[Dixielandjazz] Re: Darktown Strutters Ball

Mon Mar 14 08:09:31 PST 2005

    Believe this song and its lyrics date from a
period in United States history when black
Americans held their own high-tone balls because
they were not welcome at the high-society white
Americans' events. I've read of such in New
Orleans in the recent bio of Louis Armstrong  ...
an excellent read, by the way though I can't
recall the author's name nor exact title at this
hour of the morning. Things have changed since
then, but in a lot of ways, not much. Just my
not-so-humble opinion, of course.

Happy Webtrails, Bob Loomis

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>   11. Dark Town Strutters Ball (Len Nielsen)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2005 13:10:54 -0800
> From: Pam Munter <pam at pammunter.com>
> Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Darktown Strutter's
> Ball
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> Anybody out there know the origin of this tune?
>  When was it written 
> and by whom?  What's the context?
> 
> Our band will be playing it in a few weeks and
> I'd like to tell the 
> audience something about this tune, racist
> though its lyrics may 
> sound.
> 
> Thanks very much.
> 
> -Pam Munter
> 
> 
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> Message: 2
> Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2005 16:33:05 -0500
> From: "David W. Littlefield" <dwlit at cpcug.org>
> Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] I am not a Paid
> Tax Preparer folks.
> To: dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com
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> At 01:31 PM 03/13/05 -0500, you wrote: 
> >
> > In a message dated 3/13/05 9:14:33 AM Pacific
> Standard Time, dwlit at cpcug.org
> > writes:
> >
> >>
> >>
> >> The IRS audited my 1987 tax return, a $100k
> "gig" year.
> >> The best advice I ever got was from a
> musician tax lawyer: the audit is NOT
> >> out to get you, but to see whether you need
> to be gotten. Therefore, you
> >> should view it as an educational
> *opportunity*. 
> >
> 
> 
> >
> > Quoth Tom:
> >
> > For the most part I would say this is true,
> however be aware that there are
> > some overzealous idiots working for them as
> well that are Hell bent on making
> > a name for themselves by auditing and
> COLLECTING additional taxes for the
> > IRS, legally or illegally.
> 
> 
> Of course one runs across such boobs any place.
>  I was lucky enough to run
> across the other kind for 3 days...
> 
> >
> > I use spread sheets in Excel and sometimes I
> use the tax programs, but lately
> > have gone back to doing the returns by hand,
> because the tax programs do not
> > always work because they are pretty much
> standardized for the average user.
> 
> 
> My economy is actually very simple. 
> 
> >
> > As for computer generated returns being less
> likely to be audited, I don't
> > concur with that because the ones that the
> overzealous guy selected for audit
> > were all computer generated and e-filed.  
> >
> > When I run into one of those guys, I like to
> not show him my spread sheets at
> > all, but take all the invoices contracts and
> receipts, canceled checks and
> > shake them up in a big box and then deliver
> them to him and tell him to call
> > me when he has it all figured out.
> 
> 
> What not to do when facing your examiner [8^)
> 
> My warning letter told me to organize my
> papers, which is what made the audit a
> PITA. I still don't organize 'em until January,
> but it's a good job to do while
> watching a football game, and then I just do
> the basics.  The nice lady didn't
> ask to see any computer files...
> 
> >
> > I had one guy in the 70s tell me he was going
> to audit three years worth.
> > I gave him everything for all three years in
> boxes like that.
> > He spent about two weeks he said, putting
> together a spread sheet from the
> > first year and actually found more deductions
> than I had claimed.  He related
> > to me that my return was fine, changed my
> refund amount sent me a check for
> > the additional refund and had the other two
> years worth of papers returned
> > without even looking at them and accepted
> those returns as filed.
> 
> 
> I bet most of 'em ain't swine, especially if
> you don't screw with 'em...and
> especially if you demonstrate good-faith
> effort.
> 
> --Cheek
> 
> 
> 
> 
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> Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2005 16:35:07 -0500
> From: jazzradioham at webtv.net (Bill Egleston)
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