Why that avatar?

[Yesspaz]

Sharc's idea in another thread: "I think a great new thread would be to Tell why they are their own Avatar......."

Um, ok, I'll go first. This is a rather boring promo shot of Oysterhead. I chose it to go along with my quote. I'll change it in August. Some of my previous avatars include my leg as photographed on July 8, 2003, Homestarrunner's Apple-style logo, bunnies giving the high-five, the logo from Alfred Hitchcock Presents, a blinking Darth Maul, a graphic of the United States with the red and blue counties highlighted, and I think that's it. I changed my avatar about once every six weeks.

[roger]

when I joined the moon there weren't many choices for avatars, and I debated between Leftoverture and Vangelis' Heaven and Hell, but chose the Kansas because that was the first album that really reached me, musically, and I will always feel it special. matter of fact, I think I'll put it on now...
:cool:

[KeithieW]

Roger was saying that he was thinking of choosing "Heaven and Hell". I'm glad he didn't because that's what I chose years ago for my Avatar.

I chose it because it sums things up for me. Life......Heaven and Hell. I'm lucky! Most of my life has been Heaven. OK, it's Hellish at the moment but it will bounce back. It always does. You Moon buds are a source of joy and inspiration.

[progdirjim]

My first avatar was Focus "Moving Waves", because I like the album, but moreso that the cover has a "San Diego" feel to it, and that's where I live.

Next was a photo from MXC, a hilarious TV show. It's the only mindless TV I watch.

Currently is a cartoonish Bruce Lee, because I train in martial arts regularly.

I'll change it again when I think of something else I like...

oh, and I kind of wish when you changed avatars, it only changed future posts and not past ones - it would be fun to see the progression in those who change them....

[Bob Lentil]

My avatar is the cover of Rush's Grace Under Pressure. I picked it, because it's probably my favorite album cover. I like the contrast of the cold sterility in the foreground and the turbulent chaos in the distance.

[mossy]

The image of the tree in full bloom as a kind of solitary proud figure, set amongst all that lovely landscape... always has been one of my fave Windham Hill cover art choices.

With all due respect to his unfortunate passing, it sums up for me what I sensed from Michael Hedge's music too...creative, strong, somewhat unbending to pressure to be anything but himself, still sympathetic and a part of his environment.

I just like it
:D

[kirk]

well... just BSP basically...:D

..i designed the cover.

[rob matheson]

...because I'd clashed with Mossy (oops!) But then I had a closer look and chose Watkins because it reminds me of the backgrounds of Fantastic Voyage (is that right? the late sixties one with Donald Pleasance and Sophia Loren as scientists who get shrunk to tiny and injected into some guy's bloodstream to battle a cancerous growth? Well...anyway...that one.) I remember watching that when I was little and I think that film - plus the glorious seventies Doctor Who - which plunged me into a love of science fiction and prog. By the way - I love being dubbed a 'junior' member. It's been a looooong time since I was a junior anything! :D

[teermin8r]

I picked mine because it's from a cartoon by the Toy Story group and was made on an Apple. I also love the cartoon 'For the Birds'.

PS - the girl in Fantastic Voyage was Raquel Welch. VaVoom!

[rob matheson]

Rachel Welch! THAT's who it was. Thinking back - how on earth did I forget HER?

I AM getting old. :p

[kirk]

haha...and you got donald pleasance?!?:eek:

k

[roger]

Fantastic Voyage (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060397/)

better yet... (http://www.divernet.com/history/pics/1003future.jpg)

[Rick and Roll]

what's wrong with Sophia Loren?

Glad you corrected that tee, I was away....

Donald Pleasance...:p

I used to have Songs From the Wood cause Tull's my fav..and like Roger, the choices were few at the time.

Then I cut and pasted a picture of Bootsy Collins with Doug Pinnick (King's X).

Now it's the cover of Discipline's "Unfolded Like Staircase", imo the greatest record ever done by a "non-established" act. It also goes along with my minimalistic tendancies.

Jim excellent point about the avatars being applied over every post.

[rob matheson]

I've just realised it's Donald PleasEnce not Donald PleasAnce. And by being smug and correcting it I'm admitting I got it wrong in the first place. :mad:

Anyhoo...kinda getting off the point.

