Tribe Magazine
Tribe Magazine was a free print magazine originally distributed in Toronto, Ontario as well as across Canada from 1993 through to 2005. The magazine featured photography, music, CD reviews, dance and club listings. It currently has an online presence only in the form of an internet message board which provides many of the functions the print version of the magazine did.
Magazine
Tribe Magazine's beginnings coincided with Toronto's fledgling club scene. The name was coined after alexd observed "tribes" of club kids roaming the streets of the city looking for warehouse parties after the normal bars closed.
In 2004, it boasted a circulation of 100,000 readers a month [1].
alexd
alexd is the editor, creator and owner of Tribe Magazine.
Message Board
While the print version of the Magazine no longer exists, Tribe lives on in the form of an internet message board. It gained international exposure in June and July of 2004, when a member allegedly witnessed an intoxicated Russell Crowe causing a scene at a local bar [2].
Hardcore Forum
The message board has its very own wasteland called the Hardcore Forum. The Hardcore Forum used to be about Dutch hardcore, happy hardcore and/or gabber. Interest in the genre died among Tribe members as the GTA rave scene shrank. Now the Hardcore Forum is where threads which violate the Tribe SPAM POLICY + Posting Etiquette are placed. Threads such as those related to the Comfort Zone (a notable after-hours club in Toronto) and those begun by promoters who are known to spam are often moved to the Hardcore Forum.
Notable Threads
The "~*...what tribers look like (just pix)...*~" thread has over 895,700 views. Usually this thread can be located within the first or second page results In the General Forum.
Annual TBQ (Tribe Board BBQ) Gathering
The TBQ is an annual gathering of Tribe Magazine Message Board Members which began in 2000. Each year it has become increasingly elaborate. It usually involves a sound setup, rotation of DJs, and a barbecue or two. In the last few years it has taken place on the Toronto Island's Hanlan's Point. Although the TBQ is a show of appreciation to Tribe Magazine Messageboard Members, it's open to everyone and every year brings out a new group of folk as well as regular attendees. The TBQ has always remained a free event.
Noteable Banned Users of the Tribe Magazine Message Board
- sea - Banned for wishing happy birthday to Hitler and threatening to kill alexd.
- universalmetropolis - An incarnation of sea, also banned for threatening to kill alexd.
- pukka - Banned for general anti-tribe and anti-alexd behaviour. Possible protégé of sea.
- soju - Banned for inventing a story about being assaulted by someone known to other users and general anti-tribe behaviour; was also banned from the Hullabaloo (rave) board for stalking/threatening Anabolic frolic. Known for periodic returns under other now-banned Tribe aliases.
- dmonic - Former Tribe Magazine Messageboard moderator. Banned for unauthorized advertising in the breaks forum, which led to a notable online argument and the temporary destruction of the breaks forum.
- OM Festival - Banned for an argument with alexd over philosophical differences.
- craig pettigrew - Banned for non-payment of advertising fees.
- evil dynovac - Banned for posting a picture of tubgirl.
- lucid niteclub - Banned for stealing alexd's ideas after meeting with him over false advertising promises.
- disco stu - Banned himself after calling everyone a loser and threatening to beat up deep. came back as mikeinflames, but was discovered and subsequently banned.
See also
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