So who here is still alive?

[Xorcist]

I created this group in 1992.

Anyone still using it?

I'm just humbled it's still here.

<B>at

[Incubus]

Hello. I am still using the group, mainly to post book reviews in the absence
of any discussion.

Thank you for creating the group. It used to be an amazing place to hang
around.

[agc...@gmail.com]

I just stumbled across it again, for the first time in years. I used to lurk and occasionally post back in the late-'90s/early-2000s.

[Incubus]

I was active during that period. A few people have popped in very briefly from
time to time but there is no real traffic at all these days. 'Tis a shame.

[tana...@hushmail.com]

I have a knack for checking in on an old group about a year after the last post.

[Incubus]

I must be the only one who checks regularly.

[tana...@hushmail.com]

Does BJ still drop by? I remember she was running the board years ago when I was a regular.

[Incubus]

On 2020-03-31, tana...@hushmail.com <tana...@hushmail.com> wrote:
> On Tuesday, March 31, 2020 at 3:41:41 AM UTC-7, Incubus wrote:
>> On 2020-03-31, tana...@hushmail.com <tana...@hushmail.com> wrote:
>> > On Friday, May 3, 2019 at 6:14:20 PM UTC-7, Xorcist wrote:
>> >> I created this group in 1992.
>> >>
>> >> Anyone still using it?
>> >>
>> >> I'm just humbled it's still here.
>> >>
>> >> <B>at
>> >
>> > I have a knack for checking in on an old group about a year after the last post.
>>
>> I must be the only one who checks regularly.
>
> Does BJ still drop by? I remember she was running the board years ago when I was a regular.

I haven't seen her here for a long time. No one runs the group but she was the
maintainer of the FAQ.

[tana...@hushmail.com]

On Wednesday, April 1, 2020 at 9:28:40 AM UTC-7, Incubus wrote:
> >> I must be the only one who checks regularly.
> >
> > Does BJ still drop by? I remember she was running the board years ago when I was a regular.
>
> I haven't seen her here for a long time. No one runs the group but she was the
> maintainer of the FAQ.

Hi Incubus. I was a regular here for a while in the mid 2000s. How about you? We must have been posting here at different times. I may continue to check in occasionally just for fun. If you hear from BJ, please give her my regards. Thanks.

[Incubus]

I was here regularly from around Autumn of 1995 until the group effectively
died, although not always using the same name.

I will certainly pass on your regards if I hear from her.

[bj kuehl]

On Tuesday, March 31, 2020 at 9:19:29 AM UTC-5, tana...@hushmail.com wrote:
> Does BJ still drop by? I remember she was running the board years ago when I was a regular.

Thanks for asking. Yes, I'm still here. I lost access a few years ago when my computer crashed.I lost all my programs and had to have them replaced with new programs I'd never heard of. For a long time, I couldn't figure out how to use the new programs, but I recently figured out how to post through gmail, so I'm now back and kicking. Is anyone else still around?

BJ

[Marcovaldo]

BJ! Great to hear from you! Sorry to hear about your computer. Unfortunately, there seems to be very little activity on Usenet and that has been the case for many years. The victim of social media I assume. When I was posting regularly on this board, I remember it being mainly you, Elizabeth Miller and William R. Thompson (and me). I'm sure you heard about Elizabeth's passing. I don't know about William.

I have joined several Facebook groups pertaining to interests of mine, including horror, but mostly, people post screenshots with a few comments. I miss the long discussion threads that we used to have in the Usenet groups.

By the way, I want to say thank you. The TV show "Supernatural" has become one of my favorite shows of all time, and you introduced it to me. I had not heard of it until you posted a summary of an episode, I believe it was "Bloodlust", a vampire episode from season 2. After reading your post, I checked out the show and became hooked. So, thank you!

So how have you been?

[bj kuehl]

Marcovaldi, I'm sorry to say that I don't recognize your name, but you seem to have
been on a.v. before, and you seem to know me. Have you ever posted under another
name that I might recognize?

At any rate, I am glad to see you here. We (you, me, and Incubus) seem to have a
similar interest in the vampire in history and literature. I'm looking forward to the
topics we can discuss. I've missed the great discussion on this group that used
to take place. Maybe, if there are others lurking, they will unveil themselves and
join in.

