Welcome to the forum!

[Tripecac]

Hi there! This forum is intended to replace the guestbook-style Rail On (which replaced The Culture Bunker mailing list). For now, it'll probably keep the name "Rail On" (for simplicity).

This time around, we're using "real" forum software (phpbb) rather than those guestbook perl scripts from the mid-1990s. So we can now have threads, moderation, polls, etc. I hope you enjoy the new features!

Yes, this is somewhat redundant with the Head Heritage forum:

http://www.headheritage.co.uk/headtohead/unsung/

Personally, I don't care which forum you use. The Head Heritage forum tends to be "chatty", whereas Rail On tends to be "dead". So take your pick!

Seriously, though, I guess there are some topics which would be more naturally discussed on Rail On than other Cope-related forums:

1) the Tribute CDs (we're slowly assembling volume 3)

2) the Rail On and Culture Bunker archives

3) the rest of my Julian Cope site (not that anyone visits it)

4) me me me me me



That last one was a (lame) joke. Rail On really isn't an ego thing for me. I have Tripecac for that. Rail On is more like a shelter from the "noise" over on the other Cope forums. By "noise" I mean "information". I much prefer vegetating in ignorance here on Rail On. Don't we all? Hello? Hello? Tap tap tap...

[architeuthis]

The new forum looks quite spiffy, Trav. Kudos.

Eric

[Tripecac]

Yay, a post! Thanks for taking the time to register.

Out of curiosity, are the "breadcrumb" links in the upper left easy to use (for getting back to the Cope page)? I use them all the time for navigation but I'm curious if anyone else does.

[Tripecac]

Okay, this forum is now "live". I disabled the old Rail On forum and pointed the links here. The archives (for Rail On and the Culture Bunker) are still there, so we're not losing any information.

[Tripecac]

Is the font a decent size now? It seems too big before, so I shrank it, but I want to make sure everyone can still read it.

[Tripecac]

I've added a "forum watch" feature. It appears in the lower left when you are logged in and viewing a forum or a topic.

It lets you "watch" the entire Cope forum, which means you will get emailed every single post. This is like Rail On, except it's easy to turn the notifications on and off.

You can also watch specific topics instead.