Albanian Spring

Mark Kleinhaut

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Mar 15, 2012, 8:05:21 AM3/15/12

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Gigs, that is.... This area apparently really likes live grassroots
music and suddenly I'm working more than ever. Albany, go figure;)
Http//:markkleinhaut.com

David J. Littleboy

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Mar 15, 2012, 9:31:23 AM3/15/12

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"Mark Kleinhaut" <markkl...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Gigs, that is.... This area apparently really likes live grassroots
> music and suddenly I'm working more than ever. Albany, go figure;)

Whew! You had me worried. I thought you'd be telling us that we had to fight
another war to help Albanians.

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Tokyo, Japan

Gerry

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Mar 15, 2012, 10:29:52 AM3/15/12

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What's "grassroots" music? Bluesgrass?
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If one plays good music, people don't listen and if one plays bad music
people don't talk. -- Oscar Wilde

Mark Kleinhaut

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Mar 15, 2012, 10:43:51 AM3/15/12

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All the gigs are 100% jazz gigs. By grass roots I just meant that
they're non-institutional. No promoters, no ticket sales, no college
or sponsoring corporate entity, all of which mucks up the gears with
either commercialism or charity. It's just the music in simple venues
at ground level.

http://markkleinhaut.com

thomas

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Mar 15, 2012, 11:22:21 AM3/15/12

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On Mar 15, 8:05 am, Mark Kleinhaut <markkleinh...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Gigs, that is.... This area apparently really likes live grassroots
> music and suddenly I'm working more than ever. Albany, go figure;)

Albanians--heh. Back in the 90s, I was a Baltimoron.

Gerry

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Mar 15, 2012, 11:57:28 AM3/15/12

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On 2012-03-15 14:43:51 +0000, Mark Kleinhaut said:

> On Mar 15, 10:29 am, Gerry <addr...@domain.com> wrote:
>> On 2012-03-15 12:05:21 +0000, Mark Kleinhaut said:
>>
>>> Gigs, that is.... This area apparently really likes live grassroots
>>> music and suddenly I'm working more than ever. Albany, go figure;)
>>> Http//:markkleinhaut.com
>>
>> What's "grassroots" music? Bluesgrass?
>

> All the gigs are 100% jazz gigs. By grass roots I just meant that
> they're non-institutional. No promoters, no ticket sales, no college
> or sponsoring corporate entity, all of which mucks up the gears with
> either commercialism or charity. It's just the music in simple venues
> at ground level.

It's just happenstance that there are a lot of club-owners and/or
audience members? How unusual. I hope it's the first crest of a new
cultural craze…

pmfan57

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Mar 15, 2012, 3:20:19 PM3/15/12

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On Mar 15, 8:05 am, Mark Kleinhaut <markkleinh...@hotmail.com> wrote:

You mean Albania of course. What a country! Although they have
strayed a bit for the true faith over the last 20 years.

Gerry

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Mar 15, 2012, 3:34:36 PM3/15/12

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I gotta ask: What do the Albany dwellers call themselves: al-BIN-ians?

Mark Kleinhaut

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Mar 15, 2012, 4:01:30 PM3/15/12

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Albanians- just like in Europe. And when they greet you they all
seem to always say "what's going on?".

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TD

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Mar 15, 2012, 7:03:42 PM3/15/12

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Yes I loved them in 'Wag the Dog.'

Tim McNamara

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Mar 15, 2012, 7:06:06 PM3/15/12

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On 3/15/12 2:34 PM, Gerry wrote:
> On 2012-03-15 19:20:19 +0000, pmfan57 said:
>
>> On Mar 15, 8:05 am, Mark Kleinhaut <markkleinh...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>> Gigs, that is.... This area apparently really likes live grassroots
>>> music and suddenly I'm working more than ever. Albany, go figure;)
>>> Http//:markkleinhaut.com
>>
>> You mean Albania of course. What a country! Although they have
>> strayed a bit for the true faith over the last 20 years.
>
> I gotta ask: What do the Albany dwellers call themselves: al-BIN-ians?

al-Bin Ian is a famous Scottish Muslim.

Greger Hoel

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Mar 15, 2012, 7:07:55 PM3/15/12

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Heavy contender for the Shittiest Country in Europe award.

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charlieguitar

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Mar 15, 2012, 9:16:45 PM3/15/12

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On Mar 15, 8:05 am, Mark Kleinhaut <markkleinh...@hotmail.com> wrote:

Shhhhhhh They will decend upon the area like a plague of locusts.
Charlie

pmfan57

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Mar 15, 2012, 11:49:29 PM3/15/12

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On Mar 15, 7:07 pm, "Greger Hoel" <nob...@home.fu> wrote:

They had held out with North Korea as the last Stalinist country. But
now the North Korean's are the only ones left.

Graham

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Mar 16, 2012, 8:03:57 AM3/16/12

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On Mar 15, 8:01 pm, Mark Kleinhaut <markkleinh...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Albanians- just like in Europe. And when they greet you they all
> seem to always say "what's going on?".

Do they like Norman Wisdom too?

(obscure Brit reference - unless he's also popular in the US - but I
doubt it!)