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Topic: Explain Your Avatar
Posted By: Argo2112
Subject: Explain Your Avatar
Date Posted: February 07 2018 at 11:04
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There are a lot of interesting images under peoples names on this page. Many of them seen straight forward , a favorite album or artist, some are more obscure . For me it's an image from the inside of a Yes album I remember from my youth. Long before I knew anything about prog rock I use to flip through my brothers album collections and look at the artwork. The image I use is something I stumbled upon on the internet , something I hadn't seen in many years but I stuck in my head so I used it. So , what's the story behind your avatar or other images or phrases you incorporate in to your posts?
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Posted By: Jeffro
Date Posted: February 07 2018 at 11:16
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Mine is a rotating gif of the image in http://www.cygnus-x1.net/links/rush/images/albums/counterparts-1.jpg" rel="nofollow - this link . From the Rush album, Counterparts ------------- We all dwell in an amber subdomain, amber subdomain, amber subdomain. My face IS a maserati |
Posted By: wiz_d_kidd
Date Posted: February 07 2018 at 11:18
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Mine was a doodle that I did in college while I was smokin' weed and chillin' to some prog. I kept drawing, erasing, re-drawing, and re-connecting these interwoven pathways with the intent of having a single, Moebius-like structure. But having finished it, I realized it was actually two pathways knotted together. I later entitled it "Knot Right". The play on words seemed fitting. The colored background was added when I started using it as an avatar, because B/W didn't stand out enough. |
Posted By: Barbu
Date Posted: February 07 2018 at 11:20
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A dude who found footprints in the snow. ------------- |
Posted By: Icarium
Date Posted: February 07 2018 at 11:32
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this should be in general non-music related section of PA ithink my Avatar is showing iconic Disney ccharacters, i in general love Donald Duck..also honoring Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, Walts first antropomorphic animated character -------------  
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Posted By: Manuel
Date Posted: February 07 2018 at 11:43
| It's just me, playing on a gig that went very well, and my wife took that shot of me. |
Posted By: Argo2112
Date Posted: February 07 2018 at 12:07
Original art work, very cool!
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wiz_d_kidd wrote:Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: February 07 2018 at 12:17
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Yes...thread belongs in off topic not prog music section.....but avatar is of course......dr wu....an eastern sage and wise old man. ;) ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: hellogoodbye
Date Posted: February 07 2018 at 12:32
| I live in a lake. |
Posted By: BaldJean
Date Posted: February 07 2018 at 12:33
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Friede and I use the same avatar, the cover of the first album of our band Bald Angels, "The Goat and the Donkey". it was produced in a limited edition of 500 copies only which we sold at our restaurant. the cover shows the two of us depicted by a befriended artist with Friede on the left and me on the right. the cover of our second album "It's a Dog's Life", also in a limited edition of 500 copies, is extremely daring, so we chose not to use that one -------------  A shot of me as High Priestess of Gaia during our fall festival. Ceterum censeo principiis obsta |
Posted By: Frenetic Zetetic
Date Posted: February 07 2018 at 12:36
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Mine is a cropped image of the Gentle Giant album cover In a Glass House. Usually this image is featured in a blue/black inverted hue, but I recently upgraded it to the much-rarer non-inverted image, scanned right from the Alucard CD edition booklet. ------------- "I am so prog, I listen to concept albums on shuffle." -KMac2021 |
Posted By: Squonk19
Date Posted: February 07 2018 at 12:37
But Dr Wu.....are you really just a shadow of the man that I once knew? Are you crazy, are you high, or just an ordinary guy?   Anyway...my avatar is rather obvious.....although it is also just how I feel after I teach my Year 11 bottom set on the last lesson on a Friday afternoon......Just a pool of tears!  ------------- “Living in their pools, they soon forget about the sea.” |
Posted By: Barbu
Date Posted: February 07 2018 at 12:43
Good to know, thought you were Bene Gesserit witches. *phew*  ------------- |
Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: February 07 2018 at 12:49
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The site has an issue with censorship needing to cover nipples to keep 'the powers that be' happy so we end up marring perfectly good art. My avatar was a protest against that, I like it so I kept it. ------------- Ian Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
Posted By: BaldJean
Date Posted: February 07 2018 at 12:56
here is a slightly bigger image of our album cover: if anyone is curious about the cover of our 2nd album I'll be glad to show it in a PM ------------- A shot of me as High Priestess of Gaia during our fall festival. Ceterum censeo principiis obsta |
Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: February 07 2018 at 13:15
