So, tell us about your user name..............

[MartinT]

Nice one! You've got me playing with the letters in my name now, although backwards it's the rather lovely RolyatNitram.

[Alex_UK]

Nice one! You've got me playing with the letters in my name now, although backwards it's the rather lovely RolyatNitram.

How about "Rattly A Minor" :lol:

[The Grand Wazoo]

Mr Run Near Tit
Mr Nun Rattier
Mr Runt Retina
A Rim Rent Runt

[MartinT]

How about "Rattly A Minor" :lol:

LOL - like some of my old setups :lolsign:

[MartinT]

Mr Run Near Tit
Mr Nun Rattier
Mr Runt Retina
A Rim Rent Runt

:scratch:

[The Grand Wazoo]

Hmmmmm...........I got you last name wrong Martin, didn't I?
Bleedin' edjit

[MartinT]

I thought so :lolsign:

[bobbasrah]

Quite simple answer really, I worked in Basrah and it has stuck since.

[PanamaJack]

Hi,

Ahh, my username?? Its a famous drink in the country I am emigrating to at the end of the year!

[belloire]

my username is from my football days. i was known as 'Brazilian Belloire' due to my silky skills......

[jimifan1970]

Jimifan1970 probably explains itself for anyone old enough to remember those days!

[spacey]

Called spacey by my close friends because i was always on another planet when clubbing/DJ'ing. :D .... SpaceJ was another.

[krautrock2]

HELLO, HELLO!!

It just means German Rock music from the 70's. You know, Bands like CAN, FAUST and NEU!....

Krautrock2

[Andris]

Andris, my 1st name. I know, very original :lol:.

[Misnomer]

My user name is also the name of the boat I live on.

I had to come up with something on the spot as British Waterways wouldn't ket me launch or licence my boat without a name.

I've come up with other names since but boaters are very superstitious and they advise against changing it now.

Jeff Z

[Diamond Jim]

Mine is a derivative from my real name James that I use in more polite company. My "Nom De Guerre" for more combative forums like Gearslutz and Digidesign's DUC is "Sugarnutz" and visit those frequently. Just didn't think that was appropriate here. :eyebrows:

[Reid Malenfant]

<snip> My "Nom De Guerre" for more combative forums like Gearslutz and Digidesign's DUC is "Sugarnutz" and visit those frequently. Just didn't think that was appropriate here. :eyebrows:
Well we do have a member on here called "Ivan Ichybottom" (no kidding :lol:) though i have yet to see him/her post ;)

Your other is pretty tame in comparison, welcome to AoS by the way :)

[The Grand Wazoo]

With your credentials, I really hope that you're not this Diamond, Jim...........

WMKEDVxFa9Q

[Saul too much]

Why does this feel like a AA thing? Real name Steve,not looking to be here regularly as computers make my eyes sore but will appreciate any help available and be equally happy to pass on what little I know when I can.

[mike1210]

my first name and the deck:)

[MartinT]

my first name and the deck:)

Innovative. Hope you don't ever buy a Hunt turntable.

[Reid Malenfant]

:lolsign: Martin you are too bad :ner:

[mike1210]

:lolsign:

[f1eng]

f1eng has been my handle for many years. It came about as I am an engineer working (now retired) in Formula 1 motor racing.
Before that (in the early 1970s) I did noise and vibration research, including a period in the R&D department at Garrard.
Frank

[barrynoggins]

Hi - this is from an anecdote on the Radcliffe & Maconie Show on Radio 6. Don't think I even heard it right but the gist was: when giving your postcode over the 'phone for example and using (or not in this case) the phonetic alphabet. A guy said 'BN..' to which the reply was 'DN'..as in Delta November? Feeling under pressure and not knowing his P Alphabet, his rushed reply was - no "BN' as in errrr Barry Noggins! This tickled me - we have all been there I think and especially as my postcode ends in JT - the tempatation to say John Thomas is very strong!! BTW - this is told much better by the laconic Mark Radcliffe.

Pete

[The Grand Wazoo]

Hi Peter,
Would you mind going over to the Welcome section & starting a new thread to introduce yourself to the community please?
Perhaps you could tell us a little about yourself, your system & your musical taste?
This is a requirement for all new members as was pointed out when you registered.

It really is the best way of getting a warm welcome from the villagers!
Thanks

[esperowl]

My intended username was 'esperowl' (as in the fake? or is it real? owl from Bladerunner) but I forgot to strike 's' on the keyboard - so I've managed to balls things up from the very start. cheers.

[MartinT]

Buggering up your username deserves a special award :lol:

[Alex_UK]

My intended username was 'esperowl' (as in the fake? or is it real? owl from Bladerunner) but I forgot to strike 's' on the keyboard - so I've managed to balls things up from the very start. cheers.

:lol: I'm sure one of the Admins can sort that for you. :)

[Marco]

Done! Welcome to AoS, Chang. I hope you have some fun here :)

Marco.

[ikaruga]

Ikaruga is the name of a shoot em up game originally on the Dreamcast. It's a good game, far from my fave so I've literally no idea at all why I started using it over the place.

Probably the least interesting post you'll read today :eyebrows:

[Alex_UK]

Ikaruga is the name of a shoot em up game originally on the Dreamcast. It's a good game, far from my fave so I've literally no idea at all why I started using it over the place.

Probably the least interesting post you'll read today :eyebrows:

Probably not but did raise a chuckle! :)

[morris_minor]

My Dad's first car was a Moggy - though in black not bright yellow .. ..

[MaccaAu]

my surname is Macdonald :P and was called Mac, Macca or Smac xD at highschool :D

[willie garvin]

Hi,

Modesty Blaise books are amongst my favourites & her knife throwing sidekick is called Willie Garvin.

I'm into knifes & weapons & I aspire to be like Willie Garvin!!! :doh:

http://classic.tcj.com/strips/peter-o%E2%80%99donnell-modesty-blaise-and-willie-garvin/

willie G

[The Black Adder]

Ikaruga is the name of a shoot em up game originally on the Dreamcast. It's a good game, far from my fave so I've literally no idea at all why I started using it over the place.

Probably the least interesting post you'll read today :eyebrows:

Not at all... I did wonder about your name and if it had anything to do with the game. My personal favorite shoot-em-up is R-Type.

My name is simply because it's one of the most memorable and classic programmes on telly that I grew up with (that and The Young Ones)... Will he ever return? And if so, which era?

[seoirse2002]

Ive just joined and totally new to all this,although I do have some reasonable(I hope)gear,but no dac or squeezbox as yet.
My real name is George and "seoirse" is the Irish for George.. the 2002? Many years ago I was trying to open an ebay account and seoirse wasnt available and they offered this one which Ive kept!!
As far as hi fi is concerned: I have an AR77XB turntable(needing repair right now)but Im happily using a Michell focus in the meantime...an Inca Tech claymore,Ion Obelisk and a Morgan audio 300 amp. Speakers are Rogers export monitors,LS7 and Kef Concords(original) and quite a few other bits and pieces around the house! Currently streaming my music via a "logitech wireless music system for pc"(dont laugh) It streams direct from my sound card so any program can be used and any music files.I first have to set up a playlist on the pc though and have limited remote control.

[frenchmonkeys]

I was trying to create a new hotmail address about 11 or 12 years ago, and everything related to my name was taken, unless I wanted to include a string of numbers. I didn't. Grr.

Buffy the vampire slayer was on - an episode in which the gallic roots of simians was being discussed in relation to animal crackers, ending with the line "All monkeys are French."

I entered 'frenchmonkeys', and it was unique. I stuck with it.

