Nah, sorry to disappoint ye's. Not eggxactly another shakey egg smashing thread with yolks being poached from any nest. But feel free to hijack at will.
More like, there have been many, many people signed on here. A hard core stay on. The lifers. Wot you in for? I murdered the Maid Behind the Bar at a session in Lahinch, but I was out of it. Yeah, that's what they all say. Life sentence at the session, for correction.
I'm more concerned with the ones that got away. Are they free? Do they look in? Thon auld song "What Becomes of the Broken Hearted?" springs to mind. Answer. They either get endogenous depression and are in and out of psychiatric care all the rest of their lives, and are suicidal risk, or they have exogenous depression, pull out of it, deal with the problem, live with it, then move on. That's life. It happens to everyone. But remember,"The First Cut is the Deepest".
Someone asked recently whither Ptarmigan?...well let's hope he hasn't withered. Some other previous contributors I know, don't come on as they feel it's not their space anymore (paraphrasing heavily)...well, use it or lose it. I'll hang around yet a wee while, as time permits. And to say those of ye's I've met has been worth it.
Recapping....what has become of some previous great contributors? Roll over Beethoven is not enough. THere ISn't a new generation of contributors, I mean, The Music is still the same, the "new people" are expressing similar views, just from more recently registered heads.
I was never one of the previous great contributors, merely one of the occasional lame contributors. Nevertheless, I'm happy to be back at this wonderful site (at least occasionally) after being away for pretty much an entire year, due to demands at work and in other areas of my life. And I'm happy to see that some of the mainstays of the session.org are still involved, as well as new people.
It's not too late to say happy new year, is it? Here's to a vastly improved 2006.
Since I am fairly new to this yellow board, I am still looking to contribute more and learn more.
I have been a member of several online forums in years past, always enthusiastic at first, and then slowly withering away.
My last forum experience was with a music notation forum. At first I was on several times a day, trying to learn the program, trying to give advice, learn shortcuts, on and on and on. Then the forum got nasty...People started complaining about the notation software bugs, others rushed in to defend it and the whole thing got ugly.
That kind of thing really cools one's heels. I've noticed a whiff of clique-ishness on this forum, but I suspect it's just because the old timers know each other well by now, and us new timers just need to get dry behind the ears a bit.
I've not seen real nasty posts yet, but they may be monitored by Jeremy and not allowed to infect the board.
I'm sure that people run hot and cold on everything they do in their lives. What starts out as an interesting hobby, sometimes gradually fades. Maybe it's the fact that someone picks up an instrument with great hopes of playing like a pro someday, only to find out that hey, this is harder than they thought. It takes PRACTICE to get good and they don't give it a chance.
Or maybe someone takes offense at someone else for a quick off the cuff remark, and decides to lay low for a while, never to return.
I'm really hoping I can stay enthused with this forum for a long time. I hope I can contribute something valuable from time to time, as well as learn something about ITM.
I'll tell you this...ITM has got me actually playing again
after several years of subdued activity, it has me interested in performing and attending sessions and learning tunes, and just escaping from the real world for a bit each day.
I've met some very nice people on this forum, who have offered advice, and good information, and I hope to do the same for some future forum members.
May those who have gone before, not be lost, only just lurking, and may those who are yet to come find a welcome place in this great tradition. Oh, and may those who are still here...stay here!
Aw, Danny. I love it when you wax sentimental. *smooch* And welcome back, Carol! and a warm welcome to you as well, rwfoxx, and all the rest of you.
I was away (literally) for nearly a solid year the last half of last year and the beginning of this one, due to a serious illness and then death in the family. Weirdly, my connection with The Session was still there -- I got many kind notes from people, and of course Jack and his crew gave me as warm a welcome as anyone could wish for at the Plough, when I could get away from the hospital. If it hadn't been for TheSesh and the connections I've made here, it would have been a much sadder and lonelier year than it in fact was.
I do miss some of the "faces" from the earlier days and even some of the recent days. Oddly enough on that subject, though, today I ran into an approp story that I told and had mostly forgotten about while surfing about looking for something entirely different: http://thesession.org/discussions/display.php/477/comments#comment6402
There's only so many times you can repeat the same sh**.
-Reading vs. Listening
-GAD vs. DAD (sorry I don't play strings)
-Most popular sets
-Session etiquette
-Favorite albums
-Who do you tune to?
-Melody vs. Rhythm
-What is traditional?
-etc.
Even the best of 'em run out of topics...but I still check in.
I always stop by to see if anyone is discussing noodling. I will never get tired of that!
I spend lots of time here. I like looking thru old threads. I have lots to learn and I appreciate all those I find here.
It seems I have little to offer, however. So I lurk more than anything. A day does not go by where I don't come to this site at least twice.
In fact I am getting to know some of you quite well. I don't even have to scroll to the bottom of the post to know who is writing! I knew, for example that Zina, whose comments I probably enjoy the most, was posting above.
I guess I read the postings on this site at least twice a day most days. But unfortunately due to a time error (living in Australia) everyone else is gone by the time I get to the discussion or I get there too early (premature posting disease) and then go off to bed missing the good stuff. Lots of times I have things to say but by the time i read down the other postings I find that someone else has said it all already and I hate repetition.
Let me say that the year without Zina was not a good time for the mustard board.
Geographically it is difficult for me to get a chance to meet up with many of the other sessioners but one day I plan to do a big music trip if I can convince the wife - she can go shopping if I can play music - until then this forum is good enough for me.
