new introductions thread??

also, if anyone remembers in which thread recently someone said: 'this B the new nas/HOVA thread beeyotch' or something like that, please point me at it. that's been going through my head over and over lately and cracking me up.

This one perhaps?

Thought not.

pretty close though

I think it would be a good idea only if you could get Dr. C to re-introduce himself at the top.

I just realized I've never done this! Well, my name is Clarke Boehling. I'm a student at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, VA - a serious contender for Most Boring Town in America - and I'll be graduating in Spring 2002. I'm currently Music Director of our wonderful, if poor, college radio station, WCWM 90.7.

My academic infatuation is linguistics - I have been taking Chinese for four semesters, and I'll probably be moving there to teach English temporarily sometime in the not too-too distant future. I like good food, good coffee, staying up ridiculously late for no good reason, acting like a buffoon to try and stir up the over-gentle and apathetic student body of William and Mary, playing basketball and frisbee (Dude, that is SO college!), and, oh yeah, music.

I was completely taken aback by this board at first glance (over a year and a half ago, I think), and I even wrote Tom a distressed e- mail about it - god, I hope he doesn't still think I'm a moron for that. But the amazing bunch of people who post here have really changed the way I look at music, and I'm very grateful. Ned's list of his favorite albums of the 90s, for example, opened my already interested eyes to worlds of goodness (Fuck, Ned, why do your writing quirks rub off on people so easily? I would never say "worlds of goodness" in real life. Evil guru.)

The last year and half, I've gotten into so much new music, it makes me dizzy to think about it. I'd say I have broad tastes, but it's probably a lie - most people who look at my CDs think I'm a hipster or something. I front like I'm avant-garde but download Foreigner and Boston mp3s when my roommates go to sleep. Lately, I've been getting really into stuff on Kompakt (trendy!), more and more post- punk, ambient (or, as some of my friends call it, "planetarium music"), certain strands of shoegaze, and krautrock (perpetually behind the curve, but I'm fine with it) - especially Cluster. I have a huge soft-spot for synth-pop as well, having heard quite a bit as a tot.

I occasionally worry about my (nonexistent) internet persona, and I'd love to come to an ILM meet-up if I weren't in the middle of a tourist timetrap nightmare. I desperately want to go to Terrastock, and I hope the tickets don't sell out before I get my tax returns. I lurk too often, and post too rarely. I think you all are wonderful.

I'm not here to introduce myself, so I send apologies if I'm out of place. I'm just here to recruit the one they call Clarke B. If memory serves correctly, you destroyed kazper on one of them rap threads. I think you got what it takes to join the Nas/Jay board, lol. Just playing, but you should come over and drop a few thoughs on us. Holla. Oh yeah, Ron, about the title "pt 2 the Saga Continues," I like it.

Fuck, Ned, why do your writing quirks rub off on people so easily? I would never say "worlds of goodness" in real life. Evil guru.

This is good to hear. Now, your PIN number for your ATM card, please. Or you can just hand over your bank account to me at Terrastock. Thanks very much.

so that's about 1/2 of a yes vote.

I'm 19, I live in Melbourne, Australia, and I'm doing first year Arts. I just found out that Tim Finney is in very similar circumstances and it fucking freaks me out. This site is totally mind-boggling. I can honestly say that compared to the vast majority of people I know personally, I am virtually a musical encyclopedia, and yet compared to the vast majority of people on here I know nothing. When I was 14 I was blown away by OK Computer and had to stop myself from listening to it for fear that it might lose its magic. Then I discovered Odelay and it was the same all over again. Oh yeah and before that there was Nirvana of course, and I grew up on the Beatles. I like to buy cheap reissued CDs and cheaper second hand records. I love the Velvets, Iggy, Bowie, Joy Division, The Fall, Smiths, Astral Weeks, Marquee Moon, Zen Arcade, Endtroducing, Clash, Ramones, MBV. Don't listen to a lot of recent stuff but 'Since I Left You' is The Greatest Australian Album at least since Regurgitator's 'Unit' and Basement Jaxx rock and 'Discovery' is the tastiest cheese ever (apart from One More Time, that sux) I rely heavily on music writing to guide my music buying - once it was Rolling Stone which is pretty sad, and now it is definitely Simon Reynolds. I got Energy Flash just recently and have been downloading a lot of jungle, which I adore. I also share his love of post-punk and can't wait for the new book. I wrote him an email and he wrote a lengthy reply and I was chuffed. I write electronic music and with 2 other guys I'm in a group called Cacophonix, we played at a club last year. You can download some of our stuff at http://cacophonix.wh3rd.net. Not long ago we were totally obsessed with Aphex Twin. I'd write about music more if I wasn't so lazy.

