Mudcat Tavern - Round 5

Subject:
From: alison
Date: 05 Aug 99 - 10:17 AM

Did you all make it....... the bar is still serving pints of vile black stuff. And I see we've installed a huge wall covered in velcro so we can play "bar-flies".

Quick catspaw.. get that velcro suit on..... rick will hold the trampet.......

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 5
From: bbc
Date: 05 Aug 99 - 10:24 AM

Thanks, alison! What'll you have?

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 5
From: catspaw49
Date: 05 Aug 99 - 10:29 AM

Hey this is GREAT!!! Alison, I'm kinda' big for the flying wall toss, what we need here is a little guy, easy to throw, smiling while sailing through the air.........Where's Joe?? Can we get extra points if we throw him across the Possum Ass Fountain without getting him wet?

Spaw

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 5
From: Roger the zimmer
Date: 05 Aug 99 - 10:33 AM

Wow, Koko, this isn't Kansas, or Berkshire for that matter. Let's try that velcro wall, I'll try not to dislodge all the banjos stuck up at the top.
Wheeeee. That's the highest I've been since that night in...
Now how the hell do I get down. Don't just stand down there laughing, either get me a ladder or pass me a drink or I'll start singing.
I can't reach a banjo but I might, puff, just, wheeze, manage to grab that kazoo up here (so that's where it went)...Don't turn the fountain up too high!That was unkind. At least it got me unstuck but I don't think that squid I landed on will ever be the same again from the noise it made. Oops, has anyone lost a set of bagpipes?

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 5
From: Peter T.
Date: 05 Aug 99 - 10:40 AM

excuse me, miss, bbc, but I am now a little disoriented -- can you show me how to get to the upstairs study and reference section?

CONCERNED IN CANADA

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 5
From: bbc
Date: 05 Aug 99 - 10:44 AM

Peter, was that the bathroom you're asking for? Down the hall, to the left.

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 5
From: Peter T.
Date: 05 Aug 99 - 10:55 AM

No, ma'am, I am seeking the first edition of Cecil Sharp to continue my work on early Appalachian grammatical shifts from the Elizabethan.
Also, I am looking for a wiring diagram for a condensor for this SADOMETRIC Exerciser (shows bulky package).
CONCERNED IN CANADA

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 5
From: Jeri
Date: 05 Aug 99 - 11:00 AM

So what's the prize if somebody lands in the 'bull's eye' on the Velcro wall? Oh, I see, stuff to use in the hot tub. 'Spaw, let's get you into the catapult and...YEEEEEHAW! Lookie there - Pat on the spot, win loofah!

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 5
From: catspaw49
Date: 05 Aug 99 - 11:23 AM

Uh, can somebody get me a crowbar, large gear puller maybe.........are we doing this again? ......then also get me "cup" and perhaps a cardiologist.........and a large Jack on the rocks...........Yeah, that's better................OK Jeri, quit playing with the rubber squid and crank up that catapult!

Spaw

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 5
From: bbc
Date: 05 Aug 99 - 11:29 AM

Sorry, Peter, I didn't even know we had an upstairs! LEJ, can you help this gentleman?

Hey, Jeri, don't play so rough w/ the 'spaw! Rick gets upset. Down, kids, down! How about a nice cup of cocoa? Uh, oh! Think the other one heard me! She's back from Toronto, Mick! Watch your back!

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 5
From: Jeri
Date: 05 Aug 99 - 11:38 AM

'Spaw's really off the wall, in more ways than one. And nobody got my pun, or they're being kind. Anyhow, d'ya have any finger paint in the back room? Like maybe a few buckets? See, we could smear it all over ourselves and do a 'people painting.' (Why do things always get so messy around here?)

While we're waiting, I guess we could launch 'Spaw again. Hang on, here goes...Whoops, Sorry Roger!

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 5
From: Roger the zimmer
Date: 05 Aug 99 - 11:47 AM

ooops, nearly spilled my drink there. BTW, won't be in till Monday so leave your delivery orders with the office & I'll fill them when I'm back(jello, old jokes, stale puns, fatuous quotes, kazoo solos, out-of-key vocals, all part of the service). I'll just sidle out past the queue waiting to get on to the velcro. Tomorrow I'll be working in my garden (someone's been diggin' my potatoes, tramplin' on my vine), or, watching England getting thrashed at cricket again on tv!

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 5
From: Lonesome EJ
Date: 05 Aug 99 - 02:27 PM

bbc, you mean we actually have a BATHROOM in here now?! Did we need to clear that one with Max? Oh, I see, Catspaw's already in there with the August National Geographic. Guess I'd better take a number.

Well, I see that we've added another member to the Invisible Beat Generation booth by the window when we went to Round 5. No,I have no objection to Mr. Burroughs in principle, but it would be great if somebody could check the .44 Magnum he's brandishing to see if it's loaded. Thanks.

LEJ

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 5
From: bseed(charleskratz)
Date: 05 Aug 99 - 03:47 PM

Leej, I think you forgot the six inches of foam you promised behind the velcro: one little fun ride and I'm one big bruise from my forehead to my knees. And, dammit, that really hurt. Spaw, how can you take it over and over? Oh. I shouldn't have asked. Karen, you look great in leather. --seed

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 5
From: Song 'n Food
Date: 05 Aug 99 - 10:58 PM

I LIKE that vile black stuff. Mick will share, I'm sure. Oh, and sir, I'll take your package for you, it looks heavy. Hmmm, wonder what happens if a sadomatic gets stuck up on that wall ?? Oops, landed in the fountain. Hope it didn't hurt any of the squid. Cay, can I have ANOTHER of those lack vile things?? It's been another 13 hour day and I'm in need of five or six.

Hmmm, I don't know about cecil sharpe, but I did see some great John Jacob Niles in the bathroom. Just wait until S'paw gets out. Say S'paw, how long is that article on marsupial sexuality anyway?? (shrug) I'm going back to my glack vile stuff.

Susan A-R

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 5
From: Craig
Date: 05 Aug 99 - 11:46 PM

I keep trying to get out of this town, but I seem to always be coming back to this tavern.
Barkeep! Give me a tall one. And send one over to that good looking lady over there in the corner.

