Subject: RE: The Mudcat Café From: Charley Noble Date: 26 Oct 10 - 11:07 AM refresh! |
Subject: RE: The Mudcat Café From: JennyO Date: 17 Feb 07 - 06:40 AM Subject: The Mudcat Café From: Max - PM Date: 01 Oct 96 - 12:00 AM .....I hope you all enjoy this new service. It is still very new, so some debugging may be needed. Subject: RE: The Mudcat Café From: Max - PM Date: 16 Feb 07 - 12:41 PM We're almost done debugging. LOL, Max! |
Subject: RE: The Mudcat Café From: Stewart Date: 16 Feb 07 - 07:54 PM Is this now the longest running thread? Cheers, S. in Seattle |
Subject: RE: The Mudcat Café From: The Fooles Troupe Date: 16 Feb 07 - 05:58 PM "We're almost done debugging." Just as long as you're sure, guys, that the light at the end of the tunnel is not the headlight of an approaching train.... |
Subject: RE: The Mudcat Café From: Jeri Date: 16 Feb 07 - 05:37 PM "We're almost done debugging." You know, a whole science fiction/horror movie could be based upon those 5 words. Now, as long as people's handles show up on posts in ALL views, and things refresh to the right page, you'll be fine. When you're done debugging, you may want to warn us so we can get dogs and make sure Arnie's prepared to fight the evil machines. ('Terminator' reference) |
Subject: RE: The Mudcat Café From: GUEST,Noreen Date: 16 Feb 07 - 02:09 PM :0) |
Subject: RE: The Mudcat Café From: John MacKenzie Date: 16 Feb 07 - 12:46 PM Whoopeee!!!! G. |
Subject: RE: The Mudcat Café From: Max Date: 16 Feb 07 - 12:41 PM We're almost done debugging. |
Subject: RE: The Mudcat Café From: Amos Date: 16 Feb 07 - 11:00 AM WHile I would not go so far as to say that 'what friends are for' is to wait around in a café against the possibility you might drop in so they can be there for you, I do believe that wonderful friendships have been formed from the nucleus of the Mudcat Cafe, and that it is in many respects a really brilliant piece of social design. A |
Subject: RE: The Mudcat Café From: Fidjit Date: 15 Feb 07 - 02:16 PM This is one of those cosy cafes that you drop in to to find your friends. They're always there that's what friends are for. Thanks. Chas |
Subject: RE: The Mudcat Café From: Willie-O Date: 15 Feb 07 - 02:10 PM A piece of our history... I'm kind of amazed this thread isn't locked tightly away, but that says much about the kind of place this is. W-O |
Subject: RE: The Mudcat Café From: Charley Noble Date: 23 Jul 04 - 09:22 AM Mudcat has been a great creative resource for me in the brief 4 years that I've been posting, and it's the one website that I consistently boot up. Thanks, Max, for keeping this website going. Cheerily, Charley Noble |
Subject: RE: The Mudcat Café From: Sandra in Sydney Date: 23 Jul 04 - 09:14 AM where would I be without Mudcat? I had a bit of an inkling over the past month while I was computerless & could only access the internet briefly on the browser at work. I read my incoming mail most days & took a quick squizz at Mudcat on some days. My nights were filled as always, but reading, embroidery & knitting were continued all evening without stopping 10-ish to drag out the laptop & log on for a few hours in the World Wide Web, ie. Mudcat!! It was wonderful to get back to to my routine. Thanks to Max &everyone who makes it what it is - a wonderful community. sandra |
Subject: RE: The Mudcat Café From: Fibula Mattock Date: 23 Jul 04 - 05:37 AM I bought a book last weekend for 50p. It was about the Internet, and it was written in 1994. Of the 200 or so pages in the book, about 3 (count 'em!) talked about the World Wide Web. This was back in the glory days when there were no advertisements on the net and thin, directory books of sites were published - ahhh, nostalgia! A few example sites were given. I flicked through, and out of the page jumped the words "the Digital Tradition". Yup, there it was - precursor of our beloved Mudcat, immortalised in the pages of a well out-of-date techie book (my favourite sort of techie books - hours of amusement!). Long may it continue! |
Subject: RE: The Mudcat Café From: The Fooles Troupe Date: 23 Jul 04 - 05:24 AM Sensationalism! |
Subject: RE: The Mudcat Café From: Flash Company Date: 23 Jul 04 - 04:24 AM I'm a relative newcomer to Mudcat, having been told of you by an old singing friend that I hadn't seen for years. Its great to have a space to share with like minded people and swap songs and stories.(Bit like a good Folk Club should be really) Over the months I have been with you, you have made me both laugh and cry on many occasions. Just a thought, why don't all the nice people on the internet get the press publicity instead of the nasty ones? FC |
