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09 Mar 18 - 08:44 PM (#3910284) Subject: Purely out of interest From: Mick Lowe Is there anyone here (apart from Joe of course) who was posting threads etc some 16 years ago? |
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09 Mar 18 - 08:55 PM (#3910287) Subject: RE: Purely out of interest From: Joe Offer You betcha, Mick. Bill_D (Bill Day of Maryland) is first and foremost in my mind. I was on vacation when Mudcat opened in October 1996, and didn't find Mudcat until January 1997. There were a few other people who posted in those first few months, who still post here. Big Mick Lane was one, although his presence is diminished now. Same with Martin Ryan. But if your perameter is 16 years ago in 2002, there are lots of people still here who were here then. -Joe- |
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09 Mar 18 - 09:07 PM (#3910288) Subject: RE: Purely out of interest From: Mick Lowe You've confused me now Joe.. I thought you were one of the founding fathers of this wonderful website. But I thank you for your help in getting me back into the community. Just wondering if the likes of Mick Brackn are still checking out the site. Just wondering how many people still here remember "Prof's Pages"... I know vanity on my part. But your comments are much appreciated. |
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10 Mar 18 - 06:24 AM (#3910334) Subject: RE: Purely out of interest From: Jack Campin I think I've been around that long. |
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10 Mar 18 - 04:53 PM (#3910400) Subject: RE: Purely out of interest From: wysiwyg 2000. |
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10 Mar 18 - 05:03 PM (#3910401) Subject: RE: Purely out of interest From: Snuffy Signed in from 2000, but a visitor in '98 & '99 |
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10 Mar 18 - 05:06 PM (#3910402) Subject: RE: Purely out of interest From: Kenny B (inactive) First post Dec 01 |
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10 Mar 18 - 06:06 PM (#3910407) Subject: RE: Purely out of interest From: AllisonA(Animaterra) 1998! I mostly lurk now, but I remember some golden years, golden folks, now singing in the next room... |
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10 Mar 18 - 06:09 PM (#3910408) Subject: RE: Purely out of interest From: fat B****rd November 8th 2000 |
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10 Mar 18 - 06:22 PM (#3910409) Subject: RE: Purely out of interest From: Joe_F 2000. But it seems I am *mentioned* a couple of years earlier. |
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10 Mar 18 - 06:34 PM (#3910410) Subject: RE: Purely out of interest From: mousethief My first post appears to have been 29 August 2000. In which I made a fool of myself, so nothing has changed on that score. |
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10 Mar 18 - 06:40 PM (#3910412) Subject: RE: Purely out of interest From: Bonnie Shaljean I see that the first thread I put a tracer on was in January 1997, tho I didn’t post in it, so I’ve been around that long. I was first alerted to Mudcat while playing (harp) in a trad music session on the south coast of Ireland - I live here, tho I’m not Irish. |
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10 Mar 18 - 06:58 PM (#3910414) Subject: RE: Purely out of interest From: MudGuard my first posting is from January 15, 1999 |
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10 Mar 18 - 07:25 PM (#3910418) Subject: RE: Purely out of interest From: Tattie Bogle My first ever post here was on 3rd October 2000, when I requested lyrics for "Sam the Skull", of all things....and got them pretty quickly too! It was a friend who was recording my son's (indie) band who suggested I try the site for folk song lyrics. |
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10 Mar 18 - 11:19 PM (#3910438) Subject: RE: Purely out of interest From: Jon Bartlett April 97 Jon |
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10 Mar 18 - 11:54 PM (#3910439) Subject: RE: Purely out of interest From: Joe Offer My first post was 5 January 1997, message #1116 in Mudcat history. I spent months looking for the Digital Tradition after it was dropped from its Xerox site. I've posted over 30,000 messages - I think there are many who have posted more. -Joe- |
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11 Mar 18 - 12:53 AM (#3910440) Subject: RE: Purely out of interest-who was posting 16 yr ago? From: Joe Offer It's interesting to look back at the first messages posted at Mudcat. For the first two weeks, Max was pretty-much alone in answering requests and questions, and then Dick Greenhaus took over. Bert and Susan Arnowitt were early contributors, and Susan of DT came on at Message #222. There's a "Peter," who might be Peter Timmerman; and an "Ed" who might be Ed Pellow. "Lindahl" comes in at Message 228, and "RS" was an early poster - haven't seen those names in years. Mary LaMarca first posted at Message 267, and continued posting until her death. Bob Schwarer was an early poster (#243), and he still posts occasionally. There were posts from somebody named "Bill," but I don't know what Bill that would be. Bill Day first posted 7 Nov 1996, post number 303 - he's been posting as Bill_D ever since. He's the first one outside the Max/Greenhaus/Susan/Bert consortium who's still posting regularly. Here's the URL od the first post, which doesn't exist. The first post in existence is #4. Change that last "1" to a "4" and you can see it. Keep changing that last number to see other early posts. https://mudcat.org/Detail.CFM?messages__Message_ID=1 |
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11 Mar 18 - 03:17 AM (#3910444) Subject: RE: Purely out of interest-who was posting 16 yr ago? From: Sandra in Sydney my first post was in March 2002, but I did post twice as Guest, Sandra before joining. sandra |
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11 Mar 18 - 03:29 AM (#3910447) Subject: RE: Purely out of interest-who was posting 16 yr ago? From: vectis I first posted as me in Jan 2001 but had lurked and been a guest before that. I loved and still love the DT and use/d it a lot, |