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 5
From: catspaw49
Date: 06 Aug 99 - 01:25 AM

Hey give it a break Susan....I'll be finished when I'm finished!!! Either put a cork in it or go out back and do a suziesquatsandoesit..............sheesh....(damn kids).....Okay, Okay......Here you go........All yours!!!.........Say what???...Well burn a match fer chrissakes.......................(damn kids)...

Spaw

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 5
From: alison
Date: 06 Aug 99 - 04:23 AM

Hey Barbara.. looks like our massage skills will be coming in handy with all these injuries. maybe we should set up the tables in the corner? Hopefully I won't have to do any nurse type stuff... not unless anyone has to deliver a baby........

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 5
From: catspaw49
Date: 06 Aug 99 - 04:35 AM

OHMYGOD.............My water broke..........hey, wait a minute.......dammit bbc be more careful with the drinks huh? And why didn't somebody wake me up hours ago? Karen's probably still got the leather outfit on, but there's probably fire in her eye now........this ain't gonna' be fun......................

Spaw

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 5
From: Big Mick
Date: 06 Aug 99 - 06:04 AM

Yep, keep 'em coming.......Vile black stuff for the house........AAAAAHHHHHH.........that is good stuff........Uh??.......What FAIR ONE? You know I can't resist any thing you want........Oh no, I'm not...........I am not going on that damn wall........You and what army?????........Now look FAIR ONE, I may have let you and Harp beat me in the jello pit, but not you two nor everyone else in this place is going to put me on that wall, get it???????......Cause I will not let....OOOPs.....NO, not Koko.........no.....get your hands off me ape woman.........ssheeeeeeiiiiittttt......THUMP.......HEYY......GET ME OFF THIS FERBLICKTIKA WALL.........COME ON, FAIR ONE, TELL YOUR FURRY FRIEND TO GET ME DOWN!!!!!..........WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU LAUGHING AT, 'SPAW........COME ON FIELDING HELP ME OFF HERE......WHAT???........SO WHAT IF I SICCED HER ON YOU?.......I HAVE BEEN PUTTING UP FOR THIS SINCE 1972.....AWWW DAMN.......Yes, bbc, get 'em all a drink.......and a bunch of banana's for our "friend" here......C'mon guys, I have to get to work.....save the world from godless capitalism,.........shit, .........OK OK, but only if you let me off after............. I dreamed I saw Joe Hill last night, alive as he could be, said I, "but Joe, you're ten years dead".......

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 5
From: Neil Lowe
Date: 06 Aug 99 - 07:25 AM

Mick, would you care to introduce Joe Hill to my esteemed and much admired friends here at the Invisible Beat Generation Booth By The Window? Kerouac is a friendly fellow as long as you don't come between him and that plate of shuck beans he's wolfing down. And old Bill Lee here, well he looks fierce and don't doubt that he's armed to the teeth, but don't pay him no nevermind: it's a holdover from the "old days" when he lived in dreaded expectation the the cops would burst through the door any minute and bust him. He's past that now, but still I wouldn't want to cross him. And yes LEJ, the gun is loaded and the safety off, and truthfully it makes me a little nervous too but as a loyal patron of your fine establishment I would greatly appreciate it if you would let me vouch for him. So Mick, Joe would most definitely fit in here at our booth, if he was so inclined, but frankly, keeping the company of those long dead and others only 'virtually' here gets me right in my water. Makes me think about my own mortality and the manner in which I would like mistress Death and I to walk hand in hand from this tired earth when the time comes. bbc, am I forgiven for my past trangressions? Tomato juice and lemon wedges are wearing thin. Wild Turkey on the rocks, please, and I'm buying a round for my friends here, too......

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 5
From: Duane D.
Date: 06 Aug 99 - 09:42 AM

catspaw, be more respectful of your barmaid, bbc, and keep your mouth civil, or I'll have to toss you up on the velcro wall.

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 5
From: bbc
Date: 06 Aug 99 - 09:46 AM

We *are* a rowdy group, but I've never seen such a generous lot! OK, Neil, you can have your Wild Turkey, but how about a cinnamon roll & a cup of fresh-brewed coffee first? Hold off on that hard stuff till a little later. We'll still be serving. Come on in, everybody!

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 5
From: catspaw49
Date: 06 Aug 99 - 09:49 AM

Hey, I'm not the one who spilled the drink!!! So jes grab a trout and meet me in the jello pit!!!

Spaw

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 5
From: MMario
Date: 06 Aug 99 - 09:58 AM

ooops! sorry guys, I knocked bbc's elbow, so it's my fault you got wet, 'spaw! (geesh, nothing madder then a wet cat!)

so just put the trout down, you really don't want to do anything with it. That's right, just hand me that trout and everything will be ok.

There any of those cinnamon rolls left?

MMario

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 5
From: bbc
Date: 06 Aug 99 - 10:21 AM

Hey, MM, peacemakers are welcome everywhere! Here's a cinnamon roll. Warm up your coffee? Yes, Duane *does* love swingin' that trout around. And he's got a wicked aim. Let's just keep it friendly, ok?

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 5
From: catspaw49
Date: 06 Aug 99 - 10:26 AM

....yeah thanks MM.......I'm sorry guys........no hard feelins huh Duane? I'm leavin' now any way.......see you when I get back.

Spaw

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 5
From: DougR
Date: 06 Aug 99 - 11:43 AM

I'll have one of those cinnimon rolls please, bbc! Could you warm it in the microwave a tad for me? Thanks. A cup of coffee, black, would be nice too, bbc. Otherwise, how are things going? Recovered from last weekend?

DougR

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 5
From: bbc
Date: 06 Aug 99 - 12:13 PM

'morning, Doug! Warm roll & hot coffee, just like you like it! Things are going fine, thanks. I'll be in touch. Check out the new photos at Resources, ok?

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 5
From: DougR
Date: 06 Aug 99 - 12:54 PM

bbc: It's creeping on toward Bloody Mary time out here in the desert. The coffee and rolls hit the spot though. I'll check out the photos!

