Is Alberta turning into a total social cesspool?

[peter12]

Originally Posted by fotze

Oh god, taking polisci in school makes bongo playing look like the curing cancer on the usefulness charts.

I am going to smack you in the face, steal all your fine Danish goods and then steal your dog.

[peter12]

As a young man who did a BA in Political Philosophy (!!!!!) I can honestly say that it has given me next to none practical skills unless I wanted to be a (yawn) bureaucrat. I have a great job somewhat in the political world, but the work I do is far more administrative than anything. I will say that my degree gave me a great grounding in "life" and definitely has made me a better person.

[peter12]

Originally Posted by fotze

Haha, I did remember correctly that you took that in school.

And ruined my self-esteem. Whatever, you engineers are all the same. I'm glad you care, fotze, I am glad you care.

[peter12]

Originally Posted by fotze

Sounds like a bunch of bongo talk to me.

It is a bunch of bongo talk.

[Traditional_Ale]

Originally Posted by peter12

The banjo is an instrument of African origins and somehow it has come to be associated with Southern rednecks.

Good GOD its called SLAVERY.

Seriously, read a music history book.

[peter12]

Originally Posted by Traditional_Ale

Good GOD its called SLAVERY.

Seriously, read a music history book.

What? The banjo was developed through the influence of several African instruments. Just because the final product came about through slavery doesn't mean it didn't have roots in Africa.

Go listen Kid Rock or something, man. Let off some steam.

[Winsor_Pilates]

I'm going to Kits beach to throw a bongo party right now! who's coming?

[mikey_the_redneck]

Originally Posted by Winsor_Pilates

I'm going to Kits beach to throw a bongo party right now! who's coming?

Damn hippies............

[missdpuck]

Originally Posted by peter12

What? The banjo was developed through the influence of several African instruments. Just because the final product came about through slavery doesn't mean it didn't have roots in Africa.

Go listen Kid Rock or something, man. Let off some steam.

I think Traddy was just pointing out how it came to be associated with those of my geographic area well a little north and west of me?

[Traditional_Ale]

Originally Posted by peter12

What? The banjo was developed through the influence of several African instruments. Just because the final product came about through slavery doesn't mean it didn't have roots in Africa.

Go listen Kid Rock or something, man. Let off some steam.

LOL...so you read the confession thread hey?

Specifically the Banjo is associated with Southerners because they were the slave-lords who took an interest in the instrument. Its not like the guitar was something new. Did you know the earliest depictions of a guitar were Hittite stone carving dating to 1400 BC?

I have noticed you left my Woodstock comment right alone.

You said hippie art is worthless. I responded with a solid post that hippies manifested the greatest live-music event in the recorded history of the planet, and listed the hippie artists who participated. If you have listened to good music any time in the last 39 years, I'm sure that there were several artists on that list in your ipod/cd deck/whatever.

If you want to leave it alone, fine, but seriously it was a comment that really upset me. I'm not a stinking hippie, but I do have long hair and am involved in the arts. Difference is that I manage to get paid a pittance and play an instrument a little more demanding than a Djinbe or Bongos.

[Traditional_Ale]

Originally Posted by fotze

I think we should force Peter12 into a room with a 15 hour drum circle marathon and traditional Ale into a room with 5 nerds playing guitar hero for 15 hours.

Its funny, because I can see going to hell and being forced into an eternity of playing "Enter Sandman."

[Nancy]

Originally Posted by Winsor_Pilates

I'm going to Kits beach to throw a bongo party right now! who's coming?

I think you meant "bong party" and I think you meant "Wreck Beach."

[peter12]

Originally Posted by Traditional_Ale

LOL...so you read the confession thread hey?

Specifically the Banjo is associated with Southerners because they were the slave-lords who took an interest in the instrument. Its not like the guitar was something new. Did you know the earliest depictions of a guitar were Hittite stone carving dating to 1400 BC?

I have noticed you left my Woodstock comment right alone.

You said hippie art is worthless. I responded with a solid post that hippies manifested the greatest live-music event in the recorded history of the planet, and listed the hippie artists who participated. If you have listened to good music any time in the last 39 years, I'm sure that there were several artists on that list in your ipod/cd deck/whatever.

If you want to leave it alone, fine, but seriously it was a comment that really upset me. I'm not a stinking hippie, but I do have long hair and am involved in the arts. Difference is that I manage to get paid a pittance and play an instrument a little more demanding than a Djinbe or Bongos.

Okay, in regards to the first bit. Yeah, I know that's how the banjo came to be associated with the South. Doesn't change the fact that it is still the basis for a lot of Black folk songs coming from the Deep South.

As for Woodstock, I'm not a cultural expert by any means, but does the music at Woodstock owe anything to the hippie movement? The Band, for example.

Anyway, I'm not going after "long hairs", just dirty hippies. I love arts and culture a lot and I am certainly not against creativity or innovation. So no offense intended.

[RougeUnderoos]

I think the banjo/southern-fried redneck connection for us modern folk comes mostly from the movie "Deliverance".

[Nancy]

Originally Posted by RougeUnderoos

I think the banjo/southern-fried redneck connection for us modern folk comes mostly from the movie "Deliverance".

Those of us who grew up in the '70s without cable were also scarred by this.... (Hee Haw!)

[missdpuck]

Bela Fleck sure did alot to upgrade the banjo's image.

[Iowa_Flames_Fan]

Originally Posted by peter12

The racism in Scandinavia will shock even the stupidest North American. I have friends who got treated differently there while traveling just because they had brown hair.

Really? As an Icelander with brownish hair, whose dad has black hair, and whose brother has dark brown hair, I am very curious to hear exactly how. I think you might be a little surprised by how few scandinavians actually look like Swedish flight attendants in a beer commercial.

Are there racists in Scandinavia? Sure. There are ######bags everywhere--it's a global phenomenon. But let's not paint with too broad a brush here. Scandinavian societies happen to be some of the most tolerant in the world.

EDIT: Upon reading the rest of the thread I see that this issue was addressed already. I leave my post up as a sign of officially taking umbrage, though. Harrumph!

[Traditional_Ale]

Originally Posted by peter12

Okay, in regards to the first bit. Yeah, I know that's how the banjo came to be associated with the South. Doesn't change the fact that it is still the basis for a lot of Black folk songs coming from the Deep South.

Modern Banjos are like a starship Enterprise compared to the period instruments in question.

Banjos are easier to build than guitars. Some of the early instruments were very crude.

Woodstock was the climax of the hippie movement. Have you seen the documentary? The audience were hippies and the musicians were most certainly too. Some more than others for sure, but lets be real...400,000 hippies had a peaceful three days of music that will be remembered for all-time.

[Blaster86]

Originally Posted by peter12

Not crying. Just saying you're a goofball. Nice work on the Internet trash talking though.

[Vulcan]

Originally Posted by Traditional_Ale

Modern Banjos are like a starship Enterprise compared to the period instruments in question.

Banjos are easier to build than guitars. Some of the early instruments were very crude.

Woodstock was the climax of the hippie movement. Have you seen the documentary? The audience were hippies and the musicians were most certainly too. Some more than others for sure, but lets be real...400,000 hippies had a peaceful three days of music that will be remembered for all-time.

I've always considered most of the crowd at Woodstock to be week-end hippies and I never liked being thrown in with that crowd. Kind of insulting for us real dropouts to tell the truth, but it did end up being a great show and as you say the climax. It was also the end of the love generation as lowlifes had already moved in to take advantage of the trusting hippies. What happened in Altamont just put the final nail in the coffin of what had been going on for over a year.