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Subject: Mbo's Mini Mudcat Adventure From: Mbo Date: 05 Jul 00 - 10:10 AM Hey folks! Very soon I may be starting out on a mini Mudcat Adventure of my own! A few things must be sorted out first before it is finalized, but here is the gist: Praise & Hardi have envited me to come visit them in northern Pennsylvania. In relation to their schedule, I would probably leave on Monday, July 31st and head up to their place. While I'm up and around there, I'm planning on excursions to see Ceit in Brockville, Ontario, and Mario & Irish Sergeant as well. I most definately be back at my place in Greenville, NC on August 12th, to get ready for the Fall 2000 semester at ECU which starts on the 16th. If there are any other Mudcatters not too far away from that area, I'd love to drive to meet them, or have us meet in a central location. Since the Nothern Pennsylvania/Ontario/New York/New England area is all "not to far" in my book, anyone who's interested be sure to "get up with me" (as they say in Eastern NC) so we could plan something! Now, if the good Lord's willin', and the creeks don't rise, the trip should be a definate thing soon, and then we'll be having some major Mudcat fun! --Mbo |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mbo's Mini Mudcat Adventure From: MMario Date: 05 Jul 00 - 10:20 AM Great gallopin' Ghosties and Ghoulies! This is the same lad who had to be badgered into driving 90 miles in March? And he now considers NE Pa, Ontario, New England to be "not too far"? Where's Brockville? (okay, I know, Ontario ...duh ...)(Never mind, I will be not lazy and look it up) I do not know if anyone would be interested, but I *AM* working at Sterling Renaissance Festival the weekend in the middle there.....and there are over 80 shows free with your entrence fee... And Mbo - senior Wench at our Faire does not allow walks... so you are safe. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mbo's Mini Mudcat Adventure From: Willie-O Date: 05 Jul 00 - 10:27 AM Brockville's in eastern Ontario between Kingston and Cornwall. I think I'll be playing the Yellow Canoe in Merrickville (not far from Brockville and I've been badgering Ceit to come by) Fri Aug 4. That's Blue Skies Festival weekend, Mbo, I'll post more info on it shortly--a wonderful backwoods festival near my home. Day passes will be available at the gate. I was thinkin of having a gettogether maybe on the Monday after Blue Skies. Schedule permitting. Lets look into it. Willie-O |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mbo's Mini Mudcat Adventure From: catspaw49 Date: 05 Jul 00 - 10:31 AM Christ on a crutch Mario.......I feel like Dr. Frankenstein here!!! "GIVE MY CREATURE WHEELS !!!" Man oh man.....All the cajoling and needling and downright gettin' down it took....and now he's off to play with the little girls in the fields.........Igor, where DID you get that brain from?" GO FOR IT MEEBS......Tis a fine thing has been done. Spaw |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mbo's Mini Mudcat Adventure From: wysiwyg Date: 05 Jul 00 - 10:39 AM Hey Spaw, you can come over too, but you better bring Karen. ~S~ |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mbo's Mini Mudcat Adventure From: Allan C. Date: 05 Jul 00 - 11:06 AM Naturally, you would have a place to crash in Charlottesville if you were to pass this way. Just send me a note. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mbo's Mini Mudcat Adventure From: Bert Date: 05 Jul 00 - 11:15 AM You'd better be planning to include Mudcatville in your tour. On a Wednesday night preferably, for Mudcat Radio. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mbo's Mini Mudcat Adventure From: Max Date: 05 Jul 00 - 11:32 AM Yes Mbo, it is a rule. If you use the trademarked "Mudcat Adventure" slogan, you must make an appearance on Mudcat Radio. If you do not comply, you will be shunned by the establishment and its merry members. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mbo's Mini Mudcat Adventure From: Mbo Date: 05 Jul 00 - 11:42 AM How can I refuse King Max? --Mbo |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mbo's Mini Mudcat Adventure From: katlaughing Date: 05 Jul 00 - 12:16 PM hahaha!! Goodonya, Embow!! Go for it and keep us posted along the way and take photos we can post, too!! YeeHaw!!! kat |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mbo's Mini Mudcat Adventure From: Little Neophyte Date: 05 Jul 00 - 12:25 PM Mbo do me a favour, please drive safely and don't eat at McDonalds drive thru, stop somewhere and have a healthy meal. Max does this mean if I go visit Mark Cohen in Hawaii that I have to some how include Mudcatville on my route? Oy, I think I will charter a plane. Bonnie |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mbo's Mini Mudcat Adventure From: Max Date: 05 Jul 00 - 12:33 PM No, Bonnie, in the case of tropical trips the rules clearly state (Volume VII, Chapter X) that I am to accompany you and broadcast the show from that location. Hawaii sounds good, please send me the itinerary and my ticket and I'll get all the equipment ready. We'll have a great time. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mbo's Mini Mudcat Adventure From: ceitagh Date: 05 Jul 00 - 12:43 PM Oy, mbo, you're feeling confident enough to broadcast it? right on! we'll have a whale of a time, and definately we'll have to visit willie-o when he performs in merrickville. i have yet to meet any other ontario mudcatters, if this gives me an excuse, well, thank you meebs! 