DougR

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 5
From: Big Mick
Date: 06 Aug 99 - 02:58 PM

Awwwwww,,.........c'mon guys, enuffs enuff......let me off this wall, puullllleeeeeeezzzzzzeeeee........Why the hell don't you folks pick on someone your own size?????????.........AND WHY DO I HAVE TO BE STUCK TO THE WALL FACE FIRST?????????.............I CAN'T EVEN HAVE A FIRCOCKTA DRINK LIKE THIS!!!!!!!!!!!...........Geez, bbc, I would love to have some coffee and a roll, too, ya know..........Boy, this is really screwin' up my reputation as a tough guy.........Sandy, remind me to write a song trashin' the eejit who invented velcro...........grumble grumble mutter grumble........

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 5
From: MMario
Date: 06 Aug 99 - 03:06 PM

Koko - no, don't let that mumbling from the wall get you upset. You just did what the Fair One asked you to do, and no one around here is going to contridict the Fair One. It's not your fault, no matter how upset HE is...

How about a banana?

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 5
From: bbc
Date: 06 Aug 99 - 03:30 PM

Aw, Mick, come on, I'll help you off that wall. Grab my hands---RIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIPPPPPPPP!!!!!! Boy, that velcro's strong stuff! You ok? I think I have a needle & thread here somewhere, to fix your pants. There you go--good as new! I'll get ya coffee & rolls or harder stuff, honey--whatever you need to get back to your tough guy stuff. Don't forget what Doug said, though. We ladies do love to be listened to!

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 5
From: Peter T.
Date: 06 Aug 99 - 03:51 PM

"Excuse me, ma'am, couldn't help overhearing, pardon, listening to you. This is a common complaint among the ladies. Name's Tegucigalpa, Tyrone T. (hands out card, keeping watchful eye on bartender at far end of the bar) Thanks to modern technology (pulls vise-like contraption out of large box he has laid out on the near bartop) we have solved this perennial problem between the sexes. Behold, the LISTENUPPER!!!"(Machine whirrs into life).
"When you press this lever (presses lever in front), a large vise moves forward (it does) and pins your male potential listener's face straight forward, like a horse."
(Presses a red button). Then Two pairs of tiny pincers come to the left and right sides of your male's head, inject themselves into their ear holes, and after briefly squirting some waxremoval fluid into them, the pincers open up and force the ears to remain open while speech is going on!!!!(Machine pops out pincers; then more ominous wire and skull holder emanates from internal drawer). Simultaneously, the machine reads the EEG pattern of your male, and when any sign of slackening of attention is signalled, a shock of electricity is administered to the only sensitive portion of the male anatomy, if you get my drift!!!!
There you have it!! The Wonder of the AGE!!! The Answer to a Woman's Prayer!!!!!!! For only a small investment, your communication problems are over, ladies!! What do you say!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sorry, miss, were you saying something to me?"

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 5
From: bbc
Date: 06 Aug 99 - 04:19 PM

Oh, my, Peter, you are a scary man! Here, step into the back room with me. I think we need to have a chat!

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 5
From: MMario
Date: 06 Aug 99 - 04:26 PM

bbc! Be careful! Take a trout with you!

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 5
From: Peter T.
Date: 06 Aug 99 - 04:38 PM

Don't know any Peters. Name's Tegucigalpa, Tyrone T. (Mother had a hankering for the world across the Rio Grande, and also was fond of Tyrone Power, little did she know). But I am more than happy to come into the back room and chat with you, little lady! Lead on......

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 5
From: bbc
Date: 06 Aug 99 - 04:46 PM

OK, Tyrone, whatever you say. Hey, boss, I need a little time! If I'm not out in 15 minutes, send the new bouncer in to check on me. Yes, Duane. He volunteered for the job this morning. Thanks for the word of warning, MM. I think I'll be ok (but I'll take the trout, anyway. Triple T & I are just going to have a philosophical discussion on the differences between women & men. It's good that catspaw's out of town. Doug, we may need you! BTW, folks, all my discussions are confidential, so don't ask. Be back to fill your orders soon! ;)

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 5
From: MAG (inactive)
Date: 06 Aug 99 - 04:57 PM

I'm gonna get the idjit who invented velcro,/ That stuff's just like a cannnon rolling free/ My cat got in my sewing box, now she can't go/ Anywhere without a hissing spree ...

o well. I throw it open to the folk process.

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 5
From: Peter T.
Date: 06 Aug 99 - 05:22 PM

Well, ma'am, I don't seem to be able to make the back room chat operate at this time of day, if that was what you were drifting towards, in that sashaying tone of mind. Front entry has always been a speciality of mine as well.
But, there it is. As Hero and Leander had their Sestos and Abydos.....
Technology seems to pull people apart as much as bind them together, as they say. If, however, you had more robust, pear-shaped ideas in mind, let us reconsider. T.T.T. is the man; wonder advances of the age is the game!!!

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 5
From: Bert
Date: 06 Aug 99 - 05:31 PM

Hi guys, stop by the '10 Little Indians' thread and give a welcome to K~~ (not a relative of Waltzing Ma~ I hope).

Bert. Oh and gimme a beer while I'm here!

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 5
From: DougR
Date: 06 Aug 99 - 06:02 PM

PeterT:

I predict a bright future for the LISTENUPPER contraption you invented. It appears there's still a mite of work to be done on it though. When perfected start selling stock. It'll go like wildfire.

bbc, I'll come to your aid whenever you call. PeterT seems harmless enough though. Duane will probably check on you in about thirty seconds anyway.

DougR

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 5
From: Lonesome EJ
Date: 06 Aug 99 - 06:02 PM

Hey there, Mr .Tyrolean Tequila-snapper or whatever you said your name was, make sure that dang listenupper deal is outta the bar by the time we start the Broncos' pre-season game tomorrow night. I have spent many years perfecting an attentive demeanor toward women while still remaining fully engaged to the play by play of the game, so don't be strapping that thing on my face and making me miss a Tyrell Davis 20 yard gain just so's I can get in touch with my feelings. Don't get me wrong, now. After the game I'm just as sensitive as a 13 year old acne victim on his first day at a new school.

Neil, thanks for the reassurances about Burroughs. He keeps telling me he can toss a shotglass of mezcal into the air, shoot the bottom out , lick a lime, and catch the liquor in his mouth before it hits the floor. I think he's been eating Kesey's Venison chili again.

And Catspaw, I'm not pointing fingers but somebody put a piranha in the jello pit. Hey, I don't care if it's been de-fanged!

bbc, I know I'm not supposed to drink on duty, but I can't handle this bunch sober. Let me hit this ice-cold shot of Stolichnaya. UUMmmmmm...dos VEDANYA!

