i wonder what it's like out there, off the internet
― i will never make a typo ever again (Karl Malone), Friday, 28 June 2019 05:43 (five years ago) link
I liked his taste in books, too.
― And according to some websites, there were “sexcapades.” (James Morrison), Friday, 28 June 2019 06:24 (five years ago) link
Scott was, is, and will forever remain awesome.
― pomenitul, Friday, 28 June 2019 07:55 (five years ago) link
Hope he is doing well
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 28 June 2019 11:34 (five years ago) link
I miss Lex. His taste generally could not be more different than mine and his argument style sometimes frustrated me, but this is a poorer place for his absence.
― Mazzy Tsar (PBKR), Friday, 28 June 2019 15:03 (five years ago) link
Mixed feelings: anyone not sharing his particular enthusiasms was deemed ‘negative’, he was sometimes over-dismissive of other people’s views, and he was quick to denounce people as ‘idiots’ when tbh they were sometimes posting at a higher level of knowledge.
― Luna Schlosser, Friday, 28 June 2019 15:19 (five years ago) link
xp I've learned so much over the years from ILM as a whole and from a great many posters with crazy levels of specialized knowledge, but to me Scott was maximum ILM: deep knowledge of way too many genres, extraordinarily wide taste, and endless listening enthusiasm. Scott, we salute you.
― Brad C., Friday, 28 June 2019 16:06 (five years ago) link
Lex was awful
Scott was great
― Οὖτις, Friday, 28 June 2019 16:20 (five years ago) link
I will prefer to believe Scott just found better things to do
― Οὖτις, Friday, 28 June 2019 16:21 (five years ago) link
lex was the ying to geir hongro's yang. both strident warriors for pop music as they understood it. both kind of annoying, though lex has the upper hand because i guess if you shared his enthusiasms his posts were good to read?
most infuriating aspect of lex's posting for me: posts about how he literally could not cook a meal, and him not enjoying literally anything that could be classed as comedy.
scott seward is a canonical ilx poster, hope his lack of posting means he's busy doing something better.
― VAR me to the end of yawn (jim in vancouver), Friday, 28 June 2019 16:24 (five years ago) link
sorry for using literally twice in one post
i lost all remaining shreds of respect for the lex when he admitted that he didnt know what a potato looked like
― . (Michael B), Friday, 28 June 2019 16:26 (five years ago) link
wait was lex the "taste's very strange" guy all along
― don't mock my smock or i'll clean your clock (silby), Friday, 28 June 2019 16:30 (five years ago) link
― . (Michael B), Friday, June 28, 2019 9:26 AM (five minutes ago) Bookmark
my word
― VAR me to the end of yawn (jim in vancouver), Friday, 28 June 2019 16:32 (five years ago) link
he didnt know what a potato looked like
wait...no. no. this can't be right
― i will never make a typo ever again (Karl Malone), Friday, 28 June 2019 16:32 (five years ago) link
what about mr potato head??
― i will never make a typo ever again (Karl Malone), Friday, 28 June 2019 16:33 (five years ago) link
I like the dogs vs. children lex debate.
― Evan, Friday, 28 June 2019 16:33 (five years ago) link
imagine looking at mr potato head and having no idea what he represented
― i will never make a typo ever again (Karl Malone), Friday, 28 June 2019 16:34 (five years ago) link
Well, heads don't have arms so the whole thing is very confusing.
― Evan, Friday, 28 June 2019 16:36 (five years ago) link
Lex's most irritating habit was to loudly and proudly proclaim his ignorance about all manner of things, as if it was some kind of bold political stance and not the braying of a cloistered moron
― Οὖτις, Friday, 28 June 2019 16:53 (five years ago) link
how’d you like it if someone brayed your cloisters bud
― flopson, Friday, 28 June 2019 16:55 (five years ago) link
the potato story is ill-told in that post
― mark s, Friday, 28 June 2019 17:00 (five years ago) link
Lex was one of the few posters I was aware of before coming on here as he had written a mean review of a friend's music, and I found him objectionable at first, however I have come around to his pov on quite a lot of music since then. Only thing I'd stick on is his enthusiasm for hating things, it seemed like his main motivation when it came to music and this is something I will never get my head around. Some of his posts are absolute gold of course.
