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Subject: The Nature of the Mudcat Beastie... From: Wavestar Date: 02 Mar 00 - 03:38 PM I've been wondering, since I arrived, about the nature of the Cat, and 'catters... And this is leading me to ask a series of somewhat personalish questions I wouldn't usually ask of folk online, but I think the 'Catters might not take so badly to... So, I want to know- Mudcat is international, but how international? Are most people American, British, if American, from where? If British... from where? Are all Mudcatters deeply devoted musicians, perfomers, and the like, or am I not the only sheepish afficianado but not talented enough to be a performer in the 'Cat bunch? I ask because you all know the songs I grew up hearing, and loving, and when I read through that old thread on "Songs that moved you," I nod all the time... There are threads about NEFFA, an event I pine for even as I'm here ceilidhing, Folk sings in Vermont, my lovely snowy home, and discussions about artists I know and have seen, and artists I want to know. I almost have the feeling I know you all, or know people you know... six degreees of separation indeed. Considering my generation, and the peers I'm surrounded with, it's pretty hard to find people who know and listen to the music I know and love. I find some here in Scotland, but they don't know most of the more recent North American folk... so it's nice to find a group of people that share my tastes and knowledge, even if most of your knowledge greatly outclasses mine... I won't ask these questions without answering them, of course, since this is part of what spurs my interest... I'm a student, studying in Scotland, at the University of St Andrews, but home is Vermont, north or Norwich, and not far across the river from Dartmouth (insert known landmark). I can't play but I sing, learned almost everything I know from my mother, contra dance, and go to folk festivals whenever I can. So, are any of you near me, etc? Once again, forgive my inordinate curiousity, but the longer I'm here, the more I want to know.... Cheers, -Jessica |
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Subject: RE: The Nature of the Mudcat Beastie... From: Amos Date: 02 Mar 00 - 03:55 PM We're from all over the US and the UK and Canada, with further afield members in Sweden, Rio and Iceland and other farflung places such as Texas. I live in San Diego though I was raised in New England: Maine, Vermont, Connecticut. Those that are farflung will have to throwback their own answers :>).
I'm not a pro, as you can see from my Bio page on the Resources quick-link page, but I am an energetic and enthusiastic amateur.
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Subject: RE: The Nature of the Mudcat Beastie... From: wysiwyg Date: 02 Mar 00 - 04:00 PM I've been here just under a month. The Nature of Mudcat, IMHO, can be seen in any one day's postings. I didn't know that, so in that month I read just about every posting every day!!!! Too much Mudcat is tough to swallow without the right wine, and I only found out what the right kind is day before yesterday. On the other hand, and equally true, the Nature of the Mudcat changes every day as we each change, and it changes in a different way every tiome a new member joins and gets active. I'm eager to see what YOU will bring to it. |
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Subject: RE: The Nature of the Mudcat Beastie... From: katlaughing Date: 02 Mar 00 - 04:01 PM Welcome to the Mudcat, Jessica and, please k now, that you are just like a lot of the rest of us; we run the gamut from people who only sing by themselves with no one around to people who go on tours and support themselves totally with their music and teaching. There are no restrictions or requirements of ability, choice of instrument (your voice is one), etc. There are several threads which answer a lot of questions. If you put certain words in the filter box at teh top of the threads and set the age on threads to 1 or 2 years, you should be able to find the following:
Where in the world do Mudcatters live? There are a bunch of others and if you don't put anything in the filter box, but just set the age back a ways, hit refresh and watch them load, you will find some very interesting reading. I am sure you will get a lot of answers in this thread, too. Just so you know, I am in Wyoming (used to live in MA and CT and really enjoyed visiting VT), music is a hobby for me and I sing, mostly at home and in the virtual song circle we have on Sunday evenings, usually starting at 730pm EST, although there is talk of phoaks in the UK starting earlier so they don't have to be up half the night. If you have a mic and a sound card, you should join us. Even if you don't have a mic, there is a text chat, so that you can visit in real time, while listening to those who choose to sing and/or play. Just look for the most recent thread with HearMe in it for information and a link. Glad you have joined us. If you have any trouble with anything, please do not hesitate to ask. katlaughing |