'Spaw, you're not the only one who's amazed- ye should heard me when he first ran the idea past....our little mbo is growin' up! lol! Ceit |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mbo's Mini Mudcat Adventure From: Little Neophyte Date: 05 Jul 00 - 12:44 PM Sounds good to me Max. I hope you don't mind if the tickets are not First Class. We can pick up a couple of ukeleles, have a special live jam session with Mark in Hilo and then go visit the Volcano National Park, eat the guava fruits right off the trees and watch the surfers. Bonnie |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mbo's Mini Mudcat Adventure From: Jon Freeman Date: 05 Jul 00 - 12:54 PM Good luck to you Mbo - I hope you have a great time. Jon |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mbo's Mini Mudcat Adventure From: Mbo Date: 05 Jul 00 - 01:31 PM Well, as Oasis is fond of saying, Hey! Stay young and invincible! Come what may, we're unstoppable! My faith's unshakeable.... --Mbo |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mbo's Mini Mudcat Adventure From: bbelle Date: 05 Jul 00 - 01:32 PM Mbo ... North Florida is not on your way up north, however, when you're up for a Southern Mini Mudcat Adventure, moonchild's parlor of rest and relaxation for the weary, hungry mudcat traveler, always has an extra bed and an extra biscuit in the pan ... moonchild |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mbo's Mini Mudcat Adventure From: Rick Fielding Date: 05 Jul 00 - 02:22 PM Mbo. Brockville ain't far from Toronto. I'm gonna be playin' a lot of Ontario festivals this summer, and if you want to keep in touch maybe we can hook up. You're welcome chez Fielding anytime. Rick |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mbo's Mini Mudcat Adventure From: Hardiman the Fiddler Date: 05 Jul 00 - 03:17 PM Hey Mbo, I just read that you are planning to come see me. (Just kidding, Praise and I have been discussing it.) Bring your fiddle along, and I'll take you to Judd's down in Williamsport and he can get you strung up summarily! Hardiman |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mbo's Mini Mudcat Adventure From: Sorcha Date: 05 Jul 00 - 03:25 PM YeeeHaa! Maybe Wyoming next summer, eh, Meebs? Have a great time, and play a tune for me. Luv ya, babe! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mbo's Mini Mudcat Adventure From: Little Neophyte Date: 05 Jul 00 - 03:41 PM Mbo I'm not around much in August, but if I am in Toronto with pleasure I would show you around town, feed you a good meal and we could gather some Mudcatters to share some music. Just let me know the date, hopefully I will be here. Bonnie |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mbo's Mini Mudcat Adventure From: JenEllen Date: 05 Jul 00 - 03:53 PM Glad to see you're going through with it! When is the West Coast portion of your trip? Ya always got a spot by our fire. ~Elle |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mbo's Mini Mudcat Adventure From: SINSULL Date: 05 Jul 00 - 03:57 PM Mbo, I will probably have a full house then but there is always room for you! Just let me know when and I'll give you directions to my front door. We have beautiful gardens. Maybe we can arrange something for an evening performance. I am in Jackson Heights, Queens. Anyone in the neighborhood is welcome. Anyone not, feel free to crash on the floor. SINSULL |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mbo's Mini Mudcat Adventure From: Mrrzy Date: 05 Jul 00 - 03:59 PM Will read whole thread later but Mbo, that means I'm driving through Jacksonville to see you and the monument when you aren't going to be there? |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mbo's Mini Mudcat Adventure From: bigchuck Date: 05 Jul 00 - 07:28 PM Sounds great, Go for it Mbo. With some creative scheduling, you could be in Vermont the weekend of Aug 4, go to the Champlain Festival, which is always great, and then stop down the road apiece. Either myself or midchuck would be happy to host you in the Rutland area. We can drink mass quantities of lager and sing into the wee hours. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mbo's Mini Mudcat Adventure From: GUEST,Marymac Date: 05 Jul 00 - 07:49 PM Mbo, I must second bigchuck's suggestion that you come to Champlain Valley Festival. It's a really nice one! I'm planning to go! Marymac |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mbo's Mini Mudcat Adventure From: keltcgrasshoppper Date: 05 Jul 00 - 08:03 PM Mbo, If by any chance you make your way to Massachusetts..PLEASE feel free to stop by 12 Joyce drive in Westfield.. We will be here most of the month and you could help us at out tag sale or help us pack the house as we will be moving at the end of the month. Seriously though MBO if you are coming that far north consider us a stop over we'll put together a great session for you. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mbo's Mini Mudcat Adventure From: Big Mick Date: 05 Jul 00 - 09:28 PM Oh, ......sure........ya little gob o' horseshite......you call that "not too far" but make no time for a short jot to Michigan to visit poor aul ailin' Uncle Mick..hell, it's just around the corner...First, THE FAIR ONE plans a trip to Anaheim and doesn't do a quick commute to Michigan in order that we might properly sanctify our relationship at the Temple of the Sacred Fertility Rites, and now you don't even bother to put yourself in the least little bit.......HHHHMMMMPPPPPHHHHHH.....I don't want you to worry, but you know that I haven't been well lately (How's that Gran? Did I get the guilt piece right?)