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 5
From: annamill
Date: 06 Aug 99 - 08:28 PM

Peter, I loved/love Tyrone Power. What was it your mother didn't know? Was he gay? I don't care. I still love him. Love unrequited can be great too. As for your LISTENUPPER, I haven't seemed to have a problem with men listening to me??? Oh well. I guess there could be a market.

bbc, may I please have a pina~ colada. Thank you. It's soooooo great to be able to rest.

Peter., I'm not making a pass (I have my honey), but I would love to hold you in lively conversation. You are so witty and I need to be held in lively conversation right now. Too bad you can not make it to my gathering.

May I buy you a drink?? Are we going to have music? I have a jones. I must have music tender every now and then or I just can't make it.

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 5
From: alison
Date: 06 Aug 99 - 10:38 PM

"Call me Jamie-boy". HHHHOOOOWWWLLLLL... I just LOVED Tyrone Power in "The Black Swan"... fancied being captured by pirates ever since.........

Can anyone find the kettle? I neeed tea.

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 5
From: Jeri
Date: 06 Aug 99 - 11:17 PM

LISTENUPPER -HA! Men can do this thing where they look very attentive and murmur appropriate, 'hmms' and 'I sees.' Meanwhile, they are thinking about football, sex and drinking - quite possibly in that order. Of course, women do the same thing, but we're thinking about shopping, sex, and chocolate. And about what the heck we have to do to get you guys to listen...

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 5
From: annamill
Date: 06 Aug 99 - 11:24 PM

ummmm... Jeri... don't you like football, SEX, and drinking?

That's the secret. Just take a look every now and then at Joe Montana..ooohhh. When they bend over, just ask "umm, who's the tight end, Babe"? That'll get em.

Oh, and have a pina colada in your hand...

Life can be wonderful...

Love annap

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 5
From: Jeri
Date: 07 Aug 99 - 12:01 AM

Annap, I do kinda like those tight football pants :-)

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 5
From: DougR
Date: 07 Aug 99 - 12:08 AM

Jeri:

Hmmmmmmm. You may have identified a weakness in my argument. I suppose some guys are smart enough to LOOK like their listening when, in fact, they are mapping out their next move. The LISTENUPPER wouldn't help much in that situation, I guess.

Big Mick, hold up ordering one of those things 'till I think this thing through.

DougR

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 5
From: bbc
Date: 07 Aug 99 - 12:08 AM

Hi, girls! Think I'll just stick to getting some tea for alison. Learned how to make it right when Bill was here! Last call on my shift. See y'all tomorrow!

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 5
From: alison
Date: 07 Aug 99 - 12:10 AM

Aussie rules has some great hamstrings....... who cares about the game?... Can't beat rugby for thighs either *grin*

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 5
From: bbc
Date: 07 Aug 99 - 08:44 AM

'Morning, all! I need to step out for awhile this morning, but I wanted to make sure the coffee was on. I felt like croissant today, so help yourselves. We have plain, almond, chocolate (That's for you, kat!), & blueberry. I'll be back in a little while to see how everyone's doing.

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 5
From: Lonesome EJ
Date: 07 Aug 99 - 01:39 PM

bbc- my compliments on the croissants! They are light as a feather! Heck, pass me some of that non-fat virtual butter. My only complaint about the food in this place is that no matter how much you eat, thirty seconds later you're still hungry.

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 5
From: Neil Lowe
Date: 07 Aug 99 - 01:53 PM

.....thanks, bbc for the Turkey. Whatever LEJ pays you, it isn't enough. I won't bother you any more for now, let you tend to the payin' customers for once. I seem to be in arrears, but the proprietor of this reputable establishment is kind enough to tolerate my occasional indiscretions, bless him. I think it's his compassion for the company I keep that restrains him from tossing me out on my ear sometimes. What's that you say, Jack? About Death? Let me tell you, old son, you and those of your ilk sometimes court Death a little to arduously, if you can feature that. Otherwise you'd be here today churning out those gems of literature- a little longer in the tooth and more grey around the muzzle, to be sure, but none the worse for wear ... no, on second thought maybe it was precisely your indifference (or was it fascination?) to Her that impelled you toward Her, promoted and encouraged your penchant to live a few lifetimes in the span of a short one, and to chronicle it with the immediacy woven right into the fabric of the story as a painter renders feverish brushstrokes to canvas, to capture the image in his mind's eye before the sun sets on the horizon; even as you caught Her eye with your indifference, She followed you around like a hungry cur, your constant companion, as She is to all us mortals, a gentle and sometimes welcome reminder of our indistinguishable and pathetic flame-out on the backdrop of mortality. But don't get me wrong. I'm not saying ignore Her. She is a stern and demanding mistress, and if you spurn Her, She has an effective and profound way of currying favor with you. Sort of like, 'What doesn't kill you, makes you stronger.' My child was hit by a car, breaking his leg, and while waiting in ER for the bone doctor to finish his golf game, I took the opportunity that the pain afforded to focus his attention and told him that Death was kind to him this time around, that She had just given him a little love tap to teach him that eight year old boys aren't invincible. So at an early age he has seen a pedagogical profile of Death, one that I hope he remembers for the rest of his life. And I, too, have caught a glimpse of Her face, bleeding out from stab wounds in the leg, side and neck; in the back of a Greyhound bus in Abilene, Texas, cut up over a vacant seat. As the sirens wail somewhere behind me or from within me, and my essence flows out of me warm and strangely comforting, I am surprised that I am not writhing to break free from the clutches of some death-spasm, but that if I am to pass from this life right now, it will be an easy transition, or so it seems at the moment - all I have to do is close my eyes. Then comes the realization that Death is easy; what's hard is holding on to the relentless and daily grind of Life, to let Her ravage you sufficiently so as to make you unrecognizable to the procession of family and friends who come to pay their final respects at your open casket. 'What don't kill you, makes you stronger.' No, I don't want Death sneaking up on me, snatching me unawares from behind at the final moment. I put my order in now for a long and lingering disease, one that gives me ample time to reconcile with Death; to make Her my dear and trusted friend; to meet Her on Her own terms; to see Her face lucidly when She comes for me; to welcome Her with open arms when the time comes....wait, is that John Clellan Holmes I see coming through the door? Or Richard Brautigan? bbc, I'm ready for another (pontificating with my wise and learned tavern companions sure gets me thirsty), when you have a moment, thank you, and LEJ, Bill would like to show me that trick with the shot glass...but I am of a mind that that kind of entertainment is best delivered out in the parking lot, so as to not besmirch the fine reputation and integrity of your unique sanctuary. I'll leave it up to your good judgement and sagacity. Then I promise I'll get back on Kesey's bus and stop scaring off your regular patrons....