[Incubus]

On 2023-07-05, Marcovaldo <tana...@hushmail.com> wrote:
> On Monday, July 3, 2023 at 3:06:23 PM UTC-7, bj kuehl wrote:
>> On Tuesday, March 31, 2020 at 9:19:29 AM UTC-5, tana...@hushmail.com wrote:
>> > Does BJ still drop by? I remember she was running the board years ago when I was a regular.
>> Thanks for asking. Yes, I'm still here. I lost access a few years ago
>> when my computer crashed.I lost all my programs and had to have them
>> replaced with new programs I'd never heard of. For a long time, I
>> couldn't figure out how to use the new programs, but I recently
>> figured out how to post through gmail, so I'm now back and kicking.
>> Is anyone else still around?
>>
>> BJ
> BJ! Great to hear from you! Sorry to hear about your computer.
> Unfortunately, there seems to be very little activity on Usenet and
> that has been the case for many years. The victim of social media I
> assume. When I was posting regularly on this board, I remember it
> being mainly you, Elizabeth Miller and William R. Thompson (and me).
> I'm sure you heard about Elizabeth's passing. I don't know about
> William.
>
> I have joined several Facebook groups pertaining to interests of mine,
> including horror, but mostly, people post screenshots with a few
> comments. I miss the long discussion threads that we used to have in
> the Usenet groups.

Facebook and Twitter really don't lend themselves to in-depth
discussion. What they are good for are slanging matches,
virtue-signalling and pretending to be someone you're not.

As someone once said to me, when using free services like Facebook, you
are the product. What you see is largely controlled by algorithms and
anything that goes against the orthodox narrative is easily buried, if
not outright removed because of "community standards". The whole thing
is an enormous datamining operation and with recent advances in AI, what
they can do with your information and how they can use it is terrifying
to anyone understands the implications.

[thell...@gmail.com]

I remember poetry, and peeps, and food/snowball/whatever-was-handy fights. This brings back some fantastic old memories.

I was (and still am) thello.

[bj kuehl]

On Thursday, July 6, 2023 at 12:03:53 PM UTC-5, thell...@gmail.com wrote:
> I remember poetry, and peeps, and food/snowball/whatever-was-handy fights. This brings back some fantastic old memories.
> I was (and still am) thello.

Let's not dwell on peeps and fights. Hopefully, we've all grown beyond that
childishness and come now to talk seriously about the vampire in film,
history, and literature. Xorcist would be proud to see that the group he
created for the discussion of the vampire was finally on track.

^Babyjinx^

[Marcovaldo]

I am in several groups on Facebook and, you're right, there doesn't seem to much interest in in-depth discussions.

There is a vampire subreddit that looks promising.

[bj kuehl]

On Tuesday, July 4, 2023 at 9:23:17 PM UTC-5, Marcovaldo wrote:

> BJ! Great to hear from you! I want to say thank you. The TV show "Supernatural" has become one of my favorite shows of all time, and you introduced it to me. I had not heard of it until you posted a summary of an episode, I believe it was "Bloodlust", a vampire episode from season 2. After reading your post, I checked out the show and became hooked. So, thank you!

IIRC, there have been at least three or four episodes on 'Supernatural" the featured vampires.
I used to like "Supernatural" when it ran during the first several years and featured a different
kind of mythical being in each episode. I kind of lost interest after the series got heavily into
the angel war stuff.

Another TV show I really liked was an episode of 'Star Trek' featuring a woman named Nancy
who sucked salt out of her victims. An then there was the honey-smelling cloud that sucked
blood from her victims.

So many good vampire movies in the past. What are your favorites? I particularly liked
'Dracula' played by Louis Jourdan. I remember watching that movie when I was flat in
a hospital bed after undergoing a C-section for the birth of one of my daughters. Okay,
I was high on pain killers, but Jourdain's Dracula could have taken me right then and
there and I wouldn't have cared.

^BabyJinx^

[Marcovaldo]

"Supernatural" had many vampire episodes (the show ran for 15 years!)

I remember that Louis Jourdan miniseries! It's one of the most faithful adaptations of the Stoker novel. I remember thinking it was a shame that Maurice Chevalier wasn't still around to play Van Helsing.

I like the classics: the Browning / Lugosi "Dracula", "Dracula's Daughter". Even "Son of Dracula" had its moments. "Nosferatu" and "Vampyr" are great silent classics. Modern movies that I like a lot include "Let the Right One In", "A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night".