at 06:27
Posted By: Vompatti
Date Posted: December 01 2014 at 08:05
Posted By: irrelevant
Date Posted: December 01 2014 at 08:15
Knobby/Baggra was a legend.
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Posted By: Icarium
Date Posted: December 01 2014 at 08:58
irrelevant wrote:
Knobby/Baggra was a legend. | mr 3rd person impersona, i miss Salty John, and some oldschool Norwegians,
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Posted By: twseel
Date Posted: December 01 2014 at 09:02
i miss humor4u
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Posted By: Padraic
Date Posted: December 01 2014 at 10:09
Yeah SaltyJon was a nice guy, too bad he's no longer around.
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Posted By: SteveG
Date Posted: December 01 2014 at 10:19
I miss posts by The Doctor. That was one extremely ironically funny dude.
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Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: December 01 2014 at 10:35
irrelevant wrote:
Knobby/Baggra was a legend. |
Yes....he was a legend in his own mind.
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Posted By: timothy leary
Date Posted: December 01 2014 at 10:42
I rather enjoyed him. It was fun to watch him self destruct. I think his last reincarnation was as "Permy". He actually did know a lot about prog rock and could have been a valued contributor.
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Posted By: Adams Bolero
Date Posted: December 01 2014 at 10:42
I miss WalterDigsTunes. I always found his post 1989 music rants funny.
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Posted By: Walton Street
Date Posted: December 01 2014 at 11:00
happy to report that i'm not missing my member (regardless of all the trouble he's gotten me into)
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Posted By: CPicard
Date Posted: December 01 2014 at 11:30
No one to miss John and George? You monsters.
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Posted By: Chris S
Date Posted: December 01 2014 at 12:12
Easy Money - Jazz Collab Garion 81? - Shared with us all the tragic kidnapping and loss of his niece in LA, we all felt that for him. But also great contributions all round across the forum FloydWright - Disappeared off the radar without a trace, she knew her music...
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Posted By: Smurph
Date Posted: December 01 2014 at 12:13
I'm Missing
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Posted By: sleeper
Date Posted: December 01 2014 at 12:53
Adams Bolero wrote:
I miss WalterDigsTunes. I always found his post 1989 music rants funny.
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Really? It was funny for a week, 6 months later he was more like a pretentious t**t that we couldn't get rid of soon enough, definitely not missing him.
Negoba is someone I miss seeing around here.
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Posted By: Chris S
Date Posted: December 01 2014 at 13:15
sleeper wrote:
Adams Bolero wrote:
I miss WalterDigsTunes. I always found his post 1989 music rants funny.
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Negoba is someone I miss seeing around here.
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Absolutely!
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Posted By: Angelo
Date Posted: December 01 2014 at 13:25
Easy Livin' and Tony log in occasionally, but rarely post. They're both alive though, Easy had his umpteenth birthday last week (on the same days as Guigo btw...).
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Posted By: bhikkhu
Date Posted: December 01 2014 at 15:01
chopper wrote:
I still miss Snow Dog. |
Meet too Alan. It would have been nice to see him still around when I came back.
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Posted By: Toaster Mantis
Date Posted: December 01 2014 at 15:07
WalterDigsTunes is active at RateYourMusic and still writing new reviews, in case anyone misses him.
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Posted By: lazland
Date Posted: December 01 2014 at 15:43
I really miss Iain (Snow Dog) and have no idea how to get hold of him, given that I do not do Face Thingy, or Twitty. I hope,he is alright, and any reports would be welcome.
I also really miss Eric. The site ain't quite the same without his brilliant Marillion insights.
I do not miss Walter at all. Quite a hefty tit, if you ask me.
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Posted By: Padraic
Date Posted: December 01 2014 at 15:48
Chris S wrote:
sleeper wrote:
Negoba is someone I miss seeing around here.
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Agreed.
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Posted By: Icarium
Date Posted: December 01 2014 at 16:20
also missed is haromanium (or whaterver his name was),
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Posted By: timothy leary
Date Posted: December 01 2014 at 16:55
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: December 01 2014 at 17:32
Padraic wrote:
Yeah SaltyJon was a nice guy, too bad he's no longer around.