Sorry.

[Rick and Roll]

Originally posted by rob matheson
I've just realised it's Donald PleasEnce not Donald PleasAnce. And by being smug and correcting it I'm admitting I got it wrong in the first place. :mad:

Anyhoo...kinda getting off the point.

Sorry.

It was only a few years ago that I finally mastered "separate" instead of "seperate". I won't hold not knowing the spelling of a bald character actor against you:D

[roger]

if I misspell Raquel Welch will you hold her against me?

:D

[Rick and Roll]

Originally posted by roger
if I misspell Raquel Welch will you hold her against me?

:D

only if like seconds....:eek:

[roger]

heh.
:cool:

[Yesspaz]

Originally posted by progdirjim
oh, and I kind of wish when you changed avatars, it only changed future posts and not past ones - it would be fun to see the progression in those who change them.... Ditto. There's a post in the thread about my leg after I'd just changed from Hitchcock to the blinking Darth Maul where Rick or Keith (can't remember) said it freaked them out because it blinked. Anytime a newbie asks me about my leg I link them there and I see that and wonder if they look at my current avatar waiting on it to blink...


Originally posted by newbie bob
By the way - I love being dubbed a 'junior' member. It's been a looooong time since I was a junior anything!That's default to new members. You can change that if you want to. Notice how everybody else has something like iPod Meister, Qoheleth the Wise, or The London Headbanger. Some folks have Senior Member or Super Poster, which along with Junior Member are default IDs until the person personalizes them. Go to "User CP" to change it.

[podakayne]

my first avatar was the Siren cover...love the water, the make-up, coloring, pose, etc., etc., etc. was gonna doctor ELP's giger cover BSS but opted for roxy. the giger showed up very briefly later, but i still didn't like it. early years of loving brian ferry & the boyz and wondering why jeri hall would ever give him up (had a girlfriend tell me he looked like wayne newton!)...but i guess we both moved on.

i love roxy music — lots of good memories and if i were a glam girl...i'd be a roxy. and i'll probably stick with those covers or something with that same feel...be glad i didn't choose bowie or todd rundgren....what is it about those skinny dudes geez.

anyway that's my story
:cool:

p.s. artboy sent me some quicktime of roxy and you know what...he did kinda look like wayne newton:D

[fremder99]

I picked the "jester" avatar from Steve Hackett's "Please Don't Touch" ... I guess there's a bit of the "inner clown" in me... Then I learned you could "set" your own, so I rummaged the net for something not in the Moon's catalog, and found a close-up (or close-up?? ;) ) of Rael.

The rubbed out mouth is pretty ironic considering how I babble here! :D

I suspect the mood will move me to change it again someday!

[dinosaur]

Mine's kinda obvious...I'm always smiling!:D

[moses]

Well... you'll find this boring. I picked Birds of Fire at first because I was probably in a Mahavishnu Orchestra mood at the time... I usually am.

This discussion prompted me to change it, so this should be my first post with Salem Hill's "Be" cover as the avatar. Why? It's a neat cover and I like the band. A lot.

[Rick and Roll]

Originally posted by moses
It's a neat cover and I like the band. A lot.

DId you see the Hillion weekend in Tennessee (on the website) in October?;)

[moses]

I did hear about that. I'm contemplating it, that's for sure!

[LususNåturae]

Well, I'm new so I had to choose one from the list. Now with this post, I should be able to come up with a new one shortly :D

[Rick and Roll]

Some.....shall I say...interesting people and pictures on your website. :D I'm sure you'll find one there.

Now a word to everyone from the other post......

Lusus, on his website, has Jethro Tull grouped under classic rock and Rush under "other".....it's official!

:p

[roger]

yeahbut, where's DT? :D

welcome, Lusus! :cool:

[KeithieW]

Originally posted by roger
yeahbut, where's DT? :D

Aaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhh !!!!!!!

You'll like it here Lusus. Great music but even better people. Welcome to the family that is Aural Moon.

[mossy]

welcome lusus!

hope you enjoy it here on the moon.

had a listen to the band "analog missionary" on your site.... me likey!

ta, mossy

[LususNåturae]

Thanks all for the welcome - I guess I need to 'splain a few things. I'm old school progressive. I love Rush but they don't fit in to how I define progressive, nor does Jethro Tull.