I've been asked about it a number of times: once by a rather dull person who was quite pompously declaring herself a green this and an eco that. I explained that it came from when I used to own a monkey wholesale business in France, running it there because the laws on animal cruelty were much more lenient, so I could get a whole container stuffed with monkeys for import, and even though half didn't survive the journey, it still worked out cheaper doing it that way, and the dead ones could be fed to the survivors anyway, so it all worked out... Her mouth worked without a sound for a few moments before she stumbled away with tears in her eyes. I actually managed to keep a straight face, but my buddy had laughed hard into his beer (which he'd quickly brought up in front of his face to hide his mirth), some of which was now dripping from his hair and face. Win win, really.

[shabby64]

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/shabby

Take your pick from definitions 1-4 & 6. :lol:

64 is the year of my birth.

[Alex_UK]

I've been asked about it a number of times: once by a rather dull person who was quite pompously declaring herself a green this and an eco that. I explained that it came from when I used to own a monkey wholesale business in France, running it there because the laws on animal cruelty were much more lenient, so I could get a whole container stuffed with monkeys for import, and even though half didn't survive the journey, it still worked out cheaper doing it that way, and the dead ones could be fed to the survivors anyway, so it all worked out... Her mouth worked without a sound for a few moments before she stumbled away with tears in her eyes. I actually managed to keep a straight face, but my buddy had laughed hard into his beer (which he'd quickly brought up in front of his face to hide his mirth), some of which was now dripping from his hair and face. Win win, really.

That's a cracking story! :lol:

[slowmotion]

Way back when I was learning to be a car mechanic,
some of the more experienced mechanics thought
I worked really slowly, so I got the name slowmotion or slowie.
The nickname sorta stuck .... :)


Jan:)

[alberti]

My name is because my first name is always gone, and I like the architect Alberti.
I do hobby around a lot with audio appliances, it is more like foolin' around though. I fix things when they are not broken . . . :doh:
I have a pair of Quad 56 electrostats, and they are a nightmare for amplifiers. So for instance, I have a resistor inserted between them and my power amps, to reduce the damping factor to a sensible 6x.
It is most classic music I have.

[MartinT]

Hello Alberti and welcome to AoS. Please would you pop over to the welcome area and introduce yourself? Thanks.

[Edoardo]

It's just my real name, Edoardo, and it's actually spelled with the "O", not with the "U" (As in Spanish-speaking countries or in Southern Italy).

I like it.

[Wolfie]

Back in the 'eighties a friend and I loved the film 'Restless Natives', in which a couple of Scottish lads put on masks and robbed folk. They got known, due to the masks, as the Clown and Wolfman.
My friend suggested we should use those names online - I said I didn't want the be the Clown(!) so he said "ok, you can be Wolfie", so it sort of stuck!

Mick

[Cans]

Mine was made up quickly to reflect my needing headphones to get anything approaching hi fi in my rather unorthodox lifestyle which involves living out of a motorhome for the last 6 years

[tachi]

Hello, from down under. My system had been trimmed down to cd player and my headphone, since the birth of my baby girl, 10 months ago.

But I'm loving my headphone(Audeze LCD3) and most important, I love music.

[MartinT]

Hello KW (what's the name we should call you)

You didn't explain 'tachi', which is the point of this thread. Please could you pop over to the welcome thread and tell us a little more about your system?

Welcome to AoS, by the way!

[trev76]

My username is a play on my first name Trevor and the fact that I was born in 1976. No, no... thank you. Thank you.

[Alex_UK]

I see what you did there - that's genius Trevor! ;)

[The Grand Wazoo]

Yeah, it's a bloody good job we've got this thread otherwise we'd never work stuff like that out, eh?
Just kidding Trevor!

[Fulci]

My username is my tribute to the great godfather of zombie horror movies, Lucio Fulci, who will be forever remembered through trashy b-series films, like the great "Zombie (Flesh Eaters)" or "The Beyond".

[RobbieGong]

Reggae is the 'foundation' music of a lot of the 60's / 70's uk born of Jamaican / caribbean parents. Marley has always been my musical hero from day one, He was also known as Tuff Gong because although he was quite small in stature he was one tuff guy, growing up in Trenchtown he had to be and could handle himself, he gained a reputation as not an easy guy or push over when it came to it and could fight if need be. I was known from school days as Robbie Dread because of my love of reggae and Marley. A while back one of my long time bros from way back, school etc started calling me RobbieGong -Hence !

[Mr Nad]

Mr Nad...

I love* NAD amps, and the dangly bits between my legs tells me I'm a chap. So Mr Nad it is.

[Werner Berghofer]

My user name is my real name, because

• I’m an uninspired person, and
• back in the pioneer era of computerbased telecommunication (in 1987 I founded the Austrian branch of the former worldwide “FidoNet”) using fake names was considered annoying behaviour.

Werner.

[phoenixpete]

Phoenixpete came about as I once had a kit car which was a "Sylva" Phoenix and I used that handle as my username on the Sylva kit car forum.
I tend to use it for everything now.
http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p294/phoenixpete_2006/phoenix.jpg

[farook]

Well,I am a big queen fan ! Farouk bulsara is one fred mercs
Real parsie name !
Cheers !!!

[Disles1]

Being interested in my family history (genealogy) I decided to have my DNA tested, expecting the results to reflect the Irish lineage on my father's side. I was totally surprised when my "group" was linked to the Bosnia/Croatia area since I had no known ancestors from that region.

I emailed a fellow who's the guru of the "I" group and after he investigated my results and his database he discovered a small sub-group with Scottish and Irish roots which, in terms of genealogical age - fit between two existing but disparate groups; one in Bosnia/Croatia (Dinaric), the other in the British Isles (Isles).

He named the new group "Disles" and since I feel I was the first to ask about it; I've claimed the title of Disles1.

[Lynn Olson]

Kind of old-school here; when I first used the Arpanet at Tektronix in 1985, using a screen name was considered pretty uncool, the kind of thing BBS'ers and the hacker community did. So I've always posted as "lynno" - my account on the VAX 11/780 machines in Building 58 of the Beaverton Tek campus - or my real name.

The Internet retained its Arpanet character, limited to university sites and companies like Tek and Boeing, until it was opened to the public by the advent of privately owned ISP's in the early Nineties. The BBS'ers shut off their sites and poured into the rapidly growing net, taking their on-line etiquette - if I can call it that - with them. The net changed its character pretty rapidly after that, kind of like the difference between licensed ham radio operators and the CB radio crowd.

I wasn't a fan of the shift in character, and was *very* glad when moderated groups like "rec.audio.high-end" finally appeared. Man, I really date myself with that reference ... oh well.

[Alex_UK]

Ken & Lynn - what a fascinating couple of posts - though I didn't quite fully understand Lynn's but got the gist! :)

[MartinT]

was *very* glad when moderated groups like "rec.audio.high-end" finally appeared. Man, I really date myself with that reference ... oh well.

I remember that group well. Damned, I've dated myself too!

[The Grand Wazoo]

....ahem.......rec.audio.high-end........wot?.....me?......no, never 'eard of 'em yer Honour!

You can still find it through Google Groups & such things. (....or so some bloke was tellin me!)

[Lynn Olson]

Ken & Lynn - what a fascinating couple of posts - though I didn't quite fully understand Lynn's but got the gist! :)

Those were the pre-Internet days, when it was called the Arpanet. I first experienced it around 1983 or so, when I had access to the mainframe computer in Building 58 of the main Tektronix campus in Beaverton, Oregon. Tek was very large back then, with 22,000 employees, and Building 58 had two Business Units in it: the Spectrum Analyzer group, where I worked, and Television Products, across the hall.

