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Posted By: Jim Garten
Subject: 8 years 12 days ago
Date Posted: February 15 2012 at 07:09
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I searched the phrase 'progressive rock', found & joined this site.
At the time, I think there were about 20 members all in all & since then, rising in the ranks through newbie, groupie, senior member, collaborator & for the last several years as a member of the Admin Team, I've seen this site develop from a fairly primitive website dedicated to the music I love to the huge concern it is today with over 38,000 members & containing exhaustive detail of nearly 7,000 bands. I've seen members come & go, I've seen names change, alliegances change, I've seen friends won & lost, I've made some extremely good friends, I believe in suggesting Opeth in the very early days, I'm probably responsible for many prog vs prog-metal etc arguments (  ), I remember the Shred in its very first incarnation as a bit of whimsy called the Maria Carey Thread... and yes, I remember Velvetclown...
I've survived the Queen wars, the great Radiohead revolution & seen ELP's stock go up, be brought down as the most reviled act on the site, to back up again; I've also seen approximately 20,000 threads dedicated to Dream Theater .
+++sigh+++ I've seen some changes... ------------- 
Jon Lord 1941 - 2012 |
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Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: February 15 2012 at 07:17
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In June of the same year, I done a serach on Progressive Rock, and found this site too.
I too have lived through the great Radiohead debates, but to be honest I can't believe there has only been 20,000 DT threads!! Pitiful. I have ranked my favourite Genesis albums countless times, ditto Rush, Yes et al.. I have made some good friends and had some good nights out as a result of singing up here, and that is probably the best thing about PA. That and discovering a lot of new music of course. ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: February 15 2012 at 07:18
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I think I have only change my avatar twice..
..and I've onlt had two girlfriends in all that time. I think that speaks volumes.. ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: February 15 2012 at 07:19
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It has been a long road. I'm still hanging on.... ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: February 15 2012 at 07:20
My first Avatar was Fly By Night by Rush. I had it quite a long time. Then Chopper joined and took it while I had dropped it for a while. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow">
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Blacksword wrote:Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: February 15 2012 at 07:28
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I hopped on about two years later than 2004. Seems to have matured a bit from it's original incarnation and yeah, sucked in by an internet search. At the time the now defunct AOL Progressive internet radio channel had become my main avenue of discovery. AOL quit doing that not too long after this site became my main avenue of discovery. Sad, I credit them with my discovery of Djam Karet. Ozric Tentacles, Porcupine Tree... This site gets the credit for being my main avenue of getting into Radohead. ------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened... 
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Posted By: Jim Garten
Date Posted: February 15 2012 at 07:31
Apart from the first month, when I had one of the generic site avatars, this has always been mine. And I don't believe I missed out references to the great prog-curry nights  -------------
Jon Lord 1941 - 2012 |
Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: February 15 2012 at 07:32
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I found the site looking for Prog radio. I used the page of links here to find my favourites before eventually delving into the forum to take on a chap called "Reed Lover" ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: February 15 2012 at 08:21
There needs to be another one fairly soon, I think..  ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: refugee
Date Posted: February 15 2012 at 08:39
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I actually remember more or less what I did February 2nd 2004. My wife and I had to live with a friend for a week because our new flat wasn’t ready yet. So we were a bit outside town, probably making dinner together with Eirini and certainly drinking wine and ouzo. I had no idea this site existed at the time. November 20th 2006: I had been lurking here for a few months and even tried to join (without success) when one of the admins (M@x, I believe) sent me a mail, asking me if I still was interested in joining the site. Needless to say, my answer was yes. ------------- He say nothing is quite what it seems; I say nothing is nothing (Peter Hammill) |
Posted By: sleeper
Date Posted: February 15 2012 at 08:40
I dont recall hearing you sing on here!  Correct me if I'm wrong, but isnt the site as a whole celebrating it's 10th anniversary next year? ------------- Spending more than I should on Prog since 2005 
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Posted By: Jim Garten
Date Posted: February 15 2012 at 09:08
Quite possibly - it did exist in a primitive form prior to my finding it in 2004; not sure it had a forum in those days... -------------
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Posted By: timothy leary
Date Posted: February 15 2012 at 09:34
| Thanks PA for the best site on the internet. Bookmark # 1.!! |
Posted By: VanderGraafKommandöh
Date Posted: February 15 2012 at 09:42
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I've been here since 2005. Oh dear.