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Mine is the picture of a drummer.......He is yelling at Alex "blah-blah-blah...blah!" -------------   
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Posted By: Cosmiclawnmower
Date Posted: February 07 2018 at 13:16
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My Avatar is 'the long man of Wilmington', possibly/ probably a Neolithic (though this is still disputed)chalk-hill figure cut into the Windover hillside near Willmington in East Sussex. There are numerous other ancient Chalk hill figures including the White Horse of Uffington in Oxfordshire (Depicted on the front cover of XTC's fantastic 'English settlement' lp) and my actual first choice for an avatar, The Cerne Abbas giant in Dorset (more my neck of the woods) but I think that it would be censored due to its.. er.. 'rampant' depiction of an erect phallus.. I might give it a go and see what happens... ------------- |
Posted By: Argo2112
Date Posted: February 07 2018 at 13:17
I always wondered why you blurred the cows udder.
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Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: February 07 2018 at 13:19
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Mine is an album cover featuring Catcher10's said drummer and aforementioned Alex. ------------- 
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Posted By: Kingsnake
Date Posted: February 07 2018 at 13:22
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My avatar is a filtered photo (I used the Prisma app) of me in National Park The Veluwe holding a steeltonguedrum. Here's the original:  |
Posted By: BaldJean
Date Posted: February 07 2018 at 13:23
that's one of the reasons i don't show the cover of our 2nd album in public ------------- A shot of me as High Priestess of Gaia during our fall festival. Ceterum censeo principiis obsta |
Posted By: TheGazzardian
Date Posted: February 07 2018 at 13:27
| A character from a game I developed (that is no longer available unfortunately) |
Posted By: Tom Ozric
Date Posted: February 07 2018 at 13:28
| I collect shells. A conchologist rather. This pic is a very rare and highly prized Pterynotus phyllopterus, only found in Guadeloupe and Martinique. Took me years to acquire this, and it’s a peach colour, but in the avi it looks yellow for some reason. |
Posted By: LearsFool
Date Posted: February 07 2018 at 13:32
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I'm rockin' Monotonprodukt 07, a vital ur-text of electronic music with a killer and eclectic tracklist, one of the best albums of the '80s and probably the single best album ever to come out of Austria. Pro-tip: the tracklist works still better when played back-to-front. Those lines in the middle are blank music staves:  -------------  
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Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: February 07 2018 at 13:34
My name is actually from that Steely Dan song.....but I used to spend a lot of time reading about eastern mysticism and doing zen bench sitting and some Hindu meditation so I decided on that avatar which I have used on most forums over the years. Now I am old.....so it seems to fit. ;) ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: Argo2112
Date Posted: February 07 2018 at 13:37
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^Lears Fool, Who is the dude at the bottom of the page? |
Posted By: Frenetic Zetetic
Date Posted: February 07 2018 at 13:38
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This thread is awesome! ------------- "I am so prog, I listen to concept albums on shuffle." -KMac2021 |
Posted By: Mormegil
Date Posted: February 07 2018 at 13:53
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Mine's just a really old piece of art from an old Mac site. ------------- Welcome to the middle of the film. |
Posted By: LearsFool
Date Posted: February 07 2018 at 14:03
That's a character from the comedic Japanese show Cromartie High School who is probably/almost certainly meant to be Freddie Mercury. He is constantly barechested, often seen riding a horse, and is heralded by Queen's "Procession". -------------
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Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: February 07 2018 at 14:11
What kind of food? I'm all about food. I'm an omnivore. ------------- https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_ipg=50&_sop=1&_rdc=1&_ssn=musicosm" rel="nofollow - eBay |
Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: February 07 2018 at 14:14
Yes, please. Curiosity = piqued. ------------- https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_ipg=50&_sop=1&_rdc=1&_ssn=musicosm" rel="nofollow - eBay |
Posted By: Run Home Slow
Date Posted: February 07 2018 at 14:15
Mine is from: Gayland Morris artist, colorful Frank Zappa painting ------------- If you got ears, you gotta listen — Captain Beefheart |
Posted By: AEProgman
Date Posted: February 07 2018 at 14:19
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Nice thread! Mine, of course is a slightly blurred image of my political adviser, Alfred E. Neuman of MAD magazine. ------------- 
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Posted By: BaldJean
Date Posted: February 07 2018 at 14:24
international haute cuisine ------------- A shot of me as High Priestess of Gaia during our fall festival. Ceterum censeo principiis obsta |
Posted By: Vompatti
Date Posted: February 07 2018 at 14:25
| It sounds vagina-flavoured. |
Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: February 07 2018 at 14:44
King Crimson's "discipline" album cover. Duh.
