Name: Alex
Place: Seattle, WA
How old is you? 37 this month
How did you get here? Tried a long long time ago, looking for more than scqkratching messageboarding. Couldn't hang. That shit died, and I felt there was enough crossover to justify trying this place out. Still not sure that was true. Strutters are nice meanies. Gotta be in the right mood.
Sentimental Records: hand-me-down Metallica records (brother), a Peter Herbolzheimer I bought at Groove Merchant, Tim Dog Penicillin on Wax I bought the day it was discussed on here a couple years ago, the first Roots album (can't stand the rest--don't remember buying it), Cenubites ep, pretty much any good record I have
Places you DIG: I've bought less than ten records over the past couple years. Bumming. Need to burn these rap singles and blaze these downtempo LPs so I can go buy some more.
Other interests: chopping it up on the internet, bikes, snowboarding, splitboarding, visiting the skate shop, candy
Rank: Level 15 Manchild
Sentimental records: Gap Band - IV ,Beastie Boys - Licensed to Ill, Kool & The Gang - S/T. Depeche Mode - Some Great Reward.
Places you DIG: I haven't bought a record in three years.
Other interests: Collecting and watching Movies (Everything ranging from Euro Cult to Japanese Exploitation and Hollywood blockbusters,Jogging and Art & Design.
Name: Bobby aka Mr Boogie-Man aka Boogasaurus Rex aka Boogers aka Poppin Fresh the Dough boy aka dr. beard
Place: Iowa City, IA
How old is you? 27
How did you get here? I'd heard a little about this place and finally signed up after AKO put me up on it.
Sentimental Records: BDP-Criminal Minded, misc. Bob Dylan, Battered Ornaments, Eugene McDaniels,Cymande-Promised Heights
Places you DIG: anywhere I can and as much as possible, try to keep it local, but sometimes I got to go to the internet to get what I really want.
Other interests: sports, bike riding, gardening, homebrewing, fixing or attempting to fix stuff, misc. movies
Rank: Little lurker dude who might have some good records.
How did you get here? I won a Good Goodness CDR from an eBay guy name blowoutcomb.
Sentimental Records: Places and Spaces by Donald Byrd (This was a record owned by my Grandmothers boyfriend whom my dad named "Doc Love", his birthday was February 29!... I talked to my Grandmother yesterday about him... My Grandmother took the cover of that record and cut it into my very first slipmat... I still have that very same record and think of him when I see it.)
Other interests: I Make Beats, I love my Philly Teams, I love my Town, I love my Sons, I love my wife... beer is cool too...
Rank: A now reformed record snob who loves his wife even though she smashed his Les McCann Layers record that was given to him by Drew Nice...
How did you get here? Googling some rekkids. Hopefully one day I'll be able to contribute to this forum also. First I need to step my game up a bit.
Sentimental Records: Vesa-Matti Loiri - 4+20. This homeland record was the record that inspired me to crate diggin'. Back in the days there was only a slight amount of info about this album and it had a huge cloud of mystery around it. Nowadays it has been reissued, but gettin' OG about a year ago was a great moment in my diggin' career. Maybe musically not the most sentimental though.
Places You Dig: Fleamarkets mostly, internet if manage to get some extra money.
How did you get here? Googling some rekkids. Hopefully one day I'll be able to contribute to this forum also. First I need to step my game up a bit.
Sentimental Records: Vesa-Matti Loiri - 4+20. This homeland record was the record that inspired me to crate diggin'. Back in the days there was only a slight amount of info about this album and it had a huge cloud of mystery around it. Nowadays it has been reissued, but gettin' OG about a year ago was a great moment in my diggin' career. Maybe musically not the most sentimental though.
Places You Dig: Fleamarkets mostly, internet if manage to get some extra money.
Other Interests: Life
Rank: Rookie
WELCOME! I'm sure you'll find some good information and good people here.
Don't be afraid and ask questions. That's how many of us (including myself) got started here.
How did you get here? Googling some rekkids. Hopefully one day I'll be able to contribute to this forum also. First I need to step my game up a bit.