....Did you know that Michigan is called the Wolverine State? Know what you get when you cross a Wolverine and a Groundhog? Six more weeks of some really shitty basketball. (Sorry to those of you who are not fans of US collegiate sports)...........you are out of the f***in' will Big Mick |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mbo's Mini Mudcat Adventure From: Susan A-R Date: 05 Jul 00 - 10:11 PM Here Here! for the Champlain Festival. It'll be one more reason for me to actually get there this year, in spite of such obstacles as family, catering jobs, lack of transport and other such knee high deterrents which always seem to add up. Just say the word and I'll be there (at least on Saturday) I'll certainly look for all of the Chucks there too. If you come through later, I can provide you with a healthy (and, more importantly, tasty) alternative to MacDonalds. Mudcatters eat free at the Kitchen. Just let me KNOW, unlike the last road trip band that went through here!!!!) There's also a nice futon in a room with a door that shuts here in Montpelier. Susan A-R |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mbo's Mini Mudcat Adventure From: Mooh Date: 05 Jul 00 - 10:23 PM Mbo, if you're about southwestern Ontario 11-13 August, try out our Goderich Celtic Roots Festival, and call on me there at the instrument security trailer. Mooh. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mbo's Mini Mudcat Adventure From: catspaw49 Date: 05 Jul 00 - 10:49 PM Well, this is all shaping up on the Mudcat part and it certainly will be an adventure for him, but when do we get to the part over what Meebo does with his "Mini." First, I think that's a silly name for it as I call mine "Joe Smackers," but to each his own and perhaps Meebo feels "Mini" is an accurate description or something. Anyway, where's the part about what he's planning for Mini. Up to this point, we haven't heard of much usage or even attempts at usage, so I want to know what the adventure for his Mini is going to be. Maybe a drop by at Mick's for a dose of the Fertility Rites might be in order. Then on to ...hhmmmmm...... Spaw |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mbo's Mini Mudcat Adventure From: Callie Date: 05 Jul 00 - 10:54 PM C'mon - Sydney's not THAT far out of your way. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mbo's Mini Mudcat Adventure From: Mbo Date: 05 Jul 00 - 10:55 PM Oy, I ain't into naming parts of my body...and no there ain't been no usage. As to the "and then on to" ye just better watch yer step, Spaw! --Mbo |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mbo's Mini Mudcat Adventure From: Big Mick Date: 05 Jul 00 - 10:56 PM Mine is "Big Ed". I think it is a cute name......Why the hell did I write that??? Must be those herbal additives I did in the 60's....... |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mbo's Mini Mudcat Adventure From: catspaw49 Date: 05 Jul 00 - 11:03 PM Well Mick.....Whatever it is it beats the hell out of "Mini"............You really need to get some Fertility Rite Training on the lad. Spaw |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mbo's Mini Mudcat Adventure From: Big Mick Date: 05 Jul 00 - 11:17 PM I don't know, 'Spaw. ................Ya think he's ready...........Mbo, quickly as you can, snatch the.........never mind Mick |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mbo's Mini Mudcat Adventure From: Homeless Date: 05 Jul 00 - 11:25 PM Ya shoulda asked the wenches if Mbo was ready. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mbo's Mini Mudcat Adventure From: Amergin Date: 05 Jul 00 - 11:26 PM Or asked his parents... |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mbo's Mini Mudcat Adventure From: catspaw49 Date: 05 Jul 00 - 11:28 PM Or asked Mini. Spaw |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mbo's Mini Mudcat Adventure From: Mbo Date: 05 Jul 00 - 11:29 PM That's one of the things I'm waiting on. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mbo's Mini Mudcat Adventure From: Dave Swan Date: 06 Jul 00 - 12:26 AM Sorry Mbo, Gotta ask the Big Mick a question on your thread. Mick, did you say Alison is bound for Anaheim, as in California, as in home of the mouse, Dizzy Walter's Land? If this is the case, of course I'll do my best to stand in for you ol' buddy. The best of celtic hospitality and all. Hey,.....hey Mick, put that down. Meebs, if you get the crazies and turn left, come see us. E.S. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mbo's Mini Mudcat Adventure From: catspaw49 Date: 06 Jul 00 - 12:32 AM Yeah El Swanno.....Did you miss this tidbit before? Did Mick not enlighten you? Uh-huh.......... Yes, the Fair One will indeed be passing through within your range and is looking for some company. I assume that you will be more than willing, of course, to act as a representative of the firm and show her a fine time.....or at least the finer points of laying about. Maybe you could run her up to your place and show her how adept you are with a big hose. Spaw (standing aside, out of range) |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mbo's Mini Mudcat Adventure From: MMario Date: 06 Jul 00 - 10:47 AM Glad to see this thread is drifting all over the place. El Swanno is now a firm representative of the fertility rites? I'm confused. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mbo's Mini Mudcat Adventure From: catspaw49 Date: 06 Jul 00 - 10:55 AM No Mario, El Swanno is the west coast representative and partner in the firm of
Lane, Fielding, Patterson, and Swan As such, he is qualified to cover other partners positions in their absence....uh, so to speak. Spaw |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mbo's Mini Mudcat Adventure From: bbelle Date: 06 Jul 00 - 11:00 AM Have they done their "missionary" work yet? moonchild (whoisathomerecoveringfromoralsurgeryandcan'tbestill) |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mbo's Mini Mudcat Adventure From: Big Mick Date: 06 Jul 00 - 11:27 AM Now.....lads.....you know I love ya all......and I would share most anything with my partners..........but THE FAIR ONE, .......but it is Swanno......OK, but you have to do an apprenticeship, which means you will have to sit by and watch Sensei Big Mick demonstrate......I think this has merits..... Big Mick |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mbo's Mini Mudcat Adventure From: Willie-O Date: 06 Jul 00 - 11:30 AM gonna have to make a list. Not checking twice though.