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Posted By: Quinino
Date Posted: February 07 2018 at 14:45
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The long and winding road That leads to your door Will never disappear (Got tired of Saint-Exupéry's Little Prince drawing but someday will eventually get back to it since it's one of my literary fixations) |
Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: February 07 2018 at 14:51
Really? Wow. Are you the chef(s), too? ------------- https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_ipg=50&_sop=1&_rdc=1&_ssn=musicosm" rel="nofollow - eBay |
Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: February 07 2018 at 14:52
 ------------- https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_ipg=50&_sop=1&_rdc=1&_ssn=musicosm" rel="nofollow - eBay |
Posted By: Evolver
Date Posted: February 07 2018 at 14:53
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Duckman. What the hell are you staring at? ------------- Trust me. I know what I'm doing. |
Posted By: BaldJean
Date Posted: February 07 2018 at 15:00
we are very good cooks but we have a French chef with whom we discuss the dishes of the day for the next week on our weekly meetings ------------- A shot of me as High Priestess of Gaia during our fall festival. Ceterum censeo principiis obsta |
Posted By: YESESIS
Date Posted: February 07 2018 at 15:49
| Mine is obviously the great ELP album Trilogy. I consider it probably their 2nd best album behind only the massive prog album Brain Salad Surgery. |
Posted By: DamoXt7942
Date Posted: February 07 2018 at 15:55
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Mine's my portrait drawn by my friend (and one of psychedelic prog specialists) http://www.progarchives.com/forum/member_profile.asp?PF=2915" rel="nofollow - Eetu . Anyway, this thread moved into "General Discussions". ------------- http://www.facebook.com/damoxt7942" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: Mascodagama
Date Posted: February 07 2018 at 16:22
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Mine is the cover art from the Flying Luttenbachers album Cataclysm. I believe it depicts a planetoidal entity known as The Iridescent Behemoth, whose apocalyptic battle with another cosmic being The Void is musically represented therein. This is part of a multi-album conceptual sequence dealing with the total destruction of Earth and its aftermath. An easy-listening classic which you should definitely buy for your granny this Christmas, especially if she's deaf. ------------- Soldato of the Pan Head Mafia. We'll make you an offer you can't listen to. http://bandcamp.com/jpillbox" rel="nofollow - Bandcamp Profile |
Posted By: ForestFriend
Date Posted: February 07 2018 at 16:26
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It's Ian Anderson from the Too Old To Rock 'n Roll music video... right after he stares up a woman's skirt with binoculars. Just too ridiculous to pass up. ------------- https://borealkinship.bandcamp.com/releases" rel="nofollow - My prog band - Boreal Kinship |
Posted By: jayem
Date Posted: February 07 2018 at 16:41
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Lots of surprising explanations ! My avatar promotes... doodling of course. Doodling has the power to make you travel simply by looking at an A3-A4 sized paper covered with landscape elements : very eco-friendly and the more advisable nowadays ------------- http://www.digger.ch/?lang=en" rel="nofollow - Support mine-clearing ! https://bandcamp.com/machinechance/?lang=en" rel="nofollow - bandcamp collection |
Posted By: The.Crimson.King
Date Posted: February 07 2018 at 18:17
I call mine, "space nebula guy" and he appears on a few of my Mutiny in Jonestown album covers. He began life as one of the "Dance on a Volcano" characters originally found on the back cover of the Trick of the Tail album. About 30 years ago I redrew him holding a guitar instead of a cross ("Crosses are green and crosses are blue your friends didn't make it through...") and added the space nebula design I put on some of my instruments adopting him as my bands unofficial mascot  ------------- https://wytchcrypt.wixsite.com/mutiny-in-jonestown" rel="nofollow - Mutiny in Jonestown : Progressive Rock Since 1987 |