I joined on in Sept 2005, and I just wanted to say that I greatly appreciate this site and the people on it. I have surfed around for years looking for a traditional music site I could respect and enjoy. I stop by at least once or twice a week -- I read a few posts (both old ones and new ones), I look at the new tunes and listen to a few tunes; and I read the comments. I can honestly say (and I do) that I found what I was looking for, and many wonderful tunes that I might not have ever come across otherwise. So, my hat is off to everyone here. You make this place, and I appreciate it.
P.S. I should mention that I cook by taste, rather than recipe, and I like spicy soup.
"I've noticed a whiff of clique-ishness on this forum" - To arms, the Glee Club!
But you're right rwfoxx - it's only that some people know one another well.
To answer Danny:
Some people read everything every day, but unlike you and me they have the good taste to post only when they have something really useful to say, instead of just a whiff of craic.
Some people find theSession great fun for a week/month/year or two and then gradually it loses its excitement. (For some that is the case with the Music - I bet we all know someone who was grabbed by ITM and it was going to be what they did for ever and ever, but now they are into something else instead).
Some, of course, have found the answer to their question and don't need to come again.
Some, for sure, get peed off by something someone says. (I've had a few times when I've felt "what a bunch of *******, I'm not going there again - but I've come back).
Some, in an unguarded moment, say or do something unacceptable for this kind of forum (serious abuse, or hacking), and get struck off.
Some, no doubt, go to the great Session in the sky.
Ha, I like that. I too have had a few times when I've felt "what a bunch of *******, I'm not going there again - but I've come back.
and that's not counting ther many times I've posted "what a bunch of *******." Only to have it imediatly deleted by Jeremy (Quite rightly I hasten to add)
Danny - the song What Becomes of the Broken Hearted. I can never hear it without recalling some loo graffiti I once saw in a public toilet in Bath. "Here I sit, broken hearted, spent my penny and only f**ted".
Glad to hear about Ptarmigan--sometimes the volume of his participation was a bit overwhelming (you would think he was paid by the word), but with him off the board since just before Christmas, I find that I miss his input and enthusiasm.
I peek at the board a few times a day to take a break from work--my job is pretty stressful, not at all artistic, and I find the board a welcome respite. I try to participate constructively, while I freely admit that my opinions are those of an enthusiastic amateur. I feel that I have gotten to know some very nice people, although every once in a while a piece of information enters the board (especially pictures) to remind me that the image I have built from folk's web presence may be somewhat different from reality.
My favourite bog graffiti was many years ago playing in a rural pub in deepest Norfolk one night. This pub only had an outside bog and as I was using it I noticed a near horizontal but squiggly line drawn along the wall. At one end was a squashed fly with an arrow head drawn on the end of the line, pointing at the fly. Tracing the line round three walls, at the other end someone had written, "Must this needless slaughter go on for ever?"
Here sit I, truly thankful
Got in for free and did a panful.
My long standing favourite bog graffitum was in the gents at the student union bar in Bath Uni around 1976. At eye level someone had very carefully and neatly written with a thick black marker pen:
"Sometimes the moon howls and the wofl rises."
Apart from the surreal beauty of the concept illustrated, the writer had then very carefully and neatly added two little curved arrows to indicate the required transposition of the "l" and the "f".
The earlier comment about there being only so many topics may be true to a point - perhaps Jeremy could start reintroducing early posts if anything flags - but there will always be new people needing advice and help, the reservoir of tunes we don't yet know is constantly being added to, and then there is the comradeship of the long-distance sessioneers.
"Softees rule ( if that's ok with everyone else )".
"Dylexia lures, KO".
"Some days you eat the bear,
"Some days the bear eats you,
"Some days you both go hungry".
Very true, Pete -- I like getting a fresh perspective on some of the stuff we've talked about in the past. And just because a subject is old to those of us who've been around for dog's years doesn't mean it's not new and exciting to one of our newer members. Nobody *forces* one to answer any given post, after all!
I check in now and again, but was definitely turned away by the dramatic increase in posts. It was difficult to track a discussion, or even to try and say anything meaningful.
Then again, my work situation changed and I had less of a comfort zone for hanging out and wading through the chaff.
Try and say something *meaningful*?!? Are we supposed to try and say something *meaningful*!?! Geeeeeez, you guys, you're supposed to TELL me these things...
But that's the lovely thing about this place: attendance and class participation are not required. Frankly, I have enough of that in my life.
I check in a couple of times a day when I'm next to a computer, but don't always need to chime in. There are others with far more interesting things to say.
"I'm more concerned with the ones that got away. Are they free? Do they look in?"
I think I have an answer to this question...They have jobs!
So, for the rest of you…GET A JOB! Jobs aren't necessarily fun, but at least it will offer you the appearance of a life, rather than just writing blogs about ITM (or some other ridiculous thing) all day.
Yeah! The law allows us wage whores BREAKS, you know.....
And who in their right mind would quit their job and start, like, you know, busking for a living, or waste time with a blog. I mean, who has time to read that stuff? ((: \
Yep, that was the original question, all right, but Pete, yours was most deffo not the answer. A session I went to a while back had an IT consultant, a graphic artist, an accountant, a lab manager, an Irish centre manager, a contracts manager...those are just the ones I remember right now. There was no rank-pulling or oneupmanship. Just a bunch of mates playing good tunes. Several of them are members of this site. Most folks here are employed. But I guess your remark was tongue-in-cheek anyway.....
