[Dixielandjazz] The view from under the bus

[Hal Vickery]

I don’t play banjo or trombone, and I'm not a professional musician.  I
haven't even played one of those on TV. 

And the number of angels that can dance on the head of a pin is 36, unless
they are playing trombone.  Then the answer is one.  The rest all jumped off
to get away from the caterwalling.

Hal Vickery

-----Original Message-----
From: dixielandjazz-bounces at ml.islandnet.com
[mailto:dixielandjazz-bounces at ml.islandnet.com] On Behalf Of David Dustin
Sent: Monday, February 05, 2007 9:07 PM
To: dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] The view from under the bus

OK, DJML¹ers and Gentlepeople, I¹ve been thrown under the bus and I confess
and repent the obvious error of my ways. Hang that Scarlet Letter (³Mr. A²)
on me because I happen to believe that Mr. Sharp made a good point. Timid I
am not. Naïve I must be to think that a CLEARLY labeled off-list expression
of support to Mr. Sharp¹s worthy opinion about losing the forest for the
trees would remain private. I didn¹t request anonymity ³because that is just
the kind of guy [I am]², an unfortunate characterization which appears to
have struck some of you as either timid OR arrogant. (Haven¹t figured that
one out yet.)  In fact I requested no anonymity at all! I sent a private
message in which ³off-list² came first in the subject line, came home
tonight (whistling a marvelous new line on ³Hindustan²) to discover that I
am now up there with the Anti-Christ...or maybe even Coltrane.  Evidently
many of you prefer attacks on an unwitting victim of a breach of confidence
to debates of Mr. Sharp¹s original point.

And yes, notwithstanding 600 (?) members, step back and take a fresh look at
this forum.  Are there really more than a dozen persons posting to this
list?  I¹ve been suspicious that there are maybe 2 guys (obviously a banjo
player and a trombonist) in a boiler room somewhere in China who have a
bunch of stolen email addresses and a computer program that randomly
generates unending arguments about how many angels can dance on the head of
a pin.

Now, how can we all get remedial reading lessons to Brother Sharp?

David Dustin
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