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What would you say if a Liberal "social scientist" told you to jump into a pool filled with five hundred ravenous piranhas? If you valued your...

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He said nothing of substance regarding the topic other than to point out that he finds it easier to attack the messenger than...

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On Sun, 23 Jan 2005 15:29:53 -0500, "I. M. White" You figures forget that most crime is white on white or black on black For 1995 liquidateS AND NONNEGLIGENT MANdissolutionS KNOWN TO POLICE UNITED STATES...

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The Race War of Black Against White by Paul Sheehan from the Sydney Morning Herald The longest war America has...

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On Fri, 21 Jan 2005 16:14:35 -0500, "I. M. White" Interestingly, there is a study from the...

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you're wrong. if people knew of the REAL king, he wouldn't have been effective. i...

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GaryG Absolutely. And thanks for asking. :) Take a look around and you'll notice there a LOT of angry white men and women who actually care about the future of their children...

Annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day History Quiz
Take this handy quiz to see how much you know about the man we're all delighted -- and required -- to honor today! by J. S. DUE TO DISCRIMINATION and anti-Black bias, many Americans...

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Carl Sundquist According to the FBI's and the DOJ's websites, the racial crime statistics are solid evidence that white...

Folk Mote Music La Conchita, CA Mudslide Disaster
We have received the following email from Tom Ball (of Tom Ball and Kenny Sultan) and with his permission have made this information available...

ANNOUNCE: Rosinators to play at UK Country Radio Awards
London's chart-topping bluegrbuttCajun and gospel country blues band whose song 'Cindy's Breakdown' topped the Hotdisc British Singles of the Year...

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Here's an email that I got from dad, with his schedule as it currently sits (and is always subject to late-minute additions) *****Every Tuesday, Tom plays Dixieland...

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Yep. I personally don't care for the name, don't think it has any sizzle whatever, but with that lineup, it should still sell...

Like the music, worried about the culture
I was driving home about a month ago, late at night down an empty motorway (freeway), in my home country, England. I was surfing the channels on the radio and completely unexpectedly, heard...

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Knowleman stepped up to the podium, tapped the forlorn-looking SM57, asked "Is this thing on?" and, in alt.music.bluegrbutt, message That's a pity. If you're going to let politics stop you from enjoying any sort...

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Huh? Upon what are you basing this? Unless you have some study in hand or some hard numbers this this is simply blind speculation on your part. This is playing into the original posters hand...

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No music should ever be clbuttified politically. No. They aren't required. But you did state, "in general folkies are pretty liberal" with absolutely nothing but your personal experience...

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In an earlier posting, Steve Daniels the most liberal of our citizens. Not to say that there are no Christian Folk music is liberal, of course, but bluegrbutt...

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be nice. Ok... Let's reign it in a bit. For SOME artists it's a "philosophy, a culture, a declaration that one...

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He Who Kontrols Zee Mixer Kontrols Zee OutKome Every five years or so I give the bucktoothed bigots another chance, just in case I may have rushed to judgment (somewhere in the course of, now...

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Well, if the piece getting played is a *song*, then one would expect the singer...

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Depends on the folksinger: I'd argue that say, Gordon Lightfoot, is as fine a singer as you'll find just...

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I did say *most.* This is, indeed, the convention, but it is a large part of the problem. What if not everyone is...

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Pot - - - Black, and that's "basically." How can you expect Mexican immigrants to learn English when you refuse to? It is not I belittling the...

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Typo... You also missed the fact that it should have been "trolling" instead of "tolling". Looks like we found us one of...

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How is describing immigrants from Mexico as Mexicans racist? What is racist is redneck yahoos criticizing Mexicans for speaking less than perfect English - - - their second language - - - when they...

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Major Snip to preserve sanity AM. I guess to wrap it up. I can't make up for the past musical injustice done since I...

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I'm heading the other direction and commencing a boycott of all "organized" participatory musical events. I intend to buy a boombox and jam with all the best musicians from any time and place in history...