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Friday, 28 June 2019 17:00 (five years ago) link
Although he pops up on very rare occasions, I miss the urbane, humorous, compassionate and sensible presence of Michael White.
― A is for (Aimless), Friday, 28 June 2019 17:04 (five years ago) link
Judging from twitter, Lex is a good cook now, and has even cooked potatoes? Could probably get him back if there was an I Love Tennis.
― change display name (Jordan), Friday, 28 June 2019 17:07 (five years ago) link
fuckin what
― don't mock my smock or i'll clean your clock (silby), Friday, 28 June 2019 17:10 (five years ago) link
Lex was v v otm on stand-up comedy.
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 28 June 2019 17:12 (five years ago) link
lex just disliked "comedy" writ large tho
― VAR me to the end of yawn (jim in vancouver), Friday, 28 June 2019 17:18 (five years ago) link
obv standup is mainly vile
Thought it was mostly stand-up. His sense of comedy wasn't the greatest - I remember praise for Marina Hyde.
But given how reactionary so many of those ppl are...his instincts on it were otm.
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 28 June 2019 17:33 (five years ago) link
i met Ade/Hungry4Ass last night! wot a sweetheart
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Friday, 28 June 2019 17:34 (five years ago) link
legend
― omar little, Friday, 28 June 2019 17:35 (five years ago) link
otm
― Ambient Police (sleeve), Friday, 28 June 2019 17:36 (five years ago) link
hungry4ass is my favourite ilx username i think
― VAR me to the end of yawn (jim in vancouver), Friday, 28 June 2019 17:37 (five years ago) link
seward good hungry4ass good
― godfellaz (darraghmac), Friday, 28 June 2019 17:38 (five years ago) link
so did they live up to the username or
― don't mock my smock or i'll clean your clock (silby), Friday, 28 June 2019 17:38 (five years ago) link
xp actually h4a was a major asshole and posted a lot of racist, misogynistic, hateful shit (maybe just to be "edgy") -- hopefully he's not like that irl
― sarahell, Friday, 28 June 2019 17:41 (five years ago) link
its a game of opinions trevor i mean i managed to not mention the other cunt tbf
― godfellaz (darraghmac), Friday, 28 June 2019 17:43 (five years ago) link
i'm sure many of our worst posts are regrettable (mine are), but i don't recall "a lot" of that
xp
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Friday, 28 June 2019 17:44 (five years ago) link
sore thumbs have a way of overshadowing other body parts
― A is for (Aimless), Friday, 28 June 2019 17:45 (five years ago) link
i don't even miss sb-ing that fool, speaking of which ... will neb come back?
― sarahell, Friday, 28 June 2019 17:49 (five years ago) link
i mean, H4A aint perfect; he likes football
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Friday, 28 June 2019 17:52 (five years ago) link
true
― k3vin k., Friday, 28 June 2019 18:06 (five years ago) link
scott's posts were a huge influence on me. i like to think he's just found more fulfilling outlets.
lex was funny and a glimpse into a world of gay i've never known but have always been fascinated by.
camaraderie at arms length is, i think, a new-ish poster who i am very much enjoying.
― cheese canopy (map), Friday, 28 June 2019 18:10 (five years ago) link
i do miss lex -- his antipathy for small children and comedy exceeded even mine!
― sarahell, Friday, 28 June 2019 18:14 (five years ago) link
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― Evan, Friday, 28 June 2019 18:16 (five years ago) link
Not a lot, just the correct amount of racist misogynist hateful shit, the correct amount being “enough for other posters to notice that that’s what you do”. That amount, a good amount.
― shhh / let peaceful like things (wins), Friday, 28 June 2019 18:20 (five years ago) link
enough for sarahell's moronic woke judgments. Be sure to throw shit on me when I'm dead.
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Friday, 28 June 2019 18:21 (five years ago) link
i'm homophobic too
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Friday, 28 June 2019 18:22 (five years ago) link
yes we know
― cheese canopy (map), Friday, 28 June 2019 18:23 (five years ago) link