You sound like a darn sharp feller, Keith -- welcome! I'll be stopping in Melbourne for a couple of days or so in early September, so we all need to meet up for a chat and a drink or something.

The size of the old introduction thread rather put me off; having said that, surely the purpose of the thing is for us to look up biographical info for particular people, and that's easier in one file.

Anyway, since I seem to be staying, me:

Age 42 right now, analyst-programmer for a top London university. I used to be an editor of comics and a mag about same. Before that I was an accountant. Single (recently divorced after being with one woman for 23 years) and have had almost every kind of sexual partner in one year after over two decaded of monogamy. Looking for a longer term relationship now...oh, sorry, this isn't a dating site. I live in East London.

I've loved music for thirty years now. The first single I bought was Ride A White Swan and the first album Slade Alive - luck, rather than consistently good youthful taste. I went to dozens of gigs around 1977 - most of the punk acts. I go to very few now because most of my favourites are either old/past it, playing huge venues or don't play live. The last is because most of the new stuff I love is dance music, especially drum & bass, techno and hip hop.

All time favourites include Al Green, James Brown, Pulp, Rolling Stones, Massive Attack, DJ Shadow, Underworld, Jimmy Cliff, Willie Nelson, Louis Prima, Jerry Lee Lewis, the Fall, T. Rex, the Faces, Aretha Franklin, the Buzzcocks.

I've got thousands of albums, all detailed in a database I knocked together one day a few years back - then spent weeks entering the data.

I'm almost as interested in books, and I love TV, movies, comics, art, architecture and travel, and football. Bristol Rovers are 90th in the League (out of 92) as I write this...

I've never introduced myself either and since I'm ditching the powertonevolume appelation in favour of the This Is Not A Mask I May Not Tell You The Truth real name. Yes, my name is David Howie (similar to David Bowie) and my e-mail address is similar to that of a Backstreet Boy. Oh how they laugh down at the motor pool.

19, Glasgow, Law Student at the University. Andrew Wallace used to have a NES (which I swapped to him for a Game Boy), he then progressed through the Snes, N64/Playstation right upto the Playstation 2. It was the Snes/N64 that led to a lot of my indoctrination. 'Nevermind' (- 1994?) + Street Fighter 2 = The Unholy Synthesis. The genesis of my music loving. Since then I got a little depressed and stared out my eyes at my shoes, Sony Walkman, Black, Sleek, Cheap, FF-Rewind-Play - Smiths' 'Singles' & B&S' 'Sinister'. A lot of heavy prejudices. End of sixth year, university: Country Music. A broadside. Now most my music is country music. I'm really scared to talk about what I love on ILM but I can't explain why. (Fear?) Mark Sinker is a God; but I never knew who he was until this board came along and he's only a God cos he likes Goddawful TV programs that you and I don't. That's the only reason; that and he is a Fort Knox of info, without the security y'see.

I like my writing sometimes, when it's florid but not here. I tend to get embroiled in mindless titter on ILM and then decide to start meaningless threads: I'm sure people take stock (I know I do). I guess I might get over my fear but I think I might stay away from ILM for a while cos its stagnating my OWN thoughts.

Lift To Experience are the Saviours of ROCK! More to say, too much Triptophan (sp?) to say it.

