Subject: New member From: Barney the Fifer Date: 03 Dec 02 - 09:18 AM I'm new around here. I call myself Barney the Fifer. My main preoccupations are folk music, television and pop culture trivia. |
Subject: RE: New member From: Bassic Date: 03 Dec 02 - 09:21 AM Welcome, Barney, where are you? Do you play, sing, .......? |
Subject: RE: New member From: MMario Date: 03 Dec 02 - 09:22 AM Hi Barney! be careful with that bullet now, and try not to annoy Opee too much. The FAQ (see pulldown menu right above the thread list) can be heavy wading - but is well worth a perusal. And please feel free to rummage around in the old threads to get a feel of the place - just ignore the possum droppings and that stale jello in the pit - |
Subject: RE: New member From: greg stephens Date: 03 Dec 02 - 09:23 AM Welcome. (1) What do you mean by "folk music"? (2) Please don't mention William Shatner. (3) Name the Magnicent Seven, or (if under 40), the Spice Girls (real and nicknamea). |
Subject: RE: New member From: Big Mick Date: 03 Dec 02 - 09:34 AM We are better for your arrival. Welcome. I would urge you to learn to use the search feature. Learn to search the Digitrad and the Forum for previous threads before starting another. If you miss, don't worry. We will help you find whatever you need. This place loves to help folks. Mick |
Subject: RE: New member From: Catherine Jayne Date: 03 Dec 02 - 09:49 AM Welcome to the cat box....have fun!! |
Subject: RE: New member From: Amos Date: 03 Dec 02 - 09:51 AM Welcome aboard, Barney!! Enjoy, search the history as Mick suggests -- it could become a lifetime opccupation! And above all, enjoy yourself. Don't feed the trolls! A |
Subject: RE: New member From: Snuffy Date: 03 Dec 02 - 09:52 AM Are you purple? Welcome |
Subject: RE: New member From: Barney the Fifer Date: 03 Dec 02 - 10:02 AM Thanks everybody. I play guitar and sing, strictly as an amateur though. I also play all kinds of flutes, including the fife. My name is Barney and that's why I'm Barney the Fifer. My cousin is a drummer and sometimes we get together and play fife and drum music in the old Mississippi tradition. My parents took me to folk festivals like Newport and Philadelphia in the sixties. That formed my appreciation for folk music of all kinds that has lasted into middle age. When I said pop culture, at least musicwise, I meant the pop culture of my youth. That means the predisco era. I love TV. That's about it. |
Subject: RE: New member From: greg stephens Date: 03 Dec 02 - 10:07 AM If youre ever in Stoke, UK, you're welcome to any meetings of the Othar Turner Appreciation Society(which tend to be rather irregular but we'll convene a special one if you turn up). |
Subject: RE: New member From: katlaughing Date: 03 Dec 02 - 10:11 AM Welcome to the Mudcat, Barney. It's a courageous thing to admit to loving TV amongst a bunch of folkies!**BG**=**Big Grin** kat |
Subject: RE: New member From: SharonA Date: 03 Dec 02 - 10:26 AM Ah, a fellow TV lover! ...and a fellow American, I take it. Welcome from beautiful southeastern Pennsylvania, home of the Philadelphia Folk Festival and of Mudcat!! The only advice I can add to the above is: please be sure to label threads not directly related to music with the prefix "BS" (some members prefer to use this prefix to filter out the non-music threads). BTW, your thread title here is okay since it relates directly to Mudcat! :^) I've got to say, I love the Mudcat name you've chosen! Great pun!! Have fun, Sharon |
Subject: RE: New member From: Barney the Fifer Date: 03 Dec 02 - 10:43 AM katlaughing, In my experience, many of the people who claim to hate, or to not watch, TV, are just in the closet. Once, at a song circle, I sang the theme songs from the Beverly Hillbillies, Gilligan's Island and Green Acres. Guess what, all 14 other folkies, including politicos, professors, a lawyer, and two doctors, all knew all the words and sang along. |
Subject: RE: New member From: MMario Date: 03 Dec 02 - 10:46 AM those songs are all cultural icons though! I actually learned to sing them at summer camp - even though I had heard them before. |
