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Raj Appreciation Post

LaserWolfLaserWolf Portland Oregon 11,517 Posts
edited November 2012 in Strut Central
I don't think this has ever been done.

This is one of the longest running communities on all of the internet.
Reason enough to appreciate.

It would be nice if everyone posted up one thing in their life that came out of this community.

Night Owl Record Show.
Started by 4 strutters. The nations first night time record show. Ten years old this October.

Thanks Raj.
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  • Bon VivantBon Vivant The Eye of the Storm 2,018 Posts
    I certainly have been educated on the massive amount of quality music that exists in the world thanks to this site.

    Thanks Raj.
  • batmonbatmon 27,574 Posts
    LaserWolf said:
    It would be nice if everyone posted up one thing in their life that came out of this community.

    There's way too much to mention.

    Being into the DeBarge/Switch.
    I learned here that they participated in the Barry White "produced" White Heat and the Smash album.
    I hunted and copped both records after being put on here at Soulstrut. And never ran across that info in any book or website.

    Thanx Raj.
  • Hotsauce84Hotsauce84 8,450 Posts
    I LURV HEEM.

    http://www.soulstrut.com/index.php/forums/viewthread/8316/

    http://www.soulstrut.com/index.php/forums/viewthread/63202/
  • DelayDelay 4,530 Posts
    Bon Vivant said:
    I certainly have been educated on the massive amount of quality music that exists in the world thanks to this site.

    Thanks Raj.
    x1000000
    and met so many good folks
  • bassiebassie 11,710 Posts
    batmon said:
    LaserWolf said:
    It would be nice if everyone posted up one thing in their life that came out of this community.

    There's way too much to mention.

    It used to be I wanted to go to New York for the records and the experience of it all. Now I want to go to see people I miss, the majority of whom are (former and current) posters. It used to be I wanted to go to Texas for records and the heat and SF for the records and the view - now I want to go to get lit with Harvey and SIRUS and to meet Ross and his beautiful family.

    The music I've learned about, the records I've bought and been sent out of the blue by people here are mementos of a bigger thing, which is this community. That may be no thing to most, but it's a lot to me. We have lost people here. That is how long it has been here. I have shed tears over Aaron Anderson's passing, someone who I have never met and have had less than a dozen internet and mail package exchanges.

    None of this is to say the Board should keep going (though I SO want it to), but it is definitely to say Thank You, RAJ, for making it so all these things could and did happen.
  • TheKindCromangTheKindCromang 1,463 Posts
    Acheived the life-long dream of designing both LP and Book art thanks to the Strut.
  • Jonny_PaycheckJonny_Paycheck 17,825 Posts
    Basically started my business and livelihood on this site. Met many, many fine people. Found love and lost it. Took long walks on the beach. Snacked on Swordfish at Citarella. Saw a man cry, and a man die.

    Much Love
  • fishmongerfunkfishmongerfunk 4,154 Posts
    soulstrut changed my life. thanks raj.
  • Danno3000Danno3000 2,851 Posts
    I have really fond memories of Raj and Otis introducing me to proper beat digging back in what--2003?--in Montreal. We met at Schwartz's, and I realised two things: one, Raj not the badass Indian dude I imagined but a rather conventional looking white guy, and two, Strutters are folks worth inviting into your home. Good times.
  • Danno3000Danno3000 2,851 Posts
    Oh yeah, Royal with Beats? That was kind of insane for me back in the day.
  • nzshadownzshadow 5,518 Posts
    I came to SS via a late night Google search for 'Crate digging'. I am old enough now to admit that fact. That was around 2002/3, I lurked for years utterly dumbfounded by the sheer amount of knowledge being shared by this tightknit group of internet cohorts. Slowly I deciphered the lingo, the in-jokes. I became hooked, checking this place multiple times a day, watching classic thraeds unfold, constantly hitting F5.

    I think I took the plunge and signed up around 2005 - I spent the majority of that time posting random images and Jessica Alba gifs. then of course there were the porn clerk posts and now, thanks to this place and the people who frequent it, I ended up writing a book.