Posted By: Raff
Date Posted: February 07 2018 at 18:30
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Mine is the cover of Blue Oyster Cult's 1981 album Fire of Unknown Origin (which is also the name of my almost defunct blog). Though I love the album, the main reason why I chose this particular image is its beautiful shades of blue. |
Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: February 07 2018 at 19:01
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I'm actually not that comfortable having a plain picture of a musician I'm fan of as avatar; that's too straight for my taste. But sod it, I'm really a big Holger Czukay fan and I just love this picture so much. Wish I could look like that. |
Posted By: siLLy puPPy
Date Posted: February 07 2018 at 19:22
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Well, i was gonna go for a zebra or pangolin. They're really cool and all but well, i guess you've figured out why i choose my icons -------------  https://rateyourmusic.com/~siLLy_puPPy |
Posted By: omphaloskepsis
Date Posted: February 07 2018 at 19:55
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My favorite painting....Kandinsky's "Composition VII "
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Posted By: zachfive
Date Posted: February 07 2018 at 21:43
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Rick Danko - The Band |
Posted By: Magnum Vaeltaja
Date Posted: February 07 2018 at 21:44
It's been fun reading through people's responses here so far. Mine isn't too significant, just a detail from the cover of Herbie Hancock's Sextant that's centered in on a happy, carefree guy dancing his heart out in some sort of cosmic psychedelic vista, which I see as being not completely unlike me in real life.  All of my past avatars on the site have also been album covers or cropped sections of album covers, usually with some sort of face in the forefront so as to be a bit more avatar-y. For the most part, they haven't had any real significance other than being favourites of mine for their vivid colour schemes (with a couple of notably uncolourful ones thrown in the mix). Anyone who's interested can look through them here; this is another fun thread in itself that I'd recommend for people to read through: http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=92382&PID=5362961#5362961" rel="nofollow - http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=92382&PID=5362961#5362961 ------------- when i was a kid a doller was worth ten dollers - now a doller couldnt even buy you fifty cents |
Posted By: siLLy puPPy
Date Posted: February 07 2018 at 21:56
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^ That's one of the BEST album covers E-E_E-ver!!! And a mighty fine album as well. In fact it's been too long since i've spun it. Must happen noooooow! ------------- https://rateyourmusic.com/~siLLy_puPPy |
Posted By: HemispheresOfXanadu
Date Posted: February 07 2018 at 23:37
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Mine is for a band? music project? that's only in my head so far. It's a leper lily or snake's head fritillary, which is the only thing that Google could find when I checked if anyone was using the band/project/whatever name Leper Snake. ------------- https://twitter.com/ProgFollower" rel="nofollow - @ProgFollower on Twitter. Tweet me muzak. |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: February 08 2018 at 00:00
I loved your Petit Prince avatar, it was unique my avatar is my cat in her "I'll lay on your laptop" phase.
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Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: February 08 2018 at 02:23
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My daughter calls me "Beaver". I found this picture of a beaver that looks as if it is singing in front of a microphone standard. On the wooden box on the right was written "Bartimeus". I took a section of the picture and shopped it photo a bit: The letters on the box became "Bar" and I put a Big Big Train beer on it (many of the best pictures taken of me, if these ever exist, show me with an alcoholic beaverage).
