AboutMatt Maguire Expertise I am new to allexperts, but have plenty of knowledge and experience in the realm of Sublime. Guarantee: you will receive an answer within 2 days of posting the question -- I have no feedback so far and would like to build some.
I can answer most questions about the band, the significance of the lyrics, the show dates,
the unreleased albums and tracks, misinformation, and, above all, I am an expert on their
influences and related music.
Experience I have been a huge fan for 14 years, I ran a server which distributed Sublime's live and unreleased music 24/7 for 4 years, I have answered questions about the band daily for years on their old website, and I know some of the largest collectors in the world. I created the 5 CD bootleg "Rewind Selector" which documents the influences of Sublime and was the topic of a Spin Magazine interview.
Education/Credentials I did not study music in college, but I majored in English, so I can write a clear response. I worked as a research assistant in the past, so I have skills in research if I need to figure out an answer.
Past/Present Clients Sublime fans aren't my clients, but I have distributed swag and rare tracks to all those who want them for years at no cost.
Question Hey, I totally used to download from you. In fact, I definitely downloaded your entire collection. I still have it and listen to it. I'm a huge fan of sublime as well, and I just wanted to say thanks for providing that server. It was a godsend for sublime fans everywhere.
LouDogg, right? or something like that...on that one weird transfer program that only allowed you to connect to a server if you knew it. Right?
Answer You're exactly right. I went by -- and I guess I still do -- LouIsFatAndSassy and it was "Lou's Sublime".
The server was up 24/7/365 on my personal computer in the days prior to and during Napster. It was run on a GUI FTP program called Hotline with message boards, chat, and of course file sharing.
For years I had traded, bought off eBay, and collected my ass off, developing trust with some good collectors. Then one day I decided to share it all and burn those bridges. Instead of "What do you have that I want...if you give it to me I MIGHT give you something I have" I just put it ALL up and pissed collectors off. People without money and collections were pretty damn happy though. The idea was to rely on people to upload anything they had that was new or of better quality so it would serve as the central database of the best of the best. It was on that Hotline server that the real last show (Play Nice in the Pit) was released, courtesy of Lilmike, Badfish's cassette recorder, and Mix Master General. I kept it up through my first two years of college, and in my heyday transferred a TERABYTE a week. Sublime was very popular in Costa Rica, Chile, and Germany from the IP log. My school actually found me out and capped my dorm, more or less killing my services right when the SublimeArchive came around. They grabbed my collection and took it to the next level. Of course, Universal killed their server when Everything Under the Sun was to be released, fearing a cut into their profits or perhaps that people would like the rough version of 89 Vision more that the radio cut. In the summer of 2008 I got a phone call on my cell. Nicole Gaugh, Bud's new wife (at the time) was calling me to ask if I could hook up Bud Gaugh -- BUD GAUGH -- with my Sublime collection. I sent it to him with the new version of Rewind Selector. I was supposed to call back, but we kept playing phone tag. I don't know what I'd say to him, so I more or less left him alone.
What was your username on Hotline, if you remember?
If you haven't heard, there's a new version of Rewind Selector championed by me and a guy named Vince. You should check it out. Hit me up if you need anything: mdmaguirespam at comcast dot net