Subject: RE: The Mudcat Café From: mooman Date: 23 Jul 04 - 04:13 AM fB Well I'm still here! Peace moo (and thanks Max for a continuing great site despite the efforts of a very few who try to spoil it for everyone. You are immensely tolerant.) |
Subject: RE: The Mudcat Café From: The Fooles Troupe Date: 23 Jul 04 - 02:34 AM "It is still very new, so some debugging may be needed. " ... and de buggers are still around .... |
Subject: RE: The Mudcat Café From: Mudlark Date: 23 Jul 04 - 12:34 AM I no longer remember how I came to the Mudcat, but I'll never forget the wonderful friends I've made here, and the pleasure of having a comfortable, folkie place to hang out, when I'm in need of company or a music hit, or have a question, musical or otherwise, that needs answering. A truly remarkable resource. Thanks to all that have made it possible, and keep it going. |
Subject: RE: The Mudcat Café From: harpmaker Date: 22 Jul 04 - 07:45 PM Max, 'tis great. Well done! Art, Thanks. |
Subject: RE: The Mudcat Café From: fat B****rd Date: 22 Jul 04 - 04:11 PM Yes indeed, many thanks Max. But where are all the people from 1998-2000 ? |
Subject: RE: The Mudcat Café From: Arkie Date: 22 Jul 04 - 03:49 PM Max, thanks for creating a gathering place for folk with our peculiar interest in music. I know it has been a challenge but it has been a fantastic ride. Your efforts along with Dick and Joe and the others who have pitched in are much appreciated. |
Subject: RE: The Mudcat Café From: Megan L Date: 22 Jul 04 - 03:18 PM there are days when getting in the door is a challenge, but it is always worth the effort. Thank you Max for a site full of warmth and fascination. Meg |
Subject: RE: The Mudcat Café From: Amos Date: 22 Jul 04 - 02:58 PM Well it's now 2004, and it has been almost eight years since you made that kick-off, Max. Somehow, you've kept it going through thick and thin. I gotta hand it to you, it has been a wild and wonderful ride, but a richly beautiful result, in sum, and greatly, greatly appreciated. A |
Subject: RE: The Mudcat Café From: Max Date: 22 May 00 - 07:26 PM Thanks all, the SuperSearch does allow us to find jewels over the years huh? I vividly remember the day I posted that message. Life sure was different for me then. I must say I stumbled upon my 2nd greatest creation that day (the first being my daughter). Your kind words then and now make all the effort over the years not only worth it, but some of the best time I have ever spent. Joe, I am not really sure the exact date that I got the DT. I know I first contacted dick and got ahold of the DT somewhere between May and October 1996. |
Subject: RE: The Mudcat Café From: Amergin Date: 22 May 00 - 03:25 PM Speechless at your words, Art. Beautifully put. Thank you, Max, for setting this Cafe up. It's a great place. Amergin |
Subject: RE: The Mudcat Café From: Peg Date: 22 May 00 - 02:49 PM Lovely words, Art. (hence the name) The grail imagery is fitting.
Peg |
Subject: RE: The Mudcat Café From: Dale Rose Date: 22 May 00 - 01:04 AM So well put, Art, that I don't have the words. Thank You. |
Subject: RE: The Mudcat Café From: Art Thieme Date: 22 May 00 - 12:46 AM Aye, I guess Camelot is still here in the misty haze of these latter days after all. Many of us are some bloodied but our heads are still unbowed. And the knights and fair damsels seated at our own 'round table' -- the whole world 'round here in cyberspace -- are still what make the wonder of this place -- this Cafe -- the close to perfect nourishing oasis we needed on an often nasty and dry landscape. Shame on me if I ever lost sight of the fact of it's existence. Max, you pulled Excaliber from the depths of the lake yet another time. HERE is as good a place as any for us searchers to hunt after AND FIND that elusive whisp of philosophy we call the Grail. It is right here, you know -- lurking in different threads for different folks. Some of those threads have yet to be written - but no doubt about it -- the whispy Grail thing is there obscured and covered as always in white and/or red samite. It's "blowin' in the wind" for us to notice, grab and keep in our heads and in our hearts. Art Thieme |
Subject: RE: The Mudcat Café From: The Shambles Date: 21 May 00 - 11:43 AM This quote was put in the 'Just do it' thread, by McGrath of Harlow on 19th May 2000. It seemed to sum up the Mudcat.
