07-13-2006, 03:51 AM
Thanks to those laying out the welcome mat... 
MattyM: I've read a number of your posts since arriving, proper. [That
Feb arrival date is a little misleading - as I quickly gathered up my
standard snail-up account and left a silver trail back to a.m.t-h!] I
still fondly remember my own joyful discovery of The Hip - and still a
long 6 years before the Internet! Given that they are still largely
ignored here, I'll leave it to your imagination how dedicated that
secret pleasure was.
Aaron: I'm sure I recognise your name. [Looking at my archive. Is that
you with 'Wookie' in your address?] Whorella is still posting her
psychobabble. I'm still in touch with Ren. Ummm, R.H. Allen, el-d, hep
kat, Shelley and Gina Alvino have all posted quite recently - but it's
mostly tumbleweed over there now.
Tthdana: It'll be interesting to see how many of the old a.m.t-h folk
are here. I have a huge affection for that special place, my Hip
connection to the world during the late 90s, early 00s.
And finally...
LOL! A short, appropriate raid from the archive - my first face-to-face meeting with
a Canadian Hip fan at London SBE in June 2000:
You've heard of Little Venice...well, a corner of Shepherds Bush became
Little Canada last night...I felt strangely like, er, a stranger in a
strange land.
We made London later than hoped, but we still just had time to wander
into The Walkabout...an Australian pub apparently temporarily annexed to
Canada for the 'crepuscular'! Even the atmosphere in the pub contained a
distinct frisson and flavour of what was to come...the place was
literally buzzing. After settling on the corner of a table a young dark
haired girl caught our conversation and suddenly interjected...
"You're not Canadian are you...where are you from?"
<I replied a little nervously, fearing we were about to be deported>
"Uh...here, well, when I say here, I mean...Bristol, England, UK _here_"
"Born and bred?"
<Trick question?...should we have forged some Canadian citizenship
documentation?!!>
"Uh...yeah, born and bred."
"WOW!!!...you guys are my heroes! English Hip fans!... Oh, oh, I must
take a picture! <excitably fumbles in bag for camera>
<Snap>
Hmmm...quite possibly the most surreal starting conversation I've ever
had with anybody...ever!
MattyM: I've read a number of your posts since arriving, proper. [That
Feb arrival date is a little misleading - as I quickly gathered up my
standard snail-up account and left a silver trail back to a.m.t-h!] I
still fondly remember my own joyful discovery of The Hip - and still a
long 6 years before the Internet! Given that they are still largely
ignored here, I'll leave it to your imagination how dedicated that
secret pleasure was.
Aaron: I'm sure I recognise your name. [Looking at my archive. Is that
you with 'Wookie' in your address?] Whorella is still posting her
psychobabble. I'm still in touch with Ren. Ummm, R.H. Allen, el-d, hep
kat, Shelley and Gina Alvino have all posted quite recently - but it's
mostly tumbleweed over there now.
Tthdana: It'll be interesting to see how many of the old a.m.t-h folk
are here. I have a huge affection for that special place, my Hip
connection to the world during the late 90s, early 00s.
And finally...
LizardKing51 Wrote:The British are coming the British are coming!!!
:lol:
Just want to say welcome to our recent British Invasion, nice to have
you all here.
:thumb:
LOL! A short, appropriate raid from the archive - my first face-to-face meeting with
a Canadian Hip fan at London SBE in June 2000:
You've heard of Little Venice...well, a corner of Shepherds Bush became
Little Canada last night...I felt strangely like, er, a stranger in a
strange land.
We made London later than hoped, but we still just had time to wander
into The Walkabout...an Australian pub apparently temporarily annexed to
Canada for the 'crepuscular'! Even the atmosphere in the pub contained a
distinct frisson and flavour of what was to come...the place was
literally buzzing. After settling on the corner of a table a young dark
haired girl caught our conversation and suddenly interjected...
"You're not Canadian are you...where are you from?"
<I replied a little nervously, fearing we were about to be deported>
"Uh...here, well, when I say here, I mean...Bristol, England, UK _here_"
"Born and bred?"
<Trick question?...should we have forged some Canadian citizenship
documentation?!!>
"Uh...yeah, born and bred."
"WOW!!!...you guys are my heroes! English Hip fans!... Oh, oh, I must
take a picture! <excitably fumbles in bag for camera>
<Snap>
Hmmm...quite possibly the most surreal starting conversation I've ever
had with anybody...ever!