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Subject: RE: BS: Mbo's Mini Mudcat Adventure From: catspaw49 Date: 06 Jul 00 - 11:32 AM Okay Mick, always a pleasure to go voyeur for awhile.....You might want to check in at the Mudcat Men's Club thread and help out with the classes I'm putting together there. I think I need some help. Spaw |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mbo's Mini Mudcat Adventure From: GUEST,Praise less cookie Date: 06 Jul 00 - 11:42 AM Well, it sounds like he will only be at our house long enough for coffee at this rate! ~S~ |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mbo's Mini Mudcat Adventure From: bbelle Date: 06 Jul 00 - 11:52 AM That was "oral" surgery ... my morals are intact (dammit!) moonchild |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mbo's Mini Mudcat Adventure From: catspaw49 Date: 06 Jul 00 - 11:58 AM Step on over to the "Men's Club" thread Moon......I'm always available for "Moral Surgery." Happy to oblige. Spaw |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mbo's Mini Mudcat Adventure From: wysiwyg Date: 06 Jul 00 - 02:45 PM We phone the parental units this evening to seek their unqualified support for this effort. Pray that I don't blow it. I have to explain how me and Hardi are fine upstanding local pillars of the community. And keep a straight face. Update tomorrow if I reach them tonight! Keep something crossed! Spaw, what would you tell them? ~Susan |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mbo's Mini Mudcat Adventure From: catspaw49 Date: 06 Jul 00 - 03:00 PM Oh that's rich Susan........What would I tell them? Oh yeah.......... Actually, I used to be a respected rep and manager for a Fortune 500......Wore 3 piece suits, short hair, wing tips, and everything, doing presentations to GM, Ford, Goodyear, and the like. Maybe I could straighten up for a half-hour or so..........well, 20 minutes anyway. Spaw |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mbo's Mini Mudcat Adventure From: wysiwyg Date: 06 Jul 00 - 04:01 PM Now here is a concept. Catspaw. As stunt double for Hardiman. Really, think about it. It's the wing tips. I cannot get Hardiman to try wing tips. Yup. Spaw calls up Mbo's folks as Hardiman after I call and screw it up. Saying I was an imposter and he is the real deal. OK? It can be Hardi on a day off so you don't even have to consider a clergy collar. Yup. He is off on Fridays. Perfect. ~S~ |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mbo's Mini Mudcat Adventure From: wysiwyg Date: 06 Jul 00 - 04:05 PM And, Spaw, geez! I meant just for this one stunt!!!!! ~S~ |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mbo's Mini Mudcat Adventure From: SDShad Date: 06 Jul 00 - 04:12 PM Well, Susan, that depends on entirely on the nature of the "stunt," doesn't it? After all, Spaw did say he could could "straighten up for a half-hour or so...well, 20 minutes anyway." Chris, runningveryfastdammitouchwhothrowsashoeanyway |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mbo's Mini Mudcat Adventure From: wysiwyg Date: 06 Jul 00 - 04:23 PM Oh! Ah... hahahahaaaaaa!!!!!!!!! No shoes from this quarter! Scamp, not scamper! Wicked-good! ~S~ |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mbo's Mini Mudcat Adventure From: Mbo Date: 06 Jul 00 - 04:38 PM Hey, anything is worth a shot as far as I'm concerned! --Mbo |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mbo's Mini Mudcat Adventure From: catspaw49 Date: 06 Jul 00 - 05:00 PM Spaw plays Hardiman? Well Praise, then I think that we need to get something straight between us. Spaw |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mbo's Mini Mudcat Adventure From: wysiwyg Date: 06 Jul 00 - 05:02 PM Spaw, Is that a fiddle bow? Real or synthetic? Wood, that is, or fiberglas? Watch out. You know what can happen. ~S~ |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mbo's Mini Mudcat Adventure From: wysiwyg Date: 06 Jul 00 - 05:19 PM Y'know, I just remembered, Spaw never posted to the thread I referenced just now, so he probably does NOT know what can happen! And it sure has been damp here in upper PA this last coupla months. To find out more, Click here. ~S~ |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mbo's Mini Mudcat Adventure From: SDShad Date: 06 Jul 00 - 07:32 PM Why-ah thank ya, Suse. I'd say "I aim to please," but the way this thread is goin' it'd be turned into a double-entendre within five posts..... Chris the Scamp |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mbo's Mini Mudcat Adventure From: Amergin Date: 06 Jul 00 - 07:41 PM SDShad willing to please... |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mbo's Mini Mudcat Adventure From: Susan A-R Date: 06 Jul 00 - 08:20 PM Oh My!! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mbo's Mini Mudcat Adventure From: Midchuck Date: 06 Jul 00 - 09:28 PM With regard to the Champlain Festival, Mbo, try to make the Friday night (the 4th)concert if you can, as we're hoping to have the whole family there (from Salt Lake and Portland West)for the Tom Russell concert appearance. If Russell plays Friday night, the rest of the weekend is an afterthought. IMO. Peter. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mbo's Mini Mudcat Adventure From: Dave Swan Date: 07 Jul 00 - 01:07 AM Whoa up there, buddies. While I am a parner of Lane, Fielding, Patterson & Swan, Layabouts at Large, practice is limited to sloth, indolence, and inertia for those too busy to do it themselves. As for fertility rights, et al, any slings and/or arrows chucked at the Big Bog-Trotter by yours truly should be interpreted as those only. I've got a one and-only-girl who has me and my apparatus booked for life. Dave