:-}
Oh and Zina, sorry to disappoint you I wasn't waxing sentimental. I'm actually quite curious why people stop posting....but maybe even more intriguing is what motivates us hacks to continue to post! (BTW, 'us hacks' = just me, really.)
I’m mostly a lurker, but avidly follow the discussions of the yellow board. I’ve learned a lot, about more than just music. It’s understandable that life’s currents will sweep people both in and away. Still, it saddens me out when familiar figures recede or become incommunicado.
I only wish I had more meaningful thoughts to add. Hope it’s not a case of the fool having to have something to say, instead of the wise having something to say.
The more erudite discussions seem to happen over in the tunes section, if that helps anyone seeking pure informational content, anyway.
Since we are peppering this thread with odd sayings, my son has a t-shirt that says "There are 10 types of people in the world: those that understand binary, and those that don't." He is a computer geek, and finds this quite amusing.
New to ITM. New to playing mandolin. New to the board. Have lots of questions about the music, and thought I might be able to get some answers here. Asked two. One was totally ignored, the other nearly. Not exactly encouraging, so thought ya must need ta be part of the in-crowd, or some sort of virtuoso, so have just been watching.
“Have lots of questions about the music, and thought I might be able to get some answers here. Asked two. One was totally ignored, the other nearly. Not exactly encouraging, so thought ya must need ta be part of the in-crowd, or some sort of virtuoso, ….”
No, not at all. But if you ask a question in a reply, rather than starting a new topic, it may not get the attention you wanted. That’s happened to me several times.
Hmmm. Well, I'm genuinely sorry that you feel that you've been ignored, dylandew, and am answering you because I don't want you to feel further ignored; though I note the one discussion you've started did get answers (I couldn't answer, myself, since I've never used the program myself), and the only other question I found from you was buried in the middle of another discussion that was going quite hot and heavy, so perhaps not surprising that your question went unnoticed.
You might try putting a little more info in your bio; sometimes it's hard to know how to answer someone if you don't know anything about them.
Okay, I guess I was a bit shy about getting my feet wet - thought it might seem a bit pretentious to actually "begin" a new topic, especially since most of my concerns are awfully elementary, an it appears that most of you folks have been at this for a long time .
Have added a bit of a bio. I live (by choice) in a very isolated part of the Pennsylvania, and don't have access to much in the way of live ITM or anyone who knows anything about it, so I'm flying pretty much solo in my efforts.
One guy I asked if he knew any Irish Traditional tunes, told me "Nope, don't go in fer much of that furrin' stuff." Then he played Soldier's Joy - Bluegrass style, of course, but go figger.
So, if you folks are willing to field elementary questions from a very old beginner, I would be grateful - and will start my own threads.
Bear in mind that mandolin players in Irish music circles are typically outnumbered by fiddlers, fluters, whistle players, box players, and pipers. So mando-centric discussions here usually draw a somewhat smaller response than some other disucssion topics.
That said, we're lucky to have some good mando folks on board here who'll no doubt offer as much help as they can. Fire away!
Nothing's elementary if you don't know how to do it. Most of us weren't born with the ability to play this stuff right off the line; be assured that someone will always be able to remember what it felt like to be a newcomer to this stuff. Welcome to thesesh, and remember it's best not to spend so much time on this board that you don't play. ;)
With a thread title like this it's nice to see Zina 'egging' on a newcomer. Actually I am suprised we haven't covered preferences for fried, scrambled, poached or omelette. I like mine soft btw.
enjoyable, informative, usually civil, supportive (even when slagging off ), humorous, lively site. Still manage to get to it at least once a week, often more. Usually don't have much to add, and by the time I do, when I do, it seems that the string has usually run its course.........usually don't have much to add anyway.....sometimes have 2 cents worth to add to some guitar related threads......appreciate the knowledge passed on by those in the know.........appreciate the tunes..........would like to post "The Icy Slip Jig", but it seems like more of a project than I would make time for.............Time to play music again.
Yes, YOU, all of you, usually manage to make each day that I check this site a bit better from your contributions here.... so, thank you, and "keep on keepin' on".
I have made the occaisionional post, like a footprint ,or a dog passing a fire hydrant, just to mark my passage.... (p155age,<snicker>) but I don't think I will this time.....
Truth be known, I'm a guitar player. I also play didgeridu, Kazooka and shaker potato--far louder than the eggs! Now that I've gotten that out I should also mention I'm fairly new to the tune addiction, though I'm not new to the music addiction. I'm also irascible and opinionated in a sweet sorta way, but it's hard to justify all the sweetness when my backing chops are just so so. I'm progressing at a nice clip though and when I get to the point where I feel confident enough to step in and join the session I'll bring my guitarcentric arse in here and start banging out some chords--and perhaps a melody or two. For the present, I'll continue to lurk, but remember all you guitar bashers, I've been practicing, and I've got a shakey potato... ;^)
If you haven't already, check out the mandolincafe.com website; there is a celtic discussion board there too. Lot's of good info about your instrument, and some discussion (in the celtic section) about ITM ornament technique, and tunes, etc.
As elsewhere, ITM is overwhelmed by Bluegrass and Oldtime interestes, but it's still pretty strong there; one of the board's moderators is a crack ITM mandolinist.
Funny, just been talking to Donough on similar lines in another thread.