The term "Progressive" has always been used too widely, in my opinion, to lump artists into one group because the record companies lacked either vision or intrest in giving unique artists a special place in the medium. The same thing happens in visual arts I suppose... Like the terms "Modern" or "Abstract" or "Impressionism" - Clearly there are varied styles with in these groups.

I generally have to list myself as "English Style Progressive" so that people may know that I am referring to something similar to Genesis or Yes rather than Progressive metal or Jazz.

Now Dream Theater... I don't wish to offend anyone but they fall into a different group for me also. Rudess is probably one of the best keyboard players alive today but the music takes technique to the point of being unlistenable. I feel the same way about some of Emerson's playing. I'll say WOW at first and then get bored by staccato 32nd notes wizzing by in 13/8. I know this appeals to many, but not to me. There must be emotion being conveyed to reach me and often these are quiet musically uncomplicated moments.... The right note at the right time.

[Rick and Roll]

Originally posted by LususNåturae
Thanks all for the welcome - I guess I need to 'splain a few things. I'm old school progressive. I love Rush but they don't fit in to how I define progressive, nor does Jethro Tull.

The term "Progressive" has always been used too widely, in my opinion, to lump artists into one group because the record companies lacked either vision or intrest in giving unique artists a special place in the medium. The same thing happens in visual arts I suppose... Like the terms "Modern" or "Abstract" or "Impressionism" - Clearly there are varied styles with in these groups.

I generally have to list myself as "English Style Progressive" so that people may know that I am referring to something similar to Genesis or Yes rather than Progressive metal or Jazz.

Now Dream Theater... I don't wish to offend anyone but they fall into a different group for me also. Rudess is probably one of the best keyboard players alive today but the music takes technique to the point of being unlistenable. I feel the same way about some of Emerson's playing. I'll say WOW at first and then get bored by staccato 32nd notes wizzing by in 13/8. I know this appeals to many, but not to me. There must be emotion being conveyed to reach me and often these are quiet musically uncomplicated moments.... The right note at the right time.

Exactly LN, well said. I (and Ian Anderson does too) cringe at the term progressive for Tull. Same with Rush. I was just needling you cause of the discussion about what is prog. It is a sometimes fun but never ending debate.

I always thought the best DT period was with Kevin Moore. There wasn't as much pyrotechnics. Good point about the Technique. I find LTE lacking dynamics and just an all out balls to wall approach.

I'm going to copy your sentence again, because it is perfect:

The term "Progressive" has always been used too widely, in my opinion, to lump artists into one group because the record companies lacked either vision or interest in giving unique artists a special place in the medium.

The only thing I would tweak is including the casual listener along with the record companies.

[sharcnorris]

I was 16 in "69, I loved the Mellotron of the moodies, was brought up Beatles.
Woodstock, Bobby K., American Flag Papers. ... then this Layered, Textured, wall of Madness arrived. Even after Meddle, or Spirit, the Harim, this album was SO differant. I never stopped playing it,
I've never stopped playing it. This Lp created my taste for prog..
2000 recordings later it still defines my taste in sound, and me as well , ...I must say a mental image of the members is formed to me partially by their Avitar- RogorMortis for example:D
Thanx for the nod Spaz!

[Thor]

I'm a big Hawkwind fan and love the majestically poised figure in the image...?

The winged helmet reminds me of stylish viking wear...?

A photo of my manliness wouldn't fit within such a tiny box...?

A picture of Guinness beer wouldn't show up against the blue background...?

A naked picture of Kate Bush was unavailable...?

All of the above or none of the above.



:D

[VAXman]

Originally posted by sharcnorris
I was 16 in "69, I loved the Mellotron of the moodies, was brought up Beatles.
Woodstock, Bobby K., American Flag Papers. ... then this Layered, Textured, wall of Madness arrived. Even after Meddle, or Spirit, the Harim, this album was SO differant. I never stopped playing it,
I've never stopped playing it. This Lp created my taste for prog..
2000 recordings later it still defines my taste in sound, and me as well , ...I must say a mental image of the members is formed to me partially by their Avitar- RogorMortis for example:D
Thanx for the nod Spaz!

Speaking of the Moodies and the mellotron...