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Subject: RE: BS: Mbo's Mini Mudcat Adventure From: alison Date: 07 Jul 00 - 02:13 AM Awwwwww Dave..... I was gettin' my hopes up..... are you somewhere near Anaheim????? at the moment plans are a few days visiting the mouse... then a few driving about... want some visitors????? *grin* Hey Mick..... surely you organise some pilots unions that might owe you a teensy favour... and fly you over for a while???? tell them its for a good cause.... hahaha slainte alison |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mbo's Mini Mudcat Adventure From: GUEST,Roger the skiffler Date: 07 Jul 00 - 06:21 AM Well, glad to hear the boy is getting out into the fresh air at last,just you be gentle with the lad, you-all, we don't want him too traumatized and we don't want him away too long as he needs to work on his repertoire (only about 10,000 songs so far). Let Dr 'Spaw know when the trip is scheduled to end and we'll book him into the NYCFTTS for any R&R needed to ease him back into his usual environment. RtS |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mbo's Mini Mudcat Adventure From: SINSULL Date: 07 Jul 00 - 08:41 PM refresh |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mbo's Mini Mudcat Adventure From: Mbo Date: 07 Jul 00 - 08:49 PM Sorry, everyone. The parents shot this one down. They think I need a money-paying job and a credit card before I go anywhere. The trip is cancelled. Sorry to disappoint anyone. Maybe some other year... --Mbo |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mbo's Mini Mudcat Adventure From: Dave (the ancient mariner) Date: 07 Jul 00 - 09:12 PM Thats a shame Mbo; perhaps you can make up a mini trip with Mudcatters closer to you? There must be some music festivals in your local area, that will not require a major capital outlay to visit... Yours, (In sympathy) Aye. Dave |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mbo's Mini Mudcat Adventure From: Mrrzy Date: 08 Jul 00 - 12:53 AM Well, then I'll be in your area as prévu - anyone local who wants to join in? |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mbo's Mini Mudcat Adventure From: Little Neophyte Date: 08 Jul 00 - 12:59 AM I am really sorry to hear that Mbo. I guess it is quite a disappointment for you. Well at least you know now there are many people who will welcome you with open arms whenever you do get the opportunity to go on a Mudcat Adventure. Something to look forward to I guess. Bonnie |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mbo's Mini Mudcat Adventure From: katlaughing Date: 08 Jul 00 - 01:30 AM Well, it's another goal to work towards, Mbo...sorry it isn't going to happen just yet. Ya know though once the Mudcat Momentum gets going it doesn't stop and like a snowball it just gets bigger as it rolls down the hill, so, oh hell, terrible metaphors mixing I know, but you won't be left out of all of the get-togethers, I am sure...just keep yer chin up and keep singing in HearMe..your time will get here in the sweet bye and bye. (Oh that was bad, wasn't it? I dunno...it's not the drugs...I just know it...doc says that's all HIS fault!**BG**) kat
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Subject: RE: BS: Mbo's Mini Mudcat Adventure From: GUEST,Marymac, sans cookie Date: 08 Jul 00 - 01:55 AM Mbo, I'm so sorry to learn the trip is off. I was looking forward to meeting you in Mudcatville, if not at Champlain Fest as well. But your planning and all on this thread did at least one great thing-it got the "Battle of the Double Entendres" into high gear. And I give you as many points as spaw and the others! Your line about "We'll just have to give it a shot" tore me up!!!!! Perhaps try for something shorter, with a tighter itinerary-less chance of something unpredictable happening. Maybe try for the Get-away in October? Hope you get to try your wings-and things-out soon! Luvya, Marymac |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mbo's Mini Mudcat Adventure From: bbelle Date: 08 Jul 00 - 02:13 AM Mbo ... if it's any consolation, and it probably isn't, my folks wouldn't have let me go at your age. They were very protective of me and kept me close to the vest, as it were. Get a job and save some money and start planning for your "real" trip ... planning is half the fun and you have a great goal ... BTW ... my folks came back from the reunion with real estate brochures. They are talking about looking at property in Newport. moonchild |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mbo's Mini Mudcat Adventure From: Mbo Date: 09 Jul 00 - 05:59 PM Thanks folks. I been stuck at my internet-messed-up parent's house. Fact is there IS nothing here...people just don't seem to understand me. See if you can grasp this with your cerebral tentacles--there are NO folk festivals, NO folk clubs, NO coffee shops, NO folk music of any kind here, this is a strictly rap/hardcore/punk area. Even the kind of rock & roll I like is shunned. So you will find me playing to my walls for another who knows how many years before I break my rusty cage and run.... --Mbo |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mbo's Mini Mudcat Adventure From: Allan C. Date: 09 Jul 00 - 06:13 PM Mbo, I too am sad to hear of the wax melting from your wings. Perhaps someday soon... Meanwhile, maybe you could get as far as Hillsboro and join Dani and the people she hangs with from time to time. There are some good pickers and players around there and it isn't all that far away. Drop her a note. Maybe something could be worked out. It isn't hopeless, Mbo. I played alone for lots of years. It helped me keep what little of my sanity I had. