MMario / Masato Sakurai appreciation day

Subject: MMario / Masato Sakurai appreciation day
From: GUEST,wilco 48
Date: 04 Dec 02 - 11:08 AM

Let's heat it for MMario and masato s. for all of their great work!!!
Hip, Hip, Hooray!!!!!
Thanks!!!!!

Subject: RE: MMario / Masato Sakurai appreciation day
From: jeffp
Date: 04 Dec 02 - 11:13 AM

Huzzah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Subject: RE: MMario / Masato Sakurai appreciation day
From: Burke
Date: 04 Dec 02 - 11:16 AM

Absolutely! Great work folks!

Subject: RE: MMario / Masato Sakurai appreciation day
From: Amos
Date: 04 Dec 02 - 11:17 AM

HOOOOORAH!

These are two of the brightest stalwarts in the Mudcat pantheon!

A

Subject: RE: MMario / Masato Sakurai appreciation day
From: MMario
Date: 04 Dec 02 - 11:17 AM

Don't forget Sorcha, and Malcolm, and Joe, and the clones, and just about ANYONE with more musical knowledge then me...(that includes just about everyone except John from Hull's hamster!)

Far as I'm concerned - it's a team effort.

Subject: RE: MMario / Masato Sakurai appreciation day
From: wysiwyg
Date: 04 Dec 02 - 11:18 AM

Oh shaddup, Mmario, this time it's YOUR turn! Deal with it! Blush, sweat, giggle, and ENJOY it.

~Susan

Subject: RE: MMario / Masato Sakurai appreciation day
From: Rick Fielding
Date: 04 Dec 02 - 11:18 AM

Happy MS MM day!

Subject: RE: MMario / Masato Sakurai appreciation day
From: Mary in Kentucky
Date: 04 Dec 02 - 11:26 AM

Hear, hear..........clink!

Subject: RE: MMario / Masato Sakurai appreciation day
From: Mary in Kentucky
Date: 04 Dec 02 - 11:27 AM

(or is it here, here...or hear, here...)

Subject: RE: MMario / Masato Sakurai appreciation day
From: SharonA
Date: 04 Dec 02 - 11:44 AM

I thought that that was every day. :^)

Subject: RE: MMario / Masato Sakurai appreciation day
From: Amos
Date: 04 Dec 02 - 11:59 AM

Get those STELLAR BEINGS a set of them MUDCAT CDs!!!


A

Subject: RE: MMario / Masato Sakurai appreciation day
From: GUEST
Date: 04 Dec 02 - 12:30 PM

I agree, and I don't want this post to be interpreted to be stealing thunder from MMario or Masato, as the recognition is well deserved.

But for once, I'd also like to see some recognition go to Aine, George Seto, and Guest Philippa for all they are doing for Irish traditional music here at Mudcat. That too is phenomenally generous.

Subject: RE: MMario / Masato Sakurai appreciation day
From: Joe Offer
Date: 04 Dec 02 - 12:39 PM

You know, I get more MIDI e-mail from MMario than I get Spam from porn sites. MMario, I really appreciate all the work you do on tunes. It sure keeps me busy.

And Masato, it's a pleasure to learn from you. You're a scolar, but you're also very generous and kind - a real gentleman. I hope I'll get the chance to meet you someday soon.

And there are many others who do wonderful work here, and that's why it's such a joy to spend time on Mudcat.
-Joe Offer-

Subject: RE: MMario / Masato Sakurai appreciation day
From: MMario
Date: 04 Dec 02 - 12:50 PM

Hear, Hear! Like I said - it's all about teamwork and co-operation.

(now feeling guilty as I have some tunes from Philippa I haven't posted for her!)

Subject: RE: MMario / Masato Sakurai appreciation day
From: An Pluiméir Ceolmhar
Date: 04 Dec 02 - 01:10 PM

SharonA beat me to the draw.

The award for highest signal-to-noise ratio on the whole internet goes to Masato.

Subject: RE: MMario / Masato Sakurai appreciation day
From: GUEST
Date: 04 Dec 02 - 01:20 PM

Well, Malcolm Douglas with a signal to noise of 1, is up there too...

Subject: RE: MMario / Masato Sakurai appreciation day
From: Declan
Date: 04 Dec 02 - 01:23 PM

I'd like to join in the congratulations.

And I agree Malcolm deserves a day too. Although we haven't always agreed on all subjects, he never ceases to amaze me with the amount of knowledge and information he contributes here.

Thanks to you all.

Subject: RE: MMario / Masato Sakurai appreciation day
From: Jerry Rasmussen
Date: 04 Dec 02 - 01:48 PM

The greatest team of M's since Mantle and Maris!

