This Week, Chats About Tap ’03 vs. Tap ’05
I don’t know where this week went, but it definitely went. I kept thinking, man, I want to post such-and-such today for my faithful constituency, but something would come up and it wouldn’t get done. So it went until tonight.
I was chatting a little bit ago with Kon (on yay-hoo’s abominable instant messenger, don’t ask for my username). Here’s an enlightening and edifying excerpt from our intelligent conversation, very slightly edited for clarity.
Tom: so now I’m listening to a much superior choir, Tap ’03
Tom: very excellent stuff, esp. the bass
Kon : That’s a good idea
Kon : and remedy.
Kon : There’s a bunch of vids.
Kon : all vocal things aside,
Kon : there’s absolutely no way in the world that Tap ’05 had the charisma of Tap ’03,
Kon : much less the bass section in and of themselves.
Tom: goodness no
Kon : What’s a good-sounding choir w/o charisma?
Kon : A good sounding choir, that’s all.
Tom: like a whited wall filled with dead men’s bones
Kon : It’s like sitting there listening to a finely crafted ceiling fan whir.
Tom: Si senor
Kon : It’s doing a great job, but has no staying power.
Tom: none
Kon : Si.
Ok, so if you don’t know, me and Kon were part of Tap ’03 and not ’05. That may explain our comments somewhat. I was seriously bummed about missing this iteration of Tap. Really ticks me off.
Update: Here’s a screenshot of some of the yea, who? chat images we’ve used. The top is Kon’s daughter, the bottom is my avatar. It’s a replica of me in my office drinking iced tea. He’s not fat enough, but that’s as fat as I could make him.
8 Responses
August 20th, 2005 at 12:42 pm
Well, we missed you too, Tom.
August 20th, 2005 at 10:25 pm
Tom, your avatar needs more of a five o’clock shadow too! {:^)
BTW the Mountain Anthems sang at Faith Mennonite Church tonight and I finally got to meet the famous commenter Ag! We had quite a fest going because we had three bloggers there too, md-hopeful, yoderpianist, and yours truly. Wish we could have had more time to chat, it really beats typing! {:^)
August 20th, 2005 at 10:30 pm
Tom, if you really felt like your avatar needed a bigger midsection, then you can tell your wife that your avatar is your first goal to where she wants you to be. Then you can take the next step to where you should be.
August 20th, 2005 at 10:36 pm
Wow TS, I sure wish I could have been there!
Anon, what do you mean where my wife wants me to be?!
August 21st, 2005 at 8:58 pm
tom, that was a pretty good talk between you and kon. thanks for the laugh. i wish i could have heard them though. we had something going every night they were in teh area. :( oh well. maybe if they do it every year or whatever we can catch them then. hope you have a good one.
Tammy
August 24th, 2005 at 12:40 pm
BTW, did you “design” that avatar? He actually resembles you in any case…
August 24th, 2005 at 12:58 pm
Oh, I forgot… You should read the stuff Lamar said about Tap ’05… And not being there live, AND not having heard a decent recording…
Oh, but I understand. The week was absolutely fantastic. I was really hoping to meet you in Hartville. Maybe at SMBI at the quartet thingy, which reminds me, I still haven’t gotten those dates; nobody seems to know!
Ag, if I’d have known you were at Grantsville, I’d have tried to summon the courage to meet you! In case you didn’t pick me out, I was the guy in the center of the girly front row, and if that ain’t enough, I was the one wiping the sweat off the tip of my nose every 60 seconds, trying not to sneeze! Also, I stayed with a family that night who claimed, like you did, that their Grandfather started the Beachy movement???
August 24th, 2005 at 3:40 pm
Sept. 23-25 are the dates for the SMBI Quartet weekend. Bring your friends, I’ll meet you there!