Not a good year for me musically. Work is like trying to drink from a fire hose these days and the travelling time (up from 30 mins to 3hrs or more per day) and issues at home are getting to me. The fog of exhaustion (good name for a tune?) settles earlier in the day than it used to. Also it seems to take a lot more wading though the comments now to find something I'm interested in reading, but that's my problem. I still lurk here on and off because getting to sessions still isn't easy and I don't want to lose touch. I haven't abandoned *all* hope of one day being able to play fiddle.
Eggtually, even though I have been avoiding the yolky board for awhile, I used it to contact someone in another city to find sessions. I was in a scramble, with late notice of a business trip, and preparations were soft boiled. The session contact came through, as did others.
Good thing I didn't go to denver, someone mighta poached my fiddle...Bing! Time's up!
I could only find one tune with egg in the name apart from words that include those letters.
Aherne's Egg
But which came first - the eggs, Jenny or her Chickens
. . . . "I have made the occaisionional post, like a footprint ,or a dog passing a fire hydrant," . . . ouch
Puts me in mind of Garrison Keillor's description of someone paying a debt:
"handing over the money with all the good grace of a dog passing a peach stone."
I have been a regular lurker for ages, but I got a mouse in the computer and it played havoc with the display card. Acids wrecking the circuits or something. Is that a good excuse? In the house, have also had centipedes, wasps, two magpie larks that got in and couldn't find their way out and a not so small small goanna in the bathroom that the dog ate the tail of.
We are about to experience our 12th consecutive day over 40 degrees Celcius - tomorrow the forecast is for 43. Its too hot for anything but fiddling in front of the airconditioner, drinking heaps of water and reading the discussions. Eggs ... can't think of anything eggspecially eggciting to contribute - still playing, still learning, still loving it. Thanks gals and guys.
Oh the next door neighbour bought three little chickens and raised them to nearly point of lay, when they up and flew the coup. She reconned someone had probably made a meal of them, but after a few days of fruitless scouring of the neighbourhood, they magically turned up again in the chook pen and promptly started to lay. New tune: Carol's newly wing clipped laying hens.
Un oeuf is enough
Un oeuf is enough
Nah, sorry to disappoint ye's. Not eggxactly another shakey egg smashing thread with yolks being poached from any nest. But feel free to hijack at will.
More like, there have been many, many people signed on here. A hard core stay on. The lifers. Wot you in for? I murdered the Maid Behind the Bar at a session in Lahinch, but I was out of it. Yeah, that's what they all say. Life sentence at the session, for correction.
I'm more concerned with the ones that got away. Are they free? Do they look in? Thon auld song "What Becomes of the Broken Hearted?" springs to mind. Answer. They either get endogenous depression and are in and out of psychiatric care all the rest of their lives, and are suicidal risk, or they have exogenous depression, pull out of it, deal with the problem, live with it, then move on. That's life. It happens to everyone. But remember,"The First Cut is the Deepest".
Someone asked recently whither Ptarmigan?...well let's hope he hasn't withered. Some other previous contributors I know, don't come on as they feel it's not their space anymore (paraphrasing heavily)...well, use it or lose it. I'll hang around yet a wee while, as time permits. And to say those of ye's I've met has been worth it.
Recapping....what has become of some previous great contributors? Roll over Beethoven is not enough. THere ISn't a new generation of contributors, I mean, The Music is still the same, the "new people" are expressing similar views, just from more recently registered heads.
# Posted on January 10th 2006 by Rudall the time
Re: Un oeuf is enough
I was never one of the previous great contributors, merely one of the occasional lame contributors. Nevertheless, I'm happy to be back at this wonderful site (at least occasionally) after being away for pretty much an entire year, due to demands at work and in other areas of my life. And I'm happy to see that some of the mainstays of the session.org are still involved, as well as new people.
It's not too late to say happy new year, is it? Here's to a vastly improved 2006.
But --- no shaky eggs? Huevos rancheros, y'all?
Carol
# Posted on January 10th 2006 by carolsviolin
Re: Un oeuf is enough
Yeah, where is Ptarmisaurus when you need him?
A few have mentioned why they lowered their profile. I need the regular dose to keep my spirits up and help survive workaday indentured servitude.
# Posted on January 10th 2006 by Bob himself
Re: Un oeuf is enough
Since I am fairly new to this yellow board, I am still looking to contribute more and learn more.
I have been a member of several online forums in years past, always enthusiastic at first, and then slowly withering away.
My last forum experience was with a music notation forum. At first I was on several times a day, trying to learn the program, trying to give advice, learn shortcuts, on and on and on. Then the forum got nasty...People started complaining about the notation software bugs, others rushed in to defend it and the whole thing got ugly.
That kind of thing really cools one's heels. I've noticed a whiff of clique-ishness on this forum, but I suspect it's just because the old timers know each other well by now, and us new timers just need to get dry behind the ears a bit.
I've not seen real nasty posts yet, but they may be monitored by Jeremy and not allowed to infect the board.
I'm sure that people run hot and cold on everything they do in their lives. What starts out as an interesting hobby, sometimes gradually fades. Maybe it's the fact that someone picks up an instrument with great hopes of playing like a pro someday, only to find out that hey, this is harder than they thought. It takes PRACTICE to get good and they don't give it a chance.
Or maybe someone takes offense at someone else for a quick off the cuff remark, and decides to lay low for a while, never to return.
