How to Travel Through Time.....

[RevDon]

...on the internet anyway! Due to a recent familial situmatation, I've gone from a relevant net newbie, to an internet sleuth. As a result, I have come across some really cool tools for researching stuff. I have to share this one with all you TH geeks, and any newbies that would like a history lesson on "The Bored." The site is The Wayback Machine; http://www.archive.org/web/web.php
It's a tool that let's you see the history, and view the past of any website in existance! When I entered the URL of our Beloved Bored, it showed all the past pages, and those through the present incarnation. (I'm sure most of you can see where this is going!) So I had to look. And there, on the second page, in all it's glory, "none."
So, Take the Magic Carpet Ride, and have a blast, but don't forget to come up for air, liquid refreshment and food!
Here's to a new addiction! :D
Drizzle drazzle, drazzle drome, time for this one to come home.

[tabasco]

Here's to a new addiction! :D

Thanks Rev thats all I needed! Hey, I've got nothing but time! Nothing else is that important in my life besides websurfing :rolleyes:

Well anyway... that site is f@%*&!g COOL!

[ibjamn]

no big deal. I posted on most of those pages. ;)

[RevDon]

Well anyway... that site is f@%*&!g COOL![/QUOTE]

Uhhh.... Thanks, and whoda guessed youse was from Joisey?:D

no big deal. I posted on most of those pages. ;)
IB, the point being: it's a record of the Bored, and you can use this tool on ANY WEBSITE! Plus, we get to see what you "Old Tmers" were doing!:D ;)

[Carolina Beadhead]

OMG!! I found my first post!

http://tinyurl.com/2fdfb6

[RevDon]

OMG!! I found my first post!

http://tinyurl.com/2fdfb6

That's what I'm talkinabout!

[saturn]

Just found my post after returning from my first fest in 2002 --- notice the "maybe next year" -- HA! -- have been every year since.


I am home from my FIRST trip to Jazzfest, but I am sure it was not my last. Yes, it was very, very hot, but there were lots of neat people sharing ice and misting us. The food lines were not too long and the food was great. Love that crawfish monica, strawberry lemonade, jambalaya. Portojohns were not bad - I have seen much worse - lines were not bad and I even found toilet paper most of the time. And the music ---- it was amazing. Which is what really mattered. See you all again, maybe next year

[ohio]

I couldn't find my first one, but this is damn near. It's from the thread announcing CBH's '04 shirts:


ohio_threadhead posts: 71
registered: 2004-02-05
location: The Nati

CBH- yer shirts and all are killer! love the none shirt- what a hoot. Y'alls sickness has infected me deeply. I need a Doctor...(John...Pepper...whatever)

2004-02-07 17:32

[rosetree]

I couldn't find mine...there are no entries from '06...

[tabasco]

dont think this was my first because if I remember correctly I forgot my password so I had to change my screen name to tabasc (0) zero! I'm glad that old board is gone but its fun reading the old posts!!!:D

tabasc0 posts: 20
registered: 2006-03-12
location: New Joisey

Bill- 38 as of yesterday! 4th Fest (in a row) long time lurker. attending 2nd weekend this year with wife (Chris). Just booked hotel room today! See (Hotel Alert! thread) Really enjoy reading all the chat! And THANKS ALOT for everyones help and advice!!! Just have 1 question though... and I'm sure this has been other peoples problem too! I find myself every year sweating,worrying, and contemplating on how to be at the Blues/Acura stage and the Sprint stage at the same time! or at least being able to get there in less than 2 minutes! Oh! the problems we face!!!! Long Live the JAZZFEST!!!

2006-03-12 17:54

[tabasco]

I got a kick out of this one, Hey Lis, You have well over 10,000 TEN THOUSAND POSTS!!:eek:

corona posts: 5614
registered: 2004-03-13
location: windsor

That's it....I'm addicted. I check this thing several times a day now and can't stop. Hi my name is corona and I'm a thread-a-holic... I'm now doing battle with my daughter over who gets to use the computer LOL!!! This site really, really makes the wait bearable. I love the introduce yourself thing!!!!

2004-03-15 06:23

[BigDag]

I found my first post too, from 2/25/2002. That's back when I used to run tour buses from Mobile to the Fairgrounds. We've come a long way, babies!

[ozzie]

Can't find mine but surely remember it. Just after the 'thing' I was looking for any and all news about the city and Fest. We had already booked for '06 and had quietly decided to still go... Fest or not. I stumbled on to the bored and a thread about how to assist Ms Lena just captivated me. I didn't have a clue who Ms Lena was and had never been in a 'chat room' before but I was just blown away by the obvious caring for this woman and was compelled to respond. I, um, thought that post would be my first and last!

Man, we've shed some tears and a whole lotta laughter since then!

[Michelino]

Nice Blast from 2004...

Favorite Jazz Fest Moment (http://web.archive.org/web/20040805220114/www.nojazzfest.com/chat/viewmessage.php?id=2798&forumid=1)

[ibjamn]

OK, I got sucked in because "none" just never gets less funny.... My first post happened in 2001, but I found kinderkitti's 2nd post. :)

kinderkitti posts: 2
registered: 2002-04-14
location:
ummm, I like the walking/smoking deal-Ive mostly been a portalet smoker.
2002-04-14 10:02

[BigDag]

Nice Blast from 2004...

