Dunces, Huw..? HA - I join you in that (and I'm no Philistine)!
Ohhhh, go ahead and make a pledge donation..I do, and I hardly earn anything at all. It's pretty painless with the monthly bill pay, only costs as much as a few good meals in London, and I'm looking forward to that Uncle Earl CD (and that little CD opener in the FA fan kit!) I selected this year as a premium.
I too find it interesting that 2/3rds of FA listeners are male...hmmmm. Anyone have any ideas on that one?
I must admit, that when the Questionnaire was posted, yours truly was sick in bed, and the prospect of staying alert long enough to answer a series of questions was next to impossible at that time, I failed to fill the thing out before it was tallied - so, "Hello!", here's ONE female listener who was unaccounted for.
(unless I was one of the couple who skipped nearly all of the questions...).
I'll second that and challenge you to make a pledge, Huw (huw do you pronounce that, btw?) - even a small one, as every bit counts. I am like JoLynn, a female that didn't get counted as I was away in Feb. This year was the second time I have contributed, and I don't get a tax receipt because I live in Canada, but I do so love the music that streams to me with no commercials and I want to help keep it on the air. I listen to our national radio service, CBC as well which I pay for with my taxes. When I am listening to FA (usually while doing accounting for our business) I feel like I am part of a larger community and like to think of us all us like-minded FA'ers enjoying the music at once. I am grateful to have it on the air (well, cable), and I look forward to receiving my CD and T-shirt! (I am still using my FA mousepad from last time.)
Welsh phonetics are far easier to understand than English (once you get over the extra vowels), H is the same in both languages, u is pronounced 'ee' and w 'oo'. My grandfather could make a three syllable word from it.
In English it's spelt Hugh as in Grant (I do good wedding speeches btw - been best man 6 times now! I've never paid for oral sex off Sunset and Vine however - or indeed at all). My birth certificate says Huw and I'm sticking with it.
I'll pay, I'll pay, once my current clients stump up the dosh.
For folk music online I hasten to clarify.
Thanks for that clarification, Huw! My eyeballs widened there for a moment (!), and I'm glad you're joining in..with the support for FA, I mean. (o;
What...2/3rds male listeners....and I heard this was a great place to pick up chicks!!! LOL!! I suppose that would make FA similar to an Alaskan drinking establishment!
Huw, thanks for the clarifications on the name. I guess I've been pronouncing it wrong in my head all this time too.
Where did all the stats come from?
On the main page, below the OpenMic ad, you'll find a little yellow tick on a red background (or a red tick on a yellow background - I can't remember and i'm honestly too lazy to go and look). This is the the result of FA's listener survey, conducted earlier this year.
One statistic absent from there however, is the detail that 'Hi' is Richard Schletty's shortest ever blog entry. I can only assume that his wife called up the stairs, or a lion with a thorn in its paw wandered by. Possibly the 87 year old Japanese sniper in his shrubbery has finally cottoned on that the war is over and is trying to get into the kitchen to relieve the monotony of a bird-table based diet. Micro-rice - mmmm!
Small, oriental gentlemen stuck in your cat-flap? Now y'know why!
You know, Huw - you're right...haven't heard two words from Richard in quite a while. Still haven't.
I did the math.
Shorter yet!
Hold on a minute...
Hey, just wanted to say hi above. No interruptus was at play. No alien abduction. No strained abductors. No sniperman. No sudden ecstacy. Just a plain old hi.
So, what's up? I used to listen a lot to Minnesota Public Radio -- classical programming, the Jim Ed Poole Sports Roundup, Garrison Keillor, and All Things Considered. Now I am not much of a listener of anything. I am demographically challenged. I am trying to be a producer more than a consumer. That's not necessarily the best tack but with limited time and a new grandson (John Richard, age 5 months), I say, "What the hey."
My two favorite music communities are MacJams.com and FolkAlley.com. But the most fruitful interplay for me is via e-mail -- collaborations with Hendrik, Karl, David, Jack, Craig, Johnny, Pavi, Roxylee, Harold, John, Norman, Bill, Luca, Shannon and others. People I will probably never meet in person but who have helped me grow musically.
