AMNIN FREQUENT POSTERS SUMMARY
elana
*********THE FREQUENTLY POSTING ALT.MUSIC.NINNIES REPORT
maintained by Elana Zivinsky, aka piggyfucker
started in earnest 4 december 1994
revision one 28 december 1994
revision two 25 january 1995
how this works:
I list the order of the profiled ninnies. You scroll until you see the one you
want to read about. Simple. This isn't brain surgery, kids.
order of profiles:
mike roston (the once and future ending, tarnished golden boy)
c. spencer yeh (c.s.y., c. santa yeh, c.R.I.s.P.y.)
Keri Jackson (boo or luscious or psychobitch leather girl)
mc death
Chris Wiberg
Matt Palmer (scrotes)
Dave Matteson (...dave)
Taylor E. McLaren
jamie (gavroche)
Jason Patterson
Robin C. Moore (Robin the Mad Photographer, Mama Hen of amnin)
Manda
skinslave
Aloh3
Ignatius Reilly
Eric W. Blanchard (malchick)
R. Patrick Arnold (mippy, Richard Patrick)
J.E.R.K.
Buck Satan (Buck)
dEvIn tUfFY
Andrew Clegg
Piggyfucker. (Elana, me)
Profiles:
1. Mike Roston: Possibly the most informative poster on the group, certainly
one of the most respected. Prone to launching into long threads with c.s.y.
which have nothing to do with anything at all which the rest of us don't have
a clue about, but we respond anyway. Known to use the word "mang" plenty. Also
seen posting on alt.captain.sarcastic and rec.music.industrial. Big Skinny
Puppy fan. Maintains the NIN discography. Gives the best treatises on why nine
inch nails isn't the greatest I've ever heard. Is listed as "Susan Roston" when
posting because he can't get the NAME command to work. Mike is NOT female. Mike
is NOT Susan Roston. You have been warned. sro...@merle.acns.nwu.edu
2. c.spencer yeh: I don't know where to start. Is friends with Mike (see #1
for info on undecipherable threads with Mike). Is an amazing writer, and is
currently maintaining the Butt Fuck Digest (see entry #7) during dave's
absence. Has bologna, will travel. Is prone to writing BFPTs with bizarre
titles and concepts (cf. "hotdogs used as stimuli", "bologna twist"). Is one of
the most prolific, entertaining, and informative posters on the group.
Currently debating whether to move to Canada or not. <grin>
Definitely one to keep in the Auto-Select File. I know I do. y...@merle.acns.nwu.edu
3. Keri Jackson: One of the Canadian contingent on amnin. Known for long,
rambling posts and hilarious, biting flames. Is supposedly entering nuptual
heaven with Taylor McLaren (entry #8) at an undisclosed date. Psychology major
with a penchant for Jung. Known to bitch about her life on amnin. Has a
computer named Harvey. Has been published in dave's BF digest (see #7) with
keen poetry. Has been known to post under the influence. Of what remains the
question. Is relatively new to NIN, but has plenty of opinions. Loves _fixed_,
as many of us do. Has met and been having coffee with Taylor E. McLaren. Has
been posting infrequently lately, which we can assume may have something to do
with lack of net.access, but who the hell knows how Keri works?
kjac...@chat.carleton.ca
4. mc death: The man with an enigmatic name, mc death ranks up there as "Most
Prolific Poster on alt.music.nin" Also known to launch into long list-like
diatribes concerning people's spelling errors. Has a great sense of humor and
is very sweet in his posts. He is very aware of the other posters on amnin,
and mentions us frequently in his own posts. Always there to lend something if
he has it, usually a snarky comment or a quick jibing flame, mc death is one
of the new breed of posters on amnin that makes it a worthwhile place to post
and read. Has recently made amnin history with an "electronic truce" between
himself and Eric Blanchard (see #16).Also infamous for his cover of "purest
feeling" which, if you believe wiberg, is pretty schmuckin' good. Also is
quite knowledgeable about Faith No More and especially, his deities, Duran
Duran.Man. Publishes the 'zine "Fade to Crystalling Black" quarterly. mcd...@gladstone.uoregon.edu
5. Chris Wiberg: This is the man who is usually spouting off posts to the
effect of "let's all be nice! smile on yer brother!" Those get on my nerves
traditionally, but Chris doesn't shut up with them, so you learn to tolerate
them and get into the swing of them. Always a good diplomat/moderator, and
tends to get into a thread and say to potential flamers, "look, obviously this
person's just faq-delinquent. Let's send him/her a copy and be done with it."
Not like we listen to him much, but he's always there to try and extinguish
unneeded flames. Is the manufacturer and maintainer of the original Wiberg
.sig (tm). Known folks to buy into the Wiberg.sig-dom are mc Death, Chris
Gilchrest, amongst others. Proprietor of the Cat Machine Literary Web Page (or at least
publicist). Email him for details. However, don't let his nice literati
demeanor fool you. Wiberg can be a nasty crunchy phuck when irritated.