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A true sweetheart in real life. He was a REAL pleasure to meet. He stayed with Raff and I a couple of years ago and we went to the Magma show.
I had laughed at him for being so star struck talking with Christian Vander while Vander and I just smoked cigarettes together pre show .. but he got last laugh when I turned green later when I bumped into Stella and we locked eyes over the desert table after the show and she left left me a quibbling mound of man jelly.
what a woman... 
Last I heard he was in Hawaii doing his patriotic duty as the best of us did, we were FB friends before I took leave.. of taking leave of my senses .. of FB.
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Posted By: bhikkhu
Date Posted: December 01 2014 at 17:33
lazland wrote:
I really miss Iain (Snow Dog) and have no idea how to get hold of him, given that I do not do Face Thingy, or Twitty. I hope,he is alright, and any reports would be welcome.
I also really miss Eric. The site ain't quite the same without his brilliant Marillion insights.
I do not miss Walter at all. Quite a hefty tit, if you ask me. |
Good call on Eric (E-Dub). I do keep in touch with him through Facebook but he was a great asset to this place. I'll never forget when Neo pretty much got left in his hands alone and we combined the genre teams for a while. Great to work with and just a great guy all the way around.
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Posted By: Raff
Date Posted: December 01 2014 at 17:42
Yes, Eric is a great guy, and one of the few people I miss from FB (which otherwise I do not miss at all). As to Jon, I hope he's doing well. Very nice guy, and very knowledgeable about music. On the other hand, I am very happy to do without Walter, Henry Plainview and other such "colourful" characters. We have to face enough aggravation in everyday life to want more of it on a music forum.
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Posted By: micky
Date Posted: December 01 2014 at 17:47
bhikkhu wrote:
lazland wrote:
I really miss Iain (Snow Dog) and have no idea how to get hold of him, given that I do not do Face Thingy, or Twitty. I hope,he is alright, and any reports would be welcome.
I also really miss Eric. The site ain't quite the same without his brilliant Marillion insights.
I do not miss Walter at all. Quite a hefty tit, if you ask me. |
Good call on Eric (E-Dub). I do keep in touch with him through Facebook but he was a great asset to this place. I'll never forget when Neo pretty much got left in his hands alone and we combined the genre teams for a while. Great to work with and just a great guy all the way around.
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yeah HT. He had the patience of a saint not to unfriend me on FB. I did often get a bit carried away in my political rantings which I don't exactly think he was sympathetic to .
That would have stunk. I loved keeping up with him and that GORGEOUS family of his.
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Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: December 01 2014 at 19:02
Eric, Snowie (Ian not Iain) and Alex (harmonium.ro/Andu) are all still around on Facebook from time to time, as is Vic (Ricochet).
Walter was banned for picking on newbies and being quite obnoxious with it, not for his silly (but never funny) post 1989 views.
It was amusing that Nick (Henry Plainview) hasn't been seen since we promoted him to Forum Moderator. Often what people believe the Admins think of them doesn't quite match what the Admins actually think, and I expect that came as a bit of a surprise to him.
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Posted By: Padraic
Date Posted: December 01 2014 at 20:44
Eric was one of the nicest guys around and is sorely missed.
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Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: December 01 2014 at 20:47
^ He just posted in his Prog Chef's thread
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Posted By: E-Dub
Date Posted: December 01 2014 at 20:53
Hi, everyone. H.T. posted on my Facebook that my name has been uttered here and there.
To be perfectly honest, I haven't purposely stayed away. A lot of things have happened between then and now and spend most of my time on Facebook. Perhaps I'll drop by more often. A lot of good people here that I miss a lot. Miss the old days when me, Ivan and HT ran the neo team.
Hope everyone is doing well,
E
ps. I love it that the listening room is still in honor of Febus. What a tremendous loss.
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Posted By: E-Dub
Date Posted: December 01 2014 at 20:57
Very humbled by the comments, too. And Micky, I realize we're all different. I'm not going to unfriend or banish someone only because their views differ from mine.
Honestly, I feel a bit guilty regarding a thing between the two of us a few years ago and you proposed we add Steely Dan and I pushed too hard against it and it got contentous. This came on the heels of you defending me against a pretty heartless attack against me when I was going through a bad health issue. It was never personal. Believe me.
