Why are you here on P.A.?

why am I here?

Why did I come originally and why did I come back.

Like some it seems I had a lost years syndrome with prog while I was digging all that great music of the 80's and 90's. I guess I instinctively knew Neo sucked ass and wasn't for me.

However one day I was sitting a stop light listening to some radio station and Yours is no Disgrace comes on... and I totally lost myself. In memories as it was a favorite album of my fathers, and of course Squire's bitchin' bass lines.  So naturally I hit the gas when the light turned green... problem was... it was the left turn lane.. and I wasn't it it.  I didn't care.. I just zoomed through through the intersection. That was my the start of my current love affair with prog.

As my first marriage was also going down the toilet I started f**king around on the internet more ... and found myself on the old DDD site when I found myself working with some cool people attempting to rank all things progressive. Bands albums etc along with other interests I had such as bass playing, Motown etc.

So after some years there who should wander in.. but a certain symphonic master of blue font.. who posted a bit but found the site a bit dry. However in leaving he must have recognized a kindred spirit and invited me to join a site where he posted.  I said what the hell... and joined and was soon drafted into the collab ranks.

the rest I suppose is PA's history (and infamy).  I do wonder if he ever regreted inviting me. While friends, we did make the most vibrant of adversaries.  We could match each other not only in knowledge.. but the more imporant fine points of stubborness, refusal to give an inch, and in deviousnous hahha.


As far as I why I came back... 99% of the discussions either are silly or rehashes of many previous topics done years ago.. it really is the people. There are some really neat and interesting people here, some I have met, still many others I really do hope to get to meet some day. Especially the master of the blue font. We will toast the first drink to Jon Lord

I discovered Traffic in the fall of 2004 (at the age of 45 - far too late ) when one of my younger brothers gave me a nth-hand copy of John Barleycorn Must Die. I loved it and wanted to know more of the band, so I consulted a searching engine. The first hit I found worth clicking was a site called progarchives.com. I remember I enjoyed reading the reviews and the band/artist entries, and listening to mp3 streaming samples, but at first I did not pay much attention to the forums. Nevertheless PA proved to be an excellent source to improve my knowledge of prog after a 12-year gap.

timothy leary wrote: You can never leave PA http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=94007

Tom Ozric wrote: Many reasons why I lurk in this dark corner of the web..... PA is a comprehensive guide and reliable resource when it comes to making purchasing choices. Highly informative on obscure, lost and (almost) forgotten albums. I also get to converse with many wonderful folks from around the globe, share opinions, advice (even non-music related), plus it's very handy to get a heads-up on what's new, especially in the world of vinyl. And again, what means the most is just being in the cyber-company of like-minded people, whose passion is the wonderful gift of Prog. And coz Kati is ace

Kati wrote: dr wu23 wrote: Tom Ozric wrote: Many reasons why I lurk in this dark corner of the web..... PA is a comprehensive guide and reliable resource when it comes to making purchasing choices. Highly informative on obscure, lost and (almost) forgotten albums. I also get to converse with many wonderful folks from around the globe, share opinions, advice (even non-music related), plus it's very handy to get a heads-up on what's new, especially in the world of vinyl. And again, what means the most is just being in the cyber-company of like-minded people, whose passion is the wonderful gift of Prog. And coz Kati is ace   ^this.....Tom basically summed up why I'm here. Oh wow awww Tom and dr wu23 are my ultimate fav bunnies, the cute hugging cutchy cutchy  love too much ones! Thank you very much, Dr Wu23 and Tom Ozric mhwoaaahhxxx and group hug P.S. The rest too said here, ditto

^^ OMG !! That's the funniest thing I've seen in a long time


Edited by Tom Ozric - November 22 2014 at 17:53

It's easy for me to forget that I lurked on here for 4 years. Scourged the sub-genre pages and hoped to find good music. I was already into a bit of prog before then and enhanced my knowledge, I didn't join until I was 16. I posted a bit, disappeared for a few months, and then, one winter, I came back and stepped into the Shred, which is probably why I've stuck around while my interest in prog wanes and waxes.

Just when I thought I was out... they pull me back in.?

Metalmarsh89 wrote: CPicard wrote: Because I like Progressive Rock. Alas, here, on this forum, I met the fans...   The fans? Is that a prog band? Are those all the members there?

WE'RE ALL IN IT TOGETHER.

Polymorphia wrote: HolyMoly wrote: Argonaught wrote: Well, one has to be somewhere .. pretty much all the time .. right? debatable whether or not it's debatable is debatable.

no it isn't