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[REManic]

I remember, it was 11-10-2004. First I wasn't sure about joining a discussion board, but then I said 'It's REM, what the heck, I want to join'.Off I went...
And you know what, it's been great!I've found lots of people that share the same tastes, the same experiences, the same passion for the band...I've found people who respect me opinions and who support me, that's good.
Actually I'd like to say a big THANK YOU to  you all. You are the everything.
I hope to stay here a lot longer, maybe till kingdom come:D
I'll stay around and see if I can get to the 1000 posts.

[Red Frog]

He's a maniac, maniac that's for sure
and he's posting like he's never posted before.

[DericksHam]

i actually don't remember clearly which year i first signed up  with WeTalk. 97 or 98. i bought my 1st R.E.M. album "NAiHF", and spent all my lunchtime and afterschool hours looking for every bit of R.E.M. trivia(among other useless information) in my secondary school's multimedia/computer room, and somehow found murmurs.

my first account was "tan wee" or something, which wasn't what people call me in reality, since my first name is my surname, and im usually addressed by my middle & last name. didn't post much. forgot my password, and got another a/c "bo dick". i think that was the post-microwave interviews era, and everyone was talking about sex. i didn't post much either. lost interest in REM for a while in poly. eventually(while still in poly) remembered that WeTalk allowed remote linking for images uploaded to it, so i used to 'host' a few images for my useless message board until murmurs moved and looked kinda like what it looks like now(in 2000 or something).

the rest of my murmurs memories was kinda fuzzy, but i remembered pissing off embark and internet legend in one of embark's emo threads by being a sickening cynic, which means i must have been sober at that time, and i don't remember the time.

[REManic]

Red Frog said:

He's a maniac, maniac that's for sure
and he's posting like he's never posted before.

Funny, is that about me?:)

[Red Frog]

REManic said:

Funny, is that about me?:)

Yes, unless you're not a dude.

Then it's presciently about dikhead.

[Michaela]

It was last year, few days after my first r.e.m.gig. I wasn't sure at first what to write there but then I received first pm from Pistolee and Silvy and it helped me a lot.  Actually I don't post so much (how can someone have over 10000 posts ?:)), but it's nice to be a part of murmurs.

[REManic]

Red Frog said:

Yes, unless you're not a dude.

Then it's presciently about dikhead.

Oh yes I am a dude, pal!
:) :)

[DericksHam]

i'm pretty sure i'm not as much as a maniac as someone who unselfconsciously preclaims himself as an REManiac.

anyways my experience on message boards and a few trashy chatrooms kinda makes me think of a line from a belle & sebastian song(supposedly their crappiest because isobel campbell sings it oh so twee) that goes like:

"is it wicked no to care, that you've wasted many hours/talking to anyone around that's there"

anyone remember "Six String Sex Slave"? i vaguely remember her/him/it being cool for various reasons.

[DericksHam]

tats odd, i can't edit mu owm message here. what i;ll like to say is , i'm probably not as big a maniac as anyone one else who fantasizes about micheal in a wet t-shirt rubbing his glitter off them and running thei hands through his non-existent hair.

[TidgeyPud]

Like Pebbles, I joined up just before 9/11.  I remember that thread very well.

Much half-drunken Water-Tower- butt-flashing-chat-room-knackering-gimpy-teeth-pulling tomfoolery abound in those early days, along with dear old Clocky and Vetiver.

Then Grace turned up - blimey!

Haven't been around much these days (busy life is getting in the way at the moment) but I'm sure I'll be here one way or another in 10 years' time!

[sockpuppet]

It took me 16 months after I joined to actually post.  Wow.  I had to look that up.
Shortly after I joined my life went into soap-opera-drama-mode and that didn't settle down for about a year.  Murmurs, R.E.M., and the sock herself got lost in the fray.  I renewed my relationship with Murmurs before I saw the guys on the 2003 tour.  I ventured into chat one night, and thanks to the encouragement of one Matthew Wood, I got my R.E.M groove back. :)
Almost four years later, I can't imagine my life without the wonderful people I've come to know through Murmurs and the incredible experiences I've had as a result.

[lemon]

It was the Fall of 1999 the first time I found Murmurs. I was a freshman in college, the internet was something I was still kind of learning. I did an REM search and found this site. One of the first things I remember after I signed up was that some random guy (I think it might have been the username of "willenium" or something close to that...) pager messaged me and scared the shit out of me because I really didn't know how to use the site features yet. Since then, I've learned my way around the site, met some great people, had interesting chat convos, learned how to tell when Grace is being truly sarcastic, and who knows what else I've picked up around here (oh yeah, probably some stuff about sex I would never have imagined I'd ever know the terminology for....).

