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15 Aug 02 - 11:32 AM (#765867) Subject: Masato Fan Club From: GUEST,Gern Isn't it about time someone started a fan club for Masato Sakurai? This valuable resource is a refreshing change from the usual run of Mudcat trolls, bile spewers and off-color commentators that have run so rampant of late. Not only is Masato a quick and sure source for traditional lyrics, but in one thread quickly juggles Pope, Dylan and Johnny Mercer. Joe may insist with futility that this is a folk forum, but Masato found a way to weave in literature and popular culture as well. I'm a fan. |
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15 Aug 02 - 11:47 AM (#765878) Subject: RE: Masato Fan Club From: Amos Seconded with cheers, Gern! A |
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15 Aug 02 - 11:53 AM (#765886) Subject: RE: Masato Fan Club From: MMario Masato, Masato! He's our man! If he can't find it maybe Sorcha can!
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15 Aug 02 - 12:00 PM (#765892) Subject: RE: Masato Fan Club From: Bee-dubya-ell Count me in. What's your secret, Masato? Access to databases we mere mortals only hear rumors about, or just plain old dogged persistance and determination? If everyone here could search at Masato's level there'd be nothing but BS threads left! (I don't suppose even Masato can really give a definitive answer to "Why do men wear socks with sandals?".) Bruce |
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15 Aug 02 - 12:25 PM (#765908) Subject: RE: Masato Fan Club From: Big Mick Well, that is because my friend, Joe, is just plain wrong. It hasn't been a "folk" forum for a long time. But it has been a great community of folkies for a long time. Masato............his arrival may very well be the best thing that ever happened here. Count me in as a No. 1, first class, stark raving, rabid, fan of his. Tell me where to send the dues, and how I get my Masato beanie cap and secret decoder ring...............LOL. He is the best. Mick |
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15 Aug 02 - 12:51 PM (#765935) Subject: RE: Masato Fan Club From: Steve-o Yessir, there's nothing quite as refreshing as a clear thinker. Thank you for every post, Masato-san. |
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15 Aug 02 - 01:37 PM (#765973) Subject: RE: Masato Fan Club From: Kim C Count me in. |
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15 Aug 02 - 01:42 PM (#765977) Subject: RE: Masato Fan Club From: Sorcha Send de coder ring soon! I wish I had half his knowledge and resources. |
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15 Aug 02 - 02:04 PM (#765994) Subject: RE: Masato Fan Club From: Ebbie I agree. I'm sure I'm not alone in watching for his post on a particularly obscure piece of music- often it's a definitive answer. Thank you, Masato. It just occurred to me: perhaps Masato is not an individual, but a club of people who pool their resources?? :) |
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15 Aug 02 - 02:45 PM (#766024) Subject: RE: Masato Fan Club From: Amergin you might have something there, Ebbie....seems almost too superhuman to me.... |
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15 Aug 02 - 02:50 PM (#766026) Subject: RE: Masato Fan Club From: MMario I bet Masato is the upgraded version of the "Joe Offer" software Max was beta testing a few years ago... |
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15 Aug 02 - 03:01 PM (#766033) Subject: RE: Masato Fan Club From: Ebbie LOL
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15 Aug 02 - 04:48 PM (#766096) Subject: RE: Masato Fan Club From: Peter T. Wait until I tell the Fair One what you said about the "best thing that ever happened here", Mick, you are in BIG TROUBLE. Koko, strap on that parachute, there is work to be done.... yours, Peter T. |
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15 Aug 02 - 05:45 PM (#766120) Subject: RE: Masato Fan Club From: Sorcha (We're going to embarass Masato-sama again.......) |
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15 Aug 02 - 08:08 PM (#766192) Subject: RE: Masato Fan Club From: Jerry Rasmussen "Sign me up for the Christian Jubilee," and for the Masato Fan club. I've known people who were extremely knowledgeable for were so arrogant and condescending about it that I think I'd rather stay ignorant. Masato is just the opposite: unassuming, generous and there to give all the attention to the music, not himself. You set a wonderful example for all of us, Masato!
And I imagine Masato can post ten variants of the song quoted here... :-) Jerry |
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15 Aug 02 - 10:05 PM (#766235) Subject: RE: Masato Fan Club From: The Pooka Sign me on too. Masato Sakurai: the Best of the Mudcat. Thank you, modest Masato. Your are a Wonder; and your fans are legion. |
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15 Aug 02 - 10:30 PM (#766243) Subject: RE: Masato Fan Club From: Stilly River Sage Here here! (Hear here?) He's also usually brief. Another talent some of us only dream of mastering. ;-) SRS |
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15 Aug 02 - 11:33 PM (#766267) Subject: RE: Masato Fan Club From: GUEST,Elaine Masato's posts were very helpful to me! Hope he at least reads this chorus of appreciation, even he doesn't post to it! Thanks again, Masato! |
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16 Aug 02 - 12:28 AM (#766281) Subject: RE: Masato Fan Club From: masato sakurai Thanks, everyone! I've read all the posts in my un-air-conditioned room (it's about 1:20 p.m. here). ~Masato
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16 Aug 02 - 02:49 AM (#766312) Subject: RE: Masato Fan Club From: Genie Maybe we should all chip in and buy you an air conditioner, eh, Masato?! It'd be the least we could do. My thanks, too, for all your very well-researched answers to posted queries.