    I have also had the pleasure of meeting some great people through this site too, and gotten to dig for records with a bunch of you. Plus there has been drinking, lots and lots of drinking.

    Raj Mahal, you bloody legend.
  • LamontLamont 1,089 Posts
    Cash Play blew my wig back
  • DORDOR Two Ron Toe 9,903 Posts
    Herm said:



  • tripledoubletripledouble 7,636 Posts
    RAJ forced me to buy this!
  • ketanketan Warmly booming riffs 3,166 Posts
    i used to be on my nbhd bbs as a kid, and have always relied on my friends and online places to learn about music and film. since i stopped using soulseek and noz's old board died it's second death, ss has been a truly inspiring source of knowledge dropped as i have gotten old. thank you, raj.

    (that battered ornaments is amazing!)
  • RAJRAJ tenacious local 7,782 Posts
    Man... I'm starting to tear up here... can't imagine pulling the plug on this place...

    VIRTUAL GROUP HUG !!!
  • BrianBrian 7,618 Posts
    props raj. definitely met some great people off here and probably wouldn't be in new york working a great job right now if not for here
  • motown67motown67 4,513 Posts
    Le Toup Need I say more??!?!?!!!!
  • motown67motown67 4,513 Posts
    Really though. I still learn things from this place all the time.
  • Garcia_VegaGarcia_Vega 2,428 Posts
    If it wasn't for soulstrut I wouldn't know to put Leo Sayer and Boz Scaggs records in front of the bins I just dug through.

    Thanks Raj!
  • Hotsauce84Hotsauce84 8,450 Posts
    Garcia_Vega said:
    If it wasn't for soulstrut I wouldn't know to put Leo Sayer and Boz Scaggs records in front of the bins I just dug through.

    Thanks Raj!

    Hey, that came from me! Leo, at least. I feel so important now!
  • dayday 9,611 Posts
    RAJ said:
    Man... I'm starting to tear up here... can't imagine pulling the plug on this place...

    VIRTUAL GROUP HUG !!!

    We love ya, bud! So many things would not have happened without you or this site, and so many relationships have been made because of this place. I'm here 'til the end, my friend.

  • Garcia_VegaGarcia_Vega 2,428 Posts
    Herm said:
    Garcia_Vega said:
    If it wasn't for soulstrut I wouldn't know to put Leo Sayer and Boz Scaggs records in front of the bins I just dug through.

    Thanks Raj!

    Hey, that came from me! Leo, at least. I feel so important now!

    I believe you are part of the strut, which Raj started, so yeah! Go Herm! Go Raj!
  • Controller_7Controller_7 4,052 Posts
    I kind of accidentally learned to sloppily use photoshop because of this place. Then after way too many hours spent fucking around with jpegs, I got to make a promo video for People Under The Stairs that featured a rapping Rick James.

    I posted an mp3 of a blend I had casually done and then it got pressed up as a 45 and an EP. It was played by a bunch of DJs that I really respect.

    I became friends with some really great people, even though I may not really see anyone anymore. Dudes had me come out and dj, one gave me wedding cake tips and got me a job interview. Traded records with some people who were "famous" to me.

    Soulstrut is the only site I check everyday. Its my information funnel. It sucked up a big chunk of my unemployed life at one point, but it was worth it.

    Thanks Raj.
  • axefoleyaxefoley 331 Posts
    I've met some good people's via the strut. Don't post much, but I love this site. Thx Raj!
  • BurnsBurns 2,227 Posts
    I want to see the new dwelling you built, and what kind of cabinets the SS T-shirts were able to buy you in the kitchen krib.
  • hogginthefogghogginthefogg 6,098 Posts
    Appreciated, very much.
  • volumenvolumen 2,532 Posts
    You wouldn't believe how many stories start with "I was on that record collector site I go to all the time........."
  • pimlicosquirrelpimlicosquirrel 772 Posts
    Thankyou

  • Hotsauce84Hotsauce84 8,450 Posts
    pimlicosquirrel said:
    Thankyou


    MOM JEANS.
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