What the Who? (MMR)... aka Introduce Yo Self
BelgianWaffle
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yes... MangoMan -related
who are all these new names posting these days??... I'm not one to talk, I guess - I'm pretty new myself... and I raerly post.
Is it time for a "Introduce Yo self" thread???...
I'm looking at you: HowMuch, Blast Kid, zizag, moonhead, Mangoman... (I still don't know who you are).
I'll start it off:
Real-World name: Erik aka edub[/b]
Loc: S.F.[/b]
Age: 32 1/2[/b]
In the game (diggin): 2yrs[/b]
Collection: ~1000 LPs[/b]
(edit):
Occupation: architect/ Illustrator/ 3D modeler[/b]
Currently listening to: Chi-Lites - Toby (Sly & Robbie - Late Night Tales CD)[/b]
carry on...
who are all these new names posting these days??... I'm not one to talk, I guess - I'm pretty new myself... and I raerly post.
Is it time for a "Introduce Yo self" thread???...
I'm looking at you: HowMuch, Blast Kid, zizag, moonhead, Mangoman... (I still don't know who you are).
I'll start it off:
Real-World name: Erik aka edub[/b]
Loc: S.F.[/b]
Age: 32 1/2[/b]
In the game (diggin): 2yrs[/b]
Collection: ~1000 LPs[/b]
(edit):
Occupation: architect/ Illustrator/ 3D modeler[/b]
Currently listening to: Chi-Lites - Toby (Sly & Robbie - Late Night Tales CD)[/b]
carry on...
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Born in NY, raised in Denmark, California resident since '91
Loc: Bronx New York
Age: 35
In the game: (diggin)17 yrs just buying records and shit
Collection: ~1400 LPs[/b]
Occupation: Museum preparator
Gov't Name-Mike Bell
Loc: Columbus, GA
Age: 24 on the 23rd
In the game (diggin'): Started in 95'(hip-hop and battle rekkids), then 98'(all other types of music)
Collection: 1000+
Loc: Sweden
Age: 21
In the game (diggin): Been searching for the perfect beat for maybe about 5 years? But as far as I see it, I havent even gotten started yet!
Favourite Movie: Peter Sellers 'The Party'.
Collection: Got a filled 5x5 Expedit and I have no idea how much that is.
Currently Listening to: The rain, my computer fan, and a looped up G Minor 7th string chord.
Occupation: President of The International Illhornstabraer Sympathizers.
Loc: Harlem[/b]
Age: 26[/b]
In the game (diggin): I been diggin' since I was in my mama's womb; I pulled a Rose Royce Car Wash 12" out of her cervix at 24 weeks gestation [/b]
Collection: I'm coming on up a solid dozen[/b]
Occupation: Marketing drugs to unsuspecting folls, ie, your doctor[/b]
Currently listening to: Sinner Man - Nina Simone (remixed by Felix Da Housecat)[/b]
Loc: Boogiedown Bristol
Age: 20
In the game (diggin): 4/5 years
Collection: 3000-3500 lps and 12"
Occupation: Student in Oxford
Currently listening to: Jay-Z - Girls, Girls, Girls (Kanye West Remix) and the Redbone lp...
Everyone else named me:[/b] Sween
Age:[/b] 30
Non-humorous location:[/b] Long Island, NY
Buying vinyl since:[/b] '92-'93
Collection:[/b] Too large and needs to be reduced by half.
Occupation:[/b] Fiberoptics and highly sophisticated gambling.
Currently listening to:[/b] In the car: Richie Hawtin "Decks EFX and 909"; WuTang "36 Chambers"; Jack Johnson (don't know what it's called, his first album); Slump N' Grind. At home: recordings of reggae mix shows.
Turn-ons[/b] Filthy streetwalking hookers, my ATM card
Turn-offs[/b] pork products, unfiltered cigarettes, things I find in the gutter
Age: 42
Location: Brick, NJ
Collecting: Since the mid-70's. Funk 45s hardcore for the last 6-7 years.
Collection: Maybe 1500 LPs, 12 boxes of 45s (long white 45 crates), 1500-2000 CDs
Occupation: Help Desk/Database design/mgmt.
Currently listening to: Dr. Byrds & Mr. Hyde
Loc: NJ
Age: 22
In the game (diggin): uh six or seven years maybe.
Favourite Movie: Freddie Vs. Jason
Collection: ~2500
Currently Listening to: DJ Speedranch - Musik For Night People Tape
Occupation: unemployed college graduate of about a week and a half.
Aliases: Skippy Fox, Justa Just, JT, J-Toro
Loc: San Francisco
Age: 31
In the game (diggin): '92
Collection: more than most of you
Currently Listening to: Malcolm X speeches
Turn-Ons (women-wise): Pony Tail and Glasses, Intellegent conversation
Turn-Offs (women-wise): Women who dress like whores, Women who smoke (just tastes nasty when you kiss them), Women who can only talk about Pop Culture (for Christsakes learn something!)
