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Title: Remembering Smile Research Laboratories Post by: Mooger Fooger on October 11, 2014, 06:50:19 AM The whole job incident got me thinking about how this board started (the phoenix of The Smile Shop) and then I had the vague recollections of The Smile Research Laboratory, which is where alot of discussion took place in the days where even the mention of the word "Smile" on Brian's website would get a reprimand. Anyone remember those good old days of Smiling from the shadows?
*apologies if I got the name of the group wrong, but Im pretty sure thats what it was called. Title: Re: Remembering Smile Research Laboratories Post by: Andrew G. Doe on October 11, 2014, 07:00:48 AM I recall it well. I also recall that the founder - April, although there was some debate as to his/her true gender - had a total meltdown and trashed the site.
Title: Re: Remembering Smile Research Laboratories Post by: Mooger Fooger on October 11, 2014, 08:00:02 AM Oh yes I totally forgot about the meltdown! Wasn't it from those ashes rose the Smile Shop?
Title: Re: Remembering Smile Research Laboratories Post by: Andrew G. Doe on October 11, 2014, 09:00:29 AM Yes, I believe so.
Title: Re: Remembering Smile Research Laboratories Post by: sea of tunes on October 12, 2014, 12:33:37 AM Was this site up around 1998-99? Mp3 downloads of Smile Mixes? If so, it was my first listening experience of SMiLE material.
There was such a site around that time and I'm curious if this was it. Title: Re: Remembering Smile Research Laboratories Post by: rogerlancelot on October 12, 2014, 02:31:06 PM That was the first place that I heard Landlocked and Adult Child as well as many other rarities and helped solidify my fandom. I never have actually purchased a BB bootleg but that site got me buying all of the 2-fers, etc.
Title: Re: Remembering Smile Research Laboratories Post by: bgas on October 12, 2014, 02:38:58 PM That was the first place that I heard Landlocked and Adult Child as well as many other rarities and helped solidify my fandom. I never have actually purchased a BB bootleg but that site got me buying all of the 2-fers, etc. Ahhh, you must have made many a charitable donation... Title: Re: Remembering Smile Research Laboratories Post by: Mr. Verlander on October 12, 2014, 04:36:45 PM April (or whomever) also had a mailing list called 'Lil' Smiley Cabin'. I think it was through Yahoo. Maybe not, although I was on the list.
For awhile, people bounced around the idea that 'April' was actually being played by Brad Elliot. Title: Re: Remembering Smile Research Laboratories Post by: bgas on October 12, 2014, 04:44:53 PM April (or whomever) also had a mailing list called 'Lil' Smiley Cabin'. I think it was through Yahoo. Maybe not, although I was on the list. For awhile, people bounced around the idea that 'April' was actually being played by Brad Elliot. perhaps that's why he's so hard to find now; he's had a sex change and is known as April Elliot? Title: Re: Remembering Smile Research Laboratories Post by: rogerlancelot on October 12, 2014, 10:07:22 PM That was the first place that I heard Landlocked and Adult Child as well as many other rarities and helped solidify my fandom. I never have actually purchased a BB bootleg but that site got me buying all of the 2-fers, etc. Ahhh, you must have made many a charitable donation... I bought a t-shirt once. Come to think of it, I bough a cassette of Salute NASCAR from a truck stop for very cheap. |