20th anniversary here...
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Topic: 20th anniversary here...
Posted By: Jim Garten
Subject: 20th anniversary here...
Date Posted: February 04 2024 at 04:05
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Bit of an anniversary today... 20 years ago, I was one of the last people left in a company which was closing down; not much left to do and I was bored, so went online and searched 'progressive rock '. One of the first hits was an online forum on a site called progarchives. Must have been a fairly new addition to the site, as when I signed up, I was the 27th member. All of a sudden, I had access to a growing community where I could go on about long songs, mellotrons, Hammond organs, moogs, unfeasibly large drumkits, double necked guitars, serious looking musicians, obscure albums based around 'concepts'... and nobody got bored! They agreed with me! Not only that, but they introduced me to more - happy days 😁 I stuck around, even serving as an Admin for a few years. Over the next several years, the site grew, as did my online friendships with a select few members, including some who later joined this new site called Facebook - yes, Alan, Andrew, Dean, Ivan, Rachel, Maxime, Mikah, Simon, Teodoro, Tony, among others, I'm talking about you! The online friendships resulted in occasional face to face get-togethers, usually involving beer, curry, more beer and much silliness - apart from Rachel, we've not actually seen most of you for several years, but the friendships remain. One person I didn't mention above is a chap where beer and a curry was not possible as he lived in a northern Ontario town called Timmins, where he taught in the local college. We hit it off immediately online and developed a true friendship... to the extent that in 2007 Vicky and I travelled out to meet him and his family for a 2 week holiday on Newfoundland. This has become a regular occurrence, and we value them all as true, firm and close friends... Peter, Kathy, Sam, Kayleigh, Paul, luv ya guys. So you see, social media, for all its faults, can be pretty cool 😁😁 ------------- 
Jon Lord 1941 - 2012 |
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Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: February 04 2024 at 05:29
Hey Jim !!! Wow 20 years already     OK, a few days past 20, as I think it was late January 2004 I guess it's right because I just celebrated last month my 20 years in my current job. I found this site when googling (yeah, at the time, I was "googling", when google wasn't toxic yet) Harmonium and found this at the top of the page as well. No time today, but I'll come back to this thread tomorrow. How's Peter doing, anyways??
 ------------- let's just stay above the moral melee prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword |
Posted By: JD
Date Posted: February 04 2024 at 06:02
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Congratulations Jim. Nice that you made a great connection with not just a fellow Canuck, but a fellow Ontarian to boot. I'm always a little stunned when I start to think of things in the past and then realize how quickly time has passed. I don't recall exactly what I was searching when I discovered the site, but it was most likey ELP.  I've only met one fellow PA'er and she and her family lived in Kentucky USA. I had a wonderful dinner with them while I was down there on business. Here's hoping we all get at least another 20 yrs outta this. ------------- Thank you for supporting independently produced music |
Posted By: Jim Garten
Date Posted: February 04 2024 at 07:53
The professor's doing just fine Sean, now very happily retired and living in Newfoundland - saw him and his wonderful family just last year for a couple of weeks & we're hoping to go back ASAP. -------------
Jon Lord 1941 - 2012 |
Sean Trane wrote:Posted By: TenYearsAfter
Date Posted: February 04 2024 at 09:24
| Jim I remember you from my Hammond organ thread on the Forum, around 2004-2006 (as Erik Neuteboom, my real name). |
Posted By: mellotronwave
Date Posted: February 04 2024 at 14:13
| Nice :-) |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: February 04 2024 at 18:03
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Nice to hear from someone I well remember from the 'old days'. |
Posted By: Jim Garten
Date Posted: February 05 2024 at 11:57
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Ah, but does anyone remember 'The Shed'?? -------------
Jon Lord 1941 - 2012 |
Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: February 05 2024 at 12:03
I remember its ancestors: The VC room (VC for Velvet Clown) and the Mariah Carey threads Total insanity,   but I never posted or followed, though.------------- let's just stay above the moral melee prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword |
Posted By: Frets N Worries
Date Posted: February 05 2024 at 12:20
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and to think that you've been on the site longer than some of it's users have been alive.... ------------- The Wheel of Time Turns, and Ages come and pass. What was, what will be, and what is, may yet fall under the shadow. Let the Dragon ride again on the winds of time... |
Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: February 05 2024 at 12:29
I don't, but I remember "Shed 2 (The Gazebo)", though I posted in it only once or twice. ------------- 
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Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: February 06 2024 at 03:30
Ah yes, The Shed. I think I left my gardening gloves in there.
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Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: February 06 2024 at 12:09
Very cool recap! I for sure miss some of the members you mentioned.........Here's to another 20yrs   -------------   
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Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: February 06 2024 at 12:47
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I remember The Shed, but I felt that I was too young for it then. Nowadays I'd be right for the woodshed (there's something nasty in it), or some would say the woodchipper (think the Fargo film).
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Posted By: Raff
Date Posted: February 06 2024 at 13:12
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Micky and I were discussing PA's 20th anniversary just a few days ago. Next year it will be 20 years since I first joined. Little did I know that my life would change rather dramatically just a year after I joined. Even if I am not active on the site any longer, I check it almost every day, as PA will always have a special place in my heart. Happy anniversary to Jim, and all the best! |
Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: February 07 2024 at 02:49
You joined 2 weeks after me Raff. Maybe we should throw a joint 20th anniversary party?
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Posted By: TenYearsAfter
Date Posted: February 07 2024 at 08:11
| Around 2006 we had a wonderful Prog Archives meeting in my hometown The Hague, with PA collaborators from Holland, the UK, Belgium and France, pictures were posted on a special thread, is there anybody who can get these pictures from the Forum? Thanks in advance, Erik Neuteboom, aka TenYearsAfter. |
Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: February 07 2024 at 08:28
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I found this thread. https://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=18320&PN=20" rel="nofollow - https://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=18320&PN=20 ------------- 
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Posted By: TenYearsAfter
Date Posted: February 07 2024 at 11:13
| Thanks Rushfan4, great job, now I remember, Glass House (Tony), Oliverstoned (Olivier), Joren, Sean Frane (Hughes), Alucard, Chris and Christophe, it was in Rootz, the beer special pub in the center, on the first floor, especially for us, they kept on bringing cascades of Dutch snack platters, beers, and whisky, for Hughes. Unforgettable Prog Archives Meeting! |
Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: February 07 2024 at 12:31
You joined 2 weeks after me Raff. Maybe we should throw a joint party?   -------------
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Posted By: King of Loss
Date Posted: February 07 2024 at 13:17
| ULK ULK ULK |
Posted By: Jim Garten
Date Posted: February 11 2024 at 03:05
Wow... more names my 60 year old brain had forgotten, especially Joren who was I believe the youngest forum member at the time -------------
Jon Lord 1941 - 2012 |
Posted By: TenYearsAfter
Date Posted: February 11 2024 at 04:45
Well Jim, I remember you from my Hammond organ thread on the Forum, between 2004-2006, great time, the best years! In those days there was Andrea Cortese, we all thought it was a lady, haha, I still have contact with him.
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Posted By: TenYearsAfter
Date Posted: February 11 2024 at 13:16
 Vanilla Fudge Live in De Boerderij, 2014, featuring Mark Stein on the mighty Hammond B3 organ.
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Posted By: Hrychu
Date Posted: February 11 2024 at 13:58
| ⬆️ What band is this? Google Lens doesn't help. |
Posted By: TenYearsAfter
Date Posted: February 11 2024 at 14:23
I have added additional information.
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