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 5
From: Jeri
Date: 07 Aug 99 - 02:37 PM

Well hell, I was out mowing the lawn, then weed-eating and now my damned arms won't work right. Bbc, could I have a pint of Guinness and a straw, please. Maybe a shot of b-12 on the side. Mutter, mutter...at least I can still type! (Yeah, it's a little scary, but it'll pass.)

Neil, if Death came now I'd be really upset that I didn't get a chance to clean the house up first, and that I'd miss a lot of music and fun and friends. I suppose I could get to a point where none of that mattered anymore, but I suspect I'll still feel the same way when I'm old and miserable. "No, wait dammit - one more tune!!!"

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 5
From: Peter T.
Date: 07 Aug 99 - 03:26 PM

Actually, if I understand Mr. Tegucigalpa correctly (And I don't really), the tracking of the EEG patterns would mean that men wouldn't be able to get away with just looking interested. But I am no technologist.
annap, sorry I wasn't around at 8:28 last night, I would certainly have enjoyed a lively jonesian conversation (and have been known to be a gentleman on occasion). I am continually grieved that I am too far away to be gathered into your gatherings. Someday.
yours, Peter T.
P.S. Oh, yes, sorry about Tyrone Power.

Beer please LEJ.

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 5
From: Peter T.
Date: 07 Aug 99 - 03:55 PM

Oh, yes, annap, and forgot another reason why I regret missing your gatherings. (check out recent LYR ADD). Happy summer!
yours, Peter T.

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 5
From: katlaughing
Date: 07 Aug 99 - 04:15 PM

Thanks, bbc, but I DO have a penchant for almond croissants! Last summer, I was really looking forward to going to the Au Bain Pan at the mall in Waterford, CT, when visitng my daughter. Their almond croissants were really good. I was devastated to learn they were no longer in existence. Now, the no carb lifestyle doesn't allow them, BUT there's always cyberfood!!! So let me at 'em, I don't care if it's later in the day! I want my croissant, THEN I'll switch to chocolate!

Neil....keep that stream of consciousness gowing and you'll be bucking Kesey over at his publishers! But, I am inclined to think I'll be the same as Jeri, never quite ready, always one more FUN thing to do!

kat

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 5
From: bbc
Date: 07 Aug 99 - 05:55 PM

Glad you'll liked the croissants! I've been out for a bit w/ my best girlfriend. Had to catch up. Has Lonesome been taking good care of you? Neil, Neil, I'm not sure I should get you a second, after how that 1st one did cause you to run on! Are you *sure* you're not better off w/ the tomato juice? I could try lime wedges on the side, for variety. Guinness & a straw for Jeri-girl. I'm afraid it BYO-vitamins, here. Sorry. Look for the new photo page soon! kat, we've got plenty of croissant & these aren't a bit fattening. Have the almond *and* the chocolate. They'll do you good! OK, up-to-date! Who can I get something for?

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 5
From: MAG (inactive)
Date: 07 Aug 99 - 06:31 PM

I'm back behind the bar again, helping myself ...

Saturday night, saturday night/ We'll all get together on Saturday night ...

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 5
From: Llanfair
Date: 07 Aug 99 - 07:26 PM

Hiya, all, I've been having a few identity problems, but I'm here now. A pint of Murphy,s and a bag of crisps, please, and I feel like singing tonight, how about "Creeping Jane" for starters? Hwyl, Bron, oh, and Iechyd dda. (translate THAT)

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 5
From: Lonesome EJ
Date: 07 Aug 99 - 07:26 PM

Tonight it's two for one on all your drink requests whenever the Broncos score. And stand away from the muzzle of the cannon, cause I'll be firing it to celebrate each touchdown. There's no shot in it, but the muzzle blast from the powder will give you double-vision and ringing of the ears.

And it was like Cassady to go in search of Death in the same way he came at life, with a manic grin and a heart full of curiosity, leaving no room for fear- tripping across weathered black ties oozing tar in the Mexican sun, kicking sparks from loose gravel, flipping a sledge hammer into the air to count three and catch it by the handle, his powerful frame drained by the drugs and the sleepless nights, fooling himself that his indomitable will and life/spirit could face up to Death and dog her down, calling, daring Death to come at him and wrestle in the desert, in the magnificent Ratlands where the contrasts were clear - good/evil life/death light/shadow energy/inertia. And only Cassady and Death were party to that last episode, and he was found like Thor fallen with his hammer beside him, with his big fists doubled up and bloodied, and a grin clenched in his face, and with his clouded eyes staring straight up into a sky as blue as the edge of eternity.

I have a little liquid left in this bottle of French Absinthe, Neil, and if you want it, this wormwood's for you, pal.

LEJ

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 5
From: Lonesome EJ
Date: 07 Aug 99 - 08:25 PM

OK...on a lighter note :)

Since the football game tonight is being broadcast live from Sydney Australia ,tonight is Shrimp on the Barbee Night at the MT, and along with that delicious barbecued prawn we are offering a delicious mango chutney sauce for dipping, and Ice-cold Foster's on tap. Or ice-cold Budweiser for all of you Oz phoaks looking for an exotic American brew. There will be open mic tonight at Half-time and after the game. Be here Mates!

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 5
From: Angus McSweeney
Date: 07 Aug 99 - 08:31 PM

Foster's sounds great to me! I'm good ol' USA, but I consider our American brews (like Budweiser)in the same vein as the old Monty Python folk. Question: Why is american beer like making love in a canoe? Answer: Because it's **cking close to water! Foster's will be just fine.

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 5
From: bbc
Date: 07 Aug 99 - 08:32 PM

Yum!!! Mind if I sit down for a few minutes, Lonesome? That sounds great!