Sentimental Records: Vesa-Matti Loiri - 4+20. This homeland record was the record that inspired me to crate diggin'. Back in the days there was only a slight amount of info about this album and it had a huge cloud of mystery around it. Nowadays it has been reissued, but gettin' OG about a year ago was a great moment in my diggin' career. Maybe musically not the most sentimental though.
Places You Dig: Fleamarkets mostly, internet if manage to get some extra money.
Other Interests: Life
Rank: Rookie
WELCOME! I'm sure you'll find some good information and good people here.
Don't be afraid and ask questions. That's how many of us (including myself) got started here.
Thanks yuichi! This site really has a vast amount of information and I can totally relate to people in here. I have browsed also Waxidermy occasionally, but never really got into that place. To funk loving wannabe dj like me, I always felt cosy here in Soulstrut. I'll try to activate myself here from now on!
How did you get here?: I have many of bay folks on this site and I was invited I think i in 99 or 00, but honestly I shunned it at first
Talking mad shit along the lines like, "fuck that internet digging bullshit"...now look at me, haha! No, in seriousness, I was invited but I did not join till about 2004 or 2005. I think my first post was posting the Aposento Alto for trade...I got so many hits in less the 5 minute.s
Sentimental Records: Wild Style s/t(first rap record I ever bought when I a wee youth), Earth Wind and Fire: That's The Way Of The World
(Reminds me of my mom's and pops..R.I.P.), all my local and non local stuff, and too many others to mention.
Places you DIG: Other peoples homes, wherehouses, groove merchant, anywhere really...mainly the internet and my plaace of emplyoment nowadays.
Other interests: My son and my wife, playing bass, production, scratching, writing(both), illustrating, videography and photography...mainly being a papa these days :o)
Rank: I dunno, but batmon's "Stripes" quote was funny!
Your avatar; Krtek. I just finished watching a 4 disc set with my kids. Absolutely amazing. Pretty much the best thing i have seen in years.
Hi nzshadow! I really love Krtek! My nieces felt love with Krtek first time they saw it. I can really recommend them to anyone. Classic stuff and because they don't speak any spesific language, it's suitable to kids (and adults) around the world. The father of Krtek Zden??k Miler died just a couple of months ago, RIP.
We met up with Pirkka from Lifesaver Records/MixOfTheWeek.com when we were in town a while back. Good dude, showed us some nice spots to drink and eat. Helsinki seems to have a good music vibe happening.
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Place: El Paso via Dallas via San Francisco
How old is you? 33
How did you get here? that old crates list
Sentimental Records: Endtroducing! (I was in college, met my future wife... good times)
Places You Dig: I haven't bought a record since 04
Other Interests: food, travel, movies, photography, cars, Giants baseball
Rank: Super Lurker
Place: Seattle, WA Chinatown USA
How old is you? Turn 43 in a couple days
How did you get here? My cousin Jake One told me about the site when the site was pretty much brand new.
Sentimental Records: All the 70s and early 80s Stevie Wonder and Earth Wind And Fire albums.
Places you DIG: All over WA State and any place I see record stores in other cities/countries.
Other interests: Fine food and drink, clothing and fashion, books, movies, art, travel.
Rank: Seatown Baller
Ko Nichiwa Bitches!
Place: Seattle, WA
How old is you? 37 this month
How did you get here? Tried a long long time ago, looking for more than scqkratching messageboarding. Couldn't hang. That shit died, and I felt there was enough crossover to justify trying this place out. Still not sure that was true. Strutters are nice meanies. Gotta be in the right mood.
Sentimental Records: hand-me-down Metallica records (brother), a Peter Herbolzheimer I bought at Groove Merchant, Tim Dog Penicillin on Wax I bought the day it was discussed on here a couple years ago, the first Roots album (can't stand the rest--don't remember buying it), Cenubites ep, pretty much any good record I have
Places you DIG: I've bought less than ten records over the past couple years. Bumming. Need to burn these rap singles and blaze these downtempo LPs so I can go buy some more.
