What Have You Learned From Mudcat in '99

Subject: RE: What Have You Learned From Mudcat in '99
From: catspaw49
Date: 05 Jan 00 - 10:47 AM

LMAO!!!......yeah, I know Bert.....I guess I haven't learned yet to suffix the wisecracks with a smiley face!!! But that reminds me that I learned a lot about the "foreign" language of English in the past year!!!(:<)) (please note smiley face gizmo)LOL---Luv ya Bert!

Spaw

Subject: RE: What Have You Learned From Mudcat in '99
From: JedMarum
Date: 05 Jan 00 - 10:42 AM

I learned that Brits very sometimes translate their expressions to the more pleasant 'cleanned up' versions, for us 'New Worlders.' As Bert would have you believe (above)that the Cockney term "bugger" have fock all ta do with a less commonly pratciced sexual behavior!

Subject: RE: What Have You Learned From Mudcat in '99
From: Bert
Date: 05 Jan 00 - 10:33 AM

That's just a Cockney expression translates roughly to "I'll be danged"

Subject: RE: What Have You Learned From Mudcat in '99
From: catspaw49
Date: 05 Jan 00 - 10:27 AM

Sorry alison......but it had to be done. I didn't refresh it you notice, just a blue clicky.

I could not begin to list what I have learned, musically or otherwise at this place. Nor could I describe the highs and lows that have affected me over the past year. As I move back to more of the business end of my life, I am amazed at how much more knowledgable I am in all phases of my life. To say that this is simply about music is to be one dimensional. Like Rick, I am humbled by all the collective knowledge assembled here in virtually every area. I'm not sure what could be asked that someone doesn't have an in-depth knowledge of.

Foremost, I have learned more of friendship than anything else. I have learned the warmth of collective good wishes and thoughts as no one else here. I have learned that our cyber-village is indeed a real place with real people and capable of showing them at their best and their worst, just as in the "real" world. I value the friends I have made here and thank Max for building this place for us to inhabit. My best to you all who have given me so much.

BERT--Didja' get Cleigh's e-mail? Sorry about the file size......But,uh Bert.......On that "Well bugger me" thing........like uh, I'd rather not, ya' know?

Spaw

Subject: RE: What Have You Learned From Mudcat in '99
From: Cap't Bob
Date: 05 Jan 00 - 10:06 AM

I know there are probably thousands, if not tens of thousands, of you out there who think that Leon Redbone and Mose Scarlett are one in the same person. I have seen them both in person and up until this year believed the only difference was in the name. Rick Fielding solved this mystery for me with the following e-mail:

Hi Capt'n Bob

Well, let me tell you. You've stumbled onto one of music's little mysteries here, so let me fill you in. Both Mose and Leon are of indeterminate age. They both play pool..one is really good, and the other is so bad that I beat him on a regular basis. They both own small Martin and Gibson guitars. Their voices ARE remarkably similar. Oh hell,..I could go on with the game but I'll be straight with you. They ARE two (very) different people. Mose lives in Toronto, Leon in Vermont. They are good friends, and I highly reccommend Mose's new album "The fundamental Things" on Borealis. I'm not sure who the accompanist was, but I'll ask Mose. One thing for sure. They're both great!

See ya "cat"

Rick

MY NEW PROBLEM, or mystery for the year is ~~~?~~~ does Rick always tell the truth?????

Cap't Bob

Subject: RE: What Have You Learned From Mudcat in '99
From: Bert
Date: 05 Jan 00 - 10:05 AM

Imagine a tenor guitar with multiple (two or three) strings per course. The only one I've seen had twelve strings arranged in four courses of three.

Others will be quick to step in with a more precise description.

Subject: RE: What Have You Learned From Mudcat in '99
From: alison
Date: 05 Jan 00 - 10:02 AM

hahaha... I wasn't quick enough....... you've been tipled.........

Subject: RE: What Have You Learned From Mudcat in '99
From: catspaw49
Date: 05 Jan 00 - 10:01 AM

Oh poor Meebo me laddie buck.......Your Mudcat education is not complete until you have read.......

