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Subject: RE: does anyone know From: Marion Date: 01 Oct 00 - 09:45 PM Are you proposing, Bloozie? If you're willing to strum a whole lot of guitar chords while I struggle to become a competent fiddler, let's talk. I wanted to come back here and make sure you realized that I didn't mean that last post to be picking on you; it's just that the question was being discussed and I'm a nerd and couldn't resist it. I'm glad that you've come to Mudcat. I'm mostly into folk music myself, but the little I know of blues I like, and I keep telling myself that one day I will learn more. Maybe if we get an influx of blues lovers at the Mudcat I'll be able to get a virtually effortless education just by reading around a little. Marion
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Subject: RE: does anyone know From: bloozcat Date: 28 Sep 00 - 01:38 PM dear marion and kat, gosh all that linguistics has flabberghasted my tiny brain...even more reason to superglue the caps key i think...any thanks marion....by the way are you looking for a semi literate hubby from england ha ha.... kat thanks again i will look int all those thimgies in time..mudcat is realy a great information resource...i will reccomend you to any musicological puter plodders..... cheers bloozie |
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Subject: RE: does anyone know From: Marion Date: 27 Sep 00 - 11:12 PM Here's another theory as to why it's more difficult to read in all caps, from the neurolinguistics department: Fluently literate people don't read letters, they read words as a whole. So if we see "THEORY" it doesn't click as well because we normally see "theory", and we have to take the time to look at the letters. In related phenomena, if you don't notice mispellings in text, this actually indicates a higher level of reading skills than if you do notice them (unless you are proofreading, which is a different process from reading for content). It's more efficient to see whole words, with your mind automatically correcting them a bit if necessary, than it is to see each individual letter, and have to pause to acknowledge a mistake. Another, unrelated theory as to why people find all caps irritating, from the semiotics department: As Kat said, capital letters are frequently used to denote special emphasis. When you read a text, you're not only reading the pure meaning of the words, but reading "between the lines". For example, when you read a letter, part of the message being communicated is the actual contents of the letter, and part of what is communicated comes from things like: is the letter typed or handwritten? Is it on floral stationery? Is it on official letterhead? Was the handwriting done carefully or quickly? So if capital letters are commonly used for emphasis, when you read something all in capitals it's natural to think "what is this person shouting about?". Marion, who is doing nothing at all with her degree in Linguistics |
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Subject: RE: does anyone know From: katlaughing Date: 27 Sep 00 - 10:29 PM Good for you, Bloozie. Those are the kinds of tales we love to hear. For some choice ones, when you have some time, go to the Quick Links, choose Forum Search and then Go. When you get there, type in Art Thieme, then read a few of his postings. You will find some amazing stories of memorable meetings and experiences. We also have some good ones from Frank Hamilton, but only as a Guest, so you can't search for his. Sandy Paton, of Folk Legacy Records, has some good ones, too. In the Mudcat FAQs thread, you will also find the Mudcat Classic Threads links. Any of those are worth a good read. If you want to send a few songs or video clips to Max, I'll bet he'd air them on Mudcat radio which happens, onlone, every Wednesday at 7pm EST-US. For an addy to send them to, click on the catfish jumping out of the banjo, where it say "Support the Mudcat" and read down through the page. You'll find the West Chester addy there. Glad you have joined us and glad to be a tiny bit of inspiration. Jump in and have some fun with us, too. Anytime you feel like telling a story of your collecting, start a thread and let us read it, please, unless of course you are saving them for a book?*bg* Take care, kat
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Subject: RE: does anyone know From: bloozcat Date: 27 Sep 00 - 10:00 PM dear kat, thanks...ive checked it and my link works......i'll check out the other thingies asap....inspired by your help ive added some more piccies cd covers etc to my website..and will continue doing so....ive qiute a story to tell about all the amazing adventures ive had videoing acoustic musos... regards bloozie... |
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Subject: RE: does anyone know From: katlaughing Date: 27 Sep 00 - 03:35 PM I see where we both made a mistake in the addy, Bloozcat. We were missing a semi-colon before the two forward slash lines. Anyway, looks as though you have some great videos. Let's try the link again: Click Here That should take us right into the MSN content disclaimer page. Congratulations on joining the Mudcat. Please take some time to look at the very first thread, the Permathread, which is teal in colour and titled Mudcat FAQs, etc. You will find loads of info in there. Some of the immediate benefits of membership is you can send and receive personal messages on your personal page which you can access by clicking on Personal Pages up on the menu bar. You can also choose the Trace function to the far right of a thread, so that you never lose track of it. It will be saved and updated automatically on your personal page. There are other more intangible bennies, but those ought to get you started. Just for fun, you might want to click on the Quick Links, then Mudcat Resources, then take a look at some of our mugshots. Send one of your own in, if you've a mind to. Anyhow, you are not being a pain. We all had to learn these things and we aren't big on the wearing of hair shirts or anything, so just jump in and enjoy, okay? AND,