I started as a technical writer, and we were in the word processing era, but did not use PC's. We needed access to the same machines as the engineers, since we worked in parallel on the same projects as they did, and shared documents with them on a daily basis, including e-mails. Unlike them, we needed to generate documents that could be translated into finished manuals, so we took advantage of the early typesetting tools offered by Unix. I was the writer that got our little five-person writing team on to the Emacs screen editor on the Berkeley Unix (BSD) operating system on the DEC Vax 11/780, which I quickly discovered was networked to all the other Vaxen on the Tek campus, as well as the other Tek campuses at Wilsonville and Vancouver, Washington. Better yet, if you jumped through the main machine in Building 50 (the R&D building), you could leave Tek and explore the Arpanet!

Back then, the whole thing only had about 20 nodes, mostly on the West Coast. The primary nodes were Stanford, Berkeley, the nuclear weapons lab at Lawrence Livermore (in Berkeley), Los Alamos, Tektronix in Oregon, Boeing in Washington, MIT in Boston, and a few other sites. The sites were a mix of academic, extending the scope of the Unix backbone of the system, and military and military-contractor sites, since DARPA was/is the prime advanced R&D lab for the Pentagon, and was the sponsor of the Arpanet.

There was no public access to the Arpanet, and not everyone at Tek or Boeing had access. But anyone using Unix could pretty easily get on, and we writers naturally needed access to the same tools as the engineers. So after using the system for a few months, I realized I could send an e-mail to my sister down in Berkeley, since she worked there, and had access to the main Berkeley system. It wasn't the modern e-mail system - it used the "bang" address system that required you to know the routing path for the message - and the transmission was overnight, since the computers only called each at night using very expensive leased lines through the Bell System.

Since this was a limited-access system almost entirely used by researchers and engineers, there was none of the anonymity foolishness that later developed with the public Internet. You did something stupid, and your boss would know in a matter of hours, or even minutes. The saying among the engineers was: "Never post anything you wouldn't mind showing next manager five years from now" - since there never was any way of knowing if messages were *really* deleted.

The freestanding, non-academic BBS community, running on 8086 PCs and even older C/PM Z80 machines, was completely different. These were dial-up connections to isolated BBS's that were only sometimes interconnected thanks to a maze of incompatible protocols - just getting a pair of modems to talk to each other could take an hour or more of puzzling out weird modem lingo (no standards, of course). Most BBS's were focussed on social and technical interests, but a minority became notorious for hacking tips and warez. Since I was almost entirely a mainframe user, I wasn't all that interested in PCs and older C/PM machines. (Linux didn't arrive until the Intel 386 had enough power to support Unix - that was about eight years later.)

Anyway, the habits I developed in the early Arpanet and Internet days stayed with me - keeping my posts clean, and staying as far away from the flamers as possible. Since their only intent was to destroy communication by underming social groups, as a professional writer dedicated to clear communication, I thought it was especially repellent and antisocial behavior.

It took aggressive moderation - which is very time-consuming on the part of the moderator - to keep a group clear of these thugs. With anyone able to post anything, a moderator, or even a team of moderators, could be easily overwhelmed with posts, especially when an skillful flame thread was started. ABX or cable flames was an especially fruitful area for starting arguments that would never end, which was the goal of the flamers. They did this just for kicks. And this tiny minority succeeded; one audio group after another was destroyed by a handful of anonymous sociopaths. The experienced posters would leave for good, leaving behind a small pool of novices who would be preyed on by flamers. I don't need to name names here, but experienced readers will recall the wreckage. The modern forum system, with registered users, keeps the antisocial types away, thank goodness.

The early days of the Arpanet were different; any post could be traced by the system operators (mainframes, remember, and on corporate and academic sites) and reported to the appropriate manager. Make enough offensive posts, and you'd be out the door with a can tied to your tail for the rest of your professional career. That's why folks from the Arpanet days have good posting manners - you didn't have a choice, unless you wanted to buy a $150,000 mainframe, and even that wouldn't get you access to the Arpanet. (Neither IBM or Microsoft were on the Arpanet.)

[MartinT]

That's really fascinating, Lynn. I worked on the other side, setting up NEC's first BBS for support of our products. You're right about modem lingo, I learned a lot back then. It was satisfying writing PostScript utilities for our printers in C, posting them on the 'NEC Connection' BBS and watching hundreds of customers come online and download them. psprint.exe made a bit of a name for itself back then.

[Rare Bird]

Dunno why i decided to use mine :eyebrows:

[The Grand Wazoo]

Ha! A change is as good as a rest, matey.

[Alex_UK]

Thanks for the extensive explanation Lynn - fascinating!

[LWSTeac]

Well... My username starts with my initals then it gets audio related. I was thinking about my teac cassette tape I had to splice up when I found this forum. Really simple.

[LWSTeac]

Well... My username starts with my initals then it gets audio related. I was thinking about my teac cassette tape I had to splice up when I found this forum. Really simple.

[The Grand Wazoo]

So simple you typed it twice?!?!?!?!
Hi Leland, nice to have you here.
Cheers

[joethelion]

Hi All :-)

"Heroes", Side A, Track 2 - db, et al '77.

My handle tips the hat to the incomparable genius, talent and vision of the Bowie/Eno/Fripp axis ... and to the brilliantly skillful Visconti.

I've long used it; however, I've latterly noticed quite a few others do too. There seems to be a jtl fraternity, including a band. Googling turns up very interesting stuff. I'd be delighted to hear from all able to afford greater insight. I recall db's comments in one of the Bio's shed much more light - but I've long forgotten which/what ...

From what I've researched currently, however, there's no greater consideration on-line than Chris O'leary's "Pushing Ahead of the Dame" ... the best fan blog I've ever encountered ... by a very long mile. IMO some of his writing's as great as his subject.

It's a most remarkable work for posterity ... an astonishingly perceptive, exceptionally well-informed, truly enlightening, sophisticated, thoroughly enjoyable read and comprehensive mine of information and analysis. Check it out ... even if you're not a db fan.

The track itself is viewed in the context of the so-called 'Berlin Trilogy' (which never was, literally) and O'Leary's account further opened my mind to the wonderful creative processes of such extraordinary geniuses.

http://bowiesongs.wordpress.com/category/heroes-1977/

IMO JTL is one of db's greatest songs and performances, affording a magnificent overture to the title track; now widely acknowledged the greatest all-time db/eno et al achievement. "Heroes", Side A, is my all-time fave vinyl HiFi experience, very closely followed by "Scary Monsters", Side 2, which kicks off with the heart-rending "Teenage Wildlife" in which IMO Fripp makes his most inspired contribution ever. These works also showcase the pinnacle of analogue recording and production.

Probably my favourite stroke of production genius is the JTL interlude:

"And you can buy God,
It's Monday."

For years I've failed to get anywhere near reproducing the effect of those near-spoken words being projected from nowhere, with such stunning emotive impact.

I'd be interested in threads founded in such as this if there's any interest out there.

Cheers,
jtl.

PS: It also tips the hat to the great Carlos Alomar who's duelling with Fripp on JTL doubles the sound and the art :-)

[RSC]

My initials ... I'm a do-er, not a 'creative' ...

[malvai]

my user name is my surname! simple!

[snapper]

Hello my name is Martin.


Hi Martin, welcome to the forum.

Could you please copy and paste this post over to the welcome section here. (http://theartofsound.net/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=15)

TIA

[themadlatvian]

A lot of people here will know me from the Wam. My handle is the Mad Latvian because my Mum is Latvian, and this was the title given to me at music college because of my penchant for wild late night parties.

Settled down a lot since then, but still a bit lunatic if I'm honest, particularly when it comes to hifi.

