GWO101@URIACC.BITNET (Michael Lehnertz (Drummer)) (02/08/90)
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Date: Wed, 07 Feb 90 23:18:24 EST
From: "Michael Lehnertz (Drummer)" <GWO101@URIACC>
Subject: Re: Peart and others
To: Discussions on all forms of Music <ALLMUSIC@AUVM>
In-Reply-To: Message of Wed, 7 Feb 90 08:24:00 EST from <LIZAK98@SNYBUFVA>
Record contracts do not show a drummer's talent. Get real. Only a fool
will believe that, and if you do, you are a fool. I never said the Smithereens
were God like. Neil is a bum. The only reason that people think Neil is so
great is because they can't grasp the technical density of Vinnie or Dave or
Jeff. Most of you don't rate drummers on the drummer, you rate it on the band.
If Vinnie played with Rush, you would all want to lick his boots.
- Drummer -
:Michael Lehnertz (D Discussions on all 2/07/90*Peart and othersST402711@BROWNVM.BITNET (Tim Johnson) (02/09/90)
Okay - you guys win.
Here I am - back from Pizza and Movies just for you.
I hope y'all appreciate this.
So, here comes the Top Ten for the week. Hold on
to your hats....
First, the raspberries of the week. FOUR of them this
time.
Raspberry number 1) Drummer (of course) for posting 15 in one day.
Raspberry number 2) Domino Dave (you finally get yours) for also posting
15 in a single day.
Raspberry number 3) The Talking Drum for posting the most this week.
62 postings, guy. (Looks like you'll be up for
the 'get a life award' soon....)
Raspberry number 4) And this week's Get a Life goes to the poster who
felt it necessary to butt into our list with a
pendantic discussion of racism. Hey, if we want
to rant and rave about it, that's bad enough. We
don't need some outsider playing ambulance chaser
and hopping on to our list to enlighten us.
Phbbbllllllt! to you PSAWTELL!
Raspberry number 5) I know this is unscheduled, but I'd like to give
the above gentleperson a second raspberry. So there.
Raspberry number 6) What the hell...to me for giving out gratuitous
raspberries and editorial comments.
Okay, so where was I.
Oh yes, those of you who were trying to guess...this weeks top
poster is...
1) Not Drummer!
HA! Just kidding you there, Drummer, yes, it is you.
1) Drummer with 272 postings.
For those of you who guessed it correctly, consider
applications to MENSA. Yes, Drummer has done it
again... And I'm running out of amusing things to
say here. So, on a completely unrelated note...
What do you have if you have four lawyers buried up
to their necks in sand? Not enough sand. Okay, not
particularly topical, but good for a yuk or two. Any
lawyers out there who feel offended, please remember,
I am a grad student. So go ahead and sue me. I'll
turn over to you all of my debts. And did anyone notice
that Drummer posted a favorite Rush song? Gosh, Drummer,
maybe you aren't such a bad guy after all...
2) Domino Dave with 150 postings.
OMIGOD! A shakeup at the top! Mark Hessman, part of
the Rhode Island Dynamic Duo has Fallen! Domino Dave
has toppled him.... Mike Rosen, The Overseer, Mark
Hessman.... Is Drummer next? Is that why they call
it the Domino Effect? For answers to these and other
questions...don't look at me, I just work here....
3) Mark Hessman with 141 postings.
Mark has fallen from grace. It may be just 9 postings,
but it is a huge 9 postings. The RI stranglehold has
been broken. Sorry big guy.
4) The Overseer with 134 postings.
The Overseer, inspired by several top ten stars, has
surged back up to spot four. These middle spots are
becoming a tight race again. How will the cards fall
next week? One thing is for certain, the Overseer had
better watch out, because...
5) Mike Rosen with 131 postings.
yes, Mike has been bumped again. But each time it happens
he has come back with a vengeance. The number 4 spot is
Mike's spot. Will he be able to overthrow the overseer,
or is this finally the end for Mike's #4 dreams?
6) Krrrrrrraaaazzy Krentz with 108 postings.
Michele, the Evil K, after having the Inspector for
lunch last week, has followed it up by making short
work of Kevin Behrens. Dumping him unceremoniously
out of the number 6 position and leaving him in the
dust, she laughs and mocks him from the comfortable
safety of a 27 posting margin...then turning, with
a wicked smile, sets her sights on Mike Rosen.
