Clunky Posted October 2, 2003 Report Posted October 2, 2003 Page 5 full low down, even if they do misunderstand us you're famous way to go !!!! Quote
JSngry Posted October 2, 2003 Report Posted October 2, 2003 They "misunderstand" us? Uh, I'm almost afraid to ask, but what do they say? Quote
Rooster_Ties Posted October 2, 2003 Report Posted October 2, 2003 Fully quote the darn thing. Are we taking about the band, or the board, or both??? Quote
Jazzmoose Posted October 2, 2003 Report Posted October 2, 2003 "While the band is outstanding, their website contains one of the most bizarre bulletin boards around, comprised primarily it seems, of axe murderers, pedophiles, and the occasional exotic dancer." Nah, I don't even know what "jazzreview" is. Quote
Saint Vitus Posted October 2, 2003 Report Posted October 2, 2003 Just got the mag via e-mail and here are some excerpts: "Log on to bluenote.com today and there's some vague suggestion that the bulletin board may return date non-specific, and in the meantime cyber-jazz fans have turned to three other main sites - allaboutjazz.com, jazzcorner.com and organissimojazz.org - to continue their postings. Bulletin boards are the heart of the impersonal Internet. They allow similarly-minded strangers to interact and exchange ideas about any leftfield subject you could possibly mention, and the passion and intensity of the exchanges on the jazz boards is both heartening (‘People care!’) and worrying (‘Is that a new anorak?’). But like anything to do with cyberspace, there's also misinformation and downright dross." "At organissimojazz.org they have an ‘Album Of The Week’ that's hard fought for, but don't be fooled into thinking that the pastel colouring of the organissimojazz.org forum might suggest calmer waters. One red-blooded male's input concerns famous jazz musicians who've appeared in porn flicks (you'd be surprised!), and there's also a thread (I think it was here, and I'm paraphrasing) by a “middle-aged L.A jazz fan” seeking similar. Presumably he'll be boasting about the size of his CD collection." "If you are going to log on and post, you'll need a handle. Things like ‘Musings Of Miles’, ‘Gene Harris Fanatic’ and ‘Freddie Freeloader’ are the norm. But apparently, the ‘Stan Tracey’ who posts at allaboutjazz.com isn't that Stan Tracey, but the Graham Collier is. Confused? Welcome to life online, where nothing is ever as it seems." The author is Philip Clark, who confesses he discovered "us" when the Jazz Review-Jazzwise brawl took place at that other place we used to frequent. Quote
mikeweil Posted October 2, 2003 Report Posted October 2, 2003 And who's that jazz musician gone acting .... at last, some justification to buy a porn movie Quote
brownie Posted October 2, 2003 Report Posted October 2, 2003 'One red-blooded male's', that should be Berigan. But I always thought his blood was blue... Quote
Rooster_Ties Posted October 2, 2003 Report Posted October 2, 2003 "...and there's also a thread (I think it was here, and I'm paraphrasing) by a “middle-aged L.A jazz fan” seeking similar. Presumably he'll be boasting about the size of his CD collection." I think I remember seeing a thread like this on AAJ, actually. No mention of "Rooster" and his sometime borderline psychotic ramblings. (Whew!!! ) Quote
Joe G Posted October 2, 2003 Report Posted October 2, 2003 What the hell?? On the other hand, that write-up sounds more entertaining than the real thing, almost. If only they had gotten the web address correct. St. Vitus, could you send in a correction? Quote
Joe Posted October 2, 2003 Report Posted October 2, 2003 Obviously, I need a much cooler handle... or new sexual proclivities... Hey, the prerequisites for celebrity NEVER change, do they? Quote
shawn·m Posted October 2, 2003 Report Posted October 2, 2003 It’s a shame they missed music boy’s escapades, or maybe they didn’t (dross?). Gee, from what Jazz Review wrote, you’d think “Album of the Week” was followed by “Thump on Member X Week.” …Which is kind of an intriguing idea; all the venom of a Dean Martin Roast, but with actual humor? Quote
