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RE: Foro Flamenco End of Decade List - Crazy Stuff
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Ron.M
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Joined: Jul. 7 2003
From: Scotland
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RE: Foro Flamenco End of Decade List... (in reply to Escribano)
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I pick up new things so much quicker now... working out chords and fingering by ear in a flash. Yep that's true for me too Simon. Your ear just gets a bit more sharper for stuff. Yeah Johnny was one of the earliest "rebs"....they did a great programme about him (on BBC I think) during the year, including the famous "San Quentin" recordings. The guy's definitely up there with all the major icons IMO. (A great relief to listen to after being lectured and hectored by our nanny-state government on things like smoking, drinking, obesity, global warming, carbon footprints, recycling, mobile phones, social integration, marriage and how to bring up our kids, whilst not even coming close to meeting any of those standards themselves... A bit of Johnny Cash now and then helps bring you back to reality. Cheers and a Progessive New Year to everybody! Ron
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Date Dec. 31 2009 10:17:15
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estebanana
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RE: Foro Flamenco End of Decade List... (in reply to cathulu)
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For me, Jacinto's passionate defence of old school flamenco takes the cake!quote:
I was on the Temple.edu list from the late 90s to the time when it had to move servers. it then went through various leaders and coup de tat until it more or less turned into a forum for three guys who's opinions almost matched. It's still there and somewhere, but I never visit anymore. The old temple list had a cast of characters and Jacinto was one of the main guys. He has a lot of information and some of it is correct and some is wrong due to remembering things the way he wanted to remember them. I loved many of his posts an the gusto with which he executed them, really proper choice of words. And I must admit the five year long pissing contest he had with his arch forum rival was stupendous and must be some kind of record for protracted sustained ad hom attacks by both parties on an an online forum. I do think Jacinto has his heart in the right place, but he has a habit of swinging at every pitch. He not great at picking his battles and often deludes his arguments and points by fighting on all fronts at one time. i say this for the reason that as much as I think it's phenomena when some one like Jay can go on and on, I dislike the idea of his posts being used as a curiosity or clown diatribe or screed. This is a man for better or worse,who went to Spain every year he could to hear cante and be in the ambiente of the gitanos who sing well. he works at cultivating his aficion and even though he does not always put out a good face, he is a well studied and passionate aficionado. Jacinto and many of the other older aficionados who were able to see the likes of Fernanda, Terremoto, Melchoir, Mairena et al in their heyday have my attention. Hats off to them for recognizing and following the best. It's not just about talking over which model guitar is best. Hopefully we can cultivate such a deep aficion as Jacinto in the years to come.
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Date Dec. 31 2009 12:29:18
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minordjango
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Joined: Feb. 26 2005
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RE: Foro Flamenco End of Decade List... (in reply to cathulu)
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i actually loved Rubins uploads and information all good ! , table cloth clothing brought me back to my memories of africa, and cheap (all items for a pound clothing stores) but all good . \highlights. any upload by Anders, Ron, Todd and well to be honest everyone , so great we do this . a few points for the future. i loved JUans upload his la cumpasita was incredible, it wasnt flamenco and this is a flamenco forum ! who cars its music and the great thing was seeing how many people love a variety of styles. a little request (as a teacher) i felt some peole uploaded some lessons (great stuff) yet a little slower and explanations of the beat (where it falls) would be awesome, and any other info . would be great . florians humour and piss takes , just spledid, . and many other folks as well for that . normans informative perspective and transcriptions, and Vals loverly message to me about info (PM top me) with info about setteling in England. and me mate KOzz a good dude. oh and Juan helping me with some spanish phrases. everyone here is well good, and to be a part of the forum has been brilliant, especially for me , wherei had no Youtube or anyone that played flamenco in my travels. so peace for all and artistic moments minordjango
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Date Jan. 3 2010 10:56:36
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