E
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Posted By: E-Dub
Date Posted: December 01 2014 at 20:59
And I must change my location, as we've moved to Wisconsin in recent months. :-)
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Posted By: bhikkhu
Date Posted: December 01 2014 at 21:18
E!!!! Good to see you here my old chum! 
You should get in on Micky's tournament. It's a hoot.
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Posted By: E-Dub
Date Posted: December 01 2014 at 21:35
Thanks, HT. How's everything going with your son?
I'll have to check it out. I'll fish around for it.
E
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Posted By: Barbu
Date Posted: December 01 2014 at 22:36
Did the big bad french separatists kidnapped Vibration Baby?
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Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: December 01 2014 at 23:26
and Certif1ed (Mark) who drops by once a year or so, makes you realize how significant even just one person can be
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Posted By: tszirmay
Date Posted: December 01 2014 at 23:31
Barbu wrote:
Did the big bad french separatists kidnapped Vibration Baby?  |
1- He probably listened to Capt Lockheed & the Starfighters (Bob Calvert) and promptly ejected himself over Baffin Island (look it up, kiddies) 
2- missing Malaysian Airliner? 
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Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: December 02 2014 at 02:54
tszirmay wrote:
Barbu wrote:
Did the big bad french separatists kidnapped Vibration Baby?  |
1- He probably listened to Capt Lockheed & the Starfighters (Bob Calvert) and promptly ejected himself over Baffin Island (look it up, kiddies) 
2- missing Malaysian Airliner?  |
I think the captains pushed his ejector seat button. Quite a pity that he got some bad vibes. I liked his reviews.
Icarium wrote:
also missed is haromanium (or whaterver his name was), |
Me too. He worked his way up to the Admin Zone and then suddenly disappeared off the radar. I always wondered what has become of him.
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Posted By: Icarium
Date Posted: December 02 2014 at 03:37
the work/job got to him
and also mr Progfreak and Maani where are they now, where is Waldo o.O
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Posted By: Tom Ozric
Date Posted: December 02 2014 at 03:58
Hey, at least we do have a host of regulars here, for now....... I will never understand those who fade away within the annals of time..... Perhaps those who have a 'life' move on from this transient, cyber-space episode in their lives, others just linger ( like I do), and others may visit perennially for the sake of pure interest ....... Whatever, those who've moved on , good luck, those who stick around, cheers to you, those that accidentally stumble upon PA, I wish you luck.......
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Posted By: Toaster Mantis
Date Posted: December 02 2014 at 04:20
Raff wrote:
Yes, Eric is a great guy, and one of the few people I miss from FB (which otherwise I do not miss at all). As to Jon, I hope he's doing well. Very nice guy, and very knowledgeable about music. On the other hand, I am very happy to do without Walter, Henry Plainview and other such "colourful" characters. We have to face enough aggravation in everyday life to want more of it on a music forum.
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I miss Henry Plainview but not WalterDigsTunes. I might have disagreed with HP on pretty much everything, but most of what he wrote made me rethink about the basic issues at hand. At least that happened when we engaged in an in-depth discussion.
If you think oldschool ProgArchives was bad, you should have been on Metal-Archives from 2006-2008 when I posted there. Basically Stormfront with more junkies. Now all those types have been forced unto reservations at deathmetal.org and Nuclear War Now!.
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Posted By: Raff
Date Posted: December 02 2014 at 04:57
Barbu wrote:
Did the big bad french separatists kidnapped Vibration Baby?  |
I have recently seen his reviews (written under his real name) on ProgSphere, a very nice website with which I have collaborated for a while.
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Posted By: micky
Date Posted: December 02 2014 at 05:50
E-Dub wrote:
Very humbled by the comments, too. And Micky, I realize we're all different. I'm not going to unfriend or banish someone only because their views differ from mine.
Honestly, I feel a bit guilty regarding a thing between the two of us a few years ago and you proposed we add Steely Dan and I pushed too hard against it and it got contentous. This came on the heels of you defending me against a pretty heartless attack against me when I was going through a bad health issue. It was never personal. Believe me.
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you would be surprised. I did get a bit out there and you know me, when I get rolling and when I start foaming at the mouth I have the tendency to really say what I think and feel and often it can appear to insult and degrade those different. Never intended though. However yeah, I did get unfriended a few times which I always understood. As Raff often tells me... I can be a real hand-ful to deal with. 
