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#91
General / Re: Deja vu?
Last post by Courtney - January 16, 2019, 04:59:54 PMI think Peter just moved to LA? Idk, we're friends on facebook and whatnot. He's doing big thangs as an artist.
Last week I met up with an old PIX regular who was visiting Florida. Never would have thought at 16 that I'd still be hanging with people from this message board at 30.
Last week I met up with an old PIX regular who was visiting Florida. Never would have thought at 16 that I'd still be hanging with people from this message board at 30.
#92
General / Re: Deja vu?
Last post by failure - January 11, 2019, 02:24:25 PMOh yeah the Champagne Room! Was that the semi-locked area with links for downloads and stuff that you had have a certain amount of points/reps to go into?
Yes I believe his name was Peter! I never really interacted with him much but I've always loved that tattoo.
I toured with Russ Substance in 2006 (and by tour I mean he asked me to drive him around for 3-4 weeks for his US tour until he ditched me in Texas to go hang out with a girl in California). I was able to meet a few folks from the way old boards and some cool band members. Got to stay at a house in Berkeley for like 4 days with Ryan Harvey and Mark Gunnery which was cool. Stayed with Michael Throwaways in Van Nuys. Hung out with some of the folks from Defiance, OH for a day. Some amazing memories that have came flooding back since reading this board!
I still follow some of the bands... mostly No Idea or bands that would play the Fest. Matt Tobey recently released something too that I've been meaning to check out.
Yes I believe his name was Peter! I never really interacted with him much but I've always loved that tattoo.
I toured with Russ Substance in 2006 (and by tour I mean he asked me to drive him around for 3-4 weeks for his US tour until he ditched me in Texas to go hang out with a girl in California). I was able to meet a few folks from the way old boards and some cool band members. Got to stay at a house in Berkeley for like 4 days with Ryan Harvey and Mark Gunnery which was cool. Stayed with Michael Throwaways in Van Nuys. Hung out with some of the folks from Defiance, OH for a day. Some amazing memories that have came flooding back since reading this board!
I still follow some of the bands... mostly No Idea or bands that would play the Fest. Matt Tobey recently released something too that I've been meaning to check out.
#93
General / Re: Deja vu?
Last post by Joe - January 11, 2019, 01:23:54 PMA lot of the musicians are still playing music, too. Some folks from The Door-Keys and Future Virgins released an album in 2018 under the band name Evening Standards. https://letspretendrecords1.bandcamp.com/album/evening-standards-s-t
Maybe we could hire a bounty hunter to track down all the old bands.
Maybe we could hire a bounty hunter to track down all the old bands.
#94
General / Re: Deja vu?
Last post by Joe - January 11, 2019, 01:14:50 PMHaha, I just remembered PIX had the Champagne Room, lol.
#95
General / Re: Deja vu?
Last post by Joe - January 11, 2019, 12:59:51 PMwas it Peter with the lightning bug tattoo? Haven't seen him, Vagroaches, or Ian in a long while. Tague still posts, haven't seen Rainey in a long while, but I think he stuck around longer that the others.
I used to lurk as Dreamy.
I used to lurk as Dreamy.
#96
Hello all! I doubt any of you remember me from the old PIX days but I was a long time lurker/poster (although I didn't post often). In case I need proof, jer and becca met at Fest 7. Or was it 6? And remember that one dude that took kylewilliam's song and claimed it as his own?
I have lots of fond memories of the board, PIX (and PIX Fest), the Fest, and localish shows. I was kind of in a weird spot... I lived in a remote town in Eastern Washington and had no one to talk to about music. The closest shows for me were 3 hours away in Seattle or Spokane. To this day I don't think I have any friends that listen to the likes of Paul Baribeau or Matty Pop Chart although some like Kimya Dawson because of Juno. The board was a nice place to discover some great music that I still listen to regularly. I went to a total of 6 Fests but haven't been in like 3 years I think? God I love it there but I'm too old and poor that anymore. :/
Anyways, I know this place is pretty much dead but I'm glad I found it. It was nice to get a little nostalgic and look at some threads.