"I am inclined to think that a hunt for folk songs is better than a hunt for heroes". Beethoven. I have not seen any direct contributions to the forum from this Beethoven person, but he/she does appear to know what they are talking about. |
Subject: RE: The Mudcat Café From: GUEST,Sheila Date: 21 May 00 - 11:15 AM I don't know how in the world I ever came upon this site but it certainly was my lucky day! You "regulars" are the stuff heaven is made of. Too bad I have a day job otherwise you couldn't tear me away. S. |
Subject: RE: The Mudcat Café From: Peter T. Date: 21 May 00 - 10:31 AM Can you bronze a thread? yours, Peter T. |
Subject: RE: The Mudcat Café From: bbelle Date: 21 May 00 - 03:42 AM It was nice to see this thread again ... thanks ... Jenny |
Subject: RE: The Mudcat Café From: Joe Offer Date: 21 May 00 - 03:10 AM George - Max's message in the thread on the History of the Digital Tradition makes me think that the forum came after the Digital Tradition came, but that there was a Mudcat before the database came here. Max or Dick or Susan, can you give us the straight poop? -Joe Offer- |
Subject: RE: The Mudcat Café From: George Seto - af221@chebucto.ns.ca Date: 21 May 00 - 01:32 AM Out of curiosity, when did the Digital Tradition database show up here? I don't remember the first time I showed up here. It had to have been after Xerox dropped the DT. |
Subject: RE: The Mudcat Café From: Little Neophyte Date: 20 May 00 - 10:28 PM Art, I guess we differ in priorities. For me it is chocolate first, Mudcat second and everything else is 3rd or less. Can't thank you enough Max Sincerely, Little Neo |
Subject: RE: The Mudcat Café From: Joe Offer Date: 20 May 00 - 10:00 PM Note that there were only four messages posted to this thread in 1996, and then nothing until it was resurrected in 1998. You will find a few familiar names in the 1996 posts - Gene Graham and Bill D, for two. A person named Gargoyle joined early on, too. I think it was December 1996 that I discovered Mudcat. Nice place, I'd say. -Joe Offer- |
Subject: RE: The Mudcat Café From: Lonesome EJ Date: 20 May 00 - 09:34 PM This is the beginning. The first Thread in the Mudcat Cafe, and a snapshot of some of the Pioneers. See anyone you know? This thread will be in the Mudcat Classic Threads FAQ.(oh, Joe O, please erase this post, if you would.) |
Subject: RE: The Mudcat Café From: BSeed Date: 19 Oct 98 - 12:59 AM Gargoyle, Peoples' Park is an interesting suggestion for a festival--we could get a lot of the Telegraph Avenue street people, many musicians among them. People have been known to camp there, as well, usually in blanket rolls next to their shopping carts. Of course, the police roust them from time to time... --seed |
Subject: RE: The Mudcat Café From: Art Thieme Date: 18 Oct 98 - 11:11 PM SEED, You are a huge perspiration to me too.
