Drinking to Absent Friends

Jackson Monk · Post by **Jackson Monk** » Sat Dec 09, 2006 6:56 pm

Whatever happened to.......

....the very beautiful gentle and sweet.......Lapinsjolis

She was dead sexy

bambooneedle · Post by **bambooneedle** » Sat Dec 09, 2006 7:13 pm

I've been wondering about King Hoarse, thought he might have made an appearance on the Tom Waits thread.

Otis Westinghouse · Post by **Otis Westinghouse** » Sat Dec 09, 2006 8:40 pm

He popped up to say he was off to see Ron S at the Shepherd's Bush Empire the other week and did anyone fancy joining him. I would have loved to, but prudence got the better of me.

Lapinsjolis is very much present on Flickr creating her interesting collage photo pieces (under the same name as she was here). I think she got disillusioned with the board, especially the tendency of certain people to be horribly unpleasant for no reason whatsoever.

Come back Hungup Strungup!

Stormy boy is alive and well and recently seen by 4 of us, and pops up to make Bowie-related posts, generally involving stalking him since I told him where he could be found!

We'll never know what happened to the noble Narbawlz and his horrible lung (I think) condition.

I raise a glass to all the hours of sleep this lovely board has made absent from my life!

pophead2k · Post by **pophead2k** » Sat Dec 09, 2006 10:28 pm

Dr. J, where art thou?

invisible Pole · Post by **invisible Pole** » Sun Dec 10, 2006 3:14 am

And laughing crow ?

Jackson Monk · Post by **Jackson Monk** » Sun Dec 10, 2006 4:12 am

invisible Pole wrote:And laughing crow ?

LC's absence is particularly weird as he is the 8th highest poster of all time on this board.

Boy With A Problem · Post by **Boy With A Problem** » Sun Dec 10, 2006 4:13 am

What About bobster?

Jackson Monk · Post by **Jackson Monk** » Sun Dec 10, 2006 4:21 am

I've been posting for several years, and I'm still waiting for my mate Rowe to turn up!

alexv · Post by **alexv** » Sun Dec 10, 2006 8:56 am

Vez has also stopped posting. Anyone know what happenned to him?

pophead2k · Post by **pophead2k** » Sun Dec 10, 2006 10:46 am

He's fine - just busy with applying to school and other things. He's still a regular contributor to Being There as well.

crash8_durham · Post by **crash8_durham** » Sun Dec 10, 2006 10:56 am

i dont see shatterproof here anymore.

miss buenos aires · Post by **miss buenos aires** » Sun Dec 10, 2006 7:30 pm

Jackson Monk wrote:
invisible Pole wrote:And laughing crow ?
LC's absence is particularly weird as he is the 8th highest poster of all time on this board.

Didn't he get a job or something?

A rope leash · Post by **A rope leash** » Mon Dec 11, 2006 9:43 am

While Iâ€™d like to think I ran all these people off, I know I only ran off a few of them, probably Hung Strung anyway.

One learns a lot from a message board like thisâ€¦about themselves and about other people. I come and go because I get tired of pissing off otherwise innocent posters. The truth is, unless thereâ€™s an ugly row going on, itâ€™s kind of boring for me around here. Yes, because Iâ€™m an asshole.

A powerful lesson to be learned here is the pointlessness of opinion. I found myself unable to respond to the poetry posted by 25to12 over on Tin Pan. Why? Because I might have an opinion about it. My opinions are like my fartsâ€¦wholly unwelcome except by me.

People leave the bondage of a message board for many reasonsâ€¦time, anger, boredom, loneliness. I come and go here because I hate the human race, and I donâ€™t care what anyone says, thatâ€™s an Elvis Costello kind of attitude.

I belong, but I donâ€™t have to be here.

Hail the ToySoldier.

Otis Westinghouse · Post by **Otis Westinghouse** » Mon Dec 11, 2006 7:23 pm

I think Elvis loves the human race, especially as he's just increased it by two.

You welcome your farts?

A rope leash · Post by **A rope leash** » Mon Dec 11, 2006 10:09 pm

It's blessed relief, Ot.

A rope leash · Post by **A rope leash** » Mon Dec 11, 2006 10:15 pm

Farts are the announcement of bigger things to come.

Elvis loves the human race? What was This Year's Model all about, then? Is River in Reverse a testament to his adoration of mankind? Come on...

Ooops..opinion...stinky!

bambooneedle · Post by **bambooneedle** » Tue Dec 12, 2006 1:14 am

A rope leash wrote:Elvis loves the human race? What was This Year's Model all about, then?

It was about art and becoming a star. Don't let that hate stuff fool you, it was just image.

Mike Boom · Post by **Mike Boom** » Tue Dec 12, 2006 7:58 am

"Often those who bang on about how much they hate the human race the most are those who really love it the most."

- Socrates

A rope leash · Post by **A rope leash** » Tue Dec 12, 2006 8:22 am

That's exactly right, Mr. Boom.

bambooneedle · Post by **bambooneedle** » Tue Dec 12, 2006 9:01 am

That's a bunch of bull.

Mechanical Grace · Post by **Mechanical Grace** » Tue Dec 12, 2006 9:58 am

Um, dude, I think they're agreeing with you.

In any case that was nearly 30 years ago-- it's just possible he may have developed (as human beings tend to do, thank God) a bit since then, and will develop more in the following 30.

If I don't develop significantly over the coming 30 years, you all have my permission and encouragement to please take me out back and shoot me.

bambooneedle · Post by **bambooneedle** » Tue Dec 12, 2006 12:35 pm

?

You see, that's the thing, I don't get the impression that EC was ever much of a hater. Or else he would have tripped up very early and exposed himself as a real fool and not had the resolve to keep going and get anywhere. He was cocky, had some smart ideas, and the nerve to follow through with them. Not some kind of wounded, hating loser. He used a certain image to protect and establish himself.

Mechanical Grace · Post by **Mechanical Grace** » Tue Dec 12, 2006 3:15 pm

My points are that 1. no one's that simple either way and 2. whatever he was when he wrote This Year's Model, he ain't that now.

Otis Westinghouse · Post by **Otis Westinghouse** » Tue Dec 12, 2006 6:58 pm

A rope leash wrote:Ooops..opinion...stinky!

I love opinion, nice and strong, I'm just not into misanthropy. Life's too short for that stuff.

Jackson Monk · Post by **Jackson Monk** » Wed Dec 13, 2006 2:22 am

Otis Westinghouse wrote:
A rope leash wrote:Ooops..opinion...stinky!
I love opinion, nice and strong, I'm just not into misanthropy. Life's too short for that stuff.

Got to agree with that! What's the point in being here otehrwises

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