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Here's a snippit of some bluegrbutt jam rules I saw published here about 4 years ago:Instruments The basic bluegrbutt instruments are guitar...

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Well, if Jean-Luc decided to show up at a bluegrbutt jam, he would almost certainly recognize that in order...

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To respect the music within the context of a *jam* is to let it be whatever the *collective* process determines it to be in...

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If by 'jam' you mean one of those things at a club, then the people that the bar have told to run it have control of it, and perhaps you should either...

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You can pick 'til your fingers bleed (and, believe me, I have), but it won't make...

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Not at all. I merely recognize that, in the settings you seem to seek out for your jamming (by excluding picking parties and other far more inclusive avenues and...

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You continue to buttume facts not in evidence. I just don't think there's anything at all wrong with music sounding fresh and new and unlike anything one has ever heard before (as this is...

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But if it doesn't mesh well with the music currently getting played (at least by the majority of those in attendance - the guitar player's lengthy excursion...

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You have never left us anything else, save plabreastudes and generalities, to go on. No, I have no doctrine that would apply here, other than "all your music should get played with taste." Given...

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Lane Gray, Czar Castic" I don't run a jam, I run the main stage, but we do have a jam or three that breaks out in our pinkin' shed, parking lot or front porch. Anyway...

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See, AM's problem stems from his NOT seeking out that sort of setting. I'd find it safe to say that in a pinkin' shed, parking lot or front porch, he'd find a group of pickers...

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LOL... U guys still going at it? I went to my town's bluegrbutt jam last night. 1 acoustic bbutt, 1 elec...

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Translation... We in europe are much smarter that you back wood US folks. We've come to realize that there is no God...

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Colin Irvine I have to agree with your other responders, the bluegrbutt fan base is fairly diverse. I attend Merlefest and the Hardly Strictly Bluegrbutt...

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BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Knowleman I was driving home about a month ago, late at night down an empty motorway (freeway...

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Knowleman said some wild stuff in Apparently not well enough informed to know that there are racists and bigots...

who wrote 'Regina
Yes -- it helps! --Absolutely! - much more than I expected. Thank you!!! ~ Here's why I wanted to know: I put up some 'rare live' Leonard Cohen mp3s --note...

THE COUNTRY MUSIC HALL OF FAME AND MUSEUM PRESENTS, Banjo Man: The Musical Journey of
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Mbuttive Music Quiz
What do the Legendary Pink Dots, big-league producer Bill Laswell, Pink Floyd remix artist Floydhead and New World Tango specialists Gotan...

Bluegrbutt on the cable tv
Bluegrbutt on the cable tv.... Not too long ago, we switched from analog cable tv to one of those newer "digital...

Fiddle Where do I start
Tom Smith Tom... First off, find out if there are any jams in your area. Talk to fiddlers, most...

Bought My First Ever B.G. CD Alison Krauss and U.S
Hello folks. First post here! Just wanted to drop a note and say I bought my first ever bluegrbutt cd (actually bought two of them) - Alison Krauss and Union Station Lonely...

Album Review Blue Merle Burning in the Sun
Album Review - Blue Merle - Burning in the Sun Over the course of the past half century, the record industry has transformed itself into a mbuttive, money-making enterprise, and in the process, the act of...

Good song Guitar chords
OLD CROW MEDICINE SHOW WAGON WHEEL - Written by Bob Dylan Capo 2nd fret Intro: G D Em C G D C G D Em C G D...

The Appalachians
The Appalachians -- A land shaped by the people. A people shaped by the land. The Appalachians is three...

Check out this truck load of wetbacks
That's easy... Ol' Keith is a natural.. He's been a variety of things.. Army Riot Control Specialist.. with the Military...

Live in Toronto, April
Some totally biased and personal picks, ... evangelical not advertising... Real music can be found in Toronto. Why not get some satisfaction for your entertainment dollar for a change... latin, folk...