What brought you to ilx?

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Or what keeps you coming back?

― Cameron (Cameron), Sunday, 23 November 2003 11:07 (twenty-two years ago)

wrong turning at albuquerque

― duane, Sunday, 23 November 2003 11:23 (twenty-two years ago)

Bad moonshine and loose women.

― Billy Dods (Billy Dods), Sunday, 23 November 2003 14:06 (twenty-two years ago)

The promise of unlimited sex in the afterlife.

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Sunday, 23 November 2003 14:47 (twenty-two years ago)

Plus all the vitamins and minerals I need to maintain an active lifestyle.

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Sunday, 23 November 2003 14:48 (twenty-two years ago)

My face was too tan.

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Sunday, 23 November 2003 14:59 (twenty-two years ago)

"And lo, God said, 'you have too much of a life'."

― fiddo centington (dubplatestyle), Sunday, 23 November 2003 15:11 (twenty-two years ago)

the opportunity to convert flesh into pure text hurrah

― the s is for jouiSSSSSSance obv (mark s), Sunday, 23 November 2003 15:19 (twenty-two years ago)

Tom started, I followed.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Sunday, 23 November 2003 16:05 (twenty-two years ago)

I had exclamation marks to spare and nothing to with them!!!!!

― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Sunday, 23 November 2003 16:17 (twenty-two years ago)

I blame gareth.

― Ed (dali), Sunday, 23 November 2003 16:19 (twenty-two years ago)

i blame ~~hstencil~~ Madchen and Ally C.

― ailsa (ailsa), Sunday, 23 November 2003 16:23 (twenty-two years ago)

Lay all the hate on Google -- they're the ones who got me to discover this forum in the first place. *grins*

― Pancakes For Breakfast! (Dee the Lurker), Sunday, 23 November 2003 16:31 (twenty-two years ago)

wisecracks and seduction.

― raphael diligent (Cozen), Sunday, 23 November 2003 16:37 (twenty-two years ago)

a twister

― bad jode (Jody Beth Rosen), Sunday, 23 November 2003 16:39 (twenty-two years ago)

A strange mysterious compulsion which horrifies and fascinates in equual measure.

― Pete S, Sunday, 23 November 2003 16:42 (twenty-two years ago)

a twister

http://www.nectec.or.th/users/tep/img/tep.GIF

We wish to welcome you to Munchkin Land!

― Tep (ktepi), Sunday, 23 November 2003 16:45 (twenty-two years ago)

Carey brought me here and boredom at work keeps me around.

― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Sunday, 23 November 2003 17:20 (twenty-two years ago)

Here: Am I Cool or Not?

Stay: The days when it's fun

― jel -- (jel), Sunday, 23 November 2003 17:47 (twenty-two years ago)

first encountered it through nylpm, which I found either through google or a random link; was kind of overwhelmed; returned months later at jones's urging

― s1utsky (slutsky), Sunday, 23 November 2003 17:49 (twenty-two years ago)

Google led me here about 18 months ago - I was bored at work one day and did a search on "Best. Thread. Ever." and it brought up ILE. I lurked and read for quite a long time before having the nerve to post anything, and I finally de-lurked by opening a virtual bar (I wonder what happened to that??) and inviting you all in for a drink and a chat.

The humour, the intelligence, the hissy fits, the kittens, the twee-ness, the lively debates and the lovely lovely people are what keep me here (though I don't have much spare time to join in, but I do read lots of threads).

This place rocks :))

― C J (C J), Sunday, 23 November 2003 19:02 (twenty-two years ago)

Raunchy Young Nedders.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Sunday, 23 November 2003 19:20 (twenty-two years ago)

I was googling some musical issue about two years ago. I could not believe how smart funny and interesting everyone seemed. I hoped that if I drank their blood I would acquire some of their best characteristics.