7) Kevin Behrens with 81 postings.
Kevin has finally fallen, but at least now he can rest
easy. He is out of the bitter competition of the top
ten rat race, he can post peacefully and lick his wounds
in a comfortable number 7 spot. He thinks to himself,
"I knew I shouldn't have trusted that Michele. Broads
are nothing but trouble. But even so...another time,
another place...away from the pressures of the top ten,
she and I could have made beautiful music together...."
8) bob gaj with 75 postings.
The Inspector is holding in at number 8 in the top ten,
though nodemate Kevin Behrens' mooning over Michele is
turning his stomach. He also can't seem to get Kevin to
listen - Michele was not the only threat they have faced.
No indeed, there is a new face in the top ten, aiming for
glory at Bob and Kevin's expense. All is fair in love and
war and the allmusic top ten, and there is a newcomer looking
for a piece of the pie. I'm speaking, of course, of...
9) Talking Drum with 67 postings.
Yes, the talking drum. Another drummer out to make his mark.
Will he be a hit, or will he roll over? Can he stick it out?
Snare a position higher in the ranks? Will he ride out the
list upheaval, or will he crash cymbolically, beaten?
10) Top Ten Tim with 65 postings.
You bet, guys. I'm still on the list. And I'm settling for
number 10 most grudgingly. You see, if the extremely talkative
drum hadn't let slip that he was also ARD90, *I* would have been
up there at number nine. Integrity is such a terrible burden.
15) The Listowner Guy with 51 postings.
Well, now I feel bad. The listowner guy was only after a moment
of glory he could call his own. He had his day in the sun of the
top ten, and now he is dropping back, deep in the ranks. But, let
me take this moment to offer an unpaid political announcement.
Re: the recent list riots...when the listowner guy talks - y'all
should listen. Of course, we did settle down and are continuing
happily....but this is a plug for his authority and judgement.
Okay, drop outs, drop ins and other changes. For those of you who can't
figure it out for yourselves, or prefer the condensed version, here is
the USA Today picture of the changes to the list -
n.n. Preston :-(
talking drum :-)
positions 2-5 %-\
me :-{E (I grew a beard...) (the thing before the E is
supposed to be a curly bracket,
in case the translation wasn't
clear.)
Meaningless numbers that as long as I have I will post, even
though noone pays attention.
Total postings to date (k.g.) 2456 Total postings this week 528
avg per day 35 avg per day 75
Seventy Five postings per day! Sheesh - don't you guys have jobs?
Up from the excesses of last week.
Reader Mail:
Domino Dave fails to ask where the top ten is. Panic spreads.
Larry Nix suggests "the Top Ten, is it worth it?"
Tim replies "Hey, Larry, are you some kind of communist, or what?"
To all of those of you who have, in private or public, said good
things about the Top Ten - Thanks. (One gratuitous gold star for
all of you to share (*) ) (So, what's the deal here, Tim,
is gratuitous your new SAT word of the week?)
Continued reminder for those of you who don't regularly print the
top ten out and stick it on your wall:
******** Official allmusic relay channel is 219 ***********
Hey, I have to get outaheah. So, we'll just end this edition here.
Well, we'll end it with an anecdote. In my youth, in college, when
2 am rolled around and the bar owners threw us out,
the old greek guy would send us home with his heavily accented
"Hey - Go home make babies" So, listers and listettes (?)
Go on - Go home make babies!
-TimDERLECT@CLEMSON.BITNET (NIX, LARRY 882-2669) (02/13/90)
> > Larry Nix suggests "the Top Ten, is it worth it?" > Tim replies "Hey, Larry, are you some kind of communist, or what?" > Da Comrad, ve are tryink to comprehent yu cepetelistic veys das bedonya
R1SE@SDSUMUS.BITNET (Dave) (02/14/90)
(I don't want to worry all of you, so I will do this as a public service) Tim, Where's the #$&^%(#((^_*_(&#@#&^ TOP TEN? (Sheepishly) Domino_______/|<drummer) dave r1se@sdsumus.bitnet "Do not stand in the shadows)