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Subject: RE: BS: Getting to Know You From: wysiwyg Date: 18 Jul 06 - 12:38 AM Art, I have to admit... your question is miiiiightyyyyy tempting..... Michael-- welcome, welcome, welcome! Bill, pass me that joint. I could use it. Right now I have a tampon up my nose inserted by a doc with strong hands. You know, he was right-- it DOES hurt! Night, all. ~Susan |
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Subject: RE: BS: Getting to Know You From: Bill D Date: 17 Jul 06 - 10:44 PM It is, in fact, quite a place. It's like being set down in New York City...no way to see it all, but plenty to grab your attention. (and a few back alleys where one dares not tread..*grin*. But all in all, a fine joint! Welcome! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Getting to Know You From: mrdux Date: 17 Jul 06 - 02:47 AM Well, since Susan asked. . . I finally added myself to the rolls a few weeks ago, after guesting and lurking for a while -- I had a question that I wanted to ask and I felt that it was sort of rude to impose without first identifying myself. I'm in Oregon, been here for more than 30 years after growing up, picking up a bit of a blues habit and going to school (not necessarily in that order) in Chicago (where i was a semi-regular patron of No Exit after they moved to Lunt Ave. and a volunteer food server at Amazingrace when it was in the basement of Scott Hall – just by way of historical context). I stumbled into the Mudcat while I was browsing elswhere trying to find a Rev. Gary Davis tab and came across a reference to the "Mudcat Blues Museum." Cool, I thought to myself, and wandered on over. I'm still here. My musical interests are pretty eclectic, and depend on when you ask. Yesterday, while my wife and I were on a long hike with the dogs, I had Tom Paxton ("I Can't Help but Wonder Where I'm Bound," to be exact) running through my head – there always seems to be some music going on up there. Phil Ochs and Steve Goodman and the Clancy Bros. also regularly accompany me on my rambles. And all those folk who took some inspiration from Bert Lloyd and/or Davey Graham – Martin Carthy and Jansch and Renbourn and Anne Briggs and . . . – and Donegal fiddlers and uileann pipers. . . well it does go on. Of late I've been listening to a lot classical music, focusing on treatments and settings of folk songs and folk motifs by classical composers. I also have an ongoing interest in folklore and mythology. I never played a musical instrument until I was in my 30's, when I picked up the guitar. I did write some political protest doggerel – anti-nuclear variety – in the early '80's for a band with which I was associated, but that was my one and only foray into public musical performance. These days I play at least a little daily in the privacy of my library, not too well but with great pleasure. One of these days I'm going to take some lessons (or so I've been telling myself). To round it out, I'm a good cook (a major plus around the house) and a pretty decent photographer. In addition to may day job. I'm glad to have found my way here – a most welcoming place, it seems. And thanks for asking, Susan. michael |
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Subject: RE: BS: Getting to Know You From: GUEST,art thieme (sheepishly) Date: 16 Jul 06 - 11:52 PM Susan, do you mean in the biblical sense??? |
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Subject: RE: BS: Getting to Know You From: GUEST Date: 16 Jul 06 - 08:52 AM Oh, you thought I meant you, Susan....er..uh...okay....Question micromanagement! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Getting to Know You From: wysiwyg Date: 16 Jul 06 - 08:32 AM Thanks, all, for your kind remarks. I used to run Welcome threads shortly after I became an inmate at this zoo. At the time, I thought I was just being friendly like people had been friendly to me, and it seemed like a good thing to pass along. Now I can see the hubris-- wet-behind-the-ears newbie making herself the Welcome Wagon!?!?!? But it is SO GOOD to get back to it, and I encourage others to do more of it. You don't have to do it like I did (with links to features), but maybe you have other links you could contribute from what you think is Mudcat at its finest. I'll do this again from time to time, but I don't want it as a "job".... Anyway-- back to the welcoming! I hope some more new folks will introduce themselves here-- how you chose yor Mudcat name, approximate area you're in, music likes, etc.. How you found/fell into Mudcat... ~Susan |
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Subject: RE: BS: Getting to Know You From: Peter Kasin Date: 15 Jul 06 - 11:07 PM Good thread, WYSIWYG! Thanks for welcoming the new kittens. ClaireBear, it's about time you were welcomed properly here. Great to see you at NW Folklife last May. One of the early gigs I went to when I was just getting involved with this music was seeing Cyderman's Fancy at the Freight and Salvage Coffeehouse, in Berkeley. The Freight was still at their old digs on San Pablo Ave. Y'all rocked. Whatever became of Morgan? Anyway, welcome to the Catbox! Chanteyranger |