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Posted By: refugee
Date Posted: February 15 2012 at 09:46
Bookmark #2 – after my mailbox, and just before Wikipedia. ------------- He say nothing is quite what it seems; I say nothing is nothing (Peter Hammill) |
Posted By: sleeper
Date Posted: February 15 2012 at 10:03
Thought so, I seem to remember hearing that it had a guestbook before the forum was added. ------------- Spending more than I should on Prog since 2005
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Posted By: TheGazzardian
Date Posted: February 15 2012 at 10:17
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I arrived here by accident, when I first starting getting into prog it was through Yes and I visited a Yes forum quite frequently...one of the members was sharing a band he enjoyed, and linked to Progarchives for the streaming sample. Since then, I've grown interested in new music faster than ever before, acquired music faster than ever before, met some great guys, and spread my taste far beyond what it was at when I got here.
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Posted By: Equality 7-2521
Date Posted: February 15 2012 at 10:34
Me too. It's strange to think. ------------- "One had to be a Newton to notice that the moon is falling, when everyone sees that it doesn't fall. " |
Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: February 15 2012 at 10:35
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I discovered this site in the fall of 2004, when I was googling for Traffic, a band that I became fond of in those days.
ProgArchives has become my favourite site since then (Bookmark #3) and it helped me to update my knowledge of prog.
Being conditioned to stand along the sideline, it took me some 43 months before I signed up and jumped into the forum.
The faces I've been:
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Posted By: Jim Garten
Date Posted: February 15 2012 at 10:41
Me too - considering I've been into prog rock for nigh on 40 years, this last 8 years has expanded my knowlege of the genre exponentially (not to mention my CD collection, which has grown in direct proportion to the drop in my bank account ) - it really has been a case of
"who the hell are they" +++listens+++ "oooh!!" +++buy+++ "who the hell are they" +++listens+++ "oooh!!" +++buy+++ "who the hell are they" +++listens+++ "oooh!!" +++buy+++ "who the hell are they" +++listens+++ "oooh!!" +++buy+++ +++repeat to fade+++ -------------
Jon Lord 1941 - 2012 |
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: February 15 2012 at 10:45
I had to drop out of the whole crossover evaluating because of the have to buy factor. You really hate to place limits but there is only so much time in the day and even less money to buy music... ------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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Posted By: stonebeard
Date Posted: February 15 2012 at 11:48
I haven't been going here for 7 years. I refuse to believe it. No. ------------- http://soundcloud.com/drewagler" rel="nofollow - My soundcloud. Please give feedback if you want! |
Posted By: sleeper
Date Posted: February 15 2012 at 11:54
There's something worryingly familier with that last part. ------------- Spending more than I should on Prog since 2005
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Posted By: darkshade
Date Posted: February 15 2012 at 12:25
I'm pretty sure you've had that same avatar the entire time. I found this site looking up reviews for Dream Theater, Opeth and Phish albums while at a beach house in summer '05. I didn't join until later that fall. I think I was a instigator for Miles Davis' inclusion. I remember a lot of love for 70s prog, symphonic prog in general, Dream Theater, and Porcupine Tree when I joined. Does anyone remember the old Dream Theater vs Symphony X polls? Things have changed a lot with members leaving and new ones coming on board. I remember when there wasn't much Frank Zappa discussion, and then all of a sudden there was. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/MysticBoogy" rel="nofollow - My Last.fm 
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Posted By: lazland
Date Posted: February 15 2012 at 12:27
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Like most others, I found the site during a Google search. Fell in love with it then, and still in love with it now. ------------- Enhance your life. Get down to www.lazland.org Now also broadcasting on www.progzilla.com Every Saturday, 4.00 p.m. UK time! |
Posted By: Angelo
Date Posted: February 15 2012 at 12:27
Well, you can check out any time you like, and unlke the infamous hotel - you càn leave... ------------- http://www.iskcrocks.com" rel="nofollow - ISKC Rock Radio I stopped blogging and reviewing - so won't be handling requests. Promo's for ariplay can be sent to [email protected] |
Posted By: darkshade
Date Posted: February 15 2012 at 12:34
A brief history of avatars:     
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Posted By: Equality 7-2521
Date Posted: February 15 2012 at 12:40
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Ha those were all the same person? I had no idea honestly. I've never looked at your name.