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 5
From: Llanfair
Date: 08 Aug 99 - 05:03 AM

Isn't it bloody typical!!!!!! The first time I get up the nerve to sing, and it's the start of the bloody football season!!!!!! Flamin' Norah!!!!!!!!!! Bron.

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 5
From: Jeri
Date: 08 Aug 99 - 08:14 AM

Bron, I am NOT watching football, and I'm more than willing to listen to you sing 'Creeping Jane,' providing you tell me what 'Iechyd dda' means!

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 5
From: bbc
Date: 08 Aug 99 - 08:18 AM

You go ahead & sing, Bron! All the women (at least, most of them) will be listening & even some of the men! Care for a cup of tea before you start? I've been meaning to mention that Bill left us some good English tea. It's available, w/ the coffee, every morning 'til 11 am, any time zone--free at the bar, help yourselves! We also have a full selection of herbal & decaffeinated teas & coffee, to suit every taste. This morning, we have jelly doughnuts & cinnamon crullers. Hey, Neil! Don't go poking your finger in, to see what kind of jelly it is! Take your chances w/ the rest of us. Here, I'll cut one in half & split it w/ you. OK? Enjoy!

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 5
From: Rick Fielding
Date: 08 Aug 99 - 11:09 AM

Hi there, although I'm not much of a drinker, I'll have a Labatts Blue, and some scrambled eggs and bacon. But first a Large, Black coffee!
Rick

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 5
From: Llanfair
Date: 08 Aug 99 - 12:31 PM

Oh, all right, I'll have a cup of Earl Grey with just a teeny drop of milk, thanks. Iechyd dda means "good health". I am a bit grumpy at the moment, but it will pass. Right, here goes
"I'll sing you a song, and a very pretty one................"
Bron

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 5
From: bbc
Date: 08 Aug 99 - 12:52 PM

Hi, Rick, haven't seen much of you in here! Coffee, eggs & bacon, w/ a Labatts chaser? If you say so. How about a doughnut? You need your energy, after yesterday's get-together!

Hay, Bron! Cup o' tea! Thanks for the song!

Who's next?

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 5
From: Rick Fielding
Date: 08 Aug 99 - 12:56 PM

Sorry Bbc, I spent almost 20 years singing in taverns where the clientel was definitely NOT mudcat style. This little fantasy would have been wonderful back when I first hit the road.
LOve
Rick

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 5
From: annamill
Date: 08 Aug 99 - 01:09 PM

Good morning Everyone,

Ahh..just the thing for my music jones. That sounded wonderful Bron. bbc, if you don't mind I'll have the same as Rick. I've never had Labatts, but right now that sounds good. Oh, by the way Rick, a "live long and prosper" from me too.

May I help in the kitchen? Would you like me to get you something, bbc. You've been working so hard. You could sit and listen to bron. What can I get for you?

Then I may go out and sit on my beach for a while. I'm on vacation you know.

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 5
From: bbc
Date: 08 Aug 99 - 01:57 PM

Hi, anna! Thanks for the offer! I think I am due for a short break. Just a cup of tea w/ milk & sugar would be nice. Thanks!

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 5
From: annamill
Date: 08 Aug 99 - 02:02 PM

Is that all, bbc? How will you keep up your energy? How about a nice toasted bagel? Well, I'll get your tea while you decide. If you change your mind just let me know.

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 5
From: annamill
Date: 08 Aug 99 - 02:08 PM

Heh heh. My son, who is 22, just discovered me on the Tavern. He read a few postings and has decided we're weird. What does he know!

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 5
From: bbc
Date: 08 Aug 99 - 02:22 PM

Thanks, anna--watching my weight! Just the tea for now.

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 5
From: alison
Date: 08 Aug 99 - 08:40 PM

Hey Bron,

Just adapt Sospan Fach to include a few US football teams..

Who'll beat the cowboys /69ers......etc....

I need tea.... it's early morning, I assume someone took over from me behind the bar because I've been asleep..... any blueberry croissants left?

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 5
From: Neil Lowe
Date: 08 Aug 99 - 09:23 PM

LEJ, I don't normally get clouded up meself but that last italicized passage.....gets you right where you live...or die. Damn, the last thing you need around here is a weepy drunk, wouldn't you think...what with the ghosts, jello pit, velcro wall (and concomitant activities all of dubious redeeming social value, but fun nevertheless)... and especially when you go mentioning the likes of absinthe...when people say your bar is well stocked, they really mean well stocked...hope you don't advertise that too loudly, though...probably wouldn't sit well with the boys down at the BATF - they're probably looking for just one more excuse so they can pull the license on this place anyway, as if all the above reasons weren't enough. I don't have words (for once) to express my gratitude at your offer ...I am honored and accept your gift with deep and humble reverence. Makes me feel a little guilty too because now I feel obligated to settle my bar bill. Could I pay in magic mushrooms? I'll have be a little surreptitious around Burroughs with this absinthe, though - he'd want a drop or two and it wouldn't mix well with the other medications he's taking...by the way, he says the cannon is a nice touch and where'd you get it? He'd like one for himself. bbc, there's something to be said for getting drunk before noon, and seems as though there is a traditional (fiddle?) tune to bolster my argument, called "Whiskey Before Breakfast." I appreciate your concern all the same....maybe next time I'll take you up on the coffee first, hold the roll and croissant, thank you. The tomato juice sounds good, with a dose of pantothentic acid on the side...supposed to counteract the deleterious effects of alcohol, or so I'm told... And I poked that jelly donut because I didn't like the expletive it hurled at me. If the donuts don't have anything nice to say at that time of the morning, they shouldn't say anything at all. The mother ship is waiting for me now....one for the road and then I'll be gone, if I'm not too far gone already.

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 5
From: Ballygally Whistler
Date: 08 Aug 99 - 09:55 PM

Umph........

lost,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

Colin'''''''

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 5
From: bbc
Date: 08 Aug 99 - 11:09 PM

Hi, alison! Good to see you! Tea it is! Yes, I set aside a blueberry croissant for you, but there's jelly doughnuts today, too. Just watch the ones that Neil's been at. He claims one talked back to him, but I think that was after he'd been chatting at the bar too long! Oh, hi, Neil! It's good to see you, even though I don't understand half of what you're saying. Sorry if I've been playing mommy too much. What can I getcha?