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Subject: RE: BS: Getting to Know You From: wysiwyg Date: 15 Jul 06 - 09:35 PM [Gasp!] AuTHORity? I have authority now?!?!?!? I didn't know that! **BG** ~S~ |
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Subject: RE: BS: Getting to Know You From: GUEST Date: 15 Jul 06 - 09:33 PM Have as many member names as you like, Mike. Always question authority. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Getting to Know You From: Rapparee Date: 15 Jul 06 - 09:18 PM Hi, Mike. I'm a Mike too, which is why I don't use that as a name here. And the name I do use, it's the Irish form of "raparree" and pronounced that way. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Getting to Know You From: wysiwyg Date: 15 Jul 06 - 05:03 PM Just email Joe Offer at: Joe-Offer@msn.com He'll put you right. Copy and paste Joe's email address so you can be sure not to miss that hyphen. ~Susan |
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Subject: RE: BS: Getting to Know You From: GUEST,Mike Miller Date: 15 Jul 06 - 04:33 PM God knows, Susan, I tried to get back in but heartless automation and pitiless technology are blocking me like my sinuses. It seems that, as i have a new e-mail adress, I can not receive notice of my old password (I should have used "swordfish". It was good enough for Harpo). I may have to start all over again with a new identity like Edmond Dantes. Mike |
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Subject: RE: BS: Getting to Know You From: wysiwyg Date: 15 Jul 06 - 11:37 AM Easy-peasy, Sue (?!?!?!). Just post a thread to Joe in the Help forum, Mike-- there's a teal-colored link to it at the top of the page. :~) I doubt a bribe will be required. ~Susan |
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Subject: RE: BS: Getting to Know You From: GUEST,Mike Miller Date: 15 Jul 06 - 10:08 AM You can call me Mike or musicmic or Sue, if that;s your pleasure. I will try to regain my status and my trove under any name Mudcat chooses. How do I reach Joe? Can he be bribed with a favorable review? The Artist Formally Known as Mike Miller |
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Subject: RE: BS: Getting to Know You From: wysiwyg Date: 15 Jul 06 - 09:22 AM Hi harpmolly-- I had a name-change once too and my old posts changed as well. It's because Mudcat is a database where whatever data is on record for you chages globally. When I post freshly (as WYS) in a thread where I had once posted as Praise, and people in the thread had addressed me as Praise, I just sign my newer post like this so people can catch a clue if they're interesed in why "WYS's" post was replied to with "Well, Praise.....". ~Susan AKA Praise And Mike, welcome back!!! Having two membernames is a Mudcat no-no, so you will want to contact Joe Offer to make the old "musicmic" name inactive-- you'll lose access to your old musicmic PMs though-- so you might want to go back to that membername. (Joe can advise better than I.) We'll be away some this summer, so if you are heading up this way, please check first-- it would be just my luck to miss your long-awaited visit. Rememebr we have ample sleeping space here, so if you do plan a visit with the Sadies, we can easily put you up unless stairs are a problem. ~Susan |
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Subject: RE: BS: Getting to Know You From: Sandra in Sydney Date: 15 Jul 06 - 08:45 AM ClaireBear I have long admired your name. If I hadn't already had this name (I always intorduce myself to my interstate colleagues as ...) it would have included the word Bear sandra (who has been collecting & making bears over the years) |
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Subject: RE: BS: Getting to Know You From: GUEST,Mike Miller Date: 14 Jul 06 - 11:31 PM Hello, Susan. I've been off for a while but I have returned like a bad MacArtur. I am still folksinging full time and I still write that CD review column for TUNE UP as well as answering all the folk and folk related questions that come into the Philadelphia Folksong Society office. If I'm not booked, I see Dick Greenhaus about once a month and I keep up with all the other folk relics through e-mail as I rarely tour anymore. I keep meaning to get up to your neck of the woods (I've been promising Tim and Dave from Sadie Green Sales for years) but something is always coming up. Most of the time, it's sloth. But I am back and more than willing to function as a resource for Mudcatters. Mike |