:)

[snuffbox]

I like coffins;)

[Reid Malenfant]

I like coffins;)
:rfl:

Cracker :D

[isobarik]

The Naim says it all! Isobarik? yes I actually own a pair of these!!!:eek: So hence my user name.

Regards

Ray

[LWSTeac]

So simple you typed it twice?!?!?!?!
Hi Leland, nice to have you here.
Cheers My computer was acting like the tape I was splicing... Stupid as H3LL:doh:

[ninedecks]

Unfortunately, I currently own more than nine, however it is accurate enough:)
My names Dave and I'm a deckaholic.

[TheVillageIdiot]

......village idiots?

I use my moniker because I've been fooled so many times in my life that I learned to take it in strides if I ever say something foolish.

[Pedanticpete]

I guess it's just because I can't be doing with ambiguity. An awful lot of people seem to assume that you know what they mean when they say something. I usually find that, when you actually get to the root of what somebody says, it is far removed from the original comment.

The opening post on this thread for example. At first glance it seemed that it was from somebody called The Great Wazoo to somebody called Sticky, enquiring as to the origin of his username...I formed my own conclusion and passed by the thread.

I now realise that a 'Sticky' must be some sort of displayed notice that are pinned, or simply stuck onto notice boards.:)

I also think that the length of my reply will further help you to understand why I am called Pedantic!! :lol::lol:

[floppybootstomp]

Chose my name when I joined a forum for the first time back in '99. Twas a computer forum and I was having trouble installing a new motherboard and understanding the RAID setup. Received good advice and needed forum name.

Being a fan of the good Captain and seeing two computer references in the name I chose, that's the one I went with and it's been me ever since. Sometimes regret the choice, it seems silly to serious folk, but I guess that's who I am.

I'm a bit of an old farty, love music and computer games, never watch TV, and live in Greenwich, sarf east London.

Hello :)

[Marco]

Hi Tony,

Welcome to AoS :)


Being a fan of the good Captain...


Who he? :scratch:

Marco.

[Roy S]

H9liRgXAFGU

[Marco]

Oh, *that* Captain!

Marco.

[Roy S]

Oh, *that* Captain!

Marco.

Were you thinking

eW5kEY0qq00&feature=fvst

or perhaps

http://i562.photobucket.com/albums/ss68/Lodger56/cbeye.jpg

[Marco]

More like Captain Skidmark, mate, as I didn't have a scooby-doo what Tony was referring to! :lol:

Marco.

[twelvebears]

Hi Tony,

Welcome to AoS :)



Who he? :scratch:

Marco.

Sensible I believe....

[MartinT]

Captain Birdseye, I think.

[Starburst]

Better late than never for this introduction as I've been registered a fair while now.
Starburst because when I joined the site I needed a username and had the wrapper from a packet of Starbursts sat in front of me and Starburst seemed as good a username as anything. It's as mundane as that.
Lovely little site by the way.

Lee

[edmondwolfman]

My monikor comes from my nickname. I've been able to grow a beard since about the age of 6....or at least long before my peers and everyone always called me wolfman. I'm also from Edmond Oklahoma and so I won't be confused with all the other wolfmen I added my location, hence, Edmondwolfman!

[Audio Al]

I like Audio

and my name is Allen

just in case you did not work it out :D

[cube-tube]

At the time of choosing this name, I had recently purchased a new 2010 Nissan Cube, and in my system, I was running a modified Baldwin Organ tube amplifier, hence the name cube-tube.

I know, I know... :mental:

[Roy S]

At the time of choosing this name, I had recently purchased a new 2010 Nissan Cube, and in my system, I was running a modified Baldwin Organ tube amplifier, hence the name cube-tube.

I know, I know... :mental:

You got all those wonderful American motors to choose from and you bought a Nissan Cube :doh:

[cube-tube]

You got all those wonderful American motors to choose from and you bought a Nissan Cube :doh:

Wonderful American motors? Not hardly. American vehicles stink and I wouldn't give you two cents for one. :trust:

[jollyfix]

JOLLY is a two part polyester resin used for fixing stone. jolly is one brand name (there are many).I use this type of resin at work,and for making stone isolation products.

[daytona600]

my motorbike a triumph now a ex motorbike due to a stupid bint in a mondeo applying her lipstick just had it serviced , mot , new tyres & to add insult to injury i had a broken leg & shoulder Claimed see did not see me
yellow bike , yellow hi-viz jacket , headlight on full beam and in broad daylight

[Marco]

Fucking stupid cow... That shit makes me *so* angry! :steam:

Hope you're recovering/have recovered fully from here carelessness and utter stupidity, Scott?

Marco.

[Reid Malenfant]

my motorbike a triumph now a ex motorbike due to a stupid bint in a mondeo applying her lipstick just had it serviced , mot , new tyres & to add insult to injury i had a broken leg & shoulder Claimed see did not see me
yellow bike , yellow hi-viz jacket , headlight on full beam and in broad daylight
She's probably colour blind, must be at any rate :doh:

Fucking stupid cow... That shit makes me *so* angry! :steam:

Hope you're recovering/have recovered fully from here carelessness and utter stupidity, Scott?

Marco.
Like Marco I wish you a speedy recovery & a nice fat compensation payment :)

Still, it won't cover you for loss of fun factor with the bike :rolleyes: No idea how I didn't half kill myself on my 1000 back in the day :scratch:

[Russell Turner]

It's my name!

[daytona600]

fully recovered now , cheers guys for your sympathy bit of pain in my shoulder my collar bone did not heal correctly and is out of position , doctor says older you get bones dont heal as well .
Police say it was 50/50 as there was no reliable witness , turned out the old fella that was waliking by at the time was the village idiot with sub normal IQ
so my insurance company paid the cost as i,m fully comp there goes my no claims bonus
paid £500 excess , storage on bike & other costs £500 so well out of pocket & no bike

[Mr Perceptive]

Used to own a company called Perceptive Solutions!!!

On a good day I live up to my name, but I can be just as dim as anyone else!

[ukemaxxer]

Hi,

ukemaxxer, loads of people ask why, what the... etc.

I'm in the UK, I used to have a Traxxas E-MAXX RC truck. It was my forum name on the Traxxas forum and it's stuck everywhere since.

Simples
Richard

[guyhayton]

Mine's pretty simple really... never believed in pseudonyms

[edna]

Mine is after my chain smoking Aunty Edna...called my cat Edna as she looked like a big cigarette ash...grey fluffy Persian...

[Marco]

Hi Philip,

Welcome to AoS :)

Could you please do me a favour and before going any further, go to the Welcome area and intoduce yourself to our community, telling us what system you use and what music you like, as this procedure is required of all new members - cheers! :cool:

Marco.

[The Grand Wazoo]

......... and before going any further, go to the Welcome area and intoduce yourself to our community,

As already requested (twice).

[archiesdad]

Archie is the guy in the avatar and when he needs walked SWMBO tells to ask "dad" to take him out.

[29029]

29029 - the height in feet of Mt Everest / Sagarmatha / Chomolungma.

Life long ambition to go there and climb at least to Advanced Base Camp, at the foot of the Lhotse face at 21 thousand, give or take.

Avatar is how i try to approach things! It was that or a pic of a hamburger superimposed near to a lady's private area.

[Rare Bird]

Debut self titled LP of one of my fav bands (Just the first two albums that is)

[MartinT]

The earliest album I could find on Spotify is Sympathy (1976). Listening to it now :)

[Rare Bird]

Thats a compilation LP.
The tracks are from their first two LP's (Self Titled & 'As Your Mind Flies By')

The Compilation tracks are:
Sympathy (1st LP)
Nature's Fruit (1st LP)
Bird On A Wing (1st LP)
What You Want To Know (2nd LP)
Beautiful Scarlet (1st LP)
Hammerhead (2nd LP)
I'm Thinking (2nd LP)
As Your Mind Flies By (2nd LP)

[MartinT]

I liked the compilation. Will look out for either of the first albums or the compilation in my travels.

