.) Some of the other regulars who are around my age are Hype and JSSD, and I think they came into the picture just one or two years after I did (my memory might be failing me here.)
cabangbangq wrote:
I'm 19 and finally finished with my first semester in college at Sarah Lawrence College in Bronxville, New York. I have two musical projects going right now
). That's going to be 18 years ago. Why are you calling yourself 'middle aged'?. I'm not calling myself that just yet!i'm 26Larry B. wrote:
I think the trio of 27-29 (JSSD, Hype and yours truly) are quite stand up human beings, despite of our interaction with KV, The Creepster and most importantly, Dilla and Paints. If that didn't prepare us for the ups and downs of life, I don't know what will.
you mean a lot to me.creep wrote:us older members have helped raise and mentor these young kids to become the great people they are today....except for larry and jssd of course.
I'm thinking once I hit 60 i'll be approaching middle aged..perkana wrote:I was 21 when I came across my first music forum (posted at first on a RHCP forum, we were mostly women, go figure
Man, I started out on Usenet newsgroups around late '94 which was about as "anything goes" as you can possibly get on the internet. People would post under their real names, regularly list personal contact info like phone numbers and home addresses. And the flame wars... ah, the epic flame wars.....hokahey wrote:I grew up on these boards. I was 20 when I first started posting. I'm 34 now. They've definitely had an influence on my life. Thickened my skin for sure. Influenced my sense of humor. Taught me how to be more logical. Showed me new music and ideas...
Perry Ferrel is a classically trained composer and was the conductor of the London Symphony for 3 years.
. No one believed I was 11. 
Pure Method wrote:I definitely came on these boards. First posted when I was 11, pretending to be a father of an 11 year-old kid asking the board whether it was ok to take my 11 year-old son to a Jane's Addiction concert. I showed my dad the responses and he let my then 19 year-old brother take me. That was 10/20/2001 - my brother ended up getting married on 10/20/2012. I then posted pretending to be an 11 year-old pretending to have stolen his dad's password to complain about fans complaining
And here I am today, about to graduate law school and move to NYC. All thanks to you MFers.
it's called cumming Larry, not "arriving"... geez...Larry B. wrote:Pure Method wrote:I definitely came on these boards.....(snip) All thanks to you MFers.
This might be the best arrival story.
To this day I am still unclear as to what a flame war is.Pandemonium wrote:Man, I started out on Usenet newsgroups around late '94 which was about as "anything goes" as you can possibly get on the internet. People would post under their real names, regularly list personal contact info like phone numbers and home addresses. And the flame wars... ah, the epic flame wars.....hokahey wrote:I grew up on these boards. I was 20 when I first started posting. I'm 34 now. They've definitely had an influence on my life. Thickened my skin for sure. Influenced my sense of humor. Taught me how to be more logical. Showed me new music and ideas...
Forum fighting.SR wrote:To this day I am still unclear as to what a flame war is.Pandemonium wrote:Man, I started out on Usenet newsgroups around late '94 which was about as "anything goes" as you can possibly get on the internet. People would post under their real names, regularly list personal contact info like phone numbers and home addresses. And the flame wars... ah, the epic flame wars.....hokahey wrote:I grew up on these boards. I was 20 when I first started posting. I'm 34 now. They've definitely had an influence on my life. Thickened my skin for sure. Influenced my sense of humor. Taught me how to be more logical. Showed me new music and ideas...