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Posted By: Equality 7-2521
Date Posted: February 15 2012 at 12:40
How did we make it 7 years without getting banned? ------------- "One had to be a Newton to notice that the moon is falling, when everyone sees that it doesn't fall. " |
Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: February 15 2012 at 12:45
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I'm a relative n00b compared to most of the posters in this thread. ------------- 
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Posted By: TheGazzardian
Date Posted: February 15 2012 at 12:59
iTunes or Windows Media player didn't do a good enough job for you?
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Posted By: darkshade
Date Posted: February 15 2012 at 13:10
------------- http://www.last.fm/user/MysticBoogy" rel="nofollow - My Last.fm
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Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: February 15 2012 at 13:10
Long answer: I'm an accountant and therefore anal about keeping records. One of the motivations behind it was to learn how to use Access, since I was only mildly familiar with it at the time that I started the project. -------------
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Posted By: presdoug
Date Posted: February 15 2012 at 17:08
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I have been a member for a little over 2 years, and have been visiting and posting almost everyday during that time I love PA! though it has become a kind of addiction, it is a good one |
Posted By: Andy Webb
Date Posted: February 15 2012 at 17:13
If you're a n00b I shouldn't be posting here at all.  (Almost) 2 years! w00t ------------- http://ow.ly/8ymqg" rel="nofollow">  
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Posted By: Finnforest
Date Posted: February 15 2012 at 17:20
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Just clicked 5 years. Have had a few different avatars but Starbuck by far the most popular. I've tried to change a couple times, and each time I do I get a PM or two threatening my life.
------------- ...that moment you realize you like "Mob Rules" better than "Heaven and Hell" |
Posted By: Finnforest
Date Posted: February 15 2012 at 17:22
The original Finnforest avvie for those who have forgotten.... Good band too! ------------- ...that moment you realize you like "Mob Rules" better than "Heaven and Hell" |
Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: February 15 2012 at 17:23
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I think that I change my avatar almost as often as I change my shorts. -------------
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Posted By: Epignosis
Date Posted: February 15 2012 at 17:24
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I've never changed mine.
------------- https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays" rel="nofollow - https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays |
Posted By: Finnforest
Date Posted: February 15 2012 at 17:28
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You two are class 2007 also, but you've both bested my post count just a bit
------------- ...that moment you realize you like "Mob Rules" better than "Heaven and Hell" |
Posted By: Epignosis
Date Posted: February 15 2012 at 17:32
As I recall, I joined in December 2007, but didn't start posting until late 2008. ------------- https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays" rel="nofollow - https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays |
Posted By: Andy Webb
Date Posted: February 15 2012 at 17:33
You can thank the shred for that. ------------- http://ow.ly/8ymqg" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: A Person
Date Posted: February 15 2012 at 18:37
It took me a year to start posting lots as well, except a year later. |
Posted By: stonebeard
Date Posted: February 15 2012 at 20:50
No idea, man.  And to think I made it 6+ years without that wonderful smiley... :0
------------- http://soundcloud.com/drewagler" rel="nofollow - My soundcloud. Please give feedback if you want! |
Posted By: colorofmoney91
Date Posted: February 15 2012 at 21:21
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I didn't start posting until 3 years after registering. I live here now.
------------- http://hanashukketsu.bandcamp.com" rel="nofollow - Hanashukketsu |
Posted By: darkshade
Date Posted: February 15 2012 at 21:37
sooooo... once a month or so? ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/MysticBoogy" rel="nofollow - My Last.fm
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Posted By: The T
Date Posted: February 15 2012 at 22:05
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I'm Class of 2006. I was extremely idiotic, had a greenish vampire avatar, was kind of trollish in my love of DT, and loved to make senseless polls.
I've had only a few avatars. Vampire, Dracula, pentagram, a couple more and now Hachi. ------------- 
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Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: February 16 2012 at 06:58
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Utmost respect for those who pick an avatar and stick with it. I'm not sure if I'm going to stick with the current one or return to my recurring customized cartoon avatar. I find the avatar combined with the cat pic in the sig is pretty cool and it's art you won't encounter anywhere else.