THE INFAMOUS TIPLE THREAD

Spaw

Subject: RE: What Have You Learned From Mudcat in '99
From: alison
Date: 05 Jan 00 - 10:00 AM

NOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!........ you don't ask THAT question Mbo..... now someone will actually tell you..... I think there was a thread devoted to this...... but I'm scared it'll be refreshed.. and I'm off to hide behind the settee.........

slainte

alison

Subject: RE: What Have You Learned From Mudcat in '99
From: Mbo
Date: 05 Jan 00 - 09:55 AM

Bert, a "tiple" is something I HAVEN'T leared here yet! I've seen it enough, but it's not in the dictionary, and I don't think it has anything to do with imbibing alcoholic bevarages...so what IS it?

--Mbo

Subject: RE: What Have You Learned From Mudcat in '99
From: Bill D
Date: 05 Jan 00 - 09:34 AM

....that I shoulda taken that speed reading course seriously when I had the chance...

Subject: RE: What Have You Learned From Mudcat in '99
From: Bert
Date: 05 Jan 00 - 09:28 AM

Well bugger me, I was just thinking of starting a thread titled "Everything I needed to know I learned at Mudcat". The only reason I didn't was because some of us were being rather childish about BS threads.

Well I leaned what a "tiple" is
and how to SAY "bodhran"
and who to go to if I need a zoomorhic ocarina
and of someone who makes hammered dulcimers
and of someone who makes pots
and of someone who makes bead necklaces
and of someone who makes guitar straps
and
and
and

Bert.

Subject: RE: What Have You Learned From Mudcat in '99
From: MMario
Date: 05 Jan 00 - 09:17 AM

So much...I'll have to come back when I have organized my thoughts. (yegads, that could take MONTHS!) -- but first and foremost - I learned that this world is both immensly smaller and vastly larger then I had ever imagined.

MMario

Subject: RE: What Have You Learned From Mudcat in '99
From: Allan C.
Date: 05 Jan 00 - 09:09 AM

I realized that the Mudcat is much, much bigger than just some faceless pseudonyms. (Actually, I had suspected it all along.) At Annap's first gathering and again at the Getaway, I got to see that without exception, Mudcatters are not only real, but are bigger than life.

It would be an understatement to say that I don't usually do well in groups. These events were totally different. I already knew many of the people and in many cases recognized them from their pictures on bbc's resource pages. This made things so very much easier for me. I was immeasurably more at ease. But of course the best part was being able to talk face-to-face without typing and to further cement friendships. Oh, and the music wasn't half bad either!

Subject: RE: What Have You Learned From Mudcat in '99
From:
Date: 05 Jan 00 - 08:38 AM

Understanding why people choose to post anonymously.

Subject: What Have You Learned From Mudcat in '99
From: Rick Fielding
Date: 05 Jan 00 - 04:13 AM

Happy 2000 folks.

It occurred to me that other than meeting nice people (some personally) this year, I learned quite a lot by being part of the Mudcat community this year. Not just about music and related matters, but about myself as well. Some of the things that come to mind are:

A great thread discussing different kinds of wood used in instrument building. Lots of very useful information.

Evaluations of many different types of guitars, banjos, mandolins etc. by the folks that PLAY them, rather than company hype.

Even though they could get VERY heated, the threads on Ireland's problems were riveting, because once again it was the PEOPLE giving their opinions and not politicians manipulating the media (and us). I think I now understand the absolute passion involved a lot better.

Coming to the amazing realization that I could barely sleep, wondering if a man I'd never met (Catspaw, of course) was going to make it.

Somewhat (just a bit) changing my opinion on gun ownership after reading hundreds of postings on the subject (once again, because it was ordinary people discussing the subject, as opposed to politicians or NRA mouthpieces with totally predetermined agendas)

Most recently, regaining an interest in the fiddle because of a 4 day visit from a Mudcatter (Jeri)

I know there's quite a few more, and if this hangs around for a bit I'll share them, but if anyone feels like mentioning a few things, I'll pass on the space.

Rick