[icehockeyboy]

My name here derives from my connection to ice hockey.
Firstly my father was one of the original Canadian imports with the Nottingham Panthers, he also trialled with the mighty Detroit Red Wings, my son started at the age of 3, and I too played, albeit at what is termed recreation hockey.

[guyhayton]

mine is pretty self explanatory - years ago I decided not to use a pseudonym on web forums. Its a bit late to change it now! :doh:

[Floyddroid]

On the third occasion i went to see Pink Floyd they were using some very impressive lighting rigs which give the impression they were floating aound like space ships. they also had devices which eminated from beneath the stage which shone laights aand random lasers. these were known as Floyd droids. Whilst sampling rather a lot of single malt one evening i recalled this story to a close friend who inferred that i myself became such a bore whilst full of such cheer he nicknamed me The Floyd Droid. There you have it.

[SonicHammer]

like to listen to music loud, and I have a feeling that the big sonic hammer banging my head :)

[steviej233]

There was an MC in the 90's called Stevie J, my name is Steve Johnson got to college and thats what everyone called me i won't bother explaining the 233 bit its just to boring!

[isuckedmandelsonslemons]

Cos I really did . . .

Long story.

[Alex_UK]

Cos I really did . . .

Long story.

Well, we have plenty of time. :)

[Reid Malenfant]

Well, we have plenty of time. :)
Seconded


Just don't get too fruity :ner:

:lol:

[isuckedmandelsonslemons]

Alex, it really will take ages and I only have iPhone at moment. Let's say that Mandy and me have a bit of history. When I get to a keyboard I'll tell the whole sordid story. If I can be arsed I'll also tell you about his favourite crisps, his annoying eating habit, his stripey pyjamas and the truth about the mushy peas/avacado dip story. Oh and there's plenty more I can divulge about the Prince of Darkness. Piece of shit more like.

[Alex_UK]

Wow - look forward to it - just don't forget this is a public forum! :)

[isuckedmandelsonslemons]

Alex, no worries about it being a public forum. I called him a liar in print more than once and he didn't sue.

Is this what they call thread drift? Or is that something to do with turntables?

[Maverick]

Maverick : "An unusual person who has different ideas and ways of behaving from other people, and is often very successful" in, Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

As far as I know me, I'm kind of marginal in wich concerns to "sheep" behaviour ;) I ride a motorbike since ever, I flew helicopters, (not anymore) I love non-commercial and non-convencional music... :D

[Smoker]

mine is tale of leaves and fire...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7YBaiJMnik

[isuckedmandelsonslemons]

I've been asked yet again about my user name. It's a long story and I don't want to bore people with it. This is, after all a hifi forum. But if people are interested I'm happy to tell all.

[Macca]

I've been asked yet again about my user name. It's a long story and I don't want to bore people with it. This is, after all a hifi forum. But if people are interested I'm happy to tell all.

Yes come on get on with it ;)

[Yomanze]

U=Ultra
V=Violator
101=101

All Depeche mode album names. Ive been UV101 as long as I can remember.

Not my first choice of recording these days but great for the car when I want to feel like a teenager again!!

Ian

Three of my favourite Depeche Mode releases. My Mum and Dad used to listen to a lot of Depeche Mode, and I got back into them 20yrs later bigtime. :)

[isuckedmandelsonslemons]

I used to be a newspaper editor and had the 'pleasure' of Peter Mandelson popping in to see me every couple of weeks.

As well as being an odious piece of shit with the limpest hand shake I've experienced, the Prince of Darkness is a bit fussy when it comes to drinks. Won't have tea or coffee but must have hot water with a slice of lemon in.

Day before he came was due in my secretary used to nip out to buy a couple of lemons. On day of his lordship's arrival she brought sliced lemons and jug of water to my office.

Couple of hours later when the obnoxious bastard had gone I used to walk out into the newsroom sucking on a lemon.

Someone always 'bought it' and said 'urgh how can you suck a lemon?'

My reply was always the same 'I needed to get the bitter taste of talking to that piece of shit out of my mouth'

I can guarantee that sucking lemons laced with powdered glass and fish hooks would be preferable to talking to Mandy.

Hope it was worth waiting for.

[Macca]

And so it all becomes clear...:lol:

[MartinT]

Excellent, Harry. And so a handle is born...

[wiicrackpot]

Thanks Harry, great story, :) what got me thinking was though it's a long user name, i get the drift right away the first time i clapped eyes on it,
unlike some you have to decipher it but how can you suck a Lemon?. :vomfest:

[isuckedmandelsonslemons]

It's like any form of training. A couple if hours with Mandy and a gobful of festering cat shit would be palatable.

Oh, I could tell you stories . . .

[MartinT]

So you like him, then? :lol:

[isuckedmandelsonslemons]

Martin, I've yet to find anyone who liked him.

Have you heard how Dennis Skinner put him down?

[MartinT]

Have you heard how Dennis Skinner put him down?

Not that I like Skinner, but do tell.

[isuckedmandelsonslemons]

It was when Mandy first got into parliament. He was standing by a call box in one of the corridors as Skinner approached

MANDELSON: Could you lend me a 20p coin. I need to call a friend.

SKINNER: Here's 40p. Ring ALL of them.

[MartinT]

Isn't that 40p too much? :lol:

[isuckedmandelsonslemons]

Oh, I could tell you others involving Kettle Chips, mushy peas, a visit to a greasy spoon cafe, striped pyjamas, my sons missing homework etc etc etc. one day I'll get my arse into gear and write a book.

[wiicrackpot]

It was when Mandy first got into parliament. He was standing by a call box in one of the corridors as Skinner approached

MANDELSON: Could you lend me a 20p coin. I need to call a friend.

SKINNER: Here's 40p. Ring ALL of them.
:rofl::rofl::rofl:

Oh, I could tell you others involving Kettle Chips, mushy peas, a visit to a greasy spoon cafe, striped pyjamas, my sons missing homework etc etc etc. one day I'll get my arse into gear and write a book.
Harry, sure you'll get a few sales on here alone. :D

[isuckedmandelsonslemons]

Wii. It's actually mostly written. Just need to get a publisher and the motivation to get it finished.

[wiicrackpot]

Wii. It's actually mostly written. Just need to get a publisher and the motivation to get it finished.
Should have no problems with the former as you'll have contacts with publishers being an ex-editor,
the latter is difficult as you'll be firmly planted in front of those gorgeous speakers and everything can wait mode. :)

[isuckedmandelsonslemons]

Getting a book published is more difficult than ever. Most publishers want celebrity bollocks or tat like Shades of Shite

[ehoove]

My friends used to and still call me Hoove, so its the first letter of my first name and my nick name.
Regards,
Jim

[wiicrackpot]

My friends used to and still call me Hoove, so its the first letter of my first name and my nick name.
Regards,
Jim
Yebbit you're Jim, unless thats an alias and your real name is Eleanor. (taking Q's with your avatar BTW) :scratch::eyebrows:

[ehoove]

Yebbit you're Jim, unless thats an alias and your real name is Eleanor. (taking Q's with your avatar BTW) :scratch::eyebrows:

I go by my middle name, My father went by my first. I'm the II
Regards,
Jim

[Loftman]

Many years ago when my girl friend (now wife) came round I was always in the loft. Her brother started calling me Loftman. When I needed an email address I chose Loftman as a user name for an email forwarding outfit (Bigfoot - very good) & it's stuck ever since.