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11 Mar 18 - 07:01 AM (#3910457) Subject: RE: Purely out of interest-who was posting 16 yr ago? From: Cool Beans I've been posting since 1998 or 99. Still here. |
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11 Mar 18 - 07:20 AM (#3910460) Subject: RE: Purely out of interest-who was posting 16 yr ago? From: MMario I started posting in'98. But I was using the site before that. And I still do, though I don't post much. |
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11 Mar 18 - 08:20 AM (#3910468) Subject: RE: Purely out of interest-who was posting 16 yr ago? From: GUEST,Stu who was stigWeard who was Sugarfoot Jack Mudcat has been a major part of my online existence for nearly two decades. I too first posted in 2001, although I'm taking a break at the moment having become disillusioned by the bear pit that below the line has become and which seems to have a meanness about it that I don't need in my life at the moment. It was ever thus in a way, but it seems I don't learn much now whereas I used to learn a lot from people I never would have met otherwise. Some of my most fundamental views were challenged and altered as a result of these discussions. I learn lots from above the line, especially in the early days as a fledgling bouzouki player seeking advice and the kindness and generosity of folk got me off the ground. The Cat was a place you could ask beginner's questions without being treated like a dullard, and this continues to this day. |
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11 Mar 18 - 10:26 AM (#3910482) Subject: RE: Purely out of interest-who was posting 16 yr ago? From: Mrrzy Before 2000, I am pretty sure... |
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11 Mar 18 - 11:18 AM (#3910498) Subject: RE: Purely out of interest-who was posting 16 yr ago? From: Big Al Whittle how would one find out? |
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11 Mar 18 - 12:06 PM (#3910502) Subject: RE: Purely out of interest-who was posting 16 yr ago? From: Stilly River Sage Look at your post history. |
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11 Mar 18 - 12:29 PM (#3910506) Subject: RE: Purely out of interest-who was posting 16 yr ago? From: Jim McLean I think I posted before 2000. |
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11 Mar 18 - 12:44 PM (#3910510) Subject: RE: Purely out of interest-who was posting 16 yr ago? From: Felipa I've been posting on Mudcat most of this century, though not always as a Mudcat member. I think there are plenty of us longer-term participants still around. |
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11 Mar 18 - 01:23 PM (#3910515) Subject: RE: Purely out of interest-who was posting 16 yr ago? From: Banjo-Flower 16th August 2001 Gerry |
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11 Mar 18 - 01:37 PM (#3910519) Subject: RE: Purely out of interest-who was posting 16 yr ago? From: GUEST,Ed Pellow There's ... an "Ed" who might be Ed Pellow. Not me Joe. I was aware of the DT since the Xerox days. I can't recall if I contributed any earlier, but my first post under my own name was in July '99. I posted under various monikers until the 'Healing for a mouse' thread caused the login policy to change. I'm still around (obviously) and look in most days. I rarely post now, but occasionally as 'GUEST' or 'GUEST,Ed' |
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11 Mar 18 - 01:41 PM (#3910520) Subject: RE: Purely out of interest-who was posting 16 yr ago? From: Helen Request for: Let us go to the valley by the ocean 27-May-97 - 10:35 AM, but I had been lurking for a bit before that and I've been here ever since, mostly. Learned lots, searched for answers lots, found lots of wonderful Mudcat people to connect with. Mudcat has been my internet constant for nearly 21 years. Thanks Max, Joe, everyone, Helen |
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11 Mar 18 - 01:47 PM (#3910522) Subject: RE: Purely out of interest-who was posting 16 yr ago? From: Raedwulf I was! Sort of... Apparently, my first post was 22/8/02. I blame Tig. It's all her fault! |
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11 Mar 18 - 02:55 PM (#3910531) Subject: RE: Purely out of interest-who was posting 16 yr ago? From: GUEST,khandu (cookieless) I first posted Aug.2000 for lyrics. Got them and signed as a member later that year. I posted often until 2008, sporadically since. Still a member but rarely post. khandu |
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11 Mar 18 - 03:22 PM (#3910535) Subject: RE: Purely out of interest-who was posting 16 yr ago? From: Dave the Gnome June 2000 for me. Good to see you still about, Stu. We miss you but you have to do what is best for yourself. Cheers DtG |
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11 Mar 18 - 05:10 PM (#3910546) Subject: RE: Purely out of interest-who was posting 16 yr ago? From: Jeri I joined in 1999, after reading a thread about... aw, hell, here it is: Catspaw - The Recovery, Part III. A kinder, gentler Mudcat, full of friends (many unmet), and possibilities. |
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11 Mar 18 - 05:12 PM (#3910547) Subject: RE: Purely out of interest-who was posting 16 yr ago? From: Jeri "Joined" not being accurate, as there were no memberships back then. There was no need. |
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11 Mar 18 - 05:31 PM (#3910549) Subject: RE: Purely out of interest-who was posting 16 yr ago? From: selby 2000 but as a guest for a while before that |
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11 Mar 18 - 09:12 PM (#3910572) Subject: RE: Purely out of interest-who was posting 16 yr ago? From: Bill D Yes, I'm still here, though age and commitments have limited my **regular** participation. My claim to fame is that I was in the room watching when Susan of DT and a non-member, Dennis Cook, were comparing notebooks of songs and thinking about merging their databases. Dick Greenhaus was there and soon worked up a way to transfer stuff to 5 1/4" floppys.. for a couple of years, the Digital Tradition was distributed that way.... then it was briefly hosted, as Joe Offer says, by Xerox... then Dick G found Max, and AWAY we went. Has Bert Hansell posted recently? I see him on FB... |
