Sorry, I couldn't resist. Humor is dangerous business. Gary
----- Original Message ----- From: "Howard Posner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Lute Net" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2007 1:01 PM Subject: [LUTE] Re: Luthiers in Los Angeles area. > Before I get any more remonstrating or commiserating messages from > listers who have apparently not heard of the Dixie Chicks or George W. > Bush, let me emphasize that the message below was what's known in > internet lingo as "a joke." It contains only two facts: 1) I left the > LSA Board last year, on amicable terms with everyone (as far as I can > tell from our communications, which were mostly email); and 2) LSA > president Dick Hoban does, indeed, live in Texas. > > The Dixie Chicks, on the other hand, have all moved to California, > where rumor has it they're learning Italian so they can record an album > of Luzzasco Luzzaschi's music composed for the Three Ladies of Ferrara. > > > On Sunday, Apr 1, 2007, at 08:27 America/Los_Angeles, Howard Posner > wrote: > > > I just wanted to remark that I > > haven't been on the LSA Board of Directors for a while now. As most of > > you know, I was hounded off the Board after I made a remark during an > > overseas concert that "We're ashamed that the president of the LSA is > > from Texas." It got ugly after that, what with the lute community > > being as reactionary as it is: CD burnings, snubbings at major awards > > ceremonies, hate letters telling me to "shut up and intabulate." I'm > > particularly miffed that Sting said not a word in my defense. But I'm > > ready to make nice. > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 268.18.24/741 - Release Date: 3/31/2007 8:54 PM > >