I did a 3-hour solo gig at Café Juliahna a couple weeks ago but it was mediocre. Sound system problems, insufficent guitar ornamentation and a lack of memorization. But the small crowd thought I was cool, so that's cool.
The music journey is something I no longer worry about. Poco a poco -- little by little.
Do NOT let me have the final word. I hate when that happens.
Aaaw! Y'don't mean that Richard.
Don't you find sudden ecstacy embarrassing? Particularly on public transport.
Who was talking about ecstasy? Did you just have a moment? Oh, I've had those moments of pure exhilaration. Like when I am walking downtown with my family and I feel like I have to run quickly along a horizontal surface. Well, that didn't work out too well one time. I hit the stucco wall hard with my brown suede shoe, trying to lift up my 270 lb. being, and blew out my sole.
Like sweet bells jangled out of tune and harsh;
That unmatched form and feature of blown youth
Blasted with ecstasy. O woe is me
T'have seen what I have seen, see what I see.
-- from Hamlet by Shakespeare
What doth it profit a man
to tread the flaming coals
and walk the frying pan
then suffer the loss of his soles?
Thanks for the Hamlet there - I think I've adopted Elizabethan spelling!
Hi everyone. Can I say something?
That is...if anyone's paying attention anymore to this blog.
Speak, Stephen. And speak well.
Why, this could become as popular as that thong thread.
People change Richard, but the thong remainth the thame. Lay on poet Stephen ...
Hello everyone. I've been away for awhile. I had serious damage to my left middle finger which kept me from playing anything for six months. It's still gnarly and bent looking, but I'm able to play a few of my instruments again. The guitar is coming along and the pennywhistle is back and playing tunes like always. My harp is suffering, but I never stopped playing my dulcimer. I've even put up a few new songs on Open Mic, one which is on page one of Top Rated (now for the advertisement)...hint: it's the only traditional Celtic song in amongst the singer/songwriters on that page. Go there and give it a "5" It's nice to see some old names from a year ago. I've missed FA. I'd get on to see what was happening and check the stats on my old entries, but I was really depressed not being able to play and record new stuff. It's nice to be back (*tear in my eye...and I'm wondering why...*)
Another female listener/member here.
Hallo!
A granddaughter of a different "Hugh"
(Hugh Price, 1894-1970)
Hmmm...I guess I'm that .001% who really cares that I'm back. If it helps, I'm wearing a thong. Oh wait...I get it...thong = song with a lithp. Good. This thing was getting a little uncomfortable.
Sorry Huw...no poetry tonight.
Wait...
I feel a poem coming on...
Hold on a minute...
Rose are red.
Violets are blue.
Only a Welshman
Can have a name like Huw.
I know...it's not Shakespeare. I think I better go to bed now, while my thong still ranks eight on the Top Rated page. Someone's bound to sabotage it soon...Philistines!!! Nite nite all.
Stephen Moore - A Man for Most Seasons
Third instance of Philistines in a FA blog. Statistically that's a trend bucker!
And demographically it puts this "Midwestern West Sider" in the minority. I must grab my javelin and slay a Philistine or two to restore the thread to counterpoise.
We have no end of asses though Richard - you need only persuade one to part company with a jawbone!
I seem to be demographically challenged among the demographically challenged. Maybe I should just stay away from blogs.
Hmmm! Not quite following you Stephen - since only a small percentage of listeners indulge in the blogs you are in the right place to be demographically challenged - unless you see yourself in a more refined or minor minority than the rest of us (as do we all).
No man is an island unto himself... as Mr Donne put it.
Now I'm done myself.
Bravo, Huw...you couldn't have said it 2.07% better! As to being more refined; I was fearing I was less refined. I'm Donne too. Later...
Ha! Are you done dunning?
Hmm. I must have missed the
survey, too. I do have a few official-looking pieces of paper, but my income probably would not reflect it. But then, my courses of academic endeavor were never guaranteed to bring wealth. (sigh...). But hey, I have managed to be happy and healthy for several years, now. I do give my contribution, though I am not on the "list of heroes". I AM NOT A PARASITE! I was forced to wear this on my back for a week after being accepted into my environmental science fraternity.
As a freelance market researcher (reports written at competitive rates), I can confidently state that I am a parasite.
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