I saw The Moody Blues at Wolftrap on Saturday. For three old geezers, they can still pack 'em in.

However, they really don't sound as good as they used to... only three of them and some female extras which colored the harmonies in a way that just didn't sound like The Moody Blues. Also, and there's no excuse for this, the lack of mellotron sound. There are plenty of really good mellotron synthetics available that they shouldn't need to use strings, etc. that sound like a $99 Casio keyboard. Oh, and Graeme forgot the words to Higher and Higher.

[roger]

Originally posted by Thor A naked picture of Kate Bush was unavailable...?
I'm looking.... :cool:

[kirk]

hello lusus, and welcome! nice rig! ...i have more keys,
but you have more processors ;) actually, i mainly use software
for efx, a completely digital rig running sonar 4 pr.ed.,
sony sound forge, acid 4, cd architect.
if that comes up short, i'm checked out for use of studio
"B" at pacific studios tacoma.

do you have tunes posted that we can hear?

rick and i had the same discussion re: dream theatre
not 6 months ago, and i said the same thing.

they appear to have no gift for subtlety whatsoever,
lack any kind of emotional connection to the music or listener.
..maybe i was on the wrong drugs...:D

i've said it elsewhere, but IMO art w/o craft is pretentious,
craft w/o art is tedious and boring.

i never start off the writing process
w/ "gonna write a ____ tune". to me, that's just pandering to
an audience, nothing "progressive" about it.
IMO(again), "prog" becoming a recognized genre was
nearly a deathblow to the music further progressing.

p e a c e

kirk/zenpool

[Roger -Dot- Lee]

Ah yes, Avatars.

I'd say something profound about mine, except for the fact that I chose it because a) I like Yes, b) I thought the colors were cool, and c) I like Yes.

I've seen Yes in concert more than any other group (six times since 1992).

Although the best was, by far, Pink Floyd.

[kirk]

oops! sorry to go so far off thread dot!...
of course, the good ones always do, eh?:cool:
you know...had to make nice w/ the newbie..

that's not dean is it? i don't recognize the piece.

YES holds the record for me also, some 12 times over
the years, beginning w/ the topographic oceans tour.

the mark of a diehard fan~i caught them twice in
support of that god-awful "open your eyes" cd. :p

i almost threw something when i heard "man in the moon".

pees

k

[progdirjim]

Originally posted by Roger Lee
Ah yes, Avatars.

I'd say something profound about mine, except for the fact that I chose it because a) I like Yes, b) I thought the colors were cool, and c) I like Yes.

I've seen Yes in concert more than any other group (six times since 1992).

Although the best was, by far, Pink Floyd.

but isn't your avatar from a Jean-Luc Pointy album?

[progdirjim]

specifically...

[kirk]

good eye jim!

[Roger -Dot- Lee]

Originally posted by progdirjim
but isn't your avatar from a Jean-Luc Pointy album?

Indeed it appears to be. I thought it was from Tales of a Topographic or one of those. Ah well, that's OK. Kirk sent me a replacement that R0xx0rz my b0xx0rz

Roger -Dot- Lee, figuratively speaking, that is...

[Roger -Dot- Lee]

New Avatar, with a hearty nod to Kirk.

Roger -Dot- Lee

[kirk]

glad to be of service! :cool:

[Rick and Roll]

for a second. I just checked the forums after an absence.

I was reding RL's post in the other forum and the Yes avatar was there, then I went to this one.

Since the avatars change for every post ever done, I'm looking at Jim's post about "isn't that Ponty'? and saying, "no that's Yes". I see now. At the time it was Mystical Adventures. Great record.

Phew....now that THAT's settled:p :eek:

Hearty nod? Is that like hearty soup? And does that mean we can pick his brain?

[sharcnorris]

Saw his moving "Human Torch" Avatar this week, I'm a sucker for great special eFfects,I Like It !!
Yes- only 6, but Last was with Porcupine Tree 2 years agoWhat a double-bill !!
DR. DOT-- Roger Dean in the best . You can't lose. What? no Frazetta available?

[Roger -Dot- Lee]

Originally posted by sharcnorris
Saw his moving "Human Torch" Avatar this week, I'm a sucker for great special eFfects,I Like It !!
Yes- only 6, but Last was with Porcupine Tree 2 years agoWhat a double-bill !!
DR. DOT-- Roger Dean in the best . You can't lose. What? no Frazetta available?