I'm really hoping I can stay enthused with this forum for a long time. I hope I can contribute something valuable from time to time, as well as learn something about ITM.
I'll tell you this...ITM has got me actually playing again
after several years of subdued activity, it has me interested in performing and attending sessions and learning tunes, and just escaping from the real world for a bit each day.
I've met some very nice people on this forum, who have offered advice, and good information, and I hope to do the same for some future forum members.
May those who have gone before, not be lost, only just lurking, and may those who are yet to come find a welcome place in this great tradition. Oh, and may those who are still here...stay here!
# Posted on January 10th 2006 by rogfox
Re: Un oeuf is enough
Aw, Danny. I love it when you wax sentimental. *smooch* And welcome back, Carol! and a warm welcome to you as well, rwfoxx, and all the rest of you.
I was away (literally) for nearly a solid year the last half of last year and the beginning of this one, due to a serious illness and then death in the family. Weirdly, my connection with The Session was still there -- I got many kind notes from people, and of course Jack and his crew gave me as warm a welcome as anyone could wish for at the Plough, when I could get away from the hospital. If it hadn't been for TheSesh and the connections I've made here, it would have been a much sadder and lonelier year than it in fact was.
I do miss some of the "faces" from the earlier days and even some of the recent days. Oddly enough on that subject, though, today I ran into an approp story that I told and had mostly forgotten about while surfing about looking for something entirely different: http://thesession.org/discussions/display.php/477/comments#comment6402
# Posted on January 10th 2006 by Zina Lee
Re: Un oeuf is enough
There's only so many times you can repeat the same sh**.
-Reading vs. Listening
-GAD vs. DAD (sorry I don't play strings)
-Most popular sets
-Session etiquette
-Favorite albums
-Who do you tune to?
-Melody vs. Rhythm
-What is traditional?
-etc.
Even the best of 'em run out of topics...but I still check in.
# Posted on January 10th 2006 by Pete D
Re: Un oeuf is enough
I always stop by to see if anyone is discussing noodling. I will never get tired of that!
I spend lots of time here. I like looking thru old threads. I have lots to learn and I appreciate all those I find here.
It seems I have little to offer, however. So I lurk more than anything. A day does not go by where I don't come to this site at least twice.
In fact I am getting to know some of you quite well. I don't even have to scroll to the bottom of the post to know who is writing! I knew, for example that Zina, whose comments I probably enjoy the most, was posting above.
Thanks, all, who stick around and teach me.
# Posted on January 10th 2006 by feardearg
Re: Un oeuf is enough
I guess I read the postings on this site at least twice a day most days. But unfortunately due to a time error (living in Australia) everyone else is gone by the time I get to the discussion or I get there too early (premature posting disease) and then go off to bed missing the good stuff. Lots of times I have things to say but by the time i read down the other postings I find that someone else has said it all already and I hate repetition.
- until then this forum is good enough for me.
Let me say that the year without Zina was not a good time for the mustard board.
Geographically it is difficult for me to get a chance to meet up with many of the other sessioners but one day I plan to do a big music trip if I can convince the wife - she can go shopping if I can play music
# Posted on January 10th 2006 by Donough
Re: Un oeuf is enough
I joined on in Sept 2005, and I just wanted to say that I greatly appreciate this site and the people on it. I have surfed around for years looking for a traditional music site I could respect and enjoy. I stop by at least once or twice a week -- I read a few posts (both old ones and new ones), I look at the new tunes and listen to a few tunes; and I read the comments. I can honestly say (and I do) that I found what I was looking for, and many wonderful tunes that I might not have ever come across otherwise. So, my hat is off to everyone here. You make this place, and I appreciate it.
P.S. I should mention that I cook by taste, rather than recipe, and I like spicy soup.
# Posted on January 10th 2006 by Eddie Jones
Re: Un oeuf is enough
"I've noticed a whiff of clique-ishness on this forum" - To arms, the Glee Club!
But you're right rwfoxx - it's only that some people know one another well.
To answer Danny:
Some people read everything every day, but unlike you and me they have the good taste to post only when they have something really useful to say, instead of just a whiff of craic.
Some people find theSession great fun for a week/month/year or two and then gradually it loses its excitement. (For some that is the case with the Music - I bet we all know someone who was grabbed by ITM and it was going to be what they did for ever and ever, but now they are into something else instead).
Some, of course, have found the answer to their question and don't need to come again.
Some, for sure, get peed off by something someone says. (I've had a few times when I've felt "what a bunch of *******, I'm not going there again - but I've come back).
Some, in an unguarded moment, say or do something unacceptable for this kind of forum (serious abuse, or hacking), and get struck off.
Some, no doubt, go to the great Session in the sky.
Must go - just got busy.
# Posted on January 10th 2006 by showaddydadito
Re: Un oeuf is enough
Ha, I like that. I too have had a few times when I've felt "what a bunch of *******, I'm not going there again - but I've come back.
and that's not counting ther many times I've posted "what a bunch of *******." Only to have it imediatly deleted by Jeremy (Quite rightly I hasten to add)
# Posted on January 10th 2006 by ...
Re: Un oeuf is enough
Danny - the song What Becomes of the Broken Hearted. I can never hear it without recalling some loo graffiti I once saw in a public toilet in Bath. "Here I sit, broken hearted, spent my penny and only f**ted".
# Posted on January 10th 2006 by showaddydadito
Re: Un oeuf is enough
Good news chaps - the Ptarmigan is still alive and clucking. I emailed him just to check up, and he has shown me a white feather.