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Subject: RE: The Nature of the Mudcat Beastie... From: MMario Date: 02 Mar 00 - 04:08 PM Praise, pray tell what wine DOES go best with MudCat? (But tell us over in the cookbook thread) |
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Subject: RE: The Nature of the Mudcat Beastie... From: wildlone Date: 02 Mar 00 - 04:12 PM Hi Jessica this is how it starts, You come in and look, aks a few questions and the next thing you know you are a mudcatter waiting until you can go on line for your next fix. enjoy, dave of Dorset |
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Subject: RE: The Nature of the Mudcat Beastie... From: Eric the Viking Date: 02 Mar 00 - 04:14 PM Hi- Am I the first Brit to welcome you? There are many of us in the UK. A whole bunch meet in Yorkshire on a wednesday. As for not playing anything, you should see my lame efforts so don't worry. I think there are some 'catters in Scotland. But Yorkshire is not so far away. (200 miles) Nothing I guess to someone from your neck of the woods. Also you have a whole country of festivals to go to especially in the summer. There's one near you pretty soon-can't remember the name of it but someone will tell you. Then there's Holmfirth in may, Cleckheaton (Where I live) in June, Sidmouth, Cambridge, Whitby, Fylde etc. Wonderful chances to see the best of folk in this country. Enjoy the mudcat it's a good place to be, whatever your views. Cheers. Eric |
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Subject: RE: The Nature of the Mudcat Beastie... From: Sabra Date: 02 Mar 00 - 04:19 PM Hi Jessica! I live in the UNFLUNG state of Kansas,America and am somewhat like you in that I learned to love folk music from my parents. I play(guitar,mandolin,dulcimer) and sing, but usually think of myself more-as you called it-the "sheepish afficianado", and am an unabashed fan of those who can write and play! The creative heart here on the 'Cat has quickly found its way into mine--it is delightful to have a comfy feelin' old fashioned "home" here in cyberspace isnt it? So you're currently residing in the Kingdom of Fife? My boyfriend is very active in the folk comunity in Fife, although he lives in Edinburgh at present. He's here on the Mudcat as well (goes by Calach)and I'm sure he'll post a hello to you tomorrow! Ian is a great mine of information about Scottish folk music and can proabably point you in the right direction if you're looking for folk clubs and such there in Scotland. I think this was a great idea, as a newbie I'm still learning whereabouts everyone is and I'll be stayin tuned to this thread to see what you discover! ~Karla |
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Subject: RE: The Nature of the Mudcat Beastie... From: McGrath of Harlow Date: 02 Mar 00 - 04:33 PM If you go up to Quick links at the top of the page (or it might be called Contact Us), open it and then go to "bbc's Mudcat Resources", where one of the options is the Locator, which is a list of where various people live (ie, country and county, not street address).
Most people on the Mudcat haven't put these details in, but it's enough to get an idea of where people here tend to live. And you can also see pictures of quite a few of us as well, in bbc's resources.
And to get a fuller idea of how many of us there are, go to Quick Links (or Contact Us) again, click on send personal message - and then when that screen comes up asking you to fill in a name, just click on Go, without putting in a name - and up will come this enormous list of people you could send a personal message to, who make up the Mudcat community.
Welcome, and make yourself at home here. Be warned, it is addictive. As are many things. But this is a good one. |
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Subject: RE: The Nature of the Mudcat Beastie... From: paddymac Date: 02 Mar 00 - 04:53 PM Lets not forget the family members from "down under", and the occasional post from Japan. Mostly, we seem to be english speakers from around the globe, but folks with other "first languages" often pop in. Everybody's welcome, even the odd flamer the passes thru from time to time. Since you're not listed as "Guest", you're a full-fledged "cookied" member, and we're glad to have you in the family. |
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Subject: RE: The Nature of the Mudcat Beastie... From: GUEST,Bill in Alabama Date: 02 Mar 00 - 04:56 PM Welcome, Jessica-- I believe that I'm one of the old-timers around here, and I reckon Ms. Kat said it all when she spoke of running the gamut of personalities here, and some of us tend to lurk on the periphery of the group without saying much. The family is really much larger than you may think, and it seems to me that there's room for everybody.