― Hunter (Hunter), Sunday, 23 November 2003 19:23 (twenty-two years ago)

Chan's L'il Jon

― jack cole (jackcole), Sunday, 23 November 2003 19:25 (twenty-two years ago)

Cameron brought me to ilx.

― Stephie (Stephie), Sunday, 23 November 2003 19:33 (twenty-two years ago)

Okay, I came here through Everett True.

― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Sunday, 23 November 2003 19:56 (twenty-two years ago)

My old pal Andrew L said he thought I'd like it and he was right. What more could I want but a place with a huge range of interests, vast intelligence and knowledge, great wit and genuine friendliness?

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Sunday, 23 November 2003 20:24 (twenty-two years ago)

I could lie, and say Ned dragged me in kicking and screaming. (Actually, that sounds good, so let's stick with that.)

Why stay? 1/2 serious commentary, 1/4 silliness and 1/4 comraderie and good vibes.

― Nichole Graham (Nichole Graham), Sunday, 23 November 2003 21:43 (twenty-two years ago)

Lay all the hate on Google -- they're the ones who got me to discover this forum in the first place. *grins*
-- Pancakes For Breakfast!

true... true... true...

*feigns a faint shadow of a smile*

― t\'\'t (t\'\'t), Sunday, 23 November 2003 22:30 (twenty-two years ago)

The honey of the hivemind, but not the dead larvae.

― Rockist Scientist (rockistscientist), Sunday, 23 November 2003 22:36 (twenty-two years ago)

I could lie, and say Ned dragged me in kicking and screaming.(Actually, that sounds good, so let's stick with that.)
-- Nichole Graham

o!course, let's let's let's
(lie)
HEY - LOOK WOT NED DRAGGED IN, EH!
well done or wot?
:)

― t\'\'t (t\'\'t), Sunday, 23 November 2003 22:38 (twenty-two years ago)

Hey, yeah! Could somebody tell me about the really early history of ILX? Like, right at the beginning before ILE was around... So Tom started it, but did he and some of the other people used to hang out on some other forum or something? I heard someone mention that they knew Teh Hongro back from alt.popmusic or somewhere...

― Dan I., Sunday, 23 November 2003 22:58 (twenty-two years ago)

(Teh Hongro?... Dang, I must've missed really huge chunks of world history ;)

― t\'\'t (t\'\'t), Sunday, 23 November 2003 23:01 (twenty-two years ago)

Today's the first time I have visited. In the middle of a couple of weeks off before I start a new job and I realised i have nothing much outside my work to keep me occupied. So i guess panic and a little curiosity brought me. You guys seem to have a real rapport - do you mind newbies posting?

― Melly E, Sunday, 23 November 2003 23:30 (twenty-two years ago)

I honestly can't remember. I think I've been reading it since greenspun off and on. It only became something I dealt with constantly a year ago though when my job became unbearably dull. But I remember Tom and Ned from AMA which was why it orignally caught my eye.

― anthony kyle monday (akmonday), Sunday, 23 November 2003 23:33 (twenty-two years ago)

Melly E, No, and welcome. Not that I can speak for the rest of ILX. I don't usually post as actively (especially on ILE) as I have been doing in the past week.

― Rockist Scientist (rockistscientist), Sunday, 23 November 2003 23:35 (twenty-two years ago)

What's AMA?

― Dan I., Sunday, 23 November 2003 23:50 (twenty-two years ago)

alt.music.alternative

― Orbit (Orbit), Sunday, 23 November 2003 23:51 (twenty-two years ago)

I knew it was some newsgroup or another

― Dan I., Monday, 24 November 2003 00:12 (twenty-two years ago)

The American Medical Association, we were all drunk at a convention together. What times we had!

― anthony kyle monday (akmonday), Monday, 24 November 2003 00:14 (twenty-two years ago)

careful with that scalpel, anthony kyle monday!!

― t\'\'t (t\'\'t), Monday, 24 November 2003 00:19 (twenty-two years ago)

I don't know why I came here, but I know that if I leave you'll all cease to exist. True story.

