Teacher's Pet wrote:

jason from volo wrote:

El Protoolio wrote: Thu Jun 10, 2021 8:10 pm Another is the evolution of calling each other “Forum Member” ie “FM El Protoolio” as if it is an honorific title. I still think the fact that we did that and still do that is fucking hilarious.

So THAT's why there are so many FMs!

I thought that meant "Forum Moderator".

The padawan has so much to learn, apparently.

Right, like we'd ever allow Dave Grohl to become a moderator.

You just beat me to it.. that's the funniest one: FM Dave Grohl, the long-running joke being he's a secret lurker.

Wasn't there a Veleno thread with FM Vincent Gallo? It probably wasn't the real deal but it was very funny.

A_Man_Who_Tries wrote: Fri Jun 11, 2021 8:20 am I feel cruel saying it, but FM Orangetree in full flight was a sight to behold.

Truer words have never been said. It was unbelievably sad, comedic, and brought out the best and worst in all of us. I hope that whoever they are has found peace and/or help.

The TRON thing (converting words with "ton" to "tron") was a gag that originated on Live From the Barrage and obviously trickled its way into here/The PRF. "Bostron", "Tilda Swintron", you get the idea. Walsh sent me a PM at like 2am one Sat or Sun morning that merely said "Penningtron!" I thought it was funny/dumb, and also since I was starting to make glitchier/robotic music at that time I just kinda stuck with it.

Weezer would be a far better band if they'd made an album "Pinkertron".

penningtron wrote: Fri Jun 11, 2021 8:22 am

Wasn't there a Veleno thread with FM Vincent Gallo? It probably wasn't the real deal but it was very funny.

Oh that was DEFINITELY him. Same user name he used on the Travis Bean Guitars forum around the same time, and it's also his Ebay user name. Definitely one of the greatest flame threads of all time.

Was kind of funny how people would pop up here from time to time. I know Kurt Ballou started posting for a bit, and Chris from Death Cab has a few Radar related posts from the early days in the Tech Room.

tallchris wrote: Was kind of funny how people would pop up here from time to time. I know Kurt Ballou started posting for a bit, and Chris from Death Cab has a few Radar related posts from the early days in the Tech Room.

J Robbins too, a handful of times. Ed Stasium popped in once to dispel b.s. rumors about Tina Weymouth not being able to record her own parts (an external rumor. no one here was propagating that): lots of little nerd bits through the years..

Alright I'll play. The "Musical Concern: Burial" thread was great.

A_Man_Who_Tries wrote: Fri Jun 11, 2021 8:20 am I feel cruel saying it, but FM Orangetree in full flight was a sight to behold.

I always amused myself with the idea of naming a recording project Secret Sado-Masochistic Sex Ring because of orangetree.

I wasn't around much for the early history. I liked that one mega thread towards the end that was essentially just big_dave, NewDarkAge, and some others bantering about literature and philosophy.

I wonder sometimes how big_dave is doing. Is NewDarkAge here?