On 9/3/06, Dale Lawrence <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Do I intimidate you?
not a chance.
Neil is having dinner with Jan Jelinek... and he can ask a question pertinent to a discussion about him personally. Should he pretend he'll never meet the guy and that he himself works at McDonalds?... Staying true to the underground?
neil has a habit of posting only when it helps him look good, like for his upcoming gigs, or to mention having dinner with jan jenelik. i tend not to namedrop (though the late night dinner at the world famous "O" in pittsburgh with Louis Haiman and Titonton Duvante the other night was in fact quite scrumptous! :) because i'm not a tool who cares what other people think of me, and i dont think people will think more highly of me or my opinion because of whom i call my friends.
It's hard to juggle experience, or even your own successes (even if only moderate), when talking to other people... it's a difficult line between simply being yourself and discussing your experience-- which is after all "who you are"-- or just bragging.
its really not that hard. i know plenty of people who say what they think, and my knowledge of their experiences is the only way in which said experiences enter the discussion. i know you have made many records, its completely irrelevent to me. you could be joker X from some mailing list (wait a second, you are!) and i would treat you exactly the same. tom