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Your current avatar reminds me of Tony R's:  ------------- 
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Posted By: Tom Ozric
Date Posted: February 08 2018 at 02:58
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^ That 2 legged horse cracks me up, every time
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Posted By: BarryGlibb
Date Posted: February 08 2018 at 03:33
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It's a doctored image of me.....altered with a software filter thingy....... so no-one can work out who I am or for that matter how old I am!! |
Posted By: SteveG
Date Posted: February 08 2018 at 04:15
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It's a dog I put up in order to scare dean's avatar of his cat. ------------- This message was brought to you by a proud supporter of the Deep State. |
Posted By: Frenetic Zetetic
Date Posted: February 08 2018 at 04:31
Killer record, and my favorite of the Mwandishi "trilogy". ------------- "I am so prog, I listen to concept albums on shuffle." -KMac2021 |
Posted By: Skala
Date Posted: February 08 2018 at 04:41
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Mine is a part of the artwork I created for my musical project Unnote. ------------- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChrjF_HlSbWofiTv-NVmc4Q" rel="nofollow - Unnote Musical Project |
Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: February 08 2018 at 05:26
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Simply the album cover of Lifeforms by The Future Sound of London. Love the album, and love the artwork, and thought it more original than a prog rock album cover, for this forum, although the music is very progressive in its own way. ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: jayem
Date Posted: February 08 2018 at 05:34
 ECCE MIJ HOMO !------------- http://www.digger.ch/?lang=en" rel="nofollow - Support mine-clearing ! https://bandcamp.com/machinechance/?lang=en" rel="nofollow - bandcamp collection |
Posted By: progaardvark
Date Posted: February 08 2018 at 05:52
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My feet in the air. ------------- ---------- i'm shopping for a new oil-cured sinus bag that's a happy bag of lettuce this car smells like cartilage nothing beats a good video about fractions |
Posted By: stegor
Date Posted: February 08 2018 at 06:26
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This of course is the wizard from King Crimson's In the Wake of Poseidon. It's one of The 12 Archetypes or The 12 Faces of Humankind, painted by Tammo De Jongh. The 12 faces were painted individually, but apparently Tammo was asked to splice them together for the album cover, painting in transitions from one to the next, creating a very prog-like composition from several smaller compositions. You can see the boundaries of each painting despite the attempt to conceal them. I think it's unfortunate, because each of the individual portraits is fantastic, but when they all got stuck together, each with equal importance, it became a rather bland composition. My favorite has always been this - The Logician (Air and Fire). I think this should have been the cover, with The Enchantress (Water and Earth) on the back, but that would have broken up the set of 12 and wouldn't be right either. |
Posted By: siLLy puPPy
Date Posted: February 08 2018 at 06:50
Your current avatar reminds me of Tony R's: And she calls you beaver because you chew down trees in the back yard? I love that two legged horse as well. For some reason the site has never let me upload animated gifs. ------------- https://rateyourmusic.com/~siLLy_puPPy |
Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: February 08 2018 at 08:34
| Mine's Kate Bush, what more can I say? |
Posted By: Argo2112
Date Posted: February 08 2018 at 08:44
| ^ This was one of the one I was wondering about. I thought that was Kate but I wasn't sure. |
Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: February 08 2018 at 09:05
No, she knows well enough that I am too clumsy to build my own lodge
 . Moreover, unlike my grandma back in the day, I don't have long front teeth in my upper dentures. So I will not chew down the only tree in my backyard: a magnolia tree which I planted some 18 or 19 years ago.-------------
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Posted By: octopus-4
Date Posted: February 09 2018 at 10:52
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Nothing to do with Gentle Giant. I once played soccer as goalkeeper, but I wasn't very good, so I have only half the arms that I should have. ------------- I stand with Roger Waters, I stand with Joan Baez, I stand with Victor Jara, I stand with Woody Guthrie. Music is revolution |
Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: February 09 2018 at 14:47
