Rooster_Ties

No shit!!!

FYI, there are now substantial changes to the rules and regulations at the Norah Jones board, just as of today. ( Rob's a good guy, wouldn't you say??? ) Here's what they used to say (before today)... Thanks Rob. Way to go!!!

There is definitely a fine art to learning how to SPELL 'the talk'. And actually, that's one of the things I like about on-line conversations, is finding things in print, that you'd normally only ever expect to 'hear'. As MasterCard would say... "Priceless'!!!

Yes, Rob, you've handled this well. Please feel free to join us, if you like. As I'm sure you know, we have a lively exchange here, and there's always room for more. Update on my goings-on at the NJ board... I got my signature back, and Musicboy can't delete it now!!! Musicboy sent me a PM last night telling me he had edited my posts to take out any links to the Organissimo board. This meant my signature was gone, as well as a link I had given for the "Race" topic I started over here, and last night started over there too. He cited concern for "the children", so that's why I included the "over 18" part in my sig., which I don't think is necessary, but there's nothing like doing what you want and playing by their rules, all at the same time!!

Don't you need a smiley like this: - when you're over there??? I mean, you are undercover.

It's on the personal page of one of their board mods. There's a link from his personal profile on their board, to his own personal web-page (here), and the Bob Jones link is near the bottom of the list.

Holy Shit!!! I had no idea Andrew Hill was going to be playing anywhere that close to Kansas City!!! (Where I live.) Iowa City is only like a 4-5 hour drive from here. Damn, my parents are going to be in Kansas City that same weekend, but maybe I can sneak away for one day, since the concert is on Sunday. My folks are retired, so maybe I can get them to come early in the week, before the 4th of July. Man, I would give my right arm to hear Andrew Hill....... (And the concert is free too!!!)

Really??? How the hell did that happen???

I would second this request. Musicboy has really gotten way out of hand. Neon, you seem like a very reasonable person, and I too would greatly welcome your return to discuss this situation in a more calm and reasonable manner. We won't bite, I assure you. We are not even 1/1000th as 'evil' as Musicboy paints us to be, with broad brush stokes. As you can see in this thread, and in another thread that he started (link: Is it over? We'll see...), he has made some 'jaw-droppingly' amazing threats to the moderators of our board, and to some of us on the board, in response to a very tiny bit of harmless fun from a very small number of us. As a result, Organissimo (the band) have been threatened collectively, and their members threatened individually - in terms of Musicboy's supposed influence in "the music industry". Sure we were offended enough when our posts on your board were deleted, but they were restored - and for that we thank you. Those messages didn't really matter much, and it was more of a matter of principle. But Musicboy's attitude that we are somehow violating the Internet Protection Act, and that we need to be monitored (which he is supposedly so happy to do), in order to turn over his findings to the Department of Justice. My god, Musicboy appears to many of us be a paranoid raving lunatic. In any case, please do return to our board, and we will be happy to discuss this all in a more calm and reasonable manner. We are all adults here, and deep down we wish no ill will towards you or your Norah Jones board. Thank you. -- Rooster Ties

I also posted this in a thread called "How did you discover Norah jones?" Damn, I'm "squeaky-clean" subversive... I've posted in some other threads there too, and I'll probably continue as long as the mood strikes me. Also, I think I'm getting pretty good (at least in this post about how I first heard Norah) in writing in "young-speak"... Of course, I am concerned that this quote will get me banned from over there... "...but that's OK. It's a big world, and there's plenty of room for people with different ideas..."

Careful you two. Musicboy's a Christian, and you never know what his politics might be about that sort of thing. Heck, he might even think your "love-fest" is hate-speech directed at him....

Hey Rooster cut and paste, I'm banned. Well, I'm not banned yet... I got my sig chopped off, cuz it had a link to our board, and I got a link to our original "Race" thread nuked. But I'm still there, and still posting. Do a search for posts by "Rooster_Ties" (don't forget the "_" character). I'm up to about 10 posts. And check the "Race" thread I started there again. Talk about surreal!!!! And so then, if I'm understanding this right?? - if you're 'banned' from the Norah board, then you can't even LOOK at their board???? (Remember when Jim got accidently banned from the BNBB?? He could still read everything on the BNBB, he just couldn't post.) Anyway, for those of you who are "banned", here's the state of the thread, as of now. So far it's just me and Musicboy, each pretending that nothing has ever happened over here on our board. (You know, for the sake of the children... ) And it's just not the same without Musicboy's avatar....

Now technically, I haven't personally said this (I'm only quoting it, and there's a difference).... But, I must say that I simply love the sound of Jim's most noble and profound statement, as quoted above. It rolls off the tongue like nobody's business, and if was back in college with roommates, I'm quite sure that "Fuck Off, Musicboy!!!" would very quickly become my all-purpose rally-cry!! ( Alas, since I’m now married, I’m not sure it would have the same desired effect around the house. )

You wanna talk about being subversive... http://www.norahjones.info/forums/viewtopic.php?t=1141 heh, heh, heh, heh, heh.....

Of those three, I only own the Elvin box - but I'd go with the Turrentine too. It's on my "buy within the next year" list, and I'm pretty sure that it has more variety (as someone else also said up above), than the Elvin set. I do like the Elvin set, but I don't listen to it as much as some of my other BN Mosaics. Can't speak to the Stitt - as I've never heard any of the material. A friend of mine swears by it, but he's only heard it a couple times, on loan from another friend of his.

By the way, here are the self-reported demographics of the Norah Jones board, by age and gender... http://www.norahjones.info/poll.php?cod=9

Careful what you say!! That could easily be seen as being 'hate speach', since you're clearly being critical of someone, especially of someone who's a Christian, no less. Better post a retraction, and quick - before the thought police show up at your door.

Yeah, I was mostly talking about textbooks, which is how most of the population (black or white) ever sees any history in print. I agree that real history books are doing a much, much better job (didn't mean to suggest otherwise).

Musicboy, none of us are posting on your beloved Norah sight any more. Nobody has in nearly a day. YOU are on OUR board, making threats/promises to us and our board mods, and you say that YOU'RE the one who's rights are being violated???????????????????

SCORE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

He's still at it - hope this is good....

Thanks b3-er, love your take on all this. Yet another reason to love this place!!

Come on, Musicboy, we know you're here. How's about you come out, call a truce, and then you leave our board alone, and we'll leave your board alone. And hell, we're already leaving your board alone, cuz we're too busy responding to your threats (here on our board), and your "holier-than-thou" attitude.

I agree, about slavery not being that long ago. When I was younger (up through my mid-20's, so up until about 10 years ago), I had trouble understanding how anything prior to lives of my grandparents could possibly have any impact on people today. But, as I got older, I began to appreciate the subtle "ripple effect" that history has. Big events early in the 20th century, and even in the 19th century, can have big influences through the telling and retelling of stories between the generations. I think this could be particularly strong in subcultures where there is a stronger 'oral tradition' of story-telling, and (from what I know) I think African Americans would fit in this catagory. If one's history isn't being told in the schools, or in the main daily newspapers of record - then I think story-telling tends to pick up some of the slack, so to speak. Thankfully newspapers and magizines are beginning to change (they've changed quite a lot, actualy, while at the same time I think they still have a ways to go). History books are a more complicated point for discussion. Such a difficult thing (honestly) to be more inclusive of others, without being at the expense of other information. And, I fear, the end result is often a much more watered down version of history, at the expense of all sides.

Yeah, that's good (and I'm glad to see that Musicboy is checking up on us), but what we need is Neon to read this thread.