Loc: MA
Age: 35
In the game (diggin): 15 years, but I sold most off and re-started twice...
Favourite Movie: The Asphalt Jungle
Collection: ~3K LP's, half as many 45's?
Currently Listening to: Osibisa S/T
Occupation: Delivering around 750 gallons of ice cream per day to our spots around town. hollah!! ice cream man!!
Sorry, had you confused with another edub.
I do that too, sometimes
Loc: South Bay wishing I never left SF
Age: 6 1/4 Leap Years
In the game (diggin): 7 yrs DJing. 5 yrs buying bad hip hop, 2 yrs diggin for good music
Collection: ~1500 LPs ~500 45s
Occupation: Web Application Developer/Database Administrator
Currently listening to: The clock tick until work's over
Turn-Ons (women-wise): Skin, bones, boobs and younger than me
Turn-Offs (women-wise): Chicks that think a guy with an acoustic guitar is dreamier than a dude with turntables and mad records
DJ Ferrari
Loc: Manhattan
Age: 27
In the game (diggin): 8 years
Favourite Movie: Saturday Night Fever
Collection: 2000 LPs, 500 45s
Currently Listening to: Ghana Soundz Vol. II
Occupation: mutual fund accountant
Points of interest: First to Soulstrut (besides Raj), leader and guitarist of 9-piece funk band, Otis Funkmeyer ( [Plug] Playing next Saturday at Crash Mansion on Canal St. [/Plug] )
yeah ibisu and the sister restaurant across the street ive been going to for years. i also like kiki right there on 9th cause its cheap and has some cute chicks in there from time to time. koo right down on irving off of 5th has some really good sushi.
im in the richmond so i find most of my sushi eating at sakune bune (or whatever that spot on the corner of 21st and geary is called), blue fin (or whatever that spot is called on clement and 19th), and kitano which is half a block west of sakune bune.
blowfish is dope but dumb overpriced
Loc: Amsterdam, Netherlands
Age: 31
In the game (diggin): 7 years of buying records, 2 years of diggin
Favourite Movie: Magnolia/Black Cat White Cat/Lola rennt etc etc
Collection: 1 expedit, just about full
Currently Listening to:a Coldplay concert on TV, on my 1200's are: step off 12'' & bigger and deffer
Occupation: advertising
Turn ons: a womans neck.
Turn offs: a womans fat neck.
Chunk "What Wuz I To Do"
Name:[/b] Martin Dejean
Age:[/b] 29
Location:[/b] Copenhagen, Denmark
Occupation:[/b] Computer science student, monster for music
Records:[/b] Nuff
Fingers in the bins since:[/b] 1990
Current background music:[/b] Bo Hansson -Solen (Parallellt eller 90??)
Activity at this moment:[/b] Trying to figure out convex hull algorithms
Currently feeling deez musical nuts (no bono):[/b] J-Zone, Dr. John
Movie pick on the fly:[/b] 2001 - A Space Odyssey
Book by the bedside:[/b] David Toop - Ocean Of Sound
Likes the ladies:[/b] Sweet and juicy
Likes the beats:[/b] Raw like sushi
PHOTOGRAPHIC IDENTIFICATION:[/b]
Loc: Valley Springs, CA --> The Compound[/b]
Age: 22[/b]
In the game (diggin): ~6yrs[/b]
Collection: ~3000[/b]
Occupation (?): Student[/b]
Currently listening to: Lonnie Smith - Drives[/b] + the three other Blue Notes I got in the mail today.
You're slipping out of character...
hi j**t*n!
dudes, you guys ever try that spot on laguna and sutter [i think?] its a small lil joint on the corner that seats prolly 10 people max. that place is the goods.
and...
name: b.s. tsukamoto
loc: koreatown
home: clovis, ca
age: 31
occupation: this and that
turn on's: awesome, this is like friendster or some shit. i dont know what i like until i like it.
music: ive been on a brenda holloway kick lately.
books: fuck em
movies: comedies
Loc[/b]: Dry Shitties, Washington
Age[/b]: a year past the LP speed, a year away from completing a full chamber
In the game (diggin)[/b]: actively "digging" for 18, collecting as a hobby for 26
Collection[/b]: 4000-5000, most likely on the low end of that at this point
Occupation[/b]: I'm currently occupying my chair. I can tell you what I would like to be doing. As of now, doing nothing.
Real answer[/b]: artist/producer/journalist (definiton: almost homeless)
Currently listening to[/b]: Havana 12" produced by Nicolay; Edan's recent album; Prince's The Black Album