― Andrew (enneff), Monday, 24 November 2003 00:21 (twenty-two years ago)

How did you first discover the joys of ILX?

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Monday, 24 November 2003 01:26 (twenty-two years ago)

The morphine they provide for special posters.

― Dante-Cubed (Sean3), Monday, 24 November 2003 01:57 (twenty-two years ago)

Shagging Shayne Carter.

― Poppy (poppy), Monday, 24 November 2003 01:58 (twenty-two years ago)

surfacenoise Jim was complaining about B*cky L**as on his LJ is I recally rightly, and I got curious and stuck my nose in. And it stayed stuck. Damn superglue.

― Trayce (trayce), Monday, 24 November 2003 03:57 (twenty-two years ago)

my density brought me to ILX

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Monday, 24 November 2003 04:09 (twenty-two years ago)

Tom Ewing's first post to alt.music.alternative appears to be this. Any pre-history of ILx must start with it, for sure.

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Monday, 24 November 2003 04:18 (twenty-two years ago)

haha! this inspired me to search for my first AMA post:
http://groups.google.com/?q=little+miss+orbit+group:alt.music.alternative.*&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&group=alt.music.alternative.*&selm=2jengb%24pqv%40news.service.uci.edu&rnum=1

― Orbit (Orbit), Monday, 24 November 2003 04:21 (twenty-two years ago)

oops i messed up the html--but here's the post
From: cstarr@orion.oac.uci.edu (Little Miss Orbit)
Newsgroups: alt.music.alternative
Subject: Re: BECK INFO
Date: 11 Feb 1994 01:37:15 GMT
Organization: University of California, Irvine
Lines: 31
Message-ID: <2jengb$pqv@news.service.uci.edu>
References: <2jb4ma$79f@larch.cc.swarthmore.edu>
NNTP-Posting-Host: orion.oac.uci.edu
Keywords: beck FAQ

OK, because I keep seeing these posts, here it is again.
This is my own tiny BECK FAQ, in response to the numerous postings
for info:

Beck is not a band. Beck is a little guy who lives in Silverlake,
and who until very recently got drunk with the rest of us poor slobs
and played a beat up old guitar at backyard parties and in coffee
houses. See the last ish of BAM for the full flavor.

He's on a split single w/ the now-defunct Bean on Flipside Records
This song is not to be missed, even if you get it mailorder. It's
"MTV Makes Me Want To Smoke Crack"
Also, Brad from Bongload, put out a Loser single

He was recording at Tom Grimley's when evidently the band That Dog
(who were also recording and who are well connected in the "big time"
industry) got Geffen interested in him. KXLU stopped playing him.
KROQ started. He was signed, and I have no idea how they're going
to recreate all that backing (he is usually in the past alone w/
an acoustic guitar) music.

He is a cool guy, and all the moaning I've been seeing about
"selling out" is a pile of dung rotting in the suburban cyberscape.

--
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/cstarr@orion.oac.uci.edu / * WE ARE THE PEOPLE YOUR PARENTS TOLD YOU ABOUT
/*********************** / * ==============================================
/ BOMP! /

― Orbit (Orbit), Monday, 24 November 2003 04:23 (twenty-two years ago)

This is my first-ever post to a.m.a. (and USENET, for that matter). And I'm talking about the AOL MST3K boards! And I'm responding to an Ally post!

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Monday, 24 November 2003 04:28 (twenty-two years ago)

I like my last ama post better then the first. (That might've been a crosspost from rmi though.)

― bnw (bnw), Monday, 24 November 2003 05:18 (twenty-two years ago)

harf harf. "lulu spice"? "bitchyspice"?

Makes me think of the goth from FFX all done up pop-star-like.