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Posted By: ExittheLemming
Date Posted: February 16 2012 at 07:06
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A Guide to the Normal Career Path on PA: 1 - Flagrant Troll 2 - Subtle Troll 3 - Reformed Troll 4 - Collab 5 - Admin 6 - Normal Person (I've seen pictures yes, but anyone know one?) ------------- 
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Posted By: sleeper
Date Posted: February 16 2012 at 07:13
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^Surely No 6 is just a myth?
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Posted By: ExittheLemming
Date Posted: February 16 2012 at 07:17
^ Yep, I suspect it's just another stupid hoax like a generous Scotsman 
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Posted By: tamijo
Date Posted: February 16 2012 at 07:19
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Class 2009 - but not that active first few years. I remember i was stunned that bands like Rush was here, i was thinking Prog and Heavy was not possible at the same time. Now i love bands like, The Mars Volta, Tool, Green Carnation, Anekdoten ect. One think PA did to me, was broadening my taste in many new directions. Also some not prog. Still find it a bit hard sometimes, to understand whats going on here, hope its just a language thing.  ------------- Prog is whatevey you want it to be. So dont diss other peoples prog, and they wont diss yours |
Posted By: ExittheLemming
Date Posted: February 16 2012 at 07:21
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Nope, it's not a language thing it IS hard to understand what's going on here
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Posted By: Jim Garten
Date Posted: February 16 2012 at 07:23
It's convenient when you're searching for your own posts - if I didin't have Robin Trower on one side & my shed underneath, I'd never find my own posts & probably end up trolling myself  -------------
Jon Lord 1941 - 2012 |
Posted By: Ricochet
Date Posted: February 16 2012 at 07:25
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Seven years very soon (but maybe minus the one I've left) and whatever.
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Posted By: VanderGraafKommandöh
Date Posted: February 16 2012 at 07:28
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I've only been using this avatar for 3 years or so. I had Robert Wyatt as my avatar for a while before that. I've had others as well (I think I had the Magma logo), some I cannot remember but this one is here to stay and I don't plan to change it. -------------
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Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: February 16 2012 at 08:05
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The kitty headphone avatar is pretty cool. Worth sticking with. Rico's blinking eye is, too. The Trower avatar still reminds of a slightly aroused penis. ------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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Posted By: Ricochet
Date Posted: February 16 2012 at 08:24
I still have some of the avatars I used before the Eye (thanks to Photobucket not shutting down despite turning useless after all these years).  lol Cooler ones, tho:   But yeah, it is custom, sometimes by popular demand, that I stick to the Eye. -------------
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Posted By: VanderGraafKommandöh
Date Posted: February 16 2012 at 08:56
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I don't remember any of those, Rico.
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Posted By: sleeper
Date Posted: February 16 2012 at 09:05
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I think I remember the sun, not sure. I remember you used to have a Gecko for your avy James, went with your origional screen name, until some one else started using it. ------------- Spending more than I should on Prog since 2005
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Posted By: darkshade
Date Posted: February 16 2012 at 09:38
I don't know why, James, but I thought you always had that avatar. 
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Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: February 16 2012 at 09:50
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I think I know who that is.
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Posted By: A Person
Date Posted: February 16 2012 at 10:04
I mostly stick with my avatar because people threaten violence if I were to do otherwise. |
Posted By: TheGazzardian
Date Posted: February 16 2012 at 10:08
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Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: February 16 2012 at 10:10
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Matt's avatar has always confused me. I've never understood how a cat could be A Person. Or is it A Person could be a cat? -------------
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Posted By: Easy Livin
Date Posted: February 16 2012 at 10:57
| It's time Robin Trower was added to the site. if nothing else, this should be done in tribute to Jim's amazing contribution to the site. |
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: February 16 2012 at 11:02
 
------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: February 16 2012 at 11:02
------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: February 16 2012 at 11:58
Well, you're my senior by four days (I believe), although I didn't post in the forum much for a few months...
Yup, there were some tremendous fights (sometimes degenerating in brawls), with Maani's laissez-faire attitude...
the Threefates & Karn Evil Nine ELP camp, the always funny Reed Lover, the useless VC posting, Peter's (how's he doing, btw?) colour-filled (almost psychedelic) posts.... The first few PA member meeting (London, The Hague, Canterbury, Carmeaux), the religious debates, etc...
them good ol'day... Kind of miss them really... miss Trotsky (Martin), Joren and a few more too.