One of my questions about you was finally answered a month or two ago -- i.e. that you are, indeed, a man. I could not tell from your name. (Not perhaps all that important, but I had to avoid personal pronouns when referring to you before that.) The other two, still unanswered, are: Is "Sakurai" a form of the word "Sakura?" Do you ever post questions for the rest of us Mudcatters to answer? *BG* Many, many thanks, Masato. Genie |
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16 Aug 02 - 03:39 AM (#766321) Subject: RE: Masato Fan Club From: masato sakurai Genie, yes for the first question, no for the second. Sakurai is from "sakura" meaning "cherry blossoms" and "i (from 'ido')" meaning "well (for obtaining water)". Of course, I have a lot of questions (the more we know, the more puzzles and mysteries we have), which I'll post in the meantime one by one. I'm busy answering at present. ~Masato |
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16 Aug 02 - 03:42 AM (#766322) Subject: RE: Masato Fan Club From: Genie So you're the one who waters the cherry blossoms! Fantastic! |
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17 Aug 02 - 02:50 AM (#766859) Subject: RE: Masato Fan Club From: open mike yes-agreed-often Masato has the best, and quickest answers. Do you ever sleep? Are you in Japan? Here is a question I have been researching--I am looking for information on a song (gospel/hymn) writer named R.H. Cornelius, who published some song books in TX in the 20's. (specifically Heart Songs) I once found a biographical note that he used to be a miner, and that he was from Cornwall, Wales. Any more info outthere about his Welsch heritage?? or his mining career? Thanks! it occurs that i might start a new thread about this fellow....once again, thanks for being the wonderful resource that you are...I was thinking you were going to say it was 120 degrees--August is the time of the most intense temperature!! hope you find some way of keeping cool! I have no air conditioning, either, which is one reason i am on here at midnight.. when it finally cooled down.... |
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17 Aug 02 - 05:27 PM (#767150) Subject: RE: Masato Fan Club From: Gloredhel Thank you Masato! |
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17 Aug 02 - 05:48 PM (#767163) Subject: RE: Masato Fan Club From: Warsaw Ed Thanks Masato! You've helped me several times personaly and continually at Mudcat - Ed |
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17 Aug 02 - 06:29 PM (#767174) Subject: RE: Masato Fan Club From: katlaughing Masato has a very winning smile, too! Thank you, Masato, very much! kat in air conditioned room, but it is still hot, more record-breaking temps! |
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18 Aug 02 - 04:11 AM (#767338) Subject: RE: Masato Fan Club From: Genie Kat, when/how did you get to see Masato smile? Masato, have you ever posted a picture of yourself here at the CafŽ? Or would you. Many of us are pictured here, one place or another. How about our number one music resource person? Genie |
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18 Aug 02 - 07:18 AM (#767380) Subject: RE: Masato Fan Club From: van lingle Masato you are amazing. My compliments and thanks. vl |
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18 Aug 02 - 10:30 AM (#767419) Subject: RE: Masato Fan Club From: GUEST,Marie Here I am !... (as promised !) :-) |
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18 Aug 02 - 07:51 PM (#767660) Subject: RE: Masato Fan Club From: wilco I got on this thread a little late, but I want a Masato Decoder Ring too!!! If I could only know a little bitty bit of what Masato knows. How do you join the fan club? |
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19 Aug 02 - 06:10 AM (#767830) Subject: RE: Masato Fan Club From: Hrothgar I want the t-shirt. |
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22 Aug 02 - 01:43 AM (#769468) Subject: RE: Masato Fan Club From: GUEST,Calico Sign me up, too! |
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05 Dec 02 - 07:38 PM (#841899) Subject: RE: Masato Fan Club From: Mark Clark Masato, I'm also a big fan of your work here. Not only are you a wizard at Internet research, you are also an amazing repository of folk music knowledge yourself. From the time zone difference you referenced above, I'm guessing that you live in Japan but Indonesia and Australia are also possibilities. I don't mean to pry but are you also a scientist working in the field of microgravity research and fluid mechanics? - Mark |
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31 Mar 05 - 10:57 AM (#1447940) Subject: RE: Masato Fan Club From: GUEST refresh |
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31 Mar 05 - 12:31 PM (#1448023) Subject: RE: Masato Fan Club From: John MacKenzie Thanks for refreshing this Guest. Yes I too am a fan, and find his erudition amazing. Don't see him around so much recently, could he be fed up with the Buffalo Bagels downstairs too? Giok |
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31 Mar 05 - 01:19 PM (#1448080) Subject: RE: Masato Fan Club From: GUEST,ClaireBear A physical Masato-san meeting was recently achieved by Naemanson -- see the Springtime in Guam thread. I still find his invaluable input popping up here and there; I think it's a luck-of-the-thread thing. |
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31 Mar 05 - 02:26 PM (#1448152) Subject: RE: Masato Fan Club From: wysiwyg Nothing quite like passing around songsheets at church, that are from a scan from Japan. ~S~ |
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31 Mar 05 - 07:31 PM (#1448444) Subject: RE: Masato Fan Club From: Tattie Bogle Well I've got a few sets of song words off him too, so many thanks, Masato TB |
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31 Mar 05 - 07:48 PM (#1448460) Subject: RE: Masato Fan Club From: Peace I ditto the sentiments and words above, Masato. Thank you just for being you. |
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01 Apr 05 - 02:22 AM (#1448651) Subject: RE: Masato Fan Club From: Roger the Skiffler ...and many thanks from me, too. RtS |
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01 Apr 05 - 07:24 AM (#1448841) Subject: RE: Masato Fan Club From: Sandra in Sydney I have 2 bookmarks courtesy of Masato - 2 Google Japan searches for traditional dolls. Pages & pages of beautiful pictures to study. I'm a fan sandra |