As far as that... we all were a bit crazy then. I understood completely. We all were a bit overly passionate then, long forgiven and long forgotten. As far as that other unfortunately incident, I did what anyone would have done. You are a sweetheart, the dude who came at you was trash. I will defend a friend in a heartbeat, and back then I also got great kicks at taking out the trash with some of the morons we used to have posting here. Part of the internet tough guy schtick which I loved mainly because it is so in reality from what I really am 
Great to see you back. I don't think it will take you long to see what Raff and I have noticed, many have, the forum today is a MUCH different place than it was during the 'glory' days.
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Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: December 02 2014 at 07:37
[QUOTE=lazland]I really miss Iain (Snow Dog) and have no idea how to get hold of him, given that I do not do Face Thingy, or Twitty. I hope,he is alright, and any reports would be welcome. QUOTE]
Ian still pops up on Facebook from time to time.
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Posted By: E-Dub
Date Posted: December 02 2014 at 08:08
Tom Ozric wrote:
Hey, at least we do have a host of regulars here, for now....... I will never understand those who fade away within the annals of time..... Perhaps those who have a 'life' move on from this transient, cyber-space episode in their lives, others just linger ( like I do), and others may visit perennially for the sake of pure interest ....... Whatever, those who've moved on , good luck, those who stick around, cheers to you, those that accidentally stumble upon PA, I wish you luck.......
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Hi, Tom. To be honest, I had a pretty nasty run in with a member with some venomous PM's being exchanged. I'd have to go back and look them over, but for the life of me I don't recall what it was over. It was pretty nasty, though. That probably started it for me.
For all of it's faults, Facebook put me back in contact with people who have long since left my life through moving, jobs, or just the natural order of separation. One of the guys with whom I've come in contact was a catalyst in getting me into Rush back in high school and it's been close to 30 years since I've seen him. So, for me Facebook served a grand purpose and I've spent the majority of my time over there the past 5 years or so.
In my case, it may have been a conscious effort to split from Progarchives. I've met some very good people here, and this thread reminds me that they're still around.
E
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Posted By: Walton Street
Date Posted: December 02 2014 at 08:16
I don't get the forum nonsense. If I venture online, it's for a positive experience .. an escape from day to day ho hum surrounded by people who I have nothing in common with. If I wanted to fight, i'd still be married. unfortunately the anonymity of the internet gives people licence to behave in ways they wouldn't dare in public. (it's why those particular people are bitter, miserable, shut-in basement dwellers, who's only way of affecting the world around them is via a negative exchange with some faceless person on the other end of a wire) I'm digging this forum because it's kept pleasant. I agree with anyone who takes a walk once it turns unpleasant. I do the same (without fanfare or announcement) I hate this attitude of 'if you don't like it - ignore it, it's just the internet'. How do people not understand that everyone else here is also a person and unless they're deeply emotionally damaged, they expect a mutually pleasant experience online. sorry - that came from nowhere ..
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Posted By: E-Dub
Date Posted: December 02 2014 at 08:34
Walton Street wrote:
I don't get the forum nonsense.If I venture online, it's for a positive experience .. an escape from day to day ho hum surrounded by people who I have nothing in common with. If I wanted to fight, i'd still be married. unfortunately the anonymity of the internet gives people licence to behave in ways they wouldn't dare in public. (it's why those particular people are bitter, miserable, shut-in basement dwellers, who's only way of affecting the world around them is via a negative exchange with some faceless person on the other end of a wire) I'm digging this forum because it's kept pleasant. I agree with anyone who takes a walk once it turns unpleasant. I do the same (without fanfare or announcement) I hate this attitude of 'if you don't like it - ignore it, it's just the internet'. How do people not understand that everyone else here is also a person and unless they're deeply emotionally damaged, they expect a mutually pleasant experience online. sorry - that came from nowhere .. |
Well, I'm not claiming innocence. I'm sure I've played the 'douche bag' card from time-to-time. Yeah, I know it's hard to believe to those who know me. 
