kudzurunner
2973 posts
Feb 05, 2012
10:16 AM
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Not.
But I can't help but wonder what Chris, were he still around, would do with the opportunity presented by the present forum malfunction.
We were his dogs. What does a skilled dog trainer do when the dogs suddenly drop away, along with their sharp eyeteeth looking to sink fangs in his arm? When there's no gnashing of teeth and close, hot struggle, things get boring.
I suspect he would have greeted all this with the vein of antic wit that he could sometimes--and unexpectedly--deploy. He probably would have just said, "Later" and gone back to his workbench.
Last Edited by on Feb 05, 2012 10:17 AM
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walterharp
807 posts
Feb 05, 2012
2:40 PM
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depends if he was high or not
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Stevelegh
376 posts
Feb 05, 2012
3:00 PM
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I wasn't here when Buddha was around, but I've read his posts.
I used to frequent a forum with a similar guy. The sweetest guy ever, but he'd tangle with the mods, and anyone who got got on the wrong side of him got the full brunt of his acid tongue. I found myself there once and barked back. He kind of took me to his heart a little for doing that (if he indeed had one. Heh).
I like people like that. It's very hard to project your personality in writing (I know I frequently come off badly here, for example) but if you watch Chris' vids on YouTube, you see a really nice guy who certainly loved harp and loved people enough to share his gift.
I wish I'd had the chance to talk with him. I'd thank him for his 12th position vids.
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RyanMortos
1262 posts
Feb 05, 2012
3:58 PM
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Whatever it was it would have been worth it to have him back, if even for a little while.
ps. "The spam prevention code you entered was not right." lies...
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isaacullah
1779 posts
Feb 05, 2012
4:02 PM
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I'm not sure exactly what he would have done, but one thing's for sure: He would have LOVED this!
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The Gloth
621 posts
Feb 05, 2012
11:58 PM
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I don't get it, what forum malfunction ? Is it full moon again, or what ?
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Stevelegh
377 posts
Feb 06, 2012
7:21 AM
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@ Gloth: Full moon in the UK tomorrow.
Thanks for the heads up. I think Adam is right on this. There's a tension building up in my household for sure. Although I'm a little concerned that the moon's effect is greater depending on how insane you are. Hmm.......
@Andrew: Forums are like masochism for me. I don't know why I do 'em. I'll say something wrong and beat myself up over it. Ridiculous really.....
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Gnarly
155 posts
Feb 07, 2012
9:30 AM
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Everybody dies--Chris lived.
Be nice to people.
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chromaticblues
1167 posts
Feb 07, 2012
11:03 AM
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Well put Gnarly!
Chris got out and played and people heard his music. I commend him for that!
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wolfkristiansen
102 posts
Feb 07, 2012
10:59 PM
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"When there's no gnashing of teeth and close, hot struggle, things get boring."
Music forums, in fact forums for any loved art or thing, are like marriages.
In a new marriage, there are passionate declarations of love for the chosen other. There are passionate, sometimes nasty arguments as the lovers stake out their turf-- what can each compromise on, what can each absolutely not compromise on?
In a middle-aged marriage, the big issues have been settled, or the ones that haven't are studiously avoided by the partners-- why go there?
Old marriages-- the partners can't even work up the energy to argue. I think of that whenever I see a couple eating at a restaurant, no life in their eyes, and barely a word exchanged during the meal. That's an old marriage, man! Sometimes it's not an old couple, but their marriage sure looks old.
Back to forums. Here's an example from the '90s-- bit.listserv.blues-l.
When it started, people enthusiastically shared their love of and opinions about blues. The discussions soon turned nasty, even poisonous. It had a couple of "Buddhas" who eventually got kicked out when they overstepped the boundaries.
In its middle age, blues-l settled down, but much of the passion was gone. A lot of that passion had come from the sh*t disturbers. The moderators became hypervigilant in stamping out fires before they got too big.
In its old age (now), blues-l is content to be a vehicle for gig announcements and notices about whatever old bluesmen were born on today's date. There is not a shred of passionate opinion or thoughful analysis offered or sought.
So... where is Dirty South Blues Harp Forum right now? It's the youngest harmonica forum on the web, but it's easing into middle age. Some of the sh*t disturbers have been kicked off. (Even Buddha was banned, just before his untimely death). The big arguments have gone round and round-- tongue blocking vs.lip pursing, overblowing-overdrawing vs. traditional playing, tone from gear vs. tone from acoustic technique, blues as black music vs. blues as universal music, etc. How often can we gnash our teeth over these things?
Here's an example of a Dirty South Blues Harp Forum issue I have studiously avoided since I got shot down a year and a half ago:
I still don't like the sound of overblows and overdraws. I've tried to like them, but they are still jarring, to my ears. I don't often talk about it. I've shied away ever since I got Buddha's response when I said they were overrated, in my 8th post to Dirty South Blues Harp Forum-- practically a virgin poster. Here's how the Wise One replied:
"Overblows- I can't do them." = then you should STFU seriously. I don't care who you've played with or who you are, if you can't do it perfectly then your opinion on them is bullshit."
Okay, I get it. I won't bring it up again.
I'm guessing there's others who won't revisit an issue at this point in this forum's existence, either because the issue has been settled (e.g tongue blocking vs. lip pursing-- both embouchures are useful for different things, learn them both), or the issue generates too much flak. It's not worth bringing up.
Conclusion-- Dirty South Blues Harp Forum is easing into its middle age. I wouldn't say it's boring yet. There's still plenty of passion and healthy disagreement.
(For what it's worth, I still eagerly read the posts in this forum almost daily, and the posts on harp-l maybe once a week. Harp-l used to be my "go to" forum, now this one is).
Cheers, and thanks for starting a vital forum for blues harp players, kudzurunner.
wolf kristiansen
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Steamrollin Stan
280 posts
Feb 08, 2012
2:19 AM
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Whatever!
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tookatooka
2700 posts
Feb 08, 2012
3:06 AM
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@wolfkristiansen. Good post. There's a lot of truth in what you say.
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chromaticblues
1171 posts
Feb 08, 2012
7:20 AM
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@wolf
As long as you don't talk about being guy, religous, sexist, political or overblows. Your welcome to share your views on pretty much anything!
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isaacullah
1785 posts
Feb 08, 2012
7:48 AM
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"How often can we gnash our teeth over these things?"
Truer words have not yet been written - on this forum at least! I remember back in the very first days of the forum, how I could talk for days about that stuff, and so could most everyone on the forum at that time... Now, when I see those topics, I just sigh, and say "Here we go again!" This is not to say that new and interesting topics don't still come up! Of course they do. But I'm pickier now, and a lot of the time I join in a thread more because of my relationships with the people on this forum rather than because of the particular topic of the thread. But that's good too! All things grow, change, and evolve. MBH included!
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Diggsblues
1169 posts
Feb 08, 2012
10:49 AM
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There was only one Chris Buddha. None before and none after. He was a player of unique style and amazing technique and musical power.
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timeistight
320 posts
Feb 08, 2012
12:13 PM
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I can't talk about being guy?
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