A big thankyou to everyone for making this place such a welcoming environment to post messages, both on and off topic...
Its good to share views with other 'like minded' people. While I've not been able to make it to an actual real life meet (yet), I do feel a sense of 'belonging' from taking part in the wide and varied discussions that happen here.
Its good to have a dialog with Bill and Hayley, the driving force behind the phenomenon that is Sploshing! I remember an early post that I started about who got their copies of Splosh! magazine from where. Was really interesting to hear everyone's experince of exploring the world of WAM prior to the advent of the big WWW which made life so much easier! I'm looking forward to seeing a Splosh! archive site. I'm almost certain to be the first subscriber...!
There's a post from madrox on another thread which goes something along the lines of;
Madrox wrote: Just as Black Sabbath`s deubt self titled album is considerd the cornerstone of Heavy Metal & everything that came after it is just interpretation , for me this scene (from Juicy Pairs) IS Splosh it defines it all in one scene,Emma dressed as a pie flinging French maid struting around confidently & unleashing pie Heaven.
Bill i have a lot to thank you for, but for giving me this visual feast i thankyou from the bottom of my black heart.
Couldn't agree more! There's a lot of WAM sites out there on the web now that try to 'interpret' the Splosh! feeling but get it way wrong. Bill is the master.... lay down and worship him!!!!
So, to summarise (this long-winded post), a huge fat messy hug to you all.
Hope the next fifteen years is as good as the last....!!