Why Are You on ProgArchives Forum?
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Topic: Why Are You on ProgArchives Forum?
Posted By: Shadowyzard
Subject: Why Are You on ProgArchives Forum?
Date Posted: March 11 2020 at 17:07
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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. 
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Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: March 11 2020 at 17:59
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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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Posted By: micky
Date Posted: March 11 2020 at 18:21
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.  ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Shadowyzard[/QUOTE wrote:Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: March 11 2020 at 18:22
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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 ------------- Ian Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
Posted By: BrufordFreak
Date Posted: March 11 2020 at 18:38
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This is how I self-quarantine! ------------- Drew Fisher https://progisaliveandwell.blogspot.com/ |
Posted By: Snicolette
Date Posted: March 11 2020 at 18:51
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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. ------------- "Into every rain, a little life must fall." ~Tom Rapp |
Posted By: TCat
Date Posted: March 11 2020 at 19:11
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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? ------------- https://ibb.co/8x0xjR0" rel="nofollow">  |
Posted By: progaardvark
Date Posted: March 12 2020 at 05:49
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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. ------------- ---------- i'm shopping for a new oil-cured sinus bag that's a happy bag of lettuce this car smells like cartilage nothing beats a good video about fractions |
Posted By: ExittheLemming
Date Posted: March 14 2020 at 17:49
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.  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 nostalgic  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 Pedro )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) ------------- 
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Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: March 14 2020 at 18:02
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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. ------------- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXcp9fYc6K4IKuxIZkenfvukL_Y8VBqzK" rel="nofollow - Various music I am very into: a youtube playlist with two tracks per act |
Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: March 14 2020 at 18:03
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No one else will have me. ------------- "Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought." -- John F. Kennedy |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: March 14 2020 at 18:09
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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. 
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Posted By: tamijo_II
Date Posted: March 14 2020 at 23:09
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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. ------------- Same person as this profile: http://www.progarchives.com/forum/member_profile.asp?PF=22524" rel="nofollow - Tamijo |
Posted By: Mortte
Date Posted: March 14 2020 at 23:13
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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! |
Posted By: rogerthat
Date Posted: March 14 2020 at 23:16
Pretty much. It's a habit now. |
Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: March 15 2020 at 08:53
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I was searching for porn and my phone autocorrected to prog and here I am... ------------- 
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Posted By: Grumpyprogfan
Date Posted: March 15 2020 at 09:43
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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. |
Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: March 15 2020 at 10:24
Pretty much my reasons also.... -------------   
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Posted By: Mascodagama
Date Posted: March 15 2020 at 10:33
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Somebody told me that when you get to 10,000 posts it unlocks a hidden sub-forum where the inmost secrets of reality are finally revealed. The true wisdom of the cosmos!! ------------- Soldato of the Pan Head Mafia. We'll make you an offer you can't listen to. http://bandcamp.com/jpillbox" rel="nofollow - Bandcamp Profile |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: March 15 2020 at 10:47
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Posted By: Shadowyzard
Date Posted: March 15 2020 at 16:29
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If Anathema members were here: "We're here, because we're here." |
Posted By: dougmcauliffe
Date Posted: March 15 2020 at 16:41
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f**kin love prog ------------- The sun has left the sky... ...Now you can close your eyes |
Posted By: moshkito
Date Posted: March 15 2020 at 19:29
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Hi, I love music, that is no secret. And this is one place where a lot of the things I listen to show up now and then. There are a lot of really good folks here, and I think they all do a great job!  But there are times when it is sad for me ... I would love to see more folks from here listen to Guy Guden's Space Pirate Radio, and maybe get a better idea of what "progressive" really means, in terms of radio/broadcasting ... because Guy's tastes in music are way out there, and no one ... can bring out as much music as Guy has all of these years ...
------------- Music is not just for listening ... it is for LIVING ... you got to feel it to know what's it about! Not being told! www.pedrosena.com |
Posted By: Equality 7-2521
Date Posted: April 03 2020 at 15:32
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It's hard to do research at home with my son so I got bored and decided to see how many old heads were still around here. ------------- "One had to be a Newton to notice that the moon is falling, when everyone sees that it doesn't fall. " |
Posted By: A Bard
Date Posted: April 18 2020 at 15:02
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1(. I'm a noob in prog and I know nobody to give me recommendations. 2( I love prog and this web site is a great way to explore it 3.( I get to talk with people that have the same interest and people won't get surprised when I say I listen to twenty minutes long songs. 4(. I get to see how prog is the best and that everyone that listens to it has 5000 I.Q. Just Kidding
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Posted By: A Bard
Date Posted: April 18 2020 at 15:04
| Man this thread pretty wholesome. |
Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: April 18 2020 at 15:10
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I am here to get the answers to age-old questions that have been debated by the wise and the cognoscenti for centuries. Like Yes v. Genesis, for instance. Or were The Beatles progressive? ------------- ...a vigorous circular motion hitherto unknown to the people of this area, but destined to take the place of the mud shark in your mythology... |
Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: April 18 2020 at 16:00
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Someone mentioned the web site to me years ago and I showed up....and wherever you go there you are. and like the other doug...I love prog ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: April 18 2020 at 23:42
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I’m here for the baked beans and dynamite. Wonderful place. ------------- “The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.” - Douglas Adams |
Posted By: The Anders
Date Posted: April 20 2020 at 13:30
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Because there is no Art Rock Archives... ;) |