Hi everyone, I'm curious to know what's the story behind your user name (or Alias)... There are a bunch of people that use their name (of parts of it) like myself, Albert Porter, GerryM5, Esoler...
But where does user name like Cornfedboy, Garfish, Calloway, Tireguy, SwampWalker (and many many others) come from? Any story behind?
Silly me... years ago, just started with my real name. I also go by VinylRob elsewhere which audio club mates started calling me do to my life long predilection.
When I was in music school in the late 70's I composed a piece of music for solo guitar. It was somewhat in the style of the preludes of Francisco Tarrega so I attributed it to the imaginary turn-of-the-century guitarist Tostados Unidos. Title of the piece is "Cancion do los Chicharrones." For some reason it popped into my head when the empty box stared at me, asking for a user name for Audiogon.
Max is our dog's name.... And he is our boy...hence maxboy. The numbers at the end mean nothing. We also have Sadie... AKA Sadie girl... but not before the handle was created.
What a great topic! Cool to hear where some of these come from.
All my usernames across various sites come from The Godfather. I'm the godfather to my nephew, poor kid, and when he was little I had no end of fun doing Godfather "shtick" - the orange peel thing, brushing the underside of my chin and mimicking the voice with my chin jutted out, air smacking him and telling him to sit up in his high chair like a man, that kind of thing. It made him giggle, so the gig went on for years.
My original username for most things was Clemenza. We even named our cat Clemenza. The problem was, I changed internet providers often in the early days because they kept buying each other out. I got a new provider at one point and Clemenza, Tessio, even Luca Brasi were already taken! So I went with Virgil "The Turk" Sollozzo, who no one uses much because he was one of Tattaglia's guys. That one stuck. I had to become one of the bad bad guys. I still go by Clemenza in some places, but I'm mostly VSollozzo now. I have a helluva time spelling that out for people.
It was the name of the manufacturer of the motorhome I lived in. Lean times but I was footloose and went whichever way felt right with little real stress.
The Stones the original bad boys? Only if you don't include the 50's rockers like Jerry Lee Lewis---they would run home to mommy after spending a night partying with him.
The direct literal translation from Latin to English is "Bridge Builder". The term is, however, more common in the roman catholic church where it is used to address the pope as Pontifex Maximus. "Greatest Bridge Builder".
I would say mine is easy to figure out,I have been a printer for most of my working life,newspaper,magazine,checks,inserts,coupons.Mostly web offset,coldest and heatset. When I was 6 my family had a small weekly magazine,I remember stapling magazines and getting a huge staple in my hand,,ah,,childhood memories,my Father and Grandfather made their own camera to shoot the pages with.
Comes from my actual name. Used to be my full name, then truncated. Anyhoo to me using your real name communicates trust to buyers. Ergo, you can be tracked down. Like a dog.
Pulp Fiction(Movie) Mr Wolf says to Vincent and Jules after disposing of the car with Marvin's body in it at Big Joe's Truck and Tow... Wolf: "I'll see you guys around, stay out of trouble YOU CRAZY KIDS."
After 40 years of collecting hi-fi equipment http://arcamadeus.simplesite.com/305336804 I ended up with "Arcam" electronics and the music movie that I have enjoyed the most was "Amadeus" - hence my pen name "Arcamadeus"
No, speakers and pre & amp are American built. The sources are Asian. I appreciate the quality that the Italians build into their products as well as the style they present. But alas as in many things in life, a bit out of reach. But a trip to Little Italy in Philly or Baltimore for a roast pork sandwich, or an expresso and cannoli slways makes up for the Brioni suit I'll never own or the Ferrari that will never be parked in my driveway. Whether its audio or Italian culture obsession is a great thing. Take care. Dave
This is my first post here so hopefully ya'll won't judge me for youthful indiscretions. Arch is my last name and arch23dmt was my original AOL user name. The 23-dmt refers to a certain fast-acting psychedelic which while extremely intense, wears off after about thirty minutes. It is still my username for every website I sign in to. I was in high school and decided to be "cheeky" but since nobody ever knew what it meant I just kept it.
The name of a new wave clothing store across the street from a record store I used to hang around in back in the day. Seemed to suit my mood at the time.
Dynami - in this case it is referring to the ancient Greek word Dynami - meaning - Power, speed, strength, agility, knowledge....etc. And the 28 that's for me (sorry). I have Dynami tattooed on my right forearm, and when I become wise enough, Gnosis will go on the left.
My introduction to better audio was with Arcam, and I still use their older amplifiers: both an Alpha 9 integrated and power, which I bi-amp with my B&W's. I also have an Alpha 9 CD player and Arcam's multidisc CD player.
Hence, "Arcamguy," although I've also branched out to Marantz, which I loved as a kid and have several pieces.
Probably more information than you needed, but there 'ya go.
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