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 5
From: DougR
Date: 09 Aug 99 - 12:34 AM

bbc:

My you're up late! I received your photos today and thanks for returning ours. You and Duane are a mighty handsome couple and your son favors you mightly!

I think at this point, a nightcap would do nicely and then its off to bed for me. If it's no bother, an Irish Whiskey would hit the spot, thank you.

DougR

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 5
From: katlaughing
Date: 09 Aug 99 - 01:10 AM

Hi! Colin! Long time no see! Welcome back to the Mudcat & belly up to the bar wid us!

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 5
From: Lonesome EJ
Date: 09 Aug 99 - 01:15 AM

Hey bbc, would you believe I know EXACTLY what Neil is talking about. Must have been my in-depth training as a bartender.

LEJ

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 5
From: catspaw49
Date: 09 Aug 99 - 01:36 AM

Hey group....howzabout a nightcap...I gotta' get some sleep. Jeri ain't around is she......that catapult dnag near killed me.

Hi there Kat my luv.........let's talk about you visiting your son in the Hoosier state. This has been a great weekend, ya' know? Next one, we're heading to Kentucky to retrieve the boys and I'm getting anxious already. C'mon let's grab a table ....... aw fergawdsake Leej!!! There is STILL jell-o on these chairs..........No I ain't takin' the soap, you can FUGG it yourself!!! Hell man I GAVE YOU THAT SOAP!!!......get Cletus. I think he's passed out over in the Possum's Arse fountain....grab another chair Kat......yeah, here's one.......Hey, could we get some drinks please guys.......I'll shut up and just sit here quietly with Kat. Okay?

Spaw

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 5
From: bseed(charleskratz)
Date: 09 Aug 99 - 01:47 AM

It was almost forty years ago that I read On the Road and I didn't see too much to it--just a bunch of blather by some guy who'd found the world in his navel although he had to keep dusting the lint from it to see clearly enough to remember where the orgone collector was so he could find his friend with the wine and doobies--which helped to clarify the images projected by his goddamned umbilicus a little bit, so it wouldn't look so much like just some twisted flesh down there below his nipples and just at the top of the line of pubic hair rising from his crotch--which was what he really wanted to contemplate, which he knew was closer to the source of all secrets than a vestigial nutritional conduit which had lots of meaning when his mother was eating for two but which had lost it when it got cut and tied off, the only concern after that being whether it would be an inny or an outy but Burroughs obsessed about it when he should have given a bit more thought to the holes he kept poking into the veins at his elbows for the sustenance offered by his new mother the eyedropper--no, I couldn't see much there when behind in San Francisco were--lumped into the same generation--Ferlinghetti and Ginsberg and Corso and Rexroth and a bunch of others just as alienated from the "you in your goddamned Brooks Brothers suit, you son of a bitch" types who had--after all--killed Dylan Thomas but somehow found lots to think about without twisting into a lotus with fingers and thumbs formina a triangle framing their goddamned belly buttons--but reading Kerouak as projected by Neil and Leej makes me think maybe I missed something, so maybe I'll give The Subterranians another chance.

--seed

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 5
From: catspaw49
Date: 09 Aug 99 - 05:54 AM

I don't think you missed a damn thing Seed!!!LMAO!!!!......Truly well stroked man!!! Leej...set one up for Seed on me................still LMAO...................

Spaw

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 5
From: bbc
Date: 09 Aug 99 - 07:55 AM

'Morning, all! I'm not sure I've been getting enough sleep to listen in on the conversations in here, lately. LEJ, thank goodness for that bartender's training! I think I'll just try to fill the orders for awhile. Some of you have been waiting for quite a long time, but since I know we have patient customers...let's see. Hi, Doug! Irish whiskey for you. Nightcaps for kat & cat, unless you'd rather have this morning's made-to-order omelettes. We have any topping you can think of! Just order 'em up! Think I'll do a little tidying in the back room & get ready for the day! I'm goin' take a look at the IQ quiz while I'm at it. Bet I can get a high score!

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 5
From: Neil Lowe
Date: 09 Aug 99 - 07:58 AM

bbc...coffee. straight up. no chaser. And keep 'em coming. Thank you......

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 5
From: bbc
Date: 09 Aug 99 - 08:45 AM

Hey, Neil! Bottomless cup of coffee, comin' right up! No hard feelings, I hope?

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 5
From: Neil Lowe
Date: 09 Aug 99 - 11:25 AM

bbc: Nahh....are you kidding? No hard feelings ... thank ye fer yer kind concern, but I'll be all right after I finish the shock treatments...besides....I wouldn't want to alien-ate myself from the best and most indefatigable beermaid, distilled-spirits slinger, and carbohydrate connoisseur this side of Cyber City. Who else would I get brave enough to serve me and my otherworldly friends? Let me get you a cup of coffee...you deserve to rest your dogs a spell. Cream and sugar?

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 5
From: Roger the zimmer
Date: 09 Aug 99 - 11:49 AM

bbc, a large one , quick, no deliveries today, the tanker got rearended by a white van, then there were the floods in the UK, the boss can't understand why my delivery route keeps changing and it looks like the Tavern might move again soon. Plus Rick's set an entrance exam. I'm going to give up this life, go to S.America and learn the tiple or go south and blow up a possum or go to Oz and get the digeridoo players to teach me circular breathing on the kazoo.
I used to think Mr Rick ["I though I told you never to sing that (or anything), Roger"] and I had similar tastes: music, humour, now I find out he's a trekker! Gimme another, I'm gettin' maudlin.

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 5
From: bbc
Date: 09 Aug 99 - 12:07 PM

Wait a minute, Roger. I'm not sure I got that order straight! I thought you wanted coffee &, then, in light of all your comments, I wondered if you needed the hard stuff? No delivery today! I don't want to be the one to tell LEJ; we depend on you to keep us in a variety of flavors, etc. Tough luck with the van guy! Duane's in traffic every day & it's about to drive him over the edge, literally! Please stay w/ us, Roger; we need you!

Neil, I'd love to sit a minute & have someone wait on me. You guys are all so kind! Yes, cream & sugar, please. That's my 3rd cup this morning, though. Gotta stop before I get jittery.