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11 Mar 18 - 09:37 PM (#3910575) Subject: RE: Purely out of interest-who was posting 16 yr ago? From: GUEST,Gerry I'm a newcomer, only here since December 2003. |
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11 Mar 18 - 09:50 PM (#3910577) Subject: RE: Purely out of interest-who was posting 16 yr ago? From: Joe Offer Gee, looking at these comments, I get the impression that some of us must be REALLY old! No wonder we're so crotchety... I remember when Dick was still willing to distribute the Digital Tradition on single-sided floppy disks. How much data did those things hold? I downloaded my first copy of the DT from the "files" area of Celebration Station, a dialup computer bulletin board (BBS) run by Noel Paul Stookey at Ellsworth, Maine. I think that was long before Dick moved to the Xerox site on the World Wide Web. -Joe- |
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11 Mar 18 - 11:20 PM (#3910579) Subject: RE: Purely out of interest-who was posting 16 yr ago? From: Stewie My first post was September 1999. I think I lurked for bit before that. --Stewie. |
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12 Mar 18 - 12:02 AM (#3910580) Subject: RE: Purely out of interest-who was posting 16 yr ago? From: Stilly River Sage As a registered member October of 2001, as a guest some time before that, 2000, possibly 1999. |
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12 Mar 18 - 04:18 AM (#3910588) Subject: RE: Purely out of interest-who was posting 16 yr ago? From: GUEST,Martin Ryan Yes - I had submitted files to the Digital Tradition shortly betore Max took in that homeless wanderer. Regards |
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12 Mar 18 - 04:36 AM (#3910591) Subject: RE: Purely out of interest-who was posting 16 yr ago? From: Leadfingers I am quite a 'Newbie' as a member - August 2002 , but was a guest for a while before that !! |
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12 Mar 18 - 04:39 AM (#3910592) Subject: RE: Purely out of interest-who was posting 16 yr ago? From: Roger the Skiffler 1998 under another "handle" RtS |
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12 Mar 18 - 05:05 AM (#3910594) Subject: RE: Purely out of interest-who was posting 16 yr ago? From: treewind First post April 2002. I suspect, though, that many who were posting then aren't now. I don't visit Mudcat as often as I used to, and the list of recent postings is much shorter than it used to be. |
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12 Mar 18 - 06:32 AM (#3910609) Subject: RE: Purely out of interest-who was posting 16 yr ago? From: Will Fly I'm just a baby - not yet into my teens. My first post was on 8th August 2008 - not quite 10 years ago - when I asked for info about the Robert Johnson who accompanied dulcimer player Roger Nicholson on their album, "Nonesuch for Dulcimer". I got my information, and a very funny reply from a certain Greg Stephens (The Boat Band) - only to realise that it was the same Greg Stephens I'd played blues duets with back in the mid-1960s and lost touch with! Such was the beauty of Mudcat then. I post far less these days, mainly because I have other things to do, but also because many of the people who posted then have gone from Mudcat - one way or another. |
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12 Mar 18 - 06:46 AM (#3910611) Subject: RE: Purely out of interest-who was posting 16 yr ago? From: GUEST,Mick Pearce, MCP Joined in 2005, but lurked and posted occasionally as guest from 2001. |
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12 Mar 18 - 06:52 AM (#3910613) Subject: RE: Purely out of interest-who was posting 16 yr ago? From: JennieG Definitely 2000, but not quite sure of the month.....May rings a bell. Still here, still reading, still posting from time to time. |
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12 Mar 18 - 07:07 AM (#3910616) Subject: RE: Purely out of interest-who was posting 16 yr ago? From: Iains My first post was in '99. I made a request for info on two Irish Songs. Despite my appalling "phonetic" irish mudcat members deciphered my request and responded in detail within 24 hours. Very impressive. |
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12 Mar 18 - 09:14 AM (#3910641) Subject: RE: Purely out of interest-who was posting 16 yr ago? From: rich-joy Under my moniker, from October 2001, but Guest-posted and lurked before that, encouraged by Stewie!! Cheers! Rich-Joy Down Under |
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12 Mar 18 - 11:00 AM (#3910664) Subject: RE: Purely out of interest-who was posting 16 yr ago? From: Doug Chadwick First post as Guest:- June 2001. Became a member in January 2002. DC |
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12 Mar 18 - 03:59 PM (#3910717) Subject: RE: Purely out of interest-who was posting 16 yr ago? From: GUEST Hi Allison, I'm working with a group of women who are interested in recording "If Every Woman in the World." Like you, we want to be sure that Karen MacKay is properly credited and properly remunerated. How can we get in touch with her???? Any contact info you can provide would be so much appreciated! Thank you, in advance, Vicki Ryder (Durham, North Carolina) |
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12 Mar 18 - 04:13 PM (#3910722) Subject: RE: Purely out of interest-who was posting 16 yr ago? From: Bat Goddess I've been here since 1998, I think. Or was it '97? I can blame Jeri for sucking me in, I mean, introducing me. Curmudgeon (Tom Hall) followed shortly. I was originally Linn the Thanatolithologist (Jeri had lured me in with a gravestone symbolism thread), but I became Bat Goddess because of the nursery colony of Little Brown Bats that set up housekeeping in the roof space above the ceiling and started posting to music and folklore threads. Linn |