[Marco]

What were you doing up in the loft, I wonder - THAT is the question! :eyebrows:

Did you have some scud mags up there? ;)

Marco.

[Idlewithnodrive]

Mine's pretty simple. I just morphed my taste in TT's with my personality :lol:

[Electrovoice]

After the P.a company Electrovoice EV who make some of the worlds biggest Concert riggs.

My first experience of HiFi was in a record shop above Millets in Chester aged about 14. They had a pair of Crystals which sounded amazing. I was then hooked for ever.

[applemarc]

I sell and support Apple computers so hence my user name

[isuckedmandelsonslemons]

I sell and support Apple computers so hence my user name

Forum Apple guru. Just the job. Welcome to the forum. I'll give you a few days before I start bombarding you with questions.
Harry

[mad-moon]

Simply put...My surname is Moon...and I'm as mad as a hatter on speed

[MartinT]

Erm, good for you, Moon :lol:

[Westyman]

Well. I'm a man...and a few years ago I built a Westfield kit car, often referred to as a Westy.

[Colin Wonfor]

From my parents who had a poor imagination for names.:lol::eyebrows:

[sparrow]

When I was a nipper my Dad called me.....Sparrow. When I was a teen he called me a lot worse..

[Qwin]

I am John Kenneth Wynn but everyone calls me Ken.
K.Wynn say it fast = Qwin
most of the variations of my name were taken when I was starting a business so settled on Qwin and have used it for various things ever since.

[gixerhifi]

been using gixer at the front of most forum names now for years, for those bikers then you know the infamous Suzuki GSXR = gixer or gixxer etc etc and was one of my best and longest owned bikes a 750 full remapped and hifi I think is obvious so there goes gixerhifi :-)

[MrAcoustat]

Hi for me it is very simple i am a long time full range panel lover i have nothing against boxed speakers BUT i prefer panels i have been using Acoustat speakers since 1984 and i will probably die with them this is my sixt pair and they are very special they have been modded by my friend Jocelyn Jeanson of Quebec Canada they are 14x94x3 inches and weigh 200 pounds i live on a third floor condo so that makes them ALMOST theft proof.


PS: The bigger model are Acoustat Spectra 8800 they belong to my friend Jocelyn they are 41x102x10 inches and weigh 800 pounds

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mracoustat/

http://i1322.photobucket.com/albums/u564/mracoustat/AcoustatSpectra880005_zpsc4353978.jpg

http://i1322.photobucket.com/albums/u564/mracoustat/KeepItSimple1000X750_zpsc40a1399.jpg

[MartinT]

Very nice, Andre, and Chord equipment too :)

[Dual]

I like that I get asked questions like this!
In a 1970's punk-jazz band (http://www.sameband.com/) we all took stage names. I was Dual Space Orphans.
As a result, my home recording studios have always been Studio Dual (http://www.etnier.com/studiodual/indexold.html).

[.mus]

.mus is a reference to one of my early encounters with electronic music - early 90s video games! As a youngster I spent a hours playing video games which would be considered incredibly primitive by today's standards, but which completely bewitched me me at the time. My enjoyment was often bound up with enjoyment of the music - complex, beat driven, midi compositions, awash with 8bit digital timbres that, at the time, I'd not heard in any other kind of music. When I was a little older, I fiddled around composing very basic midi pieces, that I would insert into games, and ".mus" was the file extension for the resulting files.

[Theotherlarryb]

Some bugger took LarryB

[Aussie1]

My wife is Aussie 1 as she is from here. I am just an American living in Australia and going home to Florida in 6 months after a long stay here out on the edge of the outback.

[MartinT]

I should stay where you are if I were you, Paul ;)

[Aussie1]

Our 6yr old needs some therapy he can't get in Australia unfortunately.

[MartinT]

Oh, sorry to hear that. I hope you find what you need for him.

[Richiebuoy]

Some great user names here.....I'm jealous as mine's a bit boring...... wished I'd called myself Wizzywanpoopoodada now......but its too late.....:(

[MartinT]

wished I'd called myself Wizzywanpoopoodada now......

Anything can be arranged... ;)

[Richard Kimber]

My parents has the foresight to give me a user name at birth :lol:

- Richard Kimber

[Alex_UK]

:rfl:

[Richiebuoy]

Anything can be arranged... ;)

On reflection, perhaps I'll stick with RB.......:D

[realysm42]

.mus is a reference to one of my early encounters with electronic music - early 90s video games! As a youngster I spent a hours playing video games which would be considered incredibly primitive by today's standards, but which completely bewitched me me at the time. My enjoyment was often bound up with enjoyment of the music - complex, beat driven, midi compositions, awash with 8bit digital timbres that, at the time, I'd not heard in any other kind of music. When I was a little older, I fiddled around composing very basic midi pieces, that I would insert into games, and ".mus" was the file extension for the resulting files.

You should check out an artist called Bop and his album the adventures of a curios pixel, you might like it :eyebrows:

My username is a play of one of my old graffiti names. Its just stuck with me, but I cringe when people call me reals instead of martin now lol.

[MartinT]

It looks vaguely like Persian script, Martin.

[.mus]

You should check out an artist called Bop and his album the adventures of a curios pixel, you might like it :eyebrows:


Thanks for the tip! :) Enjoying this - I don't think I've heard chip tune done with traditional dnb/techno structures, very nice!

[realysm42]

Thanks Martin,

Its been a real interest and passion of mine for many years and I take pride in being unique at it.

I've been told to get some prints made, I might just do it.

Glad you like the music mate :)


It looks vaguely like Persian script, Martin.

[Oldpinkman]

Der - I have known AK of Pink Triangle for many years, and been involved with the company a bit on a few occasions, including being MD for a year.

My Dad used to worry about my sexuality when I was so enthusiastic about PT so it teases him a bit

And my wife who has no worries about my sexuality finds it amusing for entirely other reasons. :)

[Boaf]

Hi,
Mine is from an ancient Viz comic, in their spoof Reader's letters page 'Letterbox'. The letter went something like this: "I sent my husband out to the shops to get a loaf of bread and a packet of biscuits. Imagine my surprise when he returned with a boaf of lread and a backet of piscuits!!" Very silly I know, but I like a bit of surreal humour and wordplay.

[ceejaydee]

Although not quite my favourite Hawkwind album it works better for me than ' Hall Of The Mountain Grill' ;)

[MartinT]

Well, you could have called yourself 'Do-Re-Mi...'

[take5]

Well, in case you hadnt already guessed, Im named after the jazz tune.

This is usually credited to Dave Brubeck, but was in fact written by the alto sax player from the Brubeck quartet, Paul Desmond.

It takes its name from its time signature, in that it is in 5 / 4 time. ie five beats to a bar.
Desmond says that he got the rhythmic idea when he was in a casino playing the slot machines. One of the machines was playing the "groove" which he pinched.

[stupinder]

Had a guy who worked for me in the UK called Kumar of Hindu Indian extraction and he used to call me Stupinder...name stuck thereafter.

[moonlight knight]

Don't know if this is the right place to put this, but I certainly think it should be a sticky somewhere.

I'm often intrigued as to the stories behind people's user names - and there's nearly always a story behind every one.
So, why don't you tell us about the origin of the name you've chosen to be identified with on the Art of Sound?



Your enormously self-depricating starter for ten:

The Grand Wazoo - The Big Arse...............also the name of one of my favourite Frank Zappa albums.

moonlight knight is the first song on selling england by the pound by genesis loved this song from the intro hooked for life

[synsei]

moonlight knight is the first song on selling england by the pound by genesis loved this song from the intro hooked for life

T'is an excellent album and my favourite offering from Genesis ;)

[ceejaydee]

So a brief explanation...