connoisseur series500 Posted October 2, 2003 Report Posted October 2, 2003 "At organissimojazz.org they have an ‘Album Of The Week’ that's hard fought for, but don't be fooled into thinking that the pastel colouring of the organissimojazz.org forum might suggest calmer waters. One red-blooded male's input concerns famous jazz musicians who've appeared in porn flicks (you'd be surprised!), and there's also a thread (I think it was here, and I'm paraphrasing) by a “middle-aged L.A jazz fan” seeking similar. Presumably he'll be boasting about the size of his CD collection." What!! No comment about my toilet reading material thread? I'm outraged. For all the other tripe mentioned in the review, I blame Moose! Quote
catesta Posted October 2, 2003 Report Posted October 2, 2003 (edited) I bet this dude shaves with a Gillete Daisy. Obviously he spent some time on the board so you would think he could have come up with some better examples of us making asses ourselves. The press is cool, but it giving the correct name of the site would have been cooler. Edited October 2, 2003 by catesta Quote
Ed S Posted October 2, 2003 Report Posted October 2, 2003 he probably couldn't get through all the cross referencing between the threads and thought we's a bunch a weird peoples! Weird - perhaps. But axe murderers and pedophiles???? Quote
maren Posted October 2, 2003 Report Posted October 2, 2003 I bet this dude shaves with a Gillete Daisy. AHEM! Where's the winky-face? Quote
Jim Alfredson Posted October 2, 2003 Report Posted October 2, 2003 Names are hard. Randy just posted a new article about us in the Grand Rapids Press that claims our guitarist is named "Joe Glass". That Joe Glass is an ass, I tell ya! Quote
AfricaBrass Posted October 2, 2003 Report Posted October 2, 2003 he probably couldn't get through all the cross referencing between the threads and thought we's a bunch a weird peoples! Weird - perhaps. But axe murderers and pedophiles???? That is pretty creepy to be labeled that way. Maybe he was thinking of the Jazzcorner. Just kiddin' Quote
Jim Alfredson Posted October 2, 2003 Report Posted October 2, 2003 Jazzmoose was not quoting from the article folks. He made that line up. He was joking... I hope... Quote
Jazzmoose Posted October 2, 2003 Report Posted October 2, 2003 Oops! Sorry guys, but I thought I was tellin' a funny... Jim's right; that quote is NOT from the article. Please do NOT write Jazzreview to inform them that only axe murderers and exotic dancers are welcome and that musicboy has been dealt with severely!! Quote
Clunky Posted October 2, 2003 Author Report Posted October 2, 2003 Pity about getting the name wrong, he's only a journo after all but his take on the emphasis of musical values held by the board is pretty valid. Hardbop is where I started and all things are measured from there as a starting point. Let's hope he's not right and that we aren't in fact total anoraks !!! Quote
Jazzmoose Posted October 2, 2003 Report Posted October 2, 2003 Let's hope he's not right and that we aren't in fact total anoraks !!! Okay, time to clue in the old guy again...what the heck is an anorak?? Quote
shawn·m Posted October 2, 2003 Report Posted October 2, 2003 You’re not alone, I had to look it up: anorak noun · 1 a warm waterproof hip-length jacket usually with a hood, originally worn in polar regions, but now worn for any outdoor activity · 2 (informal) a socially inept person with a hobby considered by most people to be boring [ETYMOLOGY: from Eskimo ánorâq] But I still don’t know which of the two apply. Quote
AfricaBrass Posted October 2, 2003 Report Posted October 2, 2003 Jim, I don't know how large the readership is for this magazine, but if it is significant, maybe you should just buy the organissimojazz.org domain name and have it point to organissimo.org. www.godaddy.com charges $8.95/year for domain names. Just a thought. :rsmile: Quote
Simon Weil Posted October 2, 2003 Report Posted October 2, 2003 Anorak has a connotation of jacket worn by males who don't care much about style and are a bit obsessive, or by extension people who wear such a garment - e.g. trainspotters - so men who are unhipply obsessive. Boring comes into it. It's "hipper-than-thou" on the journo's part. Simon Weil Quote
rockefeller center Posted October 2, 2003 Report Posted October 2, 2003 Let's hope he's not right and that we aren't in fact total anoraks !!! That's the funniest thing I ever read. Thanks, Clunky. Quote
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