Subject: RE: New member From: Bobert Date: 03 Dec 02 - 11:03 AM Welcome to this big ol' cat box, Barney. I like yir style. You know, just wading right in with the TV testimonial. I mean, you certainly have courage. Oh, BTW, you are up on all your shots, aren't you. Some of these critters bite and scratch... Jus funnin' with ya', pal. But I'd like to see ya' take it a step further and start a *TV Testimonial* thread just fir grins. Bobert |
Subject: New member: Barney the Fifer From: Genie Date: 03 Dec 02 - 11:34 AM Welcome, Barney! |
Subject: RE: New member From: wysiwyg Date: 03 Dec 02 - 11:38 AM Great name! Welcome. If you get any advice in a personal message from someone who seems to be fairly active and well respected around here, take it. If in doubt, check with SharonA! *G* ~S~ |
Subject: RE: New member From: SharonA Date: 03 Dec 02 - 01:02 PM Oh, yeah, that's me, the voice of experience, all right! *BG* Hey, I may not always take advice, but I always consider it!! Sharon |
Subject: RE: New member From: open mike Date: 03 Dec 02 - 02:20 PM WELCOME AND HAVE FUN DISCOVERING THE VARIOUS POSSIBLITIES OF MUD CAT. There is a chat feature where you can spend hours with folks from all over the planet--some will be seeing the sun rise while others are watching it set..all at the same time. if you are ever looking for a song you will be guaranteed of finding someone here who can help you find it, or there may already be umpteen versions documented in the data base--such a wonderful resource and a friendly little virtual village. cheers!! |
Subject: RE: New member From: Tinker Date: 03 Dec 02 - 02:40 PM Welcome, just keep rollin with the punches and you'll do well here. Tinker |
Subject: RE: New member From: Mr Red Date: 03 Dec 02 - 02:54 PM Barney - ignore the punches that involve horses - you will find out soon enough and never mind the purple that Snuffy finds intriguing - there are much finer colours; er, how are you on ..... |
Subject: RE: New member From: fat B****rd Date: 03 Dec 02 - 03:12 PM Welcome and I hope you enjoy yourself. It's usually nowhere near as heavy going as some 'Catters make out. |
Subject: RE: New member From: Gareth Date: 03 Dec 02 - 03:26 PM Welcome to the Madhouse !! Gareth |
Subject: RE: New member From: Tig Date: 03 Dec 02 - 04:59 PM Welcome to the'Cat. I'll tell Firecat to look at this thread - she's well into pop trivia (in fact trivia of most sorts!) |
Subject: RE: New member From: Rustic Rebel Date: 03 Dec 02 - 05:20 PM Good to 'read' you Barney. Welcome! Peace, Rustic P.S.Name this T.V. theme song in 3 notes- ah la la |
Subject: RE: New member From: Rapparee Date: 03 Dec 02 - 05:20 PM Thank God! Finally someone newer than I am! Welcome! |
Subject: RE: New member From: CarolC Date: 03 Dec 02 - 05:24 PM Welcome to the Mudcat, BtF! |
Subject: RE: New member From: artbrooks Date: 03 Dec 02 - 09:01 PM Welcome from me as well...and, as someone already said, check out Mudchat. It's one of the selections in the upper right under "Quick Links". Highlight MudChat, hit go, then ENTER when you see the next screen. There is a hardcore that's there most days around 4:00 Mudcat time. |
Subject: RE: New member From: Bullfrog Jones Date: 04 Dec 02 - 06:19 AM Welcome Barney! Have you ever thought of getting sponsorship from Fyffe's Bananas? Then you could bill yourself as 'Barney the Fyffe's Banana Fifer'!! I'll get me coat. BJ |
Subject: RE: New member From: Tweed Date: 04 Dec 02 - 06:43 AM Welcome to the Cathouse Barney. You don't happen to know Mr. Otha do you? Better get a good pair of shades, az you'll find yoreself starin at this white background more and more;~) Yerz, Tweed |
Subject: RE: New member From: Raptor Date: 04 Dec 02 - 02:49 PM Nice to meet ya! Raptor |
Subject: RE: New member From: khandu Date: 04 Dec 02 - 08:04 PM Hello there, Barney! Welcome to this mad Cafe! Looking forward to seeing you on the board! khandu |
Subject: RE: New member From: Den Date: 04 Dec 02 - 09:10 PM I thought this was going to be a thread on penile transplants or viagra, not that I'd be needing any of that you understand ehh...could you get my coat when your up there Bullfrog. Oh and welcome Barney. |
Subject: RE: New member From: aussiebloke Date: 05 Dec 02 - 08:14 AM G'day Barney aussiebloke |
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