On Aug 4, 9:43=A0am, Snarky <lola.stonewall.riot.popesna...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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wrote:
> > > Incidentally, does anyone else find it odd that Aggy's attributing
> > rembetika influence to the blues, when as he insists on pointing out
> > rembetika didn't exist until the 1920s and it seems from what's been
> > posted here that the earliest true blues song can be traced to 1912,
ne=
ver
> > mind all the African music that predates it.
>
> Now that you mention it...that seems like a very good reason to make
> another nomination for him.
>
> Palmjob Paddle
>
> Named for the most-spanked person in the history of the Internet,
Wilhelm
> Palmer (Bill Palmer, aka "Palmjob"), the self-styled Flame Giant who has
> never won a single flamewar in his existence. This award is given to the
> person who gets spanked (as in, thrashed) the most in a given month, be
i=
t
> by their opponents or even their own hand.
>
> For his continuing insistence, in the face of contradicting citations
> from multiple sources (not just Wikipedia), that the Greek folk music
for=
m
> "rembetika" is in fact Greek blues, and that American blues is derived
> from rembetika, along with his contention that all "folk music" is
really
> just Irish popular music in drag, despite further contradictions from
> authoritative sources, I do hereby nominate for the Palmjob Paddle: the
> Greek (note, this merely signifies his ethnic origin, and is in no wise
> meant to insult the people of Greece, but to highlight his hypocrisy and
> kookiness) Idiot known as Agamemnon, of rec.arts.drwho and two of the
> soc.culture.* groups just added.
>
> Seconds?
>
Absolutely seconded
Unless he is rewarded with trophies and awards, Aggy may lose any
incentive he has to provide us with his unique form of knowledge (I
use the word loosely) and entertainment
Regards
Ged
PS As a Google Grouper I am only allowed to x-post to 5 groups, so my
apologies to alt.soc.greek as someone had to go
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