E
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Posted By: E-Dub
Date Posted: December 02 2014 at 09:32
micky wrote:
E-Dub wrote:
Very humbled by the comments, too. And Micky, I realize we're all different. I'm not going to unfriend or banish someone only because their views differ from mine.
Honestly, I feel a bit guilty regarding a thing between the two of us a few years ago and you proposed we add Steely Dan and I pushed too hard against it and it got contentous. This came on the heels of you defending me against a pretty heartless attack against me when I was going through a bad health issue. It was never personal. Believe me.
E
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you would be surprised. I did get a bit out there and you know me, when I get rolling and when I start foaming at the mouth I have the tendency to really say what I think and feel and often it can appear to insult and degrade those different. Never intended though. However yeah, I did get unfriended a few times which I always understood. As Raff often tells me... I can be a real hand-ful to deal with. 
As far as that... we all were a bit crazy then. I understood completely. We all were a bit overly passionate then, long forgiven and long forgotten. As far as that other unfortunately incident, I did what anyone would have done. You are a sweetheart, the dude who came at you was trash. I will defend a friend in a heartbeat, and back then I also got great kicks at taking out the trash with some of the morons we used to have posting here. Part of the internet tough guy schtick which I loved mainly because it is so in reality from what I really am 
Great to see you back. I don't think it will take you long to see what Raff and I have noticed, many have, the forum today is a MUCH different place than it was during the 'glory' days.
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Hey, I've come to accept your political beliefs, you pinko liberal. Somebody tried to bait me into a big political discussion on Facebook last week. It really is a never ending cluster &*%! when you get to argue politics. Nobody budges.
I've mellowed a lot since. Things have happened that have put things into perspective.
E
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Posted By: NotAProghead
Date Posted: December 02 2014 at 09:41
Bob (Easy Livin). It would be nice to know at least that he's OK.
------------- Who are you and who am I to say we know the reason why... (D. Gilmour)
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Posted By: bhikkhu
Date Posted: December 02 2014 at 14:28
E-Dub wrote:
Thanks, HT. How's everything going with your son?
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Great E, Thanks for asking. 
He made his old man proud by going out and buying "Foxtrot" and "Nursery Cryme." Only 11 years old!
That's my boy. 
------------- a.k.a. H.T.
http://riekels.wordpress.com" rel="nofollow - http://riekels.wordpress.com
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Posted By: HolyMoly
Date Posted: December 02 2014 at 14:37
bhikkhu wrote:
E-Dub wrote:
Thanks, HT. How's everything going with your son?
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Great E, Thanks for asking. 
He made his old man proud by going out and buying "Foxtrot" and "Nursery Cryme." Only 11 years old!
That's my boy. 
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My daughter's about to turn 9 and she asked for a Queen album for Xmas. So she's on the right path too.
------------- My other avatar is a Porsche
It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle if it is lightly greased.
-Kehlog Albran
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Posted By: micky
Date Posted: December 02 2014 at 14:49
bhikkhu wrote:
E-Dub wrote:
Thanks, HT. How's everything going with your son?
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Great E, Thanks for asking. 
He made his old man proud by going out and buying "Foxtrot" and "Nursery Cryme." Only 11 years old!
That's my boy. 
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just wait till he finally meet ol' evil Uncle Micky...I'll have him appreciating the brilliance of Phil Collins and digging Misunderstanding and learning the secret truth that prog Genesis is the single greatest cure for insomnia prog rock has ever given us. 
Let him have an evening with me and my Osanna CD's... he'll never go back to Genesis again hahaha
------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip
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Posted By: micky
Date Posted: December 02 2014 at 14:56
E-Dub wrote:
micky wrote:
E-Dub wrote:
Very humbled by the comments, too. And Micky, I realize we're all different. I'm not going to unfriend or banish someone only because their views differ from mine.
Honestly, I feel a bit guilty regarding a thing between the two of us a few years ago and you proposed we add Steely Dan and I pushed too hard against it and it got contentous. This came on the heels of you defending me against a pretty heartless attack against me when I was going through a bad health issue. It was never personal. Believe me.
E
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you would be surprised. I did get a bit out there and you know me, when I get rolling and when I start foaming at the mouth I have the tendency to really say what I think and feel and often it can appear to insult and degrade those different. Never intended though. However yeah, I did get unfriended a few times which I always understood. As Raff often tells me... I can be a real hand-ful to deal with. 