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My avatar is from a scanned photograph of http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2018/01/25/doomsday-clock-set-two-minutes-midnight-world-moves-closer-global/" rel="nofollow - several scientists standing near the symbolic Doomsday Clock . My signature is in response to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSrEEDQgFc8" rel="nofollow - Kellyanne Conway's "alternative facts" comment which she uttered 40 years after the https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqpq9tP14PA" rel="nofollow - Tom Baker Doctor Who episode which I quote from aired. ------------- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXcp9fYc6K4IKuxIZkenfvukL_Y8VBqzK" rel="nofollow - Duos for fave acts |
Posted By: Mascodagama
Date Posted: February 09 2018 at 15:06
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^. ...and when the very powerful and the very stupid are the same person, sh*t gets scary. ------------- Soldato of the Pan Head Mafia. We'll make you an offer you can't listen to. http://bandcamp.com/jpillbox" rel="nofollow - Bandcamp Profile |
Posted By: Dopeydoc
Date Posted: February 09 2018 at 15:20
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doc: I was a seasoned strategist dopey: I enjoy looking at the stars in the night sky, listening prog |
Posted By: Rednight
Date Posted: February 09 2018 at 17:24
------------- "It just has none of the qualities of your work that I find interesting. Abandon [?] it." - Eno |
Posted By: dr prog
Date Posted: February 09 2018 at 17:50
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Cos the album is cool ------------- All I like is prog related bands beginning late 60's/early 70's. Their music from 1968 - 83 has the composition and sound which will never be beaten. Perfect blend of jazz, classical, folk and rock. |
Posted By: The.Crimson.King
Date Posted: February 09 2018 at 19:12
 ------------- https://wytchcrypt.wixsite.com/mutiny-in-jonestown" rel="nofollow - Mutiny in Jonestown : Progressive Rock Since 1987 |
Posted By: Rednight
Date Posted: February 10 2018 at 12:21
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The three individual photos of Bruford, Fripp, and Wetton that were later used in the composite that graced the best album cover of 1974 - that's all. ------------- "It just has none of the qualities of your work that I find interesting. Abandon [?] it." - Eno |
Posted By: HackettFan
Date Posted: February 11 2018 at 09:54
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My previous avatar was cat who went missing and is presumed dead, so I changed my avatar to this pic of my Les Paul Classic Plus. My Les Paul was stolen early last summer, though, along with some high dollar guitar synths and effects devices. I've replaced many of the effects and synths, but I will be getting by for awhile with half way decent but cheap guitars. I'd like to get a Les Paul Classic Custom one day, but my next guitar will probably be a Gibson SG whenever I can swing the cash or credit. I haven't updated my avatar yet. I'm in no hurry, I suppose ------------- A curse upon the heads of those who seek their fortunes in a lie. The truth is always waiting when there's nothing left to try. - Colin Henson, Jade Warrior (Now) |
Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: February 11 2018 at 10:05
Indeed.  ------------- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXcp9fYc6K4IKuxIZkenfvukL_Y8VBqzK" rel="nofollow - Duos for fave acts |
Posted By: The Bearded Bard
Date Posted: February 11 2018 at 12:19
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Motorpsycho, Møster! and Reflections in Cosmo guitarist Hans Magnus "Snah" Ryan. The photo is slightly edited, and chosen for its colours matching the first photo in my sig. -------------  
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Posted By: Argo2112
Date Posted: February 13 2018 at 08:45
I thought that was Ian. Either that or a crazy pirate! |
Posted By: paulindigo
Date Posted: February 13 2018 at 09:54
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My avatar is an Excel pie chart |
Posted By: Formentera Lady
Date Posted: February 15 2018 at 13:51
My original avatar is this one which I chose because my avatar name is a song on an album with this cover. My current avatar is a protest against the discrimination of robots on this site!  It shows Robbie, an intelligent robot and main character of the popular German children's book 'Robbi, Tobbi und das Fliewatüüt' by Boy Lornsen. The picture is taken from the film adaption in 1972. ------------- http://theprogressiveweb.blogspot.de" rel="nofollow - Visit me in Second Life to talk about music. |
Posted By: WeepingElf
Date Posted: February 26 2018 at 12:45
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My avatar is the logo of my band. ------------- ... brought to you by the Weeping Elf "What does Elvish rock music sound like?" - "Yes." |
Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: February 26 2018 at 14:24