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Subject: RE: BS: Getting to Know You From: Rapparee Date: 14 Jul 06 - 03:33 PM Welcome. To prove you're serious about the Mudcat you must read MOAB from end to end. Don't fret if it's not in order because of a glitch or six a few months ago -- it never had much order to begin with. Or just pop in and see what's going on. And don't pay any attention to Gluon. S/he just wants attention. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Getting to Know You From: ClaireBear Date: 14 Jul 06 - 03:03 PM Spaw, oh dear, stuck my foot in it already. Would it help if I said I knew him years ago, long before he became a layabout-at-large? Or if I said I once made him a sporran out of a vintage armadillo hangbag? (The little paws were clutching the leather tassels; it was really quite striking.) No? Well, I'll get me hat then... Bee-dubya-ell, I was counting on it. I'm so tired of thinking for myself. I hope that's my hundredth member post, because as guest I'm sure I'm well over 100 already. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Getting to Know You From: katlaughing Date: 14 Jul 06 - 03:00 PM What a great idea for a new thread, Susan. Thanks!! Welcome, welcome, welcome as Max used to say on Mudcat radio! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Getting to Know You From: Bee-dubya-ell Date: 14 Jul 06 - 02:56 PM Welcome to all newcomers. You do realize that upon your one-hundredth post you cede all control of your mental functions to Max and become part of the Mudcat Übermind, don't you? |
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Subject: RE: BS: Getting to Know You From: catspaw49 Date: 14 Jul 06 - 02:47 PM Well Claire, as one of El Swanno's business partners at LFPS, let me welcome you and say that the very fact you know him does not speak too well for you.....Knowing Pam on the other hand is a fine thing! Spaw....Founding Partner, LFPS Lane,Fielding,Patterson,& Swan---Layabouts-At -Large and For Hire "We do nothing for you...It's the very least we can do." |
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Subject: RE: BS: Getting to Know You From: harpmolly Date: 14 Jul 06 - 02:44 PM Well, I've actually been a semi-active Mudcatter (off and on) for seven or eight years now I think, though I used to be mollificent. What's really odd is that now that I've changed my member name, all my old posts show up as "harpmolly" too! Weird... Anyway, occasional political fiascos aside, I really love the 'Cat. It's a great group of people overall, and an amazing resource. Thanks to Max, Joe Offer and all those administrative Cats! Cheers, Molly |
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Subject: RE: BS: Getting to Know You From: ClaireBear Date: 14 Jul 06 - 02:07 PM Hello, Gnu and Ernest! Don't mean to slight you, I just got carried away remembering that wonderful trip. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Getting to Know You From: ClaireBear Date: 14 Jul 06 - 02:06 PM Kaleea, you would have loved the road trip we took last year, with my then five-year-old leading endless verses of "What do we do with a drunken sailor" all through Oregon, Washington, and a considerable amount of British Columbia. His rendition of "Throw him in the longboat 'til he's silver [sic]" was particularly hilarious. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Getting to Know You From: Ernest Date: 14 Jul 06 - 02:00 PM Welcome from the other side of the pond too, Claire! Best wishes Ernest |
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Subject: RE: BS: Getting to Know You From: Kaleea Date: 14 Jul 06 - 01:58 PM Claire, et al, if you ever get way down in So California to San Diego, I'd love to meet you & family! I, also, am chasing after a little one-my niece's baby, 20 month old Leila. She is much more active than most children her age, & I'm definately too feeble to really keep up with her, so I try to keep her busy with activities in which do not entail climbing. I've been a Musician since I was a tiny tot, and we play lots of my instruments. She expecially loves my Ukuleles & Harp. Leila likes to plunk around with my Guitar, Fiddle, Mtn Dulcimer, Zither, Bodhran, Keyboards, & she toots on my whistles. She has her own Maracas, Ouiro, Claves, shakers & other percussion thingies. We sing all the time, and Leila can sing a couple of songs which others can recognise as she sings them, a bit unusual for a 1 year old, albeit they dont quite understand her words. Her fav is GeeKo GeeKo ittull Arr (Twinkle Twinkle). The first song I learned was Y'ain't Nuthin' Butta Houn'Dog. (my Mother was appalled, my Father, delighted) |
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Subject: RE: BS: Getting to Know You From: gnu Date: 14 Jul 06 - 01:56 PM Likewise, I'm sure. Welcome. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Getting to Know You From: ClaireBear Date: 14 Jul 06 - 01:28 PM Thank you, WYSIWYG -- I kinda thought I should start my own thread, sort of as a rite of passage, but I'll take your advice and start here. So, hello 'Catters! It is I, ClaireBear, introducing myself as a member at last. Below is some personal information, most of which I have posted before in one place or another, but here it all is in one place: Musically speaking, I am a longtime folkie, performing on and off since the mid-seventies. I come from a musical family, and when my folks were alive we spent every holiday singing and playing together. Thanks to them, I sing rather well. In addition, I play dulcimer adequately, barely squeeze by on McCann duet concertina, hope to get pretty good at Crane duet when I have time to practice, used to play harp (maybe will again someday, when I can afford to restring it) and guitar, and am just getting my feet wet on tenor uke. But mostly I sing, and most of what I sing is English folk music. I am between bands at present. I sing in two choirs (regular and gospel) at church, though, and I play for a morris team. I