I'd guess that 9000 of my 11K+ posts date from the first four years I squatted the site... I think I was average just under 3000 post/year >>> a pace which should amount to 24000 today, had I not slowed down ------------- let's just stay above the moral melee prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword |
Posted By: darkshade
Date Posted: February 16 2012 at 12:01
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I miss Walter. He kept discussions 'interesting'.
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Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: February 16 2012 at 12:03
One of my fave PE buddies managed to climb to step 5 on that scale, starting from the bottom
  have yet to to see a level 6 anywhere on the web...  ------------- let's just stay above the moral melee prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword |
Posted By: tamijo
Date Posted: February 16 2012 at 12:05
------------- Prog is whatevey you want it to be. So dont diss other peoples prog, and they wont diss yours |
Posted By: VanderGraafKommandöh
Date Posted: February 16 2012 at 12:31
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Posted By: VanderGraafKommandöh
Date Posted: February 16 2012 at 12:33
I have no idea who that is. -------------
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Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: February 16 2012 at 12:34
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James was gecko? I hated that guy! Oh..wait....yep. That makes so much sense to me now. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: VanderGraafKommandöh
Date Posted: February 16 2012 at 12:40
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Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: February 16 2012 at 12:52
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Posted By: sleeper
Date Posted: February 16 2012 at 13:04
No, James was Geck0, gecko was the annoying copycat. ------------- Spending more than I should on Prog since 2005
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Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: February 16 2012 at 13:04
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Posted By: darkshade
Date Posted: February 16 2012 at 13:20
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Ah yes, I remember when ripping a CD to a computer would take a half hour at 1.6x speed
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Posted By: darkshade
Date Posted: February 16 2012 at 13:20
Me neither. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/MysticBoogy" rel="nofollow - My Last.fm
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Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: February 16 2012 at 13:25
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Rapidly approaching my 5th year - though I was lurking on and off for quite some time before then - I do remember when each album page had the discography strip down the right-hand column - that took ages to load and was a right pig to navigate. I came here looking for anything on Tirana, then again looking for somewhere to spam the band I use to manage (I didn't in the end as I was sure they wouldn't fit in here). I don't recall exactly why I joined the forum, though I'm sure it was to correct some heinous error in a post by someone or other, arrogant know-all that I am. Then fell in with the wrong crowd in the Grey Room and it was all down-hill from there really. I do remember my first "collaboration" - I wrote the biography for Godley and Creme. Then there was Crossover - or just Me and Mickey lording over it like it was our private play-pen (not really, but we can dream) - that was fun - The Dear Hunter, Seventh Wave and Mansun will be the three bands I'm most proud to have added to this site (small victories). ------------- What? |
Posted By: darkshade
Date Posted: February 16 2012 at 13:27
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Anyone remember on a band's page, there would be a "Top albums" by the band; usually reserved for album's with the best ratings/most ratings with good ratings?
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Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: February 16 2012 at 13:36
Remember when we had that chat room? ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: VanderGraafKommandöh
Date Posted: February 16 2012 at 13:40
Wait, what?! I don't remember this copycat. -------------
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Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: February 16 2012 at 13:41
Yeah...his real name was Jim. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: TheGazzardian
Date Posted: February 16 2012 at 13:43
...Man, that triggers a vague memory of a member called Geck0 with that avy, but that was long before I was active enough in the forums to know anybody who didn't review a lot on the front page too. As far as I am aware, James has always been James.
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Posted By: VanderGraafKommandöh
Date Posted: February 16 2012 at 13:52
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I know who Geck0 was but not Gecko. I'm confused.
