Yes Sag! I don't have a great memory for names, but It is coming back to me now!

Thankyou a2grafix! That was cool! A trip into Org history!

The Org came to exist in Jan of 1999, IIRC. You can check it in the site FAQ.

I've been here since the beginning, the very first day And I was on the PPML, and the PML before that. So nyah!

BTW I was "ian" on the black & purple Org. I probably flamed most of you goons at some point or other

sag10 said:

Supernova
OrganGrinderTheMagnificent (Supa... today)
BootsiNox (where is he?)
GustavoRibas
Michael Hogdberg (sp?)
Joey Coco
RdHull
BartVanHemelen
JSeven

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I have to state that I've been here longer than 3 years, as I just remembered from BKW post.

I was there! Mouse_in_space! My contribution was about 10 posts in over a year and a half. Yay on myself!

I miss sbingcrosby...

2the9s said:

I miss sfarrell.

2the9s said:

How can you miss him? When you told me that was you.

ian said:

I don't miss kelly_anne! (The bad one...)

Lleena said:

I just said that because I felt bad that you confessed to being kelly_anne, and there was this awkward silence in our orgnote exchange...so I said that...but I lied.

2the9s said:

Oh yeah, that bitch was a fucking nightmare.

Anyway she's not around anymore hopefully, damn her filthy racist heart.

ian said:

I remember that Ian, bkw, and XxAxX were nice to me right off the bat.

And I remember when someone jocked Bart's username! That shit was hysterical! I forget who it was, but he confessed later.

Bart still has that disclaimer up on his site! LMAO!

2the9s said:

You big fat liar. I never told you that. I hate you.

2the9s said:

Hooray! That's coz XxAxX, bkw and myself are lovely people. Stop smirking! We ARE!

Ah well, I respected your comedy skills, and your ability to avoid being fazed by abusive nutjobs. Abilities which you have kept strong to this very day no doubt!



I know... that is just so ridiculous

The only username I ever jocked was newpowerdetroit. I made out like all of his events he organised were big gay love-ins. He didn't like that, strangely enough. People eh?! Tch.

ian said:

Me too! I miss saffy and armybrat. Those were such cool days, with klhk on the booty hunt all the time. I left because kelly-anne's posts were quite irritating.

I also remeber Infinities Heaven and Essences cause their posts were so long...whew!

Hey Rese, Angel, Honey (whoop, whoop) and Sag


Tina (~!~)

NettieSmiles said:

I think I remember that "Tina ~!~) tag too! Did you have another name on the old Org, nettie? (That you want to reveal? heh)

I like this thread. It's a good way to celebrate the first year of Org Version 2.

By the way, my org age is about four, minus the year that I lurked because of kelly-anne and klhk. So I'm about three.

Tina (~!~)

2the9s said:

Yes...melodycool321 and detroitcrawl

Tina (~!~)

ian said:

There was less moderation at the old org and she used to get away with some heinous shit. I am glad she is gone too.

Lleena said:

There was no moderation in those days It was a free for all flame fest... it was fun for a while but it did get tiresome and many people left coz of KA's crazy antics.

2the9s said:

Wow! That must have been a long time ago.

ian said:

Maybe for some, but as far as I'm concerned the Org, which had never been that critical of Prince, became even more pro-Prince in the year leading to version 2, especially once Bart virtually stopped posting. Also, the news comment section became increasingly used as the GD is today, so that made it less appealing for those who like to read something factual every 10 posts or so.

Now that we have forums for nearly everything, all the old ingredients are sort of cooked separately. Sometimes it feels too compartimentalized, and once in a while you feel nostalgic for the concentrated "meeting place" the news section provided, sort of like the small townsquare where everyone goes. Overall, I still like this version much better than the old.
[This message was edited Mon Feb 17 19:06:05 PST 2003 by Aerogram]

sag10 said:

mine 2!

althom said:

Yeah, it was before we got to know him.

But seriously, 2the9s fucking cracked me up when he came to the org. Still does.

Okay, that's the last nice thing I propose to say about him. I dont want to inflate his head.

bkw said:

Hmmm...

Low Key Me, PPML since mid/late 90's...was just interested in reading & would hardly come around alot. Then the Org as a certain name and the start as a poster. Then 2 "SexyMF" 2 now the new Org as: UsexyMF.

althom said:

Whoops, my bad. It was actually wkb!

I coulda sworn I was 1st introduced 2 the .Org back in '98... hmmm.

I lurked a lot b4 getting the nerve 2 post (peeps got flamed a lot more violently back then, it seems).

When I did post, it was as June7Funk, but my chatroom name at The Holy River was always June7.

From the PPML FAQ:

The PML (Prince Mailing List) was started by Ron Buckmire in 1990; later that year it was taken over by Jon Brode, and was an excellent source of information and discussion about Prince and related acts. When Jon decided to stop handling the PML, he asked for volunteers to continue the PML under a strict set of conditions. No one who volunteered could reach agreement with Jon about the future of the PML, and so the PML ended with its last issue on November 9, 1995.

Seeing the loss of such a valuable resource imminent, Mark Church and Kevin Smith found each other (through Leslie Timms) and started the PPML in November, 1995. The first issue went out November 15, 1995. Therefore, the PPML is not a direct descendant of the PML. It was, however, very much inspired by the PML and has come to replace (and in many ways, improve upon) the old mailing list.

On August 5th, 1996, Ben Margolin officially took over the moderator role left vacant by Mark Church. Mark decided to retire as moderator to spend more time with his family. His efforts are greatly appreciated and the PPML family is forever indebted to him for the work he performed as half of the original moderation team.

In May of 1997, the PPML and its internet home togdog.com had a hard drive crash. The PPML has been relocated, and has been expanded into prince.org.

As I recall, Ben first came on board when he started hosting a PPML archive website on the University of Michigan's network. (This was before he became a moderator.) Then, I believe he graduated from U of M and moved the PPML website to his togdog.com domain. It stayed there until the hard drive crash (which I believe actually happened in May 1998), and then we launched prince.org on January 1, 1999. And of course, we launched the second, forum-based version of prince.org last year.

Ben, feel free to make any corrections.

We don't care about that Matt, all we really wanna know is (a) whose usernames you jocked on the old Org and (b) who really pissed you off on the old Org

matt said:

Wow, that's very prestigious!