Newbies

This topic is inspired by yesterday's melancholic fatalism and I now feel a need for a cheerful topic.Right so we were all newbies once, so what can you recall about your first postings? what were they? and on what topic can they be found? obviously I'm curious to know if Huntsy gatcrashed a serious discourse twixt Patsy and Klumpy with waffle about badgers or pringles and if so did they manage to respond in the next couple of hours after picking there jaws up?.

I don't know about myself I reckon but I remember Huntsy, in the beginning, complaining about the fact we were too nice, not confrontational enough...

Those were the days...

Some muppet was lying and saying he had a early copy of Get Ready(ages ago this was) and no songs on it would get onto any Monaco or Electronic album. I therefore slagged him and accused him of speaking out of his arse. Which he obviously was.

My first post was incredibly dull (no change there then).... i went back a read it (coz, im still on half term and have nothing better to do..)

I saw the Crystal vid on Q music channel about a week ago, its certainly interesting! Still, here in the UK, i think the song will be huge, it rocks

Liv

____________________ So Hip It Hurts

So there you have it, fucntional, and to the point. And the angel was there from the start.

Funny, when I met Dave Hibell at the Beehive before the Brixton gig, he asked me had I brought the angel with me... I thought it was funny, didnt even realise that people noticed it! lol!

BTW, the angel thing comes from a tattoo I have just below my ankle bone, which says suprisingly, Angel*. If you ask nicelt enough, one day i might show you all..... x

Liv

Mine may have been (and this was long ago, before the format change, so you won't be able to find it) complaining that Technicolor Technocrat Tango was too cheerful.

I can't remember mine, probably drivel anyway, but early doors I was severely chastised by the Hooky Monster who seemed to take great exception to the fact that I get more helpings of 'roly poly' than him. I seem to remember it was just after Huntsy and I had made a public spectacle of ourselves fantasising about that heavy set Rock Chick, Chaka Khan!

I don't know about your first post muffy-but I remeber Sebastien giving you a bollocking for putting a blowjob on your profile-so your early posts were complaining about him threatening to throw you off.

I still find the picture of that pink shirt more offensive mind ;)

Just being doing some history swatting.How long did the site exist before the format change.You may notice I was a member for a while before I posted much.When I first came across this site I took a few looks(I read a lot of sycophantic praise of this bloke who wrote a lot of gibberish....)and buggered off, can't recall his name off the top of my head 'sonic munta' or somethin', canny lad,oops slipped out of character there for a while.

Do anyone remember that weird guy who went on insulting everybody ?

Peregrine Underfoot?

He was a knob

Originally posted by Seb Briggs I don't know about your first post muffy-but I remeber Sebastien giving you a bollocking for putting a blowjob on your profile-so your early posts were complaining about him threatening to throw you off.I still find the picture of that pink shirt more offensive mind ;)

Christ!! How could I have forgotten about that?? I remember Klumpy having a jealous fit once too cause he thought me and Huntsy were lovers or something! And then there's Velocity Girl, she's had a go at me. And that sexy but unpopular pink shirt, that's been another source of jibes, and the tattoo, oh my god, i'm not popular at all am I?? :headoff:

:p

I like you, Muffy, really.

I mean, after the initial provocation, you proved yourself a totally worthy poster, a true and noble NO fan, one of the best here.

Yep !

Originally posted by Seb Briggs Peregrine Underfoot?He was a knob

Peregrine Underfoot, yeah, that was the one. I wonder if he's still registered.

Originally posted by Geoff The Klump I like you, Muffy, really.I mean, after the initial provocation, you proved yourself a totally worthy poster, a true and noble NO fan, one of the best here.Yep !

Thanks Geoff, the cheque's in the post. I knew i'd find a friend if I paid enough!

I love you Muffy...... its a purely sexual thing

Liv

Stop with the sycophancy or I'm gonna change my name and pretend to bugger off.

Originally posted by Liv I love you Muffy...... its a purely sexual thingLiv

Well Livster, if i've anything left in the locker after this weekend it's all yours!

Ian, I think only Nicolas and Sebastien can tell you exactly how long the site has been here. I believe my experience here dates back to about July 2000, with the prior format.

Originally posted by Muffy

Christ!! How could I have forgotten about that?? I remember Klumpy having a jealous fit once too cause he thought me and Huntsy were lovers or something! And then there's Velocity Girl, she's had a go at me. And that sexy but unpopular pink shirt, that's been another source of jibes, and the tattoo, oh my god, i'm not popular at all am I?? :headoff:

Are you telling me we've split up Muffboxer? - I can't believe its not butter. Oh well, it had to happen sometime.