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Subject: RE: The Nature of the Mudcat Beastie... From: Callie Date: 02 Mar 00 - 04:58 PM Hear hear. I've become completely addicted! Warning: if you study and you have a computer, you may find yourself spending more time on Mudcat than on the oh-so-important-essay-due-tomorrow! Welcome from the Australian contingent! The amazing thing I've found is not only that Mudcatters are good-hearted and open folk, but that they know a hell of a lot. The more obscure the questions, the more likely you are to get (several, and sometimes conflicting) reponses. --Callie |
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Subject: RE: The Nature of the Mudcat Beastie... From: Wavestar Date: 02 Mar 00 - 05:08 PM *grin* I'm so glad to get so many responses... and I think I may be experiencing that syndrome, Callie, since I *am* surfing, and I *do* have that all important essay due tomorrow... but who wants to think about Hobbes and metaethics when one can think about music? Thanks for all your welcomes... please, keep posting! -Jessica |
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Subject: RE: The Nature of the Mudcat Beastie... From: bbc Date: 02 Mar 00 - 08:49 PM Welcome, Jessica. Mudcat is a mixed bag. Some members make their living from the music; some of us are mostly audience. What we share, on some level, is a knowledge & love of music of the folk variety (Don't try to define that too closely or you will have quite a discussion on your hands!). I started the Mudcat Resources site a year ago April, to help w/ the community feeling, since I don't have a lot to add to the music threads. I really do appreciate & want to support our members who make their living from the music. The site has email addresses, a birthday list, photo pages, the locator (new last month, I think), & mini-webpages for any Mudcat members who request to be added. I, myself, am a school librarian who lives an hour North of NYC. My son, davidmc24, & my fiance, Duane D., are both Mudcatters, too. And, hey, you guys, stop referring to Duane as bbc's Duane. He's getting a complex. ;) best from NY, bbc |
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Subject: RE: The Nature of the Mudcat Beastie... From: Dave (the ancient mariner) Date: 02 Mar 00 - 08:57 PM I am from England and live in Canada.. welcome Jessica you have joined a group of very talented musicians here at the Mudcat.. and they do share their talents with you.. Enjoy this site. Yours,Aye.Dave |
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Subject: RE: The Nature of the Mudcat Beastie... From: McGrath of Harlow Date: 02 Mar 00 - 09:13 PM Wavestar - you just try starting a thread about Hobbes and metaethics, and I guarantee you'd find some Mudcatters who wanted to talk about it, and probably knew a song about it:
"BS - Is life nasty brutish and short..."
"BS - What the hell is metaethics?"
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Subject: RE: The Nature of the Mudcat Beastie... From: Mbo Date: 02 Mar 00 - 09:54 PM Mudcat IS the Leviathan! So, Wavestar, know any good Thomas Malthus jokes? That dude's EVERYWHERE! --Mbo |
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Subject: RE: The Nature of the Mudcat Beastie... From: Troll Date: 02 Mar 00 - 10:52 PM Wavestar---Welcome to the asylum.You'll find all kinds here. They're mostly really nice people, highly intelligent and with a willingness to help that is almost scary. And a few of us are just too damn smart for our own good. So,you have been warned.If you wind up knowing more about Spaw and his possum than you do Hobbes and his writings, I TOLE YA SO! troll--- who takes himself way too seriously. |
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Subject: RE: The Nature of the Mudcat Beastie... From: GUEST,_gargoyle Date: 02 Mar 00 - 11:17 PM Amazing how much productive functional time...is spent....