I don't know. Kirk sent me this, and I liked it. So I resized it, stuffed it, and, as they say, Bob's your uncle.

Originally posted by Rick and Roll
Hearty nod? Is that like hearty soup? And does that mean we can pick his brain?

Maybe. At least I hope so. Once I get a little better with the mixing and composing stuff on my Mac, I fully intend on picking his brain for how to make it sound like it wasn't done by someone who didn't have the first clue what he was doing (assisted by his well intentioned 12 year old step daughter and supervised by his Severe Macaw)

Roger -Dot- Lee

[kirk]

..speaking of the human torch~ anyone one else
charged to see the fantastic four? woooo!!!!

my first issue was #4 !

btw- i caught "batman begins" on the IMAX!!

-comichead kirk :cool:

[sharcnorris]

Comics are my other past life, Finally the 4 !!!, Spidy #4 my 1st,
6000 books later, haven't sold a one.......Makes GREAT Fantasy !!!!!!
FLAME ON!!!!

[kirk]

i remember seeing FF #1 on the rack.. i passed on it,
because of the "FINFANGFOOM"- looking monster...ouch.

i bought my usual allowance worth of the dc stuff.

do the voice-"worst trade ever! :(

i've owned amazing fantasy #15 (1st spidey appearance)
3 times over the years
(i owned the largest comics shop on the west coast in the 80's).
i think the earliest spidey i have now is #10.

i've parred the collection down to around 80 of the
acid free long boxes, a little over 200,000 pieces.

next to get the treatment is iron man i hear!
tom cruise as tony stark.

k

[Rick and Roll]

Originally posted by Roger Lee
I don't know. Kirk sent me this, and I liked it. So I resized it, stuffed it, and, as they say, Bob's your uncle.


Roger -Dot- Lee

Bob's your uncle? Sounds like that Moon band, Bob's Your Monster.....

[Roger -Dot- Lee]

Originally posted by Rick and Roll
Bob's your uncle? Sounds like that Moon band, Bob's Your Monster.....

I thought the offical Aural Moon band name was "Astropr0n Delivery System".

[roger]

you comic book aficionados might enjoy this:

John Byrne (http://www.stratacafe.com/profiles/profile_detail.asp?profileID=1427)

I used to do some 3d, John is quite a character. :D

[Yesspaz]

started with avatars and now we're talking comic books. I'm game. Anyone else pissed at the rumors around the third X-Men movie? Fox idiots...

[sharcnorris]

Kirk is a comic king, while I Only have 40 long boxes, He's the guytype I traded with for years. I have Everycopy of everyMarvel publication from '64 to '85, I worked for Eastern Color Printing( the physical Printer of all those beauties) in the '70's. here in central Ct. Then I shut the Boxes. Loved the Art,-Wrightson, Starlin, Russell, collected by the Love of creativity.

the Movies have been Hit & Miss... Here's hopin'

[Yesspaz]

Ok, well, since my leg is already in the gallery, I put up a banal picture of Oysterhead for July.

[sharcnorris]

Originally posted by Yesspaz
I put up a banal picture of Oysterhead for July. Maybe Banal but they are all wearing socks!

[rob matheson]

What are these rumours about the third X-Men movie? And what's the problem involving Fox?

Rob

[kirk]

the only thing i've heard, is that brian singer isn't
doing it, director mathew vaughn quit, now brett
(rush hour) ratner's directing.

one cool (weird?) note- kelsey grammer's been cast
as hank mccoy/the beast.
if you know the character's personality, he's perfect.

yesspaz, what have you heard?
-----------------------------

fantastic four was decent, a good job bringing
tough characters to life. the origin ate up a good chunk of the movie.
chiklis's "thing" stole the picture IMO, spot on.

k

[kirk]

k

[Yesspaz]

If you like X-Men, weep for this franchise. I've got to run now, but I'll fill in the details later.
:confused:

[podakayne]

i love kevs new avatar...that rockin burning man!

