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AllenLowe

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  1. 1) finish editing my rock and roll history 2) finish my novel 3) compose a new repertoire for a band I am putting together (maybe end up with 10-20 compositions in the book) - 4) find a space for open rehearsal/performances
  2. and while we're on the subject, seeing Elissa's post, I will say that it would be nice if this site wasn't so much a boys club - not sure how to change certain things, or even exactly what tends to keep women away, but it would be nice if certain members of the jazz community didn't feel uncomfortable here - maybe I'm completely wrong; wondering what the few women who are lurking out there think -
  3. thanks, RDK, I think I am somewhat nice but maybe over-sensitive sometimes - and I think we should keep the CLEM in Clementine - as for "where is dancerchick in all this anyway?" well, that's a long story; suffice to say she maxed out my credit cards, stole my dog, and ran off with her pimp to St. Louis (last I heard) -
  4. well, it's kinda like that note they found that confirmed that the Jews had killed Jesus: "we did it. We killed him - we killed him because he wouldn't become a doctor. -Murray"
  5. Brownie's staying - he knows too much - I've always thought of this site as like the mob - only one way out -
  6. the insult question is complicated - I've long maintained that one tends to think attacks on people you dislike are ok, but attacks on your friends are inappropriate - so it's hard to remain impartial. On the other hand I rarely if ever see anything here that truly offends me on the level of personal attack - though the name calling thing is important, and I resolve to count to 10 before I respond to what I perceive of as an insult - also, I do NOT like the ignore function, and will not use it; geez, I wanna know all the bad things people are saying about me (thought I didn't see all those posts making fun of my club foot and lazy eye, did you, Berigan? And no matter what you say, that other thing has cleared up; it's just not apparent with my pants on) - this might be a good time to invoke the biblical injunction to turn the other cheek - I've tried (with maybe 50-50 success) and I know that there has been positive change with some other posters here (won't mention any names, as THAT may be perceived as an indirect attack) - but as Rodney King said: "Just don't get outta the car." and as part of my 12 step reform program, I want to apologize to Jazzmoose for taking things a little too far recently- I need to be less sensitive, and in my old age I'm prone to over-reacting to things that to me (and only to me) say "you are becoming old and irrelevant" - baggage that no none else needs to bear besides myself -
  7. great news to wake up to this morning, Jim, not to mention the usual squabbles (all right, I'll remove that skinhead-nazi-pedophile-child molester avatar, as soon as Berigan stops undressing me with his eyes) -
  8. well, he'd sell more CDs if they called him Charlie P.
  9. well, ok, I'll be the sacrifice, but just this once...
  10. and I'll bet we can hit up some places for sponsorship $$$ - look at all the money people here spend on Mosaic, for just one example -
  11. or we could have a gladiator fight - everybody who's battled it out here...last one left standing gets to dance with Berigan -
  12. how about the Organissimo big band? The Kamikaze Orchestra? The Self-Destructive 4? Allen Lowe and His Make You Wanna Sit This One Out Orchestra...
  13. and I also say that I think the malaise we are finding in so much free playing is the result of the kind of formalism I have complained about in the past -
  14. I've always said, people like good music - but they also like bad music - and I've been at many a mediocre performance of all genres at which I marveled at the emperor's lack of clothing - it's funny, but I often think with regret that neither my musical career or academic career ever went anywhere in particular - but once in a while I think that, in practical terms, if either of those had happened, my work might have been about half as good, both in terms of performance and research. The academic world is so proscribed and conformist and generally full of it; the music world would have been fun but probably would have splintered my family and likely, through the need of night-to-night performance, have led to certain shortcuts or certain lack of development. So, I never work and I make little money off any aspect of the music, but I feel I compose/perform and write/research as well as anyone in the world - doesn't mean much to a lot of people, and it was not really a decision I made, but rather had imposed on me - still, it worked out ok in certain (non-financial) respects -
  15. also, Larry Gushee lives out that way -
  16. just emailed Jim, but a few ideas for Chicago - we can rent tables to vendors (record companies, CD sellers, LP seller), have showcases, and maybe a human sacrifice -
  17. would LOVE to do the Chicago thing - been wanting to visit for a long time - if promo'd right, could draw some of the jazz community out there as well and would be good for the site, good for business - and please count me in as a performer - would love some organ trio backing (hint hint) - just plan it for after the snow season -
  18. Berigan, I love you, man -
  19. I think we should pay by the post - JSangry, we'll bill you -
  20. "Jim, you're a mensch! " hey Marcello, that's actually Yiddish for "aardvark's penis" -
  21. was wondering, also, if paypal will do an auto pay thing and deduct every month -
  22. whenever I read one of my posts and I notice some of the fights here, I think of what Bob Neloms said on the bandstand about 25 years ago when he was playing a bad piano trio gig and he decided to pick up his kid's folk guitar and start strumming at random to see if anybody noticed: "Now you can see why jazz musicians haven't gotten any farther than they have."
  23. look, let's get serious, Jim, if it's ok with you - I will pledge, right now, $10 a month - if 49 more members email me at allenlowe@verizon.net I will set up a list of pledgees and bug the crap out of people every month - which I do anyway, right now - I am happy to do this, please let me know if you DON'T think it is appropriate - even if it's not 49 to begin with, we can surely build it - think of it as buying one less CD or book every month - which is my personal average, and which I can live without - as for what Jim said: "How many new members are we getting? When those members post, are they welcomed or instantly ridiculed? Is this a boys club with a special handshake or an open forum that welcomes new people? I have expressed this before, but sometimes I feel like this place is playground for a select few. I want people to feel comfortable here. I want people to want to join in the discussions. I want people to feel welcomed. I do not like the clique-ishness that is evident here sometimes." great points, and I know I am one of the guilty ones who sneer on occassion - we need to watch this, or the board will stagnate -
  24. on a more serious note, I would be willing to help with the subscription effort and with collections - best way to do it might be to set up an email list and send it out as needed as sort of a billing method - second best way would be to get a couple of guys named Vince who own baseball bats -
  25. I think getting rid of baseball, on the national level, would be a big step in the right direction -
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