Just found Mudcat

Subject: RE: Just found Mudcat
From: katlaughing
Date: 14 Mar 08 - 12:21 AM

No, isn't it rape (seed) that you sow, Charley?**bg**

Subject: RE: Just found Mudcat
From: Amos
Date: 13 Mar 08 - 10:37 PM

Or you will rope whom you sue....


A

Subject: RE: Just found Mudcat
From: Charley Noble
Date: 13 Mar 08 - 10:33 PM

If you've really just found Mudcat, the important thing to do is to feed it. Mudcats are an intergalectically endangered specie. You will reap what you will sow, or is it rape what you will sew?

Charley Noble

Subject: RE: Just found Mudcat
From: Jeri
Date: 13 Mar 08 - 10:33 AM

I dunno. Spam has time-folding properties though. Somebody lobs a wad of spam, and all of a sudden we're back in the yesters. There should be a study done... or at least Gurney could add 'check the date' to his list of newbie do's...
Strangers on the web, exchanging e-mail
Oh what a surprise,
You thought I was female
...newbie, newbie do, etc.

I wonder if John's still around.

Subject: RE: Just found Mudcat
From: skarpi
Date: 13 Mar 08 - 10:30 AM

just to get it out , that the gathering that has happen in Portaferry
Co.Down maybe in Dublin next year ?? thats something we have to sort out
in time ,.

but who know s .............. we´ll see

All the best Skarpi Iceland

Subject: RE: Just found Mudcat
From: Amos
Date: 13 Mar 08 - 10:23 AM

I guess y'all must have scared the lad away with all that hooting. Ya think?


A

Subject: RE: Just found Mudcat
From: Peace
Date: 13 Mar 08 - 09:55 AM

Well, let me be the last in a long list of folks to welcome the--did HG Wells write about this guy?

Subject: RE: Just found Mudcat
From: Jeri
Date: 13 Mar 08 - 09:53 AM

It's so nice of you all to welcome someone who joined 18 months ago and hasn't posted for 6 months.

Subject: RE: Just found Mudcat
From: pavane
Date: 13 Mar 08 - 09:26 AM

BBC? Folky? Since when?

Subject: RE: Just found Mudcat
From: Mr Red
Date: 13 Mar 08 - 09:00 AM

ositojuanito - you have the flavour of the place by now.

If you want a comparison to put this zany, erudite, flippant yet serious enclave into perspective - look at others (eg BBC) that might appear to be folky and worldly and methinks you will be back here for respite care.

Subject: RE: Just found Mudcat
From: skarpi
Date: 13 Mar 08 - 06:45 AM

hallo john , and warm welcome to the Mudcat town .

I hope you like here , I have been here for eight years
so I must like it :>)

its good to see an Islander like me .

All the best Skarpi from Iceland

Subject: RE: Just found Mudcat
From: Gurney
Date: 13 Mar 08 - 03:06 AM

Susan, I should think that on this site, Black Diamond = Strings!
You must play something with reeds.


All newbys will learn to proofread, to think twice about possibly controversial posts before clicking submit, to grow a thicker skin, and not to post when pissed (both English or American variants.) As in life, sensitive flowers will become upset.
Oh, and female posters do not have to hide their gender here, and often don't. That should tell you something about the membership.

Subject: RE: Just found Mudcat
From: Effsee
Date: 28 Sep 06 - 09:17 AM

Or Hotel California!

Subject: RE: Just found Mudcat
From: MMario
Date: 28 Sep 06 - 08:41 AM

too true - the BORG have nothing on mudcat.

Subject: RE: Just found Mudcat
From: John J
Date: 28 Sep 06 - 08:41 AM

Welcome....there's no escape.

The Mudcat; you'll never leave.

John

Subject: RE: Just found Mudcat
From: Black Diamond
Date: 28 Sep 06 - 06:46 AM

yeh yeh course I was only joking. after all you did say not to take anything too seriously!! LOL although I dont post too often I read avidly and am very very impressed with mudcats peeples - everyone very helpful anf friendly!!3
Black Diamond

Subject: RE: Just found Mudcat
From: The Shambles
Date: 27 Sep 06 - 07:13 PM

Talking of pedants.

