ghost of miles Posted February 23, 2005 Report Posted February 23, 2005 I can't seem to get to it... none of my normal links work, and Google/Yahoo can't pull it up for me either. Quote
7/4 Posted February 23, 2005 Report Posted February 23, 2005 Maybe we should create a thread where AAJ refugees can communicate with each other? Quote
brownie Posted February 23, 2005 Report Posted February 23, 2005 Will the AAJ crowd gather at the Back Room? Quote
Phil Meloy Posted February 23, 2005 Report Posted February 23, 2005 Same here - haven't been able to access for the last eight hours. Quote
wesbed Posted February 23, 2005 Report Posted February 23, 2005 Maybe we should create a thread where AAJ refugees can communicate with each other? Maybe JimDye dot com? Quote
Brad Posted February 23, 2005 Report Posted February 23, 2005 Same here. Can't say it's a huge loss however. Quote
7/4 Posted February 23, 2005 Report Posted February 23, 2005 Same here. Can't say it's a huge loss however. The articles can be interesting. Quote
A Lark Ascending Posted February 23, 2005 Report Posted February 23, 2005 They're not nearly as clever or interesting as us, are they? ORGANISSIMO GROUP HUG!!!!!!!!! ********* It was out for a few hours last week having some upgrades. I'd imagine the same is true here. Quote
AfricaBrass Posted February 23, 2005 Report Posted February 23, 2005 They're not nearly as clever or interesting as us, are they? ORGANISSIMO GROUP HUG!!!!!!!!! ********* It was out for a few hours last week having some upgrades. I'd imagine the same is true here. But... but... but... we have Roboticons! Quote
SGUD missile Posted February 23, 2005 Report Posted February 23, 2005 same here .. ( I'm surprised that no one has remarked on the irony involved in our posting the AAJ hiatus on this site ) probably be back soon .. Quote
AfricaBrass Posted February 23, 2005 Report Posted February 23, 2005 same here .. ( I'm surprised that no one has remarked on the irony involved in our posting the AAJ hiatus on this site ) probably be back soon .. I'll be trippin' if Jim Dye has a section of his forum for AAJ. I check AAJ all the time. I'm glad it's there (normally). :rsmile: :rsmile: :rsmile: Quote
sheldonm Posted February 23, 2005 Report Posted February 23, 2005 AAJ does provide refuge when Org is down and is an excellent site; why the bashin'? Quote
sheldonm Posted February 23, 2005 Report Posted February 23, 2005 They're not nearly as clever or interesting as us, are they? ORGANISSIMO GROUP HUG!!!!!!!!! ********* It was out for a few hours last week having some upgrades. I'd imagine the same is true here. ...many of us post on both and we're no more interesting here than we are there ! Mark Quote
A Lark Ascending Posted February 23, 2005 Report Posted February 23, 2005 ...many of us post on both and we're no more interesting here than we are there ! Mark I'll plead guilty there too. Quote
cannonball-addict Posted February 23, 2005 Report Posted February 23, 2005 Yeah. I bet Mike Ricci is freaking out right now! I hope they didn't get hacked again! Quote
Daniel A Posted February 23, 2005 Report Posted February 23, 2005 When you think of it today, isn't it remarkable that the old BNBB with all its software bugs and lousy maintenance actually managed to stay online almost all of the time? Quote
Brad Posted February 23, 2005 Report Posted February 23, 2005 Why the bashin'? It was just an offhand, throw away comment. I just don't find it to be a terribly interesting forum. The articles and reviews would be another matter. Quote
A Lark Ascending Posted February 23, 2005 Report Posted February 23, 2005 I just don't find it to be a terribly interesting forum. And the reason why the world needs reminding of this every few days? Quote
Brad Posted February 23, 2005 Report Posted February 23, 2005 (edited) Every few days means I'm in the habit of going off on AAJ on a regular basis? Don't think so. I did make a comment about them on the 19th. So what? It's my right to say so. Do you have a problem with that. It appears that you do my friend. Edited February 23, 2005 by Brad Quote
A Lark Ascending Posted February 23, 2005 Report Posted February 23, 2005 (edited) I seem to recall you suggesting newbies take themselves to AAJ as a starting point: Like I said I wasn't trying to be nasty and applaud Jim's post. I think it expresses the philosophy here of experienced listeners and players. But if you're a newbie to jazz, I just don't think is the place. I think AAJ is that place. Somewhere not terribly interesting is 'the place' for newbies? Anyway, I'm not thinking specifically of you but of a number of posters here who regularly feel the need to remind their fellow board members of the other boards they are disinterested by. ******* Of course you have an absolute right to say this. As I have the right to point out how precious it sounds. My problem? I just think it sad that an excellent board is blighted by this sort of self-congratulatory nonsense. As it is blighted by the way that an innocent novice to the board can be goaded by a pack of alpha males; makes an interesting contrast to the sycophancy that is unleashed whenever anyone who has written a book appears. I'm afraid what the insiders here see as the board's strengths are, to my mind, a weakness. An insularity that can lead some members to believe the myths they've created about themselves. But then I'm British. I never did Summer Camp bonding with the boys. I probably just don't understand the culture. [Apologies to the many posters here for whom these criticisms are completely inappropriate. It might also be noted that I'm making them at the board in question, not at a distance with a group of AAJ cronies] Edit: This might not quite link with your post now as you changed it between me first reading it and posting this. Edited February 23, 2005 by Bev Stapleton Quote
Brad Posted February 23, 2005 Report Posted February 23, 2005 Bev, I don't find AAJ all that terribly interesting to me but it doesn't mean it's not a good site (and if I said otherwise, then I'm wrong). I don't think we're constantly harping on how superior this board is. I just think the feeling is that AAJ is just not the place that many of us call our jazz home. Precious? That's cute. I don't see self congratulation going on here. People like this board more than others. What's wrong with that? As far as sycophancy, it's far from that. When a Larry Kart appears, are you going to listen to them more than someone who is brand new. I think so. That's hardly sycophantic. And frankly I don't get your statement at all about insularity. This is quite a diverse crowd with a broad range of jazz interests from swing to the avant garde. I think it's a quite broad crowd here. And lastly, why bring up that you're British. If one of us made some comment like that, we'd be chopped up and left by the roadside. Quote
neveronfriday Posted February 23, 2005 Report Posted February 23, 2005 (edited) To me it just sounds like that some people, here or there, just really need to get a life. Jeez, as if there weren't more important things in the world than heckling about which website, where, with whom and why not, how often ... again, and again, and again. Cheers! Edited February 23, 2005 by deus62 Quote
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