P.S. I'm total out of the loop and had no idea about the whole Chris Clavin thing!
P.P.S. I recognize jer, becca, lindsey, brett (AnnaKarina), kw (are you still making music? I sure hope so!) but I think some others have changed usernames? Is Ian still around? Vagroaches? The Asian dude from Austin with the badass lightning bug in a jar tattoo? Nate Rainey? Tague?
I have lots of fond memories of the board, PIX (and PIX Fest), the Fest, and localish shows. I was kind of in a weird spot... I lived in a remote town in Eastern Washington and had no one to talk to about music. The closest shows for me were 3 hours away in Seattle or Spokane. To this day I don't think I have any friends that listen to the likes of Paul Baribeau or Matty Pop Chart although some like Kimya Dawson because of Juno. The board was a nice place to discover some great music that I still listen to regularly. I went to a total of 6 Fests but haven't been in like 3 years I think? God I love it there but I'm too old and poor that anymore. :/
Anyways, I know this place is pretty much dead but I'm glad I found it. It was nice to get a little nostalgic and look at some threads.
P.S. I'm total out of the loop and had no idea about the whole Chris Clavin thing!
P.P.S. I recognize jer, becca, lindsey, brett (AnnaKarina), kw (are you still making music? I sure hope so!) but I think some others have changed usernames? Is Ian still around? Vagroaches? The Asian dude from Austin with the badass lightning bug in a jar tattoo? Nate Rainey? Tague?
#97
General / Re: Watcha readin?
Last post by rory - December 09, 2018, 05:46:32 PMGilles Deleuze: Essential Guides for Literary Studies by Claire Colebrook
and I just ordered and therefore will be starting soon:
Fatal Deception: The Terrifying True Story of How Asbestos Is Killing America by Michael Bowker
I just had to remove asbestos from my new house, so I'm excited to get pissed and terrified about it.
and I just ordered and therefore will be starting soon:
Fatal Deception: The Terrifying True Story of How Asbestos Is Killing America by Michael Bowker
I just had to remove asbestos from my new house, so I'm excited to get pissed and terrified about it.
#98
General / Re: just post
Last post by momitsnowme - December 08, 2018, 07:37:40 AMCongratulations Rory!
#99
General / Re: Watcha readin?
Last post by momitsnowme - December 08, 2018, 07:36:42 AMThe Nix by Nathan Alan. It's sooo good.
#100
General / Re: Watcha readin?
Last post by thetrashisright - November 28, 2018, 03:33:51 PMQuote from: thetrashisright on September 10, 2018, 09:10:33 AMQuote from: kid. on September 04, 2018, 07:40:00 PM
Witch-hunt: Mysteries of The Salem Witch Trials
Prisoners of Geography
It examines Russia, China, the US, Latin America, the Middle East, Africa, Europe, Japan, Korea, and Greenland and the Arctic—their weather, seas, mountains, rivers, deserts, and borders—to provide a context often missing from our political reportage: how the physical characteristics of these countries affect their strengths and vulnerabilities and the decisions made by their leaders.It explains the complex geo-political strategies that shape the globe.
You may also be interested in James C Scott's The Art of Not Being Governed, where he discusses geographic scenarios that have allowed for avoidance/resistance to the state.
It's a great book. I love all of James C Scotts books I have read. I send them out through the prison book program I help run as much as I can/they come in. I honestly don't especially trust white anthropologists but he does a pretty decent job.
I am trying to read the Golden Gulag because I love Critical Resistance/Ruthie Gilmores input in the world but it's muuuch more of a slog through her sociogeographic mind (as brilliant as it is). I just read The End of Policing which isn't really written for me, and that's a good thing - I am immersed in that world so I already knew a lot of what he was saying but it's a GREAT way to make police abolition accessible to people who may be new to the idea. Same thing with As Black As Resistance - not really for me since I've read This Nonviolence Stuff and We Will Shoot Back but it's an excellent way to get people on board with the ideas.