Other interests: chopping it up on the internet, bikes, snowboarding, splitboarding, visiting the skate shop, candy
Rank: Level 15 Manchild
Place: Dallas via Dallas
How old is you? 39; 40 this month
How did you get here? Rehash
Sentimental Records: early Chicago house
Places you DIG: Anywhere I can find 'em but concentrated in North Texas, OK, LA, KS
Other interests: my 2-year old daughter
Other (record) interests: Detroit techno, Dallas/Houston rap, soul/funk 45s/LPs, disco 12s. Damn, no wonder...
Rank: Lil' Lil
Place: Hollister, California
How old is you? 23
How did you get here? I was on Stones Throw message board and found out about Soul Strut.
Sentimental Records: Stan Getz- Reflections (the first album i ever purchased)
Places you dig: thrift stores & record stores
Other interests: making beats, rapping, coin collecting, collecting movies on vhs
Rank: Tequila Drinking Bomber
Place: Yard, West Indies.
How old is you? 42
How did you get here? From The-Breaks.com
Sentimental records: Gap Band - IV ,Beastie Boys - Licensed to Ill, Kool & The Gang - S/T. Depeche Mode - Some Great Reward.
Places you DIG: I haven't bought a record in three years.
Other interests: Collecting and watching Movies (Everything ranging from Euro Cult to Japanese Exploitation and Hollywood blockbusters,Jogging and Art & Design.
Rankin: Louie.
Place: Vegas
How old is you? 28
How did you get here? Don't remember
Sentimental Records: Satori
Other interests: Tits, Fuzz Guitar, Motorcycles
Rank: Drunk Bastard
Place: Iowa City, IA
How old is you? 27
How did you get here? I'd heard a little about this place and finally signed up after AKO put me up on it.
Sentimental Records: BDP-Criminal Minded, misc. Bob Dylan, Battered Ornaments, Eugene McDaniels,Cymande-Promised Heights
Places you DIG: anywhere I can and as much as possible, try to keep it local, but sometimes I got to go to the internet to get what I really want.
Other interests: sports, bike riding, gardening, homebrewing, fixing or attempting to fix stuff, misc. movies
Rank: Little lurker dude who might have some good records.
Place: Philadelphia
How old is you? 40
How did you get here? I won a Good Goodness CDR from an eBay guy name blowoutcomb.
Sentimental Records: Places and Spaces by Donald Byrd (This was a record owned by my Grandmothers boyfriend whom my dad named "Doc Love", his birthday was February 29!... I talked to my Grandmother yesterday about him... My Grandmother took the cover of that record and cut it into my very first slipmat... I still have that very same record and think of him when I see it.)
Other interests: I Make Beats, I love my Philly Teams, I love my Town, I love my Sons, I love my wife... beer is cool too...
Rank: A now reformed record snob who loves his wife even though she smashed his Les McCann Layers record that was given to him by Drew Nice...
Place: Helsinki, Finland
How old is you? 25
How did you get here? Googling some rekkids. Hopefully one day I'll be able to contribute to this forum also. First I need to step my game up a bit.
Sentimental Records: Vesa-Matti Loiri - 4+20. This homeland record was the record that inspired me to crate diggin'. Back in the days there was only a slight amount of info about this album and it had a huge cloud of mystery around it. Nowadays it has been reissued, but gettin' OG about a year ago was a great moment in my diggin' career. Maybe musically not the most sentimental though.
Places You Dig: Fleamarkets mostly, internet if manage to get some extra money.
Other Interests: Life
Rank: Rookie
WELCOME! I'm sure you'll find some good information and good people here.
Don't be afraid and ask questions. That's how many of us (including myself) got started here.
Sup dude. Welcome!
I think quite a few people came here via Stones Throw msg board. Get yourself acclimated, engage with the peeps here and enjoy!
Coin collecting. niiice.
Place: A small fishing town, northern NSW
How old is you? 38
How did you get here? a Google search for 'record digging' in 2002
Sentimental Records: Hot Buttered Soul
Places You Dig: NSW, QLD, AMS
Other Interests: words
Rank: Potty mouth
Thanks yuichi! This site really has a vast amount of information and I can totally relate to people in here. I have browsed also Waxidermy occasionally, but never really got into that place. To funk loving wannabe dj like me, I always felt cosy here in Soulstrut. I'll try to activate myself here from now on!