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12 Mar 18 - 04:23 PM (#3910726) Subject: RE: Purely out of interest-who was posting 16 yr ago? From: Ian I am a 99er. |
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12 Mar 18 - 04:33 PM (#3910729) Subject: RE: Purely out of interest-who was posting 16 yr ago? From: beardedbruce Only 15years, next month... Subject: RE: Mudcat Poetry Corner From: beardedbruce - PM Date: 16 Apr 03 - 02:04 PM I had been on earlier, but not posting. Seems like it was worthwhile just reading and getting decent information, back then. I was involved with DT back when it was 4 floppies... |
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12 Mar 18 - 04:34 PM (#3910730) Subject: RE: Purely out of interest-who was posting 16 yr ago? From: Steve Gardham BG, that's some really clever bats. Have they set up their own company yet? |
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12 Mar 18 - 04:51 PM (#3910734) Subject: RE: Purely out of interest-who was posting 16 yr ago? From: Max First posted on October 1, 1996 but I was a lurker for a year before that. :) Then I started posting under a different name on January 4, 1997 at 1:41pm... ...or was that someone else? Memory is a bit fuzzy in them years... too much medicine. |
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12 Mar 18 - 06:08 PM (#3910743) Subject: RE: Purely out of interest-who was posting 16 yr ago? From: Jeri Linn, your first post was 3 Aug 99. |
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12 Mar 18 - 07:51 PM (#3910770) Subject: RE: Purely out of interest-who was posting 16 yr ago? From: Brakn June 1998 is the first that I can find thouh I did use other names like Mick and others before setling for brakn in Jan 1999. |
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12 Mar 18 - 07:56 PM (#3910771) Subject: RE: Purely out of interest-who was posting 16 yr ago? From: Joe Offer Joe said above: Gee, looking at these comments, I get the impression that some of us must be REALLY old! No wonder we're so crotchety... ...I used to think that Max was just a young squirt, but now I'm thinking that "old and crotchety" applies even to him...my son is about the same age, and I tease him about his getting old and set in his ways while I'm still an irresponsible hippie. He's rather sensitive about that, but he's still far more responsible and mature than I am... |
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12 Mar 18 - 08:02 PM (#3910775) Subject: RE: Purely out of interest-who was posting 16 yr ago? From: Eric the Viking October 1999. But I lurked for a while after meeting Bill Sables. Mudgaurd! How are you Andreas? |
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12 Mar 18 - 09:55 PM (#3910790) Subject: RE: Purely out of interest-who was posting 16 yr ago? From: Mick Lowe Mick Brakn you are still on here.. wonderful. Coincidentally June 1998 was when I first started begging for lyrics from the good folks here on Mudcat.. Durham Gaol if I remember correctly. |
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13 Mar 18 - 05:21 AM (#3910813) Subject: RE: Purely out of interest-who was posting 16 yr ago? From: Jos Am I missing something? Max spent a year lurking on a thread that didn't then exist? Strange things going on in cyberspace - and/or in the minds of posters-yet-to-be who were dreaming of wonders still to be created? |
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13 Mar 18 - 06:37 AM (#3910827) Subject: RE: Purely out of interest-who was posting 16 yr ago? From: DaveRo I notice that some of the early denizens if mudcat also inhabited rec.music.folk - example. Did mudcat fulfil a need that r.m.f couldn't meet? Was usenet unavailable or unfamiliar to a new 'generation' of internet users? Just curious - I'm interested in how internet technologies evolve. Here in the UK we had uk.music.folk but that died in the late 2000's. Some of the people on u.m.f are here on mudcat: rollcall. I'd known of mudcat for years - it was often referred to on u.m.f - but I assumed it was an exclusively U.S. site and never followed the forum. It was only after the BBC closed their Folk and Acoustic messageboards that I looked in here. I still prefer usenet to most web forums, and still use it daily - but sadly no longer for folk music. Sorry - somewhat off topic, but hopefully of interest. |
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13 Mar 18 - 06:59 AM (#3910828) Subject: RE: Purely out of interest-who was posting 16 yr ago? From: GUEST,John from Kemsing We have lost so many of the good ones in the past sixteen years, the banter, and craic between them was often entertaining. We will never forget the late Don Thompson, KatLaughing. Ardmhacha and Fred McCormick. May they all rest in peace. Sometimes the cat is a little too serious now |
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13 Mar 18 - 07:12 AM (#3910831) Subject: RE: Purely out of interest-who was posting 16 yr ago? From: Doug Chadwick Am I missing something? Max spent a year lurking on a thread that didn't then exist? Strange things going on in cyberspace .... Even stranger is the comment: Then I started posting under a different name on January 4, 1997 at 1:41pm... Are Max and Gargoyle one and the same? DC |
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13 Mar 18 - 09:38 AM (#3910861) Subject: RE: Purely out of interest-who was posting 16 yr ago? From: Jack Campin I think I started using Mudcat (as a guest) at Bruce Olson's suggestion. When did he start? |
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13 Mar 18 - 10:35 AM (#3910874) Subject: RE: Purely out of interest-who was posting 16 yr ago? From: AllisonA(Animaterra) Vicki, GUEST Date: 12 Mar 18 - 03:59 PM : You can join here, then send me a personal message, or find me on my website www.huntandallison.net and click "Contact Us," or just email me at huntandallison AT gmail . com- I have the information you seek. And that's why I have never dropped the "Animaterra" from my name, even though I retired 3 years ago as director of the chorus I founded. |
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13 Mar 18 - 10:36 AM (#3910875) Subject: RE: Purely out of interest-who was posting 16 yr ago? From: Jack Campin And this is my first post after signing up as a member, from 25 February 1999: https://mudcat.org/detail.cfm?messages__Message_ID=60260 |