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Subject: RE: The Nature of the Mudcat Beastie... From: Joe Offer Date: 03 Mar 00 - 03:14 AM Well, the first thought that came to mind was that we must be wee, sleekit, cowering, and timorous.... -Joe Offer, with a panic in me breastie- |
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Subject: RE: The Nature of the Mudcat Beastie... From: Biskit Date: 03 Mar 00 - 07:59 PM Welcome Jessica, I've not been a mudcatter very long, but I have so far enjoyed ever minute of it!!I would never be refered to as a sheepish afficianado I'll sing and play my guitar as long as there is one person left to listen even if that one person left is only myself, I just enjoy making that joyful noise. My Grandfather started me on the old folk songs and bluegrass when I was about nine Gawd Bless `em, anyway I live in Tucson Arizona and I am an owner/operayor truck driver hauling mostly machinery throughout the continental U.S. And I always have a guitar with me. Since I have become...or am becoming a mudcatter, I've installed a cellular modem so I can check in on the folks even from the road. this is much more addictive than I ever would have bimagined but at least it a good kind of addiction, am I rambling? I'm rambeling are'nt I oh well.....X.....-Biskit- |
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Subject: RE: The Nature of the Mudcat Beastie... From: Art Thieme Date: 04 Mar 00 - 09:40 AM Ms Jessica--From here in Peru (Illinois) on the shores of LaSalle's stream---the Illinois River---I've hung around and sung around this old folk scene a long while. Used to do it on the road a bunch---but not now. This is a grand place most of the time and you are most welcome. Art Thieme |
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Subject: RE: The Nature of the Mudcat Beastie... From: Homeless Date: 04 Mar 00 - 09:55 AM Do any over you remember back to the old days (of 2400 and 9600 baud modems) a BBS network called RIME? It had a conference called "Uplink" that reminds me very much of this. Another similarity is Callahan's, if anyone reads Spider Robinson. |
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Subject: RE: The Nature of the Mudcat Beastie... From: Mark Cohen Date: 06 Mar 00 - 11:38 PM Hobbes? Isn't he Calvin's tiger friend? I think he eats Metaethics for breakfast, with milk and bananas. Actually, the tropic sun hasn't dried my brain so much that I don't remember reading Leviathan as a freshman in college, and even (gulp!) liking it. E komo mai, Jessica (that's welcome in Hawaiian). Here in the middle of the Pacific, the Mudcat is the closest I can get to the song circles I used to love in Philadelphia and Portland and Seattle. It really can be addictive; I should have gone home long ago, and I had my chance when the server was down earlier today, but... you'll see. Enjoy. Aloha, Mark |
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Subject: RE: The Nature of the Mudcat Beastie... From: Mbo Date: 06 Mar 00 - 11:54 PM No no, Calvin eats CHOCOLATE FROSTED SUGAR BOMBS for breakfast! What's that, Dad? Boring ol' toast and tea? Why not try some CHOCOLATE FROSTED SUGAR BOMBS, they're chewy on the outside, marshmallowy on the inside! --Mbo (ahhhh....I love Calvin & Hobbes...I own all the books...)
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Subject: RE: The Nature of the Mudcat Beastie... From: Troll Date: 07 Mar 00 - 12:00 AM Never trust a breakfast cereal that doesn't turn the milk purple. troll |
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Subject: RE: The Nature of the Mudcat Beastie... From: Hagbardr Date: 07 Mar 00 - 12:15 AM MMario, I can't tell you what wine goes best with Mudcat, but I've found that Tullamore Dew goes very well with it. Hagbard |
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Subject: RE: The Nature of the Mudcat Beastie... From: Mbo Date: 07 Mar 00 - 12:15 AM TROLL! YOU KNOW!!!! CALVIN & HOBBESS FANS OF THE WORLD UNITE!!! --Mbo |
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Subject: RE: The Nature of the Mudcat Beastie... From: Homeless Date: 07 Mar 00 - 12:21 AM Mbo - aren't you forgetting that Chocolate Frosted Sugar Bomb were also offered with Marshmallow bits? (but isn't that something of thread drift?) |