Wiberg is also quite versed in the ways of He Who Was Once KNown as Prince,
and is apparently into it with Lisa Lisa Garibay, who will be profiled when
she posts exactly 8 more times.
wib...@ux5.cso.uiuc.edu
6. Matt Palmer: Matt squirms through amnin like a little reptile. HE posts in
the most unexpected places, and leaves his mark (which has been "scrotes" of
late). With an acerbic at times wit, scrotes lets us in on his patented ways
to enjoy life, and nickname your friends synonyms for genitalia. Always there
to lend a helping hand when clarifying idiocy, scrotes has the info-backed
USDA stamp of an amninnie. Another point for scrotes is that he writes me love
notes using song titles from Prince albums. Then he posts them. Heh.
mp7...@u.cc.utah.edu
7. Dave Matteson: dave. The flaming god of amnin. Idiots, beware! I bow down
before his fiery self. Runs the Butt Fuck Digest, which is basically
intelligent stories, poems, and TMBG show reviews written seemingly on
'shrooms. (contribs to bf-diges...@mit.edu) Dave is one of the youngest
amninnies, and the nastiest. HE doesn't bother pointing out the FAQ most of
the time, he just sticks your ass straight into the wringer. However, dave was
also the perpetuator of the horrific "alt.music.FAT.nin" bullshit thread. So
you have to get him to get his posts most of the time. Like I said, even I'm
wary of his flames. Unfortuantely, mr. matteson is out of net.commission for a
while.Dave hath returnt since the last FPS, and is currently attempting to get
back into the swinfng of things,. Will be back in the saddle, pulishing BFD
asap. dave...@msen.garnet.com
8. Taylor McLaren: Another one of those Natural Born Canadians. Has the cutest
signature in which he sticks a little witticism which pertains to his post. Usually seen decrying the horrid manner of modern mosh pits or eating creamy pb.
He's funny, which is something the rest of us attempt and usually fail at.
Sometimes we flay him mercilessly, but like that "peace and shit" Wiberg kid,
McLaren deserves it. Plus, don't ask Taylor for NIN .gifs or .jpgs, because
he'll screw up and send you one of The Tick, which is still cool, IMO, but not
what I wanted. tmcl...@uoguelph.ca
9. jamie: Maintainer of the alt.music.nin FAQ. Known as gavroche on IRC
channel #nin. Also pulling for an alt.music.nin.* hierarchy, which would
split, yet encourage communiques on Trent and the boys. Always informative and
interesting, jamie has been around a LOOOOOOOOOOONG time. From what I've
gathered, since the dawn of the group. Don't fuck with jamie, but I think
you're allowed to disagree as long as you have a good reason and kneepads.
Has created alt.music.nin.creative, where you stick yer bfpts...@wariat.org
10. Jason Patterson: Maintainer of the NIN home page. Read one of his many
usually short and either caustic or info-laden posts for the site (I can't
remember it at the moment). ALthough I've never been there, I've heard it's
nice. Like the Poconos, or something. Apparently, Patterson is our link to the
"Big Guy" (not GOd, Trent.), seeing as how he and formula have spoken on the
phone. Woo! ALways out to protect the integrity of NIN. Formidable in his
knowledge (I've never seen a flame sample), this guy can give you the answer
to your worthwhile NIN questions, or forward you to someone/something that
can. pat...@dirac.scri.fsu.edu
11. Robin C. Moore: While sharing the name of my favorite nail, Robin has
established herself as the oldest living alt.music.ninnie (at 33, go Robin!).
She hath proclaimed herself "mama hen" due to her emotional flames, and her
caring nature. A woman who's met more musicians than I care to count and made
brownies for all of them. If Courtney Love likes them, I wanna try them, too.
<grin> And I have. And they rock completely. Is responsible for the Chrsitmas 94 edition of the alt.music.nin
tee-shirt with her photography embellishing it.(trent himself mentioned that
it was "so *fucking* cool!") Is perhaps the conscience of
the new breed of alt.music.ninnies. Always there to lend advice, support, or a
helping hand. ro...@uga.cc.uga.edu
12. manda: One of the newest of the new breed, manda is a freshchick in
college with a BAAAAAAAAD (as in 'unfavorable to NIN listening') roommate
situation, as has been well-documented. Has nice short flames, and often posts
tripe which, if it weren't so fitting for a ninnie to say, I would flame her
ass for. We're expecting great things outta this one, and we all hope her
_fixed_ cd recovers. Also posts pointlessness nicely.
bb0...@bingsuns.cc.binghamton.edu
13. skinslave: skinslave has been around awhile, but his problem is, he has
these seizures where he wants to just lurk. He's been working on a NIN video
comp, which has seen some stalling, so don't bug him about it. One of those
people who insist they love me without even knowing me. Posts weird,
clarifying posts when folks don't know what the hell they're posting about.