Subject: RE: Just found Mudcat
From: John 'Giok' MacKenzie - PM
Date: 26 Sep 06 - 12:46 PM

Is this not BS too?
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Seemingly this thread has not been judged so – but it has been judged (by virtue only that it remains in the music section) to be music related.

Unlike this one Just found Mudcat too. Which although there is no editing comment to explain why or who made this judgement – has been judged to be BS and relgated to the BS section.

Along with this one When was Mudcat lost?

Subject: RE: Just found Mudcat
From: Mr Yellow
Date: 26 Sep 06 - 12:59 PM

ositojuanito

I think you will find that - pedants lurk and will tell you that Louis Armstrong didn't claim to be original when he said the bit about Horses.

Big Bill Broonzy said it, and I seem to remember someone claimed Buddy Bolden said it but as he was too early or black to have been recorded it may be just one of those anecodotes.

So watch-out for the pedants - they KNOW what they KNOW, unfortunately they may not know what they don't know. I know that for a fact...................

Subject: RE: Just found Mudcat
From: katlaughing
Date: 26 Sep 06 - 12:56 PM

Welcome, welcome, welcome to all of the newbies!

Subject: RE: Just found Mudcat
From: open mike
Date: 26 Sep 06 - 12:52 PM

hello from california little john bear

Subject: RE: Just found Mudcat
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 26 Sep 06 - 12:46 PM

Is this not BS too?

Subject: RE: Just found Mudcat
From: Richard Bridge
Date: 26 Sep 06 - 12:41 PM

What WLD overlooks (or omits to mention) is that I too participate in enjoy and value the types of music he wants to call folk. I just maintain they are not folk.

OK, there are some exceptions, the bits I don't much enjoy - quite a lot of what now gets called mobo, (although I like quite a lot of old tamla and soul as it used to be, up to an including the Pointer Sisters, and gospel-tinged like the Staple Singers) and the ceaseless tired iterations of punk, which once was so refreshing and inspiring, and whining crap like Oasis, oh, and I pretty much hate all westry and c***tron - but other than that I will listen to sometimes enjoy and occasionally perform (in some cases) pretty well anything.

However, I remember that I am not Irish or American.

Oh, I forgot, I hate,hate,hate taht damn Lilly Allen track...

Subject: RE: Just found Mudcat
From: wysiwyg
Date: 26 Sep 06 - 12:08 PM

I said hello to BD and even had a chat about the name and its link to a favorite song-- BD = coal, right?

~S~

Subject: RE: Just found Mudcat
From: Mo the caller
Date: 26 Sep 06 - 12:05 PM

Welcome all new cats on the block.
Black Diamond is kidding us, she did get welcomed, but only by the techy people who answer the sort of thread she started. I never read tech threads, my answer to all problems is to ask my son-in-law!

Subject: RE: Just found Mudcat
From: MMario
Date: 26 Sep 06 - 12:02 PM

welcome to all the newbies! Sometimes people slip in and you don't notice they are new - this is a good thing, really - others get noticed for some reason or another.

Subject: RE: Just found Mudcat
From: MuddleC
Date: 26 Sep 06 - 11:59 AM

..ositojuanito..just listen to the sound of my voice......
you are not feeling grumpy anymore... you are feeling sleepy, soon your eyes will become heavy, your eyelids drop and you will be in a deep sleep.....
when you awake all of this will have been naught but a dream..
.....
...
awake!

-there's a couple of Sheriff's Deputies outside wanting to speak to you about dwarf harassment

-all this is in your mind of course, take this site with a BIG pinch of salt!
(may contain bovine products, traces of nuts and monosodium glutamate, eat before sell by date, close cover before striking, mind the doors, not microwave proof)
may be recorded for training and security purposes

Subject: RE: Just found Mudcat
From:
Date: 26 Sep 06 - 09:49 AM

Sorry about that, Black Diamond. We do like to welcome all newcomers, even though some of us don't do the welcoming (like myself). I think it's just that a chord was struck with the definition of folk as that always brings lots of comment. So welcome to you and all new people to the Mudcat! As others have said, it is quite addictive. So share your knowledge and if you need a question answered, please feel free to ask! However, pleas try to do some searching first. We might have one or more set of messages already started. You might have a great new insight into something there.e

Subject: RE: Just found Mudcat
From: jacqui.c
Date: 26 Sep 06 - 09:44 AM

Welcome to you too Black Diamond.