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Subject: RE: The Nature of the Mudcat Beastie... From: Mbo Date: 07 Mar 00 - 12:33 AM Yep, it sure was! And all for that swell propeller beanie! --Mbo |
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Subject: RE: The Nature of the Mudcat Beastie... From: JenEllen Date: 07 Mar 00 - 07:46 PM Welcome Jessica! I'll have to side with Amos (oh dear) as part of the west coast contingent. Washington State. Music brings us all together, and our warped senses of self help keep us that way. Enjoy your time here, and feel free to add and take what you can. Luv, Elle (and hit a hearme some sunday night for a true MC experience) |
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Subject: RE: The Nature of the Mudcat Beastie... From: Amos Date: 07 Mar 00 - 08:08 PM Ok, JenE...let's get straight, now..what was that "Oh, Dear" about? Hmmmm? You know how I yearn for your smile... |
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Subject: RE: The Nature of the Mudcat Beastie... From: vtwin90 Date: 07 Mar 00 - 08:10 PM Hello Jess. I myself am new (and addicted) to this mucat cafe. Greetings from the Berkshire hills in Massachusetts. I know how it is to miss the local mountains but I'm sure they haven't changed much in your absence. They will still be here awaiting your return. I am not a proffesional musician either but play the guitar and sing for my own enjoyment and the ability it gives me to annoy people. I've also just started taking banjo lessons (don't tell anyone...you know how banjo jokes are). I can't wait to see how my power to irritate will improve with addition of banjo pickin'! Great to meet you...now get back to your studies! Kyle |
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Subject: RE: The Nature of the Mudcat Beastie... From: Wavestar Date: 07 Mar 00 - 08:38 PM Oohh.. I keep feeling more and more welcome! And as a lifelong (well, I can almost manage that... just to make everyone else feel old, rather than me feeling young) Calvin and Hobbes fan, I cheer heartily... More Chocolate covered Sugar Bombs! I wanna Beanie! -J |
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Subject: RE: The Nature of the Mudcat Beastie... From: Bill D Date: 07 Mar 00 - 08:49 PM Hagbard!..Tullamore Dew goes well with MANY things...*YUM*...(especially the OLD stuff in the green crock!) |
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Subject: RE: The Nature of the Mudcat Beastie... From: Wavestar Date: 07 Mar 00 - 09:05 PM Mmmm... *ponders her memory of Tullamore Dew, and how much of a bottle it takes to get a man very very drunk...* Oh dear. :P |
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Subject: RE: The Nature of the Mudcat Beastie... From: Thomas the Rhymer Date: 07 Mar 00 - 09:25 PM thanks jessica, for your call and here's welcome!.... Your comments are thoughtful, considered and handsome.... I play all the time and sometimes for nickels.... I'm new here to portland, asingin of pickles.... I garden with stones, I plant with a shovel,.... I sing of times past, of love and of trouble.... the intellegence here on the mudcat is jolly.... I been here three days, and I found just one folly.... I've searched on the database for years without knoledge, Of how fun are the folks on this network song college! enjoy!, ttr |
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Subject: RE: The Nature of the Mudcat Beastie... From: Mbo Date: 07 Mar 00 - 10:02 PM Jessica, a true C&H fan would know this...can you recite Calvin's Barbeque Soliliquy? --Mbo |
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Subject: RE: The Nature of the Mudcat Beastie... From: GUEST,_gargoyle Date: 07 Mar 00 - 10:08 PM Looking for the "green crock" (TRUTHFULLY!!!!!)
It was hard enough finding the beigh crock....
Give me a "lead" a "source" a "provider" a "pervaidor" a "pusher" it is for my "older woman's father" and price is NO object!!! |
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Subject: RE: The Nature of the Mudcat Beastie... From: Amos Date: 07 Mar 00 - 10:11 PM What, garg, is the green crock? OR the beige? ...that you seek a purveyor for? |
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Subject: RE: The Nature of the Mudcat Beastie... From: GUEST,_gargoyle Date: 07 Mar 00 - 10:15 PM If you don't "know"
Read the Thread...
