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Any reports from Portugal tonight??? Found these, so far… … and I approve of the amen chewnage.

Oh yeah. Never having heard Squarepusher, I picked up Big Loada when it was released based on the cover at Gramophone Records in Chicago and listened to it at the listening station and it blew my damn mind. I remember how hard it was to find Aphex Twin and Coil records in the 90s. The only place “near” where I lived was not convenient. I remember always seeing April Wine and Archers of Loaf records next to where the often-empty Aphex Twin slot was. My first RDJ release was On in 94 or 95, then I nabbed either SAW2 or Ventolin next. After that it was all downhill. I remember being super excited when I came to the often-empty slot and finding The Donkey Rhubarb ep. The cover art was so modern and hilarious. The Girl/Boy ep also blew my mind when it dropped. I listened to that CD a billion times. Come to think of it, it’s pretty rad that Richard still drops so many quality EPs. Every one has as much distinct character as a full length release. It definitely keeps the hype train rolling rather than just putting out a big LP every 5 years or whatever. … edit… I forgot to mention my 2 aphex shows. First was in 97 @ The Vic in Chicago. He sat on a couch with just a laptop for the whole show and his buddies came out in the donkey rhubarb bear outfits and breakdanced / wrestled / etc for the whole show. Afterwards, I saw Rich outside his tour bus as his sweaty buddies were stuffing the bear costumes in the underside compartment and I didn’t know what to say to him so I just gave him a tiny green plastic alien I got earlier in the evening from a gumball machine. 22 years later, I flew back to New York (where I had lived b/w 99 & 2011) to see the Avant Gardner show. It was emotional. I guess if rich were to ever read this, I would be curious if he remembered that little green alien. I still wouldn’t know what to say to him exactly, at least I don’t know what wouldn’t sound awkward... like how I listened to SAW2 almost every night through high school on my discman through headphones under my pillow as I fell asleep… or how I play SAW1 every other day while driving in the car these days because it’s almost 100% guaranteed to put my toddler to sleep around naptime… or how Syro came at an emotional low point in my life and was really a helpful companion to guide me through some of the darker parts… or how he’s possibly the only artist I’ve ever cared to try to be “completist” about as far as collecting and practically zero of my friends even know about him, let alone know that I hang out on a music forum and type epic posts about how big a deal he is in my life.

Every release he drops people cry over how he’s lost his edge or whatever. All I know is the dude is a damn genius and he keeps dropping genius bangers. If you don’t like the new release just wait until he puts out something else you do like. It will happen.

Gotta say, I found this poll a bit harsh. I know Richard likely doesn’t give a shit but still, if I popped on a forum about me and saw something like this it would make me uncomfortable.

Ok

I mean, 93 for On and SOSW alone.

Burger for that one, alone.

I’m curious how Collapse was the first RDJ joint that got you hooked (please do tell), but welcome to the team

He’s just sharing his ice cream cone.

I feel like it’s probably about time we maybe make a 2024 US Election thread.

Speaking of werewolves… just watched this I don’t want to spoil anything but this could have been way better. Some funny stuff but the werewolf angle doesn’t nearly pay off. Still, it was fun.

Haha! That first video was shot at my high school and I knew all of those kids. They were a couple years younger than me. The whole thing was obviously made up bullshit. They made a documentary about the whole thing too. I also ended up playing in a band with the kid in the sonic youth shirt years later.

Oh dude. I completely sympathize. I’m currently on antibiotics after my finger injury (posted above) and yesterday I was positive I shit myself in the car while driving on the highway and was shocked to find, after pulling off and running to multiple stores without functioning restrooms, that miraculously I hadn’t. This was after having to jump out of the car to spray the bowl at various prior locations (one of which was out of toilet paper, naturally). Today I’m doing nothing.

Anyone have a clue on what this little gizmo is? Maybe some little bit of custom kit?

I watched on my phone and it was fully 360 AR-style radical.

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Great post! Would read again.

That year was very exciting, and expensive. I fondly remember running to my favorite record shops to nab the new analords over and over and over. Only bummer was that I ordered the binder and the order was cancelled s few days later and I was refunded instead of receiving a copy of AB5

2005. Analords. /thread

I know some news outlets have noted how technically bad the photos are but that resolution is inexcusable by any standard. It looks like they either used a 100x digital zoom or some ancient flip phone.

@hoggy Definitely NOT a threat on anyone’s life. I have been here a long time and heard “watch the ride prik face” many times and have honestly not really understood what it really means. All I know is that I love old school jungle about as much as I love aphex twin (if not more) and “watch the ride” happens to be one of the most common phrases used by the OG jungle MCs when the beats are tasty and I only really associate it with that kind of thing. Sorry to be confusing

Stay alive and “Watch the ride” @ 8:05

Still sooo many more floating out there. I am so teased for an LP or two