Jerry

Subject: RE: MMario / Masato Sakurai appreciation day
From: Big Mick
Date: 04 Dec 02 - 01:51 PM

Neither of these folks qualify for a position with Fielding, Swan, Patterson, and Lane, Layabouts at Large and for hire. They do entirely too much work. I would suggest to both of them that they need to hire us to take some time off for them.

Mick

Subject: RE: MMario / Masato Sakurai appreciation day
From: Genie
Date: 04 Dec 02 - 01:52 PM

What?  You and Joe Offer haven't met?!  Now that need to be fixed.  (An' I wanna meet both of yez!)

Really, Leo, you have been (to quote Amanda Wingfield) "a martyr, a Christian martyr" when it comes to providing MIDIS for songs in the forum, Songbook, and DT (not to mention other scholarly help)!

If I had some champagne, I'd toast ya!

Oh, what the heck, I'm hereby lifting my coffee mug to say

HUZZAH!

Genie

Subject: RE: MMario / Masato Sakurai appreciation day
From: Genie
Date: 04 Dec 02 - 01:56 PM

And, Masato, I'm not ignoring your contributions.
Remember this thread?

Genie

Subject: RE: MMario / Masato Sakurai appreciation day
From: MMario
Date: 04 Dec 02 - 01:59 PM

Joe and I have met...Joe and MASATO haven't met - nor have I met Masato

Subject: RE: MMario / Masato Sakurai appreciation day
From: Richie
Date: 04 Dec 02 - 02:50 PM

I'm a new member and have been doing some research on Mudcat.

Masato Sakurai contributions have definately made my threads. He's got a marvelous command of internet sources as well as good resource books. Others that deserve mention along with MMario are Stewie, Turtle Old Man, and Malcolm.

Has anyone heard anything from Dicho, he was helpful also?   

-Richie

Subject: RE: MMario / Masato Sakurai appreciation day
From: GUEST
Date: 04 Dec 02 - 02:53 PM

I think we should have a GUEST appreciation day myself...

It'd be a lot duller without us...

(not to mention the useful answers we provide)

Subject: RE: MMario / Masato Sakurai appreciation day
From: Genie
Date: 04 Dec 02 - 02:56 PM

OK. That makes more sense. (So much for speed reading. *G*)

Genie

Subject: RE: MMario / Masato Sakurai appreciation day
From: Haruo
Date: 04 Dec 02 - 03:26 PM

Banzai! Banzai! Banzai!

Haruo

Subject: RE: MMario / Masato Sakurai appreciation day
From: Tinker
Date: 04 Dec 02 - 04:34 PM

Huge Thanks and Great Hugs to both of you... Missed you at Getaway this year Mario, no late conversations in shadowed halls. Next year??


Masato, everytime I see your name I know I will enjoy /learn from the thread. I rarely have anything to add, but know I'm lurking and learning and loving every minute of it.


Blessings on You Both...

Tinker

Subject: RE: MMario / Masato Sakurai appreciation day
From: Genie
Date: 04 Dec 02 - 04:37 PM

Hey, folks, let's have a Mudcat Gathrering in Japan! Then we can all meet Masato!

Subject: RE: MMario / Masato Sakurai appreciation day
From: Seamus Kennedy
Date: 04 Dec 02 - 04:42 PM

Well done, Mm & M. Thank you.

Seamus

Subject: RE: MMario / Masato Sakurai appreciation day
From: masato sakurai
Date: 04 Dec 02 - 06:42 PM

A lot of posts while I was sleeping (now it's 8: 35 a.m. JST). Sometimes I think I'm just a link provider. Many thanks from Japan, with love.

~Masato

Subject: RE: MMario / Masato Sakurai appreciation day
From: Gareth
Date: 04 Dec 02 - 06:47 PM

Well - I will drink to the continuing comments and sucess.

CHEERS, BUTTY

Gareth

Subject: RE: MMario / Masato Sakurai appreciation day
From: van lingle
Date: 04 Dec 02 - 09:25 PM

These dudes are like, totally awesome! vl

Subject: RE: MMario / Masato Sakurai appreciation day
From:
Date: 04 Dec 02 - 09:38 PM

I agree with all the kudos for both of them. Many a time I have worked at responding to a query only to find, Gee Whiz! either MMario or Masato came up with the same information PLUS a lot more! Those boys are FAST! AND have great answers. Thanks guys for showing us HOW to do it right!

Guest, Phillipa, Aine and I have a vested interest in the Gaelic songs and music of Scotland and Ireland. We're just making sure there IS a place in the internet world for our music. But thanks, Guest.

Subject: RE: MMario / Masato Sakurai appreciation day
From: Hrothgar
Date: 05 Dec 02 - 03:46 AM

I'll drink to that!