I used to be church_of_hawkwind but Marco has kindly changed my username to ceejaydee which is a phonetic spelling of my initials.

Can't be simpler than that eh ;)

[Barry]

Why did you want to change your Forum name?

[Ninanina]

My username is NINANINA....

We had a boat, a trimaran, of 30' with a 22' beam which was called Nina, so my username is NINANINA...

Not that it was the best boat we ever had but it was the one with the best name, kind of !!...

We have had MUCH better sailors since Nina but it is the one in which we probably did the most traveling... we went to Alderney and Cherbourg many a times in her... a tremendously stable platform but certainly NOT the best sailor at all.... the best sailor goes to the Cutlass 27 and Nicholson 32 we subsequently owned

BUT the name has always stuck so NINANINA it is....

[hermit]

hermit by name

hermit by nature

[Gordon Steadman]

I was called Gordon after my uncle and Steadman after Gordon.

(sorry Hoffnung)

[ceejaydee]

Why did you want to change your Forum name?

As I like a wide and varied spectrum of music I didn't want my username to make others think that I may have any pre-conceived ideas about styles or influence attitudes towards me in a negative way.

Also it ties in with my usernames on other fora providing personal continuity and one less to remember ;)

[jollyfix]

I understand Chris, but i liked your old name as it made me dig out church of Hawkwind from the racks of LP's.

[ceejaydee]

I understand Chris, but i liked your old name as it made me dig out church of Hawkwind from the racks of LP's.

Glad it got you to revisit a classic album Dave :thumbsup:

[Barry]

As I like a wide and varied spectrum of music I didn't want my username to make others think that I may have any pre-conceived ideas about styles or influence attitudes towards me in a negative way.

Also it ties in with my usernames on other fora providing personal continuity and one less to remember ;)

Thanks

[TVC15]

Free beer for the first person to work this one out.

[Gordon Steadman]

Free beer for the first person to work this one out.

Not sure about TV in Oz but there are a few. Are you 'connected' in some way??

[Firebottle]

Hi Kyle,

So hologramic, oh my T V see one five............... Holographic TV from David Bowie?

:cool:Alan

[Gordon Steadman]

Hi Kyle,

So hologramic, oh my T V see one five............... Holographic TV from David Bowie?

:cool:Alan

Aha, I thought he was connected!! 'station to station'.......not one I know, never had that LP. You are probably right.

If so, how's the beer going to get here?

[pjdowns]

My name is Paul James Downs so my username is based on the first initial of my first and second name followed by my surname :)

[Puffin]

Genius.

[pjdowns]

Genius.

Thanks Rob, that's the nicest compliment anyone's ever given me :lol:

[duo(2)]

Duo(2)

Because i like stereo ....:argument:

[Cobra2]

Have owned one like this since 1987...

Arne K

[struth]

Struth won 73 trophies during his career, making him the most decorated manager in British football history.... Struth is shorter than Fair suck of the sav!

[Macca]

Have owned one like this since 1987...

Arne K

The bird or the car? Respect either way ;)

[struth]

not sure what would cost more tbh.....:eek:

[Cobra2]

I would believe Farrah Fawcett' maintenance-cost would been higher... and while the car has faded, it can be brought back.
:cool:
Arne K

(but still have good memories from TV-series Charlie's Angels)

[The Black Adder]

I was watching Black Adder II and was laaaaaghin me tits off and so, well.... why not! :)

[mr sneff]

Many years ago a group of friends used to have "dice evenings", based on the book The Dice Man by Luke Rhinehart - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dice_Man
We'd decide what we'd wear, what pubs we'd visit and what we'd do when we got there by the roll of a dice. My "dice name" was Josef Sneff and now Mr Sneff is the name I use for various online activities, including this blog - http://mrsneff.wordpress.com/

[Lace'd Taste]

Don't know how this will go down in the forums but as a kid i loved bubble writing and quickly got into letter forms and then eventually "graffiti." I did my first piece at the age of 13 in some underpass and the age of 16 starting using the name of "Lacey" - i'll use Lacey or Lace'd Taste on various forums now. Had a good run and had a few articles in the local papers before police came over whilst me mum was having a party (not the best of memories), Lacey became legal and i ended up studying fine art at Uni. I'll post some examples scattered around my home town of Barnstaple.

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5544/10998015353_ee112afc16_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/49376303@N03/10998015353/)
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7414/10997886226_0d9b5e42c1_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/49376303@N03/10997886226/)
http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2850/10998008513_7a22186cf9_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/49376303@N03/10998008513/)
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7419/10998012243_d69d13ea17_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/49376303@N03/10998012243/)

[Ali Tait]

Wow, love the van, very nice.

[walpurgis]

Many years ago a group of friends used to have "dice evenings", based on the book The Dice Man by Luke Rhinehart - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dice_Man
We'd decide what we'd wear, what pubs we'd visit and what we'd do when we got there by the roll of a dice.


Ha Ha, another victim of the 'Diceman Culture'! Been there, done it too about thirty years ago. Good fun and a great book.

'The Diceman' is an all time classic, there's nothing else quite like it. I still have a couple of copies knocking about. An absolutely essential read if you've not heard of it!!!



By the way, I always feel sorry for people sucked in by the VW camper thing. It's all about image (not one I'd want. 'Fake Cool? Not for me) and generally the people who buy them don't have a clue that the poor old things have the dynamics of a shed. Unless you spend a fortune, it'll be desperately slow, full of rust and handle (wrong word) like an overloaded pram!

[Lace'd Taste]

By the way, I always feel sorry for people sucked in by the VW camper thing. It's all about image (not one I'd want. 'Fake Cool? Not for me) and generally the people who buy them don't have a clue that the poor old things have the dynamics of a shed. Unless you spend a fortune, it'll be desperately slow, full of rust and handle (wrong word) like an overloaded pram!

Whilst not being a VW man i am a fan of the Austin Minis and whilst it might not be the most practical of cars generally full of rust and i'd probably spend the rest of my days doing it up i think there's still that appeal to own something iconic/fun without going down the whole "look at how retro and different i am" route.

[julesd68]

By the way, I always feel sorry for people sucked in by the VW camper thing. It's all about image (not one I'd want. 'Fake Cool? Not for me) and generally the people who buy them don't have a clue that the poor old things have the dynamics of a shed. Unless you spend a fortune, it'll be desperately slow, full of rust and handle (wrong word) like an overloaded pram!

I'm not sure I agree with you entirely Geoff - I think for some people, yes it fits into an image to which they aspire to, whatever that is ... But for others, who might have lived through the era, it may bring back good memories, and they really don't care about all the performance stuff - they'll see all that as part of the 'charm' ...

I recently replaced a fairly new bike with a bright yellow 70's BSA racing bike in a fit of vintage lust - technically it may be wanting on many fronts compared to bikes today, but I actually find its 5 gears better than the 21 I had before and I just love riding it! It makes me feel good. :)

[walpurgis]

I'm not sure I agree with you entirely Geoff - I think for some people, yes it fits into an image to which they aspire to, whatever that is ... But for others, who might have lived through the era, it may bring back good memories, and they really don't care about all the performance stuff - they'll see all that as part of the 'charm' ...

I recently replaced a fairly new bike with a bright yellow 70's BSA racing bike in a fit of vintage lust - technically it may be wanting on many fronts compared to bikes today, but I actually find its 5 gears better than the 21 I had before and I just love riding it! It makes me feel good. :)


I agree on the seventies (and earlier) racing bikes, they're great to ride, so light too. I always get rid of the drop bars though and fit flats.

Oh, and I grew up with Campers and other old VWs, nobody thought they had any particular image back then. The 'Lads' all wanted Transits!