# Posted on January 10th 2006 by showaddydadito
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Glad to hear about Ptarmigan--sometimes the volume of his participation was a bit overwhelming (you would think he was paid by the word), but with him off the board since just before Christmas, I find that I miss his input and enthusiasm.
I peek at the board a few times a day to take a break from work--my job is pretty stressful, not at all artistic, and I find the board a welcome respite. I try to participate constructively, while I freely admit that my opinions are those of an enthusiastic amateur. I feel that I have gotten to know some very nice people, although every once in a while a piece of information enters the board (especially pictures) to remind me that the image I have built from folk's web presence may be somewhat different from reality.
# Posted on January 10th 2006 by AlBrown
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My favourite bog graffiti was many years ago playing in a rural pub in deepest Norfolk one night. This pub only had an outside bog and as I was using it I noticed a near horizontal but squiggly line drawn along the wall. At one end was a squashed fly with an arrow head drawn on the end of the line, pointing at the fly. Tracing the line round three walls, at the other end someone had written, "Must this needless slaughter go on for ever?"
# Posted on January 10th 2006 by pfft
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My favourite bog graffito:
My karma has ran over my dogma.
# Posted on January 10th 2006 by dafydd
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"To arms, the Glee Club!" LOL -- lock and load! Now WHERE did I put my MB? Joe Quinn, where are ye?
# Posted on January 10th 2006 by Zina Lee
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(I have carefully Bowdlerised this)
After the one I mentioned, some wag had added:
Here sit I, truly thankful
Got in for free and did a panful.
My long standing favourite bog graffitum was in the gents at the student union bar in Bath Uni around 1976. At eye level someone had very carefully and neatly written with a thick black marker pen:
"Sometimes the moon howls and the wofl rises."
Apart from the surreal beauty of the concept illustrated, the writer had then very carefully and neatly added two little curved arrows to indicate the required transposition of the "l" and the "f".
It still haunts me after all these years.
# Posted on January 10th 2006 by showaddydadito
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The earlier comment about there being only so many topics may be true to a point - perhaps Jeremy could start reintroducing early posts if anything flags - but there will always be new people needing advice and help, the reservoir of tunes we don't yet know is constantly being added to, and then there is the comradeship of the long-distance sessioneers.
"Softees rule ( if that's ok with everyone else )".
"Dylexia lures, KO".
"Some days you eat the bear,
"Some days the bear eats you,
"Some days you both go hungry".
"Anarchists organise now !".
# Posted on January 10th 2006 by Guernsey Pete
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Do you prefer your shaky eggs soft or hard-boiled?
Which end do you hold upright ?
# Posted on January 10th 2006 by Guernsey Pete
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Very true, Pete -- I like getting a fresh perspective on some of the stuff we've talked about in the past. And just because a subject is old to those of us who've been around for dog's years doesn't mean it's not new and exciting to one of our newer members. Nobody *forces* one to answer any given post, after all!
# Posted on January 10th 2006 by Zina Lee
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Mmmm. Maybe I'll have softboiled eggs for breakfast this morning...
# Posted on January 10th 2006 by Zina Lee
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Though some elbow twisting does go on now and then....
# Posted on January 10th 2006 by Will Harmon
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*innocent blinking*
# Posted on January 10th 2006 by Zina Lee
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LOL
# Posted on January 10th 2006 by Will Harmon
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Curses, hijacked again....
# Posted on January 10th 2006 by AlBrown
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I check in now and again, but was definitely turned away by the dramatic increase in posts. It was difficult to track a discussion, or even to try and say anything meaningful.
Then again, my work situation changed and I had less of a comfort zone for hanging out and wading through the chaff.
# Posted on January 10th 2006 by Jode
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Good to see you haven't left us completely then, Jode.
# Posted on January 10th 2006 by Will Harmon
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I did respond to the O'Brien thread, after you twisted my arm, didn't I?
# Posted on January 10th 2006 by Jode
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Try and say something *meaningful*?!? Are we supposed to try and say something *meaningful*!?! Geeeeeez, you guys, you're supposed to TELL me these things...
# Posted on January 10th 2006 by Zina Lee
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*innocent blinking*
# Posted on January 10th 2006 by Will Harmon
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Er, that was comment 10,280 for Ms. Lee....
# Posted on January 10th 2006 by Will Harmon
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But that's the lovely thing about this place: attendance and class participation are not required. Frankly, I have enough of that in my life.
I check in a couple of times a day when I'm next to a computer, but don't always need to chime in. There are others with far more interesting things to say.
# Posted on January 10th 2006 by Michele Sims
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Oh. Favorite lady's room graffiti: In the chemistry building at Indiana University.
"For a good time, call 6.022*10^23"
# Posted on January 10th 2006 by Michele Sims
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I believe part of the original question was...
"I'm more concerned with the ones that got away. Are they free? Do they look in?"
I think I have an answer to this question...They have jobs!
So, for the rest of you…GET A JOB! Jobs aren't necessarily fun, but at least it will offer you the appearance of a life, rather than just writing blogs about ITM (or some other ridiculous thing) all day.
# Posted on January 10th 2006 by Pete D
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oh please. no one here keeps a blog about ITM. Sheesh.
