Well, I suppose I should try and do one of these. Oh hai, and so forth.
Story of how I got here - recently read a couple of books by Simon Reynolds, which I thought were great and which re-ignited me caring about popular music at a more than casual level. So I started checking his blissblog quite regularly, then took a look at some of the other blogs that were linked or referenced - K-punk, woebot and so forth, then started to see mentions of this place in various places and decided to take a look.
Very impressed so far by the level of intelligence, knowledge and wit on display, it's a little intimidating tbh. I must say, the vibe here feels different from other forums I've posted on in the past. My guess is that either a lot of people here know each other beyond the board, and/or this site existed at another url/in a different form in the past. Is this right?