Has some good ideas. ar...@alpha1.csd.uwm.edu
14. Aloh3: Without a doubt, this boy (whose real name is chris) is the worst
poster I've ever seen to amnin, with the exception of that anon asshole. Posts
dumb-ass question which could be easily answered by a brisk skimming of the
FAQ. Last post I saw of his was some trite bullshit about shaving NIN into his
head and painting his hair silver or something. Possibly the most annoying
person ever to be on the net. Incited matteson and I to be the flamers we are
today. Really ticks matteson off. Aloh3 is 14. He lives in Maryland. He reads
_Spin_ magazine as if it were the Utahn's _Book O' Mormon_ (no offense here).
Of couse, his address will tell it all :al...@aol.com (doesn't it just
figure?)
15. Ignatius Reilly: Pseudonym, natch. Idiotic poster, is the biggest slab of
flamebait (besides Aloh3) I've ever seen. Posteed something mildly worthwhile
ONCE about Pop Will Eat Itself. dpa...@silver.ucs.indiana.edu
16. Eric W. Blanchard: Had a historic net.truce with mc death. Again, one of
those folks who insist that they love me. Actually has decent things to say
when he's not trying to flex his (sorry, Eric, but I'm being honest) puny (but
nowhere near as achingly pathetic as that Ignatius Reilly jerk-off.......)
flaming musculature. Cool person, once he relaxes. Had a really cool post on
the topic of NIN "poseurs." A nice treatise, using his sister as an example.
Much better "idea" poster than flamer, has a real way to incite conversation.
blan...@next05.wor.wam.umd.edu
17. mippy: one of the Freenet generation, the mipster is an honest flamer. He
won't tell you you're a shithead like some of us will, but he'll tell you that
your ideas are shit, which, natch, they are. Is pretty damn goofy when he gets
in the mood, but then again, we all are. But R. Patrick is cooler than most.
He has a brain. Too bad he doesn't have a cool .sig <grin>. (I'm joking! Stop
that!) aka R. Patrick Arnold, fo...@cleveland.freenet.edu
18. J.E.R.K.: Posts of Jerk's need to be taken with a shitload of salt. I
don't think he believes in smileys, so interpret what he says as you will. I
personally think he's one of the last bastions of true sarcasm left in the
world. And "JERK" isn't just him being cute, it's apparently his actual
initials. Yup, no lie. Or something like that. Never a man to post flamebait,
unless it's misinterpretation. At least, I don't *THINK* I've ever flamed him.
3u94k...@vms.csd.mu.edu
19. Buck Satan: No, not the REAL Buck, but Buck. I think his real name is
chris or something. Buck's been around a loooooong time, he was an oldby when
I first hopped on the amnin. I don't know much about Buck's personality, I
read hisposts, but somehow, they're just like, I read the pseudo-address, and
I still laugh out loud. But Buck knows his shit. "Don't fuck with Buck, Buck
will fuck you up. Fuck Buck, do'." So yeah, take heed from words about the
O.B. (original buck , not the tampons. dirty minds.), and chill when you're
gonna flame the dude. I think he might know more about NIN than I do. Nut then
again, I could be wrong. PSEUDO-ADDRESS, NOT REAL. bu...@revco.ministry.com
20. devin tuffy: This is yet another of those old breed amninnies. Has
definite opinions, and is not afraid to get out a megaphone and stand a foot
in front of you, telling you EXACTLY what he wants you to hear. but beware
his breath, kids. Is anti-show-moshing and sneers contemptously at those who
mosh at shows like psychotic frat boys on speed. He also finally posted what
the known truth about Jeff Ward's (RIP) suicide is/was. Devin, Mike, Buck, and
jamie and jason seem to be those old-timers who know lots but don't post an
awful lot (well, except for Mike, and sometimes devin goes on these nutsoid
posting binges, but then he throws up, and he's okay). I guess they're just
bored or out eating pb and not telling us their preferences. Bastards.
tuf...@cii3112-14.its.rpi.edu
21. Andrew clegg: Attends Carnegie Mellon University, and although
proliferate, is a very bland young man. I keep seeing his name, but I have no
idea of what the hell he feels, thinks, or wants. I mean, I'm sure he's a nice
guy, but he's boring. So boring, I ddunno what his email address is. harumph.
22. Piggyfucker: Yes, this one is me. I like to flame, and I don't like it
when people don't trim long posts. Please email anything pertaining to this
FAQ-of-sorts to me (This is in no way THE FAQ. You get that from jamie.). This
is more of a listing of the prime posters to alt.music.nin. I tried to make it
without my typical digressions and banalities, but if you read devin's entry,
you'll see I failed miserably. Hope you like this.
Love,
piggyfucker
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_____________piggyfucker arm...@netcom.com_______________
"there's no one out there, no one like me..." -Sarah M.
Trent- "open my eyes wake up wake up wake up in flames!"
"here's mine: 'you haven't got laid in a long time-- in
bed.' Oh, I'm surprised. I didn't know that."
-John Stewart, having fortune cookies with
Quentin Tarantino