have a fiddle- and melodeon-playing occasional singing partner who used to perform with me in a trio called Cyderman's Fancy, and he and I still do occasional concerts as a duet -- okay, one concert in the recent past, but we hope to repeat this annually or so. I show up at chantey sings in San Francisco far too rarely these days, but I hope to amend that as well. Professionally, I am a technical editor. The less said about that here, the better! I live in central California (Santa Cruzish) with my hugsband and my wonderful, very energetic six-year-old son. I am far too old, really, to be the mother of a six-year-old (and you should see how old my hugsband is, if you think I'm old!) -- but I get by, and he is the joy of my declining years. I live for music and for travel. I would be at Sidmouth every year if I could scrape together the fare. Road trips are my solace in the meantime, and next week I'm taking my son on a camping trip up Montana way, or however far we get in 11 days. I'm trying to save up money and time to come to the Getaway this fall, if you'll have me. I have some friends who are 'Catters: Chanteyranger and Dave Swan are old pals. I'm acquainted with a few others, I and hope to get to know more of you now that I''ve leapt into the pond. It's a pleasure to meet you! Claire |
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Subject: RE: BS: Getting to Know You From: wysiwyg Date: 14 Jul 06 - 12:45 PM Claire, you also can do that right here, or there are a number of past threads that can be added to where people have done just that. Welcome to Mudcat! ~Susan |
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Subject: RE: BS: Getting to Know You From: ClaireBear Date: 14 Jul 06 - 12:25 PM Thank you for starting this simple thread WYSIGYG. And MMario, thank you for giving me the perfect incentive! Indeed I would prefer not to be eaten, and that has made me decide that it's time to stop waiting for Internet access at home and become a member now, even if it does mean I have to log in at work (something I've been reluctant to do, which is why I've been a GUEST for about 4 years now...). Anyway hello, and it's lovely to meet you. Now I suppose I'd better go start a thread and introduce myself properly. Cheers, Claire |
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Subject: RE: BS: Getting to Know You From: MMario Date: 14 Jul 06 - 11:27 AM errrr....incentive? |
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Subject: RE: BS: Getting to Know You From: Alba Date: 14 Jul 06 - 11:15 AM MMario...LOL. I am sure your post will have all the Newcomers feeling all warm and fuzzy about coming into this Thread now!:) " There is still no substitute for actually getting to know another human being." Me likey that one Susan ma Darlin:) Jude |
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Subject: RE: BS: Getting to Know You From: MMario Date: 14 Jul 06 - 11:01 AM But if we get to know them we can't eat them - or even slice them to bits - because, as the Red Queen said "'it isn't etiquette to cut any one you've been introduced to." |
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Subject: RE: BS: Getting to Know You From: wysiwyg Date: 14 Jul 06 - 10:41 AM Hello dear Jude! I love that saying: There is no such thing as Strangers, only Friends we haven't met as yet One of my own favorite sayings (because I coined it, LOL) is this one: There is still no substitute for actually getting to know another human being. ~Susan |
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Subject: RE: BS: Getting to Know You From: Alba Date: 14 Jul 06 - 10:31 AM As always Susan...what a lovely sentiment. May I join You in a big Welcome to all the new Members if You don't mind ma Dear:) Can I also say that if you are a New member and haven't done so already, it would be lovely if you were to introduce yourself too. So while you are getting to know us, we can get to know you too. There is no such thing as Strangers, only Friends we haven't met as yet Thanks for starting this Thread WYSIWYG. Love and Light, Jude |
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Subject: BS: Getting to Know You From: wysiwyg Date: 14 Jul 06 - 10:18 AM Great to see so many new "faces" at Mudcat of late. Welcome to you all! Remember that great song? Getting to know you, getting to know all about you..... If you are new to Mudcat, you might not know about one of Mudcat's greatest features. You can click on a member's name in their post, and that brings up search results on all their posts! <> Want to know how they chose their member name? A thread about that is likely to turn up in their posting history. <> Wondering how long someone has been a member? The posting history will tell you that, too. <> Want to know what kind of music they're interested in? Look at the threads they've posted in, or started. (Thread titles in the list that start with "Re:" are responses to a thread someone else started. Threads without the "Re:"-- they started.) Another great feature is Member Photos & Info, where many members' pix, birthday, and general location can be found. Mudcat is absolutely loaded with features you can learn more about, at the Mudcat FAQ - Newcomer's Guide. ~Susan |
