How long have we known each other now?

[North Star]

Why yes, yes you are.

I wasn't thinking about non chat board posting. I was on rec.music.classical from '97-'99, when it all became too much for me. The Berlioz lover with the duck fetish was possibly the most normal person there. That's scary!   

I must protest; there's nothing weird in loving Berlioz's music! 

[Drasko]

I joined in spring 2005. It came about after I had a lengthy discussion about Bruckner with Andre (Calaf aka Lilas Pastia) on Musicweb comments board (or whatever was it called, I posted there only couple of times) sometime in late 2004 or early 2005. After that discussion someone (not Andre) sent me an e-mail telling me that there is this great classical music forum and that they would love to have me and that I should check it out, and gave me link. I did check it out and joined shortly after but to this day I have no idea who that was who e-mailed me.

As to forum timeline:

2003(?) - October 2004 = hideous orange/purple board (I've seen only screenshots thankfully)
October 2004 - April 2007 = 'old forum' (http://www.good-music-guide.com/forum/index.php)
April 2007 - present = this board

As always with internet forums (with one, very significant [to me], exception), I feel like I got here long after the party was over, but I've never been much of a party person anyway. >.>

Well not sure what would be considered a party but GMG was a lot livelier in 2005/06, for instance, than it is now (quantity/quality questions apart). Easiest to tell by total posts per year count - 190K/2005, 170K/2006, 160K/2007, 135K/2008, 120K/2009, 95K/2010, 110K/2011, 95K/2012, and 2013 is again shaping toward 90K.

[Gurn Blanston]

I must protest; there's nothing weird in loving Berlioz's music! 

That's a discussion for another day.

The duck fetish was a bit OTT though... I just seem to have them inextricably tied together now, so Berlioz=Duck.   

[Karl Henning]

La canard fantastique

[mc ukrneal]

That's a discussion for another day.

The duck fetish was a bit OTT though... I just seem to have them inextricably tied together now, so Berlioz=Duck.   

Ah, but did he float?

[Gurn Blanston]

Ah, but did he float?

Yes, and therefore....

[Archaic Torso of Apollo]

I joined around 2004. The catalyst for my joining was Eric Anderson's sabotaging of CMG and the mods' inability (refusal?) to do anything about it. But by that point, I was already kind of bored with CMG anyway.

I have never been on rmcr, but I have searched its archives because there are some posters there with deep and useful knowledge. However, since it's unmoderated, there is an incredible amount of garbage there (anyone remember the "Tholen" posts from 2001-2 or so?).

As noted, I started back at CI along with a few other folks here.

[Brahmsian]

La canard fantastique

+1 

[SonicMan46]

For myself, my registration date on the 'old' forum was April 2005 - never joined another music forum - GMG works fine for me then & now -

[Gurn Blanston]

I joined around 2004. The catalyst for my joining was Eric Anderson's sabotaging of CMG and the mods' inability (refusal?) to do anything about it. But by that point, I was already kind of bored with CMG anyway.

I have never been on rmcr, but I have searched its archives because there are some posters there with deep and useful knowledge. However, since it's unmoderated, there is an incredible amount of garbage there (anyone remember the "Tholen" posts from 2001-2 or so?).

As noted, I started back at CI along with a few other folks here.

I first remember you as Walter Bruno....

[ibanezmonster]

I started posting 2004, I believe... not 100% sure, though.

[Archaic Torso of Apollo]

I first remember you as Walter Bruno....

Actually I started as "Brian Havergal."

[Sergeant Rock]

I started posting 2004, I believe... not 100% sure, though.

When you were nine, right? 

Sarge

[PaulR]

Joined the old forum in 2004, when I was a young teenager.  How time flies....

[Cato]

Why yes, yes you are.

I wasn't thinking about non chat board posting. I was on rec.music.classical from '97-'99, when it all became too much for me. The Berlioz lover with the duck fetish was possibly the most normal person there. That's scary!   

And what's wrong with that?   

[North Star]

And what's wrong with that?   

I read that stuff all the time as a kid. I've even got an original Finnish magazine of this great story (got it from a friend of my father)

[Daverz]

I wasn't thinking about non chat board posting. I was on rec.music.classical from '97-'99, when it all became too much for me. The Berlioz lover with the duck fetish was possibly the most normal person there. That's scary!   

There were some great posters there in that time frame, which I think would have included Mario Taboada and Simon Roberts.  The current newsgroup is but a pale shadow of what it once was.

[Parsifal]

There were some great posters there in that time frame, which I think would have included Mario Taboada and Simon Roberts.  The current newsgroup is but a pale shadow of what it once was.

All this talk of the newsgroups inspired me to take a look at alt.rec.whatever.it.was and google myself.  Sure enough, I was there around 2000, and I even found a post where David Hurwitz called me an idiot, personally.  Now that's an honor, I think. 

[Daverz]

All this talk of the newsgroups inspired me to take a look at alt.rec.whatever.it.was and google myself.  Sure enough, I was there around 2000, and I even found a post where David Hurwitz called me an idiot, personally.  Now that's an honor, I think. 

I have to say that closer contact with the Hurwitzer did not engender more respect, though I still check classicstoday from time to time.

[Parsifal]

I wasn't thinking about non chat board posting. I was on rec.music.classical from '97-'99, when it all became too much for me. The Berlioz lover with the duck fetish was possibly the most normal person there. That's scary!   

Was that Matthew Tepper?

http://home.earthlink.net/~oy/

He still exists, and apparently still likes ducks.