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13 Mar 18 - 11:13 AM (#3910878) Subject: RE: Purely out of interest-who was posting 16 yr ago? From: Bill D DaveRo... alt.binaries.sounds.mp3.folk still has a semi-live group of posters. Right now there seems to be several posting some early "folk scare" stuff from the 60s... Kingston Trio, Tarriers, Limelighters, Baez... etc. Depending on your provider that group can have things dating back several years. |
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13 Mar 18 - 11:46 AM (#3910883) Subject: RE: Purely out of interest-who was posting 16 yr ago? From: DaveRo Bill: I've never used binaries. My current ISP doesn't support them. uk.music.folk was used for much the same stuff as here: questions, event notifications, radio/TV alerts, bickering... I expect rec.music.folk was the same, but I didn't read it. In the UK many ISPs stopped providing usenet about 10 years ago - I had to use eternal september for a while. Do US ISPs still offer it? |
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13 Mar 18 - 12:29 PM (#3910891) Subject: RE: Purely out of interest-who was posting 16 yr ago? From: Bill D DaveRo.. my ISP quit doing ANY newsgroups several years ago. I simply pay a few dollars a month to Giganews and get my access. There's so much competition that prices have come down... It just depends on one's needs |
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13 Mar 18 - 05:48 PM (#3910927) Subject: RE: Purely out of interest-who was posting 16 yr ago? From: Joe_F AFAIK, Verizon still supports some newsgroups, but only ones in the hierarchies it considers respectable. I moved over to Eternal September when that happened, and still use it without difficulty. rec.music.folk still exists, but there is almost nothing on it. It used to be lively. For a while, I thought of the Mudcat Cafe as the monster that ate rec.music.folk, but I have gotten used to it. I appreciate its complete archiving, but its unstructured threads still annoy me occasionally. |
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13 Mar 18 - 06:25 PM (#3910937) Subject: RE: Purely out of interest-who was posting 16 yr ago? From: Stilly River Sage Max owns and runs Mudcat; Gargoyle was a member who got kicked out a long time ago though he has been invited back (he has a really sharp tongue; his posts are conspicuous by their tiny colored italicized signature lines). He still adds many fine music posts and seems to prefer the current arrangement. |
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13 Mar 18 - 07:00 PM (#3910939) Subject: RE: Purely out of interest-who was posting 16 yr ago? From: GUEST,catyronwode I have been posting here on and off since 1998 -- but i have never created a log-in. At first i thought you had to be invited and to jump through approval-hoops to get a name, and i am naturally shy and diffident, so i just posted as GUEST. To this day, most of the time i am just GUEST but sometimes i use guest-names that contain variants of my real name, such as catherineyronwode / catyronwode / catyron / catanna. I found Mudcat via rec.music.folk in usenet, but i left usenet around 2002 due to its non-moderated condition. I post in all sorts of folk music, acoustic blues, model railroad, and folk magic forums and at Facebook, and i am an editor at Wikipedia and at a number of other wiki-like sites, including one on fortune telling tea cups. . I come here less frequently than i go to my other hang-out sites, simply because i don't need lyrics all that often and i have never "made friends" here. Still, Mudcat is always my go-to site for lyrics help. The disorganization of the threads does bother me, but the site is FREE and OPEN, so i love it! |
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13 Mar 18 - 08:30 PM (#3910950) Subject: RE: Purely out of interest-who was posting 16 yr ago? From: Doug Chadwick Max owns and runs Mudcat; Gargoyle was a member who got kicked out a long time ago .............................(he has a really sharp tongue; his posts are conspicuous by their tiny colored italicized signature lines). .............. I know that but Max said that he started posting under a different name. The only post that is listed for the time and date given was Gargoyle's first post as a member. He did go on to say "...or was that someone else?". It would seem that Max was having a little joke. DC |
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13 Mar 18 - 09:23 PM (#3910957) Subject: RE: Purely out of interest-who was posting 16 yr ago? From: bbc My son David & I started the members pages in April, 1999, so I guess that counts as being around. I, mostly, lurk, now & follow the Mudcat Facebook page. Best, bbc |
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14 Mar 18 - 07:23 AM (#3910998) Subject: RE: Purely out of interest-who was posting 16 yr ago? From: Phil Cooper I was around then. |
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14 Mar 18 - 11:13 AM (#3911039) Subject: RE: Purely out of interest-who was posting 16 yr ago? From: Big Al Whittle I posted, but not regularly. |
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15 Mar 18 - 03:45 AM (#3911121) Subject: RE: Purely out of interest-who was posting 16 yr ago? From: Little Robyn I was lurking here and Digitrad before but my first post as Little Robyn was January 2003. 2,796 posts later, I don't visit often but use the Facebook site instead. Robyn |
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15 Mar 18 - 08:15 AM (#3911157) Subject: RE: Purely out of interest-who was posting 16 yr ago? From: Steve Shaw I'm a baby here, still to celebrate my eleventh birthday. My first post was to ask Lucy in Bude (aka Hawker) about the upcoming 2007 Bude folk festival. Pleased to say that the Spring Bank Holiday folk festival in Bude (that's the bank holiday at the end of May) is still going strong. I see that Hawker hasn't posted here for quite a while. |