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Subject: RE: The Mudcat Café From: Guy Wolff Date: 18 Oct 98 - 10:54 PM I just got this conputer so I'm new to typing but am so very happy to find ypur site.Thanks for all the hard work that shows in it all.I'm just starting on my second{vanity pressed} CD and am so happy to find out who wrote the things I'm doing .It makes one look less foolish when calling BMI and ASCAP,though still just as broke. I still don't get the arangement fees. Say you are inspired by Rye Cooder's arangement of Leadbelly's Irene Good Night but do something else with it Who do you pay.I guess this should go in the new tread dept.buthere I am. Huge thanks again!.... |
Subject: RE: The Mudcat Café From: Jon Bartlett Date: 18 Oct 98 - 01:38 AM Greetings to all from New Westminster, BC, Canada, where we've just had the good fortune to meet and host Dick and Susan. Aren't they wonderful? This is my first posting but I'm sure not the last. Our Vancouver Folk Song Society will shortly be posting our entire Archive listings to the net at geocities.com/Athens/Aegean/3254. We run Retreats in Summer and Winter and Mudcatters would be more than welcome. Salut, Jon |
Subject: RE: The Mudcat Café From: Charlie Baum Date: 18 Oct 98 - 01:01 AM While Joe Offer credited Dick and Susan (above) for founding the Digital Tradition database, I'd like to give credit also to Dennis Cook, whose data base was merged with Susan's to form the original DT. Dennis isn't a Mudcatter (yet, at least), but he was at the Getaway mentioned by Roger and Jenny above. Roger--sorry I didn't get to meet you at the Getaway. Dick mentioned to me that you'd arrived, but I had to leave fairly early on Sunday. --Charlie Baum |
Subject: RE: The Mudcat Café From: Jenny Date: 18 Oct 98 - 12:04 AM Roger ... I'm so jealous! I was all registered and set to go to the Getaway and had to cancel at the last minute due to my grandmother's passing away. Dick and Susan were to be my roomies. It sounds like you had to kind of "time" I was looking forward to. I'm already setting my sights for next year. I found this site last February and look forward everyday to reading, contributing, and sometimes lurking (when I'm just too tired). This site has all the elements of a good song ... joy, humor, sadness, sin, sex, empathy, sympathy, and a great melody! I've had the pleasure of communicating with some of the "Cats" outside of the threads, and have gotten to know them a bit better. So ... hats off to the inspirations of them that made it happen. BTW ... thanks for all the kinds thoughts about my grandmother ... it meant so much to me. Jenny |
Subject: RE: The Mudcat Café From: BSeed Date: 17 Oct 98 - 06:46 PM I've been dreaming lately of a Mudcat convention--kind of a reunion of people most of whom have never met. I think Chicago is the best place, fairly centrally located in the US, and most important, the home of Art Thieme. A motel with a meeting room or three, and of course a bar--we want our Irish brethren and sistren to attend. Or a park near the city where we could have an outdoor festival..."You can say that I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one...." --seed (not the quote; that's lennon, of course) |
Subject: RE: The Mudcat Café From: Roger in Baltimore Date: 17 Oct 98 - 04:43 PM I had the pleasure of meeting Dick and Susan, Joe, and they are genuinely nice people. I walked into a large room at a strange camp trying to figure out how I register for this Folk Getaway. This guy walks up to me whom I don't recognize and says "Hi, Roger!" with much enthusiasm and pleasure in his voice. Of course, I was wearing my Mudcat T-shirt and it's easy to suspect that I wear a 3X. That's all the information Dick needed to guess who I am. He and Susan took time to introduce me to the other Mudcatters who were about. Sunday night we had a short chat about the joys of Mudcatting and about the folks we wish could have come (see Big Mick's listabove and include Big Mick). I am grateful to each and everyone. Roger in Baltimore |
Subject: RE: The Mudcat Café From: Joe Offer Date: 17 Oct 98 - 02:55 PM Two very important names were mentioned way up above in this thread, and I want to make sure they're not forgotten - Dick and Susan started the Digital Tradition Folk Song Database some ten years ago, before many of us had even touched a computer. They're not as noisy or noticeable as some of the rest of us, but their guidance and vast knowledge has been with us all the time. Besides all that, they seem to be genuinely nice people. -Joe Offer- |
Subject: RE: The Mudcat Café From: BSeed Date: 17 Oct 98 - 02:33 PM How right you are, Mick. The people make the Mudcat, and Max brought us all together. I nominate him for sainthood--not that agnostics pull much weight with the Vatican. --seed |
Subject: RE: The Mudcat Café From: Barbara Date: 17 Oct 98 - 02:09 PM The Friend speaks my mind. (That's Quaker for 'ditto') Blessings, Barbara |
Subject: RE: The Mudcat Café From: Big Mick Date: 17 Oct 98 - 01:03 PM We have all been giving accolades (and rightly so) to Max for giving us the land upon which we have built the city. But reading Art's post above, reminded me that it's only land and buildings, or a site and hardware, without all of you. Let me begin by saying that Art Thieme has enriched this site by his presence from the beginning. And he has enriched my life by his acts of kindness (he knows what they are) in a very personal way. I have found in him, a true friend in our cyberspace town, and it is people like him that have taken the great gift of the Mudcat and given it life. The same goes for Joe O., Roger H., Bseed, Frank i.t.s., Barbara, Harpgirl, Alison (I grow faint just typing her name in ***GRIN***), northfolk, BillD, Alan of Australia, Graeme, Maelgwyn, The Shambles, Dale Rose, Takeo, Zorro and on and on. So in addition to the thanks we seem to be spreading for Max, I want to add my personal thanks for all of you for enriching my life. All the best to all of you, Mick |
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