03/03/03: Organissimo releases debut, Blue Note board blows up

[Pim]

4 hours ago, Aggie87 said:

Cheers!

...I re-read this thread, and clicked the "wayback machine" link to look at some of the old BNBB threads.  A fascinating glimpse into some of our old comments from 23 years ago.  And a whole forum just for the RVG series too!

 

 

23 years ago? I was still in primary school then 😅
 

so I was a little later but still: glad to have enjoyed the party!

Edited March 4, 2025 by Pim

[ghost of miles]

Happy Big Bang for the Big O Day! Twenty-three years and counting.

[mikeweil]

1 hour ago, ghost of miles said:

Happy Big Bang for the Big O Day! Twenty-three years and counting.

Am I correct that this forum exists longer than the Blue Note Board ever did?

[Dan Gould]

1 hour ago, mikeweil said:

Am I correct that this forum exists longer than the Blue Note Board ever did?

Well that has to be the case unless the internet pre-dated the implosion date by 23 years.

 

[Kevin Bresnahan]

The Blue Note forum was only around for about 7 years (1996-2003), so this forum has outlasted it by quite a bit.

[Dan Gould]

Had no idea the BNBB was active in 1996 - sounds early but around that time I think I barely had email and was using a friend's WebTV box to access! Must have been a few years before I found my way to Jazz BBs.

[Kevin Bresnahan]

I seem to remember late (like December) of 1996 but it may have been later. No matter when it started, it wasn't around for very long. I hung out at various Jazz forums back then and even the AAJ and The Jazz Corner forums held on longer than the Blue Note board.

[ghost of miles]

On 3/3/2026 at 12:12 PM, mikeweil said:

Am I correct that this forum exists longer than the Blue Note Board ever did?

I'm thinking Organissimo may also be the *only* jazz discussion forum active in 2003 that's still around today. And twenty-three years feels like a century in digital-technology time. When this board launched there was no social media, no streaming, no YouTube, etc, and smartphones had yet to be introduced. (Remember when Blackberry was all the rage?)