― Jeremy the Kingfish (Kingfish), Monday, 24 November 2003 05:42 (twenty-two years ago)

I was googling for Baby Namboos lyrics and it spit out the old white Josh Blog, I liked what I saw and checked out the link to ILM (still on greenspun), but I was all anti-pop then so I'm all wtf, then Josh kept plugging the site in his blog so I figure hey why not and the rest is as they say historiography.

― Leee Majors (Leee), Monday, 24 November 2003 06:57 (twenty-two years ago)

I was sedated and dragged here on a donkeys back by a herd of wild ninja midgets.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Monday, 24 November 2003 07:09 (twenty-two years ago)

WELCOME, MELLY E! It's so great to have you here!

I suppose I'm still a bit "newbie"-ish, seeing as though I've only been posting here since April and reading around here since March, but I suppose I've also seen quite a few things happen around here and I have befriended some amazingly wonderful and lovely people from here whom I feel as though I could share so much with.

*sighs* I've just read some e-mail messages I sent to this mailing list I used to belong to, just about ten months after I started going online, and trust me, you do not want to read them. No, I'm serious. Best to be blissfully ignorant.

― Tenacious Dee (Dee the Lurker), Monday, 24 November 2003 07:09 (twenty-two years ago)

Oh my god, my first ever AMA post:

From: KtStClaire
Subject: Re: BEST BAND EVER TO BREAK UP
Newsgroups: alt.music.alternative
Date: 1996/04/13

What, this year alone?
Oh my god! Medicine! Not to mention Ride!
Of the past 10 years? Probably Spacemen 3 get the honours for most
backbiting and sheer number of splinter groups

I only found about a dozen posts on AMA. I was more on rec.music.ambient and the no-fi SP* groups and (oh the shame) the blur group.

― Citizen Kate (kate), Wednesday, 26 November 2003 11:23 (twenty-two years ago)

a link from Carsmile Steve's blog to I Love Music brought me here.

― MarkH (MarkH), Wednesday, 26 November 2003 11:29 (twenty-two years ago)

Sorry, to answer the original question... I followed a link that Ned posted on Star Chamber.

Ironically, I didn't actually know what Freaky Trigger was for the first few months I lurked on then posted to ILM!

― Citizen Kate (kate), Wednesday, 26 November 2003 11:34 (twenty-two years ago)

googling... then i ignored it for a year till i started reading penman, then reynolds and marcello (earlier this year), then i lurked fer a while...

― enrique (Enrique), Wednesday, 26 November 2003 11:36 (twenty-two years ago)

I think it was when someone linked to Tom's Kid A review for Freakytrigger on a thread about online music zines on a long-defunct Interweb message board. Said message board was long past its best and when I saw ILM I was away (this was pre-ILE, I'm pretty sure).

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Wednesday, 26 November 2003 11:40 (twenty-two years ago)

I miss Edna Welthorpe.

― Sarah (starry), Wednesday, 26 November 2003 11:50 (twenty-two years ago)

My boy found the greenspun version of ilx & there we stayed til it became ILX as we now know & love it! I have no idea when my first post was!

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Wednesday, 26 November 2003 12:01 (twenty-two years ago)

a moment of madness.

― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Wednesday, 26 November 2003 12:03 (twenty-two years ago)

Google brought me here at a difficult time and you mad interweb mentalists helped me keep myself together through it, cheers ;0)

― smee (smee), Wednesday, 26 November 2003 12:06 (twenty-two years ago)

All my former Sinister friends started banging on about ILM. Which was then, and is now, a scary, geeky wasteland, but ILE is pretty neat. So I started reading and posting just over 2 years ago. I was smuttier than Dan Perry!

― Markelby (Mark C), Wednesday, 26 November 2003 13:26 (twenty-two years ago)

FILTH

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 26 November 2003 14:19 (twenty-two years ago)

Same as Markelby's first sentence. He can keep the rest. Disgusting filth.

― Madchen (Madchen), Wednesday, 26 November 2003 15:04 (twenty-two years ago)

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