# Posted on January 10th 2006 by Q
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HelLO -- I do this INSTEAD of working?! ;)
# Posted on January 10th 2006 by Zina Lee
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http://buskup.blogspot.com/ ... all about crumpets and marscapone, apparently.
# Posted on January 10th 2006 by Just a person
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Yeah! The law allows us wage whores BREAKS, you know.....
And who in their right mind would quit their job and start, like, you know, busking for a living, or waste time with a blog. I mean, who has time to read that stuff? ((: \
# Posted on January 10th 2006 by Michele Sims
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Oh, SORRY, Q..............
# Posted on January 10th 2006 by Michele Sims
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Oops ... Blogger just died
# Posted on January 10th 2006 by Just a person
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line up, everybody...one at a time, please, one at a time...
# Posted on January 10th 2006 by Zina Lee
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Yep, that was the original question, all right, but Pete, yours was most deffo not the answer. A session I went to a while back had an IT consultant, a graphic artist, an accountant, a lab manager, an Irish centre manager, a contracts manager...those are just the ones I remember right now. There was no rank-pulling or oneupmanship. Just a bunch of mates playing good tunes. Several of them are members of this site. Most folks here are employed. But I guess your remark was tongue-in-cheek anyway.....
:-}
Oh and Zina, sorry to disappoint you I wasn't waxing sentimental. I'm actually quite curious why people stop posting....but maybe even more intriguing is what motivates us hacks to continue to post! (BTW, 'us hacks' = just me, really.)
# Posted on January 10th 2006 by Rudall the time
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I’m mostly a lurker, but avidly follow the discussions of the yellow board. I’ve learned a lot, about more than just music. It’s understandable that life’s currents will sweep people both in and away. Still, it saddens me out when familiar figures recede or become incommunicado.
I only wish I had more meaningful thoughts to add. Hope it’s not a case of the fool having to have something to say, instead of the wise having something to say.
The more erudite discussions seem to happen over in the tunes section, if that helps anyone seeking pure informational content, anyway.
# Posted on January 10th 2006 by fidkid
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Came for the tunes, stayed for the laughs.
cj
# Posted on January 10th 2006 by cj
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Since we are peppering this thread with odd sayings, my son has a t-shirt that says "There are 10 types of people in the world: those that understand binary, and those that don't." He is a computer geek, and finds this quite amusing.
# Posted on January 10th 2006 by AlBrown
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New to ITM. New to playing mandolin. New to the board. Have lots of questions about the music, and thought I might be able to get some answers here. Asked two. One was totally ignored, the other nearly. Not exactly encouraging, so thought ya must need ta be part of the in-crowd, or some sort of virtuoso, so have just been watching.
# Posted on January 10th 2006 by dylandew
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Sorry, did you say something Zina? :~)
# Posted on January 10th 2006 by Jode
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if I have something relevant to say, I do...I wonder if that counts?
# Posted on January 11th 2006 by Sunnybear
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“Have lots of questions about the music, and thought I might be able to get some answers here. Asked two. One was totally ignored, the other nearly. Not exactly encouraging, so thought ya must need ta be part of the in-crowd, or some sort of virtuoso, ….”
No, not at all. But if you ask a question in a reply, rather than starting a new topic, it may not get the attention you wanted. That’s happened to me several times.
# Posted on January 11th 2006 by Bob himself
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Hmmm. Well, I'm genuinely sorry that you feel that you've been ignored, dylandew, and am answering you because I don't want you to feel further ignored; though I note the one discussion you've started did get answers (I couldn't answer, myself, since I've never used the program myself), and the only other question I found from you was buried in the middle of another discussion that was going quite hot and heavy, so perhaps not surprising that your question went unnoticed.
You might try putting a little more info in your bio; sometimes it's hard to know how to answer someone if you don't know anything about them.
As for *you* Jode: pbbbbbbhttthhhhhht! ;)
# Posted on January 11th 2006 by Zina Lee
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lol -- Bob, we always seem to cross post, ever notice?
# Posted on January 11th 2006 by Zina Lee
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Yeah, something about great minds being synchronized? Ha!
# Posted on January 11th 2006 by Bob himself
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Okay, I guess I was a bit shy about getting my feet wet - thought it might seem a bit pretentious to actually "begin" a new topic, especially since most of my concerns are awfully elementary, an it appears that most of you folks have been at this for a long time .
Have added a bit of a bio. I live (by choice) in a very isolated part of the Pennsylvania, and don't have access to much in the way of live ITM or anyone who knows anything about it, so I'm flying pretty much solo in my efforts.
One guy I asked if he knew any Irish Traditional tunes, told me "Nope, don't go in fer much of that furrin' stuff." Then he played Soldier's Joy - Bluegrass style, of course, but go figger.
So, if you folks are willing to field elementary questions from a very old beginner, I would be grateful - and will start my own threads.
Thanks
# Posted on January 11th 2006 by dylandew
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Bear in mind that mandolin players in Irish music circles are typically outnumbered by fiddlers, fluters, whistle players, box players, and pipers. So mando-centric discussions here usually draw a somewhat smaller response than some other disucssion topics.
That said, we're lucky to have some good mando folks on board here who'll no doubt offer as much help as they can. Fire away!
# Posted on January 11th 2006 by Will Harmon
P.S.
And search the threads here for lots of good info on picking technique, picked triplets, pick gauge, string gauge, etc.
# Posted on January 11th 2006 by Will Harmon
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Nothing's elementary if you don't know how to do it.
