how long did you lurk on the strut before you posted?

jammy

myself, two years. i needed to get my fix after the-breaks email list stopped. this wasn't it haha.

batmon

I got up the courage in a week.

jammy

a week! not bad...

damms

less than an hour

but I started posting regularly months after registering

Big_Stacks

Hey,

I didn't lurk at all. Instead, I joined upon Asprin's and Tom Thumbz's (now Delay's) suggestions to move over from Stones Throw Records's "Crate Digger" forum.

Peace,

Big Stacks from Kakalak

LaserWolf

No lurk.
Asprin may have also hipped me.

El Prez

I never lurked...I found out about Soul Strut From John Book talking about it on okayplayers the lesson forum.

hertzhog

Maybe a few months, but it's not like I made a mental note of it ("remember this valuable detail"). I didn't want to join before I was sure this forum was worth it. If today was six years ago, though, I'm not sure I'd join. :oof:

RecordBeast

I lurked until I had to spring into action to defend my good friend dj sheep some years ago..

badder_than_evil

Moved over from Stones Throw board..lurked for a bit..got an i.d. then forgot my password.
Wasn't receiving the email reminder after about 10 attempts so I never posted for quite a while..finally reset the password and post occasionally.

Grandfather

lurked for like half a year, the registered and didnt post for another few months.

asstro

Came here straight from the Crates email list, never lurked

InnerSpace

No lurking. Came here on Cavern Discos suggestion.

parallax

Hi friends,

I lurked back during Soulstrut 1.0 (if you consider the current forum makeover 3.0), around 2002? Ako's 1969 and untitled were floating around and not yet pressed by MPM. Danno was still in the middle of Waxing Deep.

I signed up last year and post infrequently. This is a great place to get hip on current affairs, music, movies, etc. I really should try to contribute more, but I access the forum almost exclusively by iphone, which makes it tougher. I'm glad this place exists.

Kindly,
parallax

Breez

Didn't lurk at all. Came straight in and took my lumps & bruises.

Rishan

lurk more than i poast to this day still, but i've been here and registered since the very early days. can't remember how i found out about this place, probably from stones throw. anyway, i've had more tea-through-the-nose laughs on here than anywhere

the_dL

3 or 4 years of lurking unregistered then i think i posted almost straight away when i did.

jjfad027

Bought a record off of Raj on Ebay in '01 or '02 (He sent a copy of Royale With Beats with the record [good move BTW Raj])

After listening to Royale With Beats for about six months and loving it, I decide to peep the site

Started lurking for a few years before finally joining in '05

vintageinfants

'bout ten minutes.

funky16corners

It's been so long I don't remember for sure, but I suspect I posted the same day I got here.

LaserWolf

For those of us who came from the crates list it was more about continuing a conversation with people we knew.
So no lurking was necessary.

waxjunky

Can't remember any lurking, but I was once on the Crates list as well. Lurking was probably less common back then, since the community was so small. All the inside jokes and references hadn't evolved yet, and the only people who got hazed were the ones who came across as "wetmouth dealers" trying to glean info.

jammy

i find it interesting how many ex crates list peeps ended up here. i guess it was just timing. well done raj!

staxwax

I used to be on the crates list as well. Just used to browse the faq adds on the-breaks - i registered once ages ago, lost my password and reregistered one day after some of the threads cracked me up.

Delay

i was never a message board guy at all, but one day Asprin sent me a link to a thread here where some dude was asking about record spot in my, then, home town of Richmond, VA. I was super protective of those spots and regularly ran out intruders. Without lurking around, i jumped on and threatened the guy asking the initial question.

BIG mistake. people clowned me into submission, but i wound up meeting and making friends with a lot of soul strutters. Been here ever since.

Aanri

years! I'm still lurking. and never posted. Oh snap, I think i posted?

Dawhud

I still lurk this spot on the reg.

SoulOnIce

I'm almost a full-time lurker these days.

doisn

still lurkin most of the time i hit this site. also i do this mostly from work and somehow it??s not possible there to poast on the forums so i just keep watchin... further, i was registerd 2 times before, but forgot the logins by not frequently checkin in...
gotta give props to the regulars on here, still one of the best sites, informative, funny and annoying at times :-D THANKS!

barjesus

Yet another ex-crates, Aspirin affiliate. Lurked until I had something relevant to say, IIRC it was about Porno flexi-discs or post-Puba Brand Nubian.

incompletejigsaw

I lurked for about a year and a half before I joined in. I always looked forward to the Weekend Finds and Monthly Finds threads that would pop up and I would go to the record boutiques thinking I would make a few scores of my own. I found out that the guy who owns the shop I frequent was on Soulstrut, and then I found out one of my friends who was into music was on it as well. Next thing I knew I was registering and ready to contribute. In whatever miniscule way possible.