The first post I ever did make was a complaint about the shitty re-mixes people brought out of New Order songs interspersed with various comments about animal behaviour. In fact, when I think about it... nothings changed on that score.

I remember thinking, I doubt I'll stay long in this place but after a while I became intrigued by the fact that no matter how crazy horse I thought I was, everybody seemed to be un-phased by it... so I thought, well I can be myself here and nobody thinks I'm a chaffinch... well, some people do but that's not too bad a thing being compared to a pleasant garden bird. Then the weeks turned into hours and the days fell into minutes and the wasps began chasing larger hawks and hawks begat chaffinch and chaffinch begat sasquash etc.

That bloke that came on that time kept calling me 'Cuntsman' which I thought was a bit out of new order but then he took it one step further and disgraced the good name of my late cat 'Stephen Grimley'.. which I will never forget.

Best memory on the site so far for me... the day in which several people kept editing their messages to make them sound just a little bit better then somebody noticed what was going on. Even though it had been noticed I still attempted to re-edit a particularly bum message and I was detected... I fucking nearly wet myself.

Huntsy I remember that day well..in fact I can remember who kept re-editing the messages..Frode N. If I remember rightly it was Patsy who took particular offence..very funny.

The Muffy'Hooky Monster/Isolation was probably the strangest incident...

Yes Briggsy, I could never quite get my potato festing head around just why Hungry Monster took such offence to Muffbox... in fact, I never worked out why he got such a bad press... I do remember defending him and he's never done anything in return. ;)

Subsequently Honey Moonbeam seems to have gone at everyone for some reason.. including my good self?.. perhaps he's had a minor blowout and needs to rest his feet.

I've never seen Patty wound-up so much but Frode certainly got his goat. I feel very protective against Pastie and I was considering an attack on Frumpy myself but it all settled after a bit.

I remember some early pieces of dialogue with Huntsy :

Huntsy : Why are you not upset with what I told you ?! Me : How could I be upset when you make me laugh so much ?

Huntsy, let me tell you something :

You got styyyyle You gotta looooove technique

I cannot remember my first post at all, I am sure it was really lame....

as you can see, I've changed my name to something more New Order-related...

Thought I'd celebrate my upcoming 100th post!

/Maria :)

"Then the weeks turned into hours..." Huntsy, if that sentence is at all characteristic of your literary style, I think you should finish your book.

I paricularly remember Huntsy's comment about a very long thread that he spent the better part of a day waiting for it to open.

Originally posted by Liv So there you have it, fucntional, and to the point. And the angel was there from the start. Funny, when I met Dave Hibell at the Beehive before the Brixton gig, he asked me had I brought the angel with me... I thought it was funny, didnt even realise that people noticed it! lol! BTW, the angel thing comes from a tattoo I have just below my ankle bone, which says suprisingly, Angel*. If you ask nicelt enough, one day i might show you all..... xLiv

you didn't show it to me! btw taking photos into photo developing shop tmrw to get copies - most are pretty hazey but theres some clear ones incl one of hooky, bass on the floor looking straight at the camera. will post off to you when get them back! D

Originally posted by Sébastien Boisvert > Originally posted by Geoff The Klump> I like you, Muffy, really.> > I mean, after the initial provocation, you proved yourself a totally worthy poster, a true and noble NO fan, one of the best here.> > Yep !

The funniest thing is that when I posted my remarks regarding the aforementionned PICTURE (aherm), Muffy had been a member for a while, and if I hadn't posted that complaint about the picture (which was really a way to start controversy to be honest), then maybe he wouldn't have posted on the forum as of yet!

Wow.

What would it been without him?

Non, mais, LE SAIS-TU, DIS ? :p

Seb.

Yes Sebsy, tis true that I had been a member for a while, but back then I was 'casing the joint' so to speak and maybe a little apprehensive about trying to join this particular hot-tub. The photo was my way of jumping in!

Originally posted by Sébastien Boisvert

Non, mais, LE SAIS-TU, DIS ? :p

Seb.

You too Sebsy, I think!! :p

Originally posted by Huntsman Yes Briggsy, I could never quite get my potato festing head around just why Hungry Monster took such offence to Muffbox... in fact, I never worked out why he got such a bad press... I do remember defending him and he's never done anything in return. ;)

Sorry Huntsy baby, but Muffy never forgets. Someday your reward will come!!

Originally posted by Sophisticated (Lady) I cannot remember my first post at all, I am sure it was really lame....as you can see, I've changed my name to something more New Order-related...Thought I'd celebrate my upcoming 100th post! /Maria :)

Sophisticated Lady. I like it. Much, much better!