It's been great.

[bluflower]

I think I've only been on Murmurs for a few years now, but I was on an old newsgroup back in the beginning of the internets in the early to mid 90s and before this fancy things called web browsers!!!

a google search finds a message I posted in 1997 from a relative's e-mail account as I didn't have internet access or my own computer after college (oh the HORROR of that thought now!).

this is the message I posted on Mon, Apr 7 1997 12:00 am:
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This is really the only way I can think of to say thank you:

During the MONSTER tour, I saw a Philadelphia show in Fall of 1995.  I got news of an extra ticket at the last
minute, skipped out of work at the record store, and drove my car (with failed inspection sticker & all) to the
Spectrum.  The seats weren't great but a good time was had, until I came out alone to the parking lot to find a
fire truck sitting next to my car!  Apparently, the car next to mine somehow caught on fire and burnt mine.  I,
being of many mixed emotions and alone, put on quite a display, I'd imagine!

The people who owned the other car never showed up.  Anyhow, the firefighters left me in a state of confusion
and a melted front-end, including the tire!  It's not like they changed it for me or anything!  Well, it just
so happens there were a handful of the 30 or so people looking about, who approached me for comfort and
assistance.  Four of you to be exact.  2 guys and 2 girls,  you were extremely helpful to me. The guys changed
the tire and got covered in soot and burnt rubber, while the girls helped me to regain my composure and some
sanity.  In my confused state, I never asked your names or even said thank you.  You even followed me out of
the parking lot and made sure I got onto the bridge back to New Jersey.  I only hope that somehow one of you
will see this or someone you know, etc... I truly appreciate your help and know that such an act of kindness
will come back to you, if it hasn't already.  

Luckily, I did see another show on the tour with better memories:  the first show (of the final four) in
Atlanta.  We were only 15 rows up, behind the stage, Michael sang "Nightswimming" to our section...it was
beautiful!  :-)  Thanks again!
***********************************

I still have yet to find those people who helped me that night!!

Lauree
:p

[RBowden]

I guess I've been posting for around 4 years now (although not much recently). When we first got internet access at home (painfully slow dial-up on an ancient laptop that kept crashing) it was around the time of Peter's infamous yogurt trial. It was initially rumoured to be around Novermber 2001 so I did a Google search, and the rest is history....

My optimum posting era was 2002/2003 (Broadband by then, thankfully!) and I met some wonderful people both online and in real life. One person in particular helped me through the worst year of my life and I still owe her for an astonishing act of kindness on the day of the Bush Hall gig.

In fact were it not for Murmurs I would not have been at either Bush Hall or St James's and would have missed out on some amazing discussions and even more amazing people.

It was a revelation to discover other people felt the same about "that band with the weird bald bloke as lead singer" as most people in my everyday life know REM ("are they still going?"), and that other people loved Find the River as much as me.

I have giggled helplessly at Etty and Grace's postings and cried at the sad stories. On July 7th 2005 when all news websites had crashed I kept in touch with the world on Murmurs and kept work colleagues updated. I have discovered some weird co-incidences (a woman now living in the US went to my old school in Sussex, and recently a lady posted pictures of her wedding reception at the botanical gardens about half a mile from my sister's house in PA USA).

I haven't been about much as I now have a new job and a new life and to put it bluntly I have better things to do with my time, but I will never forget the people I have interacted with (I hope the special ones know who you are) .

[Maybelline Eyes]

Pillowy Star said:

(especially the people who know what I am talking about ;)).

We all try to humour you Ilona, and pretend we know what you're talking about:p ;)

[Matthew Wood]

Pillowy Star said:

and I've certainly disappointed people as well.

I realize I don't know you as intimately as many others, but I truly believe you're incapable of disappointing people. I don't care how much evidence you offer; I insist you're joking. :)

[Mr. Waffle]

embArk said:

Hi Mr Waffle, I remember you well.  You and I were buddies at some point...



is this what you mean? :)

http://www.murmurs.c...72&d=1143597325

That's it, exactly!

Oh, the nostalgia!
Thanks for that!

[daybreaker]

I remember the front page posted in the first post. When I joined, We Talk was already up and running though, except it was the collapsable bulletin board format. Kind of annoying. I know I joined at least a few months before Reveal was being leaked because I had been here for a while before becoming a born-again Non-Revealer, who then lapsed again to become a revealer.

[chiarem]

...i found my real and perfect home!