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mbo's Mini Mudcat Adventure From: wysiwyg Date: 09 Jul 00 - 06:16 PM Mbo..... I do understand. It was like that when we landed here, which is one reason we would have enjoyed your visit SO much. But there ARE folkies around your area, they just are HIDING. I promise. And I know some ways to find them. So call me up one night this week and after you are all done venting the upset (which I will receive in full), we'll start brainstorming how to get you connected to some people. It was a good impulse, you know, wanting that, and is still worth making happen.... Just... when the Energizer Bunny runs into a wall, it can actually spin off in another direction! OK? We'll getcha goin'. I promise. ~Susan PS, let's declare this now the FIND LOST FOLKIES thread. Come on, Mudcatters-- how would YOU get them out of the closet and into Mbo's circle?
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Subject: RE: BS: Mbo's Mini Mudcat Adventure From: p.j. Date: 09 Jul 00 - 06:21 PM Mbo, you're in good company. Tons of us have played the music we loved when everybody around us was into something else. It sucks, and I'm sorry it's happening to you. But you're loved here, and your music is understood and supported. That's worth a whole town full of coffeshops, festivals and clubs. We'll figure out a way to get together eventually. Meantime stay close, buddy. Keep playing and keep posting. And get a job, willya? One of us 'Catters has to be gainfully employed! :o) Yours, PJ |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mbo's Mini Mudcat Adventure From: Mbo Date: 09 Jul 00 - 06:21 PM Maybe I should join a punk band... --Mbo |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mbo's Mini Mudcat Adventure From: catspaw49 Date: 09 Jul 00 - 06:24 PM Try to relax there my friend. We do understand as most of us have been there too. For what I really enjoy, this place ain't exactly a hotbed of activity either. And I was young once.....believe it or not and I'm older than your parents now so I see the "sides" of the issue. Now its never stopped me before, so let's look at what you can do. I think you need a plan. Are your parents suggesting a parttime job or do they mean something full time after you finish school? If its the latter, that's one thing, but a parttime job shouldn't be too hard to come by. Damn near all of us who went to college worked at the same time....not a big deal, and pretty good experience too. And then asked to plan for a specific event....the FSGW in DC comes to mind. An October weekend, close to Philly, another plus. You could lay out a plan for school, the trip, the drive. Maybe you could ride partway by meeting Allan who you already know and go with him. The possibilities are numerous and out there and we'll all help in one way or another. Almost all parents are suckers for structure and a good plan, well thought out, with the specifics handled.....such as potentially missed school or whatever. If you are completely prepared with specifics and the money to pull it off, you have a lot better chance of making the sale. And there are other things a bit closer. I know of several events over in the Smokies where you might see a few 'Catters too. I dunno'.......but let's think on it huh? Spaw |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mbo's Mini Mudcat Adventure From: Sorcha Date: 09 Jul 00 - 06:27 PM If you do, you'll have to dye your hair green or purple or something. Kate would love it, but your parents probably wouldn't. Keep your dream, and save your money. It will happen someday. Promise. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mbo's Mini Mudcat Adventure From: p.j. Date: 09 Jul 00 - 06:44 PM Wait a minute, this punk band idea has promise, Meebs. If you lead us, we'll follow. Several of us could begin practicing in our little corner of the world, and when we all get together we can make our first recording. A bunch of folkies turned punk. It's got possibilities...I can see 'Spaw with blue spiked hair, using the bones of a corporate executive for dulcimer hammers....Tony Burns would look *outstanding* in leather studs and a tongue piercing....Mick could wear a dog collar and paint his guitar blue and, no, wait, don't touch the guitar....I'll write something really offensive on a bunch of bodhrans (I know, it's redundant) and we can smash 'em over people's heads during the performance! Whaddya think? Now all we need is a name. Birkenstock Toe Jam? Troubadors In Chains? Capo Switchblade? Flatpick Maggots? Who's in? PJ |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mbo's Mini Mudcat Adventure From: Mbo Date: 09 Jul 00 - 06:56 PM Um, you guys perceptions of punk rock is as flawed as R&R fans perception of folk is. No one dies their hair in punk bands anymore. The look of the Sex Pistols are out. The look of Blink 182 and Green Day, and Goldfinger is in. No leather, no chains, no safety pins, spiked collars, spiked hair, dyed hair, etc. in these modern times. Just everyday guys with regular clothes, regular hair (but tattoos are still in) making good music. Get educated. --Mbo |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mbo's Mini Mudcat Adventure From: Allan C. Date: 09 Jul 00 - 06:59 PM "Just everyday guys with regular clothes, regular hair..." What a concept!!! