[78-L] Train Blockage Re: Whither NOLA

[Martin Fisher]

Lets think about this....TRUTH exposing historians (Beil & Beil, both of 
whom we love dearly) are blocked from a shrine to a LEGEND (Rodgers) by a 
protective Train (take your pick here).

OK..so I'm not an eloquent writer....

Is there not something romantically poetic goin' on here??

;-)

Martin

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <mbiel at mbiel.com>
To: <78-L at 78online.com>; "DAVID BURNHAM" <burnhamd at rogers.com>
Sent: Monday, May 24, 2010 10:10 PM
Subject: Re: [78-L] Whither NOLA


> Leah and I thank Dave B for his kind comments, and we two too enjoyed the 
> pleasure of his company.  I will add that I fought fiercely against the 
> use of concurrent conferencepresentation scheduling, but when I was off 
> the board they went to it, and it has led to a lesser amount of unity in 
> the group  And a greater amount of missing presentations.  The are some 
> like the Little Wonder session I have to watch on my videotape because 
> several people have told me I need to check out some statements that I 
> might have questioned if Ihad been at that session.     We found out on 
> the web while in transit that the Jimmie Rodgers museum was closed Sun & 
> Mon and if the brochure had said that we would have gone on the way down 
> Wed like db did.  We went to take pictures anyway and wonder how he found 
> the place because we hit all kinds of blocked roads with detours and a 
> train blocking yet another road!  Question -- would it jhave been worth 
> the 8 bucks admission each?
>
> Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com
>
> ------Original Message------
> From: DAVID BURNHAM <burnhamd at rogers.com>
> To: <78-L at 78online.com>,"DAVID BURNHAM" <burnhamd at rogers.com>
> Date: Monday, May 24, 2010 6:35:57 PM GMT-7
> Subject: [78-L] Whither NOLA
>
> I'm rather proud of myself. I spent my entire time either at the ARSC 
> conference, walking around town, listening to music, or eating (sometimes 
> did the last three simultaneously). I watched no television, turned on no 
> computers, and basically submerged myself in the NOLA scene. I'll gather 
> my thoughts together later this week and give a report, but suffice to 
> say, it was a whole lotta fun.
>
>
>
> Cary Ginell
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> I concur completely with Cary's last phrase. This was my first ARSC 
> conference, aside from a brief visit during the 2004 Cleveland one, and 
> the first time I've been a member. The administrators and attendees exuded 
> a warmth which was palpable. I got to meet lots of new friends and people 
> who had only been names to me, like Cary, Seth Winner, Doug Pomeroy, Kurt 
> Nauck III and particularly Mike and Leah Biel. These last two I met 
> briefly at the 2004 conference but this time we had extended chats about 
> everything phonographic, particularly for about 3 hours after the final 
> night's banquet, and I discovered an affability which can only be 
> appreciated in person.
>
> The only problem I had with the conference is that with the structure of 
> having two presentations happening concurrently, it's frequently difficult 
> to decide which one to attend. I sometimes ran back and forth between two 
> presentations and missed the full impact of either.
>
> I'm still on my way back to Toronto, (in Birmingham Alabama), but the 
> sounds of the conference are still with me as I enjoy a set of CDs which 
> was launched during the conference, containing early 20th century New 
> Orleans jazz recordings.
>
> db
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