--- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
> Boy, that 35-posts-a-week limit sure has been
> successful in making FFL a more pleasant forum,
> hasn't it?
>
> --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <no_reply@> wrote:
> >
> > Jim wrote, obviously hoping to wound:
> > > > "Just something to think about the next time you're
> > > > whining and moaning musically about how hard life
> > > > is on the planet for a rich white kid. Singing the
> > > > blues? LOL!:-)"
> >
> > Curtis replies, first calmly and precisely, 'splainin'
> > to the white boy what the blues are really about, and
> > then segueing back to his characteristic good humor:
> > >
> > > Defining blues as "whining and moaning musically" demeans the
> > > artists who described the human condition with such artistic
> > > precision, that we hear the echoes of their musical genius
> > > every time we turn on the radio and hear country music, rock
> > > or hip hop. Thinking of blues artists as only expressing their
> > > own cultural and racial realities of their time is a limited
> > > understanding of their artistic achievement,
> > > which has completely transcended their time and place and
> > > permeates all modern music. Far from being treated "like dogs"
> > > they were the rock stars of their day and earned more in a
> > > Saturday night then the farmers who tipped them earned all
week
> > > in the fields.
> > >
> > > I played for a wedding today that was 90% black. They gave me
a
> > > note giving me permission to play blues if I am ever
challenged
> > > by any ignorant white boy. I'll send you a copy.
> >
> > There really couldn't possibly *be* any better example
> > of the difference between Jim Flanegin and Curtis Blues.
> >
> > Jim believes that the things he posts *hurt* the people
> > he's aiming them at, keep them up at night, "rile them
> > up."
>
> First, note that "hurt" and "wound" are
> *Barry's* terms, not Jim's. They're also what
> Barry attempts to do constantly, as in this
> post.
>
> As to "rile them up," obviously Curtis *did*
> get riled up by Jim's post, or he wouldn't
> have bothered to post such a ringing defense
> of his blues playing. Barry was likewise riled
> up by it, so much so that he did his best to
> portray Curtis's post as "just laughing" when
> it was so obviously defensive.
>
> > And Curtis just laughs -- at Jim, at life, and at
> > those who have become legends in their own minds.
>
> Oops, Barry's projecting again.
>
I write a satirical piece, and also mock someone who writes
mockingly regularly, and gee, look what comes out of the woodwork;
the "cool" fall all over themselves trying to say how bad I am, what
an act I'm doing, how unhappy and deluded I am. Tying themselves in
knots batter than any Boy Scout. Tres Cool! Its pretty hilarious,
and well worth the entertainment value! Keep it up! Oh, and I am
offering a million dollar cash prize to Barry when he proves
definitely that I am not Realized- A Million Smackers!Oooooh, better
get busy dude. Pretzel City.:-)