[walpurgis]

Whilst not being a VW man i am a fan of the Austin Minis and whilst it might not be the most practical of cars generally full of rust and i'd probably spend the rest of my days doing it up i think there's still that appeal to own something iconic/fun without going down the whole "look at how retro and different i am" route.

I had thirteen BL Minis of all types. Many were well tuned too (by me) and there's no job I've not done on a Mini. I've replaced engines, gearboxes, wiring looms, floors, door skins, roof linings, subframes, etc., etc. Done several engine rebuilds and resprays. Those were the days. Still got a fully equipped workshop though.

[The Barbarian]

Forever changing? yew nutters shurrup!.. Barbarian bi first track from ELP Debut LP { yew know the best band in the world}

[The Barbarian]

Don't know how this will go down in the forums but as a kid i loved bubble writing and quickly got into letter forms and then eventually "graffiti." I did my first piece at the age of 13 in some underpass and the age of 16 starting using the name of "Lacey" - i'll use Lacey or Lace'd Taste on various forums now. Had a good run and had a few articles in the local papers before police came over whilst me mum was having a party (not the best of memories), Lacey became legal and i ended up studying fine art at Uni. I'll post some examples scattered around my home town of Barnstaple.

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5544/10998015353_ee112afc16_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/49376303@N03/10998015353/)
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7414/10997886226_0d9b5e42c1_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/49376303@N03/10997886226/)
http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2850/10998008513_7a22186cf9_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/49376303@N03/10998008513/)
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7419/10998012243_d69d13ea17_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/49376303@N03/10998012243/)

Sorry due before i checked out your location i though it was the Bronx NYC ffks.. move immediatly

[Lace'd Taste]

I had thirteen BL Minis of all types. Many were well tuned too (by me) and there's no job I've not done on a Mini. I've replaced engines, gearboxes, wiring looms, floors, door skins, roof linings, subframes, etc., etc. Done several engine rebuilds and resprays. Those were the days. Sounds like a life well spent!

[walpurgis]

Sounds like a life well spent!

Well I had a bit of fun with the Minis. Then went on to Opel Manta GTEs! Current 'toy' is a Suzuki Carry 1.3 van I've had for seven years, cars come and go but the van is a little cracker.

[mr sneff]

Ha Ha, another victim of the 'Diceman Culture'! Been there, done it too about thirty years ago. Good fun and a great book.

'The Diceman' is an all time classic, there's nothing else quite like it. I still have a couple of copies knocking about. An absolutely essential read if you've not heard of it!!!

Yeah, 30 years ago would be about right for me too!

[Canetoad]

In the rugby league state or origin series Queenslanders are canetoads and New South Welshmen are cockroaches. I'm a Queenslander. :eyebrows:

[darkmatter]

So where di I get 'darkmatter' from?

One of my other big passions in life Astronomy, so nearly my career :)

[CageyH]

CageyH - not very imaginative, but it's the phonetic pronunciation of my initials.
Been using it for years all over the place.

[losenotaminute]

My username comes from the Aubrey/Maturin historic novels by Patrick O'Brian (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_O'Brian), it is an expression that crops up regularly. I also frequent the TZ UK watch forum, so thought it was appropriate for a mechanical watch fan.

Lawrence

[Andrei]

In the rugby league state or origin series Queenslanders are canetoads and New South Welshmen are cockroaches. I'm a Queenslander. :eyebrows:
Toads seem to have been on a regular diet of roaches lately.

[Pablo Belgik]

Mine's sort of ...Spanish...(form of my first name), followed by a misspelled phonetically French "Belgium", the catch being that "ik" is Dutchspeak and means "I".
Doesn't mean s*** to a tree, which is probably the best thing about it.

[Naughty Nigel]

I think my user name speaks for itself. I have always liked to push boundaries of all sorts! :)

Nigel.

[Pilgrim]

My user name comes from my main passion Plymouth Argyle ! ( yes , even more important than hifi & music )
But !!!! I've really needed the hifi to soothe my nerves at times when I've come in from the football .

[DIMO]

Data
In
Music
Out

[MartinT]

Data
In
Music
Out

Hah, hah! No vinyl for you, then?

[DIMO]

Hah, hah! No vinyl for you, then? It's an overstatement, but I needed a name and have been visiting here to learn about all things digital. In the 20 years since I first owned a CD player there have only been two occasions when I have bought vinyl when I could get the same music digitally - one was Discipline by King Crimson which would have cost far more to get as a remastered CD, the other was Armed Forces by Elvis Costello because of the fabulous foldy-outy album cover which I never bought first time round as a teenager.

[agk]

My initials.

Used to use something a little more imaginative but then ended up with a dozen different usernames.

[choirboy]

Mine was a funny joke to myself that I was kind of the opposite. Anyway, it was the first alias I ever had on the world wide web way back in the late 90's.

[destroysall]

destroysall was a term I picked to use for another forum long ago. It was a title from an old cover album dedicated in tribute to Godzilla. Not one of my favorite albums but a cool name nonetheless. ;)

[Barry]

Sounds a bit like a name that might be given to a disinfectant!

Welcome to AoS by the way.

[destroysall]

Sounds a bit like a name that might be given to a disinfectant!

Welcome to AoS by the way.:lol: Thank you, Barry. Now that I think about more, it indeed does sound like a great name for a disinfectant.

[lonergan2468]

ERM....its my surname.....

[lonergan2468]

ERM....its my surname.....

minus the 2468..of course.....

[ALRAINBOW]

My name is simple it's the name of my parent company. Rainbow electric co inc. And my name is AL.

Imam going to post my new listening room. The title will be
From the beginning.

A fitting name is the room is completely gutted top to bottom . I will be posting pics soon .

Al

[jorwoo14]

Well I won't lie . . . my user name is what I use for everything haha!

[Marco]

Hi Jordan,

Judging from the link contained in your above signature, I suspect you require a trade account? Please PM me for details before contributing further :)

Marco.

[allthingsanalogue]

Mine is easy, 'allthingsanalogue' as I love Vinyl, Tape, reel to reel!

[ljubomir]

Don't know if this is the right place to put this, but I certainly think it should be a sticky somewhere.

I'm often intrigued as to the stories behind people's user names - and there's nearly always a story behind every one.
So, why don't you tell us about the origin of the name you've chosen to be identified with on the Art of Sound?



Your enormously self-depricating starter for ten:

The Grand Wazoo - The Big Arse...............also the name of one of my favourite Frank Zappa albums.

Its my old mans name,He was a yugoslavian.My great grandad assassinated the Prince of Montenegro,strange but true.I have the blood of an assassin running through my veins,which it was running through my speaker cables.

[walpurgis]

.I have the blood of an assassin running through my veins.

Must be murder! :)

[Eagle owl]

I've been a bird lover since childhood, the Eagle owl is a magnificent bird of prey.

http://www.rspb.org.uk/forprofessionals/policy/species/nonnative/eagleowls.aspx

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MbgmOLTLhk

[MrAcoustat]

MrAcoustat - - - I started in audio pretty late ( 1969 ) before that i was busy with bikers in 1969 i changed my life around and got married for the first 15 years it was ALL boxes to name a few - Snell - Proac - Altec Lansing - Celestion - Kef - Totem - and many different models of each in 1984 heard a pair of Acoustat and since then i have NEVER looked back.

http://cdn-1.dastatic.com/forums/gallery/data/500/medium/MrAcoustat_Speaker.JPG

Life without Acoustat is possible BUT senseless

[twickers]

Not much to tell really. It's an anagram of my real name, Ickswert, an ancient Briton term for 'ale swiller' or 'piss head'. Cheers.