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mbo's Mini Mudcat Adventure From: Big Mick Date: 09 Jul 00 - 08:12 PM First off, young man, you wanta take some of that bass outcher voice. I will rip off your lips and you will never get a date......................LOL. Mbo, my young charge, let me tell you. I can relate. You know that I was raised in a VERY ethnic Irish family. I have always loved the traditions/music/customs since boyhood days in the 50's. You also know that it has been pretty hip to be Irish for the last few years. But it wasn't always so. I can remember St. Patrick's Days over the years when the parade consisted of 15 of us carrying a tricolor down Monroe Ave. in Grand Rapids, MI which is the second largest city in the state. And playing Irish Trad in those days meant finding the couple of other people in a coffee house that really knew the music. There were a lot of so called folkies who thought that meant playing Innagaddadavida on an acoustic guitar. It was real difficult to stick with the genre cause there just wasn't much in the way of resources, at least not as compared to now. I would travel a great deal in those times and would always carry the old Guild with me and play it in my room. If I was in a town for a long period of time, I would go to the lounge in my hotel and sit in a corner and play. Some folks would listen, most just pass by. I remember when I was staying in a hotel in Denver. I was on an assignment there which required that I work alone. It is tough to be in a town for an extended period of time (several months in this case), away from family and friends. The nights are tough. I would sit in my room and play ballads, jigs, reels, drinking songs. I would play my 12 string, bodhran, and whistles. One night I heard a pounding on the door, and a muffled voice hollered, "caint you play any fucking Willie Nelson??????". I started playing "Pancho and Lefty" and the same muffled voice hollered, "Thanks, Motherf$%#er". But those times were the best for me. They allowed me to find a voice and a style. It became my voice, and my style, because the outside influences were memories, but the interpretations were mine. They were born of loneliness, and nothing else to do. I learned to take good songs and give them meaning. Make the best of these times. Perfect craft, work on technique, and find your voice. You will know that you are getting there when you cease to copy and instead create. You have talent. Many here have seen it. It is raw, but it is there. All the best, Big Mick |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mbo's Mini Mudcat Adventure From: SINSULL Date: 09 Jul 00 - 08:42 PM Mbo, I am sorry you're trip is on hold. Being a parent myself I can see where your parents are coming from. This summer my niece (starting her third year at Mt. Holyoke and an Art student) came down to live with me. She was able to get a paid internship at the Brooklyn Museum for the summer at the last minute. Think about it for next summer. Free room and board. Excellent references. And my niece is awfully pretty - blond hair, blue syes, straight A student. Or maybe you can make a short trip over the winter break. Now where exactly are you in N. Carolina? Let's see if we can find you some like-minded playmates. If you promise not to join a punk rock band (didn't I read that they have all moved on from tattoos to branding?), I'll even buy a Yardbird's CD. Smile Love, your life is just beginning. You have so many wonderful times ahead of you. SINSULL |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mbo's Mini Mudcat Adventure From: Susan from California Date: 09 Jul 00 - 09:39 PM Come on, Mbo, that isn't exactly what us oldsters call "normal hair." And it is definately punk "influenced". :-) |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mbo's Mini Mudcat Adventure From: Ebbie Date: 09 Jul 00 - 10:06 PM Not too many miles from here by marine highway is a small town (approx. 600 people). A musician friend who recently moved there says there are no people to play music with. Then we concluded that if there are 600 people, at least 30 people there make some kind of music; of those 30, at least 10 would like to find someone else to play with. And, he said, he's going to find those 10 people. Ebbie |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mbo's Mini Mudcat Adventure From: Mbo Date: 09 Jul 00 - 10:15 PM See for yourself. Greenday Blink 182 Goldfinger --Mbo |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mbo's Mini Mudcat Adventure From: catspaw49 Date: 09 Jul 00 - 10:57 PM Well, let's just forget it for now folks til the boy's over his snit. Matthew, try not to alienate Mick and Peej and Allan and folks who really do care about you by acting like a jackass. Everyone's just trying to help and make you feel a bit better. Hairstyles aren't too important. Peej was making a joke obviously. Now if you want to cool down a bit, it'd be a great idea before you send these fine folks off to talk to someone who can SEE they care. Spaw |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mbo's Mini Mudcat Adventure From: p.j. Date: 09 Jul 00 - 11:49 PM I'm sorry, Mbo, the last thing I meant to do was hurt your feelings or make you feel defensive. Just the opposite, in fact-- when you said "..maybe I should join a punk band" I thought you were making a joke about not having anybody to play folk music with, and I was (in a really stupid way) trying to say we're all in this together with you. You're right, I am, tragically unhip about current trends in punk music. (I went to the sites you posted and now I know a little more.) If it's honestly a kind of music you like, tell me more about it and I'll pay attention. In any case, the point's still the same-- you're part of the gang here, and in my middle-aged, misguided, gweebly sort of way, I want you to know you have my support and sympathy for your situation. Okay? Yours, Pam