As far as that... we all were a bit crazy then. I understood completely. We all were a bit overly passionate then, long forgiven and long forgotten. As far as that other unfortunately incident, I did what anyone would have done. You are a sweetheart, the dude who came at you was trash. I will defend a friend in a heartbeat, and back then I also got great kicks at taking out the trash with some of the morons we used to have posting here. Part of the internet tough guy schtick which I loved mainly because it is so in reality from what I really am 
Great to see you back. I don't think it will take you long to see what Raff and I have noticed, many have, the forum today is a MUCH different place than it was during the 'glory' days.
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Hey, I've come to accept your political beliefs, you pinko liberal. Somebody tried to bait me into a big political discussion on Facebook last week. It really is a never ending cluster &*%! when you get to argue politics. Nobody budges.
I've mellowed a lot since. Things have happened that have put things into perspective.
E
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loudly and proudly pink and liberal  It is nice to leave it at home though Eric. FB drew it out in me, and a drip becomes a torrent for me. One of the many reasons I finally gave up on FB. I leave it at home here. I do like that about the site, so much music, so much mischief, so little room for the really important stuff It is an escape. The thing that drew me to it in the first place. Instead of escaping my own personal hell.. I just escape the big picture hell and how this country is going right down the toilet.
------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip
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Posted By: E-Dub
Date Posted: December 02 2014 at 15:23
bhikkhu wrote:
E-Dub wrote:
Thanks, HT. How's everything going with your son?
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Great E, Thanks for asking. 
He made his old man proud by going out and buying "Foxtrot" and "Nursery Cryme." Only 11 years old!
That's my boy. 
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Prog apple doesn't fall far from the tree. 
E
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Posted By: Roland113
Date Posted: December 02 2014 at 16:13
E, Great to see you on here. It's weird, but I felt very honored that you fb'ed me when you were taking your leave. I've enjoyed keeping in touch.
Henry was a hoot as well, Snow Dog too, a lot of people have gone on.
I'm surprised no one mentioned Jody (The Progtologist if I remember correctly). I haven't seen him in ages.
Someone was asking about why people fade from PA. I can say this, I took a break for about a year and a half myself, for me there was just a general disengagement from a lot of the things that I had enjoyed. There was a lot of personal strife going on in my life and music in general just didn't have a lot of the same magic that it had had throughout the previous forty years of my life. It was mostly related to things that had nothing to do with music, but still, sometimes the death of one passion can have an ancilary effect on your other passions.
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I don't have an unnatural obsession with Disney Princesses, I have a fourteen year old daughter and coping mechanisms.
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Posted By: Icarium
Date Posted: December 02 2014 at 18:33
can someone tell me what ProgLucky is doing (exept being founder), i have never seen him around.
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Posted By: HolyMoly
Date Posted: December 02 2014 at 18:35
Roland113 wrote:
I'm surprised no one mentioned Jody (The Progtologist if I remember correctly). I haven't seen him in ages.
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------------- My other avatar is a Porsche
It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle if it is lightly greased.
-Kehlog Albran
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Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: December 02 2014 at 21:36
^ Jody is absolutely still around (which is why I didn't mention him here)-- he largely posts in 'Read Any Good Books Lately?'
------------- "Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought." -- John F. Kennedy
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Posted By: manofmystery
Date Posted: December 03 2014 at 00:17
After starting this thread I started to realize that my memory has become so poor that I can't remember anyone else that I miss. I know that I'm missing them but I can't recall who they are.
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Time always wins.
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Posted By: TheGazzardian
Date Posted: December 03 2014 at 07:49
I always found Alitair's posts to be entertaining, that guy was very unique.
I miss The Truth, but I haven't seem him around here in a long time. That could be a symptom of the fact that I haven't been around as much lately though.
I'd add colorofmoney91 to the list but I have him on facebook so that one is covered
Does Epignosis still post here? I haven't seen him in a long time, but again, that could be a symptom of me not being around very much anymore.
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Posted By: Padraic
Date Posted: December 03 2014 at 08:07
TheGazzardian wrote:
Does Epignosis still post here?
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Yes, just not as often as in the past.