[Yesspaz]

Originally posted by Yesspaz
If you like X-Men, weep for this franchise. I've got to run now, but I'll fill in the details later.
:confused: Ok, apparently Fox has never known what to do with the X-Men franchise. They never believed in it because it breaks many cardinal rules, specifically "too many stars" and "too many characters." Fortunately for them, Bryan Singer is a moviemaker who knows what he's doing. But since the franchise started, Halle Berry and Hugh Jackman's stock, and salary, has risen. Fox dilly-dallied getting X3 made, so Warner Bros. seized the opportunity and lured Bryan Singer away with the carrot that is Superman. So, now X3 will not be made by a "moviemaker," but by a "corporation." What I mean by that is Singer respects the characters and story, but he's gone, leaving the franchise in the hands of Fox Suits. Fox knows that the franchise is a cash cow, but they care more about dollars than story, naturally. The script has gone through no less than six rewrites, with different script doctors doing it each time, some of which have "instructions" from Fox to increase the "star's" screen time in order to insure they come back. For instance, Halle Berry is demanding less working hours + more screen time, and since Halle Berry is the biggest star in the X-Men franchise, she gets it. Fox ultimately cares about the final dollar count, and Berry is a box-office draw - hence the reasoning behind... Well, you can read it for yourself at the links below. SPOILER alert if you do - you've been warne. Suffice it to say, Fox is desecrating my favorite comic book series. Off with their heads.

Upcoming Movies (http://movies.yahoo.com/mv/upcoming/)
Ain't It Cool News (http://www.aint-it-cool-news.com/) foul language on this site.

Oh, and Singer's Superman Returns is going well. Lex Luthor will be played by Kevin Spacey, and Zod by Jude Law. Great casting both times.


Superman Returns page at Upcoming Movies (http://movies.yahoo.com/shop?d=hp&cf=prev&id=1808406108)
Superman V (http://www.superman-v.com/)
Blue Tights (http://www.bluetights.net/)
A Picture of Superman (http://movies.yahoo.com/shop?d=hv&id=1807839024&cf=pg&photoid=569734&intl=us)

[podakayne]

watch the next installment fall flat...shame. i use to be a real voracious comic reader, collector into my early teens...still have a box of vintage DC (mostly) comics. love the genre, was my first artistic love, had my own league of super women (the JLA didn't have enought—and hated Wonder woman, but i had her as a member anyway)

ahhh the memories...wonder where those comic books are too!

poda
:rolleyes:

p.s. thanks for the info links Yesspaz:)

[sharcnorris]

Thanx for the dismal update, FF mytholgy twisted in the new movie as usual. the Puppet Master must have been Vin Ryames.
Still, I thought Ben was great , the torch Hot, the ending....
Popcorn was great. My Favorite Wrightson creation went big screen, and...plop. Sometimes a supergem appears(spidy1) but usually we get a Catwoman, or a Swampthing

[progdirjim]

uh, as a non X-man fan I don't have a huge problem with Halle Berry screen time...:p

(but I feel your pain. That would be like Vivendi buying Aural Moon and featuring Britney Spears or something, to put it in terms I can understand...)

[sharcnorris]

Originally posted by kirk
k KIRK, I change my desktop weekly and find fantasy art everywhere, NOW HERE? Thanx for the poster!

[Roger -Dot- Lee]

Originally posted by progdirjim
(but I feel your pain. That would be like Vivendi buying Aural Moon and featuring Britney Spears or something, to put it in terms I can understand...)

nnnnggggg.....

nnnnnngggggGGGGGG....


NNNNGGGGGAAAAAAAAAIIIIIEEEEEE*paf* (head explodes)

I'm sorry, but the only acceptable way to listen to Britney Spears is with the mute function engaged.

Roger -Dot- Lee, Ugh. Just ... Ugh.

[rob matheson]

Thanks to YessPaz for xplaining the xmen problems. Hmmm...now I wait with trepidation instead of enthusiasm. :mad:

Rob

[RogorMortis]

Funny things get talked about here.

Thats why I chose mine from a Greenslade cover - The mask

Put on a mask with everone else.

Problem is the wife is howling I don't remember to take it off again.

[RogorMortis]

Funny things get talked about here.

Thats why I chose mine from a Greenslade cover - The mask

Put on a mask with everone else.

Problem is the wife is howling I don't remember to take it off again.