Place: san jose, ca (the south bay)
Age: 39
How did you get here?: I have many of bay folks on this site and I was invited I think i in 99 or 00, but honestly I shunned it at first
Talking mad shit along the lines like, "fuck that internet digging bullshit"...now look at me, haha! No, in seriousness, I was invited but I did not join till about 2004 or 2005. I think my first post was posting the Aposento Alto for trade...I got so many hits in less the 5 minute.s
Sentimental Records: Wild Style s/t(first rap record I ever bought when I a wee youth), Earth Wind and Fire: That's The Way Of The World
(Reminds me of my mom's and pops..R.I.P.), all my local and non local stuff, and too many others to mention.
Places you DIG: Other peoples homes, wherehouses, groove merchant, anywhere really...mainly the internet and my plaace of emplyoment nowadays.
Other interests: My son and my wife, playing bass, production, scratching, writing(both), illustrating, videography and photography...mainly being a papa these days :o)
Rank: I dunno, but batmon's "Stripes" quote was funny!
Hi Grandi,
Your avatar; Krtek. I just finished watching a 4 disc set with my kids. Absolutely amazing. Pretty much the best thing i have seen in years.
Place: The Home Counties, UK
How old is you? 27
How did you get here? Google
Sentimental Records: Oh Boy - Cam'ron
Places You Dig: Spotify
Other Interests: Yoga, Woody Allen, Manchester United, WWE
Rank: Mid level self hating Brit
Hi nzshadow! I really love Krtek! My nieces felt love with Krtek first time they saw it. I can really recommend them to anyone. Classic stuff and because they don't speak any spesific language, it's suitable to kids (and adults) around the world. The father of Krtek Zden??k Miler died just a couple of months ago, RIP.
Here's the episode, where my avatar's from
We met up with Pirkka from Lifesaver Records/MixOfTheWeek.com when we were in town a while back. Good dude, showed us some nice spots to drink and eat. Helsinki seems to have a good music vibe happening.
Place: Amsterdam
How old is you? 33
How did you get here? NZshadow wouldn't shut up about it.
Sentimental Records: Bill Withers "live at carnegie hall" Has been my favorite record for as long as I can remember.
Places You Dig: Thrift stores/markets/records fairs
Other Interests: Design, Photoshop, Cinema4D, Games, My Girl, my upcoming wedding..... and reading.
Rank: Longtime Lurker
Place: New York State (with temporary residence in Afghanistan)
How old is you? Grown
How did you get here? Dan from Jump Jump
Sentimental Records: Any CTI record
Places you DIG: On my living room sofa.
Other interests: Big booty girls
Rank: Prodigal Son
Place: Tokyo, Suginami-ku, Asagaya
How old is you? 31
How did you get here? Googled something about strata east and stumbled in.
Sentimental Records: Shalamar 'Friends', Tatsuro Yamashita 'For You', Pete La Roca
'Basra', Hosono Haruomi 'Tropical Dandy', Gal Costa 'India', J.J. Barnes 'Born Again',
Clifford Jordan 'In The World', Marvin Gaye 'I Want You', Bobbi Humphrey 'Fancy Dancer', etc.
Places you DIG: Union, Coconuts, RARE, east, universounds, etc...any of the 40 or so
stores within 40 minutes.
Other interests: photography, bicycles, coffee, hiking, cooking, wine, microbrews, reading,
comics, studying Japanese, etc.
Rank: At least VG (-) private press B/W it aint the size of the poast counts...
sayin
Hi!!!
Oh my word!
When is that? And which part of Canada? Toronto, right? Right!
Place: toronto and outlying.
How old is you? 30
How did you get here? dont remember exactly..... it could have very well been from googling kajagoogoo on a whim
Sentimental Records: jk&co; - suddenly one summer, cut the shit - harmed and dangerous, nas - illmatic
Places you DIG: i dig holes in the ground for a living. i dig for records in the basements of other people's houses.
Other interests: new and used books of every ilk, being a rad dude, architecture, furniture design/construction, interior design [srsly], dogs.
Rank: never been much of a dude around here, but i'll pipe up when there's piping to be piped. i'm not to be taken seriously.