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Posted By: T.Rox
Date Posted: December 03 2014 at 08:27
A lot of time life just gets in the way and you drift off to do other things! This is the first time I have been on PA in quite a long time (though I have pointed a few people here in the time I have been away). It is good to see a lot of the old names still about.
------------- "Without prog, life would be a mistake."
...with apologies to Friedrich Nietzsche
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Posted By: Barbu
Date Posted: December 03 2014 at 08:37
Padraic wrote:
TheGazzardian wrote:
Does Epignosis still post here?
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Yes, just not as often as in the past.
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Shhh, don't wake the beast.
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Posted By: Roland113
Date Posted: December 03 2014 at 08:42
Atavachron wrote:
^ Jody is absolutely still around (which is why I didn't mention him here)-- he largely posts in 'Read Any Good Books Lately?'
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That makes sense, I'm apparently checking all of the wrong threads.
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I don't have an unnatural obsession with Disney Princesses, I have a fourteen year old daughter and coping mechanisms.
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Posted By: Chris S
Date Posted: December 03 2014 at 16:31
T.Rox wrote:
A lot of time life just gets in the way and you drift off to do other things! This is the first time I have been on PA in quite a long time (though I have pointed a few people here in the time I have been away). It is good to see a lot of the old names still about. |
  Good to see you still around
------------- <font color=Brown>Music - The Sound Librarian
...As I venture through the slipstream, between the viaducts in your dreams...[/COLOR]
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Posted By: Atkingani
Date Posted: December 03 2014 at 17:21
That's what I call a 'positive thread'... so many people reappearing here. Nice!
------------- Guigo
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Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: December 03 2014 at 17:29
I do miss SnowDog...we had some nice exchanges as well as PMs. Walter, not sure if I miss him...his posts always brought a chuckle to my day with his post 1989 stuff... And Henry...his posts were well.....shocking to say the least. Others mentioned I do miss too...
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Posted By: bhikkhu
Date Posted: December 03 2014 at 20:20
micky wrote:
bhikkhu wrote:
E-Dub wrote:
Thanks, HT. How's everything going with your son?
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Great E, Thanks for asking. 
He made his old man proud by going out and buying "Foxtrot" and "Nursery Cryme." Only 11 years old!
That's my boy. 
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just wait till he finally meet ol' evil Uncle Micky...I'll have him appreciating the brilliance of Phil Collins and digging Misunderstanding and learning the secret truth that prog Genesis is the single greatest cure for insomnia prog rock has ever given us. 
Let him have an evening with me and my Osanna CD's... he'll never go back to Genesis again hahaha
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Dude you have no idea. Last weekend I had him listening to Aranis and we watched the Discipline Live 1995 DVD. He is well on his way.
------------- a.k.a. H.T.
http://riekels.wordpress.com" rel="nofollow - http://riekels.wordpress.com
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Posted By: Greg W
Date Posted: December 03 2014 at 20:32
I don't miss any of them. Especially Tony R or Reed Lover. He was a @$!&!
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Posted By: Vompatti
Date Posted: December 03 2014 at 20:41
In this moment I miss Mandrakeroot.
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Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: December 03 2014 at 21:18
T.Rox wrote:
A lot of time life just gets in the way and you drift off to do other things! This is the first time I have been on PA in quite a long time (though I have pointed a few people here in the time I have been away). It is good to see a lot of the old names still about. |
Coops ! Great to see you, come around a little more.
------------- "Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought." -- John F. Kennedy
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Posted By: bhikkhu
Date Posted: December 03 2014 at 21:26
Atavachron wrote:
T.Rox wrote:
A lot of time life just gets in the way and you drift off to do other things! This is the first time I have been on PA in quite a long time (though I have pointed a few people here in the time I have been away). It is good to see a lot of the old names still about. |
Coops ! Great to see you, come around a little more.
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I will second that!
------------- a.k.a. H.T.
http://riekels.wordpress.com" rel="nofollow - http://riekels.wordpress.com
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Posted By: manofmystery
Date Posted: December 03 2014 at 22:48
Atkingani wrote:
That's what I call a 'positive thread'... so many people reappearing here. Nice!
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I know, the guy who started it is clearly awesome in every way
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Time always wins.
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