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Subject: blimey i'm confused From: bloozcat Date: 27 Sep 00 - 02:47 PM dear kat, i did notice that the link you created didnt seem to get my website up..but i cant qiute cottton what you'd like me to do...the url for my site is http//communities.msn.co.uk/bluesandfolkmusic i did join mudcat...not sure how i benefit..dunno if you can explain....sorry i know i'm a pain.... regards bloozie |
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Subject: RE: does anyone know From: katlaughing Date: 26 Sep 00 - 07:43 PM KimC, makes sense to me. Thanks for the explanation. Bloozie, listen, I fixed the link, but couldn't find one specific for you, just the general msn community page. I did a search in the blues music section, but didn't see anthing that seemed likely. Next time you are at your page, if you'd liek to provide a correct, complete link, please highlight your addy of that page, by dragging your mouse over it, then go to Edit, choose Copy. when you get back in here and post, choose Edit, again, then Paste. That should get us the whole and direct linke to your pages. Sorry fi this is too elementary, but you said you were fairly new to *confusers.* Thanks, kat |
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Subject: RE: does anyone know From: GUEST,bloozcat Date: 26 Sep 00 - 03:19 PM dear kim c, ha ha..... cheers bloozcat.... |
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Subject: RE: does anyone know From: Kim C Date: 26 Sep 00 - 11:30 AM The reason that continuous all caps are hard to read is that all the letters are the same height, providing very little visual contrast, which makes the eye work harder. At least that's what they told me in a graphic design class. :) |
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Subject: RE: does anyone know From: katlaughing Date: 25 Sep 00 - 06:32 PM Dear Bloozcat/Jim, Thank you for your kind words. It's the Mudcat and some of its denizens who are brill...everything I know of most of this I learned from them.:-) It is fine that you mention your website here, in fact you could also put it in the LINKS (see at the top of the menu bar). In the meantime, here is a blue clickie link for us all to use for viewing it. If you will go to the top of the threads and enter the word "pigmeat" then "Go", you will find several threads on Pigmeat which you might want to add to or at least have fun reading. It is wonderful to hear of anyone's (videorecorders, artists and all) efforts to preserve the music. BTW, we have several members in the UK, including London. Keep up the good work and come back often. Join up, man, join up!**BG** kat |
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Subject: you are a genius From: GUEST,bloozcat Date: 25 Sep 00 - 05:55 PM dear kat, what can i say you and mudcat are brilliant..i recently videoed dave peabody at one of his London gigs..and i had'nt managed to find a site for him on the net..which rather surprised me...so the info you,ve given me is realy interested...i also met dave last year at the jazz cafe in London whilst talking with john hammond..i am a collector of acoustic music of all kinds on video..and have recently started issuing cd from the soundtracks of my videos...ive recorded quite a few acoustic blues artistes from this side of the water...i made the last and probably the only video recording of the late pigmeat pete smith...i dunno if you've heard of him or not? ive spent a fortune at recording often amazing but not famous acoustic blues musicians,London is awash with great talent that could easily go unrecorded..especialy on video...i dont have a high paying job to finance me....so i'm hoping that possibly at least one of the cd's ive issued might earn me something one of these days..but whatever i love the music..and recording its been fun so who cares..so if i occasionaly mention my website url on msn's hotmail set i hope you'll all bare with me..its only a modest effort,but ive only been using a pc since march this year..so i'm learning..i dunno if you looked at website when i stuck it on your noticeboard earlier last week but heres the url anyway http//communities.msn.co.uk/bluesandfolkmusic as time goes i shall hone it and add to it...... regards jim clark aka bloozcat |
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Subject: RE: does anyone know From: katlaughing Date: 24 Sep 00 - 08:17 PM heyablues/bloozcat, here is another search result page at google.com with several links. I didn't go into them to see if any of it was biographical, except the first and it seemed to have some bio info. If you will go to the top thread, which is teal-coloured, called the Mudcat FAQs etc., you will find info on how to join as a memeber (it's free!); how to use the search function for the song database and to search the threads, and a bunch of other interesting stuff. Just so you know, it is best to put something of what you are looking for in the title of your thread, i.e. "Looking for info on Studebaker John." That way it is easy for people who may not have a lot of time to visit the Mudcat to scan the thread titles quickly to see if there are any they might be able to help out on. It is also a good idea to start a new thread for each subject that you want info on. It is okay when new visitors do as you did, but you are likely to get more and faster results by being specific in the title. Anyhow, class dismissed and welcome, once again, to the Mudcat!:-) kat |