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15 Mar 18 - 08:43 PM (#3911315) Subject: RE: Purely out of interest-who was posting 16 yr ago? From: sian, west wales I've been around since at least that long. Abby Sale introduced me, I think. I've been on a remote fringe for the last 7 years or so, but I have peeped in during that time. sian west wales (although no longer west wales - back in the Niagara Peninsula now) |
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16 Mar 18 - 12:41 AM (#3911322) Subject: RE: Purely out of interest-who was posting 16 yr ago? From: Stilly River Sage Ah! Abby Sale - the source of lots of interesting tidbits. |
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01 Jul 23 - 11:23 AM (#4175918) Subject: RE: Purely out of interest-who was posting 16 yr ago? From: GUEST Pretty sure I did a lot (the bulk) of my posting in like 2000 and thereabouts. |
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01 Jul 23 - 01:09 PM (#4175921) Subject: RE: Purely out of interest-who was posting 16 yr ago? From: Charmion I’m still here after well north of twenty years. |
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01 Jul 23 - 02:19 PM (#4175926) Subject: RE: Purely out of interest-who was posting 16 yr ago? From: Charmion By gum, I made my first post on 15 June 1999! And I lurked a fair while before I dared break cover. |
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01 Jul 23 - 02:48 PM (#4175927) Subject: RE: Purely out of interest-who was posting 16 yr ago? From: Maryrrf My first post was in January 2001, but I'd been lurking for at least a year. Mudcat had a "Golden Age" where it was a real community. Just being a 'Catter was like belonging to an exclusive club - only it wasn't exclusive. It was open to everyone. I miss those days, and I especially miss the many 'Catters who've passed on. At some point, things started deteriorating, and a lot of people, including me, dropped out and moved on to places like Facebook. Facebook will never replace the old Mudcat - but Mudcat as it is now is only a shadow of what it once was. I do stop by and lurk occasionally, just for old time's sake. |
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01 Jul 23 - 03:28 PM (#4175930) Subject: RE: Purely out of interest-who was posting 16 yr ago? From: Helen Maryrrf, I agree. There used to be a sense of community, and although there were sometimes differences of opinion, there was usually respect and often quirky humour, and different viewpoints of other people often created opportunities to possibly change our own viewpoints or broaden our knowledge. I remember a lot of the people who have either sadly passed away, or moved away from Mudcat for various reasons. |
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01 Jul 23 - 03:57 PM (#4175931) Subject: RE: Purely out of interest-who was posting 16 yr ago? From: Nigel Parsons 'Sixteen years ago' from March 2018? Yes, that would include me. First post (other than as 'Guest') 27 Feb '02 |
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01 Jul 23 - 04:16 PM (#4175933) Subject: RE: Purely out of interest-who was posting 16 yr ago? From: Joe Offer Well, I started in January 1997, but Bill D and a few others were before me. |
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02 Jul 23 - 02:54 AM (#4175961) Subject: RE: Purely out of interest-who was posting 16 yr ago? From: GUEST,RJM Jim Carroll, and what a loss he is to this site Gargoyle. Captain Birdseye |
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02 Jul 23 - 03:29 AM (#4175963) Subject: RE: Purely out of interest-who was posting 16 yr ago? From: Joe Offer I wish Jim were back, too, but he couldn't live with our terms. |
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02 Jul 23 - 10:29 AM (#4175969) Subject: RE: Purely out of interest-who was posting 16 yr ago? From: Rapparee I predate 2004. |
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02 Jul 23 - 11:39 AM (#4175976) Subject: RE: Purely out of interest-who was posting 16 yr ago? From: GUEST,Wally Macnow I signed on as Guest about the same time that Dick Greenhaus got involved. He eventually bought Camsco Music from me. |
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02 Jul 23 - 12:56 PM (#4175984) Subject: RE: Purely out of interest-who was posting 16 yr ago? From: Backwoodsman Pretty sure I came here around 2003 or 2004, but the first few years under a different pseudonym. I’ve been posting as Backwoodsman since (I think) 2007. |
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02 Jul 23 - 02:34 PM (#4175988) Subject: RE: Purely out of interest-who was posting 16 yr ago? From: Nigel Parsons Backwoodsman: First posting as BW 13 May 2007. You can find it from 'personal pages => 'Click for your list of posted messages' => scroll to the bottom and click 'posts starting with oldest' Cheers |
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02 Jul 23 - 03:36 PM (#4175991) Subject: RE: Purely out of interest-who was posting 16 yr ago? From: Backwoodsman Thanks Nigel! I did think it was 2007 when I became ‘Backwoodsman’ (a response to Diane Easby’s vain attempts to insult me, a group of my friends, and Lincolnshire generally). I was someone else for some time before that. I learn something new every day - thanks for today’s bit of education. ;-) |
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02 Jul 23 - 04:41 PM (#4175993) Subject: RE: Purely out of interest-who was posting 16 yr ago? From: Eric the Viking Looking back, 1999 seems to be one of my first posts. |
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02 Jul 23 - 05:24 PM (#4175995) Subject: RE: Purely out of interest-who was posting 16 yr ago? From: RTim It seems my first post was 6th April 2006....so that is 17 years ago.... Tim Radford |
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02 Jul 23 - 07:19 PM (#4175997) Subject: RE: Purely out of interest-who was posting 16 yr ago? From: Nigel Parsons One Hundred! |
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02 Jul 23 - 07:37 PM (#4175998) Subject: RE: Purely out of interest-who was posting 16 yr ago? From: Helen No, Nigel, it's 10142. LOL |
