Hiya again - according to my idea, this is my introduction.
I'm a student of Computer Science, age 23. I live in Finland, and I'm
a long time computer (and Internet) enthusiast. My other interests
are roleplaying, music (just listening, no instrument), and I'm a fan
of fantasy and science-fiction, be that as a book, comic or movie..
As to how did I become a fan of the Corrs.. I have a friend who I know
from chatting on IRC (Internet Relay Chat), who lives in Australia.
Sometime in spring of 1997 she told me of how she liked this band, the
Corrs. I'd never heard of them, but based on her description of the
music I was somewhat interested. She told me that they were rather
popular there, and that she was going to go see them in concert too.
Eventually she offered to send me a tape too! So, a few weeks later I
got a tape in mail from her (it was the Forgiven, Not Forgotten album),
and I listened to it in the car.. Only a week later I went to a music
store and bought my own copy of the album on CD!
After that, I did listen to the CD quite a lot, but nothing worth
mentioning happened until sometime around October '97 (I think) when I
by chance happened to find Talk On Corners in a local music store.
I bought the album on the spot, and really liked it from the first
listen.. I browsed the Web and found that the Corrs were going to be
on tour during that fall, ending in Dublin. I have a friend who I'd
met on IRC and who lives in Dublin. I'd never met him, but did want
to, and we had talked of me visiting him sometime -- so this seemed
like the perfect opportunity to go. :) Thus I ended up going to
Ireland during the start of December, and seeing the concert in Dublin
on the 8th. The concert was really good, I enjoyed the performance
immensely.. Sometime right after the concert I came up with the idea
of starting up a mailing list for the Corrs. During my browsing of the
web pages I'd not seen any information on a mailing list being
existence (aside from the "list of addresses of Corrs fans" pages), so
I thought it would be a good idea to start one up.
... So, here we are. :) The list isn't a big success *yet*, but I'm
hoping it will be! Please, if you have any friends on the net who are
also fans of the Corrs, let them know this list exists. :)
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// Mikko Hänninen, aka. Wizzu // wiz@iki.fi // http://www.iki.fi/wiz/ //
// net.freak, DALnet IRC operator, other interests: RPGs (GURPS & other), //
// Fantasy & Sci-Fi, Comics (Elfquest & Sandman), Programming, Linux, WWW //
Stay Alive! -Big Country