Subject: RE: MMario / Masato Sakurai appreciation day
From: Keith A of Hertford
Date: 05 Dec 02 - 03:05 PM

Thanks MM for also finding time to comment on an obscure mudcatter's poor lyric offering.
Best wishes,
Keith.

Subject: RE: MMario / Masato Sakurai appreciation day
From: MMario
Date: 05 Dec 02 - 03:16 PM

As far as I am concerned there ain't no such beastie as an "obscure" MudCatter.

Subject: RE: MMario / Masato Sakurai appreciation day
From: Bill D
Date: 05 Dec 02 - 04:04 PM

Nooooobody knows, de trubble obscure....

Subject: RE: MMario / Masato Sakurai appreciation day
From: SINSULL
Date: 05 Dec 02 - 05:26 PM

Ditto
Now how do we get MMario and Masato to next year's Getaway?????

Subject: RE: MMario / Masato Sakurai appreciation day
From: Mark Clark
Date: 05 Dec 02 - 08:18 PM

Add me to the long list of appreciative admirers. I guess appreciation day was yesterday but … oh, what the hell.

      - Mark

Subject: RE: MMario / Masato Sakurai appreciation day
From: Celtic Soul
Date: 05 Dec 02 - 09:37 PM

Don't know Masato, but if he's as cool as Mmario, I'll sing his praises too.

Definitely in favor of a Mmario appreciation day!

Subject: RE: MMario / Masato Sakurai appreciation day
From: kytrad (Jean Ritchie)
Date: 06 Dec 02 - 07:36 PM

Both great! (For you who don't remember Alan Sherman's wonderful parody album, "My Son the Folksinger," this refers to a line from one of his songs, "The Ballad of OH, Boy!"...the line is,
Sir Arthur Conan and Doyle- Both Great!)

Thanks, both, for your quiet good help in the past.    Jean

Subject: RE: MMario / Masato Sakurai appreciation day
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 03 May 03 - 01:57 PM

I'm reviving this thread to publicly thank Masato for checking out a page at Amazon.com's Japanese outlet for me. I needed to know if the book was in English and in stock ("yes," he says) and how to go about ordering it. He read through the page for me, answered my questions, found some English language pages, then (as is his typically efficient style!) went on to find elsewhere the information about the Japanese-language version of the book as well.

Thanks again for such an efficient and kind search for me! This research is for the siblings of the deceased author. They would like copies of his books for themselves, but can't afford the inflated collector's prices.

Maggie

Subject: RE: MMario / Masato Sakurai appreciation day
From: CarolC
Date: 03 May 03 - 02:01 PM

How did I manage to miss this one?

Woo Hoo!!! Thanks MMario and Masato!

Subject: RE: MMario / Masato Sakurai appreciation day
From: catspaw49
Date: 03 May 03 - 03:13 PM

You and me both Carol!!

We all owe a lot to these two!!! I've had the great pleasure of meeting Mario and a more wonderful big gentle bear of a man you'll never know. And wouldn't it be great for all of us to meet Masato to express in person how much he has added to the Forum!

Spaw

Subject: RE: MMario / Masato Sakurai appreciation day
From: Mudlark
Date: 03 May 03 - 05:02 PM

I missed it too, so am happy to offer my thanks to MM and MS for adding so much to this site. Major forelock, or fetlock tugging and expressions of extreme gratitude!

Subject: RE: MMario / Masato Sakurai appreciation day
From: Art Thieme
Date: 03 May 03 - 06:16 PM

Yes, and thanks for all the fish !

Art

Subject: RE: MMario / Masato Sakurai appreciation day
From: Sandy Mc Lean
Date: 03 May 03 - 08:19 PM

Great stuff guys! An old Gaelic expression applies, "Cum suas e!" (Keep it up)
                      Sandy

Subject: RE: MMario / Masato Sakurai appreciation day
From: Hollowfox
Date: 03 May 03 - 08:25 PM

I don't know how I missed this either. Masato-san, you think you are "just" a link provider? You provide the answers and information needed, and that in great abundance! If links are what's needed, then that is what you provide. As a librarian I make my living providing answers to people, and I admire your skills. I wish I was half as good at this as you are. Again, many thanks.
Mmario, you know I'm in love with you. (So, you're another one who's met Spaw, eh? hehehe)

Subject: RE: MMario / Masato Sakurai appreciation day
From: Amos
Date: 03 May 03 - 08:25 PM

I heartily endorse this celebration from MM & M.   These guys melt in your forum, not in your hand!   Anyway, they are both stellar chaps, and deserve High Karma!


A

Subject: RE: MMario / Masato Sakurai appreciation day
From: masato sakurai
Date: 03 May 03 - 08:33 PM

Thank you again. It's a nice Sunday morning here (9:30 a.m. JST, May 4).