[Yesspaz]

Back to avatars, I'm getting stoked about the new King's X album, and so I've put a Tape Head era photo up.

[progzealot]

I chose my avatar for two reasons; I live in the country on 5 acres and it reminds me of my home base and Michael Hedges was one of the most amazing guitarists ever and died an unfortunate early death, so it's a bit of a homage to him.

Got a problem with that? :bang!:

[DamoXt7942]

For me, this avatar is very memorable.
5 years ago we family went to Japanese whisky distillery.
We (especially I) could get fresh air, woody flavour and tasty whisky...excellent atmosphere!
This memory's always takin' me by storm.

Of course, the man on the avatar is me. :winkies:

Thank you.

[jrstudioboss]

Meerkats are cool! I took this at the "fellow earthlings wildlife center" in Morongo Valley, CA where you can adopt one of the little buggers, visit with them, and feed them, they're a trip! Besides, you don't want to see my ugly mug.

[drgeorge]

Sometimes I feel like that.

[Dark Side]

Well...my son and I...what else can I say? I love him very much.

[DEzerov]

"The present-day composer refuses to die" Frank may have considered Varese a muse. I consider Frank as one of mine. What the fcuk...

[carlos77]

Mine...This one remains in my msn avatar too...Besides of liking very much the record...Most of the time I feel like this (Lone among many ppl even with my own friends)...

[Ted]

Well,

why this avatar.

I have several - and I change occasionally... I did the green beard to start with... seemed to fit with everything going on when I joined.

Then came the christmas I played Santa - real white beard and all...

Now I have a wonderful bluebonnet picture of my lovely wife and myself, taken by my daughter... my beard is still growing... probably need to update my pic again... but who knows... I kinda like this picture.

later, tater...

Regards from Texas,
Ted

[roger]

whoa! major necro!

[progdirjim]

I change mine, but only occasionally. This current one just makes me laugh: "I am a bomb technician. If you see me running try to keep up."

I started with Focus' Moving Waves, since it looks like an ocean and I have always lived less than a mile from salt water (except college in Ohio). I've had my dog; Mona Lisa with a party hat; a scene from MXC (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MXC);and a graphic of a martial arts hand clasp. Other than the martial arts (5+ years of training), most of the rest involve my omnipresent, though sometimes eyebrow raising, sense of humor.

[Lellu]

Well,
my beard is still growing...
Ted

I finally get to say this...

Your beard is among the greatest ones I've ever seen! (Needless to say that I envy you for that. Why does my hair grow limit to a light moustache!)

Back to the topic:

My avatar is a character from one of the oldest piece of literature, Gilgamesh from the epic of Gilgamesh. I haven't actually read it but it certainly is in my books-to-read-next list... Here's a wikipedia link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epic_of_Gilgamesh

ps. The picture was found by randomly googling "gilgamesh"

[Ted]

I finally get to say this...

Your beard is among the greatest ones I've ever seen! (Needless to say that I envy you for that. Why does my hair grow limit to a light moustache!)

Back to the topic:

My avatar is a character from one of the oldest piece of literature, Gilgamesh from the epic of Gilgamesh. I haven't actually read it but it certainly is in my books-to-read-next list... Here's a wikipedia link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epic_of_Gilgamesh

ps. The picture was found by randomly googling "gilgamesh"

Lellu,

Thank you! Nice complement! My beard grows... this is the first time I haven't shaved it off during the summer and it hasn't been as hot as I expected it to be. The growth maybe due to my higher protein, low carb diet (to help control my diabetes), or maybe it is just genetics - my father never had a beard or moustache - he didn't like it "curling in on itself and making him itch" - and none of my mother's brothers ever wore much facial hair... although, my brother had (and I think still does) have a wicked handle bar moustache - he waxes it and everything... me, I don't wear a moustache... my wife doesn't like kissing one!

Oh well, enough about a beard...

Just wanted to thank you!! And cool avatar that you have!!

Regards from Texas,
Ted

[OverHillandDale]

Wanted to show my leanings to the Yes camp, and I'm huge fan of Roger Dean. This is a lesser known work.

Ted - I think you're just trying to get in with the ZZ Top crowd. :eureka: Now they could use a professional Cowbell player.

[progzealot]

Wanted to show my leanings to the Yes camp, and I'm huge fan of Roger Dean. This is a lesser known work.