Whiskeytown, Astral Weeks (metaphysics), Pink Moon (tales for an accelerated culture), Heartbreaker (I feel an article), Lift To Experience (don't you know the USA is the center of Jerusalem?), Richard Buckner, Richard Yates (American REAList), James Crumley (Raymond Wha'? Ross McWhi'?), Tender Is The Night (Pah!), The Streets (reasons to start a blog)... And more and more...

And I really want to write something - the only thing I lack is direction. I know it's part of being a 'journalist' - self-autonomy and drafting yr own directions but I can't never think of articles to write. But if someone (like Tom) said "yeh go on David, it's 5 months late but write it up - Lift To Experience" or something then I'd run off and jizz... ahem *cough* *align shoulders*... Yes.

Just write an article and send it in to Tom, dammit! Without delay!

Direction, Ned, direction! OK, I'll sit and have a real think about it today. Had a forensice medicine examine yesterday ("Suicide Males: incised wounds, clean cut length greater than depth knife slashes, to the throat and neck, parallel, symmetrical, tentative cuts on the forearms, no marks on the face, more superficial than homicidal incised wounds") so I've been busy.

Thanks for introducing yourself, David. The David H and Howie combination worried me because I know a David Howarth, and I was briefly worried that that was who you were. It's a relief.

Calling "Pink Moon" tales for an accelerated culture is a nice one.

My name is Lou. I'm from New Jersey (I know, I know- the armpit of America) and go to school in Maryland (Washington College- it's a shit little school). I'll be 20 in about 2 weeks.
I am an english major/creative writing minor. I like to screw around making music with cheap computer programs and my synth but it's nothing special of course.
I found out about these boards from someone who posts at rollingstone.com, which is a terrible magazine but has great message boards if you know where to look. Message boards, Napster, and Pitchfork (which I happen to love for the most part) have helped me discover shitloads of new music in the past 2 years. My cd collection is rapidly growing as a result. Last year alone I bought something like 150 cd's at least, which seemed like a lot to me.
I was extremely fortunate to have parents and a sister that listened to tons of music and had large collections that I was able to explore at a young age. Not that it makes me special, but by the time I was 8, I had been through my first Beatles/Talking Heads/David Bowie/the Doors, etc. phases.
Like most people, I was into the whole grunge scene when it came around. Eventually, I discovered electronic music, starting off with the Chemical Brothers and Fatboy Slim and then Aphex Twin, Squarepusher, Autechre and the like who I love infinitely more.
I am one of the many Radiohead fanatics, though I try not to be annoying about it. One of the first cd's I bought with my own money was Pablo Honey which I didn't like, but when the Bends came out, I fell in love with Radiohead. Ok Computer is my favorite album and I love Kid A almost as much. Amnesiac is good but there are flaws in the production as a handful of those songs sound so much better live.
Anyway, here are some of my favorite bands/musicians: Radiohead, Aphex Twin, Squarepusher, Autechre, Bjork, Sonic Youth, Stereolab, Can, David Bowie, Talking Heads, Velvet Underground, Jim O'Rourke, the Cure, Brian Eno, blah blah blah.
I just started coming to these boards every day- I've read a lot of the posts and posted a little but I'm still a bit intimidated.
That's all really.

Lou, what's your favorite Autechre record? And why?

I'm still a bit intimidated

Oh, don't be. Just talk. Oddballs like me like it that way. ;-)

Oh, and Lou, my apologies for jumping on you about Boards of Candada on that other thread. I just really love that record, and I hope it grows on you.

Clarke- My favorite Autechre is LP5 without a doubt. There's something especially alien about the sounds on that album, but at the same time it has this strange accessibility. When those melodies and beats get in your head, it's hard to get them out. The repetition is never too much as it can be on some other Autechre albums.
I liked Confield but I thought some of the songs were too dense and relied too heavily on repetition. It took me a while but I really love Amber now and I've always liked Tri Repetae. Incunabula is my least favorite. I'd say Chiastic Slide has a few great tracks.

Also, I didn't think you jumped all over me about the new Boards of Canada. I expected someone to disagree vehemently!

