paperhose Can verify Termbo at the end was brutal. I tried to keep the content section going with interviews, but by the end a lot of the informative posters left and things oscillated between the message board being moribund to literal libel of a good friend I knew -- heavy, false accusations that I refuted. Unfortunately, it was all that remained with the Goner Board dying earlier. I can't stress how important that site was for labels doing 300-run 7"s. Talking with Larry Hardy and even ITR had trouble moving Termbo-friendly releases once the site started waning. That's how much weight it carried for underground music.
People are gonna spin out -- that's the nature of message boards -- but if we can keep things generally productive, that's key to the forum's longevity.
I do have poor taste in music and my politics -- reading McKenzie Wark's history of the Situatonists now -- are horrible. I've been reminded of this many times, especially since 2016. I think what happened was the board turned more into just a wasteland, people trolling, and a shell of what it once was -- seldom updated (the period between record reviews got longer and longer). And it was an amazing resource. Rich did God's work. Thank you, Rich.
Let's bring that magic back.