Most of us weren't born with the ability to play this stuff right off the line; be assured that someone will always be able to remember what it felt like to be a newcomer to this stuff. Welcome to thesesh, and remember it's best not to spend so much time on this board that you don't play. ;)
# Posted on January 11th 2006 by Zina Lee
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With a thread title like this it's nice to see Zina 'egging' on a newcomer. Actually I am suprised we haven't covered preferences for fried, scrambled, poached or omelette. I like mine soft btw.
# Posted on January 11th 2006 by Donough
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enjoyable, informative, usually civil, supportive (even when slagging off
), humorous, lively site. Still manage to get to it at least once a week, often more. Usually don't have much to add, and by the time I do, when I do, it seems that the string has usually run its course.........usually don't have much to add anyway.....sometimes have 2 cents worth to add to some guitar related threads......appreciate the knowledge passed on by those in the know.........appreciate the tunes..........would like to post "The Icy Slip Jig", but it seems like more of a project than I would make time for.............Time to play music again.
Yes, YOU, all of you, usually manage to make each day that I check this site a bit better from your contributions here.... so, thank you, and "keep on keepin' on".
# Posted on January 11th 2006 by ceciltguitar
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I have made the occaisionional post, like a footprint ,or a dog passing a fire hydrant, just to mark my passage.... (p155age,<snicker>) but I don't think I will this time.....
# Posted on January 11th 2006 by Owell Mabee
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Truth be known, I'm a guitar player. I also play didgeridu, Kazooka and shaker potato--far louder than the eggs! Now that I've gotten that out I should also mention I'm fairly new to the tune addiction, though I'm not new to the music addiction. I'm also irascible and opinionated in a sweet sorta way, but it's hard to justify all the sweetness when my backing chops are just so so. I'm progressing at a nice clip though and when I get to the point where I feel confident enough to step in and join the session I'll bring my guitarcentric arse in here and start banging out some chords--and perhaps a melody or two. For the present, I'll continue to lurk, but remember all you guitar bashers, I've been practicing, and I've got a shakey potato... ;^)
# Posted on January 11th 2006 by GDub
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dylandew,
If you haven't already, check out the mandolincafe.com website; there is a celtic discussion board there too. Lot's of good info about your instrument, and some discussion (in the celtic section) about ITM ornament technique, and tunes, etc.
As elsewhere, ITM is overwhelmed by Bluegrass and Oldtime interestes, but it's still pretty strong there; one of the board's moderators is a crack ITM mandolinist.
# Posted on January 11th 2006 by Keith Dubinsky
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Funny, just been talking to Donough on similar lines in another thread.
Not a good year for me musically. Work is like trying to drink from a fire hose these days and the travelling time (up from 30 mins to 3hrs or more per day) and issues at home are getting to me. The fog of exhaustion (good name for a tune?) settles earlier in the day than it used to. Also it seems to take a lot more wading though the comments now to find something I'm interested in reading, but that's my problem. I still lurk here on and off because getting to sessions still isn't easy and I don't want to lose touch. I haven't abandoned *all* hope of one day being able to play fiddle.
# Posted on January 11th 2006 by Tish
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Eggtually, even though I have been avoiding the yolky board for awhile, I used it to contact someone in another city to find sessions. I was in a scramble, with late notice of a business trip, and preparations were soft boiled. The session contact came through, as did others.
Good thing I didn't go to denver, someone mighta poached my fiddle...Bing! Time's up!
# Posted on January 11th 2006 by Jode
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Glad I didn't shellout anything to read *that* crepe.
# Posted on January 11th 2006 by ∅
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This is more like it
# Posted on January 11th 2006 by Donough
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I could only find one tune with egg in the name apart from words that include those letters.
Aherne's Egg
But which came first - the eggs, Jenny or her Chickens
# Posted on January 11th 2006 by Donough
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ohhhhh, JODE, how COULD you.... ROFL!
# Posted on January 11th 2006 by Zina Lee
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. . . . "I have made the occaisionional post, like a footprint ,or a dog passing a fire hydrant," . . . ouch
Puts me in mind of Garrison Keillor's description of someone paying a debt:
"handing over the money with all the good grace of a dog passing a peach stone."
# Posted on January 11th 2006 by showaddydadito
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they are still on here in heavy disguise
# Posted on January 11th 2006 by Ripthecalico
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...just another eggciting thread on thesession...
# Posted on January 11th 2006 by Sunnybear
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I have been a regular lurker for ages, but I got a mouse in the computer and it played havoc with the display card. Acids wrecking the circuits or something. Is that a good excuse? In the house, have also had centipedes, wasps, two magpie larks that got in and couldn't find their way out and a not so small small goanna in the bathroom that the dog ate the tail of.
We are about to experience our 12th consecutive day over 40 degrees Celcius - tomorrow the forecast is for 43. Its too hot for anything but fiddling in front of the airconditioner, drinking heaps of water and reading the discussions. Eggs ... can't think of anything eggspecially eggciting to contribute - still playing, still learning, still loving it. Thanks gals and guys.
# Posted on January 11th 2006 by Clear Drops
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Oh the next door neighbour bought three little chickens and raised them to nearly point of lay, when they up and flew the coup. She reconned someone had probably made a meal of them, but after a few days of fruitless scouring of the neighbourhood, they magically turned up again in the chook pen and promptly started to lay. New tune: Carol's newly wing clipped laying hens.
# Posted on January 11th 2006 by Clear Drops