Wheres everyone gone?

[huwcamden]

I know life moves on and so therefore so do people on this board...some will have moved to Facebook (sorry Meta)..some will have moved on in life and some may even been barred perhaps...but NMA have a new album out and it's actually pretty decent I reckon...so Master Ray...8...Red..Texas Pete..Anna...Amandistan and all the rest of you that are sadly missed...I'm calling on your valued opinions and undeniable intellect to give your opinions...or at the very least just to say you are still around.

[Ghosttrain]

It has been really quiet on here for ages........hardly anyone posts here anymore....as you say everyone gone over to Facebook by all accounts.. ....I have only listened to half of new album for various reasons beyond my control....but loving what i have heard so far.. ..

[REC29]

It is quiet. But maybe, like me, everyone is really busy trying to work out how to get the new CD out of the book/sleeve thingy without wrecking it. Any suggestions appreciated!

If it's a test, I've failed. Does that mean I have to give my ticket for Leeds back?

Right. Finished my toast. Time to clean my fingers and try again.

[Guillaume]

"Where is everybody gone? Where is everybody gone?" like Justin would sing in this wonderful song:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgIVxvVzc2w

It has been really quiet on here for ages........hardly anyone posts here anymore....as you say everyone gone over to Facebook by all accounts.. ....

Yes it's disappointing because we're still here on the official NMA forum! There where all their biggest hardcore fans should be gathered and happy! And then not so long ago there were more people on this forum, in fact. And yet I'm making efforts here to update the topics or create topics about others artists on the "Everything else" forum! I can clearly see the difference with Facebook where I accept people who appreciate NMA almost every day on my page dedicated to the band (and to Justin Sullivan)!

[Valstar]

Still no FB for me, so from time to time I still come around here

[ruckedout]

I'm still here.

[fiddlesticks]

Never did join Facebook. Still pop in from time to time.

[jc]

Hello

Still here

Cheers

jc

[Master Ray]

Hi everyone... this is Master Ray and I haven't died or anything since I last posted here... 

Why haven't I been around? In all honesty I just decided to live in the real world as opposed to spending hours every night on social media. Also I just found that people I had rather intense relationships with and would spend so much time communicating with all the time had left the Forum. humcamden mentioned many of them on his original post.  I hope that doesn't mean that the people who post regularly here are people I don't give a shit about.  I just felt like spending some time away from the NMA Forum and, well, it turned into a rather long time to the point where I probably wouldn't have come back at all if this thread hadn't been created and I was rather touched that I was remembered!   

For the record I am still an NMA obsessive.  I was at the Nottingham Christmas gig, bloody loved it but I have to say, I saw very few faces that I recognized.  It used to be that I'd recognize so many people even if I didn't know their names but not so much back in December.

Again, I'm delighted that someone posted something about me and maybe I need to return to these parts... we'll see.  But as to the original point about the new album and what did I think of it....  oh don't be silly, it's bloody great!   

[huwcamden]

Marvellous to see Valstar..Ruckedout..Fiddlesticks..JC and Master Ray are still about and in good shape!..maybe the others will get in contact.
Ref Master Ray: I hope my post hasn't inadvertently dragged you back into the abyss!...I only really go on here occasionally.. more so when theres an album or tour..but it can draw you in I know..sometimes in a bad way...so if you don't reply or post again then that's totally cool.
Also you are right about the audience changing and people moving on..it's the same everywhere in life I guess..it's the natural regeneration...the direction of travel for NMA's music since the early noughties has often been lighter and more reflective id say as well (except for the majority of unbroken!)..so that will change the demographic.

[Ghosttrain]

Great to hear you are still alive and well.......good to hear from you. ..

[Shush]

Some of us haven't gone anywhere. We just haven't had anyone to talk to 

[Master Ray]

Some of us haven't gone anywhere. We just haven't had anyone to talk to 

Hey, old pal.  Can I just say that I did try and get in touch with you before the gig last December... I just couldn't find your email address.  I'm one of those people who has a few different email addresses for different reasons and I deleted a couple of them last year, I think the one I used to communicate with you was one of them.     Anyway, I hope you and Lady Shush are doing well.

I did keep an eye out for the old faces at the December gig but didn't see anyone.  The only familiar person was someone who I don't think was ever active on this Forum but I will describe as 'Pony Tailed Lady Who Spends Half The Gig On Someone's Shoulders Doing The Traditional NMA Arm-Waving Dance'... long may she continue, bless her.

I have to say that I do wonder what happened to the old crowd... where is Amandistan travelling to these days?  Is Red still doing every NMA gig he can?  Where is Anna living these days?  Heck, I even wonder if Space / Whirlwind is annoying someone somewhere else and is still a cu... mpletely disreputable person.   

Best wishes to all, I'm glad that the Forum is still active.

[Shush]

Hello M/R. I have sent a couple of emails, but I imagine they have disappeared into cyberspace. Matt, asked me how to contact you, I sent him to your f/b page. 

With regards to what has happened to the old crowd, I think things here got really quiet when you left, and because you left.  Guillaume, bless him, has tried several times to perk things up by resurrecting old threads, but so few here to react to it. 
Would be nice to see the likes of Witch, Wessexy Witch, Fluffy Witch, Marxey, Heno, Barty, Pol, Brian-DC, Red,Sozbot, Rusco, Pazza, Dilla, to name but a few return, but  I reluctantly accept that most things change over time, even if I don't. 

[jc]

Hello M/R long time no hear I thought you’d gone forever, similarly Shush miss you too.

Hope you stick around.

Cheers

jc