Originally posted by Muffy > Originally posted by Sophisticated (Lady)> I cannot remember my first post at all, I am sure it was really lame....> > as you can see, I've changed my name to something more New Order-related...> > Thought I'd celebrate my upcoming 100th post! > > /Maria :)

Sophisticated Lady. I like it. Much, much better!

Well, thank you!

Originally posted by Sophisticated (Lady) > Originally posted by Muffy> > > > Originally posted by Sophisticated (Lady)> > I cannot remember my first post at all, I am sure it was really lame....> > > > as you can see, I've changed my name to something more New Order-related...> > > > Thought I'd celebrate my upcoming 100th post! > > > > /Maria :) >

Sophisticated Lady. I like it. Much, much better!

Well, thank you!

You're welcome!

Is this Huntsy's long lost first post The one he mentioned about criticising remixes was as far as I can see 16082001

Huntsman
Member of the Movement

Posts: 1133 Member Since: 2001.08.10 Location: Firetop Mountain, United Kingdom posted : 2001.08.10 - 07:23 EDT 07:23

Anybody lucky enough to be at the Manchester G-Mex Centre gig in 1988?

This has to be one of the defining moments in NO history. An absolute quality affair. A Certain Ratio kicked off the gig with a myriad of random songs that nobody had ever heard of, followed by The Happy Mondays in their infancy. Looked like NO had allowed them a break (never seen or heard of them really at this point).

Anyway, as The Happy Mondays were plodding through some guitar 'raw' (as if they've ever been any different) versions of their early material on walks Hooky across the stage to flick the v's at Sean Ryder. Nice bit or repoir going on there, Hooky did this about 3 times, for no apparent reason - it was funny, and what a NO gig. should be about.

Happy Mondays clear off then the hall goes silent, enter NO and 'Touched by the Hand of God' pulsating, throbbing and meaty bassline... Jeezus, absolutely sublime! - what a set ensued, absolute genius. First time I'd heard any of Technique's songs, in fact, when Vanishing Point stops near the end to allow the high hats (just before the big ending) eveybody clapped and cheered as if it had finished. Barney was not happy as someone was blowing an air horn through Bizarre Love Triangle.

Just when things couldn't get any better Age of Consent starts up and Stevey Morrisey's kit sounded like a bomb going off.

Anyway, I'll be back to Manchester (obviously, the only place to see the Order) this year when they return to gigging in the UK.

It's been a long time, and lets be honest, Get Ready was a worry, however, having downloaded the Realplayer samples from this site it sounds like, well, No, which is definately a step in the right direction from 'SOME' of the material from Republic.

Now, did I tell you the story about when my girlfriend met Peter Saville for a few hours...

My first topic I remember well - i was still smarting about Get Ready not doing the decent thing and going at least Top Three. And then, sad to relate......I caught the bug.

And I'm pleased to say.......I've not got any better. In fact, I'VE JUST BEEN GETTING WORSE!!!! Why else did I decide to turn a lot of people's heads inside out with that (still ongoing) Teaser Thread??

You're all lovely people - I mean really even tho I don't know any of you - I get so much pleasure prattling on day in day out about nothing really serious, sharing daft anecdotes, useless trivia and just being generally anal as and when we please and it truly makes my day - especially considering how fucking miserable my life here in Shitsville (that's Stockport to you UK comrades) really is on a day to day basis. I may never get to meet many of the folks that write in here.......but just conversing like this through cyberspace makes me feel like a somebody.......rather than a nobody. Thank you all! Long may we argue and scream and shout and cuss and swear and laugh and cry and take the piss out of everything and then find meaning in it all once again.......

I remember way back when, April or March of this year, I started posting because the site I normally visited had been overrun by trolls and I was looking for a safe haven of JD/NO-related conversation. This was back when there were no such things as fancy signatures (or at least I wasen't aware of them). Damn, that's way back.

(PS Haven't been posting quite as frequently lately, back to the good ole days of three or four posts in the middle of the day when no one's here. I'm not dead, just not quite as able to stick around as I was starting a few weeks back)

Well, I'm starting to overtake you in the postings field, Tabs, flushed with the success of the Great Brain Teaser, so you'd better think about moving back into gear again.....

Just as a slight aside to this topic, I was wondering how long everyone's been logged onto other various NewOrder websites, forums, digests, message boards, etc on the Net..

Thinking back, I think I first posted to the old alt-music.neworder (or somesuch) board circa 1994(???), maybe earlier, my (hazy) university years. I think I joined the ceremony mailing list around the same time. There were lots of different names and websites dominating discussions around that time but some can still be found inhabiting various NO nooks and crannies.

Guess some of us have been lurking for quite a while. I'll slither off again now...