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Discrimination against 'robots' on this site...? WTF...? ;) ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: jayem
Date Posted: February 26 2018 at 16:51
------------- http://www.digger.ch/?lang=en" rel="nofollow - Support mine-clearing ! https://bandcamp.com/machinechance/?lang=en" rel="nofollow - bandcamp collection |
Posted By: WeepingElf
Date Posted: February 27 2018 at 12:58
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A band web site is currently under construction. I can't tell when it will go up, but I hope we can get to that within a few weeks. ------------- ... brought to you by the Weeping Elf "What does Elvish rock music sound like?" - "Yes." |
Posted By: Vompatti
Date Posted: February 27 2018 at 13:01
| My avatar is an archetypal representation of how I would ideally do my computing. |
Posted By: Matti
Date Posted: February 27 2018 at 22:43
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I've had a few avatars during my 12½-year stay in PA. Once it was the CAMEL cover A Nod and a Wink, and when I lost it (there was some technical updating, I guess) I chose a picture from the list in the Control Panel. The shape of a white, much stylished horse against the black background was probably my longest-running avatar. I just decided to change it at last. This is the cover of my second prog book, dealing with all-time Finnish prog. I designed it myself, using some album covers for the letters. EDIT: I changed my avatar (in April or May 2018, don't remember exactly) from the Prog Finlandia cover to Pieter Brueghel's Hunters in the Snow, one of my favourite paintings.
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Posted By: Pigwheeler
Date Posted: February 27 2018 at 22:49
| Progarchives won't let me add what I want to add (sizing problems) so I just chose one of their lame defaults |
Posted By: Mortte
Date Posted: February 27 2018 at 22:52
| My avatar is vacuum. |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: February 27 2018 at 22:53
I understand your frustration, but just use something that fits their size, just don't use big size pics. I've never had problems adding avatars on PA.
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Posted By: DamoXt7942
Date Posted: February 27 2018 at 23:19
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Posted By: BaldJean
Date Posted: February 28 2018 at 01:46
you can easily downsize any picture with a photo editor or paint program; Friede and I use Ultimate Paint for this purpose. a free version of the program is available online ------------- A shot of me as High Priestess of Gaia during our fall festival. Ceterum censeo principiis obsta |
Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: February 28 2018 at 10:43
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^I'd like to know more about the pic that is not the avatar. ------------- https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_ipg=50&_sop=1&_rdc=1&_ssn=musicosm" rel="nofollow - eBay |
Posted By: BaldJean
Date Posted: February 28 2018 at 11:06
well, I have shown it to you. what more would you like to know? ------------- A shot of me as High Priestess of Gaia during our fall festival. Ceterum censeo principiis obsta |
Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: February 28 2018 at 11:13
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Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: February 28 2018 at 11:16
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To which fall festival do you refer? What do you do during the proceedings/ceremony/ritual? ------------- https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_ipg=50&_sop=1&_rdc=1&_ssn=musicosm" rel="nofollow - eBay |
Posted By: BaldJean
Date Posted: February 28 2018 at 12:43
we are High Priestesses of Gaia, the ancient Greek Goddess of the Earth. the solstices and equinoxes, which mark the beginning of the four seasons, are our holy days. we paint ourselves head to toe in the color of the beginning season - green for the grass of spring, red for the flowers of summer, yellowish-brown for the leaves of fall and white for the snow of winter. we dance and sing hymns of praise to Gaia, bring offerings of flowers and fruits of the season (nuts for winter) and take fly agaric to have visions. we also developed a calendar of our own. it has 13 months with 28 days each + a New Year's Day that does not belong to any month or week. in leap years New Year's Day is followed by leap day which also does not belong to any month or week. since the weekdays of this calendar are not identical with the weekdays of the Gregorian calendar we named the weekday after the 7 Pleiades. the months are named after Greek Goddesses. this calendar has the advantage that the same date will fall on the same weekday every year. what's more, every month starts with the same weekday, so calculating which weekday a certain date falls on is totally easy ------------- A shot of me as High Priestess of Gaia during our fall festival. Ceterum censeo principiis obsta |