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Subject: RE: BS: Mbo's Mini Mudcat Adventure From: Mbo Date: 09 Jul 00 - 11:50 PM Yes, Spaw, and I'm happy that they care about a loser like me. But like the Beatles say "Boy, you're gonna carry that weight, carry that weight for a long time..." and thought everyone's being very kind and supportive, end the end it's me who has to get throught college and whatever else stands in my way, so I can finally meet the folks who've been so nice to me. One day... --Mbo
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Subject: RE: BS: Mbo's Mini Mudcat Adventure From: catspaw49 Date: 10 Jul 00 - 12:00 AM Okay man....that's better!!! But "I get by with a little help from my friends" too and its a great thing to have (even if we are a bunch of old farts). "You don't always get what you want, but sometimes you get what you need." Geeziz, I feel like I'm an evangelist quoting scripture.....the Gospel according to Lennon or something......Anyway, we love ya'! Spaw |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mbo's Mini Mudcat Adventure From: MMario Date: 10 Jul 00 - 12:21 AM DAMMIT MBO! YOU ARE NOT A LOSER! *end of conversation* |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mbo's Mini Mudcat Adventure From: Big Mick Date: 10 Jul 00 - 12:25 AM Pucker them lips up, lad, I want to get hold of them with these pliars......there we go. Big Mick |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mbo's Mini Mudcat Adventure From: bbelle Date: 10 Jul 00 - 12:30 AM Now, Mbo ... Mama Jenny (that's what I called my great-grandmother) talking here ... Even though it's been a hundred years since I was your age, I well remember what it was like. I was 21 y/o and had a midnight curfew! I was the ONLY one in my group that had a midnight curfew! Mother said it was because I had two younger sisters and must set an example. Can you imagine the look I gave her? She should have withered up like the Wicked Witch of the West. But she didn't and I could fill a book with her euphemisms. I swore I would never say those things to my child. I don't have children ... but, guess what ... I have nieces and nephews and I say to them the same things Mother said to me. Sometimes I laugh and say "Omig-d, I'm turning into my mother." The moral of this story is ... even though you are extremely unhappy with your parents' decision ... when the time comes for you to make that decision for your child ... you will probably do the same. You are not a loser and getting a job ain't such a bad thing. It sure can go a long way, though, in getting you some freedom. Remember that everything happens for a reason and right now you should look forward to your future mudcat adventure. Mama Jenny |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mbo's Mini Mudcat Adventure From: Mbo Date: 10 Jul 00 - 12:40 AM I sang (and played): Etude "The Little Elf" --by Carcassi (on classical guitar) Bourree --by De Visee (on classical guitar) Catalan folk song "El Testemen de N'amelia" (on classical guitar) Carolina Mountain Dewe --by Alabama Time In a Bottle --by Jim Croce You're So Great --by Blur The Blues Man --by Hank Williams, Jr. Oh! Darling --by The Beatles Maxwell's Silver Hammer --by The Beatles Come Together --by the Beatles Lorena (on recorder) Morag of Dunvegan (on recorder) There Were Roses (on recorder) --Mbo |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mbo's Mini Mudcat Adventure From: Mbo Date: 10 Jul 00 - 12:52 AM Duh, wrong thread! Maybe I'm not a loser but I'm sure going stunod! --Mbo |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mbo's Mini Mudcat Adventure From: SINSULL Date: 10 Jul 00 - 04:40 PM Loser? Forget about meeting my niece. I thought you were the bright, funny Mbo who gets As at school while learning a minimum of 40 new songs per day, building hairbrained 22# projects for design classes, and still maintaining a reasonable social life. My mistake. SINSULL (just teasing) |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mbo's Mini Mudcat Adventure From: Mbo Date: 10 Jul 00 - 04:47 PM "Reasonable social life"? That's the joke! I HAVE no social life! --Mbo |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mbo's Mini Mudcat Adventure From: bill\sables Date: 10 Jul 00 - 05:12 PM MBO go for it If you have half as good a time as Allan and I have had you will enjoy yourself. The people you meet will leave an everlasting impression on your life and that's a promise. Cheers Bill |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mbo's Mini Mudcat Adventure From: Mbo Date: 10 Jul 00 - 05:15 PM If it ever happens in my lifetime, Bill, it will be. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mbo's Mini Mudcat Adventure From: wysiwyg Date: 10 Jul 00 - 06:08 PM Spaw, I get by with a little help from my farts? I like it. Can you write the rest? ~S~ |
