Who is PaulWellr?
Occasionally I read posts that accuse PaulWellr and WhoMod of being the same person. Their profiles show the former to be a resident of Surrey, UK and the latter of Los Angeles, CA. I thought, well, take the writings of each and run a spell check using a British English Dictionary. If they are different people there should be some spelling errors to show the different locations of each person.
The result was that both are good at spelling. What distinguishes Paul is the fact that he uses few words that differentiate American English and British English. I expected to find spelling errors that could be attributed to the language difference and I found only one; Paul spelled defense ‘defense’ while the correct British spelling is ‘defence’. It was difficult to find adequate writing samples since the both tend to write a short paragraph (1 or 2 sentences) followed by extensive pastes of news articles.
So I turned to Google and viewed
Whomod's Yahoo profile. Whomod is 35 YO and looks it in his yahoo photo. Could this be the same person shown in PaulWellr’s avatar at about 20? You be the judge.
Finally I Googled Paul Wellr and found the
following post penned under that name:
Quote:
Yeah. Paul Weller. He was in town last month. and lo and behold I fail to attend because of actually wanting to be committed to my job for that night. So a month later I hear a taped radio interview with Paul where he says that show (The Wiltern in L.A.) was one of the best shows of his whole career! AAARRRGGGHHHH!!!
Yeah. That description I gave of indie people pretty much sums up why it takes every last erg of willpower to keep from becoming some mass murderer every time i attend some "hipster" show or club. Last tiem for me was the Interpol gig at the Henry Fonda Theatre. I swear, judging from the conversations and attitudes I observed, about 3/4th of the people who were there looked as if they were only there cuz their indie cred depended on it. The band itself was totally an afterthought for most of them.
Paul Weller is also the name of a London DJ that spins indie and 80s rock from UK artists. Paul and Whomod also share an interest in the Coachella Art & Music Festival held annually in Indio, CA, near Palm Springs. Does anyone else find it curious that some one would travel all the way from Britain to see British rock bands in Stinking Desert, CA ?
IMHO, based on a preponderance of the evidence, PaulWellr and Whomod are the same person.