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Subject: RE: The Nature of the Mudcat Beastie... From: Mbo Date: 07 Mar 00 - 10:29 PM By George, I believe he means "a crock of hooey"! BTW here's the Barbeque Soliliquy: "OH BOY! DAD'S BARBEQUEING! WITH HAMBURGERS! THEY MAY BE BURNT ON THE OUTSIDE! THEY MAY BE RAW ON THE INSIDE! BUT AT LEAST THEY'VE GOT THAT DELICIOUS TASTE OF LIGHTER FLUID! MMM MMM! WHEN'S DINNER?..........Hey, whaddya mean 'next week'?!" --Mbo |
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Subject: RE: The Nature of the Mudcat Beastie... From: JenEllen Date: 08 Mar 00 - 12:49 AM Amos darlin' , no fear, you get your smile. And every time I think I'm stranded on the wrong coast, I can think "Well, it could be worse, at least I don't have to wear a crocheted jock-strap"...and share a big old grin with ya. Elle |
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Subject: RE: The Nature of the Mudcat Beastie... From: Bill D Date: 08 Mar 00 - 12:07 PM ahh, hope I didn't mislead anyone...Tullamore Dew comes in a crock that is half green and half beige...In my mind's eye I see the green part....It was totally impossible to find in the USA for 10-12 years, but is now being imported again...I have an almost empty one..(smaller and not NEARLY as nice as the ones I had 20=25 years ago, though the contents are still A-1)..... |
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Subject: RE: The Nature of the Mudcat Beastie... From: Wavestar Date: 18 Apr 00 - 05:21 AM Refresh- Keli, if you read this, this is the thread I started on almost the exact same subject, shortly after I arrived... please enjoy it! -J |
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Subject: RE: The Nature of the Mudcat Beastie... From: kendall Date: 18 Apr 00 - 08:29 AM South Portland Maine here.. I'm still mad at those creeps who bought the local paper here. They dumped, Mother Goose & Grim, The Wizard of Id, Andy Capp AND Calvin & Hobbs! Now we get Dilbert, Zits etc. about as funny as Mothers Day in an orphanage. Anyway, when I retired from the US Governmet service I started performing nearly full time. Details in the resources if you want to know more. So, welcome! |
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Subject: RE: The Nature of the Mudcat Beastie... From: Billy the Bus Date: 19 Apr 00 - 02:15 AM Hi Jessica, I became totally addicted to Mudcat Café the moment I walked in the door a couple of months back. It took me back 35 years (How many years? - c'mon Poms, there's a BS thread there..;) to the Balladeer Coffee Bar, in Wellington, New Zealand, where I first performed "folk" in public. Talk about a blast from the past - serious music discussion and folk who twist words into fantastic forms in the BS threads. Like you, Jess, I love to find out more about these wonderful folk, who habituate the Café. So, here's a practice run for a personal profile for bbc. I'm writing off-line, having a medicinal whisky and listening to a tape of the 2nd NZ "National Banjo Pickers Convention - 1968" that just arrived today from a friend of those days. Thanks to Mudcat Café I've got arse into gear, and am tracking down mates from my folk days. I'll be careful, looking at the track-list this could turn into a stream of semi-consciousness 'specially for Spaw...;) Billy the Bus - is a 1976 19-seat Ford Bus, the most important member of the "Folk Duo" Sam (& Billy the Bus). "We've bin togevver nah for 15 years", telling folk tales of our home Stewart Island. We may possibly be the most down-under Mudcatters in the world, but I doubt it. There could be someone lurking on the Falklands, and, from one of the recent threads, I know there have been a few Catters in the Antarctic, temporarily. Anyway, I'm the (semi)human side of the duo.... Sam (Sampson) is knocking 60, and totally insane. Aka: The Fluid Druid which takes me to a couple of current and old threads about "Cokey" and "Hokey Pokey" ... Copious "Yellow Legals" deleted.... If any Catters care to check the above "Blue clicky", the project didn't come off. The "Hokonui" bottle is still in Norway - could be fun getting it back to me via the "Mudcat Underground"....;) "Victory Rag" is on the tape..... Now there's "Oh my little darlin'" Bill Clinton playing - SHIT - here's "Three Night's Drunk". Spaw, the tears are pourin' down my cheeks, not my legs..... I was "in the sticks" and didn't get to the 2nd "Banjer Pickers" and meet Bill.... Now, there's "Amelia Earhart" on the tape......... "Happy Landings" - which brings back memories of three fine friends who made their "final landing" in the sea, like Amelia, and didn't survive - just a couple of years back. Spaw, one was the mum of Tristan - SSC.... Spaw, mate, I can't see the keyboard, I'm fuggin lonesome tonight. THANK YOU MUDCAT Now, it's "May the Circle be Unbroken" - I'll take a punt that it won't be on Mudcat........ Jeez Wayne the tape is finishing with "Irene Goodnight" that was our "close off" at the Bladder......... Jessica, I hope you can understand the above rave, it's what Mudcat is to me! Sam |