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Subject: RE: does anyone know From: Jeri Date: 24 Sep 00 - 07:25 PM There's a little bit at iCAST. If he's got a webpage, I couldn't find it. |
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Subject: dave peabody From: GUEST,bluescat Date: 24 Sep 00 - 07:01 PM dear friends is their an internet presence for british acoustic bluesman dave peabody.....ive seen a sales page or two for his latest cd,but i'm realy looking for biographical info.... hope you can help me this time round.. thanx bloozcat |
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Subject: RE: does anyone know From: GUEST,bloozcat Date: 24 Sep 00 - 05:53 PM thanx guys |
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Subject: RE: does anyone know From: katlaughing Date: 24 Sep 00 - 02:45 PM Come back often, bloozcat. Good to remember we were all newbies on the Internet, at one time. Waiting for the next question...*bg* katonlyusesCAPStoemphasize
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Subject: RE: does anyone know From: GUEST,evenbloozercat Date: 24 Sep 00 - 02:40 PM And we will all be queueing up to help you, too. HAVE A NICE DAY!! |
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Subject: RE: does anyone know From: GUEST,bloozcat Date: 24 Sep 00 - 02:31 PM anyway i aint writing in CAPITALS ever again..as long as i LIVE...i will never use the CAPS key again .....never ever ever ever....that my solemn PROMISE...so help me GOD..... take care of yourselves... ive got more blues questions to ask....SOON.... regards bloozcat |
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Subject: RE: does anyone know From: Jeri Date: 24 Sep 00 - 01:58 PM Unfortunately, the "caps as shouting" thing is internet-wide, and not confined to just Mudcat. I would think it's better to have someone like Morticia tell you politely than find out some ways I've seen in other places. |
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Subject: RE: does anyone know From: GUEST,looks like i slipped a linewhen putting my n Date: 24 Sep 00 - 12:24 PM but there is no accounting for finnickity people..we cant all be expert computer worshippers..... perhaps somebody could explain the opthalmological difficulties presented by reading capital letters...if writing on a computer screen can be considered shouting then god help the future of human communications..and the prospects for any semblance of peace within this troubled world... i'm the first to admit to my own faliblity..and the wearing of baseball caps the wrong way around does sometimes irritate me...but people writing in capital letter...especialy when they've done their utmost to word things politely doesnt offend me one iota...i guess thats just live and let live thats my policy.... anyway thanx again to you for the help youve given... regards bloozcat
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Subject: RE: does anyone know From: katlaughing Date: 24 Sep 00 - 10:18 AM Mortee's mind is just fine, Bloozcat and all caps are difficult to read. Now, I am a little concerned about your mind. You check in here with a question about Studebaker John, then you sign in as him? No offense, but which is it? Studebaker John or Bloozcat? Thanks, kat |
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Subject: RE: does anyone know From: Morticia Date: 24 Sep 00 - 09:47 AM bloozcat, a lot of people here do find all capitals hard to read.....I had hoped that the way I put it would raise a smile rather than piss you off but there's no accounting for other people's sense of humour or lack of it, I guess. |
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Subject: RE: does anyone know From: GUEST,studebaker john Date: 24 Sep 00 - 07:58 AM dear fellow blues surfers, thanx for all your help regards finding internet info on studebaker john.....as for shouting just because i like to write in capitals...realy in a world where people are starving by the million..where the ozone is depleting by the second...where desease and pestilence ravage humanity...and people slaughter one another like flies....does it real matter...i do worry about those ..get on their high horse given the smallest opportunity about rediculous convention...anyway ivan and kat thanks a million for your kind help..morticia i do so worry about you state of mind... god bless bloozcat...... |
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Subject: RE: does anyone know From: katlaughing Date: 23 Sep 00 - 08:56 PM Bloozcat, all caps=shouting, just in case you didn't know. Anyway, welcome to the Mudcat. If you CLICK HERE it will take you to a search page on Google, where I did a search on Studebaker John. You will see there are many links to sites with info on him. Hope that helps and good luck. katlaughing |
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Subject: RE: does anyone know From: Morticia Date: 23 Sep 00 - 06:46 PM and please don't shout, bloozcat......some of us read these threads early in the morning *BG*... |
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Subject: RE: does anyone know From: IvanB Date: 23 Sep 00 - 02:17 PM Studebaker |
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Subject: does anyone know From: GUEST,bloozcat Date: 23 Sep 00 - 02:05 PM DOES ANYONE KNOW HOW TO SPELL PROPERLY THE NAME OF STUDIE BAKER JOHN IM GUESSING HOW TO SPELL THE NAME,A FRIEND SAID IT WAS APART FROM BEING THE NAME OF A BLUESMAN...IT IS ALSO THE NAME OF AN AMERICAN CAR...IM LOOKING FOR HOW TO PROPERLY SPELL THE NAME FOR THE BLUESMAN,AND ALSO IF THERE IS ANY PRESENCE FOR HIM ON THE INTERNET...IF YOU CAN PLEASE HELP.. THANX BLUESCAT............... |
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