The time now is 12:14am on August 3, 2004. . .

[Rat Patrol]

It was when IMCT switched to requiring a Satch's username in order to download MP3's that the membership on the boards exploded through the roof because that brought ALL the lurkers out of the woodwork.

[Rat Patrol]

I joined Feb 03, but had lurked before that. I was more of an alt.music.clash person tho.

http://groups.google.com/group/alt.musi ... 23d3350b02

I didn't just wake up this crazy. It took yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeears of DCT to make me that way.

[matedog]

August 2004 I was moping over the loss of my idealized indie princess. I was a month away from buying Combat Rock as my second proper Clash album and two years away from my disastrous IMCT beginnings.

[101Walterton]

I joined Feb 03, but had lurked before that. I was more of an alt.music.clash person tho.

http://groups.google.com/group/alt.musi ... 23d3350b02

I didn't just wake up this crazy. It took yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeears of DCT to make me that way.

Jeepers Raty some people round here werent even born then I know I didnt even know what the internet was in 1996

[Wolter]

It was when IMCT switched to requiring a Satch's username in order to download MP3's that the membership on the boards exploded through the roof because that brought ALL the lurkers out of the woodwork.

Guilty as charged!

August 3rd, 2004 I was days away from living in Chicago. At my ex-girlfriend's grandparents' house in Galva, IL.

I believe Mimi joined the board sometime during the two months I was away from it, because I had no memory of her before that point, but she was clearly a regular when I got back in mid-to-late August.

[Wolter]

Well, I was TRYING to find the date I joined (which I honestly can't recall exactly), but I ended up with a profile of an amateur eumaas:

http://web.archive.org/web/200308231431 ... eadid=2284

[Wolter]

If you ever wanted a look at how CK and I have not really changed all that much, check out the first two thread titles here: http://web.archive.org/web/200406181305 ... chid=97357

EDIT: Wow...I don't even remember having that avatar: http://web.archive.org/web/200405020803 ... eadid=5099 (this thread makes an oblique reference to the now legendary BNC Brigade).

[Marky Dread]

It was when IMCT switched to requiring a Satch's username in order to download MP3's that the membership on the boards exploded through the roof because that brought ALL the lurkers out of the woodwork.

Guilty as charged!

August 3rd, 2004 I was days away from living in Chicago. At my ex-girlfriend's grandparents' house in Galva, IL.

I believe Mimi joined the board sometime during the two months I was away from it, because I had no memory of her before that point, but she was clearly a regular when I got back in mid-to-late August.

I came in search of Four Horsemen and cool dudes who ride unicorns I am satisfied those grapes will ripen in the sun.

[eumaas]

http://groups.google.com/group/alt.musi ... 68d7ef89a0

Nov 20, 2002...

[Dr. Medulla]

http://groups.google.com/group/alt.musi ... 68d7ef89a0

Nov 20, 2002...

So, you've just been releasing the same song over and over for six years?

(Spittle-free Satch is an odd thing. The Angels winning the World Series must have been very traumatic for him.)

[Rat Patrol]

(Spittle-free Satch is an odd thing. The Angels winning the World Series must have been very traumatic for him.)

http://groups.google.com/group/alt.musi ... 2fb59986b6

He could DCT with the best of them, too.

[Rat Patrol]

The more things change. . .

...and change. . .

...and change. . .

Newsgroups: alt.music.clash
From: (See Gnolls)
Date: 1996/02/27
Subject: Re: new poll-best post Clash stuff
Mick: E=Mc2, Bottom Line, "No 10 Upping St", "Megatop Phoenix", Just Play
Music video
Joe: Joe @ Palladium 11/89, Walker soundtrack, No 10 Upping St, Punk Rock
Blues, Dont Tango w/ Jango, Baby the Trans, Mystery train
Paul: Reach the Rock
Topper: nothing, I hate his records
Terry: God, who knows?
Nick: I can't get into Head
Pete: EAT's early records are great Britabilly
Vince: Vince disappeared from sight, apparently spends a lot of time in
pubs in Finsbury Park

[Dr. Medulla]

The more things change. . .

...and change. . .

...and change. . .

Newsgroups: alt.music.clash
From: (See Gnolls)
Date: 1996/02/27
Subject: Re: new poll-best post Clash stuff
Mick: E=Mc2, Bottom Line, "No 10 Upping St", "Megatop Phoenix", Just Play
Music video
Joe: Joe @ Palladium 11/89, Walker soundtrack, No 10 Upping St, Punk Rock
Blues, Dont Tango w/ Jango, Baby the Trans, Mystery train
Paul: Reach the Rock
Topper: nothing, I hate his records
Terry: God, who knows?
Nick: I can't get into Head
Pete: EAT's early records are great Britabilly
Vince: Vince disappeared from sight, apparently spends a lot of time in
pubs in Finsbury Park

Beautiful stuff. There's a cultural anthropology paper to be written on Clash fans on the Internet over a fifteen year period.

[Rat Patrol]

Remember the Joe post-show insta-reviews? Remember when Diem made sense? (wait, what?)

*sigh*...the "original" Megalist thread

This dude_guy29 deadbeat must be up to no good playing hooky on a school day

Oi! mate thats the p1sstake! in post #2

Memberlist...from the before-time

11/29/04 NEVAR 4GET*

Remember this NOT April Fool's Day URL redirectilarity?


*EDIT: Awwwwww, wook at Flex's cute widdle post count. Whoose a widdwe baby post whore robot?...coochie-coo.

[daredevil]

Remember the Joe post-show insta-reviews? Remember when Diem made sense? (wait, what?)

*sigh*...the "original" Megalist thread

This dude_guy29 deadbeat must be up to no good playing hooky on a school day

Oi! mate thats the p1sstake! in post #2

Memberlist...from the before-time

11/29/04 NEVAR 4GET*

Remember this NOT April Fool's Day URL redirectilarity?


*EDIT: Awwwwww, wook at Flex's cute widdle post count. Whoose a widdwe baby post whore robot?...coochie-coo.

Intersting to see how the forums evolved to how it is now. I don't remember any of the above, my first computer around 1996 only had a 32 kb modem, I don't think I did much internet browsing. I do remember I joined IMCT around when the Rat Patrol
From Fort Bragg upgrade surfaced. The person (99% sure it was Snoh) I traded with mentioned the forums, after lurking for
about a month, I finally joined.