You sound too American, dude.
You gotta use words like "reckon" or "lush" or "mate" or "sorted", for
starters, if you wanna convince anyone that you're Aphex.
Andrei
On Fri, 19 Jan 2001, Richard D. James wrote:
quoted 41 lines Hello, my fellow list members!
>
> Hello, my fellow list members!
>
> Well, I hope you understand why I've had to resort to remaining rather
> inconspicuous, as far as an internet presence goes, all these years. You
> won't believe the amount of fan mail I've received along the way. With
> such a large fan base, there was bound to be some rather curious cases
> who, for lack of a more diplomatic phrase, justified my reclusive nature.
>
> But if there is one thing that makes my stomach hurt, it is slander. It
> saddens me that there are individuals out there that not only cannot get
> progress beyond the concept of an alias that reflects his/her own
> imagination, but also must resort to attaching a rather caustic persona to
> such an alias. I understand such as been the case with my name, given
> recent threads on the matter.
>
> Thus, I am no longer able to continue hiding anymore! Thanks to the
> rather trusty, "regular" sounding alias "Brian MacDonald", I have managed
> quite well unto this point. (I do want to thank the good people who
> operate kuci.org for organizing efforts to have assigned me an account
> that reflects the above alias. Your work was certainly appreciated by
> me.)
>
> But I must accept that an end must come to every thing. I value my name,
> and I can no longer cope with false accusations of misogyny. I love women
> of all races and persuasions. Why, without them, we would not be here
> today! ;-)
>
> As to why I have decided to issue statements to press claiming I am no
> longer working on music? Well, I'd rather not go into *every* detail of
> the matter, as I don't want to continue boring the fine constituents of
> this engaging e-mail discussion forum. ;-) But I assure you, the
> reasons have nothing to do with being overwhelmed with the love, support,
> and unconditional publicity I've witnessed from such a heartwarming legion
> of fans across the world. Words simply cannot express.
>
> This is no lie. I love you all. Truly and sincerely.
>
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> Richard DiGiorno James <brianm@kuci.org>
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