Mudcat can be a very noisy place and sometimes you have to shout to make yourself heard.

I hope that you enjoy the site.

Subject: RE: Just found Mudcat
From: Black Diamond
Date: 26 Sep 06 - 09:28 AM

oh ---- what has Osito juanito got that I havent got????
when I joined Mudcat just a few short weeks ago I never got bombarded by all these good wishes and other things!! I remeber just one or two very nuce people saying hi and welcome, and that was it!!
I think I will just go and sit in a corner and sob my hear out.
aha -- is it cos Im a melodeonist and not a singer I wonder????
Black Diamond

Subject: RE: Just found Mudcat
From: Big Al Whittle
Date: 26 Sep 06 - 04:05 AM

There are worse things to care passionately about than music. I suppose we are all here because music sustains us in our daily lives.

Sometimes I feel guilty about the shitty things I occasionally say on mudcat. Its a very responsive website and sometimes it takes you down a well earned peg or two.

Richard for example, cares deeply about what he sees as folk music.

I don't agree with a word of what he says about the nature of folk music. As far as I'm concerned Cccil Sharp House is a populated by a gang of middle class bores who are too collectively dim to notice that that the English people have voted with their feet and gone on to enjoy their vibrant folk culture virtually anywhere they can, outside the environs of what is called traditional folk music.

Views that vary as widely as ours are bound to spark off each other - particularly as the views we hold are the mainsprings of our creative endeavours. And because of that I sincerely regret that respect sometimes gets lost in these heated exchanges.

if you come across us hitting each other with our handbags - just tell us to cut it out, and grow up!

Subject: RE: Just found Mudcat
From: The Fooles Troupe
Date: 25 Sep 06 - 11:59 PM

I didn't know it was lost.

Subject: RE: Just found Mudcat
From: GUEST,Art Thieme
Date: 25 Sep 06 - 09:27 PM

Yes.

Art

Subject: RE: Just found Mudcat
From: gnu
Date: 25 Sep 06 - 04:39 PM

Goodiness gracious! I am sure there is a great deal of wisdom and good sense advice in all of the above posts. I may even read them all some day if I get that much time.

Welcome. You have just found a great bunch of knowledgible and friendly folk. You are as lucky as we. Enjoy.

Subject: RE: Just found Mudcat
From: fat B****rd
Date: 25 Sep 06 - 03:04 PM

May I add my greetings. All the best from Charlie S.

Subject: RE: Just found Mudcat
From: Tannywheeler
Date: 24 Sep 06 - 09:48 PM

This joint is proof that warmth, kindness, justice, and brilliance is rife the world round. 99% of 'em are chock full of it. Welcome home. Up the Republic......Tw

Subject: RE: Just found Mudcat
From: Beer
Date: 24 Sep 06 - 09:32 PM

There is always room for another Irishman. Enjoy your stay.
Beer
from Montreal

Subject: RE: Just found Mudcat
From: John O'L
Date: 24 Sep 06 - 07:29 PM

I didn't know anything like it existed and I would love to see being fully developed.


Can't tell if that's a backhanded compliment or a backhanded insult, therefore it's perfect. Welcome aboard.

Subject: RE: Just found Mudcat
From: Peter Kasin
Date: 24 Sep 06 - 06:03 PM

Welcome! Mudcat at its best is generous, fun, informative, and it's great to meet other 'Catters when travelling and at festivals/gatherings. Ignore the trolls and flamers and enjoy this community, I say. Second JennyO's motion about joining in on Secret Santa.

Chanteyranger

Subject: RE: Just found Mudcat
From: Roughyed
Date: 24 Sep 06 - 06:02 PM

Welcome Ositojuanito.

When my daughter was in trouble and danger it was someone from the Mudcat who sent me a personal message offering to give practical help. In my experience this is the closest you will find to a real community on the Net. It has been a completely positive experience for me. Treat the idiots as a comedy turn, tap into the knowledge and wisdom that abound and enjoy!

