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    Posted: March 11 2020 at 17:07
Pretty sure that this was asked before, though I couldn't find with a swift search.

My grounds for being here are:

1-) Because I love forum culture and here is a classy forum.
2-) The obvious: I love prog rock.
3-) I like heterogenous platforms and written communication (as well as face-to-face ones, group talks etc.); nor is this all, just add free English practice for a non-native English speaker like myself, into the bargain. I can say that oral communication is more emotive and inducing, regarding intense debates and/or discussions; while, written communication is better for the intellect for various reasons, like you can use dictionaries, ponder and what not.

I'd like to see your take about this, thanks. Star
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I've got nothing better to do

seriously though it takes my mind off stressful job sh*t for an hour or two and I get the occasional brilliant recommendation. I don't mind the folks too much. Some have a massive stick up their arse but never mind I'm sure they would say the same about me!
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Originally posted by Shadowyzard[/QUOTE Shadowyzard[/QUOTE wrote:


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easy man...

sex and booze...

and since I'm happily married.. ie.. completely under the paw of my better half..  I see little of each..

so I guess that is why I ain't around much.Wink
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I'm a prog rock fan
This is a friendly place so its good for banter with people with similar interests
I'm always looking for new music recommendations
It passes the time & distracts from more boring stuff
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I originally came in to help promote my husband's music, but stayed for the interesting conversations and expanding my knowledge of progressive music, particularly the second wave and continuing expansion, as I lived through the first wave of the founders of the genre.
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1. I love music.
2. I love progressive rock and challenging music.
3. It's a place to go to keep from going crazy over a tough life.
4. Why go anywhere else?

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1. I'm a big prog rock fan.
2. It's a great place to discover new music.
3. I like posting gibberish.
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Originally posted by Shadowyzard Shadowyzard wrote:

Pretty sure that this was asked before, though I couldn't find with a swift search.

My grounds for being here are:

1-) Because I love forum culture and here is a classy forum.
2-) The obvious: I love prog rock.
3-) I like heterogenous platforms and written communication (as well as face-to-face ones, group talks etc.); nor is this all, just add free English practice for a non-native English speaker like myself, into the bargain. I can say that oral communication is more emotive and inducing, regarding intense debates and/or discussions; while, written communication is better for the intellect for various reasons, like you can use dictionaries, ponder and what not.

I'd like to see your take about this, thanks. Star


This smacks of a question posed for research or a thesis.

1 - Not sure what 'electronic/forum culture' represents in the 1st world any longer frankly (apart from a pooled resource from which people unable/unwilling to articulate their own ideas draw from e.g. Wikipedia, Google etc) but yes, compared to the competition, PA is a classy forum that tolerates cantankerous Scottish rodents.
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2 - I love the Prog Rock I love, and heartily loathe the Prog Rock I don't (and there's a LOT of it) PA is a broad church which strives to be as inclusive as the genre definitions can withstand
3 - In the light of recent pandemic events, 'face to face' may soon appear nostalgicOuch
4 - PA is not overly censored and is moderated with just the right amount of laissez faire
5 - As stated by progaardvark previously, you can post complete gobbledygook with impunity in the Just For Fun section (or the main forum if you're PedroWink)
6 - It's a good place to find out about music of which you are unfamiliar but may appeal to your tastes (and not just Prog daddios)




Edited by ExittheLemming - March 14 2020 at 17:53
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I've been here for 14 years already (actually had an earlier account still), leaving it now would feel like I'd wasted all too big a chunk of my life. Sometimes I have felt that way, but I do enjoy this community. I've been into forums for about 20 years, and I am a one forum at a time kind of guy. This is by far the one that I've contributed to for the longest time. I enjoy writing and online discussion, as well as the discovery and re-discovery of new-to-me music that this board facilitates. I have a wife and two kids, but I really don't have much of a social life -- this fills some of that socialisation need -- and with the pandemic, I am indeed less inclined to have much face-to-face or human centipede-like interactions.
Just a fanboy passin' through.
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No one else will have me.
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I never realised you could actually listen to music on ProgArchives until I joined, and that's the main reason I'm here now in the PA forums - for the music,  so I say.....
Thank you for the music, the songs I'm singing
Thanks for all the joy they're bringing
Who can live without it, I ask in all honesty
What would life be?
Without a song or a dance what are we?
So I say thank you for the music
For giving it to me. Smile
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When i first came to the site it was for the music, digging around in all the genre top 100's to find new stuff i did not know, and seeing what other liked, besides the well known top bands.

Today it a social passtime, some fun with silly votes and all that is making this place nice. Still pick up a good inspiration to get new music but that is not important anymore.          
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Been long big prog-fan, have always liked to talk about music. And this has been the best place in the internet so far. Here are some really nice folks!
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Originally posted by tamijo_II tamijo_II wrote:

When i first came to the site it was for the music, digging around in all the genre top 100's to find new stuff i did not know, and seeing what other liked, besides the well known top bands.

Today it a social passtime, some fun with silly votes and all that is making this place nice. Still pick up a good inspiration to get new music but that is not important anymore.          


Pretty much. It's a habit now.
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Great place to find new music.

Some nice, helpful people on the forums.

Some of the forums have good topics. However, the endless topics of bands 40 to 60 years in the past are intolerable.

Have not been banned from the site.
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Originally posted by TCat TCat wrote:

1. I love music.
2. I love progressive rock and challenging music.
3. It's a place to go to keep from going crazy over a tough life.
4. Why go anywhere else?

Pretty much my reasons also....
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Originally posted by Grumpyprogfan Grumpyprogfan wrote:



Some of the forums have good topics. However, the endless topics of bands 40 to 60 years in the past are intolerable.

I love the endless topics of bands 40 to 60 years in the past, including my two new topics for The Enid and Nektar, both of whom are still going strong in their fifth decade together. Smile
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