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Posted By: Angelo
Date Posted: February 16 2012 at 14:33
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What's new? ------------- http://www.iskcrocks.com" rel="nofollow - ISKC Rock Radio I stopped blogging and reviewing - so won't be handling requests. Promo's for ariplay can be sent to [email protected] |
Posted By: Syzygy
Date Posted: February 16 2012 at 15:24
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I entered the prog portal at the end of 2004, and I think I'm on my 3rd avatar (don't remember the first, but had Harry Enfield's Scousers for a while; sadly meaningless outside the UK). I've met lots of interesting people in London, The Hague, Brussels, Paris, Carmaux (RIO fest) and possibly beyond, seen some amazing gigs, discovered some fantastic music and enjoyed quite a few meals, at least 50% of which were curries. I'm not on here so much these days because real life has encroached rather too much, but I still look in most days and still consider myself an active member. ------------- 'Like so many of you I've got my doubts about how much to contribute to the already rich among us...' Robert Wyatt, Gloria Gloom |
Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: February 16 2012 at 15:25
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I kinda miss the scousers. Dey do doh donay doh? ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: February 16 2012 at 15:33
That's sex therapist Sue Johanson. I used to watch her call in show on Oxygen but after a while listening to people who were clueless about sex became tiresome rather than amusing. ------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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Posted By: VanderGraafKommandöh
Date Posted: February 16 2012 at 15:43
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That wasn't the job I was expecting her to have...
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Posted By: darkshade
Date Posted: February 16 2012 at 19:54
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Posted By: Andy Webb
Date Posted: February 16 2012 at 20:27
I've had a number of avatars in the last year, but my longest running was probably an infamous one....
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Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: February 16 2012 at 20:37
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I also fail to remember any of Rico's other avys.
Good God...hard to believe I joined this thing in 2005. Still haven't found that goddamn prog radio I was searching for when I found this site. I want to say my first post was in a silliest/funniest song title thread (or perhaps a list your top 10 favorite GG songs thread), which is fairly accurate with respect to what I do most of the time here. The old days were a blast indeed...Velvet clown, Joren, frenchie, Reed Lover, Karn Evil 9, Useful Idiot, Danbo, dude, Maani...the whole lot of you old fuddy duddies.
Great times with Cyggie, Stonie & Ansen in the just for fun threads and plenty of laughs with all the old to somewhat olde garde of the MC/VL/VR crowd. Site was a lot simpler then. I remember being able to download songs from the 'chives, the strip of albums down the side of a page (which was a blessing), country listings, being able to make polls in the prog lounge, and no such thing as crossover or prog related. I also remember a failed experiment with a new forum organisation of seperating everything by genre. Things certainly have changed.Don't even remember how I got to be a collab, but started on the ill faded Site Monitor team and now I am here on the fusion team. I had a different avy for about 2 weeks and then found the lightbulb of my life. Of course all along been finding more and more great music thanks to this site. What a ride.
Here's to the old gaurd, past or present.
 Oh, and, uhh...congrats Jim on sticking aroud all this time.  ------------- 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: Atavachron
Date Posted: February 16 2012 at 21:41
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I vividly recall James' avy when I joined; a beaming Robert Wyatt
(pre-accident I think). That was when I didn't know a soul, but
this was the first forum I'd ever felt comfortable at and was content
to gradually, somehow be a part of things. I realized before too
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Posted By: Jim Garten
Date Posted: February 17 2012 at 02:28
And that's not to forget Alexander (a 13 year old Californian with a frighteningly vast knowlege of the Canterbury scene), Stormcrow, Threefates (with a scarily vast knowlege of Greg Lake ) and one guy I hit it off with straight away... a certain Peter Rideout.
After a couple of years of taking the rise out of each other on the site, he PM'd me & asked if my Vicky and I would care to come out to Newfoundland to spend a couple of weeks with his family on vacation. Despite everything your parents tell you about never meeting up with people you only know online (he could have been a 35 stone Alabama serial killer for all we knew), we decided "yeah - that'd be good as a one off"... we've now been 4 times & plan to go again next year: The irony is, when Peter & I met - it's as if we were twins separated at birth (I'm the one on the right... I think): 
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Posted By: AtomicCrimsonRush
Date Posted: February 17 2012 at 03:26
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Sweet thread! My avatars have been
   then I liked Gabrielle Drake so much I just rotate variations of her from now on. such as  I remember The Velvet Room, earlier shreds, the psychedelic words thread, and countless polls about Rush and Dream theater. My first post was "Hi I'm new and would like to learn more about Prog." or something like that. I joined 2008 after googling for Van der Graaf Generator or King Crimson. Until then I frequented the Strawberry Bricks guide TO PROG. I remember getting invited to be a Prog Reviewer as i was writing many reviews of my collection. After that I was addicted to PA. i am one of the survivors of the Bjork hate club. ------------- 
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Posted By: ExittheLemming
Date Posted: February 17 2012 at 03:30
That's a tart's post... -------------
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