Its been a very very long time since I've been on this forum, my old username was kingofpain678
I remember you pretty well. I joined in the December of 2009 {well, I actually joined in 2005 but that's another story} and you were one of the people that was active here around that time. One thing among others that I always remember about you was that you said "the guitar is a mid-range instrument." That was late 2009 or sometime in 2010. It's funny what sticks in the mind about people.
You weren't only active in the cave, you were on the actual recording forums too, quite a bit, in my first year here. You often seemed to have problems with getting a guitar sound that you were happy with and you seemed kind of intense, moody and struggling with aspects of life.
I know people tend to get misty eyed about the cave and it had its moments, but for me, the real action, contention and insanity happened in the actual on topic forums. The cave was always flat beer for me compared to some of the meltdowns that happened in the main forums. And they are still here for anyone that wants to see what this place was like back in the day.
there was a point in time where we had some weirdo in the cave who went by ... I think the name was catthink? we called him/her cat stink
They were called cantthinkofname and they weren't exactly respected round here ! I never really had any interaction with them and I don't know why so many people had a downer on.....actually, there was some confusion as to whether they were male or female. They gave the impression they were female.
After I'd been on HR for a few months, I wrote a song called "Ode to a home wrecker" {as in home recorder} which captured some of my early impressions of the things that were being talked about and some of the characters that populated the place. You and Cantthinkofname were in the song, along with Teysha Blue, Chibi Napa, RAMI, EZ Willis, Poetic Intensity {he was a drummer}, True Eart {she was a mod, I think}, Miroslav, Lt Bob, Gekko zzed, RawDepth, Southside Glen, Greg_L and Noisewreck. It must have been written in early 2010 because my drumming mate and I recorded the music for it during the night in March or April of that year in a rat infested warehouse and it was one of the few songs I had at that time where I actually had a full set of lyrics and a melody and actually had to work out the music for it. Usually it was the other way round. I remember writing the song as I was doing my deliveries in central London. The whole thing was done in about 20 minutes.
By the way, no rats turned up and the warehouse was freezing !
Teysha Blue, how d’ya do ? Chibi Napa’s after you...
And Rami’s due at ten to two to teach us how to boogaloo
And since I met the king of pain, I can’t even think my name
Still, now my will is so easy, laced with poetic intensity
Truth hurts, but mirrors.....
Bobby, the house is empty ~ the tenants have all left
The place is overrun with geckos, chomping, slashing, with raw depth
Down on the southside there’ll be ‘ell to pay If some nubidoos don’t get their way
We’ll send the boys to wreck yer noise, Compress yer gain stage, improve yer toys
Truth hurts, but mirrors laugh..…