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Subject: RE: The Nature of the Mudcat Beastie... From: Song Dog Date: 19 Apr 00 - 03:09 AM WaveStar, "DITTO" |
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Subject: RE: The Nature of the Mudcat Beastie... From: Jim the Bart Date: 19 Apr 00 - 01:45 PM Jennifer - I, too, am new to the Mudcat. And since I first stumbled onto this place, I wake up feeling a little better about the day knowing that I can check in when I have the opportunity and get juiced up in the company of people I have never seen and yet have come to like a lot. Sometimes I just hang out and listen in; sometimes I can't help but chime in with my little bit of wisdom (or boatload of nonsense). I learn a lot when I'm here. Being one more unreconstructed hippie who woke up in the middle of the folk explosion of the sixites, I am so glad to find a place reminiscent of the coffeehouses from back then. Whether you live in New Zealand, Scotland, Alabama or my native Chicago, the places where folks can go to dig a little deeper into the nature of things have, like the dinosaurs, been replaced by Starbucks. A place where you can sit among friends and throw ideas around is a rare find indeed. A place where you can come in as a stranger and not feel like an outsider is rarer. I'm glad to meet you. I'm glad to meet all of you. Why do I think this forum is different? Why is even the so-called "BS" here special? I think it's because the people who are drawn here again and again share a common love for a certain kind of music. I can't define it; but I know it when I hear it. And I always get the feeling that it's playing in the rooms from which the posts that I'm reading came.It's the "connecting tissue" that ties us together, regardless of differences of location, experience and opinion. It knocked me off the middle-of the-road a long time ago. And it's about the best thing I've ever found in this world, this side of my family and friends. |
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Subject: RE: The Nature of the Mudcat Beastie... From: Amergin Date: 19 Apr 00 - 02:12 PM I'm new here, too, and I find alot the the things said here to be great stuff. I don't sing professionally(though I have been know to sing every once in a while during open mike poetry sessions), mostly I just sing as I'm walking down the road. It keeps me company. Ah, hell, don't quite know what else to say. |
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Subject: RE: The Nature of the Mudcat Beastie... From: Teasle Date: 20 Apr 00 - 12:18 PM What an enlightening thread! I feel like I got to know a lot of you a whole lot better. Thank you. I'm fairly new too,and a bit shy about contributing, but I check in every day to see how you all are. One thing i'd like to do is join you when you are 'singing' online. But how do you do this?? I gues I should ask this question in a seperate thread, but I'll wait and see if someone answers. I am off to the Channel Islands (just off the coast of France) for the Easter hols. Will look forward to 'seeing' you all next week. Happy holiday! Teasle |
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Subject: RE: The Nature of the Mudcat Beastie... From: vindelis Date: 20 Apr 00 - 07:46 PM I am quite new to the mudcat scene, and have found that it is wonderful to be surrounded by a living and breathing encyclopaedia. Welcome from Portland Dorset. |
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Subject: RE: The Nature of the Mudcat Beastie... From: Mrrzy Date: 20 Apr 00 - 11:14 PM Mbo, I should have guessed you'd be a C&H collector too... And Jessica, welcome from an quarter-Russian half-Hungarian American who grew up in West Africa but also lived in the Far East... ...Despite I've now lived stateside since 1981, which is longer than I'd lived anywhere, it is Abidjan which is still "home" in my heart of hearts. So I really consider myself an expat, even though I live where my passport comes from. Go figure... |
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