Usernames

[Moon Pix]

Im just interested in what various peoples usernames mean. Mines obvious really and I know some of you just use your first names but some arent so.

What do they mean and why did you choose them?:)

[johansen smith]

This was my fake name in high school, and coincidently I started boarding (over seven years ago :eek: ) on the old Disc.Server board in high school so I used this name and then for some awful reason I kept it when registering here. My fondest RMBB-related wish is to not have this goddawful username... But such is life.

[tinobeat]

Since high school I'd gone by "tino" with certain friends (Martin > Martino > tino). One day I was thinking of clever/stupid "solo project" names for shits n giggles and was listening to Unrest. Looking at the Teenbeat logo, I thought "man, 'Tinobeat' would be a SUPER stupid solo project name for me!"

I played two horrible shows as Tinobeat (one of them with Mark Robinson, too! we never discussed it), stopped playing solo acoustic shows cos they're for the birds, and the name stayed on as an internerd thing alone.

[Brushback]

Brushback was the name of a fanzine that I did back in the '90s. As some of you will know from experience, other people start calling you by the name of your band or the name of your zine... so when I'd walk into a room or something, people started greeting me with, "Hey, Brushback."

[the Pawnbroker]

"The pawnbroker roared/so, so did the landlord
to see me so crazy/wasn't it"
--B. Dylan, "She's Your Lover Now"

My favorite song of all time.

[Elijah]

Elijah is my first name.

[Miss Tasty Princess]

Mr. Horribly Charred Infant is my given name.

[Moon Pix]

Mr. Horribly Charred Infant is my given name.

I want to see your birth certificate HCI.;)

[pizzagratis]

Pizza Gratis is the name of the recording project I started back at high school. At the time, thought it was clever, like as a way of getting unwitting people to go to shows I nught be playing at...oy...

[pabost]

first initial, middle initial, last name

[Patrick]

My parents gave me my username... it was a way to piss off both the English and the Jewish sides of my family.

[otto midnight]

mine's an obvious homage to the hot snakes. i should get a new username, any suggestions?

[awol]

Mine's an abbreviation for my record label's name: http://www.myspace.com/awhaleofalabel

[Futureman]

Character from the movie Bottle Rocket.

[johansen smith]

Character from the movie Bottle Rocket.
I remember the first time I saw the movie, I went "Oh, that's where he got his username!"

[Spion Kop]

The Spion Kop is a football stand at the football team I support Liverpool FC. It was christened as the Spion Kop by Ernest Jones in memory of the many scousers who died in battle over a hill in South Africa by the same name during the Boer War.


http://www.liverweb.org.uk/kop.htm

[bitterfruit]

Robert Pollard's Fake Organisms -- "Where I Come From" (http://gbvdb.com/album.asp?albumid=597)on Suitcase:

I feel the stinging truth
The slaps me hard
And makes me numb
I eat the bitter fruit that grows on trees
Where I come from