Glad to be back

[ghost of miles]

Welcome back, Bev! Those recent events at the other board have been bewildering to say the least.

You can color me bewildered, too, Noj. I honestly am not sure what happened, even now.

But that really is water under the bridge at this point, so... Lots of music to catch up on, no?!

Welcome to you too as well, seeline--great to have you here!

[MoGrubb]

Glad to see you here Bev. I enjoyed your posts at the other board. [Although I don't recall which board it was, JC or AAJ. ]

[Christiern]

Very good to have you both back!

[JSngry]

Ditto!

[A Lark Ascending]

Once again, thanks for the welcomes.

I don't know whether to be polite and say thanks (thereby bumping this up and appearing to be seeking attention); or say nothing (and then seem unappreciative!).

I'll risk the former!

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

Where's your avatar from, Bev?

MG

[A Lark Ascending]

Avebury - to my mind, much more impressive than Stonehenge.

Edited January 26, 2008 by Bev Stapleton

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

Avebury - to my mind, much more impressive than Stonehenge.

Indeed!

MG

[EulaM]

Welcome back, Bev! Those recent events at the other board have been bewildering to say the least.

I've never seen anything quite like it, have you?

[sidewinder]

Avebury - to my mind, much more impressive than Stonehenge.

Great place - often visit there for a walk around the stones.

Anyone see that TV film from some years back of the full-scale radio-controlled model 'UFO' that was flown over there for a wheez? (Channel 4 I think). Resulted in panic calls and headline news on CNN etc. (even though the thing was airworthiness cleared by the authorities - love it ): Apparently the pub across the road was packed with Summer visitors at the time. One of the funniest things I've ever seen !

Edited January 27, 2008 by sidewinder

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

Welcome back, Bev! Those recent events at the other board have been bewildering to say the least.

I've never seen anything quite like it, have you?

Hello... another refugee?

MG

[EulaM]

Welcome back, Bev! Those recent events at the other board have been bewildering to say the least.

I've never seen anything quite like it, have you?

Hello... another refugee?

MG

Yes, it's me, Sandi

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

Welcome back, Bev! Those recent events at the other board have been bewildering to say the least.

I've never seen anything quite like it, have you?

Hello... another refugee?

MG

Yes, it's me, Sandi

Hi Sandi - it's SO good to have you over here.

The thing I've really missed about AAJ is your memories of the musicians you've known.

MG

[A Lark Ascending]

Welcome back, Bev! Those recent events at the other board have been bewildering to say the least.

I've never seen anything quite like it, have you?

Hello... another refugee?

MG

Yes, it's me, Sandi

Hi Sandi,

Nice to see you.

[papsrus]

Welcome back, Bev! Those recent events at the other board have been bewildering to say the least.

I've never seen anything quite like it, have you?

Hello... another refugee?

MG

Yes, it's me, Sandi

Sandi! ... Very good to see you here.

I might as well chime in and say although I've posted here off and on in the past, I count myself as part of the pool of refugees washing ashore here. And I'm finally taking the time to get familiar with the nooks and crannies here. Very nice. Really dig the musicians corners. A wealth of information. Was very glad indeed to see Bev, seeline and now other displaced AAJ-ers here now.

[Ron S]

For those of us who stopped visiting AAJ some time ago, is there a short version of what happened over there that anyone cares to share?

[EulaM]

Welcome back, Bev! Those recent events at the other board have been bewildering to say the least.

I've never seen anything quite like it, have you?

Hello... another refugee?

MG

Yes, it's me, Sandi

Hi Sandi - it's SO good to have you over here.

The thing I've really missed about AAJ is your memories of the musicians you've known.

MG

What I've missed over there are your posts MG, I mean really, your's along with several others who were either banned, or just left after they felt that other members were being unfairly singled out with shoddy treatment. Like you with Lonson. I admired your stance involving him, but really hated to see you go. Lonson had contributed so much, and is a great guy, so losing him just didn't sit well, just as the thing with Clave (Ellen), doesn't either. I can't make sense of any of it.

I've been treated well on AAJ, very well in fact, but so many of the members I've always felt were simpatico, well, they're gone, and it has become dull too much of the time without them.

I've been a member here for a few years, but have really not been posting, periodically reading what goes on, as I hadn't quite figured out the system here, and had lost my information for logging on.

[Christiern]

It has been quite a while since I chose to leave AAJ. It was a power-needy Forum Goon from Ottawa who made me decide to hop a one-way out of there. What happened this time? One thing I have noticed, it is driving the most desirable members into exile--good for us.

[EulaM]

For those of us who stopped visiting AAJ some time ago, is there a short version of what happened over there that anyone cares to share?

From what I gather, Ed Byrne and "Clave" had disagreements on the Musician thread and another one about musical theory. I hadn't really followed what happened between them, but Mike didn't like Clave and Ed's back and forths and came down on Ed's side of the situation going on between them. Then when a thread became somewhat abusive towards Ed, nothing at all being said against Ed by Clave, when humor was injected by JFitzGenius, after a comment about berets being worn, and JFitz talking about Cowboy hats being Verboten, Clave posted a photo of a musican in a black hat, and then of another one in a Cowboy hat, we kibitzed back and forth about Cowboys, rednecks, (me telling about an encounter with a couple of no talent singer guitar players singing about Rich and myself one afternoon), nothing at all was being said or implied about Ed being anything at all. It was just humor on a thread that was going nowhere, it had run it's course, and Ed had left the equasion, so those posts were deleted, and Clave was told she'd be banned as they wanted to keep the posts on jazz and wanted them to be intelligent and if she didn't stay off the musician board, and follow directives about the post Jay Noram had started on Ed, she would be banned. So in the end that's what happened, she was banned. Much ado about nothing.

[Christiern]

I wish Ed Byrne would come over here. I hope that self-important "jazz critic" stays, along with "New Mike," "orronie," and a handful of others (if they, indeed, are still there. We occasionally have our flare-ups and differences here--that's inevitable--but the big O is a community that comes together when the need is there, as we recently saw. Can't imagine that happening on those other forums.

[Ron S]

Eula, thanks for the excellent--and somewhat Faulkneresque --summary.

[EulaM]

Eula, thanks for the excellent--and somewhat Faulkneresque --summary.

Eula's my mothers name, so just call me Sandi, or Saundra. And you're welcome (once again).

I can't get used to this system, so I'm double posting, etc. I do that anyway, but give me time and I'll get most of the bells and whistles figured out. Or so I like to believe.

Edited January 27, 2008 by EulaM

[Ron S]

You can always delete a post ("delete" button at bottom right of post).

Edited January 27, 2008 by Ron S

[Guest Bill Barton]

Welcome to all of the "refugees"!

Interesting... I never "felt at home" there (that *other* board) and haven't even lurked for at least a couple of years. Probably I wasn't posting on the Big O when ya'll left, so it's more a straight-up "welcome" than a "welcome back" from me.

[EulaM]

Welcome to all of the "refugees"!

Interesting... I never "felt at home" there (that *other* board) and haven't even lurked for at least a couple of years. Probably I wasn't posting on the Big O when ya'll left, so it's more a straight-up "welcome" than a "welcome back" from me.

I remember when you left, I had asked you about where you lived as I knew a Barton, or perhaps it was Burton, who lived up in Sisters, Oregon, and then you were gone. Thought that perhaps I had blown your cover, ha!