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 5
From: Peter T.
Date: 09 Aug 99 - 12:51 PM

And then how much of this is the real Zen, the axe through the still hub of the wheel of the mind, and how much the SCARED OF SILENCE SUTRA?
Name's Ryder, Japhy Ryder, ma'am and I'd be beholding to you for one of those dharma buns and a cup of whisked green tea.

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 5
From: bbc
Date: 09 Aug 99 - 01:42 PM

We *are* getting an interesting mix of patrons, these days! That table in the corner's free, sir. Put your buns down & I'll get you some tea. ;)

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 5
From: Big Mick
Date: 09 Aug 99 - 06:07 PM

LMA completely off...............my gawd, but I just read Seed's post....................HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.......it has to go into the book............bbc, send that man a double of John Jameson's very finest.........I don't know if I am going to get over this one.......

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 5
From: Llanfair
Date: 09 Aug 99 - 06:12 PM

Earl Grey, hot, please, Barbara. I hope white Astra Estates don't count as white vans!!, I'm a very courteous driver, for a social worker, that is. The floods in the UK aren't affecting us this time, just a lot of rain, but that's what it's supposed to do in Wales. Oh and I don't know the words to Sospan Fach, sorry. Hwyl. Bron.

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 5
From: catspaw49
Date: 09 Aug 99 - 06:31 PM

Like I said Mick, I don't think Ol' Seed missed a thing!!! I had Karen read it and I busted a gut again as I re-read it. Seed, you're truly one off. .....Well perhaps two or three........maybe more!?!? And why don't you grab a flight with El Swanno back east here.......Hey if you belly up on the way back, at least you're in a Squad Unit with an EMT!!!!! Give that boy another one me too bbc!

And while you're at it I'll have a LaBatt's Blue before supper..........ahhhhh, still remembering the weekend....

Spaw

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 5
From: Lonesome EJ
Date: 09 Aug 99 - 09:33 PM

seed... damn you to hell but that was pretty close to the truth. I haven't read any Jack in at least 20 years, so I don't know if his stuff would impress me like it did when I was a young freewheeling punk with an attitude and in constant search of "the meaning of it all." What I remember liking was the enthusiasm and sense of exploration in Kerouac's prose. Sometimes the rhythm and free association in his rants reminded me of one of Coltrane's sax solos. If I went back and read the same passages with my middle-aged eye, I might see only the glaring wrong notes.

I believe that the seeking and the breaking of new ground was what that generation of poets, novelists and musicians was all about. And when you tear down the barriers, the attempt to bring new order to the resulting chaos is often unsuccessful, sometimes laughable, but usually entertaining. The works they did should certainly never be given the status of cultural icons, since these guys were the foremost among iconoclasts themselves.

LEJ

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 5
From: catspaw49
Date: 09 Aug 99 - 10:23 PM

True Leej....And as I write this, I'm also watching the HBO Special on one of MY favorites....a great 20th century philosopher that I'm always quoting...Lenny Bruce......Great film and sound clips so far.

Spaw

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 5
From: bbc
Date: 10 Aug 99 - 12:28 AM

Well, folks, enjoy your drinks and conversation. I'm off to home to get a little sleep. Maybe overnight one of our computer gurus can waft us into Round 6! Goodnight!

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 5
From: Lonesome EJ
Date: 10 Aug 99 - 12:46 AM

Let me close all the windows before we teleport to Round 6. Last time all of the tablecloths got caught in the vortex and were scattered all over Tiple Street. Alright, let me just assume the full Lotus position. Now bbc, click your heels together three times and say " there's no place like home... there's no place like home..."

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 5
From: bseed(charleskratz)
Date: 10 Aug 99 - 02:41 AM

Wait, dammit, WAIT! You will not close this bar until I have consumed one Baba Brau courtesy of Catspaw and two jiggers of nectar sent over by Mick. Thanks, guys...and Leej, I hope that Jack who may have Mudcat privileges wherever he is isn't offended: after all, imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, they say. And I did read two of his books back then, and sit on the floor to drink chianti and eat cheese and french bread, which somehow I associated with being Beat back then, and a few years later I wandered into City Lights bookstore but didn't find Ferlinghetti so I wandered up to where the statue of Saint Francis used to be: the birds were still there, anyway. --seed

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 5
From: Roger the zimmer
Date: 10 Aug 99 - 04:44 AM

Thanks to your kind words, bbc, the boss has bought me a new tanker with bull bars, and a copy of the A-Z of the Galaxy for when you move again. He's trying out a new line in root beer flavour jello, as the Guiness bath seemed to be an aquired taste (and Mick's aquired most of it, I see).
He's not sure if velcro jumping while under the affluence of incohol breaches a city ordinance so you better move again soon.
Well, I'll just have a pickmeup, if I fail a breath test I'll blame the lab, get Legal Eagle to defend me, and there must be a Mudcat boffin who can prove my metabolism naturally produces high levels of blood in my alcohol stream.
Now I'll sit here quietly working out my top 10 jazz albums: Hot 5s; Bechet, Louis and the Clarence Williams Blue 5;Oscar Peterson Night Train;Jimmy Giuffre Train and the River;Basie Atomic Mr Basie;Ellington 40th Anniversary concert....open the cage. Perhaps the blues list is easier: Fred McDowell, Broonzy, Leadbelly, Bessie Smith, Sonny & Brownie, Elmore, Robert Johnson, Jesse Fuller, Howlin Wolf, John Lee....but which albums??? NO, it's no good, I'll try and think up some Deep Thoughts while PeterT is on holiday. No, shallow thoughts are my speciality. I'll stick to jello delivering I think!

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 5
From: Roger the zimmer
Date: 10 Aug 99 - 05:26 AM

...just seen Bron's confession re: Sospan Fach! There's shameful, girl! Despite being a Brummie, I came away from 3 years in Cardiff with Cosher Bailey and Sospan Fach implanted in my brain! There's an English & Welshlish (ie phonetic Welsh) version in the DT. I've probably got the Welsh written down somewhere... or were you just being modest?
Ever tried penyllion[spelling?] with voice and kazoo instead of harp? We could liven up this Tavern? No? Oh, all right then! Hwyl RtZ

Subject: RE: Mudcat Tavern - Round 5
From: alison
Date: 10 Aug 99 - 08:32 AM

This is getting too long to load......

let's all hold hands and sing Wild Mountain Thyme

and we'll all go together to the Mudcat Tavern round 6