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02 Jul 23 - 09:41 PM (#4176003) Subject: RE: Purely out of interest-who was posting 16 yr ago? From: NightWing Looks like the first post listed for me is from 2000 Sep 25. I remember looking at my post list sometime early in that decade and thinking that I had been posting (under my current handle) before the turn of the century. Obviously, *now* I don't know for certain; I just remember thinking it. Could've been posting as a Guest *shrug* |
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03 Jul 23 - 07:01 AM (#4176018) Subject: RE: Purely out of interest-who was posting 16 yr ago? From: Doug Chadwick ... Mudcat as it is now is only a shadow of what it once was. ..... ......."....... Maryrrf, I agree. There used to be a sense of community, and although there were sometimes differences of opinion, there was usually respect and often quirky humour, and different viewpoints of other people often created opportunities to possibly change our own viewpoints or broaden our knowledge. You mean back in the happy days of Gargoyle, Martin Gibson and team Musket? I think you are looking back through rose coloured glasses. If you want to know if things will be worse in the future than they are today, ask your grandmother. DC |
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03 Jul 23 - 02:03 PM (#4176043) Subject: RE: Purely out of interest-who was posting 16 yr ago? From: Bill D Note: I first posted in Nov. 1996, about thread 30-40. Mudcat will be 27 this Fall. |
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03 Jul 23 - 04:02 PM (#4176050) Subject: RE: Purely out of interest-who was posting 16 yr ago? From: Helen Doug Chadwick, rose coloured glasses do not work when the evidence is there in black and white. Mudcat discussions from 27 years ago and onwards are still available to read. The negative posts are a very minor percentage compared with the overwhelming majority of positive posts over the decades here which has been the cornerstone of that sense of community. |
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03 Jul 23 - 04:55 PM (#4176053) Subject: RE: Purely out of interest-who was posting 16 yr ago? From: John MacKenzie Folk music consists of nurturing the flame, not worshipping the ashes. The same is true of Mudcat, no it is not the same as it was, nothing is and I know I'm not. Yes there was some nastiness shit stirring and cruel messages, but there were good things too. We still have the same flour eggs milk and sugar we're just making different pancakes. |
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03 Jul 23 - 05:11 PM (#4176054) Subject: RE: Purely out of interest-who was posting 16 yr ago? From: Susanne (skw) My first post as a member is dated 14 May 1999, but I posted as a guest for a couple of years before that. Can't remember my handle, but we got internet access in the office in autumn 1996. I soon found Mudcat but couldn't join because I was officially forbidden to use the Internet for purposes other than the job. In May '99 I got found out and had to get access from home ... My interests shifted away from folk music after c. 2010 and I didn't look in very often, but this is changing again. Nice to be reminded of all those Mudcatters who contributed in the early years - and really surprising how many are still here! |
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03 Jul 23 - 06:01 PM (#4176057) Subject: RE: Purely out of interest-who was posting 16 yr ago? From: Steve Shaw Well I first posted just 16 years ago. I've always been just me under my real name. There hasn't really been the Golden Age that a few folks here are lamenting. There's just been Mudcat with good music input and a touch of the Wild West with occasional true horrors, the conflicts mostly avoidable for those who find them unpalatable, but even the BS section has often had some really good stuff. Max was appealing for calm over 20 years ago, lest we forget. Anyway. I'm glad that Joe mentioned Jim. Jim was head and shoulders above almost everyone else here in terms of his depth of knowledge of traditional song. He was goaded like mad by several people who are still here and who are far lesser lights than he is, and he paid the price by being unable to hold himself back from responding negatively. Even my chief buddies here (no names...) disagree with me about Jim, but I found him to be a really good-hearted chap with far more to offer than just about everyone else here and I miss his contributions. As I said, anyway... |
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03 Jul 23 - 06:16 PM (#4176058) Subject: RE: Purely out of interest-who was posting 16 yr ago? From: Joe Offer About Jim Carroll, Steve Shaw says I found him to be a really good-hearted chap with far more to offer than just about everyone else here and I miss his contributions. I agree wholeheartedly. |
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04 Jul 23 - 12:41 AM (#4176063) Subject: RE: Purely out of interest-who was posting 16 yr ago? From: Stilly River Sage I gave Bob Nelson (Deckman on Mudcat) a call yesterday to see how he and Judy are doing. Though he's virtually blind at this point he still gets out and plays music in his apartment complex and seems to be enjoying life. It was Bob and Don Firth who sent me emails in the early days telling me I should check out Mudcat, that there was a discussion about my late father (John Dwyer). That was probably 1999. I've had a couple of names here, and posted as a guest at first. |
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04 Jul 23 - 05:56 AM (#4176077) Subject: RE: Purely out of interest-who was posting 16 yr ago? From: Georgiansilver Started posting in April 2004. |
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04 Jul 23 - 06:11 AM (#4176079) Subject: RE: Purely out of interest-who was posting 16 yr ago? From: GUEST,Peter Laban 'About Jim Carroll..' I spoke to Jim yesterday, he is on good enough form and tipping away. During the winter John Tunney gave a presentation locally, about an interview he conducted with Jim about the collecting and research. That night too, Jim was chatty and happy to share his knowledge and experiences. |
