Hi all,
It’s probably cliche to admit but I’ve been lurking here a long time in the shadows and in awe of what goes on here on an almost daily basis, so I thought it about time I start posting. And what better way to start than to intro myself to the board.
A bit about myself - I’m early forties, work from home part time for an international IT company. I’m recently divorced, have two children and live in a small apartment in Sydney Australia. Previously, I have lived in Seattle, Madrid, Auckland, London and Helsinki, so I’ve seen a fair portion of the world. I’ve been through some heavy situations recently, both in my personal and professional life (including as mentioned, a divorce - which was ugly at the best of times, a court case and a retrenchment) but hopefully things are starting to look up again.
I’m a big Ministry fan from way back as far as 1990, when I was introduced to their music by a notorious neighborhood stoner. My favorite Ministry album would be Land Of Rape And Honey. But I’ve been known to dance around the apartment in my underwear, a la Tom Cruise, while listening to With Sympathy, which I think is a hellishly under appreciated gem.
I am a huge music enthusiast in general and have over 400 lps and 500 cds in my collection.
Some of my other favorite bands or artists apart from Ministry would be - Sonic Youth, Aphex Twin, Public Enemy, Led Zeppelin, Can, PJ Harvey, Wilco, Eric B & Rakim, Legendary Pink Dots, Current 93, Augustus Pablo, Velvet Underground, Massive Attack,The Stooges, Tool, The Scientists, The Beatles, Nirvana, Killing Joke and King Crimson.
I know, or rather I have learnt over time, that you guys have a definite love/hate Marilyn Manson and a love/hate NIN thing going on here. To add my 2 cents worth, I’m probably more suited to the hate camp when it comes to Marilyn M, but do admit to owning Mechanical Animals and sorta liking it. Not a big NIN fan other than the Broken ep, The Downward Spiral and The Fragile. The rest I could probably do without.
I must say, this board has some of the most amazing, articulate and downright intimidating characters I have ever encountered on any board ever, which is part of the reason I stayed silent for well over a year, despite coming here at least three or four times a week to check out what was happening. I had no idea where or how to start and wasn’t sure if a noob like me would be flamed for getting it all wrong and making an ass of myself. You all just seemed to interact so intimately. But I guess at some point you’ve just got to let go of the side of the pool and try and swim.
I used to frequent the DFFD board, but got tired of their petty, pedantic bullshit and decided to exit stage left. One of the guys that I was friendly with there, put me on to this site as he used to frequent here himself. He said it was pretty lively and there were quite a good mix of Aussies and Americans - unlike the DFFD board where I was the only “Skip”. He he he he.
Anyway I hope all is cool and look forward to joining in when and if I can. Feel free to discuss any thing you wish with me or flame me if you have a care. I’m pretty approachable and have a reasonably thick skin.
See you around.