I am the coolest person you will meet on the Net. I am 13, I live in Kenya, I am writing a novel, my fave bands are Pink Floyd, King Crimson,and Talking Heads.

my fave bands are Pink Floyd, King Crimson,and Talking Heads.
Strange 20 years ago those were some of my favourite bands. Is there no contemporary music you like Anna?

I am 13.

now Ethan is no longer the youngest on ILx!

And it sounds like she'll kick all of our asses. Death to complacency!

i'm still the coolest person you'll ever meet on the net.

Why yes, yes I am. Thank you for noticing.

Alex - contemporary music SUCKS big time! Ethan - who says YOU are the coolest person on the Net? Shame you haven't met me!! I kick ass, as Ned said!

stop fighting, kids!

What is your novel about, Anna?

Ethan - who says YOU are the coolest person on the Net? Shame you haven't met me!!

I think the ass-kicking has indeed begun! And yes, what's the novel about? Is it available anywhere?

The novel is about this guy who is an incarnation of a god. I'm inventing my own religion, geography, history, society, etc. etc. and it is a lot of fun! The 3rd draft is currently in progress.

Anna shouldn't you be in school right now?

I am Anna's nemesis/vindicator..

I am at school, my home phone line is so useless that I can't get the net at home and we're allowed to go on at school during break and lunch. And what's a nemesis/vindicator? I may be a genius but even a genius doesn't know everything! ;-)

Anna, I am exactly like God, only the anti-thesis.

What's an anti-thesis then? Aren't we getting a bit off tack here? Can we discuss Pink Floyd, or at any rate music? (Bell for end of lunchtime. PSE - gotta go. See you tomorrow break.)

I have another band to add to my list - Gong. Also I have found out what an antithesis is AND how to pronounce it. Does this mean you are the devil? If that's what you're saying, you're completely screwed. The devil in my book is called INIMICISSIMUS - Latin for greatest enemy.

hi guys, i'm new. my name is jon. i'm 18 years old and i live in jacksonville, FL usa. i play music and i do a pirate radio show with my friend, aside from working at a local convenience store. killing time until i get my GED. obviously, i love music. my top five favorite records:


the cure - disintegration

neutral milk hotel - in the aeroplane over the sea

my bloody valentine - loveless

nick drake - pink moon

rem - reckoning

i like lots of other stuff. a bit of 70s/early 80s punk and hardcore here and there. i love the zombies, simon and garfunkel, leonard cohen...anyway, it's nice to meet you all. hi ned!

oh, i also love king crimson and pink floyd! way to go anna. also, i didn't know mr raggett had a novel!!! christ, how do i get a copy?

HEY EVERYBODY LETS STOP THE INTRO THREADS NOW AND GOTO THE SETTINGS MENU AND ENTER OUR PERSONAL INFORMATION.

sorry about the allcaps but I know that when I am reading a thread, and curious, I use the user info link instead of searching these thread. join the club.

Good plan, but where do we find the "settings menu" (sorry to be stupid).

go to settings at the bottom of the screen. it should be next to LOGIN/LOGOUT. click there and it should be easy to set yourself up. also, make sure you have "display user info" clickes, so that you can see everyone else's.

You have to Login (or Register first if you haven't), then the Settings link appears. Links for all of this appear at the bottom right of every page.

Filling it in is by no means obligatory or a reason to stop answering these threads though.

ok I was just trying to make people aware... sorry.

I guess I'm really new to I Love Music, but I've found it totally interesting so far and it's really helped me to find some new neat things to listen to. I'm 18, still in high school, and I live in Lawrence, Kansas. In the past my favorite music was by Tori Amos, but in the past year my tastes have really started to change. Right now I've been listening to Patti Smith, Chug, the Need, Joni Mitchell, and Helium a lot, but I'm completely open to giving anything a chance. I also have a blog, but I think I already put a link for in that blog thread. :0)

I'm new here but I've been reading some old and new posts and am lovin the flow of things, so decided to sign up. Just in case I have something to say on one of the many topics here. Who the hell doesn't want to be heard. You'll probably be able to find my "voice" in a lot of different areas so I'm sure it'll seem like I get around. haha.