Welcome, newcomers!

[Mercurial]

All those fantastic T-shirts sold out on the night.

Aww. That's what I figured, but can't blame a girl for tryin'!

[tiredoldwhiteman]

Tks for the greeting...Stumbled here from the "Tiny House Blog," a story there about the Nutmeg of Consolation. Interesting place you have here. Think I'll stick around a while, warm my hands by the fire and otherwise sit quietly and learn (Mark Twain once said, "Its better to keep your mouth closed and thought a fool rather than open it and remove all doubt.").

Now off to spend a bit of me pension on a bit of good music...

[korky123]

Now off to spend a bit of me pension on a bit of good music...

But what a lovely way to spend your dockets! A big welcome to you!

[Dooley]

Shame this didn't come up before the weekend as Thomas threw a few of them into the crowd, we could have grabbed a couple for you!

SON OF A..... Someone's gonna git their ankle chewed for this!

[Sephy's song]

Hello Sephy from beautiful Belfair Washington. Have been a fan for years, but since I turned 50 I have become even more fond of Mr Dolby and his amazing works. I realize I have much to catch up on, but I know I will enjoy every second of it. Hope to learn much about his music. Off to listen to my old disc of The Flat Earth.

[korky123]

Welcome, Sephy! Nice to see yet another Northwesterner here at the forum! Feel free to contribute to any threads here, or even start one of your own. We're very talkative 'round here!

~Korky

[Dooley]

Hi Sephy and welcome

[robertmcunningham]

Hello from Lowell, Massachusetts, I have been a Thomas Dolby fan since the '80's, but had lost track of him- not his fault, but mine. I was thinking about the '80's, new wave, punk, heavy metal, then he just poped into my brain, so I did a search on him, and here I am. I have been doing this for the past year, searching for bands that I loved from the '50's, '60's, '70's, '80's up to today. I was also looking for jazz, pop, classical, gospel, country stars as well. Still am. My main instrment is guitar, but I also play keyboards, drums, bass,clarinet, and violin. I love being the multi-instrmentist. My first grade music teacher told me that a good musician listens to what is out there- she passed away recently, so to honor her memory, I listen to what is out there now, some of it is crap, but if there is a melody, I will listen to it.

[korky123]

Welcome to the FES, Robert. I'm glad you found us! Stay a while, and post often. We enjoy a really good chat.

~Korky

[HyreOne]

Hey from York, SC. I used to be a lurker on the Alloy list when I lived in St. Albans, WV. Thought I'd just check in here and see what's going on.

[Dooley]

Hi H'O', welcome to the forum

[randy]

New to forum. Aliens ate my Buick in every shuffle since I first heard. Big Mind's Eye fan. Anxious to hear Amerikana.
Randy from MN

[warbirdali]

Howdy to all, Just joined so only 4 years + behind the times, lots of catching up to do (while at work, naturally) Now I need to create a profile and go back in time to old posts. Grew up in Manchester, saw TMDR at the Hacienda back in the day (wearing a "heavy metal" wig and a keyboard guitar making fun of Metal and yet doing excellent "riffs") then moved to Memphis, Tennessee where I -yes it's true- MISSED him playing at the now-defunct EP Delta Lounge. I found out about it a day later and was truly upset! Oh well, time to put my reading glasses on and catch up... from what I heard over the years Thomas moved to LA, married a soap opera star, bought a lane then singlehandedly invented cellphones.... or something!

[MondoJohnny]

Welcome to EVERYONE! Also no one feel like they have to be mousy! Go nuts this place needs a little action if you ask me!

[solarneutrino]

Hi, just joined. Love the photography / art for Amerikana. The feel to me is like a natural progression from other releases. Thanks, Thomas for actually doing it. I have always enjoyed all of the music you made, and never really stopped listening. That's not because I never moved on from the 80's either. Most of what I listen to is new releases - so the fact I keep coming back to your work means it is timeless to me rather than nostalgic.

[MondoJohnny]

You can say that again solar! Welcome o the Flat Earth. Its good to see you! Get settled in!

[korky123]

Welcome, Solar, welcome!!

[Mark Oppenneer]

Thomas Dolby was my soundtrack growing up. What a treat to enter such a community now! Looking forward to perusing and participating - and listening to Amerikana which has just now finished downloading.

Cheers,
Mark

[Merujo]

Welcome to the Flat Earth Society, Mark! Pull up a chair and make yourself comfy. You're not alone with the "Dolby soundtrack for living" around here. I try to imagine what high school and college would have been without TMDR, and it's not quite possible!

BTW, just briefly visited your website in your sig line - I'll need to hunker down and give it a read, but just from a design standpoint, I like it.

Cheers,

Merujo
www.merujo.com

[MondoJohnny]

Hi Mark! Welcome to the Flat Earth! I can't wait to hear what you think of the new EP. Luckily there is a public forum for that kind of thing!

[Mark Oppenneer]

Thanks for the welcome Merujo and MondoJohnny.

Also, thanks for following the link to my music site, Merujo. For the record, I take only a spoonful of credit for the site design - it's a Wordpress installation using the ThreatToCreativity. Oddly, for as much I listened to Thomas Dolby throughout my life, I can't profess to him being a musical influence.

Cheers,
Mark

p.s. loving Amerikana... could hear another collaboration with Jerry Garcia if he were still alive.

[WombatNeil]

Hello,

WombatNeil from Kalamazoo, MI here. I'm a friend of Paul Sizer who's been doing some design work for Mr. Dolby and he's been telling me about what's going on over here, so I thought I'd check it out.

Thanks.

[Dooley]

Wombat! Welcome!

Tell Paul to pay us a visit. Just because he's best friends with Thomas now doesn't mean he can't pop by now and then!

[maryann]

Greetings to Sephy, Robert, HyreOne, randy, warbirdali, solarneutrino, wombat, mark and randy!

wow, that was alot of names, hope i didnt leave anyone out.

[newvox]

Yes, welcome all newbies to the best corner of The Flat Earth.

[Drewid]

Hiya.
Long Time Dolby fan currently residing near Oxford UK.

Another one who grew up with the first albums on repeat play.
I still have a magazine from 1984 which I kept because of the TMDR interview/cover. (OneTwoTesting, a now defunct musicians magazine.)

[Daniel Hebenthal]

Thanks very mush for your 'moderation?'. I have been a fan since discovering Mr. Dolby's music in 1984 in high school. The Flat Earth album got me through some rough times in the late 80's and I will forever be in debt to Mr. Dolby. I live in Tallahassee FL. USA. His new music is exceptional and I'm looking forward to more! Hopefully this will spark a new era of creativity in his career. And how could it not, with his masterful use of 'wind power' (pun intended) and solar power. Cheers!

[Dooley]

Drewid, Daniel, a warm welcome to you both. Excellent timing.

[JoaLinford]

Hi! Very nice to meet YOU ALL here! Regards, JOA LiNFORD

[Dooley]

Hey Joa and welcome. Judging by the time of your post, your Saturday night seems to be winding down a little on the early side. Of coarse, I'll be in bed by 10.00 pm so who am I to talk?