When did you first get into Boards of Canada?

hills west · Post by **hills west** » Thu Apr 24, 2008 12:43 am

polar sky wrote:
hills west wrote:i cant vote here..and i think thats funnie...i heard them on a tape i got from a friend in anstruther in 1993..the songs were full band like material with acoustic stuff labeled boards of canada..he stated that it was old shit, check it out..anyway that tape ( and so many others) werent taken care of because i was a sloppie sophmore in high school..(and i didnt like the tape much at the time anyway) so its gone and i forgot about the band until music had the right came out..and i was like oh that band..well when i heard that album i was shocked to hear the difference in style...and even then it still took awhile for the music to sink in...now im finally over the fixation and back to normal fan level...

Hills how old are you?

30

Techboy · Post by **Techboy** » Thu Apr 24, 2008 1:59 am

anstruther is beautiful: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anstruther
also 10 years ago I'd probably have lked BOC, the music on tv ehre wasnt too different, but I was still listening to spice girls at the same time, so.

Infinite E · Post by **Infinite E** » Thu Apr 24, 2008 2:16 pm

hills west wrote:
Infinite E wrote:
Moebius wrote: Seriously? I hope you still keep in touch with that guy...

I intentionally omitted Old Tunes, though, I was afraid people would use it as a joke/fake answer.

But that's awesome, if that's true.
anstruther in fife?
or is there another one?
enster!! a local? (i live in new york)

haha, yeah man. I stay about 20 minutes up the road now though. In 93 i was living just outside anstruther... was only 5 tho. So how come you were up in fife back then?

polar sky · Post by **polar sky** » Thu Apr 24, 2008 3:40 pm

hills west wrote:
polar sky wrote:
hills west wrote:i cant vote here..and i think thats funnie...i heard them on a tape i got from a friend in anstruther in 1993..the songs were full band like material with acoustic stuff labeled boards of canada..he stated that it was old shit, check it out..anyway that tape ( and so many others) werent taken care of because i was a sloppie sophmore in high school..(and i didnt like the tape much at the time anyway) so its gone and i forgot about the band until music had the right came out..and i was like oh that band..well when i heard that album i was shocked to hear the difference in style...and even then it still took awhile for the music to sink in...now im finally over the fixation and back to normal fan level...

Hills how old are you?
30

Cool. Just wondering.

hills west · Post by **hills west** » Fri Apr 25, 2008 5:04 pm

Infinite E wrote:
hills west wrote:
Infinite E wrote: anstruther in fife?
or is there another one?
enster!! a local? (i live in new york)
haha, yeah man. I stay about 20 minutes up the road now though. In 93 i was living just outside anstruther... was only 5 tho. So how come you were up in fife back then?

i still have family in st. monan (unless they moved by now) who were friends with the family of my friend..i actually havent mailed him in over 10 years and havent been back to fife since then (or my original home in ashington, which i wouldnt remember anyway, having been 2 when we left to come to the states)..so incase you didnt figure it out by now..im a brit. with an irish last name. carey.

Infinite E · Post by **Infinite E** » Fri Apr 25, 2008 6:13 pm

hills west wrote:
Infinite E wrote:
hills west wrote: enster!! a local? (i live in new york)
haha, yeah man. I stay about 20 minutes up the road now though. In 93 i was living just outside anstruther... was only 5 tho. So how come you were up in fife back then?
i still have family in st. monan (unless they moved by now) who were friends with the family of my friend..i actually havent mailed him in over 10 years and havent been back to fife since then (or my original home in ashington, which i wouldnt remember anyway, having been 2 when we left to come to the states)..so incase you didnt figure it out by now..im a brit. with an irish last name. carey.

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