Subject: RE: Just found Mudcat
From: billybob
Date: 24 Sep 06 - 05:42 PM

Welcome.
go to the kitchen table
lovely folk
put the coffee on and read the great posts
nice folks and good friends
Wendy

Subject: RE: Just found Mudcat
From: Pistachio
Date: 24 Sep 06 - 05:31 PM

John, I hope you put a tracer on this thread! The comments here make very informative reading and I've found out loads I wasn't aware of thanks to your post. I've been 'on' mudcat for about 3 years now, I find it amazing, I have to remember to check the clock and log out, it's so easy to read post after post .............. .
I'll add my welcome - and close now.
Hazel.

Subject: RE: Just found Mudcat
From: Mo the caller
Date: 24 Sep 06 - 04:51 PM

Welcome from Mo
the one in the red jacket

Subject: RE: Just found Mudcat
From: Alice
Date: 24 Sep 06 - 12:12 PM

Welcome! Learn to search the forum discussions and you will find a huge amount of information compiled over the years.

Have fun.

Alice Flynn

Subject: RE: Just found Mudcat
From: SINSULL
Date: 24 Sep 06 - 12:07 PM

John - we would all like to get to know you better.
SO:
What do you think about George Bush, the war in Iraq, the situation in Palestine, Star Trek, banjos, the World Trade Center (Terrorists or Bush Demolition), the Orange, Israel, Bob Dylan, Neil Young, etc.

Don't be shy. Jump in and choose your weapons but please leave Blue Clickies. Do not cut and paste.
And when you are ready for a rest Nurse Ratchet will fix you a nice quiet room at the Center.

Do you play the banjo?
SINS

Subject: RE: Just found Mudcat
From: GUEST
Date: 24 Sep 06 - 12:00 PM

One warning: do NOT try to define folk music. You will pay heavily for that effort.

PS, Tom Paxton is a folk singer and folk-song writer.

Subject: RE: Just found Mudcat
From: Ron Davies
Date: 24 Sep 06 - 11:44 AM

Welcome!

Subject: RE: Just found Mudcat
From: kendall
Date: 24 Sep 06 - 11:32 AM

Willy O, Brevity is the soul of wit.

Subject: RE: Just found Mudcat
From: Richard Bridge
Date: 24 Sep 06 - 11:20 AM

I'm most certainly not a fundamentalist, in that I will listen to almost anything and play quite a range, but I do believe that a definition is a definition. Only folk music is folk music. A fundamentalist would assert that only folk music is music, and that folk music or his/her folk music was better than anyone else's folk music. I ascribe to neither of the latter views. I do believe that some folk music is more appropriate to some performers than others.

Subject: RE: Just found Mudcat
From: Big Mick
Date: 24 Sep 06 - 11:12 AM

I would love to go to Loughstock, Maryrrf, and had planned to go this year. But difficulties with my career have me in a bit of a tizz just now. Hopefully next year, unless this works out in time.

Mick

Subject: RE: Just found Mudcat
From: JennyO
Date: 24 Sep 06 - 11:01 AM

Hello John. I'm one of the 'Cats from the land of Oz. There are a few of us around here - it was my friend Sandra in Sydney who encouraged (nagged) me to join Mudcat 4 years ago. What she didn't tell me was how addictive it can be!

I agree with Willie-O about how great it is that we often meet other Mudcatters in real-life. A lot of us have entertained visiting 'catters from the US and the UK, had sessions for them, invited them to our folk clubs and festivals, and some of us (not me yet unfortunately) have gone overseas and met some of the people we had only met on Mudcat before. In every case I can think of, finally meeting these people has been like reuniting with old friends!

There's a chat room here - just use the quick links drop down menu and click on 'mudchat'. It will tell you how many are in there and you can chat with whoever is there in real time.

Also, if you really want to join in some of the fun soon, have a look at the Secret Santa thread. If you send a PM to Liz the Squeak in the next few days, giving her your address where to send a present, you will be assigned a Santee - someone you send a present to, and someone else (your Secret Santa) will send you a present, but you won't know who it is. A lot of the fun is in the hints threads where people try to work out who their Secret Santa is in the weeks leading up to Christmas.

Anyway, enjoy all the ups and downs here - a bit like real life, really!