Favorite Jazz Fest Moment (http://web.archive.org/web/20040805220114/www.nojazzfest.com/chat/viewmessage.php?id=2798&forumid=1)

That's a great thread. The profnohair post on there is a classic! And you know the bored hadn't reached middle age yet cause Corona only had 764 posts at the time.

[Michelino]

That's a great thread. The profnohair post on there is a classic! And you know the bored hadn't reached middle age yet cause Corona only had 764 posts at the time.

"we tried to cram a 55 gallon drum of jazzfest into a thimble."

That is one wild retelling of a few days at fest...it's like profnohair was sending a post card from a psychedelic dream all the while simultaneously posting to the none thread

[Moon]

Many thanks for this link. I've recovered most of the hockey articles I wrote from '99-'04. I figured these were lost forever.

[RevDon]

... it's been as addictive as any website I've ever found, PLUS I've just discovered they have a HUGE live recording archive, 175 by Robert Randolph alone, 43,185 concerts by 2,589 bands!!! I'm getting dizzy!

[RevDon]

AAAAAAAAAuuugggghhh! Stop me before I click again!:eek:

[ibjamn]

LOL! :)

[ibjamn]

There were a couple from the old fest web site that I really enjoyed reading again. (and took up most of my morning at work), Favorite Fest Moments (OMG!! BW Tater!!), and None, but Especially The Dinner at COmmander's thread where the Patry was born. :)

[Corona]

:oI got a kick out of this one, Hey Lis, You have well over 10,000 TEN THOUSAND POSTS!!

corona posts: 5614
registered: 2004-03-13
location: windsor

That's it....I'm addicted. I check this thing several times a day now and can't stop. Hi my name is corona and I'm a thread-a-holic... I'm now doing battle with my daughter over who gets to use the computer LOL!!! This site really, really makes the wait bearable. I love the introduce yourself thing!!!!

2004-03-15 06:23
OMG...shut up :eek:!!! lmao.....I'm so ashamed:eek:

[Corona]

awww, I just found this....on the Empathy Post lmao! I remember how hard it was as a newbie...and how wonderful you all were with me :)

corona posts: 505
registered: 2004-03-13
location: windsor okay, okay......I just read this entire thread for the first time and boy do I feel like a dumb-ass! Just wanted to say thanks to everyone for their patience when answering my endless amount of questions! I have been researching all along but there are some answers I just can't get without the help of the JF Threadheads......thanks again guys and hope to meet as many of you as possible 1st weekend. :)2004-04-17 14:30

[Corona]

omg....this is my introduce yourself post....it truly feels like a lifetime ago!!!

Corona (aka. Lisa) proud Canuck, 30-ish, child protection social worker, 15 year old daughter, Sam (who absolutely can't wait to be 21 so she can go to new orleans with me!); fell in love with New Orleans last May and can't get enough- been back 2 more times! I know jazzfest is going to steal my heart and can't wait for my very own jazzfest moment :D

[Corona]

wow, found my post after my first fest....in Favorite Jazzfest Moments.....june 04 list..... amazing, truly amazing..it took me right back....and also made me re-live my new friendships that were just starting out....Ibjamn, Kinderkitti, Bar, Ohio, Saturn, CBH....wow.....I can't believe that was only 4 years ago....incredible.

[swag]

The earliest swag post I could find was still numbered over 300.

[mdfest]

osama

"Are there any nice, shady caves on the infield? Can I bring my camel? Is there a Falafel stand?"

barry10016

"actually there is a falafel stand."

[funkkjunkie]

Wow. cool. Does anyone know the url for the old purple bored?
and how do you find specific posts? just browse and browse and browse?

[Carolina Beadhead]

My absolute FAVORITE Con Jr post:

http://tinyurl.com/2w3fcu

Ahhhhh the memories..... :D

[RevDon]

Wow. cool. Does anyone know the url for the old purple bored?
and how do you find specific posts? just browse and browse and browse?

http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.petdekat.com

[ibjamn]

Nah, that's the pdkk website, which did have a sorta purple board, but it never really took off. The "purple" board was the first jazz fest message board. When the folks on it chatted so much they "broke" it regularily, the PDKK moved over to Delphi Forums, where it lives to this day.

[RevDon]

Nah, that's the pdkk website, which did have a sorta purple board, but it never really took off. The "purple" board was the first jazz fest message board. When the folks on it chatted so much they "broke" it regularily, the PDKK moved over to Delphi Forums, where it lives to this day.

What was the URL?

[breambob]

This is not the purple board, as I remember it:

http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.nola.com/jazzfest

Although there are quite a few threadhead posts from pre-02

Seems like the old link was from nola.com though, but I lost that one a long time ago :(

[mdfest]

earliest post i can find for me is me bitching about the "chair nazis" in the blues tent. sounds about right!