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04 Jul 23 - 05:06 PM (#4176095) Subject: RE: Purely out of interest-who was posting 16 yr ago? From: GUEST,drWord Wow! I love “pure interest” ! After a couple of “server errors” in the DT found my first “contribution” in May ‘97 Makes one feel blessed that the forum has Lasted, that the DT exists. Along with Frank Ford’s frets(dot)com I’ve been spreading mudcat ORG ever since. Long thread: will read the entire but always neat when a thread with deep(ish) roots is refreshed. The early-birds’ handles! Kindest regards to “you all” who know so very well that music is oxygen and that LIVE music is best. Dennis Manitoba Canada |
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04 Jul 23 - 05:30 PM (#4176098) Subject: RE: Purely out of interest-who was posting 16 yr ago? From: Steve Shaw Jim was always very expansive in sharing his knowledge here. He often named the names of the illustrious and the legendary who he knew upclose and personal, but not once did I ever regard any of it as name-dropping. He is absolutely entitled to his musical opinions because they are exceptionally informed opinions. He and I always got on like a house on fire both in the forum and in private messages. He did have the unfortunate habit of relating the same jokes in the joke threads again and again, a trait which, sadly, I appear to have inherited. Next time you see him, Peter, give him my warmest regards. |
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04 Jul 23 - 05:34 PM (#4176099) Subject: RE: Purely out of interest-who was posting 16 yr ago? From: Helen GUEST,drWord, regarding your comment that music is oxygen, I often see a large delivery truck in my area which has a statement painted on the front, in big letters: Without music, there is no soul. It makes me smile whenever I see it. |
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05 Jul 23 - 04:24 PM (#4176148) Subject: RE: Purely out of interest-who was posting 16 yr ago? From: Bill D Jim Carroll is posting regularly in one forum on Traditional Ballads on Facebook. He still has strong opinions about 'traditional', *grin*, but has a wealth of knowledge of the genre. Fortunately, I pretty much agree with his definition of the category. I guess I'm doing all right, because I posted a link to a song by a singer that he was not familiar with, and called it "a breath of fresh air". |
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05 Jul 23 - 04:30 PM (#4176150) Subject: RE: Purely out of interest-who was posting 16 yr ago? From: Steve Shaw No Facebook for me. Oh well. |
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05 Jul 23 - 07:46 PM (#4176165) Subject: RE: Purely out of interest-who was posting 16 yr ago? From: Bill D It's both useful and maddening..like many things. I have reconnected with many friends there and learned a lot... and dodged a few things. |
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06 Jul 23 - 03:43 AM (#4176171) Subject: RE: Purely out of interest-who was posting 16 yr ago? From: GUEST,Deni-C I was... |
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06 Jul 23 - 09:38 AM (#4176197) Subject: RE: Purely out of interest-who was posting 16 yr ago? From: David C. Carter Me too. |
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06 Jul 23 - 10:02 AM (#4176200) Subject: RE: Purely out of interest-who was posting 16 yr ago? From: Cool Beans I'm still here. Have been since 1998 0r '99. Haven't posted much lately but I'm reading. When I have something to say, I'll post it. |
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06 Jul 23 - 10:42 AM (#4176205) Subject: RE: Purely out of interest-who was posting 16 yr ago? From: John MacKenzie 22 years ago last Sunday (2nd July) I made my first post apparently. |
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06 Jul 23 - 11:06 AM (#4176207) Subject: RE: Purely out of interest-who was posting 16 yr ago? From: gillymor Made my first post on December 14, 1999 under a different handle and lurked awhile before that. |
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06 Jul 23 - 03:10 PM (#4176219) Subject: RE: Purely out of interest-who was posting 16 yr ago? From: GUEST,R J M SteveShaw,I [NOT Joe] was the person who first posted about Jim |
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06 Jul 23 - 04:02 PM (#4176222) Subject: RE: Purely out of interest-who was posting 16 yr ago? From: Steve Shaw I'm still glad that Joe mentioned him. |
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06 Jul 23 - 04:17 PM (#4176224) Subject: RE: Purely out of interest-who was posting 16 yr ago? From: GUEST,RJM And i am glad too, in fact "iam glad all over" that we both mentioned him |
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07 Jul 23 - 12:56 PM (#4176298) Subject: RE: Purely out of interest-who was posting 16 yr ago? From: Tiger Since 1996 for me. |
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07 Jul 23 - 07:59 PM (#4176339) Subject: RE: Purely out of interest-who was posting 16 yr ago? From: GUEST,.gargoyle TIGER I was ready to cry ... BULLSHIT However, I find we were on similar "use.net" alt forums at the same time. No doubt it brought kindred souls together. Sincerely, Gargoyle Some sow Some thrash Some reap |
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08 Jul 23 - 02:14 AM (#4176341) Subject: RE: Purely out of interest-who was posting 16 yr ago? From: Joe Offer Tiger!! Nice to see you!!! |
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08 Jul 23 - 10:27 AM (#4176367) Subject: RE: Purely out of interest-who was posting 16 yr ago? From: Ritchie I think my first post was 14-Oct-98 - 03:17 AM .... Great to see so many familiar names which conjure up some lovely memories ... nice to be 'back' love & regards to you all. |
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09 Jul 23 - 06:48 AM (#4176425) Subject: RE: Purely out of interest-who was posting 16 yr ago? From: GUEST,Kenny B (inactive) First post Dec 01 |
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09 Jul 23 - 11:50 AM (#4176450) Subject: RE: Purely out of interest-who was posting 16 yr ago? From: Tiger Thanks, Garg & Joe. I seldom post now, but am watching all the time. |