Ted - I think you're just trying to get in with the ZZ Top crowd. :eureka: Now they could use a professional Cowbell player.

GOTTA HAVE COWBELL BABY !! :dogpile:

[Ted]

GOTTA HAVE COWBELL BABY !! :dogpile:

Oh well.... being cowbell challenged, I guess ZZTop will just have to take me as I am!

Woo Hoo!

Regards from Texas,
Ted

[dinosaur]

It is I, the fossilized guy. (From a self-portrait, well...an attempt at one, many years ago.)

[sharcnorris]

=8^O =8^O =8^O Vibrant, Thoughtfull, Strikingly Handsome. That guy in Kansas just looks Badass.........=8^O =8^O =8^O

[progzealot]

=8^O =8^O =8^O Vibrant, Thoughtfull, Strikingly Handsome. That guy in Kansas just looks Badass.........=8^O =8^O =8^O


Easy Dorthy.... :smirk:

[eloy1964]

I chose the album cover of Eloy 'Planets' (Heavy Metal Records version) because i loved the album and i used to have it as a bedroom poster in my influential youth! I loved the album and it started me exploring progressive rock, moving away from the heavy metal influence of my teens. I have to admit that it was a mistake purchase at the time - I thought it was going to be a heavy metal album given the name of the record company!!

[MrMagoo]

Umm, obviously? :eureka:

[GORT]

my avatar is because it's my favorite scifi movie...'nuf said:winkies:

[gr8sho92]

In a lot of cases reading through this whole thread for the first time (of course context is lost from '05 if the author changed their avatar) a person will pick album art for their avatar, and mine fits that genre.

Premiata Forneria Marconi's Live in USA was my first prog record bought new when released on the Numero Uno label. It was the thing to do at that time of my life and I was living near Roma circa 1972-1975. The fact that the album was recorded in the US by an italian band holds even more meaning for me now, but at the time it was cool because it tied me back to my land of birth.

When I noticed PFM being played on AM, it grabbed me. Back in the day, Alta Loma 5 till 9 was a song that I knew was special but as a teenager I didn't fully grasp. Now to find people all around the world that hold this song as a favorite makes it all the more special.

PFM continues to perform in Italy and it is an ambition of mine to see them. Having Pagani and Premoli participate would be a bonus.

[Toccata]

At the beginning I wrote my username wrong (Tocatta) and like Avatar the (cover of Selling England..), because was my first LP progressive rock)!!
Later I repair my username as Toccata ( Braind Sallad.. of ELP) and an
Avatar (a black horse ahead ), because it was always an animal that I liked and as the progressive rock is! A loose animal in motion always ahead! :rockband:

[museman]

I have been a TD fan since 1971 and Edgar seems to have led this remarkable band

[Yesspaz]

My latest avatar? Because I like headphones.

[KeithieW]

My latest avatar? Because I like headphones.
I miss your show Spaz.....how about doing another one?

Even if it's one a month it would be good.

[Yesspaz]

I miss your show Spaz.....how about doing another one?

Even if it's one a month it would be good.Thanks, KW.

Once a month would be the way to go, and it'd be a better product, for sure, and only one hour. However, there are two things.

First, it'd be up to Jim and VAX.

Second, it'd have to be sometime later for sure, since I don't have an ISP at home. I am a wi-fi hot-spot guy these days.

Who knows, maybe someday?

:headscrat

[carlos77]

Replaced my Tangent avatar in favor of this one...Guess you might know this charachter: Mafalda... The little girl that expressed some funny and true statements about life, politics and human behaviour...My homage to this charachter, her creator and their funny strips that still to this day appears in the newspaper...

The meaning a little bit difficult to translate since is a game of words (latin-spanish)

[Dark Side]

Que buena Mafalda!!!!

[Dark Side]

352

"It's incredible all the things that a pencil can have inside. Isn't it?" Guille (Mafalda's little brother)

[kirk]

Showing off the rig ;)

K

[carlos77]

352

"It's incredible all the things that a pencil can have inside. Isn't it?" Guille (Mafalda's little brother)



One of my favorites ;)

[Dark Side]

Carlitos...don´t forget when Manolito use the kids's chair to advertise his father's store!