New York Guitar Festival

Subject: New York Guitar Festival
From: Easy Rider
Date: 01 Mar 00 - 09:40 AM

Does anybody know about this event? It looks like it will be at Merkin Hall, in early September. Pierre Bensusan is booked there. Anybody else?

Subject: RE: New York Guitar Festival
From: MMario
Date: 01 Mar 00 - 09:46 AM

I take it this is in "The city"??

Subject: RE: New York Guitar Festival
From: GUEST,Roger the skiffler
Date: 01 Mar 00 - 10:48 AM

Merkin Hall? Seriously? Do you have to have a fuzz box?
Sorry, but if I didn't, 'Spaw would've
RtS

Subject: RE: New York Guitar Festival
From: Easy Rider
Date: 01 Mar 00 - 03:02 PM

I don't get it, Roger...

Subject: RE: New York Guitar Festival
From: MMario
Date: 01 Mar 00 - 03:10 PM

merkin is a term meaning pubic wig

Subject: RE: New York Guitar Festival
From: Easy Rider
Date: 10 Aug 00 - 09:00 AM

The concerts are ON:

Wde: Sept. 6, 8:00 PM

George Winston - Guitar
Pierre Bensusan - Guitar
Michael Manring - Bass

Thurs: Sept. 14, 8:00 PM

John Renbourn - Guitar
Gary Lucas - Guitar
Toshi Reagon - Guitar & Voice

Thurs: Sept. 21, 8:00 PM

Calif. Guitar Trio
Tim Sparks - Guitar
Virginia Luque - Guitar

Phone: [phone]

Will I see any Mudcatters there?

Subject: RE: New York Guitar Festival
From: SINSULL
Date: 10 Aug 00 - 10:19 AM

I'll be there if I can re-schedule some business crap. There is also a classical guitar festival coming up at the 92 Street Y. I'll get the details for anyone interested.

MMario and Roger,
A pubic wig? Why? How? And where do you find this wealth of information?

Subject: RE: New York Guitar Festival
From: Rick Fielding
Date: 10 Aug 00 - 10:39 AM

I'm green with envy Easy!

Remember Peter Sellers' character in "Dr Strangelove"? President Merkin Muffly? I thought I'd die laughing.

Rick

Subject: RE: New York Guitar Festival
From: GUEST,Roger the skiffler
Date: 10 Aug 00 - 11:15 AM

Well, Sin, if others will forgive me continuing the thread creep, ( but then my arrogance is only exceeded by my ignorance!)..WHY did I know that? Er...well, we didn't have tv when I was young so I'm depraved on account of I was deprived!.
As well as the reference Rick mentioned there was Antony Newley's ill-fated musical. I guess the writers of both knew Hollywood wouldn't get the reference!
Online dictionaries seem to omit it and a Ixquick search would bring up suppliers of sex aids (er.. I'd imagine...) but the good old printed OED complete ed. 1933-ish ,gives the earliest reference as 17th century but used to refer to the "real thing", rather than a wig. As a substitute it was first defined in the 1796 Grose's Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue as "counterfeit hair for women's privy parts".
I leave it to others more familiar with the vagaries of, fashion and vanity to suggest when and why it was used in practice!
RtS (resident ignorant old git)

Subject: RE: New York Guitar Festival
From: SINSULL
Date: 10 Aug 00 - 11:33 AM

"Can Hieronymous Merkin Forget Mercy Humpp and Find True Happiness?"!!!! I saw the movie and didn't know the reference. Actually I never got past the name Mercy Humpp.

Subject: RE: New York Guitar Festival
From: Easy Rider
Date: 23 Aug 00 - 08:40 AM

Have you ever had a Mercy Humpp?

Subject: RE: New York Guitar Festival
From: catspaw49
Date: 23 Aug 00 - 08:42 AM

No, but I used to "walk a mile for a hump."...........or was that a Camel?......

Spaw